D Wade/ Charles Barkley & T Mobile

I still find myself smiling at the Charles Barkley/Dwayne Wade T-moblie commercials. I thought I might rank the three that I have seen. I wish I could relate to Dwayne's desire to get into Chuck's 5, I have Cingular, we yet have adapted the new "Who's in your 5?" slogan. I'm searching for some deeper meaning behind it, but honestly I think they are just trying to sell.

#3. This is actually the one I just recently saw. Maybe it's the fact that I'm not the biggest golfing fan. Is it just me or is Charles getting so fat he has trouble speaking. I mean he hasn't always been the most articulate speaker, but it has definitely gotten worse. Oh and the pink doesn't help. Finally, you would think if D Wade (last years finals MVP) could win the championship for his team single handily, under the harshest of conditions, he could sink a put with nothing but a cell phone ring to break his concentration.

#2. The classic "...is this your dad?" This was brilliant writing. You can never go wrong with that type of joke. I do wonder, why is it a skinny blond who recognizes the two. I do realize that Wade's #3 jersey is one of the highest selling jerseys, and he was on a beautiful people list I believe. But still... I don't know a girl that would recognize D Wade in a restaurant like that, and Barkley even less. If someone can prove me wrong please do.


#1. "Sexay..." It was a little unnatural, but funny. Chuck's dunk that they watch was spectacular, he was impressive. But the gigantic self portrait of Charles in is living room is what sold me. Seeing that proved that they were actually in his house, on his sofa, watching his tv... that's dedication. How do we feel about gigantic self portraits in our homes?

My 1st Post

We transport many different people in my line of work. We transport the old, young, sick, not so sick, psychotic (I mean crazy), comatose, and the list goes on. On occasion we have instances that one cannot afford forget. It gets you thinking in a wide range of ways. It makes you appreciate, laugh, cry, and sometimes just flat out angry.
"Don't let the turkeys get you down...," she said to me as my head was down focusing on the paperwork I was rapidly completing. She struggled to catch her breath as she spoke. One of many struggles that seemed to have worn this fragile old women so that it was apparent on her face. "What was that?" I replied. "Turkeys are not the smartest creatures on the planet." she said. "When the rain falls they raise their head curious to what it is falling from the sky. Their curiosity and stupidity so great that it results in their eventual death. As the rain pours it flows onto their raised heads and down their throat into their lungs. " She then continued to explain how unintelligent these birds must be to cause their own death by a simple raise of the head. "Don't let those idiotic type of people get you down in your life, what they say, what they do, etc.," she said. I haven't been able to forget that. How negatively do those type of people affect our lives? Do we let them in so far that they make our lives miserable? Watch out for those turkeys I suppose...
On a brighter note... what is the percentage of people that can really whale on a harmonica? I can only think of a few musicians, my grandpa, and a man that was in the back of the ambulance for about 20 minutes. We found him in a local ER needing to be transported to a local psychiatric facility. Our first contact with the man was rather pleasant, he didn't plan on causing problems and was looking forward to the trip. To his dismay, as we loaded him up, I didn't have any Sex Pistols on my iPod to play for him. He brushed it off and proceeded to pull out his harmonica, "who needs a radio?" he must have been thinking (thanks Lloyd). The next 10 minutes of driving was accompanied with an amazing show of harmonic excellence. Weather or not he had 'all the chickens in the barn," or not he could play a mean harmonica. Sadly enough the show had to end and we needed to send him off. A good man, well behaved, mostly crazy, and a great musician... why shouldn't he play the harmonica. As we said good bye he pulled his fake teeth and apologized that his dentures impeded his playing ability. It's just fine sir. I think we all have an idea of that one person who strangely enough knows how to play the harmonica, and this is mine.