Jaywalking

As I was walking through Penn Station this morning, as usual there were a bunch of homeless guys moping about. I actually tripped over one, and as I went to apologize, I saw it was Tom Brady!! I guess New York sacked him again. Bada Bing!! This article is about the same as the rest, but it has the greatest title, laugh. Check it out at Tom Brady sacked all night, no one impregnated.

Anyway....you guys ever jaywalk? You know, cross the street when the traffic light is red, because you didn't see anyone coming? Well, in NYC they do this, with cheese. Screw waiting for the light to turn, or even for traffic to slow/stop...people flat out walk into the street with traffic absolutely bumper to bumper. Every day...every hour.

People here complain endlessly about the taxi drivers being some pretty weak excuses for motorvehicle operators, but sheesh, they have to be traffic ninjas just to avoid all the dang pedestrians on the street. It is hard to imagine what I am talking about, so take a look at this...

You'll note note only is this light green, but so is the next one, and you can see people all over the dang place as they completely blow off traffic. Most of the streets are 3/4 lanes wide, and if traffic is coming in 2 of them, people will edge out absolutely as far as they can go into the lanes, and hang out in the middle of the street waiting for a second to make a dash through the traffic. Others will just go off what the others do, and will walk obliviously into traffic if they see their fellow suicide victims do it. I'd like to take second to commend pretty much all NYC drivers on not killing everyone in sight on a daily basis.

On a Notre Dame note, I saw they defeated Seton Hall last night. (The Pacers won, too, but it was against the Knicks...so who cares) Notre Dame is actually 17-4, solidly second in the tough Big East, but I am not certain whatsoever they are even any good. They got absolutely hammered in two losses in the Big East, but then yesterday they totally laid down the law on a decent Seton Hall team. Me and my friend Art do a NCAA basketball draft every year, and I have no idea what value to place on the Irish. They do seem to be playing better as the year goes on, and Luke Harangody is a beast. Our shooting guard, Kyle McAlarney is from Staten Island (NYC), so that is probably where he got his ability to "weave through traffic".

Probably the biggest news I saw was that Shaq was traded to the Suns. My personal thought was that all he could do is help, since I don't care if he is 36 years and has bad legs....he is freaking Shaq!! He'll change the game just being in there, and the Suns have enough weapons he won't be asked to do alot, except be a presence down low. Heck, he's a presence down low for Phoenix now, and he hasn't got on the plane yet!! Wish he played for the Pacers.