Jun 28 2004
Thank you to everyone who came to Brian’s birthday party and helped make that kid the happiest kid on earth. He said it was the “bestest birthday ever” and was still groggy from his party yesterday. I will leave you with this classic photo that you might want to make copies of to cherish the event for the rest of lifetime. This should be the ultimate life capsule picture. I call it: Ninja Blake.
Jun 24 2004
Usually, I’m pretty fired up for the NBA Draft. When you’re a Warriors fan, it’s the high point of the year. Oh yes, I can remember where I was when the Warriors made that draft day trade, giving them rights to that ingrate named Mayce Christopher Webber III. And you think karma doesn’t exist in the NBA. There’s a reason Webber comes up short in the playoffs ever year. After a great rookie year, he cries his way out of Golden State. Karma I tell you. What about Stevie Francis? Wouldn’t he like to be on Memphis right now, who used to be the Vancouver Grizzlies. You don’t remember Stevie Francis being picked by Vancouver and basically crying on stage because he was upset about being drafted by the Grizz? He eventually ended up in Houston, where the team has actually only made the playoffs once in his stay. Draft karma?
Last year’s draft was awesome with Lebron, Carmelo, and Dwayne Wade all having stellar rookie seasons. People didn’t know where Wade was going to be drafted as he was up and down all pre-draft. Was he a point guard, or an off guard? I was hoping he was going to slide all the way down to my Warriors, but instead went early at number 5 to Miami. And we drafted Mikael Petrius, who had a decent rookie year, but was no Wade.
The high schoolers are running rampant in this draft. Maybe more high school players will get drafted in the first round this year than ever. Dwight Howard, Shaun Livingston, Sebastian Telfair, Josh Smith, Al Jefferson …etc. Who are these guys? If you’ve heard of anyone, it’s Telfair who is Stephon Marbury’s cousin, but he’s not even in the top 3 of the high schoolers. The Warriors have never drafted a high schooler. What about this year? We will see. As Tim Hardaway used to say twice, we will see.
Having the second pick is almost like being the mop up guy for a girl when she gets dumped. You simply get sloppy seconds. Charlotte is in with their pick really quickly. And that pick is Emeka Okafor. So much for the Livingston theory. I love it when they go to the GM of the second pick and it’s like, “just who we wanted”, even though you know he would’ve done the same thing if the other guy was there. NBA GM’s, sheesh.
And Chicago is next. They seem to be looking for young guys ever year. Seems like they have two picks in the first round every other year. This year they have the third and the seventh picks of the first round. And with their first pick, they go with Ben Gordon. Even though Ben Gordon has only two inches on me, he has skyrocketed of late. I love it how they say, “well he’s only 6 foot 1 inches with socks on.” Who in the NBA plays in their socks? The Clippers are next and they, like Chicago, seem to love the NBA draft as they are always picking very highly. Since the Bulls took Gordon, Livingston falls right into their lap. And that’s exactly what the Clippers do. Their pick is Shawn Livingston. The knock on him is that he’s very skinny, he can’t shoot very well, and he couldn’t bench press 185 pounds. Wait, they already drafted Darius Miles a few years ago. Well the guy only weighs 185 pounds. I can’t put up my weight on the bench. But actually, I might be able to put up 185 once or twice. Ya, Livingston is weak.
Now this is odd. Yesterday it was reported that Dallas picked up this draft pick in a trade for Antawn Jamison, but because you can’t trade your number one two years in a row, the Wizards still have this pick. But it might be a techinicality as they could simply be picking for Dallas, and Antawn may be a Wizard after this draft. Washington selects Devin Harris from Wisconsin. Harris doesn’t have any inside information on where he will be going and he doesn’t know where he wants to go. Smart guy. Don’t pull a Steve Francis on us.
Elgin Baylor who we’ve seen year after year in the first hour of the NBA draft says that it might take Livingston less than a year to get on the court. Did you guys know that Earl Boykins can bench press something like 300 pounds? Earl would push this guy around.
Dave is back at the podium and has the Hawks pick ready. Ooh, they went with Josh Childress from Stanford. People have compared him to Rip Hamilton, and I guess that’s nice comparisson, as long as they say he doesn’t look like Rip. Josh’s afro takes ten minutes to comb out before every game. You would think the guy would save some time and just cut it. He did measure up at 6’5 and 1/2, but 6’8 with the fro.
Phoenix is selecting for Chicago as they will trade this pick to Chicago, and they take Luol Deng, who early in the pre-draft was a lock to the Bulls at 3, but they get him at 7. Luke Jackson was rumored for this spot, but you can’t pass up Deng. So the Bulls now have Deng and Gordon. They put that with Eddy Curry and Kirk Heinrich. Not a bad team there. But we’ve said that before after a draft about Chicago.
Last year, Toronto drafted the paper thin Chris Bosh and he started off well, though may have dropped a little at the end of the season like human rookies do (Lebron, Carmelo and Dwayne were not human), and this year there are definitely a few options. Andre Iguodala is still out there. Early this week, he was tabbed for the third spot, but is still there. Dave is back at the podium. In the first, “who is this guy” pick, Toronto takes Rafael Araujo from BYU. And this is the first pick where they interview the actual wife of the player rather than the mother, which shows you the difference between college and high school players. But those high school players might learn fatherhood really soon. Or should I call it, baby daddyhood. When Araujo was announced, you heard a shrieking “what!” by none other than Tom Tolbert.
Finally Andre Iguodala got picked. It’s funny because if not for these mock drafts, I wouldn’t have been able to tell you if he was a first rounder, second rounder, or zero rounder. The 76ers get him in a spot where they probably would’ve already thought he was long gone. Cleveland in their first draft since Lebron, take Luke Jackson who is the token “white guy who can play” guy in this draft. He had a great collegiate career, and was a great scorer in Oregon. Lebron is definitely a playmaker as well as a scorer, so he may be the luckiest guy in this draft thus far. Cleveland is going to be rocking next year, and if “Use The Force” Luke Jackson plays well, he might get some of that love.
My lovely Warriors are next. I don’t know who I want. Andris Biedrins is still there, but I’ve never seen the guy play. Some say he’s actually anti-Euro and likes to play inside. There are also guys like Josh Smith and Sebastian Telfair who are young players. I’d be more worried if they took a stiff big man than an athletic player. Dave is back. The pick is Andris Biedrins. I’m not sure if they thought he would fall this far down to them. They could lose Dampier and Foyle, but is he ready? Again, in Timmy’s words. We will see. We will see.
Now this is the part of the draft where I usually lose interest. It’s like porn in a similar way. The pick happened, what I was waiting for, and now the rest is just naked women, I mean nameless players. The fact that there are still some interesting players left has me slightly piqued interest wise, so we’ll see how long I can go. Seattle is up next, but Dave Stern wants to announce a trade first. It’s just the trade we already knew about. Stackhouse, Laettner, and the newly drafted Harris for Jamison and future considerations. Seattle goes with Robert Swift who was the guy I hoped the Warriors weren’t going to take. Swift didn’t work out for any teams at all since the McDonald’s High School game. If the guy can’t play and you don’t want him to be shown up by other players, sure don’t work him out. But then, aren’t you telling everyone that you’re worried about his ability by not working him out?
Portland secured two picks in the first round this year. The word was that they loved Sebastian Telfair, the high schooler out of New York. People thought they’d be able to get him with the 22nd pick, but they take him here. Dave just let us know that Telfair was the pick. Stephen A. Smith is giving Portland a verbal spanking for taking Telfair over Jameer Nelson who was then on camera and I know ESPN was hoping Jameer would show some discontent with being passed over, but he was just smiling. Interesting that Telfair who already has a shoe deal with Adidas goes to Portland, where Nike is located.
Utah is next with the 14th pick. The Jazz surprise slightly by taking Kris Humphries from Minnesota who I always thought was African American. Shows you how much college basketball I watched last year. I remember there was talk of him coming out last year before going to school. Tolbert just said he was a “me” player and that Jerry Sloan would take care of that.
The Celtics who have three picks in the first round go with Al Jefferson as the 15th pick. I really wonder what the NBA could do with all these high schoolers coming out early. As an NBA GM, you simply can’t pass over talent. But you can’t tell me that the college possible draftees are so bad this year that in the first 15 picks, there have already been more high school kids drafted in the first round than ever in the history of the draft. And in the NBA, unless a player hits within the first two or three years, fans give up on him. Would Kwame Brown have been the number one pick in the draft this year if he went to college for a few years? Maybe not. Would he have less baggage coming out of the draft this year? Probably so.
The Jazz are up again and they take Kirk Snyder from Nevada. I think this is the guy that killed Gonzaga in the tournament. The Hawks just selected Josh Smith who people say could be the best athlete in the draft. He’s the best athlete, but he’s not the best player? Says alot about what they think of his ball skills. JR Smith is selected by the Hornets. I’m really wondering about that JR name. JR Rider, JR Reid. Not a great name there. The Heat are on the clock. Two teams pick back to back who had great franchise changing drafts last year. We’ll see if they can get some sleepers. That second team is Denver. Miami takes Dorell Wright, yet another high schooler. 
I wonder if Jameer Nelson is smiling as hard as he was earlier. They just showed him. He wasn’t. I wonder if Denver will go for Jameer. They have Andre Miller and “stronger than Shawn Livingston” Earl Boykins, but Earl isn’t the end all solution as Andre’s backup. I’m not even sure of his situation. Ok, I’m going out on a limb. If Jameer Nelson isn’t picked by Denver, I’m going to blog the second round too! Damn, am I one lucky dude. They just took Jameer Nelson. I don’t have to now blog the second round. I wonder how much different Jameer is as a player than Khalid El-Amin who had a similar build and a similar motor. The problem with El-Amin was his body and his athleticism though. The Jazz with yet another pick just drafted Pavel Podkolzine whose stock dropped in the last few days. I remember there was talk that he was going to come out last year, but had an illness and didn’t. The guy is 7’5 and nearly 300 pounds. But so was Dwayne Schintzius. With three picks, the Jazz took Kris Humphries, Kirk Snyder, and Pavel Podkolzine. One of those guys has to hit right? The Nets pick here in what is thought to be for Portland for some pocket change and some guy I’ve never heard of. Viktor Khryapa is the pick and Viktor should be Sebastian’s teammate. Let’s hope Viktor’s game is not like his last name sounds.
Viktor’s teammate Sergey Monya was the next pick, and that was by guess who, but none other than Portland. So Portland drafts the Russian teammates that could work to their favor. Imagine a game where they could simply speak to each other in Russia, where no one else will understand what they are saying. But at least for next year, they will probably do that on the bench together. And they don’t even look like Drago. I’m disappointed.
Danny Ainge has back to back picks, but I really wonder if stockpiling picks this late in the first round is any good. Are these guys going to be any better than who you could get 7 or 8 picks down the line and thus don’t have to pay as much, or guarantee contracts. Dave Stern is announcing another trade. Looks like Jameer will never get to play with Carmelo. He’s going to Orlando for my friend and yours, the future first round pick. Boston’s first of back to back picks is Delonte West from St. Joseph’s. There was word that he should’ve gone back to school, but he came out and is a first round pick. Stephen A. Smith (what does the A stand for other than the obvious?) says that he reminds him of a younger Chris Mullin. What? As a 6’3 guard you can not be Chris Mullin. He’d better be quicker than Chris. And I doubt he can shoot like Chris. Let’s see Ainge’s next pick. Tony Allen from Ok State. I won’t fake it at all. I know absolutely nothing about this guy. I have a feeling it will be like that for the rest of this draft. Let’s see if I know any of the remaining guys.
Ok, after a computer crash, I’m just going to list the rest of these guys. I had some witty barbs for these guys before the computer crashed, but after close to three hours of doing this, there’s no way I remember them.
The Kings took Kevin Martin, the Lakers took Sasha Vujacic, the Spurs took Beno Udrih and the Indiana Pacers took David Harrison. The last 10 picks or so of the NBA draft is usually a borefest. It’s C-Span times 10. And it was brutal. But, I stuck with it, and finished blogging the first round of the NBA draft. And did I say that I’m on the shelf with a knee injury and all I can do is sit on my couch and watch TV? Now it makes more sense how I can sit through this entire thing huh?
Jun 17 2004
Jim Gray: Hello, I’m Jim Gray. The last time you saw me, I was interviewing Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Carmelo Anthony, and Lebron James. It was broadcast on ESPN and as I try to make it, was very eye opening. Larry Bird said he hated being guarded by white players, and thought the NBA needed more white superstars. If you think that was water cooler talk, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Well, today, we’re going to talk to two veteran retail experts and two young workers, ripe for a career in retail. I’m here with two Blockbuster Video legends, Alfonso Manday and Lewis Bangsang. And also here are two youngsters who could possibly be Blockbuster Video’s “Next Big Things” John Morielli, and Jason Hershfield.
(In a high school gym made up to look like Blockbuster Video)
Alfonso: Jim, you’re actually taller in person.
Lewis: And handsomer.
Jim Gray: Uh, thanks, I guess. Fellas, what I’m here today to discuss is this place, Blockbuster Video. You can work here while in school, as a transition job, or you stay here forever. Alfonso, talk about that.
Alfonso: Man, Blockbuster Video is like an addictive drug.
Jim Gray: Why is that?
Alfonso: The money, the freedom, the ho’s.
Jim Gray: You mean the young women?
Alfonso: Ya. Just straight Blockbuster Video groupies.
Jim Gray: Lewis, can you explain?
Lewis: You have young girls, underage girls, asking you to take them to hotels. But the one that you really want, the one that you think you can actually get, likes another Blockbuster employee.
Alfonso: Hey man, I didn’t cock block.
Lewis: How do you know I was talking about you? I could’ve been talking about Big Willie.
Alfonso: Uh, Willy’s groupies didn’t like you man. There was enough of Big Will to go around for days.
Jim Gray: Ok guys, we’re getting off base here. Back to the topic at hand. John, you don’t yet have the same veteran career as an Alfonso or Lewis, but won the Blockbuster Video Rookie of the Year, just barely beating Jason to your right by a slim vote. Have you seen this before?
John: Well, not really, but I’ve heard stories. Fellow female employees throwing themselves at you. Even the ones with huge steroid taking boyfriends.
Jason: Ya, even ones that you think are lesbians. Even they hit on you.
Alfonso: But never Erica man. Erica never wanted her a piece of the Fonz.
Jim Gray: Who was Erica, and why didn’t she ever want the Fonz, I mean you Alfonso?
Alfonso: Well you see, there’s this thing about black, I mean African American women and short Asian guys. Erica was a larger woman, and you see, she didn’t want this 5’8 piece of Filipino pie.
Lewis: Technically, she didn’t like anyone not black, I mean African American. She had a crush on Darnell, that’s for sure.
Alfonso: Just because Darnell always had weed man! When Darnell came in with weed, Erica started to sway those hips, pucker those lips, and damn near danced for tips!
Lewis: That was kind of tight the way you said that. I think I might steal that one day.
Alfonso: Man, you steal all my jokes. But that’s ok. They didn’t work on Linda.
Lewis: Cock blocker!
Alfonso: And I loved it, you homo!
Jim Gray: Guys, yet again, we’re getting off topic. Your blockbuster history is nice and all, but it’s sort of sad. After this commercial break, you’ll hear about a man named Smurge.
Right before the second segment:
(Hi, my name is Anthony. Alfonso was the best employee I had. His most clutch moment had to be when I thought one of the little girls was flirting with me, and before I made my move, he made the save and let me know that even though she said she was 18, she really wasn’t. Alfonso was born to make that save.)
Jim Gray: Jason, so far, you’ve heard a little Blockbuster history, the conflicts, the cock blocking. Does this scare you?
Jason: Nah man, I was born and bred to work at Blockbuster Video. You see, my Uncle was a manager and when I was a wee little boy, I used to go in there and put away tapes for him and then he’d let me drink all the soda and eat all the candy I’d want.
Jim Gray: So for helping him put away tapes, he’d buy you soda and candy?
Jason: What do you mean buy? He was the manager man. He just gave it to me. Never rung any of it up. It was free.
John: Ya, it just tastes better when it’s free.
Jim Gray: But guys, what does it cost? A dollar?
Jason: But Jim, a dollar saved is a dollar earned.
Lewis: Nice job Jason, I don’t think I ever paid for a soda. That’s impressive. Maybe our league does have a future.
Jim Gray: Sounds pretty cheap skate to me. (Turns to Alfonso) Alfonso, tell me about Smurge.
Alfonso: Damn Jim, you sure do your research. You’re really pulling a name out of the memory rolodex. Let me think. Smurge. Smurgy. Hmm. He was a good guy.
Lewis: Good guy? Didn’t you used to call him Black Brian? You hated Smurge.
Alfonso: I didn’t hate him. I actually kind of liked the guy. And if you have two guys named Brian that work for you, one is black, and one is white, isn’t that how you’d identify each of them?
Lewis: You call the man Smurge!
Alfonso: Well, I didn’t want to make fun of him like the rest of you. Especially White Brian.
Lewis: Ah, White Brian, he was pretty much your girlfriend those last few months at Blockbuster.
Jim Gray: Alfonso, who is this White Brian character?
Alfonso: Now Jason and John, I want you guys to listen closely. This is a Hall of Famer talking to you right now. At the Block, as we used to call it, you’re going to make friends, and lose friends. People get fired. They quit. They get pregnant. Sometimes their bicycle gets a flat and they’re late for work. When you lose your friends, you have to make new ones. As simple as that. All my friends, they were gone. They moved on. So I had to make a new friend. You’re there sometimes 10 hours a day. Fourteen, if you stay after the store closes to play video games. You have to befriend someone. White Brian was my last ditch effort to have a social buddy at the Block. And when you’re at the Block for as long as I was, it was like home. A second home.
Lewis: I always called it a home away from home.
Jim Gray: John, your thoughts on Alfonso’s thoughts.
John: That was deep. It’s so great to be sitting here with legends like Alfonso and Lewis.
Jim Gray: Jason, do you agree?
Jason: You know, these guys have done it all. You have to just listen to what they have to say. They have all the records, and all the store championships.
Jim Gray: We’ll be back with more wit and wisdom from two Blockbuster legends.
Right before the third segment:
(Hi, I’m Robert. I used to manage Lewis at Blockbuster video. Lewis was the kind of guy who had a lot of talent, but was more famous for getting the least out of his talent. He’d do the minimum amount of work that he could get away with. He was legendary for pretending to talk to customers just so he didn’t have to do any actual work. He’d actually walk over to sections of the store furthest away from me to hide if only for five minutes. And if you ask him, the best part of his day was taking an extra ten minutes on his break. What a rebel that guy was. James Dean had nothing on him.)
Jim Gray: Do you think they need more Asians working at Blockbuster?
Lewis: I do. It’s almost as if they were holding us back. I’d see many Asians come in for an interview, resume in hand, smart kids. And the managers would interview them and wouldn’t hire them. But they’d hire the guy who claimed he was an out of work actor who’d met Danny Glover. And he walked to work everyday. They discriminated against Asians.
Jim Gray: I’d hate to bring this up, but Lewis, aren’t you Asian yourself?
Lewis: Yes Jim, but I keep it real.
Jim Gray: Alfonso, you see these two kids already claiming that Blockbuster video will be their only job and that one day they’ll run their own store.
Alfonso: Kids, again, listen up. This is a grown man talking here. One who’s been through the trenches. One who’s been through every up and down imagineable at Blockbuster video. It’s not all that it seems. They would want you to know that it’s all that it seems. They throw the ho’s at you. They tease you with the fifty cent raises. They promise that they’ll work with your schedule so you can go back to school. But they don’t want you to. Because they know that once you go back to school, you’re leaving the Block. Once you get that college education, you don’t have to be held back by the Block. You don’t have to be strung around by middle aged white men who treat you like you’re the best thing since sliced Wonder bread before your face, but giggle at you behind it. They just want you to think that these are the best days of your life. And they don’t want you to grow up. They don’t want you to move on to a higher, more prestigious paying job. They want you be lifers. And that’s what ya’ll are headed for.
Lewis: But Blockbuster was so fun. It was the best years of my life. We were tight back then. We saw each other every day, went out afterwards. The groupies were plentiful. I miss those days.
Jim Gray: Lewis, you don’t seem to agree with Alfonso’s statement.
Lewis: (now with tears in his eyes and a quiver in his voice) You see, I never wanted to grow up. They always told me I was a Toys R Us kid. I bought into the Blockbuster way. They always told me things like who needs college when you can work wonderful retail. Retail doesn’t discriminate. You don’t need a college degree. Hell, you barely need a high school degree. I’m James Dean damnit! I don’t do things because people expect me to. I do them because I want to. So don’t listen to what Alfonso said. He doesn’t keep it real.
Jim Gray: John and Jason, you seem inspired by what Lewis had to say.
John: Fuck Alfonso. Oops, can I say fuck on television? I guess I said it twice. To hell with Alfonso. He’s a trader.
Jason: Damn, I heard so many things about Fonz too. I thought he was cool, but he ain’t nothing but a damn Uncle Tom.
Alfonso: Uncle Tom? But I’m not even black.
Jason: Well I didn’t know what the Asian equivalent of Uncle Tom was.
Alfonso: You probably can’t even read!
Jim Gray: We’ll be back for our last segment. The discussion is heated. One more round with me on Two On Two.
Right before the last segment:
(Hi, I’m Tasha. I never really liked Alfonso, but I loved me some Lewis. He was so real about his stuff. Never wanted to be like anyone else. And he always stood up for what he thought he was right. If he didn’t feel like going to work, he called in sick. He even had the best fake cough I’ve ever come across. He was born to call in sick.)
Jim Gray: We have a few more minutes with our guests tonight. Jason, you and John are the future of Blockbuster. Do you think you can leave a lasting impression like these two gentlemen over here?
Jason: We’re already better. Put us in our primes in a two on two tape running relay and we’ll win hands down.
John: Lewis never seen me run tapes before. He quick. But I’m quicker.
Alfonso: Jim, they’re a little wet behind the ears. Even though I’m out of the retail game, I still got a few tricks up my sleeves. You see, it’s about using your head. I may not have had the same body as these young kids have now, but I was so much smarter. These young kids may have the talent, but they don’t have the mind.
Lewis: And they don’t know how to cheat. If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying.
Jim Gray: A couple more questions guys. Lewis, you seemed to be pretty upset in our last segment. Do you really see yourself as a retail lifer as Alfonso called it?
Lewis: It’s all I know Jim. You put me behind a computer, I’d get bored, or get caught surfing porn. You put me at a bank. I can’t walk around and talk to people. I’d have to do actual work. You put me in an actual career, I wouldn’t know what to do. But I can greet people. I can work a register. Those are the things I know.
John: You see, I’m exactly like Lewis. I take advantage of the situation. I don’t make a lot of money, but I get to spend all of it. I don’t have to pay rent man. Momma loves me. Why would I want my own apartment? Then I’d have bills. I don’t like bills, and bills don’t like me.
Alfonso: But wouldn’t you ever want to bring a girl home and make her dinner or just talk about life with a buddy without your mom being around?
Jason: I’ll answer that one for you John. Fonz, who likes to talk man? I can play video games all day long, and you know, I could always sneak a girl upstairs without moms knowing.
Alfonso: But you’re 22 and you have He-Man bed sheets!
Jim Gray: Alfonso, you seem to not be all that happy to be one of the greatest Blockbuster workers of all time. Why is that? Why the bad attitude toward retail?
Alfonso: Jim, it’s not about that. I enjoyed my time at the Block. But it didn’t get me anywhere, except another retail job. Think about it this way Jim. Think of your career, your jobs as building blocks. You have your early jobs while you’re in high school. Those are the bottom boards of your building. You wouldn’t put them on your resume. You work at the library or at Blockbuster in college. Those are more blocks. What comes after that? You need progression. You continue to work retail? Those blocks that you’re building? All falls down Jim. All falls down.
Jim Gray: Um weird analogy Alfonso, but I think I get it. But you do agree that Blockbuster gave you some great times. Can’t you just accept it as a fun place to work?
Alfonso: Jim, those were some fun times. Next to no responsibility. I was a rebel like Lewis. Didn’t care much about school. Didn’t think it would matter. But I was lazy. And it didn’t feel right. If you’re lazy and you’re just a lazy guy, damn, continue to be lazy. But if you’re lazy and you think it’s the right thing to do because you have no goals, you’re not a functioning human being. Stevie Wonder said, “Sleepers, just stop sleeping.” If you have no goals, and you enjoy working at Blockbuster, do your thing. But when you get older, and you look back, and you don’t have a family, and all you have are Blockbuster memories, damn, that’s a sad life. Sleepers, just stop sleeping.
Jim Gray: Lewis, wake up!
Lewis: Huh! Is the show still on?
John: Lewis is such a rebel! Damn Lewis, you da man.
Jason: Damn Lewis, I want to be just like you when I grow up.
Alfonso: You see, that’s your problem. 22 is grown up. You’re already grown up!
Jim Gray: There you go. Two of the greatest Blockbuster workers of all time, and the next biggest things. Thank you and good night.