Monday, May 12th, 2008


“I have a case of anal glaucoma … Just can’t see my ass going to work.”

Sir Charles said this on the post-game show tonight, and we were rolling on the floor with laughter. This may be an old joke, but coming from Sir Charles it has taken on new life for us.

Tonight during the Celtics-Cavaliers game, LeBron was fouled by Paul Pierce on a fast break. The two players stumbled into the crowd and a little extracurricular activity started. A woman in the crowd got involved and started yelling at Paul Pierce and tangling with Kevin Garnett. LeBron told the woman to, er, stay out of it … That woman was none other than Lebron’s mom!

No one was wrong here: LeBron was right to tell his mom to sit her ass down. After all, this is a professional basketball game, and a playoff game at that. His mom was right because she was just exercising the same response any good mom would have. Period. (Though Leslie admits she needs to view this as a cautionary tale. Leslie has a hard time taking guff from anyone. I shudder to think what will happen the first time anyone tries to push Didion around.)