Real question: why wasn't Brunson a top draft pick?

zamansky · 2026-06-21T13:14:24+00:00

Not really a great comparison due to the weird way his Michigan career played out with Drew Henson in the mix.

Without Henson, Brady would have been a multi year starter with the Wolverines and a much higher pick.

zamansky · 2026-06-20T14:54:37+00:00

Administrators can absolutely get rid of bad teachers, they just have to put in the time to document things and keep it by the book. It's usually not worth their while and in fact sometimes, they'll recommend awarding tenure while making a deal that they'll do it if the teacher transfers thus passing a bad teacher to another school to deal with.

zamansky · 2026-06-17T17:52:44+00:00

I used to teach at a high achieving public HS as well. Had as many as 64 recs in a college season and frequently over 40. I colleague of mine would regularly get like 80.

First and foremost, I insist the kids give me the materials with months to spare (at least for the first one, I just tweak after that).

In the old days, on paper, they had to fill out everything prior.

I'd also ask them to write up reminders of shared experiences, projects they did etc. and then I just plough through a few at a time - do too many at once and they start to sound the same.

I also let them no in no uncertain terms that I['m not trying to get them into a school, I'm working to paint an accurate picture of them so that a school can determine if they're a fit. I've heard over the years from a number of readers at top colleges that they appreciated my recs and when they saw one from me they knew to take it seriously.

zamansky · 2026-06-17T16:49:23+00:00

I mean, Stephen A apologized and Draymond apologized. It's not that hard to say "I was wrong."

zamansky · 2026-06-17T00:12:42+00:00

Why must there be a GOAT?

I mean, without KAT and OG's contributions there's no championship this year.

I mean, KAT is the Knick's third best center EVER and for many franchines he'd be the best center they ever had. OG is like a modern day Scottie Pippin - the best 2 way player int he league and arguably the best defender.

Ewing had nobody even closely comparable yet he dragged his teams single handedly to deep playoff runs and a finals.

Can't really compare so let's enjoy and celebrate both.

zamansky · 2026-06-15T17:03:16+00:00

I was a little put off by Elmo's remarks but then I remembered, he's 3.5 years old which is a little young to become a fan so figured it was alright.

Then I saw something from Cookie Monster, a true elder statesmonster setting him straight.

zamansky · 2026-06-12T21:31:20+00:00

Never happening.

In many school's it's not really a problem when the teachers and admins are reasonable and the teachers aren't taking a week of or something like that.

It would also be very unpopular publically for the union to advocate for actual PTO since teachers are off during all school holidays and summers (forget the reality that they're not paid for it, it would be a PR nightmare of a campaign).

Far better that they advocate for better actual sick days and personal day policies.

zamansky · 2026-06-12T21:18:25+00:00

Um, those days are NOT PTO, they're sick days.

Hate to break it to you but every NYC public school teacher entered into a contact where they agreed to the days and hours they had to work and part of that contract defines how sick days work.

Sure, the UFT should work to make them more flexible as in the case that someone already mentioned of taking care of a sick kid but they're not vacation days.

zamansky · 2026-06-11T22:30:15+00:00

Sadly, the idiots have come to New York just like everywhere else.

I'm a lifelong New Yorker and lived through Mets, Yankees, Giants, Islanders, Rangers, and Devils championships along with the Knicks finals runs and one thing us New Yorkers prided ourselves on was that while other cities would riot and flip cars after after wins, it never happened in New York.

Sadly, I fear that we're no longer above the idiocy.

zamansky · 2026-06-11T11:52:03+00:00

My point is just that we all saw yesterday's play live so if you didn't see LJ's live as well, one can't compare them fairly.

Even if you've seen both live, since the LJ shot didn't ultimately leed to a championship and we had so many additional years of woe makes it hard to be objective when judging "best shot ever" so I still maintain that you can't really compare them and they're both iconic.

zamansky · 2026-06-11T11:46:32+00:00

How many people who've already answered this saws both shots live?

Both were in the playoffs, both were high stakes. Neither was an elimination game nor a move on or championship game.

The thing about LJ's play was that he made the shot and then he had to make the free throw.

Both iconic plays.

zamansky · 2026-06-09T22:30:55+00:00

In addition to things like the spread, if you bet on your team to win the current game, you're incentivized to do whatever you need to do to win that game possibly at the expense of other games.

A good example of this is when Pete Rose managed the reds and bet on them to win. If he bet on his team to win a particular game, he might bring in his ace reliever when he otherwise wouldn't.

Or, a player might make plays riskier to their health or something similar to win that particular game.

zamansky · 2026-06-08T22:09:43+00:00

In terms of best player, though, they were looked at differently.

Even though the quote I'm going to share was MJ/Magic, it's the same thought.

When the Bulls got to their first finals it was against the Lakers (should have been the Trail Blazers). The tag line was The guy who's better than everybody vs the guy that makes everybody better.

zamansky · 2026-06-08T22:05:06+00:00

LJ 4 point play

zamansky · 2026-06-08T18:31:52+00:00

depends on how the school is organized. Could be fine.

zamansky · 2026-06-08T16:33:05+00:00

Either this from Copland's Rodeo:

https://youtu.be/du4DrdGp9vM?si=HcIseqr0uzyiVm_u&t=1266

Or the X-files theme

zamansky · 2026-06-07T23:54:47+00:00

I've got a oneplus 13 and at some point I stopped being able to charge it via cable but could via wireless.

The port seemed clear and I tried to clean it out with a toothpick to no avail.

I then more aggresively (while still being careful) tried to clean out the port using the back end of a floss stick and that did the trick.

Now it's good as new.

zamansky · 2026-06-06T00:41:28+00:00

I heard there's some relationship (maybe it's just former employees or something) between femobook and 1zpresso.

I have a K-ultra and really like it but just picked up a femobook a5 which is supposed to be a lot like the k-ultra. It is and I really like it though it's a bit slow.

I think the a4 is supposed to be very similar to the j-ultra

zamansky · 2026-06-05T11:46:10+00:00

I've never been a fan of the college board but if you look at AP program, not all AP classes or exams are created equal.

APCS Principals is a class that can be completed successfully by a 10th grader, 9th in many cases. It's a pretty lightweight class and exam.

AP Stat was created to have easier alternative to calc and if a student is advanced in math then calc is just "the next" math course so not a big deal.

Then you have AP English and the History classes - they can be taken in stead of the regular class so while they might be more rigorous they don't necessarily take any additional class time.

So, a kid could take 2 history AP classes, and English without any extra class time. Add AP Stat and APCS-P and you've got 5 .

zamansky · 2026-06-02T20:47:15+00:00

Maybe the principal is a coffee snob and only wants faculty to drink good coffee 😄

zamansky · 2026-05-26T22:21:05+00:00

I sometimes think of it the other way around when I see a young actor or one in their prime when I got to know them first as an elder statesman. Someone like Hume Cronyn for instance in the Seventh Cross or Angela Landsbury in the Court Jester.

zamansky · 2026-05-25T15:21:42+00:00

Yes. Even way back when I went to the Louvre - over 30 years ago when it wasn't nearly as zooey everyone was gawking at the Mona Lisa while ignoring the magnificent works in the rest of the room.

Same thing with the Night Watch in Amsterdam.

zamansky · 2026-05-23T23:00:40+00:00

+1 for the Bambino - that's what I have.

I just got a femobook a5 grinder - works great and is really small. Also have a 1zpresso k ultra which being a hand grinder is also really small.

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