Hotdog & Friends

Fig Jam

Dear Marion,

I regret to inform you that you are not a rich white guy, cronie, lifetime member of the NRA, or named “Scooter.”  Therefore, your request to be released from prison has been denied.  While the President found your reasons for disliking jail to be compelling (namely that it was “icky” and that your prison girlfriend may or may not be cheating on you with the bull in block 4D) he respects the American Justice system and reserves the right to abuse it only on special occasions, for his special friends.

Citing precedent from the Clinton era, Mr. Bush notes that his position is in no way contradictory to the accepted norms of Presidential immunity.  He further noted that Presidents rarely, if ever, take steps to help minorities get out of jail.  Being a woman doesn’t help either.

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Fig Jam

There is a small chance that Greg Norman’s performance in the 2008 British Open will come to be viewed as a sort of turning point in the game of golf.  I will concede that it is a longshot at best, but I am hopeful that officials at the USGA, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, and other individuals who influence the direction of the game took notice of Norman’s remarkable run and understood it for what it truly was.

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Constable Echelon

The former Sonics appear to have settled on a new name. Dust bowl denizens, let’s hear it for your Oklahoma City Thunder! Do you think that sounds most like a WNBA team, an NBDL team, a minor league baseball team, or a select girls soccer team? PS If you thought we were rooting for “Bombers”, you were way out of line.

“I just feel so blessed to be drafted by Oklahoma City. Growing up I always wanted to be a…uh, Thunder.”

Report: Ex-Sonics will be “Thunder” (Seattle Times)

Add Nate Robinson courtesy of the Fanhouse via some blog called “Dead-spin”. Nothing says damning with faint praise like having your Summer League jersey retired.

Nate Robinson is a Summer League icon (Fanhouse)