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So much for my Hornets-will-win-it-all prediction.

From the Wikipedia entry for Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs:

“Many of the signature moves were inserted without players consent. Moves such as Charles Barkley’s gorilla dunk drew controversy and would affect the future of signatures moves and the marketing of the moves for future basketball games.”

Anyone know where to find an online simulation of this game? My usual source for these things is EveryVideoGame.com.

As for this series, I think the Lakers win in six. Phil Jackson trumps Doc Rivers.

There’s a lot of stuff I’ve been meaning to write about, but the inability to upload photos has gotten in the way. (That issue still isn’t resolved. We found a workaround solution that will work for now.) Let’s get right to it, and mix in some Crazy Predictions.

• My sister Karen is engaged! Congrats! Her and Keith are just now beginning to learn the joys of wedding planning. Good luck deciding who’s not worthy of an invitation. Is a wedding website in the works?

• A press release from the Office of Bryan T. Pojanowski: “I am pleased and honored to announce that in the state-wide election of April 22, 2008, I was elected as a member of Allentown’s 17th Ward, 1st district to the Republican County Committee. It was a landside victory where I garnered 100% of the vote. I’d like to thank my wife, Emily, for providing the one vote that propelled me to victory! I look forward to your future support.” Reliable sources say he’s got his eye on Arlen Specter’s Senate seat. I’ll be sure to get a better photo for the next update. I want to see him on Hardball as a surrogate for John McCain.

• The Cleveland Indians will win the 2008 World Series.

• Outside of the news on Senator Pojanowski, I know no one is reading this blog for political commentary. (No one is reading at all, really.) But I think the low moment of the Presidential campaign was this question Obama was asked by George Stephanopoulos: “Do you think Reverend Wright loves America as much as you do?” So awful. One political prediction—Hillary will not be his VP.

• You may have noticed that things look a little different around here. I like this font and I like the color blue. Plus I was never sure what that picture at the top of the old design was all about. One negative—the Blogroll has disappeared. One of these days, I’ll look into that.

• After one month on Weight Watchers, I’ve lost 9.4 pounds (down to 189.6). Still a long way from my target of 175, but it’s good to be back in the 180s.

• The New Orleans Hornets will win the 2008 NBA Championship. (Guess I’m a little late posting this one.

We’re into the eighth month, and Bailey is wise to this whole pregnancy thing.

I don’t know what you can extrapolate about children from their behavior in the womb. But if the answer is “lots,” this kid will be a placekicker who argues constantly about his or her bedtime.

Ellen is in full-on nesting mode, which has meant wonderful things for our property value. New (less blue) carpet…

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Catch up below with Livingston’s favorite Lab.*

* The neighborhood children at whom she barks each morning and afternoon may not hold her in such high regard.

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Seven years ago, my commencement speaker was Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a CNN Johannesburg correspondent and the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Georgia. She did not invent the iPod.

Her remarks did not make the mental_floss list of 7 Memorable Commencement Addresses. But Steve Jobs, my sister’s speaker at Stanford in 2005, was prominently featured.

In a sign that her spokesdog career could be taking off, Bailey spent several hours last week on the recently redesigned mentalfloss.com. CNN will be re-running Matt Soniak’s “Why Do We Yawn?” exposé on their site, and there’s a good chance Bailey will reprise her role as Yawning Dog #1 for a much wider audience. Fingers and paws are crossed.

This blog has been neglected of late. And although I’ve been the one doing the neglecting, it’s not all my fault. WordPress is all buggy and will not let me upload photos. Believe me, I have photos to upload. Our new concrete walkway, some ‘Before’ pics (I’ve completed two weeks on Weight Watchers and the pounds are melting away—one of these days, I’ll post a ‘During’ photo), various shots of the dog, and so on.

My good friend and favorite consultant Noah Brier upgraded me to WordPress 2.5.1. I am very fortunate to have access to Noah and his powers. The image-uploading problems persist, but for now, I can borrow a little mental_floss bandwith to post important photos. Like this:

Down from 199.0 to 193.0. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams, indeed.