I grew up watching Wayman Tisdale play ball on TV… he was a devastating combo with Mitch Richmond at Sacramento. After he retired I found out that he began a career as a jazz musician, and occasionally I’d read about his faith as well. I just saw this article and short video on his recent amputation of his leg from cancer, and the openness he continues to carry with his faith and how it brings him joy really encouraged me. Check the video out here.

It’s probably no secret that I am on the hunt for a puppy. Lily thinks we’re (read: I’m) too irresponsible to have another living creature under our care. To me, our office could really use a companion but thus far I’ve acquiesced. Meghan (my intern) put me onto this live webcam feed of a litter of super cute puppies and while it’s not quite the same, it’s kept us mildly amused this morning. We’re organizing for a sample sale but I leave the cam on my laptop screen so we can check up on them while we’re taking a break. It’s pretty nuts, last time I checked there were 17k + concurrent viewers.

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To me, DJ Premier is quite possibly the best producer hip hop has ever had. Trouble is, a good portion of his beats went to subpar emcees. Take Group Home for example: serviceable at best, and I’ve heard some call them straight up terrible. Yet they came away with Primo’s greatest gems…. just proves that as with anything else in life, it’s who you know. Supa Star might be Primo’s best beat ever in my opinion – it gives me chills when I hear it. It definitely makes up for Dap and Nutcracker’s verses.

My friend Milton makes beats and then raps over them.