What a difference a week makes. It was just last Thursday when NBA fans and two historic NBA cities Boston and L.A. played it out in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals. It was a well-played series for both teams, but it would be Kobe Bryant and the Lakers who would get the last laugh; as they saved their best for the 4th quarter and won the 2010 NBA title. There was no time for the Lakers and Celtics to rest; as they would have 7 days to prepare for the 2010 NBA Draft.

On Thursday June 24th the first player in the NBA Draft was officially selected and there was no surprises with the top pick. The Washington Wizards who already have one of the best scoring point guards in the NBA, wasted no time with selecting the top point guard in this year’s NBA Draft. It was the lightning fast guard from Kentucky and the consensus number 1 selection John Wall. Many of the basketball experts are calling John Wall a can’t miss prospect and is expected to do major things at the next level. Not many point guards ever get taken number 1 overall, so this does put Mr. Wall in a group of elite company. John Lucas, Ervin “Magic” Johnson, Allen Iverson, and Derrick Rose are the only other point guards who were selected as the top player in an NBA Draft.

I watched a ton of NBA Draft coverage and just about all of the NBA Draft preview shows and found one thing pretty interesting. No would really bothered to compare Derrick Rose with John Wall from Kentucky and now a member of the Washington Wizards basketball team. Who is the better player? Which point guard has the better hops? Who is faster? Most NBA fans have had a chance to watch the Bulls Derrick Rose play and comparing these two seemed like the most logical way to describe John Wall. No NBA analyst or reporter on TV went out on that limb to say which PG would be better next year, 3 years from now, 5 years from now, or would have the better NBA career. Many think Lebron James is going to Chicago and another free agent player and this would give Rose a chance to win some NBA titles starting next year. This isn’t true for John Wall and his team isn’t even expected to make the NBA playoffs in the next 2 years. You can still determine which player is better, without comparing the team records. No one would ever say if John Wall would match the skills and ability of a point guard who was just drafted 2 years ago and seems to match up on paper with a lot of the same skills John Wall has in his arsenal.

Since no one is brave enough to travel out on that limb and compare John Wall with Derrick Rose, I will be the first one to do so and will be on record for saying it. So you can remember where you heard it first when all of the others would not take on this important comparison. After next season, we will all have a better idea on which player is the best. If you think you have guts and don’t mind getting this question wrong, please leave your answer and reply on my blog to the player you think will be better in the NBA.

I don’t think there is no way, that John Wall from the Washington Wizards will ever live up to the skills and level of play Derrick Rose from the Chicago Bulls has already displayed in the NBA. I believe Rose is a much better player than Wall and I don’t think John Wall was a clear cut number 1 choice in this year’s draft. He may prove to be the best, but I believe many are seeing how well the Derrick Rose pick went for the Bulls and expect the same achievements for John Wall. I also think Evan Turner from Ohio State was a risky pick and I would have stayed away from him in this year’s NBA Draft. Taking Turner at 4 or 5 in the draft order would have been fine, but to believe he is better than Derrick Favors from Georgia Tech and Wesley Johnson from Syracuse is a stretch. I believe Favors and Johnson would both have been safer choices for the Philadelphia 76ers; who had the 2nd overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.

I can only wonder how the story would have been written in the Ohio State and Michigan college basketball game, if Evan Turner fails to make that half court shot to win it for the Buckeyes basketball team. Manny Harris from Michigan played very well going down the stretch for the Wolverines basketball team. I actually thought Harris looked like the better college basketball player; when compared to Evan Turner in that game. If Turner’s shot misses and Manny Harris wins, where would he have been taken in the 2010 NBA Draft? Evan Turner got picked 2nd overall; while Manny Harris didn’t even get selected. I hope the Atlanta Hawks will invite Manny Harris in to their camp and summer league basketball team. I believe the best situation for Manny Harris would be with the Hawks in Atlanta.

Don’t get me wrong. I believe Evan Turner and John Wall are both excellent basketball players and will find starting roles in the NBA. I can see both guys having a 10 year career in the League. I just believe big men are harder to find and especially a big man like Derrick Favors who is only 18 years old and will get bigger. This guy really fills up the lane and takes up a lot of space. He will be a star in a few years and I think Washington and Philadelphia will be sorry they didn’t do their own homework and got caught up in the media hype for Turner and Wall being the best two players in this year’s draft. I don’t see John Wall being as effective as Derrick Rose, but will still be a good ball player.

The story about Wall and Turner meeting in Cinncinati to play a one on one contest for the top pick in this year’s draft would have been a big TV event and a Pay Per View goldmine, if the NBA would have chose to go in this direction. This one event would have been bigger than the actual skills these two will be given the League for the next couple of seasons. I know if Derrick Rose would have been invited to this one on one event, he would have beat them both in a one on one game.

The final conclusions on John Wall is that he will be a good player in the NBA. I believe there is some room for doubt, that he will be a great player in the National Basketball Association. Even if he does turn out to be great, I think Rose in Chicago will always be one step ahead of John Wall and the Washington Wizards.

The newest NBA champions are the same as the last NBA team to be considered the latest of champions in the NBA. The National Basketball Association gave the top award to the L.A. Lakers team last year. They will have to do the same this year, because the Lakers are once again the top team in the NBA.

It was an exciting series with the Boston Celtics. The Celtics team of mostly thugs playing along side Ray Allen was not enough to beat the mighty Lakers. The series did go to a 7 game series and the Boston Celtics did lead for most of the game in the 7th matchup. However, a team that is full of street thugs like the Boston team has playing for them, they’re bound to get off-track. The only guy with any class on the Boston basketball team is Ray Allen. He would be wise to find another team next year, so he doesn’t have to play with those types of players on his team.

When you have the best player in the NBA and the World in Kobe Bryant, you just need a few solid pieces for a player like that to win it all for you. Last year after Kobe led his Lakers to the promise land, some analyst and fans still believed LeBron James was the best basketball player in the NBA. I wonder how many of these same people will now realize LeBron was never better than Kobe Bryant. I believe the Boston Celtics have 3 players better than LeBron James. It would appear Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rajon Rondo all 3 out played LeBron James. People don’t realize how LeBron has the keys to a team and is able to put up nice stats due to that. The youngster in Oklahoma Kevin Durant is a much more attractive piece to an NBA team than King James is or will ever be. I will take the “Durantula”on my team any day over the ball-hog, show-off of a player LeBron James is. The Washington Wizards can have the free agent Lebron and John Wall the top player in the NBA draft and Kobe’s Lakers will still beat them. Kobe knows how to play team ball and this is what wins championships. Lebron knows how to dribble backwards in the half-court offense, so that all eyes can get focused on him, as he tries to run in for a lay-up or a pass to an open jumper. I honestly believe Mo Williams for the Cavs is a much more consistent player than James and he does have a much more consistent jumper.

Here is a picture of what real champions look like. This isn’t a picture from the 2010 Lakers team. It isn’t even a picture of the 2009 Championship Lakers team. This is actually a picture in Atlanta; which was taken by Jeff Lewis of the AP. You can’t tell any differences in the 2008 picture against the Atlanta Hawks as you could if you had a picture of the Lakers playing another NBA team in the 2010 season.

The Lakers have kept key guys around and they have did a lot more than just gel together as a team. These guys like playing with each other and they all know their roles. Everyone associated with the Lakers team (including Jack Nicholson) keeps Kobe Bryant on level ground. They don’t constantly brag about him or hype him up into something he’s not. This has led to a championship style of basketball being played in Los Angeles and has created the best basketball player the World has ever seen.

We all know MJ or Michael Jordan won 6 NBA titles; while playing for the Chicago Bulls in the 1990′s. The 2010 championship ring, that Kobe is now sporting aroun, is only his 5th NBA ring or title. Kobe doesn’t need a 6th championship to prove he is the greatest player ever to play the game. MJ had a very good player in Scottie Pippen playing with him in Chicago. Gasol or Odom doesn’t quite have the skills of Pippen. If you can remember the first year Michael Jordan retired, the very next season, Scottie Pippen was the best player in the League. Pippen was better than anyone and he proved what he could do without Michael Jordan by his side. This only goes to prove how much help Jordan did have in Chicago. Kobe has won NBA titles with Shaq and a variety of other players, where Shaquille O’Neal was not around. Many think Jordan could have won more championships without Pippen, but we don’t know that for sure. We do know Kobe can win without Shaq and he’s proven this multiple times now.

No one next season better NOT even think about giving the best player award to LBJ. It should be clear to all now; that Kobe Bryant or “The Black Mamba” is clearly the League’s best player and he has been for the last 10 years. They are some really talented players in the NBA right now. You have to give props to Dwayne Wade in Miami, Kevin Durant in Oklahoma, Rajon Rondo in Boston, Dwight Howard in Orlando, and Mr. Bryant out in L.A.. The 2010 NBA Dream Team is:

Power Forward – Kevin Durant – OKC

Small Forward – Kobe Bryant – LAL

Center – Dwight Howard – ORL

Shooting Guard – Dwayne Wade – MIA

Point Guard – Rajon Rondo – BOS

The 2nd Team Runner Up for the 2010 NBA Dream Team:

Power Forward – Pau Gasol – LAL

Small Forward – Dirk Nowitzki – DAL

Center – Amare Stoudamire – PHX

Shooting Guard – LeBron James – CLE

Point Guard – Steve Nash – PHX

Those are the top 2 team combinations in the NBA in 2010. I do think Rondo has improved so much in the 2nd half of the NBA season, I would select him ahead of an older Steve Nash from Phoenix. PG Rondo did push the Lakers to a game 7; where Nash didn’t get his team that far. A lot of things will change next year and it will be a wild off-season in the NBA. The Lakers team could even change some with a few question marks for our 2010 champions. The League is going to see new coaches and a variety of NBA all stars switching teams and playing in different NBA cities. The NBA Draft is just around the corner and is scheduled in late June. A lot of free agents will start to find new NBA teams on July 1st and in the first week of July. Around July 10th, we should know how the bulk of the League is going to look for the 2010/2011 NBA season. Congratulations to the Lakers for winning back to back titles in the NBA and they’re the 2009/2010 NBA champions in the National Basketball Association.

The Atlanta Hawks are well on their way to having another very disappointing season next year. They made a great move by releasing the former head coach Mike Woodson from the team earlier this off-season. Now was the time to find the perfect coach and I found them one. I have been searching for a new Hawks head coach for a couple of years now. I went through a long list of coaches, before I saw who the perfect coach would be for the Atlanta Hawks. My hard work and efforts located the best man for the job and that man was Maurice Cheeks; who is currently an assistant coach with the Oklahoma Thunder. Cheeks has coaching experience and he’s use to working with young teams and teams with a lot of athletic talent. For some reason, the Hawks general manager Rick Sund has no interest in finding the perfect coach. The Atlanta Hawks have only interviewed a handful of coaches and now sources are saying they’re ready to make a selection. If they have no desire to find the perfect coach for the basketball team in Atlanta; why should the fans turn out to see them play?

One of the Hawks owners is Michael Geron, who is the one conducting these coaching interviews. Some of the candidates are having to wait for Geron to return to the country, so they can get their interviews in. I find this to be a very troubling story, that the owner Michael Geron would be taking trips out of the country, while the Hawks need a new head coach and have the NBA draft fast approaching later this month. It’s news like this, that keeps the fans in Atlanta away from Philips Arena. If the owners of the Hawks want to go out and travel and make fast decisions on their next head coach; then why should the Hawks fans even buy tickets for the game?

I think the time has come to boycott the basketball team in Atlanta. The Hawks have no desire to win an NBA championship and are not doing things like a contender should be doing. They have spent very little time searching for a new head coach and no one on their list of candidates, appear to be an attractive hire at this point. Here are the names the Hawks are now considering for a new head coach:

*Larry Drew- Former assistant coach to Mike Woodson

*Mark Jackson- ESPN analyst and no coaching experience

*Dwayne Casey- Assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks and is also a close friend of GM Rick Sund

*Avery Johnson- ESPN analyst and former Mavericks head coach

*Dean Demopolous – Assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers

That’s it!

In a league, where only about 30 guys can be a head coach for an NBA team, the Hawks Brass is only looking at 5 possible choices for their next head coach? They should have did a much more extensive search. This lack of desire to find a new head coach in Atlanta, will come back to bite them. The team’s youth and talent they have now, will just be wasting away, as a new head coach tries to find his niche in the NBA. The fans in Atlanta will be the ones paying the price. Not to mention the current players, who will not like the new situation that is coming to Atlanta. If the Hawks would have just took the time to see or interview with Maurice Cheeks, they would see his qualifications are much higher than the cast of clowns they have now. The circus is in full swing in the ATL and the Hawks are about to make a poor decision on their new head coach.

I have spent more than 2 years looking for a new coach in Atlanta. I found about 3 pretty good candidates, along with a 4th guy in Maurice Cheeks, who is the best man for the job. I wished the Hawks team would have just located one or two of my other 3 candidates for the new head coaching position. I have reviewed their 5 people they’re considering for the job in Atlanta and none of those 5 are even remotely close to the top 4 people I have in mind for the new coach of the Atlanta Hawks. This shows and proves the Hawks have no desire to find the best man for the job. This lazy attitude and lack of desire to find the best head coach possible, only carries down to the rest of the team. The Atlanta Hawks have no clue or concerns about an NBA title in the city of Atlanta. Michael Geron’s trip out of the country, during these critical off-season days, only goes to show why the Hawks won’t be winning an NBA championship anytime soon.

It’s pretty bad for an NBA team, when an online blogger can find 4 guys more suited for the new position as head coach for the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks have a very unique chemistry and need a unique formula for winning basketball games in the NBA. A new head coach or one with very little experience, is going to have to prove they belong in the league and can coach with the other head coaches in the NBA. All 5 guys on the Hawks current list, will only come here and run standard plays, for a team that can win with a unique style only. The next head coach for the Atlanta Hawks will only be coaching to prove he isn’t the worse in the league. The Hawks team and their fans deserve a coach that wants to come here and prove they’re the best and will do whatever it takes to win games in the NBA. Maurice Cheeks was the best man for the job and Michael Geron may need to leave the country again, to avoid the anger and frustrations he will be hearing from Hawks Nation!

It’s time to vote on the mid-summer classic that Major League Baseball has each year during July. One of the choices on the ballot is a rookie from Atlanta and he really deserves to be an All Star in 2010. His name is Jason Heyward and he was leading the team in homers and runs batted in. The hot bat of Troy Glaus has pushed him ahead of Heyward slightly, but this kid continues to play all out on the diamond. Not only would Jason Heyward make a great outfielder for the National League, but he would be good in the home run derby too!

You can help get this kid in the All Star Game and in the Home Run Derby too. Just go to MLB.com and vote for your favorite American and National League All Stars. You will find Jason Heyward’s name under the outfielders for the National League. You can select up to 3 National League Outfielders and by putting a mark next to Heyward’s name, you can help get this very talented kid into the All Star Game. There is also a place where you can vote for the sluggers you would like to see in the Home Run Derby. They didn’t put Heyward’s name on the ballot for the Home Run Derby, but you can still write him in on the ballot. Please vote more than 1 time too! Voters can submit more than 1 ballot, so each vote you give for Jason Heyward in the All Star Game or in the Home Run Derby; will make him one step closer to appearing in both for the National League All Stars.

I know a lot of people in the country hasn’t had a chance to see the Say Hey Kid (Jason Heyward) play in a game yet. Especially the American League teams; where Heyward and the Braves haven’t played any American League teams yet. They will play against a few teams in the American League, before the All Star break gets here. For all of the American League fans that don’t have the Braves on their schedule this year; you might not get to see Jason Heyward play in his rookie season. You can watch him play in the All Star Game in July, if you will use one of your National League outfield votes for Jason Heyward from the Atlanta Braves.

I think Heyward would do well in the Home Run Derby too. I have been writing his name in for the Home Run Derby ballot you can find at MLB.com too. It really is a treat to watch this kid from Atlanta to play and it won’t be much longer, until everyone in professional baseball knows about the Say Hey Kid.

Thanks to Amy Green for the following post.

My husband loves baseball, particularly the Cincinnati Reds. We recently planned an overnight stay in Cincinnati to attend a Red’s game at the Great American Ballpark. While there we also planned to include a tour of the Red’s Hall of Fame.

After packing our bags and setting our ADT Security alarm, we hit the road for the hour drive to Cincinnati. The traffic was light and we were at the ballpark in record time. Since we were there so early we decided to go thru the Hall of Fame before attending the baseball game.

Although I am not a huge baseball fan, the Red’s Hall of Fame was very interesting. My husband was in 7th heaven as we explored tons of exhibits and read through countless historical displays. There was a gallery depicting the old Wrigley field ballpark along with historical pieces like bleachers, chairs and equipment. Other galleries highlighted a Fan’s Theater, a Hall of Records, and many more.

The best part of the Hall of Fame was the rose garden. The rose garden was planted with dozens of rose bushes, an honor to the legendary Pete Rose for breaking Ty Cobb’s all time hits record.

After the tour was over we headed to the ball park and watched as the Red’s won. The Hall of Fame and the ballpark were a great, fun day event.

Do you know which person is the luckiest one in your office? The one who makes the most money? Well, you could say that and the highest paid employee is always the luckiest. Someone that doesn’t get paid as well, but still a very lucky person in the office, is the one who gets to buy and pick up the office supplies. At least this is true for the offices that send out an employee to buy extra pens, staples, printing paper, and custom presentation folders during business hours. If you can get paid for doing it and get a chance to get out of the office; then this employee is very lucky in my book. I hate running to the office supply store for myself, but would love a break from the office and get a chance to get paid while doing it. For those that have been lucky enough to get this position in the office, know what I am talking about. It may not sound like a position that is lucky, but staying in the office all day for 8 hours is not too fun or lucky.

Some women will never have to worry about what they eat or ever concern their self with that ugly “D” word. Yes, the dreaded diet! While only a small percentage of women in the world has this luxury; the rest have to find ways to make it work the best way they know how to. Some women that have that slight bulge in the middle can tuck it in real easy and without anyone ever knowing. A simple kymaro body shaper can curve your body into a shape you feel more comfortable with in public. Slipping one of these on is the fastest way to a trim waist-line and you don’t have to spend weeks or months dieting to get this look. So it is possible to be a slim woman and never have to diet, to get there.

A face full of acne can lead to scars down the road if not taken care of properly. Anyone that has acne, should try to find the best acne treatment they possibly can. You can look around online for helpful reviews on various acne products. This can help point you in the right direction, if you currently suffer from acne now. Teens should really try to provide protection for their face, so they don’t have scars as an adult. If you or someone you know has acne now; be sure to get rid of it as soon as possible or tell them to.

It’s time for a new day to dawn in the city of Atlanta for NBA basketball. The Hawks made the right move by removing Mike Woodson from the staff. The Atlanta Hawks need a coach that has a good reputation and experience working with young players. You can’t deny the youth and young talent the Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers, and Oklahoma City Thunder currently have on their roster. The Hawks have their own supply of young talent and one coach has worked with 3 of these teams and now it’s time to make it 4.

I am one of the most loyal fans you could find in Georgia or any where else in the world. I have been on the search for a new head coach for a long time now. I was so impressed with the way Maurice Cheeks handled the young 76ers team in Philly a couple of years back. He had this team running up and down the court and it was a fun-style of basketball to watch. I believe Maurice Cheeks would do much better, if he had a collection of players that were further along in their development process. The Atlanta Hawks have never had a coach that saw the potential in a run and gun type team. Cheeks could provide that in Atlanta and he’s already been the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers. He is currently working as an assistant to the Oklahoma City Thunder. His experience and especially with young players is what makes him a perfect fit for the head coaching duties in Atlanta.

I hope the owners and GM for the Atlanta Hawks recognize what Billy Knight started here in Atlanta. Billy Knight was not premature in wanting to fire Woodson last year as the head coach. He knew then, this team needed a coach that would push the guys and be a motivator to them. Mike Woodson was a coach that gave evil stares and blamed guys for poor performance. He never did try to lift their spirits during hard times and he would quit during games, just like his players did on the floor.

Maurice Cheeks led an NBA team to a Championship in his playing days in Philadelphia. He was the coach on the floor back in those early 1980′s and will bring that NBA Championship experience to the Atlanta Hawks; if given a chance to coach here. I would love to see Maurice Cheeks as my new coach in the ATL and once the fans understand what Cheeks is about, they will want this coach too. Please bring Maurice Cheeks in for an interview and give this man serious consideration for the job. As long as I hear that the Atlanta Hawks invited him in for an interview, I will know they are trying their best to find the best coach for our NBA team here in Atlanta. Let’s go get Cheeks from the Oklahoma City Thunder and our team will move to that next level in the NBA playoffs. Maurice Cheeks is your man for another trip to the post-season!

Star Forwards in the ATL

Ding Ding! The bell is ringing for round 2 action to begin in the NBA playoffs. The Hawks next mission gets underway tonight in Orlando. The Orlando Magic have been a tough team for Jamal Crawford and the Atlanta Hawks to handle this year. The first person you must stop is Superman himself. Dwight Howard is the beast inside that opens up the 3 point game for the Magic team. If the Hawks play it smart from the start, they can foul Howard each time down low and send him to the foul line. Dwight Howard is not a good free throw shooter and force him to beat you at the stripe. Most NBA teams would take this approach, but we are talking about Mike Woodson’s Hawks and not the talented team that could easily beat the Magic in 5 games; if they would play an up tempo style of game and run those guys off the floor.

Atlanta’s star Jamal Crawford will have a lot on his plate tonight as he tries to find help from team members. The young forwards must play well, for Crawford and the Hawks to steal one in Central Florida this week. One guy that is one of the top 5 most productive players on the team for the Hawks, barely sees game time action. Why Mario West isn’t making millions in the NBA and getting 30 minutes a night is beyond me. Playing time will be awarded to Marvin Williams (pictured on the left) and Josh Smith (pictured on the right). The Eastern Conference’s best forward duo will have to show their elevation skills and dunk a few home to quiet those rowdy fans down in Orlando tonight. The Hawks need to lob a few each quarter to the basket, to make Orlando aware of the alley hoop play. This creates plays for Jamal Crawford and Mike Bibby to drive the lane and put home floaters. It will have to start with the forwards for Atlanta and then be up to the guards to bring it home. Atlanta’s guards can’t win this one from the field though, they will need to get buckets in the paint.

One guard that doesn’t work well in the paint for the Hawks is Joe Johnson. He doesn’t make smart decisions and is way too tentative. He rarely goes up strong and his poor shot selections, one on one game, and his turnovers make him about the 7th or 8th most productive player on the floor, for this Hawks basketball team. Despite what you hear from the National Media about Joe Johnson being the star in the ATL, you only have to watch one or two games to know that this is far from the truth. Joe made all star games, due to the coaching, local TV personalities (Wilkins and Rathburn), and the Owners fabricating an NBA star. The real star power in Atlanta these days is Jamal Crawford and any true Hawks fan can tell you; that he’s the true superstar on the team.

Atlanta can win both games in Orlando and should come back home to lose the first home game and then win game 4 at Philips. If things work out just right, I could see the Hawks putting the Magic out in Game 5 of this year’s NBA playoffs. The problem is with the coach right now. He never got his team motivated to beat the Bucks and only let them give up nightly; until the Hawks team could lose no more. You can’t do this with the defending Eastern Conference champs. You must take it straight to them and build a big lead each quarter. Note to Mike Woodson, you don’t have to wait until the 4th quarters to win basketball games (like you stated earlier in the year). You know, when you said basketball games are won in the 4th quarter. If a team wins the first quarter and each quarter after, you usually can wrap up the game in the first couple of minutes of the 4th quarter. Play for the blow out and not the win. When you just play for the win, it causes the team to lose the game in the first 3 quarters. And you do need to shut your mouth when you talking about “milking the clock”. That is the very thing that is wrong with this team now Mike Woodson! You don’t milk nothing! You go out and play hard from start to finish and you don’t just win games, but you pound teams into the ground! Milking only creates opportunities for beaten teams to get back into ball games. If you want an NBA championship, you will have to stop milking leads and go out and pound teams!

I will be rooting for the Hawks tonight and each night. However, the team has yet to show no leadership or coaching signs of a team that wants it all in the NBA. If the change doesn’t start tonight, we don’t want Mike Woodson back in the head coaching spot in Atlanta. Go Hawks!

The Big Lottery Jackpots

The first thing most of us think about, when the term “lottery” comes up, is winning one of the big jackpots worth millions of dollars. Even though your odds are greater to get struck by lightning twice on the same day is higher, that still doesn’t stop us from playing. And why should it? When we can spend 1 buck to choose a few numbers and have the opportunity to win a lump sum payment that could set us for life. No other realistic ways to achieve this, unless you plan to sue a big company for money, invent a new product, or have a long lost relative to leave you a chunk of money in their will. The lottery is the easy way to get rich quick. Even though the odds say you and I will never win, we still watch people every week get their lives changed by a state or multi-state lottery. It’s having that chance that keeps us filling out those numbers on our lottery forms to turn in to a cashier at a convenience store.

What methods do you use; when it comes to selecting your numbers? Some will choose family members ages or birthdays. Most of us have a lucky number we will play a lot too. My favorite number has always been the number 21 and I have played this number many times on various lotteries. My state offers two big lotteries; then some smaller ones that offer a much better chance of winning. The pick 3 lottery is not really going to make you rich, but offers the best chance to score a week’s pay. I like our Fantasy 5 in Georgia. This lottery contest cuts out some of the numbers you have to choose from and you only have to get 5 right; instead of 6 with a special numbered ball too. After someone wins the Fantasy 5, it starts again at $50,000. While that prize may not be too attractive, it does grow each night, if no one wins. I like to play this anytime I see it over $150,000 or more and it gets that high a lot. If we would focus on the 100K prizes; instead of the ones that offer us millions, we have a much better shot of the lottery making a real difference in our life. I guess the lottery affects everyone’s life, but very few experience the positive sides. The rest of us get affected with the money we don’t have in our pockets no more.

I find it a little funny that there are lottery strategies. It’s just as easy for the numbers 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 to come out; as the random numbers you pick. I have found that hot numbers do exist. Playing the hot numbers each week has worked a little for me. I use to play cold numbers and figured they had a better chance of coming out. In reality, it’s been the hot numbers I have won more money from; than the cold numbers have paid me. Even this little lottery strategy of mine is pointless, but maybe the hot numbers have less weight on their ball weight and it causes them to pop-up more than the cold numbers. The hot numbers only last for a week to 10 days. After that, it seems like the balls get cleaned or changed out and a different group of numbers make up the hot numbers. That’s my only tip I can offer to lottery players. Do you have any lottery tips to share? What’s the most you have ever won? How much money do you spend each week on the lottery? I have won $500 a few times and that’s been my biggest win. This came from the scratch off tickets. I did hit 4 out of the 5 numbers one time. I won about $60 from this and it normally pays a little over $100 in the Georgia Fantasy 5 lottery. Please share your lottery views and any lottery tricks you have for winning more often than the average lottery player.

The latest news on hgh supplements and their use in sports has come under fire as to their impact. In most cases HGH supplements are not allowed in professional sports because of their immediate results that they get.

It’s sad to see a loved one pass away from this life. I believe if some of my relatives were still living, that did die over the last decade or so, I would have less clothes in my wardrobe. It seems funerals or going to the funeral home to visit and pay may respects, is a good reason for me to go shopping. I usually do visit a shopping center to look for new men’s clothing when someone I know has left this world. There is really no other times in my daily, weekly, or monthly routines; in which I set aside time and money to go shopping for new clothes. If my kin folks stop dying, I will probably run out of clothes to wear. I have about 5 pairs of jeans now, that I rotate around and just wear them. I probably have a dozen or more T-shirts I wear with my pants. I rarely wear dress pants out. I do wish my wardrobe was a little more upscale and I could wear nicer clothes. Unless I start going to a lot more funerals this year, it looks like these old jeans I have now, will have to last me for a while longer.

Teens Struggling to Cope with Drugs & Alcohol

Many of us see the headlines in Hollywood; where a famous teen has gotten into trouble with alcohol or drugs. These high profiled cases get the help for the teens that make these news breaking stories. What about all of the other California teens that hasn’t had a big movie role or known by millions and millions of other people around the world? Who will help these teens get the help they need just as much as the famous teenagers in California need?

A California teen drug rehab facility is designed to help the younger generation; whether they’re a big Hollywood star or just the average teen going to high school every day. A lot more average teens needing help with alcohol or drugs, compared to the few teens that make newspaper headlines for their addictions.

Marijuana has became a big issue in America and it’s no different in California. Teens coping with a drug addiction to illegal drugs, like marijuana, will need to seek help in California at a teen marijuana rehab.  A different level of steps are needed for each teen, depending on the substance they’re actually addicting to. Overall, each teen will have to change-up from their normal life-style to cure their addictions for the long term.

Adults struggle to overcome their addictions to drugs or alochol, so no reason to think why it would be any easier on our teens coping with the same drug-related issues. A teen drug treatment plan is no different from the ones a grown up must go through, in order to recover from their abusive and addictive patterns. Hopefully teens can make a quicker recovery than adults; who might have spent decades being addicted to a certain drug. It still doesn’t mean a teen will sacrifice or give up the pain and anxiety those first few days of coming clean takes on a person’s body. This is the hardest part about teen drug rehab and the reason so many in California and everywhere else needs a trained staff on hand to get through the first week of recovery.

The teen addiction info can be found online and many are geared more toward adults than the teenagers seeking help with drugs or alcohol. Make sure if you’re seeking help for a teen, you’re getting accurate info on the rehab facilities designed to meet their specific needs. Taking a stand now on teen drug abuse will go a long ways later; when these kids grow up and become active citizens living and working in our communities.

Insurance is hard to talk about online, since there are so many differences in companies and each state has their own rules and regulations for insurance companies too. A lot of these different fields that we commonly seek insurance for; like life insurance, auto insurance, or an insurance policy on your home; are trying to make it more uniformed over border lines. This will help to clear up the confusion for some folks that move to a new state or will make it easier for them to adjust to their new insurance plans.

We all complain about the term life insurance rates we have to pay each month, quarter, bi-annually, or yearly. The same goes for the insurance we pay on our vehicles we drive. However, we don’t do much complaining if our insured automobile gets into a wreck and needs money to get fixed. It just takes one time for most people to realize how important all these different insurance plans are. A good insurance policy can keep people from having to walk or it can provide living quarters for a fire or natural disaster that has too our home away from us. None of us know what the future holds, but we can help to prepare for that future. I don’t think you can find any stocks or mutual funds on Wall Street, that would be a better investment, than a life insurance policy or some other insurance policy; which would provide long-term protection for us and our families. Please do all you can to keep your insurance plans up-to-date. Once disaster strikes, it’s too late to go back into the past. We are in the past today and we all have the opportunity to change our futures!