6/29 Wednesday Weekly

MillStar of the Week: This week's MillCredit goes to the newest member of the Washington Wizards Jan Vesely from the Czech Republic.  Even though Jan was only picked #6 overall, he stole the show at the NBA Draft when he kissed his girlfriend much to the delight of the live audience in New Jersey.  THEN, he wow'd me with his swagger in his post-draft interview by denying he is the "European Blake Griffin" and instead saying that Blake Griffin is just the "American Jan Vesely."  Usually, international players totally embarrass themselves in their first ever televised interview in English (For example, see how #5 pick Jonas Valanciunas talks about his "not so strong body").  If I'm ever going to be a fan of DC sports, I'm going to need someone like Jan Vesely to get me through.  Thanks Jan.

Runner-Up: CM Punk for delivering the best wrestling promo since the late 90s.

MillDud of the Week: Yesterday, a press release went out stating that the Southern Baptists had changed their stance on homosexuality and were ready to allow same-sex marriage because "even our most sacred texts must be read in context."  This made me incredibly sad...BUT then the Southern Baptists later denied they put out this press release and claimed it was a hoax performed by a so-called Christian think tank named the Center for Responsible Christian Living (is it funny that the only major news outlet to cover this story was Fox News?).  This probably has to be one of the dumbest hoaxes of all-time.  Why would a pro-gay organization think impersonating a Christian denomination would help their cause?

But in the spirit of fairness...why would they target Southern Baptists?  I have to assume that Southern Baptists are not totally in the right and must have ticked off some people in this think tank either directly or indirectly.  Then, I gotta just re-affirm that I don't think "our sacred texts" would approve of homosexuality in ANY context.  I believe that being actively homosexual is sinful.  Finally, just like how Christians shouldn't convey their thoughts on homosexuality in hateful ways...but instead disagree in loving ways....Gays and pro-gays should not be playing tricks on Christians even if some might deserve it.  So this week's MillDud goes to Southern Baptists, Gays, and Gays who play tricks on Southern Baptists aka the Gay Southern Baptist Hoax.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Week: In continuing with the theme of summer songs of the 90's, this week's song of the week goes to "Sometimes" by Britney Spears.  I remember a couple of things about this song....

1) I was learning Spanish in school...and I tried really hard to translate the lyrics of this song to "A Veces Corro" but had no idea how to say "I'm scared of you" so that endeavor ended really quickly.

2) I remember watching MTV's Total Request Live when this song first came out.  I remember Carson Daly was fixated on how one of the girls in the video was itching her crotch.  For your sake, I've pinpointed the crotch-itch at the 1:16 mark in the YouTube Link given above!

3) Britney was so awesome at this point in her career.  What happened???  When did Britney's career veer off track?  I'm gonna say "Slave 4 U" was the point of no return...her wholesome image was definitely gone by then.  Unlike many, I choose to believe that Britney was genuinely wholesome early on in her career...and was not simply the product of clever marketing to teenagers.