Here's my basketball crazy man's apology for not talking to me last night: "Oh man, last night the (dnm*) were so good I couldnt leave to come sign on. sorry...blame Dirk!"

* dnm is short for do not mention. I am not supposed to discuss sports with him after I was earlier blamed for the Bengals losing to the Steelers and the Lakers losing to the Suns. Apparently, I am a professional game curser who makes all his favourite teams lose. Uhm... statistically, he has somewhat of a point. And for once, he's right. Dirk doing Duncan et al in was memorable. Finally, he's becoming one of the truly great players. Here's to Dirk winning the championship for Dallas and the post-season MVP for himself.