Two recommendations (plus a bonus rec)

Slow weekend. Four drinks on Friday night pretty much left Huan, Tyler H, and I unable to do anything fun the rest of the weekend (Huan was sick until Sunday morning), so we went gambling. I lost a decent amount of money, but I did get to watch Chris Wilcox (he stands out in a casino) play $500 hands of blackjack all afternoon.

Anyways, two recommendations:

1. If you wanted an excuse to get an HD TV (mom and dad, I'm looking in your direction), then the Discovery Channel has given you a reason. Their Planet Earth series is amazing. Don't even bother watching in low-def. The actual vignettes that they follow aren't terribly interesting, but it's visually breathtaking. I'm watching an eagle chase a crane, and it's like a scene from Top Gun but with birds. The crane, sadly, left its wingman. (Franko, you should have gotten a snow leopard.)
   
2. What is the What by Dave Eggers. Technically a novel, but essentially a biography of one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. I thought that Eggers premise of turning a biography into a novel would annoy me, but I'm guessing he's done basically the same thing that James Frey did, only he's honest about it. I still have 300 pages to go, but it's a fascinating read.
3. The best end to a basketball game was easily this. Trust me... as much as I loved seeing Carolina nearly take the collar in overtime, I'm now a huge Barton fan. If I can find out where it is.