Morning Blogdome: We Can't Wait Until the Tim Duncan Chapter

• Your Guide to NBA Tattoos: "Whilst pictures speak louder than words, it’s always great ridiculing a ridiculous white man. The criss cross of tribal paint looks like the decorations on a children’s project about New Zealand. The Nepalese text potentially reads ‘bench warmer,’ and the wolf represents one of the few NBA franchises where Swift would get more than fifteen minutes floor time per game." [ The Sport Count] • John Mayer learned his skills, esoteric they may be, from Joe Montana and James Blake: "(James) Blake tells People Magazine that everyday as fifth graders the best friends would "play Nintendo games, like Joe Montana football, all the time. John (Mayer) was pretty good, but I played a bit more than he did." [ Game On!] • We detect a bit of sarcasm about Willie Bloomquist's injury, but we're not sure: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY GOD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" [ U.S.S. Mariner] • An Extraordinary Modest Proposal: "For the betterment of the Olympic Games, we should have replaced that with either dodge ball or Olympic horseshoes or maybe even a game of Olympic tag with teams of 5 people." [ Channing Frye Blog] • Another weave the U.S. has fought off on the court: "But not only did Lisa Leslie play on, she saved the day by reaching down as she ran by the disconnected weavy tail, scooped it up and tossed it off the court with the grace of Brian Boitano picking up flowers off the frozen ice after a perfect skating program and the agility of a jungle cat." [ blackcynic america]