Happy Birthday You Know Who........

Game 4 is tomorrow at 3pm at MSG and I have no faith in the NYR which means I must be a true blue fan - we expect nothing but the worst but deep in our hearts we will never really give up the ship - teams have come from down 3-0 before - not a lot of them but we have to get at least one win out of the series - Larry brooks makes the point today that we should call up a couple of the kids from Hartford now that they are out of the playoffs - we do need shooters since this team has reverted to the pass happy pretty goal teams of the late 70's early 80's - as Bilol Chadwick used to yell at Barry Beck - "SHOOT THE PUCK !!!"

Cirie pulled a move off last night in Survivor that would have made Rob C from Survivor Amazon proud - she needed Danielle and she got her when it counted most - now she is sitting pretty for at least Final 3 since Terry is going to have to use it or lose it with the immunity idol and he is going to have to do it soon.........Shane has his SAG card so I can't help but think more & more that he is playing a character rather than him being just plain insane......Danielle has Maxim, Stuff or FHM written all over her when the game ends and Courtney couldn't get off my TV screen fast enough - good riddance

I'm reading a cyber mystery that I must have bought in an aiport 4 years ago when it was cutting edge - it seems so dated now.......

Oh Snap - Earl was firing on all cylinders last night - Carb Man was all set to hassle the white man.....The Office was priceless as Jim pulled off the "Jinx - Buy Me A Coke" - how can Pam not want to just rip his clothes off and maul him in the break room......Dwight should be a lock for supporting actor in a comedy Emmy for years to come.......

Time to start hacking up the ground for my new garden and to get my seed pods started - I'm excited about the Heirloom Hot Lemon Pepper seeds I picked up last weekend - I also think that I should plant some sweet peas along the fence area just to see if they climb and grow.....

Cross Canadian Ragweed is my alternative country band recommendation this week.....

Can the Jets screw up the # 4 pick in this weekend's draft ? Stay Tuned - 131 days until kickoff....

swampy abides......

So Kellie Pickler is finally gone on American Idol - she spared us a repeat of the high note from Unchained Melody by babbling her way out after her "Bad Day" video montage (I did like the acoustic version of Bad Day and downloaded it after the show). I am sure that once the American Idol Top 10 Summer Concert Tour is over we will see Ms. Pickler grace the pages of one of the lad mags like Maxim, Stuff or FHM........Miss Stanley County 2004, you will be missed......and hopefully Paris will soon follow

The apology to Kat was a surprise and was needed - she definitely was a lot better than the judge's initial reaction and she needed to know and so did the voting public - though getting that type of rip job while singing in the leadoff slot may have been just the motivation to get her fans to keep on dialing........the top 2 vote getters last night should be the Top 2 in the Finale in May

LOST was an unwatchable clip show.....

Hey Crab Man - NEW EARL AND NEW OFFICE TONIGHT !!!!!

swampy abides......

We needed Willis Reed and we got Neal Walk.......all season long I kept hoping that no one would wake me up and I would find that it was all a dream and now I keep hoping that someone will wake me up so my nightmare will end.....

Henrik will start tonight and Kasparaitis will miss another game on defense - the big question though is Jagr. Will he play ? The papers all quote him as saying it would take a miracle but I can definitely see him having a "Willis Reed" moment after taking the needle in the shoulder. Even if he only plays on Power Plays, he will give the fans and the building a huge boost......I do see tonight's game going to the Rangers - the devils will come in overconfident and the Rangers will be desperate - I look to Henrik to be sharp.......

Rangers 4 devils 1 - Prucha nets 2......

swampy abides in the Blues........

A shout out to Parts Unknown over at the W (click thru on your right) for his review of last night's American Idol - I am sure that JayJayDean will chime in soon with his weekly must read too.........and on to my review.......

Kat - when are Idol contestants ever going to learn that you should never ever pick a Whitney Houston, Mariah ("Dawg, I worked with Mariah")Carey or Celine Dion ? The judges will kill you no matter how well you sing....that said, Kat looked great and sang the song really well....and Kat sings Opera too and yes, I have McFeever...

Elliott -Where was all this judge love coming from and who's medication did Paula scarf down this evening ? MSNBC reported this morning that She & Seacrest are having a behind the scenes feud - but back to Elliott - sounded fine but wasn't great - like I said on Song Book night - he can make some coin doing this genre.

Kellie - what is that growing out of the center of your hair ? She hits the high note and the raccoon moves out of my attic, mice flee the basement and today I will play it over & over again outside to see if it can get rid of the woodpecker too. Even her review/vote clip has her killing the high note. For the 2nd week in a row she butchers her song and knows it. She is this year's Nikki McKibben - no real talent but a fanatic southern voting bloc - she should go home.

Paris - she plays dress up as Dionne Warwick this week and gives us some Babs - not bad but not great and certainly unbelievable but then again if Renee Olstead of Still Standing (amazon.com) can sell records in this genre and at the same age then Paris can too. Her fans are still going to have to step up.

Taylor - He needs the Soul Patrol - that performance barely had enough for the review/vote clip at the end.

Chris - I'm not a fan but that was very well done. Now he just needs your calls & text messages.....

My Bottom 3 - Kellie, Taylor, Paris but Kellie & Taylor are safe due to the fanatics who back them

America's Bottom 3 - Paris, Elliott & Katharine with Paris saying good-bye only because I don't think she has the bloc of voters to pull her through....

more on the Rangers, LOST and other things I thunked about this morning at 4am and again on the train later......

swampy abides......

So let me try and get this straight, Charlie Sheen used to chase Heather Locklear on SPIN CITY - Denise Richards kissed Heather on SPIN CITY before she married Charlie in real life - Denise is divorcing Charlie and Heather is divorcing Richie Sambora - and now Denise is dating Richie - so when does it come full circle and we have Charlie chasing Heather in real life ?

Renney panicked and Sandis Ozolinsh should have been wearing red & black.....that was just painful to watch.....first we give up 5 PPG in Game 1 and now 2 SHG in Game 2.....the Garden should be alive on Wednesday night and I fully expect Jaromir Jagr to have a "Willis Reed-like Moment"......I also expect the Henrik that backstopped the boys all year to step up and shut the devils down - this series will come back to MSG for a Game 6

Gail O'Grady has never been a favorite but after her appearance as a redheaded nympho on Two and a Half men last night, I thunk she can find a spot on my list - 43 years of goodness.....

What happened to Girl #9 on Deal or No Deal ???? That was not my old favorite last night - I may have to switch my allegiance to either # 11 or # 17......

speaking of #'s - parked in Joe Willie Namath yesterday and parked in Felix Millan today - I felt I deserved the shame of it.......

Love Songs on American Idol tonight - Chris should be able to find a slow burn rock song to perform and everyone else should be fine in this element - most of all Katharine - (an aside to my recent commenter - Kat screams ??? Are we watching the same Kat ???) - Kelly will need her strong fan base to hit the phones tonight because her voice is the weakest of those that are left......she will probably be safe as we have seen the power of the southern voting bloc in 3 of the 4 seasons of AI......

LOST recap tomorrow night - I hate that........

It's Five o'clock somewhere......swampy abides

Who cares about the final score. It's only one game. I am more concerned with the penalties, Jagr's shoulder and Tom Renney's statement in the Star Ledger today that he may start Kevin Weekes tonight......

I went to a silent auction this weekend and ridiculously overpaid for an item that made my children ridiculously happy so it was well worth the extra scratch.....

I need to do some cooking this weekend - I also need to get my garden ready and get some dirt turned - bought some heirloom hot lemon pepper seeds this weekend - I love trying out new peppers.......

Rat is classic again today - you are missing great stuff if you aren't reading him everyday

I am now 3 weeks behind on The Sopranos which is great since I like watching multi-episode blocks instead of one at a time......

I have to credit Boston Idol over at the W for this one - C-List Celebrity Crabfishing - can we get this one done now ????

that was a hell of a big yawn this morning on the south side of 39th between Park & Madison - you know who you are.......and a big thank you to the young lady on east side of Sixth heading south from 36th........

our office coffee sucks.....

I'm good to go - swampy abides........

Rat from "Pearls Before Swine" continues to be the strongest and most consistent character on the comics page today - do yourself a favor and go ahead and click on the link on the right and read today's strip......

I keep expecting to see Shane dancing around a pig's head on a stake in the jungle - classic gold last night when he was concerned about his being naked and on camera than for Bruce - Terry is gold to the final 3 and Cirie is slowly becoming my sentimental favorite to win the $$$$....

KPOA - Maui's Island Style is back online LIVE !!!!

So lets talk Rangers-devils......

A lot is being made of the fact that Henril Lundqvist is a "rookie" and never played in a playoff game but what most people don't understand is that henrik has played in World championships every year since 2000 - he's won the Swedish Elite League Championship (just last year) and he backstopped Sweden to the GOLD in Torino this past february. He has played on big stages and played with a whole country & national pride riding on his shoulders - admittedly the expectations of the Blue Seats are much tougher than the whole country of Sweden but what I am trying to say is that Henrik will not be psyched out. What worries me is the defense play and whether the Rangers D will make one to many mistakes/bad passes and give up a few too many 2 on 1's - Brodeur can & will be had and I actually think that for once, the Rangers may actually have a slightly deeper bench - Matvichuk and his back are a question mark as are Colin White and his groin - the devils D is suspect - it can't be ignored that the devils won 11 in a row and the Rangers have lost 5 in a row but all that goes out the window when the puck drops Saturday at 3pm in front of a mixed crowd in the Swamp - I fully expect there to be a lot of Blue in the stands - you might get Jagr shut down for a game or 2 but you can't stop him in 7 - Rucchin & Rucinsky both need to come back strong and Prucha will be the difference maker - Rangers in 7

No surprise at all in seeing Ace take the pipe last night. Only a real minor surprise in seeing Chris there as the AI voting public is notoriously fickle when a favorite has an okay week in a genre way outside their element. Kellie acted like she had just won the final showcase on The Price Is Right when she heard that she was safe. Love Songs w/ Andrea Bocelli - should be another interesting week for Chris - I fully expect to see Taylor on his knees bending down in vocal emotional pain.......

Wow, Celebrity Cooking Showdown is really bad and what a surprise that Miss USA (an NBC Show that is on in the next week) was the winner last night.......Top Chef is much better - I wonder who got the boot.....I just couldn't stay up for it.

I definitely approve of the new window display in the Victoria's Secret store in Herald Square.....I also approve of the young lady I saw walking up the west side of 5th between 36th & 37th yesterday..........

Taped ALIAS - don't know when or if I will watch it.......

Still collecting my thoughts about the Rangers - stay tuned

still haven't ried Coke Blak but I will......

I need to download more tunes to my ipod now.....too bad I'm at work......

Hey Crab Man ! Earl & the Office are both repeats but they are both new to me - NBC would be glad to know that I am recycling one of their old ad campaigns......

The Jetta ads scare the crap out of me

swampy abides

My American Idol thunks for Songs from the Great American Songbook night.....

Chris - I expected the alt-rock version of a standard but then read that arrangements had to stay true to the original. I figured he was screwed but he put together a very nice rendition and performance. He was safe no matter what he did anyway.

Paris - So who are you playing dress up as this week ? Natalie Cole ? You don't look right in what you are wearing. The song was okay for me and better than some of your other weeks but I am just not a fan.

Taylor - Good thing that there were 2 halves to that song - you killed the ending and that was what they showed in the recap. The Soul Patrol should pull him through.

Elliott - eh. This could actually be a genre that you could make some decent coin in should you get a record deal. Nice enough voice but absolutely nothing remarkable about him in any way. Bottom 3 no matter what he does.

Kellie - Yikes !!! Bewildered is right. Good thing you have "great shoes". Her fans are going to have to do a lot of dialing......and Simon said it looked like she was wearing her prom dress - wrong - this is Kellie's Prom Dress...http://dlisted.blogspot.com/2006/03/what-kellie-pickler-wore-to-her-prom.html

Ace - Double Yikes !!! You look ridiculous and you may have just saved Kellie Pickler from having the worst performance of the night. Time to finally go home - please !!!!!!

Katharine - No surprise that she killed here. I have heard better versions of the song - but then again, I am old so it makes sense that I have heard a lot of versions too - but this was up there. She looked great and sang beautifully. One problem that I could see is that I only got 5 busy signals - while voting for her about 15 times - 45 minutes after the show ended on the East Coast. She does seem to have a west coast fanbase so maybe they will pick up the slack.

Bottom 3 in reality - Kellie, Ace, Elliott - Bottom 3 per America's votes - Ace, Elliott, Paris - pack your bags Ace and give us one last pout as you sing yourself out......

thunks about the Rangers a little later today......

swampy abides

The phrase that every AFC West fan is going to love to hear this year -

"....and now starting at QB for the Oakland Raiders, Aaron Brooks......"

oo- I'm scared........

Hey Crab Man - 141 days until the season starts.......

swampy abides

Sucky Bucky finally hit the door last week - he stuck around longer than he should have which just goes to show that you never can underestimate the lack of taste in the American Public......I mean you are currently reading my drivel so I rest my case........

Great American Songbook hosted by Rod Stewart - this should be an interesting week in that no one is really hurt by the genre. Chris might have the hardest time but quite a few standards could be arranged in a way that plays to his strength. I would think that "My Way" would play well for him. Kellie is fairly safe but her potetial downfall could be picking a song that is too big for her. Katharine should knock this one out of the park no matter who or what she sings. Ace & Paris can make eyes at the camera and play dress-up in order to try and stay ahead of a fading Elliott. Taylor should set up a rematch with the mic stand and sing Dean Martin's "Ain't that a kick in the head".........

and now on to more important things.......

Henrik is back tonight and we need him to be sharp and we need the boys to step up and validate this season. Making the playoffs is great but at this point nothing short of winning the Atlantic will due. We can't go into the playoffs on a 5 game slide and in NJ, Philly or Buffalo.....Marc Staal has been sent to Hartford - I bet if his season had ended a week earlier he would have played in one of the last 4 games......Kasparaitis & Rucchin will be welcome returns to the line-up......and I best not see Colton Orr in the line-up.......is it 7pm yet ?

The Texans aren't going to take Reggie Bush ???? I can't see Gary Kubiak being in favor of that move.....The Broncos have had 14 WR's in for pre-draft visits - I wonder if they are going to pick a WR with one of their 1st Round picks ???????

Celebrity Cooking Showdown is a disgrace..............Deal or No Deal had soem B Team Briefcase chicks in the line-up last night............How did Mark Burnett wind up with this annoying cast of idiots ???? Courtney, Shane & Danielle may be the least deserving survivors ever.......no LOST this week as we get a 2 hour return of Alias - I know that Jennifer Garner has been tainted for life and that I have dropped her from all of my lists but I have to admit that she is looking very, very MILFy these days........even so-so repeats of Two and a Half Men are funny.....it was Battle Carp on Iron Chef at 4am - I chose not to watch - caught the final fight scene from Lethal Weapon instead..........

I hope that Carrie Underwood releases "Before He Cheats" as her next single/video - the humor in seeing her do shots of whiskey and beat up a car with a bat would be worth the 3+ minutes......and speaking of Carrie, I hate Rascal Flatts but I have to give them props at the CMT Awards for starting their acceptance speech by stating that they were glad that Jesus was no taking the wheel in this category too......

I hate to quote Al Davis but..........JUST WIN BABY !!!!!!!

swampy abides........

My American Idol review from the-W.com (link to your right) - Props should go out to "Parts Unknown" for his weekly recap on this site -

Bucky - he is still a mush mouth and I can't understand a thing he says when he is singing

Ace - I loved it when he hit himself in the face with the microphone as he was playing with the mic stand. He was terrible.

Kellie - I thought Garth had lost his glasses when the song started.....

Chris - terrible, terrible song - like Simon said, there is a reason they don't play this one in concert

Katharine - Looked Great, Sang Great - she should never see the Bottom 3 again

Elliott - Didn't do a lot for me but it did more than the first 3 of the night

Taylor - It's Joe Cocker doing Queen !!! The Soul Patrol will eat this up and I am sure that the phone lines were burning up

Paris - So this week you played Dress Up as L'il Kim - you need to go home...now

Bottom 3 - Ace, Paris & Bucky with hopefully Paris going home but I think it will finally be Ace who gets to sing his way out....

as a side note, how cold is it to make the loser each week sing the song that got them booted as their final goodbye ? I happen to love it. It's up there with opening the rest of the cases after they make the deal on Deal or No Deal.

Commuting with an ipod makes a world of difference.....

Free streaming episodes of ALIAS - nice..........

Fat Mike & the Angry Puppy hit the internet today at 3pm along with the rest of the WFAN crew - that means I can get Imus at my desk when I have my coffee in the morning.....

Got a coupon for a free Tazo Green Tea Latte from the evil ones in the lobby - since I ain't paying I am willing to give it a try...

The woman carrying a plastic deck chair with her in line at the Mexican Consulate this morning is obviously a veteran of the daily lineup...

Lefty wins his 3rd major in as many years - I wonder how much it burned Tiger deep down inside to putting that Green Jacket onto Phil on Sunday......saw a picture of Phil's wife and Tiger's wife walking arm & arm at Augusta - now let me close my eyes for a minute.......

I discovered that "Wings" is on TV Land at 4:30am - haven't decided if that is good or bad yet - and whatever happened to Crystal Bernard ????

Carrie Underwood won 2 CMT Awards last night - Breakthrough Video and Favorite Female Artist - the long reach of American Idol has reached deep into the realm of Country music - personally I think that Miranda Lambert got jobbed here....

38% approval rating for W - election year republicans can't run away from him fast enough....

What can I say ? I'm hooked on "The DaVinci Code".......

Queen Night on American Idol - what the hell are Sucky Bucky and Kellie Pickler going to sing ?

Glad to see that the plate of meat, rice & beans on the sidewalk of 36th strret near 5th was finally picked up - the rats really only got to it over the weekend so it must have been really nasty stuff.......

Speaking of nasty stuff, Escargot Battle on Iron Chef this morning at 4am - was not taking notes on that one......

NHL Playoffs start next week and I am dying to see who the NYR are going to play - will the devils catch the flyboyz for the #5 spot ? Will Montreal make a bid for the #6 spot ? Who should I be watching in the Western Conference ????

I seem to really like John Corbett's "Good to Go" this week - no matter what role he plays or whatever he does, he will always be the slightly off center radio dj from Northern Exposure for me......is Northern Exposure on DVD ???

Yankee Home Opener Today !!!! Who Cares !!!!!

I'm good to go - swampy abides.....

I refuse to walk on the east side of 5th Avenue between 36Th & 37th - the Yankees store is there and it is an evil place....

Speaking of evil places, I will have to admit that the Starbucks in our building does make the lobby smell good in the morning...

Hey Crab Man !!!

So Dirty Libby is a whack job too - really liked last night's LOST but I could definitely use a bit more Mr. Eko - you just have to know that he is building a church....how high up did that plane have to fly for the castaways to not hear it and how accurate can a cargo drop really be ? Next week looks good with Jack trying to force a meeting and trade - we need this kind of confrontation on the show.....

I still think that Tiger is going to lap the field at Augusta but I do think that Furyk & Goosen both have a good shot at pulling off the upset....

I need to see a 2006 NFL schedule now !!!

The Church of Mandisa has thankfully closed it's doors though I really would have liked to have seen Sucky Bucky, One Face Ace or Rudy Huxtable go home before her.....Queen night should be exceptionally painful for Sucky Bucky and Stupid Big Breasted Kellie....

What are you having for dinner tonight ? I'm having fishstix !!!

The Office isn't on so NBC can try to force us to watch Teachers and stupid people will once again fill my screen from 8-9 as I watch Survivor.

Remember - the Easter Bunny Hates YOU !!! http://youtube.com/watch?v=BPb0po2jzfg

Swampy abides......

Happy Birthday Kevin Weekes and thanks for the present !!! He was booed when he was introduced and the fans loudly chanted his name as he was introduced as the first star of the game. I had no confidence in him despite his record against Philly and was sure the game was over in the moments before his 2 huge saves in the 3rd. Why the flyboyz had Michal "Cro-Magnon Man" Handzus take the final shot we will never know. I like Steve Somers analogy that the Petr Sykora trade is starting to pay off like the Larmer trade did 12 years ago. A last minute phone call got me a seat in the Barney's for last night's game and it was well worth the lost sleep.

Watched a wannabe model across the aisle fellate a tootsie pop during the 2nd period. As Paris would say, "That's hot." Great night for girl watching at MSG - I would like to personally thank the young lady in the row in front of me for her cleavage.

The Beast has been awkened at MSG and you can begin to hear the low rumbling of "We Want CUP!!!" coming down from the blues........

Swampy abides.........in the playoffs this year.......finally.........

Brutal TV viewing this morning at 4am.......

Speaking of brutal - Cheryl Tiegs wrote an article about being a frequent flyer for the NY Times today - it was virtually unreadable......who gave her the idea that she could write ????

American Idol and The Deadliest Catch are both on tonight........speaking of Idol, I said last Wednesday morning on another site that Katharine would never be in the bottom 3 much less the bottom 2 - guess I was wrong about that - I have a feeling that her # will get dialed a lot tonight........and it's Country Music tonight - no matter, Bucky will still be Sucky

So are the Rangers and the flyers (Edit: Check that - they are on OLN and you don't even want me start in on that again !!!!) - Rangers can clinch a playoff spot with a win or an OT loss but nobody wants to back into the playoffs - Jagr has 9 goals in 6 games vs philly and I fully expect him to break Graves record in the 1st period.....

Parked in Jim "The Chief" Nielson's spot this morning.....

Hey Crabman ! Gatorade Xtremo - esta en ti ?

I really wanted the 1st woman on Deal or No Deal to lose last night - she was greedy and stupid but she was loud, over emotional, completely irrational and kept you glued to the TV screen - in other words, she was worth $375K (before annuities & tax) to NBC......

Baseball is back.......so what

Masters week is upon us and I need to do a much better job in picking my lineup - I say Tiger laps the field in dedicating this green jacket to Earl

I think Joakim Noah just blocked another shot !!!

swampy abides

I hate sleeping through my alarm and missing my morning workout......

What a lousy fantasy sports weekend for me.......

How much was the LPGA loving the final day pairing of Michelle Wie and Natalie Gulbis at the Nabisco this weekend ? I feel like a perv but Michelle Wie was looking exceedingly criminal during Saturday's round.....

I need to buy a stronger rake - I am sore from all of the raking I did in the garden this weekend and I am nowhere near done. Still need to start putting down the wood chips/mulch too......

UCLA vs Florida - ho hum......

Which to choose, which to choose - Briefcase Girl # 9 or # 10 ????

Saw the first 2 episodes of The Sopranos this past weekend - Edie Falco needed all of one scene to wrap up the Emmy this year......

The more I listen to KT Tunstall, the more surprised I am that I saw her first on VH1 Country.....

I'm a sucker - I'm hooked on The Da Vinci Code.......

I watched the first few minutes of "The Jerk" the other morning while working out because I could......

The Wreckers look like they could become my newest guilty pleasure.......

Hey Crabman, great news, Rebbecca Romijn is Pepper Dennis !!!!