First off, “Party at Art’s house!” Next, congratulations to the Dallas Mavericks. I’m not a huge NBA fan (or a fan of things involving Dallas, mostly due to the Cowboys), but it was nice to see them beat Miami’s bunch of mercenaries. Plus, what is Jason Kidd, like 60? I mean, hey, sure, he beats his wife, but you still gotta pull for the old guys.<\/p>\n
Best wishes to The Big Man, Clarence Clemmons, who has apparently suffered a stroke<\/a>, and reportedly a serious one (though I don’t think there are too many funny ones).<\/p>\n In addition to all the festival-type activity over the weekend (which wasn’t totally crappy, weather-wise, but could have been a lot better), we also had the International Boxing Hall of Fame<\/a> induction ceremonies in Canastota (which you probably never heard of, but it’s where the IBHOF is located. Why? Because that’s where Carmen Basilio and his nephew, Billy Backus – both Welterweight champs – are from, I guess, and the people in Canastota figured if they built it, people would come). <\/p>\n Anyhow, among the inductees were Iron Mike Tyson (who was, by all accounts, quite emotional and didn’t bite anybody’s ear off), and – for some reason – Sylvester Stallone, who at least admitted that he wasn’t actually a boxer.<\/p>\n