Yes, I am actually watching the National Spelling Bee right now. This is great, but somebody needs to faint or get pissed and start yelling, or something. These kids must all be on ritalin.

Ever since I moved to Los Angeles back in February, everyone has been asking me where I work and what I do. And until now, I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone.

But alas, the time has come to fill everyone in on what was once the internet world’s best kept secret (or not)… MAHALO.COM.

Mahalo has officially launched, so go check it out, and take a look at my Mahalo profile.

Just a few more hours until the debut.

It’s the eve of the unveiling. One more day and it will finally be here. Are you excited? I know I am. Not much longer now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-o5EzNKOEs

I should’ve started this countdown a while ago. Nonetheless, the debut is only two days away.

“What are you talking about Angry Ken? The debut of what? Have you lost your mind?”

You’ll find out soon enough. 2 days and counting.

What’s better than gummi bears, worms, alligators, etc.? Stale gummi bears, worms, alligators, etc. Oh that’s right. You know those big bins at the candy or grocery store? No one really knows how long the candy has been there. And no one cares. Especially me. I love when the gummies have sat out for a bit and are a little harder. I don’t know why. Maybe I’m just weird like that. But the stale gummies just taste better than fresh ones. Most of the time.

Gummi for your thoughts.

Exchanging of links is a great way to get exposure on the interwebs. For some reason MyAutocar.com wanted to make an exchange with my site. Naturally I agreed. So go check out MyAutocar.com: the web’s most comprehensive social networking community for automobile enthusiasts.

Just for kicks and giggles, my link can be found on their site here. Because I’ll take all the free publicity I can get.

I’ve always liked Linkin Park. Their first two albums and their remix album (not the crappy one with Jay-Z) were all pretty good, even worth buying. And I never buy CD’s. But thank god I didn’t buy “Minutes to Midnight.”

Let’s put it this way; if you enjoyed Linkin Park’s previous work, you WON’T like this new installment.

Another way to put it is that this album pretty much sucks. I listened through the entire album twice and could only pick out one song that I actually thought was decent. The rest is total crap. The album is whiney and slow and the hard hitting, fast tempo guitar thrashing of Hybrid Theory and Meteora is nowhere to be heard.

And like all other bands lately, they decide they have to get all political with the typical Bush bashing. Real original, guys. Anyone with a brain of their own doesn’t care what you think about the country’s current political situation. This goes for all other bands who want to cater to their own personal agendas. Nobody cares!

So after four years since their last new album, Linkin Park gives us this. Makes me wonder what they did with the other three and a half years.

I remember a time when Sundays following football season meant more than just another day off school. It meant NBA basketball at its best.

Come noontime on these days, I would often tune in for what would be the first game of either a double or triple header. Back in the day, this usually meant match ups like Michael Jordan’s Bulls against Patrick Ewing and the New York Knicks, The Charles Barkley led Phoenix Suns taking on the Orlando Magic and Penny Hardaway, or my personal favorite rivaly, The Indiana Pacers against the Knicks. Watching Reggie Miller torch Spike Lee’s favorite club is a cherished memory of mine.

So we got nearly nine hours of great basketball, all on NBC. Unfortunately, the aforementioned no longer exists. Not because those great players have all retired, but because of the network that now carries nationally televised games.

The NBA chose not to renew their contract with NBC Sports back in 2002, instead making a deal with ABC and ESPN to broadcast games. That meant no more double and triple headers, no more brilliant pre-game vignettes, and no more of that NBA on NBC theme music that every basketball fan will remember as long as they live. To sum it up, the NBA on Sundays became a shell of its former self.

It’s amazing what changing networks can do to the whole aspect of a sport. NBC made even regular season games seem important. They portrayed the drama and suspense that should be a part of the game, making you want to watch every bounce of the ball. The classic moments of the NBA on NBC are countless. They were the moments that inspired kids to spend hours playing ball in their driveways, imagining that they were on sport’s biggest stage making the game winning shot. This, people, was NBA basketball.

Today is a different story. Now we’re lucky to get one decent Sunday game. Not only that, ABC and ESPN’s coverage is downright terrible. Gone is the Jonh Tesh’s “Roundball Rock.” Gone are the well thought out game intros that told the story of what we were about to witness. Gone is the spirit of the NBA.

Instead we get The Pussycat Dolls “singing” and prancing around like whores to open the games. Yes, they are nice to look at, but I’m here to watch basketball, not a burlesque show. I want to hear about the quest for a trophy, or about two bitter rivals going head to head.

And forget kicking back and taking in a whole day of NBA ball. According to NBA Commissioner David Stern, the fans don’t want to watch three games in a row.

What?! Since when? But maybe he’s right. With ABC’s coverage, I can see why fans have lost interest. I guarantee if the NBA were still on NBC, this would not be a problem. And until the league does what’s best for the game, don’t expect any meaningful or exciting coverage of NBA games on Sunday afternoons.