End of an era

The Celtic trumped the Lakers in game 6 of the NBA play-offs. Handed them a real lesson in team bball. (Something akin to the total football of the 1970s Dutch side). Or, the Isaiah era Pistons, Barkley era 76ers, and the great Bulls teams of 1988-98. FFor guys like me who watched the Phil Jackson coached Bulls - with Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Longley, et al - seeing Phil bowing out so ingloriously was a real dissapointment. His slack-jaw and glassy eyes at courtside indicated that maybe the realization that his days were numbered was dawning on him... I know I'm supposed to be here digging the city and its culture - but going to a bar uptown (near Columbia U.) to watch the playoffs seems the real deal to me. Weird thing was though the first bar we rolled into - a beery smelling boozer of a room - had an effing Trivia Nite!! The boring and dumbass questions "What Hitchcock film starred the character of a journalist with a broken leg?" drowned out the Hoop on the big screens - which the crowd was blithely ignoring anyways. TIP: enjoy trivia, general knowledge, the company of equally lame quiz-heads - stay home and read a newspaper cover-to-cover while SMSing questions to your friends/flatmates. Bars are for ball sports and beers. (I promise something about art soon enough).