The Portfolios

Xianyi scrapes snow off the car for the first time

Our boy Wrisley done good.

Jarrett has scored a few assignments with one of the country’s (and the world’s) premier magazines, National Geographic. He will write a few short pieces for them to appear in issues next year. Look for the first one in March.

Wris charms this snake the way he charmed NG editors into handing him assignments

seucrity guard ? slaughter

Wenzhou University ASSHOLE seucrity guard beats dog to death

http://shanghaiist.com/2007/12/08/wenzhou_univers.php

open the link, you could watch an awful scene.

doubtless, Wenzhou university should fire the seucrity guard immediately and put him in mental hospital. fortunately, there were no studnets near him. those girls recorded the scene from their dormitory, was really brave. but how come there was no one could go to him and stop him (probably would get killed) ? where were the men? where was the cop?

awful, awful, doubt Wenzhou university students could have 100% safety with uncivilized seucrity guards around.

My beloved Hoyas are starting the season off just the way they ended it last year - by dominating.

Ok, they didn’t totally dominate last year. They lost in the final four to Ohio State - but they dominated up to that point. They won the Big East (regular season AND tournament) and made it to the final four. One of their stars, Jeff Green, now plays for the Seattle Supersonics. The other one, Roy Hibbert, is still here.

Having Hibbert come back for his senior year rather than enter the NBA draft (where he definitely would have been a top pick) is a huge score for the Hoyas. He has led the team past all their opponents so far (they are 6-0 and ranked 4th in the nation) and - even better - when he has been off or in foul trouble his teammates have picked up the slack and come through in the clutch.

In fact, this story from ESPN argues that Georgetown is learning how to do just that - close out the big games. Still, we’ll have to wait and see. They look good now, but we all know the real tests don’t come until we’re about 10 games into the season. We should have no trouble tomorrow with Jacksonville, or the next game against Radford. But on the 22nd we’ll face #2 Memphis.

I also want to note what a fun time I had watching the game the other night against Alabama. For the first time in years, I was with old friends from Georgetown - Crum and Berks, Bobby PuNob and Joey Toce, plus surprise guests Frank TJ Mackie and Danny Deo. Kudos to Crum for offering his pad to host!