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Congratulations Tim: 10 Thousand Page Views!

Tim W. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:57:32 +0000

Well, it’s not 10 million, and for the life of me, I couldn’t get Bryan Colangelo to give me a $10 thousand cheque (or even $10), but in just a few months, I’ve racked up 10,000 page views.

Thanks to all the visitors. This is the best thing I’ve ever done! Well, not really, but let’s savour the moment, shall we?

What’s most amazing, to me, is that I’ve gotten visitors from not only all around Canada, but the world, as well. Check out this list:

Canada
US
Mexico
Jamaica
Barbados
Trinidad & Tobago
St Kitts and Nevis
Argentina
Italy
Spain
England
Scotland
Ireland
Belgium
Germany
Austria
France
Serbia & Montenegro
Australia
Japan
Korea
China
Hong Kong
Israel
Afganistan
Pakistan
India
Iraq
Rwanda

I’m truly amazed that someone in Rwanda is interested enough in the Raptors to read my blog.

Please send along your congratulations and donations to my slush fund. Don’t worry, it’s going to a good cause. The more money you send, the sooner I can finish these damn house renovations and start going on vacations again!

Best Marketing Slogan EVER!

Tim W. — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:23:49 +0000

After being told that Mike Miller, who is apparently a good friend of his, was wearing the LeBron brand shoe, LeBron noted that…

“For an unathletic white guy, these are the best shoes to wear”

Am I the only one that thinks this is the perfect marketing slogan?

Am I the only one who now wants to rush out and buy these shoes, and I don’t buy basketball shoes for any other reason than they are on sale and will hold up to my periodic jogging up and down the court a couple of times a week.

A Pound is Better Than A Handshake

Tim W. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:06:27 +0000

This item from RealGM:

“With the NBA fearful of the damage an H1N1 flu outbreak could create on the league, the league office has passed down an anti-handshake directive.

Players and coaches have been asked to greet each other via more sanitary means of contact, such as fist pounding.”

Yes, because it’s important that before sweating and breathing all over one another for 48 minutes, players try to be as careful as possible about passing on germs.

And am I the only one who can see in some bizarre way the fist pound completely replacing the handshake as a way of greeting someone? When the President does it, it’s pretty much main stream. With people’s paranoia about germs, is this the beginning of the end of the handshake?

Then again, maybe that’s not such a bad thing. No more sweaty handshakes, limp handshakes, crushing handshakes. No more being judged on how hard you squeeze, how long you hold the shake and whether or not you let go first.

So does this mean that Stern and the other executives will be doing that? Mark my words, this is where it starts. Soon, you’ll be fist pounding your mother, who will be commenting on fist pounding etiquette. Speaking of which, I wonder what that will be…