Law and Order: SVU

I'm an original Law and Order guy, but SVU has gained some traction with me during it's seemingly incessant re-runs on all things cable. That said, I think I just witnessed the second best episode of the L&O franshise ever. Seriously, i won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it, but it's was pretty darn bloody and clever. I figured it out...kinda sorta...then went back on my original thesis only to be surprised at the end that my initial incling was right.

Anyways it still runs a distant second to the passing episode from about 10 years back, where the executive killed someone for exposing him as a passer. For those of you who don't know "passing" is a term assigned to lighter skinned minorities who pretend to be white to enjoy the advantages.

SNL Absolutely Inapprorpriate But Absolutely Hilarious.

Minnesota Teen Beaten

Very sad. Minnesota teen has his faced bashed in with brass knuckles and ax handles while racists bashers spout anti-Obama rhetoric.

Read full story here

Bloomberg

Not the guy, the network. Although it's eponymous.

I recently upgraded cable packages to include Bloomberg televisions. Most serious investors and traders watch Bloomie I was told. The research, analysis and commentary is ALL business focused no bloviating or grandstanding or 6's pretending to be 10's you get with other networks or so I was told.

Well it's true. Bloomie is head and shoulders above the other business and investment networks. For a serious market man it really isn't even close. I just finished watching a full hour debate on free trade it was orderly, informative and cordial. No talking heads cutting you off or cursing the name Obama under their breath. One side for, one side against. Cogent, articulate and rational analysis on both sides. How awesome! There morning shows are just as orderly. I learn more in 15 minutes about the overnights on Bloomie than I do watching ersatz market makers on the other channel.

Oh yeah, and as free trade goes, can anyone tell me how you could possibly be for free trade and against labor unions?

You're Kobe Now Dude?

My little bro thinks he's the Kobe of Europe...seriously. He signed that ladies autograph "Kobe Bryant."

Money May-$

My sis had a wedding yesterday (good times, congrats again bride and groom), so I didn't have a chance to see Mayweather/Marquez. It looks like Marquez went the distance and warriored-up but that wasn't unexpected. What was unexpected is the clinic that most analysts say Money May put on. I've seen a couple highlights here and there (btw when is boxing going to go primetime?) and he looked like his usually brilliant self. Rolling the shoulder, sticking the jab. My concerns about Pacman have been muted for now. I just found out Floyd will get the winner of Pacman-Cotto. And seeing how Cotto stood toe-to-toe with the cheating steel wrapped hand Margeurito, I wouldn't bank on Pacman dominating.

Check out the PBF compilation below.

"Fascism, Socialism, Communism...

...these things are apparently interchangeable if you don't know what they mean." Ha! This is hilarious. Thanks to SG for the find.

C-Level Promotions

Good short read on internal v external C-Level promotion. My thoughts run mostly parallel to those of the author in that firms need to spend more time developing internal talent (think MLB) than trying to poach "famed" hires from the outside. The risk of losing talented other C-Level execs and spending hundreds of millions of dollars on failed projects the new guy wanted to brand himself are too high.

Read it here

Tone, Tone, Tone

I heard this joint at the boxing gym tonight and it brought it back. If you've got 5 listen to the whole thing. If you've got an ounce of rhythm it won't be 30 seconds b/f you're up moving. Incidentally, I've got less than 48 hours to learn the electric slide for my sis' wedding. Don't. I already know. Keep it to yourself.

Also, I know the real name of the group, that's my derivative spelling!!!

Come on Ma'

My sleuth skills are slacking, but I finally found out who was on stage with J and Alicia Keys Sunday night. Lil Mama. Enough said.

I hope the VMAs were the end to this tireless stage crashing meme. Keys is a pro. Jay is a pro. I don't know anyone who's ever made their career by stage crashing.

On another note, T-Pain seems to incidentally have caught some more heat from J...lol!

Again Mr. President

You're the President not some teenage girl or college kid...act like it. Seriously dude. You shouldn't be calling out any of our citizens. Not the cop, not Kanye, not anyone.

You're weak for that comment dude, seriously.

A little DIY Squatting eh Cheronda?

Whiteout

Don't go see this movie. I repeat do not go see this movie. It's terrible. Not even Kat Beckinsale's hotness is enough to make heads or tails of it. It is really that terrible. Not Solaris terrible but terrible nonetheless.

We Remember

Work hard, stay in school, believe in success...

Just finished watching the President on tv. Definitely don't want my kids watching this stuff. No way. No how.

Classic White Goodman...

What mean the world to Roxanne?

Figures. It's not the money, it's the person.

via yahoo

How to Lose $3 Million in Six Years
by Mike Krumboltz

Stop us if this sounds familiar: A very lucky person wins the lottery and expects life to change for the better, but instead, things go horribly wrong. It's a story as old as the hills, but each time it happens, it causes a huge commotion in Search. The latest "victim" of sudden wealth is a young woman from the U.K. who won millions of bucks several years ago, only to lose the vast majority of it shortly thereafter.

Callie Rogers was just 16 when she won a whopping $3 million in the lottery. Six years later, she reports that she blew untold sums on drugs, partying, exotic cars, and breast implants. A staggering $730,000 went to designer clothes alone, Ms. Rogers explains in an article from AOL. Says Rogers: "I honestly wish I'd never won the lottery money — and knowing what I know now I should have just given it all back to them." She's currently left with around $32,000.

In these trying economic times, Ms. Rogers will likely find little sympathy. Still, it's worth noting that she's hardly the first big winner who wished she'd never bought a ticket. There is such a thing as the lottery curse: As mentioned in a previous Buzz Log, there are numerous cases of lotto winners getting divorced due to stress and losing everything from poor investments. A few have even died at the hands of greedy relatives. A 2007 article from ABC will fill you in on a few more examples.

Knowing she's not the first jackpot winner to suffer hardship won't make her life any easier. But perhaps Ms. Rogers can take some comfort from the fact that there are others out there with eerily similar stories: They won big then lost big, and often wish they'd never even played.