In my infinite quest to master my own domain, I finally came across a song that touches me, and most likely every other dude at the Synthesis’, hearts deeply. I bring you “Ooh Girl”, an honest R&B song.

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By popular demand, more Tom Green.

“More than 4,000 Chinese children are named Olympic Games.” No shit. That headline just kinda jumped out at me. Naming your child “Olympic Games” is the new. Jennifer? Charles? No, Olympic Games. Prince, the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known Prince, is way jealous.

From BBC:

More than 4,000 children in China have been given the name Aoyun, meaning Olympic Games, in the past 15 years.
The rise in popularity of the name is seen as a sign of support for the Games being staged in August in Beijing.
Officials in charge of identity cards say that more than 92% of the 4,104 registered Aoyuns are boys.
It is not uncommon for Chinese children to be given names of common events and popular slogans - such as Defend China, Build the Nation and Space Travel.
There are 290,798 registered Civilisations.
The first surge in Aoyuns came in 1992, when China applied to host to the 2000 Games. About 680 Aoyuns were registered at the time.
In 2002 another 553 Aoyuns were named, after China was chosen to host the 2008 Games.
The BBC’s Chinese service says that in recent weeks babies have also been given names such as Hope for Sichuan, to show solidarity with earthquake victims.

According to Tim Donaghy, who is a total douche and is facing a possible 25 years in prison for altering the outcome of games he officiated, is now saying that the infamous game 6 of the western conference finals in which the Los Angeles Lakers narrowly beat the upstart Sacramento Kings due in no small part to some of the worst officiating evar seen by anyone EVAR was in fact a screw job planned by the referees officiating that game.
According to documents submitted by Donaghy’s lawyers:

“Referees A, F and G were officiating a playoff series between Teams 5 and 6 in May of 2002. It was the sixth game of a seven-game series, and a Team 5 victory that night would have ended the series. However, Tim learned from Referee A that Referees A and F wanted to extend the series to seven games. Tim knew referees A and F to be ‘company men,’ always acting in the interest of the NBA, and that night, it was in the NBA’s interest to add another game to the series. Referees A and F heavily favored Team 6. Personal fouls [resulting in obviously injured players] were ignored even when they occurred in full view of the referees. Conversely, the referees called made-up fouls on Team 5 in order to give additional free throw opportunities for Team 6. Their foul-calling also led to the ejection of two Team 5 players. The referees’ favoring of Team 6 led to that team’s victory that night, and Team 6 came back from behind to win that series.

I’m not a Kings fan or anything, but when I first read this my reaction was the same as former Kings player (and one of the players that fouled out during that game) Scott Pollard - “I KNEW IT!” That one call when Mike Bibby got elbowed in the grill and got whistled for the foul was too unreal to believe that everything was on the up and up.

Granted, Donaghy would try to say anything to get his ass out of jail sooner, and he is going out of his way to try and rat out every single person he can in exchange for leniency, but this is the one thing that he has said during his arrest that I believe.

But he’s still a waste of skin.

ZOMG ALL OUR BUILDINGS ARE BELONG TO THEM:

The latest Big Apple trophy being coveted by oil-rich sovereign wealth funds is the landmark Chrysler Building. Sources say the super-rich Abu Dhabi Investment Council is negotiating an $800 million deal for a 75 percent stake in the Art Deco treasure that has defined the Midtown skyline since 1930.

This follows closely on the heels of the recent purchase by a partnerneship including Dubai-based Meraas Capital of another New York landmark, the General Motors Building:

Boston Properties said its partners in the $2.8 billion purchase of New York’s General Motors Building include Dubai private equity firm Meraas Capital, newswire Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
The involvement of Meraas Capital reflects the increased interest by oil rich Middle Eastern funds in US property, especially New York real estate, an analyst told the newswire.

Of course, the crown jewel in the Arab Real Estate portfolio is an out-of-the-way single-family-home, on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington DC. They bought that shit about 8 years ago. But rumors on the internet say it might be for sale again. Just a matter of who has enough cash to pay the asking price.