"I quit being a virgin the first time I had sex." - King of the Hill

James "The Rev" Sullivan, drummer for hard rockers Avenged Sevenfold, died at his Southern California home on Monday at the age of 28. According to Reuters, police said Sullivan appeared to have died of natural causes, but the Orange County Police Department is investigating the incident. He was reportedly found unresponsive at his Huntington Beach home on Monday morning, and at press time, an autopsy was pending.

Capping off a year in which he was arrested for nearly $1 million in gambling debts, Antoine Walker is now being pursued by the city for managing housing that violates public safety requirements, says the Tribune.

Walker Ventures LLC and AW Realty LLC, two real estate companies that list Walker as the principal, are the target of more than a dozen lawsuits alleging poor property management, unpaid debts and damages caused by shoddy repair work.

Walker, who has played for the Celtics, Mavericks and Heat, but who has not signed to another team this year, spoke to the Tribune on Friday and apologized for neglecting his companies and tenants.

"I would like to humbly apologize to everyone who has been affected by the failings of my company," Walker said. "It was never intended to present [tenants with] unacceptable living conditions," he said to the Tribune.

Over the past few years, Walker's problem properties have included:

• A 13-unit building on Cornell Avenue with a mold infestation and toxic fumes, which the city declared a "hulking public nuisance."
• A Minerva Avenue building with poor electrical work, insect infestations, and several code violations.
• A Country Club Hills building in which raw sewage leaks from pipes.

Read the full story at chicagotribune.com.

I'm not ashamed to say that I just woke up.  Yeah, it's 1:00...I don't care.  It was a late night.  Ate at my folk's house, saw some fireworks, and partied it up at Religion's white party.

I don't think many people are shocked that North Carolina won the national championship last night, right?  They were the better team, and they had control of the entire game.  Personally, I thought UCONN was gonna win it all, but they fell just short of getting to the finals.  Oh well.

LOS ANGELES - The 20-year-old son of veteran rapper Dr. Dre died in August from an overdose of heroin and morphine, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said on Friday.

Andre Young Jr. was found dead by his mother at his Los Angeles home after spending a night out with friends.

After toxicology and other tests, the coroner ruled his death as accidental and says the case is closed, spokesman Larry Dietz said on Friday.

O.J. Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after he was acquitted of murder in 1995, was found guilty Friday of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.

 

The 61-year-old former football star could spend the rest of his life in prison. Sentencing was set for Dec. 5.

 

 

I don't get on here a whole lot, but I've been busy with life.  Whenever I'm not working I'm hanging out with friends or with Amy, so I'm not around the computer a lot.

Gonna go with Travis and Tyler to see Get Smart before we all go into work.  I wish I could get more people together, but a lot of people are working.

Nineteen-year-old Kevin Durant will become the first Sonics player to win rookie of the year honors in the NBA. His points per game were third best among rookies in the past 10 years.

Durant averaged 20.3 points per game in 2007-08 -- the highest scoring average for a rookie since Carmelo Anthony averaged 21 points per game and LeBron James averaged 20.9 ppg in 2003-04. Only three of the past 10 rookies of the year -- Durant, James and Elton Brand -- have averaged at least 20 points in their first season.