I made my weekly trip to Wegmans to do my grocery shopping with my pal Inkyung. We got talking about what we had on our lists and when the subject of meat arose I mentioned the outstanding experience I had at Liehs & Steigerwald in Syracuse. I went to the cloud to show her the site but it was blocked by the Wegmans network. I switched over to my AT&T network and, sure enough, was able to access their site. Interesting. I wonder what other competitors they’re blocking.

Last living US World War I veteran dies in West Virginia at age 110

Wow. Frank Buckles – thanks for your sacrifice and RIP. Amazing.

King Cloud by Karen Ka Ying Wong

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Man if this just isn’t the biggest smack to the face of #6 LBJ King James LeBron I don’t know what is.

King James’ latest Nike spot has him philosophizing on his current state of trying to make sense of the past few years of  his professional life. He ruminates on his much criticized press announcement where he revealed he would join D-wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, selling Nike sneakers, having his tattoo removed and being a role model.

You get the feeling that Team Nike/LeBron are trying to get everyone watching to feel empathy for him, and ‘understand’ where he’s coming from throughout his oft-pummeled NBA off season. (video below)

A guy this talented, this smart, who happens to be a budding billionaire, and, for the most part, is a pretty good role model, shouldn’t be making these types of commercials and shouldn’t have gone to Miami. I don’t feel bad for him or his identity crisis. When asked about what he thought about LBJ joining the Heat, Michael Jordan (THE greatest) said it best, “When I was playing, I wanted to beat all the other guys, not play with them.” Ouch. Take that LBJ.

Now here come another, very public, smack-down from none other than the manufacturer of the original basketball shoe – Converse (video below). Their  new ad campaign:

“The Procession is about becoming a part of a movement of people daring to be themselves.”

OK LeBron, that had to hurt too.

While LeBron is grappling with ‘Who he should be’, Converse, Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Sammy Baca, Jim Jones Capo, and Jack White and the White Stripes are keeping it real with no apologies and not even a hint of a nod to LBJ (but it’s pretty clear to even the casual sports fan). No glossy anything here. No fancy editing. Just people doing THEIR thing. Carving THEIR niche. Making THEIR history.

So my tie in to 511 is….step back and evaluate then innovate and create and always respect those who came before you. It wouldn’t hurt to talk to them too. There’s a lot that can be learned from history and a few calculations prior to a big leap are typically a pretty good idea..

And for the record King James and the Miami Heat just lost their opening game to the Boston Celtics, who have a cast of players well known for keeping their personal and professional lives on their own terms, but playing together very nicely.

According to an Interior Department report, staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events, lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography. Awesome!…Not. Read the rest here on Yahoo.

Paul Rademacher is really awesome for coming up with this  tool for comparing the size of BP’s oil spill to cities around the world. From his site:

On April 20th, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon left 17 workers injured and 11 missing and presumed dead. Oil is spilling from a well 5000 feet below sea level, discharging 200,000 gallons of crude oil a day according to the official estimate. It is estimated that more than 6 million gallons of crude oil have spewed into the Gulf so far.