Real Deal

See if she wants to see a movie this weekend. Don't exactly let her pick the movie...but let her, you know? Just say you want to see something both of you like, then if she suggests this chick-flick, be like, "Oh wow, yuck...for real?" Then when she says you two can go see something else, just tell her, "Nah, I'm kidding. We can see it." After the movie, that's when you ask her. Someone else could be thinking the same thing right now, and she could be taken before you know it.

Kobe doesn't make his teammates better? I can put that to rest easily by giving improved stats from Smush Parker, Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza, and many other players. And yeah, the "Kobe was Robin" argument needs to die. In NBA history, there was no other "Robin" who averaged 28 PPG and shot more times than "Batman," let alone ran the offense. When you can find me ONE, I'll reconsider.

Gotta drop that weight, but you have to stay consistent with what you do. One slip-up, and you're going to gain 10+ pounds back before you can lose another pound. Eat three medium-sized meals a day, with a snack in between breakfast/lunch, lunch/dinner, and dinner/sleep. Make sure your snack is protein. Balance carbs with protein. Not exactly by the numbers...but for a carb-loaded item in your meals (say, some sort of pasta), add a protein. Water + crunches + berries. That will lose your stomach. Berries can be strawberries, cranberries, blueberries, etc. More water. Your body needs water more than anything else, and a single bottle won't do. The more water you drink, the better your body can manage the food you eat, and the easier your activity will be on your body. Muscles lose water quickly, and when they do, they shrink. When they shrink, they hurt. When they hurt, you don't want to exercise, and you lose focus. Less caffeine. It drains the water from your muscles. See above. Exercise at least four times a week. Don't be a weekend warrior and do something for five hours on Saturday, then sit the other six days. That's actually bad for your heart. Of course, this is all what I do to stay conditioned, not to necessarily lose weight...but you can apply it to your situation as well.

Go here: http://www.otrbasketball.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=usercp Click the forums tab (third over), then uncheck the option to view avatars. There's something going on with your computer or the browser. I have no problems, and I've asked four other people I know (from TLN), and they are fine viewing them as well.

Alright...with a new skin comes new banners. I just want to say that these banners won't be the norm. They'll be a little simple here, graphically-injected there, and a different concept on player placement. I'm going to go big with this skin, and I'm going to try and get it done quicker than I usually do.

Haha, man, Mir didn't stand a chance. Too bad he doesn't get that shot against Lesnar, though. Still would've been fun to see Brock break his face, then stick him in an F5, like he did guys back in the WWF. And, wow...Hardy sucked. The only thing I was impressed with was his rubber arms. At one point, I actually thought I saw him tap (anyone else?), but he stuck it out...figured he was going to pass out, but he rolled out of that armbar. GSP caught his arm really, really good TWICE, and he just laid there. Had it not been for his refusal to the tap-outs, he would've looked like an amateur from the Ultimate Fighter. GSP is just too damn good.

Is it 2007?

Perfect.

LOL man, it gets so bad. A KU fan had his car drilled with purple paintballs the night KU lost, and there were K-State fans dipping toilet paper in purple dye, then throwing it everywhere and on everything that had to do with a KU fan...cars, their houses, trees in their yard, etc. It was [expletive] up.

YES! Damn man, I HATE K-State. This was probably the best game I've seen all season long, after all of that trash-talking I have had to put up with since KU lost. Every damn day, text messages, AIM messages, Facebook, hearing it from friends I run into, hearing the K-State fans talking about how they are going to win their first championship and shove it down our throats. YES! Butler = awesome.

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Would you have another place to post, have to look for another place, or give up on posting on message boards completely?

Not too worried about them, really. Kobe usually drops 30 against them, so it's not that big of a deal. Could be a tough six-game series, though...but we won't lose to them come playoff time.

I need to re-code the skin, so you'll see a new one soon. And it won't be a dark skin. I know a few of you want to see one, but it's either a dark skin, or team forums. A lot of teams don't work too well with black (ex. Pistons), and a dark skin with Pistons blue and red looks ridiculous. But this skin I'm working on will be amazing.

He supposedly has two injured hamstrings. That's why he missed time at the beginning of the year.

The entire team sucked. Kobe turned the ball over too much, Gasol couldn't score, Artest couldn't defend, Fisher is still as old as dirt, Bynum can't even play a full season, and Odom only performs when everyone else isn't.

No surprise here. I was waiting for the blowout game after our win streak.

Could be just a regular neck injury, could be a concussion, or worst-case scenario, a spinal cord injury. He looked pretty bad.

Very good defense on that last possession, but if you give a superstar two looks, you're making a mistake.

Fantastic win. Love it. Tennessee is capable of beating K-State, and Ohio State would probably get crushed.

There MIGHT be a problem with the skin. There are a few security holes I'm going to try and patch up without having to redo the skin from scratch. Otherwise, the board update is complete. Sorry for the delay.

Not sure what to expect...but I'm hoping no skin changes when I perform the update. If so, we'll flip to the original default skin for a couple of days. If you see anything out of the norm, let me know. I'll be doing the update in about an hour or so.