Warriors Playoff Run ends

It's just taken me several days to acknowledge that it's over, but it is. While I wish that the Warriors were still in it, I'm still really thrilled at how well the Warriors did and I'm looking forward to next year, hoping that Don Nelson comes back and that the team is still close to intact.

Message from Yau-Man

Well it was a bad week, Yau-Man lost and the Warriors were eliminated from the playoffs. I don't think Yau would mind me sharing this message he sent the "pool" with the world.

From Yau-Man: Thank you very much to all of you who have sent me greetings and kind words.

Yes, it was a near miss - I've never been so close to $1M before in my life.. it was good will it lasted. It was by far the greatest experience in life ever - and I wish everyone can have the opportunity to experience it.

When I first signed up for the show, I did so for the sole purpose of winning a Million Dollars - for what other reasons would I want to go through so much pain and suffering? Yes, it a game. Yes, I want that million as much as any other contestants. But yet, it is very important to me to be able to face my teenage daughters when I come home, with or without the million, and be able to look them in the eyes and say to them without hesitation or reservations, "When you watch the show, you will be proud of your dad." I have to be able to assure them that they will not be embarrassed to ask their friends and schoolmates to watch each and every episode with them. In playing a game where there are no rules - a game which involve living in a situation without moral codes, how I think my daughters will see me became my "moral compass."

As for Dreamz, I think Shakespeare said it best in "Julius Caesar" Act 3, Scene 2 with Mark Anthony's Friends, Romans, countrymen/lend me your ears/I come to bury Ceasar not to praise him/ soliloquy with the line: " The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones." Dreamz will have to live this decision down for the rest of his life. I wish him no ill will and for his sake hope that he can do enough good to make amends for this "slight" moral infraction committed in front of 20 million people.

I know there a movement out there to raise a million dollars for me or to buy me a truck. Well, if you come across them or if you get email solicitation, please help me get the word out that they should use their money to make a donation to their favorite charity instead. If they are interested in donating to my charities, they are: National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (http://NCTTA.org), Contra Costa Food Bank (http://www.foodbankccs.org/ ) or the American Lung Association.

Thank you very much.

Yau-Man

Big Survivor Finale

Tonight's Survivor promises to be exciting! Last week's episode was great. Yau-Man giving up the truck and playing the hidden idol at just the right time - it was classic.

Warriors Playoff Update

I haven't been very good about posting regularly on the Warriors, but you know how it's been going! I'll just list my highlights:

1. Beating the Mavs in 6. Dirk who???
2. Baron's dunk over Andrei Kirilenko (also known as AK-47) in Game 3 in Oakland.
3. Agonizing through the first two games in Utah with friends in student bars in Minnesota. My boss and colleagues are shown above.
4. Derek Fisher's uplifting story. Okay, so he's on the wrong team now, but he was always a class act, and everyone wishes him the best for his family.
5. Listening to the announcers on ESPN talk about Davis. It's good to see the Warriors get national attention.
6. Matt Barnes's new tattoo.
7. Stephen Jackson stepping up.
8. Andris Biedrins' rebounds.
9. Sarunas Jasikevicius cheering on the sidelines. He doesn't fit into Nellie's system, but he's really into the team.
10. Adonal Foyle getting into a playoff game. Put Foyle in! Put Foyle in!