7/20 Wednesday Weekly

MillStar of the Week: A MillCredit goes to "Campus Crusade for Christ" for the great run it had before officially changing its name to "Cru" last night.  I am incredibly thankful for how God has used this organization to draw many college students closer to him (myself included).  I always liked how "Campus Crusade for Christ" was a really overtly honest name to define what we were trying to do.  It was edgy and said "this is what I'm gonna do....I'm gonna tell people on my campus about Jesus Christ...that's my crusade."  But now...what am I supposed to do with a name like "Cru"?  Am I supposed to say "I did Cru in college" and then explain that I wasn't the coxen?

As of right now, I'm not liking the name change...but I wanna see if it actually improves anything before I give it a MillDud...

Another Asian Girl MillDud?

MillDud of the Week: This week's MillDud goes to Rupert Murdoch's wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch.  While on the surface, it seems like she was the quickest one to defend Rupert after he got the ol' pie in the face....further research demonstrates that this act of heroism must be taken with a grain of salt.  You see...Wendi Deng was born in mainland China...moved to the USA with a student Visa and lived with a host family.  She had an affair with her host father's father...and married him to stay in the USA.  THEN after 3 years of marriage, her host grandpa divorces her when he finds out she's been cheating on him with some other dude!  Fast forward a few years, Wendi Deng is working for a Murdoch company in a Hong Kong branch...and right after Murdoch gets a divorce, he marries his employee Wendi Deng!  (btw...he's 80 something and she's 40 something.)  If her history doesn't scream "we want pre-nup, we want pre-nup," I'm not sure what does!

I wouldn't put it past her to have staged yesterday's heroic act to gain his favor...or to gain international fame....but I'm not the type to slander, am I?

Nice Burberry Bucket Hat, Ja.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Week: In honor of the terrible week that JaRule and JLo just had, lemme cheer them up by giving them a meaningless award!!!  In case you wanna know, JaRule went to prison for tax evasion...and even worse...he went to jail in NEW JERSEY!!!  As for Jenny from the Block, her marriage to Marc Anthony has ended....I never understood why she married him in the first place...because he seemed too authentic Latin for someone who had just been in serious relationships with Ben Affleck and Puff Daddy.  Nonetheless, this week's song of the week goes to "I'm Real" by Jennifer Lopez and JaRule.

7/13 Wednesday Weekly

MillStar of the Week: As promised, MillCredit goes to the winner of the "Tag Miller on Facebook" contest: Jimmy Tull.  Jimmy was able to tag 268 photos of Miller in what seemed like just a few hours.  With this victory, Jimmy becomes the first ever 2-time MillStar Award Winner.  He will also receive a $25 gift certificate to any Restaurant.com Restaurant of his choice!  Maybe I should start a "Make Jimmy Take Me Out To Dinner" contest this week for all the single ladies out there.  (If interested, please leave a brief description of yourself with contact info in the comments section below.)

MillDud of the Week: A gigantic, terrifyingly disgusting MillDud goes to Catherine Kieu Becker, who was arrested yesterday after she cut off her husband's penis and put it into the garbage disposal.  The scariest thing about this story is just how elaborate her plan was:  


Procedure:
1) Obtain drug
2) Cook dinner
3) Put drug into dinner
4) Feed poisoned dinner to husband
5) Convince husband to sleep off his wooziness on the bed
6) Tie up unconscious husband
7) Remove husband's clothes 
8) Sharpen knife
9) WAIT for husband to wake up
10) Cut off husband's penis
11) Put penis into garbage disposal


I would hope that any decent human being would think better of following through with this plan after Steps 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10.  Step 11 is too late for remorse and Step 9 was just cruel.  Ms. Becker puts Lorena Bobbitt to shame!


MillBoard Charts Song of the Week: In honor of the newest trend Google PLUS, I'm going to award the Song of the Week to the best song ever written about PLUS: "U + Me = Us (Calculus)" by 2ge+her!  If you know your calculus, you'll know to PLUS my blog every chance you get!

7/6 Wednesday Weekly

MillStar of the Week: This week's MillCredit goes to US Military Veterans...especially those with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).  If I asked the average American how a Vet should celebrate July 4th, they'd probably suggest being honored at traditional Independence Day celebrations like a professional baseball game or a fireworks show...

But, I'll always remember from my time doing a Psychiatry rotation at the VA....that many Vets with PTSD get flashbacks when they hear loud noises that sound like gunfire...or...are incredibly anxious in places with a lot of people and few exits.  One vet told me that July 4th is his least favorite day of the year because he has to hide in his room and try to block out the sound of fireworks...

It's sad that some of our country's greatest heroes can't celebrate Independence Day because of how we have decided to celebrate it....so a MillStar goes out to them as an apology...

"Terribly sad..."

MillDud of the Week: A MillDud goes to the US Legal System for botching the Casey Anthony trial.  The jury's job is to only decide whether the defendant is guilty or innocent without factoring what the penalty of guilt is.  In this case, the jurors looked out for themselves and didn't want the blood of Casey Anthony on their hands...even though it seems like it's 99.9999999% likely that she killed her daughter.  I guess people would rather let a murderer off the hook...instead of feeling "guilty" in the rare circumstance that 10 years later that 0.00000000001% chance that she was actually innocent comes to light...but long after she had been wrongly executed.

In my opinion, Casey Anthony deserves more than 1 year of jail time...even if her side of the story is true (about finding her daughter already drowned in a swimming pool AND not calling 911 upon that discovery).  In the words of Nicolae Carpathia, this whole situation is "Terribly sad...terribly sad....terribly sad."

MillBoard Charts Song of the Week: Ever since I saw 10-year old Maria Aragon singing "Wavin' Flag" in the htc Sensation 4G commercial,  that "when i get older, I will get stronger" hook has been stuck in my head on loop.  So I will give in to htc's brainwashing by honoring "Wavin' Flag" by the Young (Canadian) Artists for Haiti as the song of the week....which should make up for the MillDud I gave to Canada recently.... btw...how does the (Carpathian) Justin Beiber deserve the last solo in the song instead of...let's say....Avril Lavigne?

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.

6/22 Wednesday Weekly

MillStar of the Week: A MillCredit goes to White Basketball Players.  With the recent NBA championship run by Dirk Nowitzki, White Basketball Players (from strange lands) are suddenly a hot commodity again!  In tomorrow night's NBA Draft, look for Enes Kanter (from Turkey), Jonas Valanciunas (from Lithuania), Jan Vesely (from Czech Republic), and Jimmer Fredette (from very strange Utah) to all get drafted in the Top 15 picks!

MillDud of the Week: This week's MillDud goes to Canada for the rioting in Vancouver last week after losing a hockey game.  First off, it's just hockey.  When LeBron left Cleveland, I understood why they were burning jerseys...that seemed worth destroying things for because they were screwed...but losing 4-0 in a hockey game is nowhere near a conspiracy or screwjob.  Second, why destroy your own city?  Makes no sense!  Third, I can't believe Canada hasn't gotten the MillDud yet!  Only good thing about Canada is their excellence in raising future pro wrestlers...any rebuttals Yufu?

MillBoard Charts Song of the Week: Man...what happened to JoBro?  Did the Jonas Brothers fall of the face of the earth or what?  In fact, what happened to Miley Cyrus?  Man...did Justin Beiber kill them off in a turf war?  The real winner in all of this is Selena Gomez who was ahead of the curve...instead of being just another Disney Star to be outdone by the Beibs...she became his ladyfriend.  But in honor of the good times...the song of the week is "Send It On" by the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, and Selena Gomez.  This feel good song was produced by Disney 2 years ago to encourage us to Go Green and save the world.  Instead, it has me wondering...how Selena Gomez, the one in this song with the least musical ability, is the only one still making top 40 songs today.  It's the power of Beiber, man.  With such unchecked power, I'm gonna promote him to #5 on my All-Anti-Christ Team behind Obama, Hinn, Oprah, and Osteen.

6/15 Wednesday Weekly

MillStar of the Week: This week's MillCredit goes to the church I grew up in: Boston Chinese Evangelical Church (BCEC).  Congrats on your 50th Anniversary!  I prayed to receive Christ in the 4th grade in Wendy Chin's Sunday School class.  For me and I'm sure for many others, I'm grateful for having grown up in a theologically-solid Biblically-grounded church, but even more grateful for the youth workers who were there for me when I needed someone to talk to about God, grades, glamour, games, and girls. (....okay maybe not glamour.)

MillDud of the Week: I don't mean to be non-creative, but it is far too difficult to overlook the terrible week that LeBron James just had.  No one else comes close to this week's MillDud!  Not only did LeBron look lost during an NBA Finals his team was favored to win, but he told all of us normal people that even though we can celebrate that he lost...at least he doesn't have a sucky life like the rest of us.... Here are his exact words:

Because at the end of the day, all the people that was rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problems they had today. I’m going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that. They can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy about not only myself, but the Miami Heat not accomplishing their goal, but they have to get back to the real world at some point.

Wow LeBron...poor choice of defense mechanism... and definitely poor grammar with subject-verb (dis)agreement!

MillBoard Charts Song of the Week: So the other day...I was thinking about all the things I love about summer...and somehow the first things that came to my mind were obviously New Kids on the Block, Abercrombie & Fitch, and how Chinese Food makes me sick?  So, I wrote a song about it...

Unfortunately... like so many of my brilliant ideas...it turns out someone had the same exact idea 12 years ago.  Crap!  But I will say that great minds think alike and award the song of the week to "Summer Girls" by the Lyte Funky Ones (LFO).

As for my songwriting career, I'm gonna try branch out to a topic less likely to have already been written about...like maybe a song about how hard it is to choose seats on Fridays!

6/8 Wednesday Weekly

MillStar of the Week: A MillCredit goes to Paul Revere!!! Although I really wanted to give Sarah Palin the MillDud for totally making up a story about Paul Revere's ride by including new facts about guns/bells/warning the British and not the colonists....the real winner in all of this is Paul Revere!

Now people will actually go visit Paul Revere's wikipedia page and learn about what really happened....until Sarah Palin's people hack into it.  Paul hasn't felt this much love since 1775...

MillDud of the Week: This week's MillDud goes to Justin Timberlake for grabbing the breasts of Mila Kunis at the MTV Awards Awards.  What is it with JT and MTV?!? Fool me once, shame on you (and Janet Jackson). Fool me twice, shame on.... you again!!!  Dear MTV, stop giving Timberlake the forum to grab more boobs in public.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Week: The song of the week goes to "Just a Dream" by Nelly.  Nowadays, I pretty much judge rap songs based how many words I can understand and if the words I do understand don't include vulgar language/content....so this song gets really high marks!!!  Mad props to Nelly who can actually sort of sing without autotuning.

I'm gonna also link you to an excellent cover version done by Sam Tsui and Christina Grimmie....because I can understand EVEN MORE words when it gets slowed down and is performed by Youtubers who are not "street" or suffer from St. Lunacy like Nelly.

6/1 Wednesday Weekly

MillStar of the Week: This week's MillCredit goes to recent Brown University graduate Munashe Shumba.  It's surprising to me that I have only known him for about a year and a half because I feel like we've known each other for a lot longer.  Maybe it's because I slept with him the first day I met him.

...get your heads out of the gutter, people.  We were at a Christian conference at the Prudential Center in Boston...where everybody went 2 to a bed. Because Munashe is from Zimbabwe AND Brown has always been home to a lot of celebrity children (including royalty), I wondered that night if Munashe was the prince of Zimbabwe.

When I found out he wasn't, I decided it would be awesome if I made other people think he was royalty.  I started calling him "The Lion King, Mufasa Simba" (a nickname which ultimately shortened to simply "The King")...AND I told people that he had a tattoo on the bottom of his foot with the royal seal of his family (a concept I stole from an episode of Duck Tales).  The best part is...Munashe never denied my claims and played along as if he was really "The King" and it wouldn't surprise me if there are some people out there who still believe him to be an African Prince.  He carries himself well enough to be a prince.  While a prince he is not, I consider him to be a brother...

(...and no, I do not mean to suggest the African-American use of the word"brother" because Munashe is just African and NOT American!)

Congrats again, Moon-moon.  Ladies, he's single.

MillDud of the Week: A MillDud goes to Scottie Pippen, who suggested on Friday that LeBron James might be a better basketball player than Michael Jordan.  While I am not dismissing the possibility that LeBron James could one day become a better basketball player than Jordan, I can't believe Scottie Pippen would say that!  I mean...Pippen was the Robin to Jordan's Batman!  Without Jordan, Pippen probably never wins an NBA Title!

This is a classic case of a girl forgetting the guy who brought her to the dance...Jordan is the one who asked Pippen to the prom...Jordan is the one who posed in the awkward pictures taken by Pippen's parents before the dance...Jordan is the one who bought Pippen's corsage...

For the record: LeBron James < Michael Jordan < Reggie Miller

MillBoard Charts Song of the Week: This week's song of the week goes to the best song I've ever heard about Judas.  No, I'm not awarding Lady Gaga's "Judas", BUT instead, I'm talking about this song I like to call "Judas Sucks."  You see...every Easter weekend, I like to watch this Easter cartoon called "Greatest Heroes & Legends of the Bible: Jesus and the Resurrection."  Prior to Judas's betrayal of Jesus, the child narrator sings stinging lyrics that actually make you feel sort of bad for Judas.  Here's the chorus:

Oh, Judas, what's it all about?
Oh, Judas, you sold Jesus out.
You're a backstabbing, sneaky two-faced crook.
That's how you'll go down in every history book,
Oh, Judas.

Check it out for yourself at this link: "Oh, Judas" aka "Judas Sucks".  Let me know if you felt bad for Judas too...

5/25 Wednesday Weekly

MillStar of the Week: This week's MillCredit goes to Irish Blacks.  With Ireland claiming Barack O'Bama as one of their native sons, they should really consider adopting the other celebrity black people who could be Irish... like Eddie Murphy and Shaquille O'Neal.  This would give Ireland three of the biggest names in politics, entertainment, and sports of the last 20 years.  Any more famous Irish Blacks that I missed?

By the way, Ireland missed out on any chance they would ever have at winning a gold medal in Olympic basketball.  In the early 2000s, they could have dominated with a starting lineup of Shaq, Tracy McGrady, Antonio McDyess, Aaron McKie, and Walter McCarty.

MillDud of the Week: A MillDud goes to Harold Camping for his horribly incorrect rapture prediction.  What was this guy thinking?  May 21st 6PM came and went with no puddles of clothing on the ground.  Word has it that the new rapture date is October 21st.  The scary thing is....once he loses all his followers by missing a few more predictions (thus ensuring the Bible's claim that no one will know the hour of Christ's return)....he might actually guess correctly....

BTW...let's go on a "Harold Camping Trip".... umm... what would that even look like?  (MillStar consideration for the most creative answer.)

Sigh of Relief for: Arnold Schwarzenegger

MillBoard Charts Song of the Week: This week's song of the week goes to "Written in the Stars" by Tinie Tempah ft. Eric Turner.  This catchy tune was the theme song for Wrestlemania this year (which is how I was introduced to it).  When I first watched the music video and saw that it was a Adrien Brody-looking white guy and a rapping black guy, I assumed that Eric Turner must be the black guy...thus making Tinie Tempah the owner of the giant nose...and I may have been wrong...

BUT why should you assume that the black guy is the one with the fake name?  The white guy is allowed to go by some random fake name, too, right? Or are YOU too racist to let him be creative???

Also, what's "a message to the main" mean? Huh? Nonsensical lyrics that get repeated over and over?

Monday 6/9 Makeup Millings

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to my favorite diner of all time, Family Fare in Peabody, MA. After an interesting dinner on Friday night (See MillDud), it was great to go to some place familiar and trustworthy. If your live near the North Shore area and are looking for a restaurant to host father-son breakfasts, look no further than Family Fare and be sure to order your kid a Hungry Man Special (3 eggs, 2 bacon, 2 sausages, 2 pieces of toast, 2 plate sized pancakes, a side of potatoes, and bottomless coffee) for roughly $6.

Since much has happened since Saturday, let me award an additional MillStar Award to Celtics Super-Sub Leon Powe. A year ago, I joked that Leon was the most efficient player in the NBA because he would get 6 points and 4 rebounds in about 4 minutes of playing time per game, but breaking out for 21 points in 15 minutes of the NBA Finals is unheard of. For all those conspiracy theorists who think the NBA is rigged, do you think the halftime feel-good story about Powe had anything to do with the fact that he was also the player of the game?

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to LJ's BBQ in Pawtucket. Trying to uncover more of the hidden gems of Rhode Island Cuisine, I took a friend to LJ's in search of such gem-ness. We ended up being intrigued by the largest meal on the menu. When I asked the waitress if the meal would be plenty for two people, she claimed it would be enough. Following a lackluster BBQ meal, we were surprised to see an extra $2 charge tacked onto our bill for sharing a meal. Upon seeing this, my friend and I looked at each other and simply said "What a MillDud!"

A second MillDud goes to Lisa Gomi aka Umami. One week ago, Umami complained (rightly so) that the Millings were getting way too NBA-heavy and might alienate readers such as herself; however, in recent days Umami has begun to partake in basketball trash talk and has claimed to be Anti-Celtic. For doing her best John-Kerry-eating-pancakes-in-his-slippers impression (flip-flopping), Umami gets today's 2nd MillDud.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: In honor of the current heat wave we are experiencing, it is time to select a song by your favorite heat-related boy band... 98 degrees! Which song shall I choose? How bout..."My Everything" featuring Jessica Simpson as Nick Lachey's love interest.

Milligan: When I was a sophomore at Brown, a bunch of us decided to stay over night at the Sciences Library (even though back then it closed at 2AM). Jimmy and I went there earlier in the evening to scout out the territory. We pulled down all the shades on one floor and set up chairs to mark off spots on the floor that turned on any motion sensor lights. While we successfully avoided getting booted out of the SciLi at 2AM, it didn't all turn out for the best. In the early hours of sunlight, we decided to go climb to the roof (which at the time was the highest point in Providence). On the way down, though, one of our comrades feel about 10 feet onto her shoulder. As she grasped her shoulder in pain, we didn't know what to do. Since it was still a few hours before the library opened again, we could either have her tough it out another few hours or get her to medical attention as soon as possible. We decided on the second option...but then we had to figure out how to escape the library. We could either try to turn ourselves in to the campus police or try to break out and run away. Afraid of punishment, we decided to go out the exits and all run in different directions so the cops couldn't get all of us. Even though this idea had "genius" written all over it (sarcasm)...all the doors were locked. We called the cops and awaited our punishment. When the cop came, he lectured us on how we have to play by the rules and how breaking the rules in "the real world" could get us in serious trouble...but for some reason he thought that we were breaking the rule to get a few extra hours of studying done...so he just let us off with a simple warning to play by the rules even if we have a killer exam to study for (which we didn't). I spent the rest of the morning in the hospital with our fallen comrade and made a vow to never climb anything again.

Millage People Shout Out: A Shout Out to Carrie Lutjens, who noticed that there weren't any Millings on Friday. Keep up the effort, Carrie.

Monday 6/2 Millings

Millting Points: NBA Finals:

• Prediction: Celtics in 6. Also, I think Game 6 will be a blowout win with Scal holding onto the ball as time expires.
  
• Finals MVP: Believe it or not, Ray Allen
• Aftermath: Doc Rivers will suddenly be considered one of the better coaches in the NBA.
  
• The Toughest Matchup for the Celtics: No, not Kobe. Let's just hope Violet Palmer is nowhere to be found. If Hilary and Barack were to have a lovechild daughter who wanted to be an NBA referee, Violet Palmer did not set a good precedent for her.
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to NBA analyst, Tim Legler. Out of the 10 "experts" on ESPN.com, Legler was the only one to pick the Celtics to win. He thinks the Celtics will win in 7 games, though...

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to NBA Commisioner, David Stern. How do you explain the scheduling of the Finals? Game 1 is on Thursday...okay, I get it...you want to steal viewers from NBC's Thursday lineup.....but Game 2 isn't until Sunday...why isn't it on Saturday? Perhaps they don't want to provide TOO MUCH basketball in one day since we all know how NBA fans are ALSO WNBA fans.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: Here at the Daily Millings recently, we've put a little focus on the so-called "friend zone." Just to give you a more in-depth view of the "friend zone" (this time from the female perspective), the song of the day is Taylor Swift's "Teardrops on my Guitar." Just watch the music video and tell me what Drew's problem is?!?

Millage People Shout-out: I want to give a shout out to some old guy at Verizon Wireless, who kindly waived the $50 charge for the repairing of my cell phone. I am also grateful that "repairing" actually means "replacement with a brand new out-of-the-box version."

Friday 5/30 Weekend Millings

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to one of my fave 5 NBA players of all time, Vlade Divac. With the news of the NBA penalizing floppers starting next season, the Yugoslavian will go down in NBA history as the greatest flopper of all time (in my opinion at least). He wasn't called "the Trout" for nothing.

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to Clayton Holmes Grissom better known to us as "The Invisible" Clay Aiken. In August, Aiken will father a child...but just when I thought he might finally prove to us he's not gay...it turns out he merely donated his sperm and didn't put it there himself.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: On my drive home home today, I waited out the traffic by listening to some Black People music. One of the most intellectually stimulating songs I heard was "She Got It" by 2 Pistols featuring T-Pain. Monday's MillStar Award is yours if you can correctly count the number of times "She Got It" is said including the echoes.

Milligan: When I was in 11th Grade, a girl called me up at home and asked if I would go to the Junior Prom with her. I remember my mom picked up the phone and told me it was a girl. For some reason, the thought of having to my parents I was going to prom scared me...so I told the girl I wasn't going to go...while using really vague language because my parents were listening to my end of the conversation. In retrospect, I think I would have gone if I liked the girl who asked me. But for the sake of "the cycle," I probably should have said "yes" and gone to the prom anyway. (See the MillBox for more on "the cycle").

MillBox:
Question: So if a guy that I don't like romantically asks me out, shouldn't I just say "no" so he doesn't get the wrong idea? ~Inexperienced Girl, Virginia
Miller: If he has no criminal record, you MUST say "yes!" There is no way around it. If you say "no," you will shatter his confidence and he may never be able to ask another girl out. By saying "no" to him, you are not only hurting this guy, you are also hurting girls that may be waiting for him to ask them out. By saying "no," you break the cycle. Do the right thing, ladies; accept the free dinner for the sake of your fellow woman.

Millage People Shout-out: Mad props to Tony Allen, who finally did something positive. By aggravating his old injury in practice, he has opened up a roster spot for the Boston Celtics to have a Token White Guy on their roster. Looking at the racial distribution of both Eastern Conference Finals Rosters, Brian Scalabrine proves that "There Can Only Be One."

Wednesday 5/28 Delayed Millings

Millting Points: Thoughts on living alone:

• It's kinda weird.
• I realized why normal people go to bed so early...
• ...there's nothing to do late at night.
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to Vince McMahon for suggesting that he is going to give away one million dollars of his own money to WWE fans over the course of the next few weeks. Vince is such a genius that he might only be giving away "a chance" at one million dollars, but he'll still get massive ratings. Let's hope this doesn't earn an XFL sized MillDud in the coming weeks.

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to the WNBA. This MillDud is long overdue. Does the WNBA seriously think it can guilt trip me into watching them? Their new commercials seem to suggest that I wouldn't disparage their league...it's good thing I am not easily persuaded by commercials shown during NBA games...otherwise I would try to dive into a basketball court head first (courtesy of Sprite).

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: It's always been a dream of mine to go to an open mic night and perform the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Theme Song." The fact that almost no one knows the verses of the song means that it would take people a full verse to realize that I was actually singing the Power Rangers song and not some generic (but serious) rock song.

Milligan: When I was a Freshman in college, Mike Chen and I got pretty experimental with our haircuts. Though retaining his trademark "poofy hair," he got a Jesus fish shaved into the back of his head. I, on the other hand, being a little less righteous and a little more narcissistic, got the letter "M" shaved into the back of mine. Because we were about 8 years late on the whole shaving-into-the-back-of-the-head trend, it's something I'd like to forget.

Millage People Shout-out: Mad props to Tim Havens for revealing the awkwardness of his past relationships. Not only is Tim happily married now, but he also has New York Times paparazzi stalking him while he enjoys his morning cereal. Tim is proof that you too can overcome a past history of awkward pseudo-relationships that abruptly end.

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!

Monday 5/26 Memorial Day Millings

Millting Points: Since it's Memorial Day, here is a list of the coolest things with the word "Memorial" in their names.

1. Peabody Veterans Memorial High School - the high school that produced me.
2. Leonard P. Zakem Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge - the awesome looking bridge in Boston right next to the TD Banknorth Boston Garden.
3. Uhhh...that's all.
   

Daily MillStar: In honor of Memorial Day, today's MillCredit goes to my two favorite military men of all time, "The Chicken Army" ...of General Tso and Colonel Sanders. Did you know that General Tso was a real general? Even so, did you know that Colonel Sanders is probably the most popular military man (and white guy) in China?

Daily MillDud: This MillDud goes to Fung Wah Bus Co. for being stupid. Quiz Question: How does a 4 hour bus ride turn into a 7 hour bus ride? If you answered, "A flat tire and waiting 2 hours on the side of the highway," then ding ding ding you are absolutely correct!

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: With Jimmy leaving today, the song of the day can only be Flo Rida's "(Shawty Got) Low." Instead of linking you to the Flo Rida music video, I have decided to link you to how we found the song in the first place. We were watching on of Jimmy's favorite shows (the Ellen Degeneres show) and we realized the song was so catchy that we had to start dancing, too.

Milligan: When I was in 6th grade, I participated in backyard wrestling. We would take all the things we learned from watching the WWF on television and use them to fight each other...for real. We did not script the outcomes of the matches. Typically, the matches would end by submission, when someone applied some kind of chokehold that restricted the airways. Looking back on it, I'm surprised we didn't get hurt at all. If I could do it again, I would suggest that we script it all.

MillBox:
Question: If you were on a date with Lisa Loeb, what would you do? ~Lucas Ho, Singapore
Miller: I would take her to a karaoke bar and sing a song to her. I would serenade her with a very poorly sung version of her hit song "Stay (I Missed You)" hoping that butchering her only claim to fame would win me her heart.

Joses Ho's HoBag:
Question: Joses, if you could say something to a very special girl out there what would it be?
Joses (to a very special girl out there): I wish I could have seen you before you had flown off, but I'm happy we got to hang out your last night here.

Jimmy Tull's TuleBag:
Question: Seriously, do you really watch the Ellen DeGeneres Show? ~Ellen DeGeneres, Burbank, California
Jimmy: No I do not "seriously" watch it. I mean we've probably only seen it a couple of times in the last couple of months. So, so I do not seriously watch it. ...Notice that the question didn't ask if I enjoy it.

Millage People Shout-out: I want to give a shout out to Anna Hsu, who is the very first person to shamelessly ask for a Millage People Shout-out.

Friday 5/23 Commencement Millings

Millting Points: Brown University Class of 2008 Thoughts:

• Four years already? That was fast...I can't even remember Joses's junior year.
• 135 Lloyd: How long before the MillBoard Charts Song of the Day is Flo Rida?
  
• Who's the baccalaureate speaker? Was Claire Huxtable booked this weekend?
• Famous parents tracking: Chris Berman and Dustin Hoffman return!
  
• The two-time Couple of the Year, Herman Hsu and Ling Phoun, are moving on. Which pair will take the title next year?
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to my landlord Phil McMaster, who drove Nick to the airport yesterday. Besides that, Phil always tells it like it is and even wishes you luck when you go to parties (...whatever that means).

Daily MillDud: This Commencement MillDud goes to Brown Women (meaning females at Brown and not the hot latinas out there that didn't go to Brown). How in the world are you gonna let Jimmy and Joses go home single?

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: In honor of the Class of 2008, the song of the day is "Leave the Memories Alone" by Fuel. Even though the repetition of the words "You'll Never Change" is contrary to the spirit of graduating, the song is just too catchy to not be the anthem of this year's graduating classes. This song also served as the retirement anthem for famed professional wrestler Ric Flair.

Milligan: When I was in Kindergarten, I cheated on a test for the very first time. And can you believe that I actually got caught?!? It turns out that I cheated off of some one who would eventually stay back in Kindergarten...bad move. (Disclaimer for the kids out there: Not only is cheating morally wrong...it's also not a fool-proof system...especially if you cheat off fools.)

MillBox:
Question: I know I let you down in Game 1, so I scored 25 points last night. Do you forgive me? ~Walter Ray Allen, Waltham, MA
Miller: Well, RayRay...you didn't win, but I forgive you. I was finally warming up to the idea of never winning on the road to prove everyone wrong, but I'm gonna agree with some of the NBA analysts who say "Maybe losing one at home will finally motivate them to win on the road."

Joses Lucas Ho's HoBag:
Question: Lucas, it must be tough being Joses's identical twin. What do you think of his topless photos on facebook? Do you ever get upset that he's not only flaunting his own body but also an exact replica of your body?
Lucas: What makes you think that my body is as flabby as his?

Jimmy Tull's TuleBag:
Question: What's the stupidest thing you've done in college?
Jimmy: I mean...realistically...it's probably the patented Jimmy Tull "Oh you thought we were dating for the past couple of weeks...not anymore...cuz I'm just gonna ignore you." It's been done three times. Remember 2004?

Millage People Shout-out: I want to give a quick shout out to my Grandpa, who as of Monday morning, is in heaven. Though he had many hopes for me, my only hope for him was that he would indeed go to heaven one day. Of his 89 years on Earth, it took him about 82 before he smartened up and reconciled with God. Since eternal life, by definition, is "knowing the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom He sent," my Grandpa is already moving on to his 8th year of eternal life...but now the suffering is gone.

Thursday 5/22 Musical Millings

Millting Points: American Idol thoughts:

• Amanda Overmyer really scares me. How scary???...think Roseanne scary.
  
• Once Carly Smithson got voted off...the show became harder to watch.
• How did Chikezie not make it big?!? I mean, his full name is Chikezie Eze!!!
• Instead of giving cars both Davids, they should have given both cars to David Cook.
• Seeing David Cook win it makes me genuinely happy...like Red Sox 2004 happy.
• Seeing David Archuleta lose it makes me wonder if his dad will ground him for life.
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to Jimmy Tull for filling in for Joses. Because Joses is in New York picking his family up at the airport, we here at the Daily Millings have a new question and answer segment called Jimmy Tull's Tulebag (see below).

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to David Archuleta. No explanations needed.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: Since last night marked the finale of American Idol Season 7, the song of the day goes to my favorite performance of the season: "Always Be My Baby" by David Cook. The original by Mariah Carey reminds of when I first started following music (see the Milligan). This version, though, is so creepy that I like it. For some reason, a girl singing "don't you know you can't escape me" is a lot different from a guy singing it. Write THAT down as a gender difference.

Milligan: When I was in 5th grade I knew absolutely nothing about music, but for some reason all the other kids at school did. I remember one time being asked if I liked the Beatles. Because I knew for a fact that my "uncool" Dad loves the Beatles, I thought they would surely be deemed as "uncool." I told my friends that the Beatles were awful and got criticized. Boy, was I wrong.

MillBox:
Question: What do you think of the "There can only be one" commercials for the NBA playoffs?
Miller: I think someone needs to make a spoof where they match up half of Sam Cassell's face with half of Mike Bibby's face. The ugliest man in basketball...there can only be one.

Jimmy Tull's TuleBag:
Question: Jimmy, how do you know if a girl is interested in you? ~M.F. Thingy, Providence, RI
Jimmy: Unfortunately for me, it has to be obvious. It has to be obvious in terms of gratuitous affection, her treating you differently than her other guy friends, and sometimes you can just see it in her eyes...however, sometimes you can be wrong about the signs and you're so far into the "friend zone" that you didn't even know what hit you. That pretty much sums up my life.

Millage People Shout-out: Mad props to the family of Joses Ho. They're coming today for commencement weekend. Should I make Joses look bad by talking to them in Cantonese?

Wednesday 5/21 Very NBA Heavy Millings

Millting Points: Assorted NBA stuff:

• Celtics won it fairly easily...maybe I should have picked them to win in 5.
• The Allens: Ray didn't score 20, but Tony did get some playing time.
  
• Western Conference Finals Prediction: Lakers in 7.
• How in the world did the Bulls win the Draft Lottery! I think they should take hometown boy Derrick Rose and propose a Hinrich, Deng, Gooden, Noah trade for Carmelo and Camby.
  

Daily MillStar: A MillCredit goes to Jeff Van Gundy. I love his commentary...he's the anti-Doris Burke. He has the best idea for an NBA rule change I've ever heard: a made half court shot immediately ties the game.

Daily MillDud: Today's MillDud goes to Mike D'Antoni for choosing the Knicks over the Bulls. Sure, the money was better...but think about having the Derrick Rose instead of Stephon Marbury as your team's best point guard. A second MillDud goes to Kirk Hinrich, who all of sudden, lost his job to a ping pong ball.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: The song of the day is "Jamie Smiles" from the movie Just Friends. This movie is a must-see if you've ever been caught in the friend zone...it could be painful to watch, though, if you can relate to the main character's plight.

Milligan: If I could go back in time, I would be sure to go to a Celtics game in the old Boston Garden. I've been to the new Garden/Fleetcenter many a time; however, I've only been to the original Boston Garden for Disney on Ice's production of Peter Pan. I did wear a green hat that day...but I was a little embarrassed that it had a feather in it.

MillBox:
Question: How do you come up with all of these "Mill" words?
Miller: One day, I looked up the letter M in the Encyclopedia and looked for all the Mill words I could use for a future blog project. You'd be surprised what other words are just waiting to be unleashed such as Mill-itant, Milldew, Millshake, Mill-imeter, Milliteracy, Millnourished, Millegitamate, Mill-asia (like Malaysia), Millanoma, Millody, Millodrama, and Millegal Aliens.

Joses Ho's HoBag:
Question: Joses, imagine being on your dream date...what are you wearing?
Joses: Nothing.

Millage People Shout-out: Mad props to ESPN360.com for allowing me to enjoy the Celtics Game.

Tuesday 5/20 Millings

Millting Points: My Predictions for the NBA Eastern Conference Finals:

• Celtics in 7. They will be the first NBA champs to never win a road playoff game.
  
• Ray Allen will score 20 points in Game 1.
• Tony Allen will get some playing time and make a bonehead play.
• If Violet Palmer refs a game in this series, the Celtics will lose that game.
  

Daily MillStar: The first MillCredit goes to the return of the Daily Millings. We're Back!!! The new format is very quick and witty without giant text blocks...it's much more conducive for putting the "daily" into the Daily Millings.

Daily MillDud: A MillDud goes to the college minister at Citylife Presbyterian Church because it took him a whole semester to talk to Joses and me even though we always sit a row behind him in service. Coincidentally, he noticed us the only week in which there wasn't a Korean guy sitting directly behind him giving him backrubs.

Millustration (A Simile to Scratch your Skull): David Archuletta is like Clay Aiken. Archie will ALSO finish as American Idol runner-up because the girls ALSO think he's really cute..but when his moment of glory fades, people will ALSO wonder if he's gay. The only difference? ...one of them is Mormon and one of them is Invisible.

MillBoard Charts Song of the Day: In honor of Simon Cowell, I've decided to choose "Bleeding Love" as the Song of the Day. HOWEVER, I'm going to choose the Jesse McCartney version over the much more popular (and better) Leona Lewis version! Jesse co-wrote this song with OneRepublic frontman and missionary kid Ryan Tedder. Sure, Jesse sings the song like a wimpy hemophiliac, but still, let's give the man some props.

Milligan (Something I would do over): In 7th grade, I got a detention for doing a series of X-Pac kicks on a kid in gym class. I haven't seen the kid since 8th grade, but boy would I love to apologize to him.

MillBox:
Question: What do you think of my no-hitter last night? ~Jonathan Lester, Boston MA
Miller: It was incredible. You may walk an awful lot of guys, but last night you showed the world that chemotherapy might be a better performance-enhancer than steroids. Kids everywhere should be standing in front of the microwave hoping to put a little bit more zip on their fastball.

Joses Ho's HoBag:
Question: Joses, since you're an expert in romance...how would you approach a beauty queen? ~Pathetic in Providence
Joses: This one's easy. I would go on youtube and watch clips of her pageants...get to know her a bit. That should be enough to get you through a date.

Millage People Shout-out: Mad props to Didier for almost making dreams come true. (See previous item).