Joe Montana.7:39.Citrus Cooler.Dawn of Fury.

LJM sighting this morning !
Elvis sighting at the train station !
CSI sighting on the train !!!
It was a good morning for people watching.......

Lance Bass is Gay ? What a surprise......

I have 1,360 songs saved on my iPod at the moment. Two of those songs are "Incident on 57th Street" and "Rosalita" both by Bruce Springsteen and both need to be played as one in order to get their full effect. Nearly impossible when you have your ipod set to shuffle. They played within 2 songs of each other yesterday afternoon on my way home. This morning it played 3 songs by Iz during my 24 song commute........

Scott Gomez has always hurt the Rangers in the past and now his arbitration award is going to hurt the devils - I love it......

The 5th & Final round of last night's "The Contender" was great - I know that boxing purists say they hate the show beacuse they don't show the whole fight but watching those two stand toe to toe and flail away at each other from all different angles was great viewing - especially at 4:45am when I watched - thank you ESPN......

At the dark end of this bar
What a beautiful wreck you are....

swampy abides........

Barry Sanders.7:34.Tropical Intenso.Dawn of Fury.

Why would anyone pay to read "classic" Maureen Dowd columns in the NYT ? Do they need to see for themselves again how wrong she is almost all the time ?

The Rangers and Las Panteras are going to play an exhibition game in Puerto Rico this fall. If the NHL wanted to reach out to the Puerto Rican market, why didn't they just play the game in the South Bronx ? Ay caramba.......

swampy abides.....

Darius Watts. 7:44! Propel Strawberry-Kiwi. Black Wind.

Tiger is back. He ripped a 7 under 65 today and has a 3 shot lead so far. Leaderboard is definitely going to be ratings friendly for the weekend.

So what is all the uproar about trading Dominic Moore ? The Rangers have been a little crowded at Center anyway and they have some kids with more of a nose for the net coming up through the system. Hall has some size and has shown that he can score. I don't see how anyone can even begin to not see this as a big win for the Rangers. I would like to see Rucinsky get signed but I have a feeling that his ego is going to get in the way (like it already has) and this deal is not going to get done. I bet he winds up in Pittsburgh for pennies on the dollar.

NFL Rookies are starting to report and the Thunks will start to turn a little more football centric.....

the Thunks may also be moving to myspace.........and they just did......

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BLACKJACK !!! 7:40. Citrus Cooler. Black Wind.

Carlos Beltran. 7:39. Mango Electrico. Black Wind.

They are going to start selling ads on the Front Page of the WSJ - $248K will get you the lower right corner or the strip at the bottom of the page - me thunks it's only a matter of time before a few more shekels will land you "above the fold"........

Big Deal Neil is out on the island after just one month - must have been that Tom Poti signing.......Garth Snow, the fishstix sieve emeritus, has been named as the new GM - you just have to love Charles Wang.......bring back the fisherman logo !!!

It would really suck if you were a Knicks & fishtix fan.......

How did Kate Hudson suddenly get so smoking hot without my noticing ???

23 days 11 hours and 49 minutes until the Broncos kickoff against detroit in their first pre-season game .......

If I were still drinking beer - it would be Red Stripe - Hooray Beer !

swampy abides....

Yesterday it was BLACKJACK! and today it was Felix Millan. 212.7:41.Mango Electrico.

E-Rod has no room to complain - he took the obscene amount of $$$ from the Yankees to play out of position - now shut up and take it - you suck.....

I thunk that Shaun White was not playing the other night on the ESPY's - I thunk he really was completely overwhelmed by Carmen Electra and her cleavage.......the only reason I watched the ESPY's was to catch a glimpse of Asley Judd - she is back on my list and not coming off it......

I either broke or dislocated my little toe last night - either way it hurts like hell.....

Natalie Gulbis truly is the Anna Kournikova of women's golf.....not that I am complaining......

Will Tiger's animosity toward Nick Faldo help or hurt his game this week at the British - I thunk it will help.....

Now Kellie Pickler has nailed a record contraxct and a quick search of youtube shows that there is a video of her in a thong - I thunk I may have to sign up......man I feel dirty......

The Office webisodes are "meh".........

swampy abides.....

Jan Erixon. 7:36. Propel Berry that got killed on the train. Headed for the 90's today.....

Bugs, Bogeys and a wayward driver took care of Michelle Wie yesterday. Nancy Lopez took care of the rest. I think that Michelle needs to concentrate on beating the women before she goes and takes on the men. From what I saw last week, she does not at 16 years old have the mental toughness that is needed nor does she have a consistent enough putting game to continue these fruitless attempts at making a PGA cut.

The Most was not on again this morning and my cable company id screen said Scarborough Country - time for a nasty email to Dan Abrams & MSNBC - if they didn't have some cute news bunnies, I would never watch them......at least it wasn't smug little tucker carlson at 4am.......

the yanks picked up Sidney Ponson - better order the ticker tape now........Mets on the cover of SI this week - I'm telling myself that I don't believe in jinxes.......

Still no Leetch.........

Black Wind is proving to be a painful & painless read at the same time - still too formulaic and it is amazing (well, maybe not) that young Dirk has the same skill set and depth of knowledge at an early stage of his career that it took his father to get over time (and many, many novels). It's like they might as well have called it the Young Dirk Pitt Chronicles. I wonder how Al feels about being made over as a 6 foot hot redhead ???? Still, it makes for great read on the train.....suspend your belief......

Read that a CNBC empty suit news reader read a story on air that Pirates 2 had broken the box office record recently set by Aquaman - you just have to hope that HBO buys the rights to that footage for the Entourage finale this year..........

Jim Edmonds hit an HR last night to keep the Matthews Curse in Diamond Daily alive......

Saw Throwdown with Bobby Flay last night and it was good. I will definitely continue to catch this show when I can - glad to see him get his butt kicked in the Wedding Cake Challenge and I need to download both Chowders.....I still say, C'mon Bobby - throw down on me !!!!

according to the Denver Post countdown clock - the Broncos kick off the preseason against Detroit in 28 Days 11 Hours and 51 Minutes........

swampy abides.......

Say Hey Willie Mays. 7:40.Propel berry

I have over 1100 songs on my ipod - so why did I get 3 English Beat songs in the first 16 of a new shuffle ????? And I thunk my ipod has also been effected by the weather since it has been playing a lot of reggae and island style grooves in the last 2 days........

Glad to see that Paris Hilton's attempt at singing has finally fallen out of the itunes top 10...

Good morning to miss my workout. Only game last night was the WNBA all-star game which did make for an interesting crowd on my late train home........of course, now I don't know if the Most was on this morning or if I would have been forced to watch some other brain dead msnbc show.....i miss Contessa Brewer.........

Do you thunk that Zidane really believes what he is saying ?????

So Danica to NASCAR is a pipe dream at this point. I can see her giving NASCAR a try in a few years but she will never have the support of the female fans - they won't leave their men until someone in the Gretchen Wilson mold makes her way up through the Craftsman Truck series et al........looks like Montoya may be a few weeks later in his Busch debut too.........

speaking of later than we thunked, the Sopranos has been pushed back to March at the earliest - it seems that Tony's knee surgery and the contract holdouts delayed the start of production so it will delay the season. What's another 2 months ?

Shanahan looks good in Broadway Blue.....so would Brian Leetch - hint hint Slats........

Throwdown with Bobby Flay starts tonight - Bobby walks in and challenges chefs to a cook-off......Hey Bobby - I will throwdown with you anytime........

Hamilton Farm Golf Club has officially ended their association with the HSBC Women's Match Play Championships - I hope it stays in the area because I would love to take my girls with me next year.....

I am afraid to go out and look at my tomatoes after yesterday's storms - I had branches sticking out of the yard this morning........

I always wanted to live in Houston and now all I have to do is step outside my office building and I am there without having to take a flight - it's like walking smack into a hot sponge.......

I'm sitting here thinkin', sitting here drinkin' 'bout you......swampy abides

Bob Griese. 7:38.Propel Berry.

Why is there still no word about the Rangers signing Brian Leetch ? This is a no-brainer. I see that some of his detractors say that he has lost it and would not be an effective QB for the Power Play based on his play the last 2 seasons and I say that Bobby Orr himself would have sucked if he had been on that Bruins squad last year or even on the Rangers pre-strike. I will give him a pass for Toronto since he was still getting over the shock of actually getting traded. Sign him to a one year deal and then bump him upstairs with Graves in the PR department and have him do some coaching/tutoring on the side. He needs to retire in Broadway Blue. Do it now Slats !!!!

Eddie Murphy is dating Scary Spice......I don't even know where to begin......

The Contender returns to ESPN next Tuesday Night - No Sly & No Mark Burnett - this should be good - they are all Welterweights this time around.....

David Wright looks more & more like Roy Hobbes every game......please keep him away from Barbara Hershey and Kim Basinger......Wright was also the only batter I saw in the All-Star game last night - looked just like he did the night before parking his shot in the LF seats.....

Elvis parked next to me so to honor that momentous occasion, I played Burning Love on my ipod as my first song.......

speaking of ipods, Michelle Wie has Korean Music on hers right now - who cares ???? She still needs to work on her putting......

swampy abides......

Phil Jackson. Didn't look. 7:33.Cascade Crash.

Came up one homer short on my David Wright prediction for last night.....

Still don't know why the Rangers haven't signed leetch yet. You just know that Big Deal Neil is dangling something in front of him and the word id that the devils are too but there has to be something against the laws of nature & hockey that says that Brian Leetch cannot wear a devils or fishstix jersey....ever......

Sounds like McPheever is turning into quite the Diva - and she is getting a shot on "The View".....

How happy are the Arizona Cardinals with reports that Matt Leinart is still hanging with Paris Hilton ? How much has Ashley Lelie hurt his career with his idiotic stance and mini-camp no-show ? I would take a used bag of practice balls for him right now.......can the jets QB picture get any muddier ? Have a soft spot for Chad but I thunk the kid from Oregon is the QB off the future so he might as well start being the QB now.......I still love the thunk of Aaron Brooks as the starting QB for the raiders.......don't miss a repeat of the season opener of "Making the Squad" on the NFL channel on Friday night - it's the Charger Girls this year........the Texans should send Roger Clemens some season tickets for taking the spotlight off of them and their non-pick of Reggie Bush - of course if the Rocket doesn't start winning then the eyes of texas will start to sneak peeks back at them - most of the eyes though will be on the cowpokies and the TO-Parcells relationship - you just know that TO will be killing bledsoe in the press by Game 6.......Ron Dayne & Tatum Bell scare me a lot more than they scare the rest of the NFL.....can you tell I miss football ?????

Fried Eggs don't taste the same without hot sauce.........and Spicy Ranch dressing is a misnomer - they need me to show them how it should be done.....

Ricky Bobby - I'm just shaking my head about the fact that I will actually have to pay to see a Will ferrell movie - Leslie Bibb does look smoking hot in this one too - I remember her from her scrawny days on "The Big Easy" on USA - she has grown up......

swampy abides....

JJ Yeley.212.wrong direction.7:36.Glacier Freeze.

Peter Tosh - Pick Myself Up - this morning's iPod shuffle song

Only Zidane will ever know what he was thinking at the 110 mark.

Viva Italia ! A cross bar made the ultimate difference in a great finals game to watch. I still think the best goal of the tornament belonged to the Rodriguez of Argentina in the OT win over Mexico - instant ESPY moment.......the US was an embarassment and probably set big time soccer back in the US another 10 years......where are they playing in 2010 ???

Shanahan signs with the Rangers - a few years too late but still a quality signing - in no way is this like one of the Fat Cat Rangers signings of the past.....of course he did play for the Devils once upon a time.....speaking of former devils, Petr Sykora's asking price just went down......and thank you Neil Smith, you can have Tom Poti........

HR Derby tonight - always good background viewing while doing other more important things like reading the paper or playing the bills - got to be pulling for my main Met and early Thunks favorite, David Wright........

speaking of Thunks favorites, Hats Off to Brittany Lincicombe rout of Michelle Wie and her winning of the HSBC Women's Match Play Championship this weekend at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, NJ. Yours truly was there on Saturday to see all the action and watch Brittany come out of realtive obscurity to bang & putt her way to the $500K. Walked to the #1 Tee Box with her before her match with Michelle Wie and she was loose, smiling and signing autographs. Told her to "Take it to her. Her putting is weak." and I am sure that my comment made all the difference. Funny to read in the paper that the rake boys were hitting on her in the player shuttle cart as they tried to find the media tent. Was actually pulling for Paula Creamer myself but the second 18 on Saturday against Karrie Webb really took it out of her. Her father & uncle are class acts......stood next to Mama Wie - cold dragon lady - Papa Wie has big hair and seems very detached from the surroundings - Michelle is like an automatron and seems pre-progammed - the wide open fairways here were perfect for her banging game but her putting is abysmal at best - it's a joke that she is playing the John Deere this week.......Juli Inkster had a great match with Annika but she tired on Sunday too....too bad the Championships are leaving this venue - I hope they wind up down the road at Trump so I can take the little swampthings with me next year........

Pirates beat the 2nd place movie by slightly over $110m - I need to see this movie.......

TV viewing was lame this AM - I am so glad that I discovered that trash like INSIDE EDITION is on........

It's Monday and I wish it were Friday.....swampy abides

Sweetness. 211. 1:35. Cascade Crash.

Why haven't the Rangers signed Brian Leetch yet ? Who better to tutor Tutin & Staal ?

Women's Match Play on Saturday - hope the heat doesn't kill me....

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Bill Bradley. 210. 7:35. Glacier Freeze

to the young lady who was watching herself walk by in the windows of the bank on 5th Ave this morning, we can never love you as much as you love yourself......

Look out for Brittany Lincicome at the HSBC this week - she is my dark horse pick to go deep in this tourney....

Nice to see the Mets finally win 2 in a row again......David Wright is in the HR Derby next week - now I have to watch......Paul LoDuca is no Jason Varitek - just ask ARod.....

Guest hostess on The Most this week - she's nice & perky but trying too hard.......The Lost World was on at 4am - always been a guilty pleasure.......and speaking of guilty pleasures, XENA is going to be in a new comic book soon - I just can't see myself buying it but I don't know why I don't own XENA Season 1 & 2 on DVD yet ?

The Office webisodes premiere on July 13 - 3 minutes of must see internet

No big names yet by the Rangers but some good role players to fill in until the kids are ready to step up - and they will - Marc Staal may not be ready now but he will be up for good by February....it would be nice to see Huge Specimen step up this year and muscle his way on to the roster - we need a strong power forward who can forecheck & bang..........Dan Cloutier traded to the LA Kings - his fight against Tommy Salo is on youtube and is a must see

swampy abides.....

Earl Monroe. 210. 7:39

What a beautiful goal at the 119 minute mark yesterday by the Italians. You just knew it was in as he lined up the kick......can't wait for the finale on Sunday - I thunk France will beat Portugal to get to the final game and then Italy will whomp up on those frogs........

Corzine is an idiot

who is Lukoil and why should I buy their gas ?

Notes from the 4th - shot an 89 at the dogtrack - saw fantastic fireworks - bought an apple blackberry pie that when I got home turned out to be apple blueberry - no complaints on that combo though the raspberry peach I tried this weekend was outstanding - no traffic on the drive home - Exit 9 - the all-american exit - mahalo to the barista at Starbucks - our town's parade is the worst organized waste of time but like crack cocaine, you just keep coming back........

Paris Hilton wants to have babies - the concept just plain scares me.......

Nobody watches The Soprano's to see Paulie Walnuts other than Mama Sirico so it's a good thing that he signed a new deal.......same goes for Silvio, who must not be getting as much from those Bruce residuals as he had hoped for.........filming starts tomorrow

Women's Matchplay Championships at Hamilton Farm this week - network execs will be creaming their jeans if they can somehow get Michelle Wie all the way to Sunday......Annika will be out in the 2nd round and Paula Creamer needs a good showing to stop her sophmore slump.....the best thing about the week, other than watching Natalie Gulbis bend over at the driving range, is trying to guess which lesbian in the crowd belongs to which player.......

The Kelly Clarkson song on the new FORD ad is titled "GO" and may be on her next album - I hope it is because I will download it instantly........

53 3/4 hot dogs - at least Joey Chestnut gave Kobayshi a run for his money this year by eating 52 - the press for the 2007 re-match should be huge......

The "Miami Vice" trailers don't look half bad - but then again most trailers make any movie look watchable - and Colin Farrell almost sounds like Don Johnson if you close your eyes.....still will wait for DVD........

SHSM surprised me this morning when I couldn't help but notice that she was wearing a rather tiny thong - if you don't want me yo know, don't wear see through white pants.......

64 days until the first NFL game of the year.......

Hooray Beer ! swampy abides........