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| NBA player LeBron James answers questions during a press conference after a preseason practice session Sept. 28, 2010, at the Aderholt Fitness Center at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The Miami Heat used the fitness center for their week-long training camp. James is a forward for the Heat. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
An ordinary Tuesday was drawing to a close and all I wanted was to make it a little more memorable by watching the feats of some extraordinary people. Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs was scheduled to begin at 21:00 and on the dot, I cranked on my X-Box 360.
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And of course, this was the exact moment that my identity needed to confirmed. Give me an e-mail address, demanded my X-Box and so I gave it my G-Mail ID. No, we have that on file, it said, give me an alternate e-mail address and so with a mild furrow on my eyebrow I punched in my Yahoo ID. Go check your e-mail, it then told me, that's where the pass code is.
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Off to my laptop then and into Yahoo mail I sign. But wait, I was signing in on a device from which I had never accessed my Yahoo ID before so now Yahoo demanded proof. Give me an e-mail address, an alternate one, Yahoo asked of me. So where else do I send my verification code, but to good ol' G-Mail. Into G-Mail then, for my Yahoo pass code which then enabled me to enter my Yahoo mail to see my X-Box Live pass code. Talk about complicated!
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But it's not over yet. Now the ESPN app on the X-Box demands a pass code. No basketball for you otherwise, it declares. Back into the waiting arms of my laptop again to the URL given by the ESPN app. On ESPN.com, I hope to find my salvation. But no, I have to select my Internet service provider first and I select Comcast. Any guesses on which website I had to sign into now? Comcast login, here I come.
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I am good to go... finally says my Comcast screen. By the time I get back on my X-Box and the game starts streaming, LeBron James is looking seriously downbeat at the end of the first quarter. The Spurs under the leadership of Tim Duncan have clamped down on him hard.
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Later in the game, the Heat come back spectacularly in the last quarter to squeak out as winners pushing the series to a 7th & final game on Thursday. LeBron proves that he is LeBron by defending like a demon and scoring 20 odd points in that 4th quarter. He needed to, with his fans rooting for him claiming him to be the GOAT and his critics waiting for him to screw up to call him the GLOAT. All that superhuman effort makes sense.
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What doesn't is why I have to work so hard to prove that I am me.
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