The Cooler

Just Finished Reading: Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card

There's a movie, now on DVD called The Cooler. William H. Macy plays a guy hired by a casino to break gamblers' streaks of good luck. Apparently, all he has to do is sit there at the table and the luck just vanishes. I can sympathize with that guy this morning.

Last night I made the mistake of watching the Spurs-Suns game. Yeah, that was a big mistake. I should have known better. See, every time I watch the Spurs play they lose. Hell this season it was so bad that every time I even wore my Spurs hat they lost. I swore off both watching and wearing and look how fabulous they did! During the playoffs, I figured maybe I'd wear again but if I wore my hat or a Spurs shirt on game day they lost.

Needless to say the Spurs lost last night. What's worse is the WAY they lost. The game started 7:30 local time. I was out with the family enjoying Memorial Day bar-b-que. Wasn't really thinking much about the game though I had planned to watch it figuring, they're up 3-0 over the Suns so far, totally dominating them. What's the harm? Well apparrently there's quite a BIT of harm. I tuned in at the half. Spurs were up by 6 points or so. Within a few minutes, in the third quarter, the lead was gone. Then the Spurs fell behind! I quit watching. I thought about other things. I tried not to pay attention. The Spurs started to rally. I turned to watch, they fell back behind AGAIN!

So, my appologies to the Spurs and their fans. The loss had nothing to do with Tim Duncan's inability to hit free throws. It had nothing to do with the Suns playing hard because losing meant they were out of it. No, the whole game hinged entirely on the fact that I was watching. But, take comfort in this: the next game is on ESPN and I don't have ESPN. The Spurs should therefore have no problems making it to the finals :-)