[Vision2020] Anyone want a basketball coaching job?

[Kai Eiselein, editor]

So, what is the difference between a sports nut and a video game nut?
Same thing, different addictions.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
To: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>; "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>; "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Anyone want a basketball coaching job?


>I am in general agreement.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:06:45 -0700
> To: Chasuk chasuk at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Anyone want a basketball coaching job?
>
>> Chasuk wrote:
>> > I used to work with a guy who was a major sports enthusiast and he
>> > would begin every morning with a play by play recounting of any game
>> > he happened to have watched the night before.  I politely asked him to
>> > stop, but he continued.  I told him that I didn't care, but he
>> > continued.  Finally, I asked him, "Are we talking about football,
>> > baseball, or hockey here?"  He was so flummoxed that he never bothered
>> > me again.
>> >
>> I can understand getting enthusiastic about things and wanting to share
>> it with others.  It's just that nobody wants to hear about the
>> programming trick I just learned and had to play with all weekend.
>>
>> When people ask me who I'm rooting for in the Superbowl, I usually reply
>> with "I'm not going to watch it, I'm not really into baseball anyway".
>> I like their expressions, both facial and verbal, and it covers the fact
>> that I usually don't know who's playing until about three days before it
>> starts and the media blitz is big enough to get past my not watching TV,
>> my spam filters, and my use of the firefox adblock extension.
>>
>> There's a part of me that could get into sports, but I work hard to
>> repress it because I have enough time-sinks at the moment.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> > I watch the World Cup once every four years, mainly for nostalgic
>> > reasons.  That, and its elegant.  I find it sorta pretty.
>> >
>> > Chas
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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Kai Eiselein
Editor, Latah Eagle