Ron Artest

I’ve mixed two worlds.  The Rockets success depends on Ron Artest.  My happiness, in NBA terms, depends on the Rockets sucess.  Now…I’ve drafted Ron Artest in all of my fantasy basketball leagues…yes all.  So if Ron Artest does well…life will be good.  Is it crazy to depend on such a crazy person?

PL League (16 team)
1.  (12)      Chris Bosh
2.     (21)     Steve Nash
3.     (44)     Ron Artest – !!!!!
4.     (53)     Peja Stojakovic
5.     (76)     Leandro Barbosa
6.     (85)     Al Harrington
7.     (108)     Sasha Vujacic
8.     (117)     Andres Nocioni
9.     (140)     Andrea Bargnani
10. (149)     James Posey
11. (172)     Keith Bogans

Alan’s Houston League (12 team but super large rosters)
1.  (4)      Amare Stoudemire
2.     (21)     Al Jefferson
3.     (28)     Ron Artest – !!!!!
4.     (45)     Rudy Gay
5.     (52)     Tyson Chandler
6.     (69)     Mike Miller
7.     (76)     Leandro Barbosa
8.     (93)     Al Harrington
9.     (100)     Beno Udrih
10. (117)     Marvin Williams
11. (124)     Raja Bell
12. (141)     Brendan Haywood
13. (148)     Travis Outlaw
14. (165)     Boris Diaw
15. (172)     Keith Bogans

PatSun ESPN league (10 teams)
(not drafted in this order, but I did take CP3 #1 – mistake?)
Chris Paul
Kevin Martin
Peja Stojakovic
Tim Duncan
Al Jefferson
Hedo Turkoglu
Ron Artest – !!!!!
Tyson Chandler
Al Harrington
Andres Nocioni
James Posey
Jameer Nelson
Nick Collison

Hoops Efficiency League (10 teams)
(ghetto site, totally different scoring system)
(not drafted in this order, took Amare 2nd overall)
CF – Amare Stoudemire (PHO)
CF – Al Jefferson (MIN)
FG – Ron Artest (HOU) – !!!!!
FG – Vince Carter (NJN)
G – Kevin Martin (SAC)
CF – Tyson Chandler (NOR)
F – Al Harrington (GSW)
FG – Peja Stojakovic (NOR)
G – Leandro Barbosa (PHO)
GF – Richard Hamilton (DET)
G – Beno Udrih (SAC)
FC – Luis Scola (HOU)

30 Rock

I started watching 30 Rock and it is interesting. I have mixed feelings about the show. It has a odd mix of low level comedy and hidden high level jokes only a few people would get. I’m sure that I’m missing a ton of jokes just because I’m not smart enough to understand.

Either way, I watch it, and I haven’t stopped which is a good thing. I just don’t really like it the same way I like Scrubs or Big Bang Theory.

I have no idea why I posted this because I am not suggesting you watch it. However I’m not telling you not to watch it either.

Investment

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/opinion/17buffett.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=buffet&st=cse&oref=slogin

New York Times article

By WARREN E. BUFFETT Published: October 16, 2008

Basically:

This is the best time to invest.  Everything is at a discount.  Yes in the short term you will lose money, but you are getting things at a discount.

A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. And most certainly, fear is now widespread, gripping even seasoned investors.

Yes the markets are bad, but history teaches that the market will correct itself.  Of course, the time it takes to correct is unknown.  However, most people I know do not need their investment money to survive.  If you need your investment money to buy groceries, you probably should not have invested that money in the first place.

You also can’t wait until the market is a safe place to invest.  If you do you’re losing out on a great opportunity to get things cheap.

In waiting for the comfort of good news, they are ignoring Wayne Gretzky’s advice: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”

If you don’t believe Warren Buffet on investing…I don’t know who you would trust.  He isn’t using fancy words like an economist would.  His advice is sound and logical.  I have no job, so I have no money to invest, but if I did, I’d go buy (diversely) and just wait for the next big upswing.

Happy Halloween

After watching UT pound Missouri at Adam’s, we carved some pumpkins and took some pics.

Guess who carved each pumpkin and vote for your favorite.

Chairman Wang passed away

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/business/17wang.html

I first heard from Cary Lai Wednesday night.  My dad emailed me later about it.  I didn’t think it would be in the New York Times headlines, but I guess he is a billionaire.

Wang Yung-ching, who built his Formosa Plastics Group into Taiwan’s biggest and most profitable manufacturing conglomerate, died Wednesday in New Jersey while on a business trip. He was 91.

Formosa is the reason why there are Taiwanese people like myself in the tiny town of Port Lavaca.  I’ve met him a few times and even had dinner at his home in Taipei a couple times.  He had the most amazing fruit.  Even though I’ve had wax apples (Lembu) before, his were the biggest and sweetest I’d ever had.  My dad would tell great stories about him.

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I could post about a lot of stuff.  I’ve been rained on 3 times this week.  My mallet finger got checked out by the Orthopedic doctor today and I just have a new splint for at least 3 weeks.  I could post about the election, but that would take way too long.  I’m more concerned with my journal article outline due tomorrow and class paper.  Pray I get that summer job in California, because I’m batting zero in Texas.  I’m looking forward to another NBA season.  I went to PL last weekend.  I saw my nephews.  I ate El Patio.  I rode Cary Lai’s new car.  I changed many lightbulbs in my house.

fantasy basketball

http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/plboy

Life

I’ve been pretty busy.

Thursday and Friday I had to be on campus to do editing for the law journal I am on.  It sucks and I don’t really know what I’m doing.

Saturday we played in the Vanhdy Bowl.  My team was awesome and we didn’t really have a weak spot.  Jing, Hoang, Peter, Douglas, Johnny, Annie, Angie (Peter’s friend), and me.  We went undefeated but I got mallet finger:  http://www.eatonhand.com/hw/hw015.htm

Saturday continued with UT crushing Colorado.  I then went undefeated in Cranium.  So starting with bball on Wednesday where Jing, David, and I went undefeated, plus undefeated in football, and undefeated in Cranium, I was on a winning streak.

Sunday I flew out to San Jose.   I had dinner with my old Troux coworkers Thuan and Charles.

Monday I interviewed with BSTZ, an IP Firm out in Sunnyvale.

It was a good trip to Cali, but I spent most of the time on the plane and in my layover in Phoenix.  Continental didn’t have a flight out of SJC late enough in the day.  I did get some In-N-Out.

Traveling makes me tired.  I got home late Monday around midnight.

Tuesday morning I went to get Xrays for my mallet finger.  Annie made me a splint later that day because I didn’t have any broken bones and I don’t see the Orthopedic doctor until next Wednesday.

The finger is the biggest hassel in my life just because typing is harder.  Try typing without your ring finger.

Almost an agent

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/oed/regprac2008oct10.htm

The following list contains the names of persons seeking for registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Final approval for registration is subject to establishing to the satisfaction of the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline that the person seeking registration is of good moral character and repute. 37 CFR § 11.7   Accordingly, any information tending to affect the eligibility of any of the following persons on moral, ethical, or other grounds should be furnished to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on or before October 10, 2008, at the following address: Mail Stop OED, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.