The Twelve Days of Gheorghemas: Day Two

On the second day of Gheorghemas, Big Gheorghe gave to me:

Too Many Entries

and a Cameo That Will Go Down in History

That's right. I'm back. Well, maybe not truly back but at least back a for a bit. My job of the past 8 years featured a ton of drive time and, as a result, I've had much less time in front of a computer during the workday. Which is another way of saying that I've had to find other ways to waste my time. Babbel and I have become well acquainted. If I'm being honest though, I'm still not sure I really "speak" Spanish. I'll keep pushing though. I appreciate all of y'all's support during this trying bilingual time. Anywho, I've got some thoughts on ways to spend your money this holiday season and we all know postcount is king so away we go.

City Edition: Nike taking over the NBA uniforms a few years back was the best thing that's happened to NBA uniforms since the invention of sweat wicking technology. No more sleeved jerseys by Adidas alone was enough to make us all (LeBron included) thankful. Then some bright young mind came up with the idea of City Edition uniforms. For those of you not aware, Nike does an alternate jersey each year that's related to the city that each team plays in. Not only is it a fantastic way to take more money from the pockets of NBA fans, it's also resulted in some truly faboluous uniforms (and some awful, regrettable ones). 

Now, to be fair, I am an enormous uniform dork (Have you seen the blue matte helmets Florida is wearing against Tennessee this weekend????), but that doesn't mean Nike hasn't created some iconic uniforms with this line. By my count I own six different pairs of City Edition shorts. The Twolves Prince tributes, the Nets Biggie tributes, the grey Sixers jawns, the "Orange County" Magic shorts, the black Nuggets throwbacks, and the first (of the best) City Edition Miami Heat/Miami Vice shorts. This year features a second edition of the Clippers Mr. Cartooon unis, Hawks MLK unis and the (recently purchased by yours truly) Houston Oilers tribute Rocket unis. Treat yourself this holiday season and get a cool pair of City Edition shorts to wear around the house.

Oilers gear- You had me at Hello: As I already mentioned, I immediately purchased the Rockets new Houston Oilers City Edition shorts. One of my great retail regrets in life is not grabbing the Travis Scott/Oilers Jordan 4s when they dropped. Especially since they're now basically impossible to find. I also own a dope Oilers hoodie. I grew up a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan. Not sure if you remember but THEY WERE FUCKING AWFUL. It sucks rooting for a shit team as a kid, so I looked for a good AFC team that I could root for and, well, the Oilers became that team for me. The uniforms, the Run & Shoot offense, the extremely competent Quarterback (I rooted for a young Vinny Testaverde). And then local legend Bubba McDowell became a special teams dynamo for the Oilers. Your boy was in. All in. So, if you're looking for a gift for me. I look good in powder blue and red.

GOAT: Want to know why I know that the Travis Scott/Jordan 4s are pretty much impossible to find? Because I recently searched them on GOAT. GOAT is a sneaker selling app that allows you to buy and purchase shoes from other shoe lovers. All the shoes are authenticated by the company in their New Jersey headquarters before they ship to you. If you're in the market for some nice new shoes, and you should be, I suggest GOAT. I've sold about a dozen pairs of shoes on GOAT and purchased another 4-5. The process is easy. Again, it's the holidays. Treat yourself!

Goldbelly: While I'm busy spewing on about shit to buy, lets touch on Goldbelly. It's been discussed in this space before but it needs some more run. It's a tremendous website if you love food. You can purchase any sort of foodstuff you like on this site and they are adding more restaurants by the week. I've purchased pizzas from New York and Chicago. I'm awaiting a shipment of Momofuku pork belly bao buns and am in the process of putting in orders for some Le Pig Macs from Butcher in New Orleans and a bagel/lox brunch set for my wife's birthday on New Year's Eve. Most of us and our loved ones don't need more stuff but we all need more good food.

1Up Arcade: You've probably not heard of this company. Well, at least if you didn't see the pictures of the arcade console NBA Jam that my wife purchased for my birthday. That's right. I have NBA Jam in my house. The list of classic arcade games that 1Up offers is staggering and offers something for nearly everyone. I turned a friend on to them a week or so ago and he recently bought StreetFighter. I know TJ has been eyeing the TMNT game and my daughter just asked for the Golden Tee for her birthday (she may have spent too much time in our local watering holes). Take some time and check out what 1Up has to offer. Just don't blame me when you by a console and your spouse is pissed.

Wiffle Ball: The pandemic has forced us all to be creative. Meeting with friends outside for food and drinks. Trying out new recipes and cooking styles (sous vide is pretty, pretty, pretty good, and easy to boot) and of course, finding new ways to entertain our children. Recently, my kid stumbled upon a wiffle ball set in the garage. She asked if we could play. My kid is pretty athletic. Soccer, basketball, lacrosse, gymnastics. She's done all those but never shown much interest in baseball/softball. That is until she found the Wiffle Ball set. She fucking loves it. And, I must say, swings the stick way better than her old man ever did (there are many reasons Ozzie Smith was my favorite athlete as a kid). So, it looks like we'll be signing her up for baseball in the spring. Wiffle Ball: It's a cheap gift, an easy way to waste an afternoon and you can do it whilst holding a beer. 

Well, that was fun. Maybe I'll do it again. Merry Gheorghemas to you all. Enjoy some drunk online shopping.