First day of class went well. Nothing too hard. Just talking about the course outlines and what-not. I have some fun classes. I'm sure I'll enjoy the jazz appreciation class. It is right at lunch time, but I'll manage.

"Zeke" has been fired as Indiana's head coach. He and Larry Bird just can't coexist. Two great players of the game still carry their differences.

I can't stand baseball. I keep up with it a little, just so I can spout stats, and to understand the situations when it's disucssed on PTI or ATH.

There's an article on ESPN.com talking about how Van Exel is going to take it out on the Mavs. Before the trade deadline last season, Van Exel talked about how he would trade himself to benefit the team. Van Exel understood that he was the only valuable tradeable piece of the Mavs. And there's talks about how Van Exel is mad. I can understand that. With the Mavs, he was a winner, not just for the team, but in the eyes of Dallas people as well. During the playoffs, the "Big Three" was changed to the "Big Four." Announcers and ESPN analysts had even acknowledged this.

Dallas still has four, and they might be called the "Big Four." But it'll be hard for me to watch a Mavs game without Van Exel.