I can’t do it. I can’t be on TV. As I looked at all of the calm, steady, people, I was confident. I knew I could do it. I was a producer, so I had the times down. We had everything ready. Then, I got up. I started going 500 mph. I couldn’t control...
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Archive for July, 2011
Television Incompatible
“Practice. We’re talking about practice. Practice. Practice, man.” – A.I.
MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. WILL THE REAL ALLEN IVERSON PLEASE STAND UP. WILL THE REAL ALLEN IVERSON PLEASE STAND UP. We’re gonna have a problem here. Damn right we’re going to have a problem. Allen Iverson, the guy who apparently wasn’t able to learn the...
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Lassen Hall has been named a 5-star dorm. Here’s why.
The dorm showers provide adequate privacy, if you feel like a banana hammock does not put you on “display,” that is. The Lassen Hall dorm staff was kind enough to provide a curtain that protects the user and shower from the bathroom hallway like Hope Solo protected the net from the ball in the...
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The new greatest CSPA game
Do you like football? Basketball? Baseball? Soccer? Any team sport that has a national or international league? If you said yes to any of those than this game is for you! It’s real simple. STEP 1: Pick a team, preferably pro-sports STEP 2: One person names one player that is currently on the team...
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Arno and Beast Mode
It was a summer day in 2011 when Arno Rosenfeld spotted Marshawn Lynch, running back for the Seattle Seahawks, with his friend at the Albany Bowl bowling alley. Yes, this is the player who single handedly tore apart and crushed the hopes of the Saints in one play At first, Arno’s friend brazenly walked...
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CSPA is 60. Damn that’s old. But that’s a good thing.
CSPA is now 60 years of age. That’s right folks, CSPA has survived as long with out Mr. and Mrs. Alexander as most of our instructors did with them. This means, as Rich said at the reunion, they are our Ralph and Millie. They are the ones that touch our lives and provide us...
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Steve Harvey: Beloved instructor, comedian, The Baller?
Steve Harvey, 65, is a CSPA board member. He teaches humor writing among other things. He is a baller. He can post you up on the block, take you baseline, spot up for the three, or, his deadly weapon, catch and shoot a 15 foot bank. Almost in Tim Duncan style. He owned the...
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Matty Ice has entered the building
Matt Hanlon, better known by his stage name, Matty Ice, is our beloved senior counselor. He likes journalism and he plays hockey. \”My World\” Official Music Video Sorry I couldn’t directly post it, but hit up the link. But in his free time, he drops rhymes like it’s no body’s business. I decided he...
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Is the US the one, the only, Hegemony? No. That’s Apple.
Apple is known as many things. Industrial design geniuses. Cheesy advertisement company. Innovators. Overpriced. But hegemony? When you think of computers, do you think of Dell? HP? Lenovo? Probably not. I think of a shiny aluminum Macbook Pro. When you think of a smartphone, do you think of a Droid? A Blackberry? An Evo?...
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Rapid Reaction: NCAA vs. USC football
As I walked into the computer room at CSPA, the signs were inescapable. There were the friendly and warm dark red and gold. These are the colors of the mighty Trojans. This meant one thing: a perfect setting for a rapid reaction, as where there are Trojans, there are Bruins and Ducks and others.
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