Before you go any further, read this...

Dictionary.com defines a redneck as:

1. an uneducated white farm laborer, esp. from the South.

2. a bigot or reactionary, esp. from the rural working class.

It goes on to say that redneck is A slang term, usually for a rural white southerner who is politically conservative, racist, and a religious fundamentalist. This term is generally considered offensive. It originated in reference to agricultural workers, alluding to how the back of a person's neck will be burned by the sun if he works long hours in the fields.

While I can't say all that fits me to a tee, a lot of it is pretty damn close.

You see, I lost both my parents before I turned 12 years old. I bounced around in a couple of foster homes before moving in with my uncle when I tuned 15. By age 17, I was on my own. I dropped out of school half way through 11th grade so I could go to work full time. Three months after my 18th birthday, I got behind the wheel of a cab for the first time.

I've learned more about life in 28 years in a hack than any philosopher ever could know. I've had multi-million dollar businessmen, celebrities and pro athletes as well as crack whores, drug dealers and murderers in my cab. I refuse to be an airport jockey or one of those guys that only stages at the hotels, so unfortunately, I have to deal with more of the bottom feeders of life than I do the upper crust.

It is the dealings that I've had the bad apples that has made me what I am today...

The Redneck Cabbie.

You see, to escape the madness of the city streets, my mind drifts off (not while I'm driving) to a quiet country town. A place where everyone knows everyone, and a man's handshake is as binding a contract as a person needs. A place where friends gather to down a couple of cold ones and listen to music that you can actually understand the words.

A place where young men don't walk around with their pants falling down over their ass, and young ladies don't have to dress like sluts to draw a man's attention.

I think you get the picture. I know, boring as whale shit to most city folks. I'd be living in a town just like that if it weren't for the fact that there's just not much demand for my line of work in most small towns.

This blog will reflect these feelings. If I seem a little bitter now and then, its just because that wonderful little town is nowhere in my near future, and because the life expectancy of someone in my line of work doesn't extend much past retirement age, all I can do is dream about it.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Yi. who?




Get over it already. Yi ranks 25th amongst NBA Eastern Conference forwards in scoring (what the All-Star game is about), 45th in field goal percentage and only 16th in rebounding. Hardly all star stats.


I don't claim to be a basketball fan, but I can tell you who the top 10-12 players in the NBA are. This guy obviously aint one of them.


I'm guessing here, but I think the All-Star ballot is compiled pretty much at the beginning of the season, so that the printed version can be distributed at the games. When I filled out my on-line ballot, I noticed 2 things. First, there are a lot of players that are having decent years that are not on the ballot. Second, it's as easy as kissing Jessica Simpson to include any player you want via the "write in option."


I don't get it. There are 2 players from China in the NBA. Yao Ming and this other guy. As I remember, Yao was a celebrity before he played a minute. Not every Chinese (or any other international player) is going to have that "star status" before he plays a season or two against the best basketball players in the world.


I could have saved myself alot of research time and hunt-and-peck typing by just summarizing; This is the Chinese media were talking about here.
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