major props to lanierfan and microwave for eloquent, cultured, humorous and savage posts! i felt truly uplifted. brought a smile to my face.

the rest of this is pretty much off-thread unless maybe the ilgauskas - sheed - varejon incident somehow connects it (so change the channel if you want)

ron artest on best damn sports show period or whatever it's called:

asked who, besides himself, should get the nba's mvp award: "i think one of the pistons should get it... chauncey, rasheed, richard, or ben... the way they've been playing"

then playing the question and answer game "my favorite things" (questions in parentheses following ron ron's answers)

dennis rodman (favorite basketball player all time)
eatin' beans before games (superstition)
martin lawrence (tv show)
beans (favorite meal)
mike bibby (favorite current nba player besides himself)
circuit city (favorite job outside of pro basketball) -- did it as a rookie with chicago: wtf?
meeting mike tyson (favorite moment on best damn)
lebron icky shuffle (favorite dance move)

oh, and then he did a little song. apparently he did an apology song a couple of years ago when he had yanked paul pierce's shorts down during a game. so tonight they played a video of pierce singing: "ron, ron, ron, ron, ron...i accept your apology. it's good to have you back. next time they hit you with a beer, try not to react." artest was almost doubled over laughing. "that's platinum," he said. invited to respond on the spot, he said again, "that's platinum. i'm gonna have to think on that. that was really tough."

i suppose it is some sort of sacrilege to say so here (i remember micro and my shared shame at confessing on the chat that we both drafted ron to our fantasy teams), but i just can't not like the guy...he totally cracked me up.