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.

Tuesday 5/27 Millings

Millting Points: Things I know about Singapore:

• Don't be naughty or you'll be caned.
• Selling gum is illegal unless it's nicotine gum. What kind of society awards smoking?!?
• Singaporean men must serve two years for an army with no enemy.
  
• According to Scott Yi, all Singaporeans look the same.
• Like all Asian countries, Singapore has yet to utilize the undershirt.
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to Kara Dziobek, who was the first person to join the "I read the Daily Millings everyday on dailymillings.blogspot.com" Facebook group.

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to Trinity Brewhouse, which was closed last night because of Memorial Day. They would have been lucky to get our business, because East Ave Irish Pub in Pawtucket is the rich man's Trinity Brewhouse. Not only does East Ave also have 20 cent wing Mondays, it has the wings in 4 different varieties.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: The song of the day goes to "Emphasis" by various bands from Mars Hill Church. In our time at Citylife Church, Joses and I were dazzled by this song. It is interesting to note that the word "emphasis" fails to appear in this song at all. Perhaps, this song will take off and become this generation's "Shout to the Lord."

Milligan: When I was in 8th grade, I started to care about what I was wearing. At the time, it was trendy for boys to wear an unbuttoned short-sleeved plaid shirt over a white undershirt and khaki shorts. I remember waking up about a half hour earlier to iron my clothes before school. Considering the fact that I didn't even begin to like girls until the 10th grade, I gladly trade in the ironing skills I acquired for about 365 extra hours of sleep.

MillBox:
Question: If I wanted to ask you or Joses or Jimmy a question for the Daily Millings, what should I do?
Miller: Well, you should post your question as a comment on this blog or you can email your question to dailymillings@gmail.com if you wish to remain anonymous (even though you can comment anonymously on this blog).

Joses Ho's HoBag:
Question: What's your advice to any CHC (our campus fellowship, College Hill for Christ) men looking to date?
Joses: Start early.

Didier Dinh's NBA Dinh-sider: To Coach Doc Rivers...Where is Eddie House when we need him? He saved your team the previous round and you're going to bury him on the bench again? Is it because you're afraid that he cannot bring up the ball? Ray Allen and Paul Pierce do that job most of the times when he's on the floor anyway! As we were shooting 30% the entire night isn't it logical to give your second best shooter a try?? You have given the Celtics a very inconsistent rotation this entire post-season, which prevents the guys off the bench to get any kind of rhythm. Do the right thing and find some minutes for Eddie.

Millage People Shout-out: Mad props to the mystery person who is reading this blog from Singapore. Since Joses and his entire family is still in the states, I have no clue who you are. Please identify yourself!