Tuesday 6/3 NBA-less Millings?

Millting Points: Things I can write about that are not related to the NBA:

• Spelling
• Politics
• New Kids on the Block
• Fashion
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to 13-year-old Sameer Mishra, who won the National Spelling Bee last week. The highlight of the competition was his spelling of the word "Numb Nut." Okay, it was Numnah...try using numnah in a sentence today.

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to Massachusetts Senior Senator (and American Royalty), Edward "Ted" Kennedy. You may have just had successful brain surgery....but because you escaped any real punishment for killing a woman 40 years ago, you are the first political MillDud.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: With the stunning return of the New Kids on the Block and their shameless attempt at having a "summertime" hit, the song of the day goes to "Stay the Same" by the youngest member of NKOTB, Joey McIntyre. I don't have perfect pitch or anything, but I think the choir is out of tune in the beginning of the music video when they're in the studio. Am I right?

MillBox:
Question: What's the deal with girls wearing pants/shorts with words on the butt?
Miller: Good question...I think it's a travesty to the moral fiber of America and I don't like it one bit. Let me break it down for you. First of all, you can't help but look and you might be labeled as a pervert for doing so. There's a double standard when it comes to noticing things on girls...when you don't notice a new haircut there's a penalty, but if you notice there are words on her butt, there's no reward. I mean...we were all taught at a very young age to read as much as possible...so if you had a giant word tattoo on your shoulder (a la Carly Smithson), I would try to read that, too...but not because I have a thing for shoulders. Second, I've noticed that some girls wear the word "JUICY" on their butts...how did that even become trendy? If they sold T-shirts that said "BOOBS" across the chest, would you wear those, too? Once again, I admit that I am no fashion expert...but c'mon...words on the booty?

Didier Dinh's NBA Dinh-sider: The Celtics strength will make the Lakers choke. Los Angeles will miss their 3pointers, Pau Gasol will have trouble, Odom will choke and that will force Mr. Bryant to take over and the Lakers will fall cold. Paul Pierce tends to shine against them too and he will force Kobe to guard him one on one, which will add on to Kobe Bryant's deterioration in performance through out the series. And though, every Derek Fisher team fights till the end, I'm calling Celtics in 5. That's right, I'm calling them out! As much as I would love to have them win in Boston I think this one will end rather quickly.

Millage People Shout-out: A big shout out to the Umamster, who hopefully will enjoy this edition of the Millings. With the exception of the NBA Dinh-sider, I tried to talk about things other than the NBA and even tried to include some of my expertise regarding fashion.