Veterans Day Suns Chat
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... Coach Porter and MVP Amare talk about the turnovers, the bank shots by the Grizz, All Star week and the upcoming Rockets game.
Amare reports that the goggles may or may not return. He thought they were uncomfortable and got blurry.
I am fairly sure this is in fact Porter and Amare talking but after today my faith is shaken.
Audio provided by Sports 620 KTAR ...
Shaq and Twitter: An Investigative Report
The Big Lead —
... Shaq’s Twitter Account: It might not be his. The Bright Side of the Sun investigates. “So, basically we don’t know if the ‘person’ Amy Jo has been tweeting with is Shaq himself, a Shaq corporate sponsor sock puppet, or some combination of both. Or perhaps neither. This is all very confusing to me and I can’t help but feel deceived regardless. Welcome to the brave new digital media world.” Will a reporter simply ask Shaq before the Houston game tonight? Thanks. ...
Thoughts on the Post-Game Interviews
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Most importantly, Amare was wearing some sort of scarf -- like in thedirty.com photos. He's either got a new syle thing going or he's part of some twitter-based promotion.
Secondarily, Matt Barnes was interesting.
Barnes said he was simply trying to fight through a hard screen (he wasn't "simply" doing that) and that the Rockets were setting some hard screens so he wasn't going to stand for it.
Nash got banged by TMac on the play before, but no one who's watched TMac play more than 4 games would think he's the type of guy that would ...
Friday links
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... -Bright Side of the Sun was duped by a Shaq twitter. And people wonder why I don’t bother with cell phones. Yup, that’s right, I write a Suns blog but don’t own a cell and never plan too. Wrap your head around that for a second. ...
The Four-Day Work Week, Vol. 2
Steady Burn —
... of mongoloids in the parking lot)
Somehow, acquire a free subscription to Wizard Magazine
Price Rorschach trenches
Put drift tires on the old…ok, you found me out, I don’t own a car
Walk around France (Lower East Side) beating on stuff with drum sticks (Man Man is a stupendous band!)
Pick up some Vicktory Dogs vino for my next suaree (of warehouse, back alley cocktail affair)
Tweet @ShaquilleOneal quotes from Kazaam
Tune-in (online) to the Roller ...
Phoenix Suns - First 10 Games Analysis
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We are ten games into the Season and we have already gone through a rollercoaster of emotions. But it's okay. We know the drill here at Bright Side of The Sun, after all... this is Suns Basketball right?
Whoever said that the Suns were going to be boring was wrong. So far we have had some interesting things going on in Planet Orange that have made us feel: sad, bitter, frustrated, cheated, confused and amazed. The Suns are still very entertaining, not the way that we hoped for but still entertaining and by the way...our record (7-3) ...
The Shaq Sock Puppet Saga Continues
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... Shaq. Since finding out that somebody is impersonating him, Shaq has taken it upon himself to create a Twitter account and become active in this online space. His Twitter name is "The_Real_Shaq."
You can judge for yourself what this all means to the credibility of the internets, the rise and fall of decency in our society and the overall impact of sock puppetry on your faith in your fellow man.
Personally, I am having a hard time remembering why I cared about this.
But I do love this image of Shaq as a Sock ...
Shaq Sock Puppet Revealed
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... Only a few short days ago this all started with a confused rant about the alleged Suns endorsement of what I thought to be a Fake Shaq that was tied to Vitamin Water. In fact, the Suns Digital Media Director was just as fooled as I was and best I can tell, VM wasn't involved at all. ...
Inside Scoop: Phoenix Suns
Nothing But Claw —
From sock puppet to dairy queen: How Shaq came to tweet
Fanster.com —
... tweets but since the Shaq feed was being "pimped" by a Suns employee (who it turns out was also duped) it seemed fair to think it was The Big Fella himself.
Or, an even more likely scenario (straight from marketing-conspiracy paranoid land) a corporate Sock Puppet was using Shaq's celebrity to promote a certain flavored water beverage that Shaq was in fact a spokesperson for.
This promoted intense righteous indignation on the part of Mr. Phoenix Stan who lashed out this way (what a jerk ass):
The real shame is that the Suns organization ...
