No joy in beantown today

The Magic dethroned the defending NBA champions on Sunday, beating Boston 101-82 in Game 7 for their second straight victory and earning the right to play the Cleveland Cavaliers for a spot in the NBA finals. It was the first time the NBA's most-decorated franchise, which won its record 17th title last year, had lost a series after holding a 3-2 lead.

No joy in beantown today

When it was over, the Carolina Hurricanes had upset the top-seeded Boston Bruins, 3-2, after almost a full period of overtime. Scott Walker scored the winning goal, breaking in on Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas and bunting in the rebound of a Ray Whitney shot at 18 minutes 46 seconds of the extra session.

Boston fans woke up Thursday morning pinching themselves over how lucky they were to have the Bruins in a Game 7 after trailing the series three games to one, the injury-riddled Celtics in a Game 6 and the Red Sox doing well. By the end of Thursday night their joy became a nightmare as all three teams lost.

Blog for 5-7-09

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE DESERT
DURING SOME POINT OF THE
JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN
ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND
SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
IN THE FACE,

THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED
WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING,
WROTE IN THE SAND ,
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

THEY KEPT ON WALKING,
UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED
TO TAKE A BATH
THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN
SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE
MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING,
BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.

AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM
THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE:
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SAVED MY LIFE,

THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED
AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND
ASKED HIM, AFTER I HURT YOU,
YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW,
YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?
THE FRIEND REPLIED
WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN
IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF
FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.

BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
WHERE NO WIND
CAN EVER ERASE IT,

LEARN TO WRITE
YOUR HURTS IN
THE SAND AND TO
CARVE YOUR
BENEFITS IN STONE.

THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL
PERSON,
AN HOUR TO
APPRECIATE THEM,

A DAY
TO LOVE THEM,

BUT THEN,
AN ENTIRE LIFE
TO FORGET THEM.

DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS
YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE
WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE!

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you
meet is fighting some kind of battle.

The 135th running of the Kentucky Derby

Horse	Jockey	Wt.	PP	1/4	1/2	3/4	1M	Str.	Fin.	To $2
Mine That Bird	Borel	126	8	19	19	19	1-2½	1-1	1-6¾	101.20
Pioneerof the Nile	Gomez	126	15	3-½	3-hd	4-½	2-hd	2-½	2-no	12.60
Musket Man	Coa	126	2	8-hd	8-1	7-1	7-1	4-1	3-hd	38.00
Papa Clem	Bejarano	126	7	5-1	4-½	3-hd	4-1	3-1½	4-6	24.40
Chocolate Candy	Smith	126	11	17-½	12-hd	15-½	8-3	7-3	5-hd	20.00
Summer Bird	Rosier	126	16	16-½	16-2	16-hd	15-2	9-1	6-1¼	87.20
Join in the Dance	Decarlo	126	9	1-½	1-1	1-1½	1-½	5-hd	7-½	102.80
Regal Ransom	Garcia	126	10	2-1½	2-1	2-1	3-1½	6-2	8-¾	45.20
West Side Bernie	Elliott	126	1	13-1½	17-hd	14-1	17-½	13-hd	9-2	64.80
General Quarters	Leparoux	126	12	12-1	13-2	11-½	10-hd	10-1½	10-1½	20.60
Dunkirk	Prado	126	14	9-2	10-1½	9-hd	11-hd	12-1½	11-1½	10.40
Hold Me Back	Desormeaux	126	5	14-hd	5-½	6-½	5-1½	8-1½	12-½	25.40
Advice	Douglas	126	4	15-3	15-1½	17-1	13-2	14-½	13-¾	98.00
Desert Party	Dominguez	126	18	4-hd	6-1	5-hd	6-hd	11-hd	14-1¼	29.60
Mr. Hot Stuff	Velazquez	126	3	18-6	18-2	18-6	16-½	16-3	15-8½	56.80
Atomic Rain	Bravo	126	13	10-2	9-½	10-2	9-1	15-4	16-3½	110.40
Nowhere to Hide	Bridgmohan	126	17	11-hd	14-hd	12-1	18-2	18-2	17-7½	91.00
Friesan Fire	Saez	126	6	6-hd	7-½	8-hd	14-hd	17-1½	18-1¼	7.60
Flying Private	Albarado	126	19	7-½	11-½	13-½	19	19	19	93.20

Time: 22.980, 47.230, 1:12.090, 1:37.490, 2:02.660. Track sloppy (sealed).
Scratched: I Want Revenge.

Orlando Magic come to Boston

Ray Allen tallied 23 points and Paul Pierce dropped in 20 as the Boston Celtics held on to beat the Chicago Bulls in Game 7 and reach the Eastern Conference semifinals.

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Boston Red Sox 16 ~ New York Yankies 11

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

(2) More people are killed each year by coconuts than sharks. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.

(3) You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

(4) Fleas have the distinction of killing more people than all the wars man has ever fought. The "Black Death" plague killed 1/4 of Europe's population in the 14th century, caused by germs transmitted from rodents to humans by fleas.

(5) The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is the mosquito.

(6) The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

(7) A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven.

(8) Today, only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.

(9) Your statistical chance of being murdered is 1 in 20,000.

(10) There are 5 times as many deaths due to the negligence of doctors as there are deaths due to firearms.

(11) On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

(12) Robert Hershey, of Hershey Chocolate fame, died when he fell into a vat of chocolate and drowned.

(13) Dr. Alice Chase, who wrote "Nutrition for Health" and numerous books on the science of proper eating, died of malnutrition.

(14) Adolph Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

(15) When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed that his small intestine contained five gold Krugerrands.