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 !!!!

So now I read in the NY Daily News that Anna Benson caught Kris Benson fooling around with one of her friends - guess the Orioles Batboys are a happy bunch today.......

and speaking of bitches, I think that it is safe to say that no gun owning, NASCAR watching man in the northeast, midwest or southeast is ever going to vote for a woman whol tells them that not only is she smarter but is also going to tell them what to do - Sorry hillary - you don't stand a chance.....

Survivor - was it shortsighted of Terry to not give Nick the secret immunity idol ? I argue that yes it was. If Terry had given the idol to Nick, then Shane, as the next highest vote getter, would have been eliminated and not made the jury. The tribal split would have been 5-4 with Bruce as a very playable swing voter at the next TC - now, Terry still has the idol, he's down 6-3 in #'s and he has put even more pressure on himself to keep winning individual immunity

And how stupid was Austin to fess up to acting like he was weak at the challenge during TC last night ???? This season is full of very stupid people.........

Look, there's a Starbucks !

I have started to name the parking spots at the train station - helps me remember which slot to put my $2 in - I parked in Messier on Monday, Tikkanen on Tuesday, Dan Marino on Wednesday, Felix millan yesterday and my own spot today.

Ryan's facial expression in the confessional was worth the price of admission on "The Office" last night. Looks to me like Pam is not going to want June to get here any quicker than it already is.......

K-Fed is a moron

Anna Benson has helped to screw the Mets again. Omar won't admit it but he traded Kris Benson because of his wife. Now she has filed for divorce and the Mets, who never would have traded Benson if Anna were already gone, are without a starting pitcher - or a relief pitcher because Jorge Julio blows. From all of us Mets fans, I say "Thanks Anna you F-ing C !!!"

Great News ! Rebecca Romijn is Pepper Dennis !

Hey Crab Man - Swampy abides......

To my anonymous poster - I am sure that we would have never said that about you.....

So suddenly after 7 years of holding dual offices, Sharpe James feels it isn't the right thing to do and he declines to run fir re-election in the upcoming newark Mayoral election. I guess he knew that Cory Booker was going to put an end to his winning streak. There are a lot of people in the system who owe their jobs solely to the cronyism that was practiced by The Sharpie and I am sure that he will somehow find a way to continue to line their pockets. Booker's lackeys & supporters will soon find that they can do it too.

Before I forget, I would like to say thank you to the young lady crossing Madiosn at 37th street this morning....

What a great episode of LOST, Sayid is such a badass for digging up the grave - Locke is a badass for not letting the spike puncture in his leg overtake him - Jack is a badass card player - Sawyer is a wannabe badass - Mr. Eko is the ultimate badass and he wasn't even on this episode.....looks like a Hurley flashback next week.........could Cooper be the real "Sawyer" ????

Rebecca Romijn is Pepper Dennis !!!!

Jagr had fishstix for dinner last night - the only way that game could have been better would have been for Jagr to have broken the franchise goal scoring record in front of the fishstix fans and then have a bench clearing black eye for hockey happen in the final seconds....Magic # is 5

The devils really need to miss the playoffs......

What the hell was Katharine doing in the Bottom 2 last night on AI ??? I take one week off from voting......Country this week - Bucky is saved again - Chris might want to think about some Shooter Jennings and Taylor is a natural for "Georgia"......

Hey Crabman - Earl & The Office are both new tonight and so is Survivor

Swampy abides.......

The Rangers stole 2 points from the Sabres last night - Henrik was brilliant in relief and Sykora's SO Game Winner was thing of beauty. He's now 4-5 in SO's and should be cemented in as the first shooter.

AI tonight - please let Bucky really suck.........Ace reminds me of Justin Guarini......and the red carpet show on the TV Guide Channel has to go and I mean like now......

Looking forward to seeing the premiere of "The Deadliest Catch" tonight - the few minutes that I have seen looked outstanding.....

The weather is warmer and the coats at the train station are now shorter and the Mo-Town Blonde has a big ass....

I haven't been given anything for free outside of Penn Station in over a week - something is not right.....

I got a week's worth of free latte's from Starbucks and now I feel like I need one but I refuse to give my money to the evil coffee empire......

Is "Snakes on the Plane" really a movie ? The trailer looked ridiculous.......

I'm still in awe over The Dude in "The Big Lebowski" - I could have been him........

Hey Crabman - Swampy abides.........

Everyone that had George mason in the Final 4 can line up over there - the rest of us will all take a seat on the bench. Not a long line over there. Out of 3 million entries to ESPN, only 4 had the correct Final 4.

Everytime I see a train coming down the tracks toward me, I have a mental flash of the scene from "The Fugitive" where Harrison Ford is trying to outrun the derailed train.

Finally saw "The Big Lebowski" over the weekend......The Dude Abides......

What does it say about me that 3 of my favorite characters right now are The Dude, Earl and Jim from "The Office" ?

Bad hockey weekend for the NYR - need the win tonight against the Sabres

Please note the new link to PEARLS BEFORE SWINE in the link section - best damned comic strip on the whole web or in any newspaper

Why do skinny asian girls always wear mini-skirts & knee high boots on the coldest days of the year ? Not that I am objecting....

Chicken Little is gone from American Idol - how did the callers get that one right ? Bucky gets another week to still be sucky......

The game turned on Ryan Hollweg's hit last night - never had a chance after that.....5 games in the next 7 days with 4 of them on the road and back 2 back makes it even worse.....

I'm starting to think up nicknames for the people on my train - Shades just make me shake my head and the Motown blonde just got aced out by the Summit blonde as my new # 1 commuter....

Hey Crab Man - New Earl tonight......

Is Henry Gale one of the others ? Why didn't Ana Lucia go to Mr. Eko instead of Sayid ? Any flashback that shows Sun in lingerie is a great & worthy flashback. The highlights for next week look great but when don't they ?

Back in the Big Apple – the rhythm of the commute is back but the body sure isn’t………

I’m glad that I couldn’t see last night’s Rangers-Bruins game – it just would not have felt right to me seeing Brian Leetch wearing someone else’s sweater on the MSG ice…….the Rangers recent slump seems to have been cured by a healthy dose of home ice – this team is fun to watch – I just hope no one wakes me up and I discover that this season has all been a dream……

T.O. in Dallas – that move surprised nobody……

Jamie O’Neal has impossible blue eyes

All of my NCAA Brackets have gone bust – so much for picking upsets – just glad I didn’t have any $$$$ in the game this year – you have got to love Wichita State – I think they can get to the Elite 8 and maybe even sneak into the Final 4

On a positive note, I am winning my fantasy NASCAR league…….

I went to turn down 35th Street this morning but I noticed there were several young men running & screaming down the street – I turned on 36th street instead……

Have they played the World Baseball Classic yet ?

Dante in Miami, Brees in Nawlins, Kitna in Detroit, Joey Harrington out of a job, Aaron Brooks as a Raider ? – it really has been a quite the QB whirlwind so far this year

Made Calypso Black Bean Soup the other day – almost as good as the Alligator Chili

Has anyone ever seen Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland in a dress or in a skirt ?

Chris Kaman has been a solid fantasy pickup for me this year – I refuse to pick Kobe in my salary cap league – Marcus Camby can make or break your team depending on whether he decides to play that night or not – Yao has quietly come back strong in the 2nd half – sure is fun watching Larry & Starbury go at each others throats – no other reason to watch the Knicks

I hate people that meander during rush hour and I hate tourists who link arms while walking 3 & 4 across

TV at 4am is actually better than TV at 5am but sadly, there are no news bunnies during this time slot – makes me miss Julia Caesar

Season 6 of the Sopranos has started and I still don’t have HBO – if anyone is taping and feels like sharing…..

There is no one likable on Survivor Exile Island – I can’t wait to see who gets injured this week…….haven’t see a single minute of The Amazing Race – I can’t stay up that late anymore……LOST is new tomorrow night and it’s about time – I need to know how much more of the ranch dressing Hurley has eaten – I’m loving the power struggle between Jack, Locke & Sawyer, the feral existence of Charlie, the regression of Sayid and everything EKO……..Earl & The Office just keep getting better – I sat down one night recently and watch all six season 1 episodes of The Office – awesome

Rocky 6 just finished filming in LA – funny, how can they make Rocky 6 when Rocky 5 WAS NEVER MADE…………

I wonder what I would score on the Wonderlic test ?

CHARMED is finally going off the air – I had forgotten it was even still on the air – which makes me wonder, where is Shannen Doherty now ???? (And a quick check of IMDB tells me that she is nowhere to be seen)

It’s not “Will Tiger win any Majors this year?” but “”How many Majors will Tiger win this year?”

The Tinga Chicken may be the best Korean deli buffet food that I have come across in a long time – pairs up nicely with the Jicama Slaw they also have….

I didn’t think that Kellie Pickler was trying for the “Dolly Parton” look on American Idol – I thought she had the Lee Ann Womack look down pat. Katharine McPhee is my favorite to win with Taylor Hicks and mandisa rounding out the Top 3……Paula has seemed to be on even more medication that usual this year…….I love that I agree with Simon 90-95% of the time

Let’s Get Drunk and Be Somebody – sounds like my 1980’s all over again……

Hey Crab Man !!!

How many Cuban pitchers are going to show up in Tampa today ?

Chris Russo went off the deep end with his attack on the author of the latest Barry Bonds steroid scandal book – when 9 out of 10 your callers (and probably even more of your listeners) think that you were unfair in the interview, you would think that Chris would get the message rather than defend himself and continue to say that he was proud of his interview. He did redeem himself a little the very next day when he called for Bud Selig to take a stand and declare that the single season HR record was still 61 and still belonged to Roger Maris and that the lifetime HR record of 755 by hank Aaron would also continue to stand.

Is Dale Jr. really back ? He’s looked good so far this season but it’s still early…….

Top Chef and The Next Food Network Star are both cooking reality shows but I have to give the edge to Top Chef……….The Big Break V may be my favorite new reality show and just about the only show I have seen on the Golf Channel – I’m still waiting for The Daly Planet to air at 4am

Rat from “Pearls Before Swine” is consistently the best comic strip character in the paper – the Crockydiles come in a close second

Dwyane Wade is fun to watch…..isn’t Stevie Franchise on the Knicks – has anyone sent out a Missing Persons report on him ?

What is Sharon Stone thinking ? I really don’t think you need to see much more than the trailer for Basic Instinct 2 – this could be the “Showgirls” for the new millennium…

Tomatoes, Hot & Sweet Peppers and Green Beans – I think that will be it for my garden this year

My Super Bowl Prediction from last September – Quick Super Bowl pick – Denver 34 Minnesota 31 (as if you couldn’t guess)………

Next stop Summit – change here for the Gladstone Branch…….

So who lights the Olympic Flame tonight in Torino ? If it is anyone other than Alberto Tomba, it's a sham......

Sweden has to be a medal favorite in hockey with the way that Henrik Lundqvist has been playing for the Rangers this year - the tourney should be fun to watch - I just wonder once again how hard NHL teammates are actually going to go up against each other........

I hope to not watch a single minute of figure skating but if curling is on at 5am, I am all over it.....

"The Office" put togteher an incredibly strong episode last night - I actually think that Pam was more miffed that she didn't get a card from Jim than not getting anything from Roy.......Dwight may be an idiot most of the time but he hit one out of the park with his V-Day gift for Paula - as a side note, will NBC be smart and sell the Dwight Bobbleheads ??????.........and Sbarro's is Michael's favorite pizza place in NYC ? Yep, that makes perfect sense........

New York, New York - the place so nice they named it twice - the other name is Manhattan.....

Yeti Golf - 4573 - I need to quit playing......

An awkward game at best. The refs screwed me out of a potential $250 in the 1st quartern with the phantom interference call, they screwed the Seahawks out of 4 points with Ben's "touchdown" and they screwed them out of another 7 points with the phantom holding call. Jeremy Stevens should go into hiding after all of his drops and Darrell Jackson may want to paint an out of bounds line in his bedroom so he can get used to staying on the right side of it (or left side of it as the case may be).......

Review of the menu -

Alligator Chili - awesome - will submit to www.allrecipes.com
Mini-empanadas - surprisingly good - all 3 flavors
Wings & ribs - strong as always
Avocado Crab Dip - good but made too much
Omelette Cups - too bland but made it that way on purpose for my kids
3 cheese & bacon quesadillas - good for breakfast today too
sweet potato fries - soon to be a new super bowl standard - loved using the new mandolin

Best line of the night was by Mick Jagger - "We could have played this one at the first Super Bowl."

Best Ad of the night - Sprint Crime Deterrent Phone
2nd Best Ad - Michelob Ultra Football spot
3rd Best Ad - The Magic Fridge
Honorable Mention - ABC's "Addicted to LOST"
Worst Ad - (tie) - H3 & GoDaddy.com

Seriously ugly championship hats - powder gray is not a good color for anyone but the Tin Man....enough with The Bus - now stay retired.....someone had to win the MVP so I guess you could give it to Hines Ward but the refs (as many people have said) really deserved it.....

And the Rangers are all alone in 1st place !!!!!

From my last entry regarding my SuperDuper Bowl Menu -
"
SuperDuper Menu (so far) – Alligator Chili, Chicken Wings, Babyback Ribs, hot avocado crab dip, bbq chicken & Italian chicken mini-empanadas, mini cheese omelet cups and whatever else I can think of at the last minute"

Here are some of those planned last minute entries - bbq beef mini empanadas, sweet potato fries and 3 cheese & bacon quesadillas......and maybe even another surprise if I have time

I hope you all really didn’t think that I would let a SuperDuper Bowl go by without my thunking about it……..

If you were going to skip a city to see a SuperDuper Bowl in, then Detroit would be that city…I didn’t even bother entering any contests for tickets for fear that I would win and actually have to go to Detroit….I think that with all the hype about The Bus and Big Ben, a lot of people have forgotten about the pair on the other side of the field – as any fantasy football owner will tell you, Matt Hasselbeck has been pretty solid the last couple of years and really had to step up and show he could carry a team in the playoff game against the Deadskins – that and Shaun Alexander ain’t exactly a slouch…..all that being said, I think we are in for a close game that will see the lead go back and forth but in the end it will all come down to a late Jim Zorn to Steve Largent TD pass that will put the Seachickens up by 2 but Terry Hanratty will hit Lynn Swann deep leading to Rocky Bleier setting up a Roy Gerela FG to ice the game with seconds on the clock – Pittsburgh 31 Seattle 30

Why does it always seem to rain harder when I am getting in or out of the car than when I am in it ?

Kevin Weekes started for the Rangers last night and actually won – he didn’t see a shot a for the first 10:57 of the game and if the Rangers are smart, he won’t see another shot until March……

I don’t know about you but I would love to work at Dunder Mifflin for a day – of course it would mean having to live/work in Scranton (another garden spot)……..Jim may actually have one of the best dead pan looks I have seen in a long time……..

According to Golf Digest 32% of Men and 31% of women surveyed would give up sex for a year in order to get a tee time at Augusta – I know a couple of guys around here that would give up sex for a year to get a tee time at the local muni course…….

According to THE STAR, always a reputable source, Jennifer Love Hewitt wants to do a Playboy spread in order to help shed herself of her goody two shoes image – I just know that it would be another huge disappointment and yet another reason why I should let my subscription slide……

There has been a gum wrapper floating in one of the urinals here at work since last Friday – glad to see the janitorial crew is hard at work…..

Torry Holt was great on Media Day for the NFL Network – that kid has a future in TV after he is done roasting & toasting defensive backs………

Did I really see that Emily Proctor is in the new Martin Lawrence flick ? That is just so disappointing – her character hasn’t advanced any on CSI Miami either – we can only hope for the Skinemax movie of the week next…..

So are the Winter Olympics in Turin or Torino ? I almost think that NBC made up the name just to try and make it more Italian……..speaking of the Olympics, I saw Tonya Harding briefly on ET the other night – YIKES !!!! I think she ate Jeff Gillooly………

Haven’t seen a single one of the Oscar nominated best films of the year and most likely won’t ever see any of them…….I also just found out that the cowboys in Brokeback Mountain were actually herding sheep and not cows so that movie now makes a lot of sense to me……….and speaking of movies, did they just make up The 40 Year Old Virgin as they went a long ? A couple of good skits & bits but not a whole lot of coherent storyline – I will say that the Age of Aquarius stuff at the end had me howling…….

SuperDuper Menu (so far) – Alligator Chili, Chicken Wings, Babyback Ribs, hot avocado crab dip, bbq chicken & Italian chicken mini-empanadas, mini cheese omelet cups and whatever else I can think of at the last minute

Fantasy Golf season has started and as of the end of the first round of the FBR Open, I am in first place in all 3 of my leagues….speaking of golf, looks like John Daly is checking out again quickly this week as he mails in his 2nd round – I would not be surprised at all if he is already on his flight to Vegas – and speaking of John Daly, I haven’t seen it yet but I am sure that “The Daly Planet” has got to be a ridiculous show

Last thunk on golf – actually Yeti Golf – my new record is 4108 – take that !!!!

I don’t often agree with Don Imus’s music selections but Rusty Truck didn’t sound too bad the other morning – guess I have to go to amazon to hear a few more selections before I buy the CD…..the more traffic I get stuck in the more I listen to Imus – at times it makes you wish you could drive on the shoulder……………leaving 5 minutes later in the morning really makes a big difference in my commute – more cars and slower cars – don’t they realize that they need to get the hell out of my way ?????..........and it looks like the 2 hour each way train commute is looming in my future - I am not happy……….

So whatever happened to Mary Chapin Carpenter ????

Josh Turner may have the deepest voice since Randy Travis and the chick in his “Your Man” video looks a lot like a younger version of Lee Ann Womack……….K T Tunstall looks like she could go a few rounds with Gretchen Wilson and most likely be the one standing at the end of the fight…….Lee Ann Rimes is really looking more & more last call lucky with each passing day…….

Survivor Exile Island started last night and boy do they have some dumb people on this show again this year – that being said, I’ll watch every week………the latest version of American Idol has really been brutal to watch – why do they give these obviously delusional people hope ????

Hey Crab Man !!!!!........I just like to say that……..

Mike Piazza signs with the Padres and I thunk the warm southern California sun should be just what he needs to close out his career……

Why are the Broncos talking to the Dolphins about Ricky Williams ???? Haven’t they had enough dope smoking players in the past ???.........Mike Tice signs with the Jaguars and Super Bowl tickets become available in Jacksonville ??? A coincidence ??????

All but one of my SuperDuper Bowl 100 square pool boxes suck………

And so ends another 7 minutes of your life that you will never get back……..lets all hope that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards do not have wardrobe malfunctions on Sunday…..

A good friend of mine just resigned this morning. He is going to be missed.

you'll love me - you'll hate me and you will beat my 20 by a landslide but I doubt you can beat my slacker assistant's 262

http://www.mcsaatchi.webcentral.com.au/tennischallenge/optus_tennis_site_edited.html

Now they are even spamming the comments section - what will these people think of next ?

And 3886 in Yeti Golf ? I thunk that someone needs a job....... :)

I feel like that kid from the Trenton Thunder who got called up to play CF for the Yankees last year - he made an error on the first ball hit to him and now I'm lining up the 2nd ball hit my way.......

Isn't there something very wrong about Sen. Ted Kennedy naming his dog "Splash" ?

Alligator Chili is the latest Super Bowl menu addition

I have to quit watching the previews of LOST.....

Ellen Barkin was never a classic beauty but I just saw a picture of her today on the NY Post Page Six website and the years have not been kind to her at all. This just can't be the same woman from "The Big Easy".......

Paul Shirley (ex-Phoenix Suns) has a BLOG on ESPN that I did not know about - he ramblings last year as the 12th man were hilarious - I guess I now have new bathroom reading for the time I have nothing new from the Sports Guy to read

Is it really that hard to merge ? Left, right, left, right - is one car length really going to matter in the whole scheme of things ?????

watched a Sanford & Son episode the other day with my 5 year old daughter - I don't know who laughed harder

The Rangers can't lose to Buffalo at home and waste another great performance by Henrik - those are 2 points that I know will come back to haunt us in the end.....

# 66 retires - I never liked him but I respected & feared him - good story about him for another time

You can't get them all right - you can't win if you can't stop the pass and can't hang onto the ball. The Broncos secondary has been suspect all year and their lack of a decent pass rush let the man with the Amish Farm Boy Beard pick them apart. Jesus Christ turned back into his old self on his pick just before the half and again with his pick early in the 4th quarter. I won't blame him for his final fumble.

Now that my team is out, the super bowl becomes food, commercials and 100 square pools.....

The Rangers beat the devils and snapped their 9 game win streak - in Henrik we trust !!!

Sahara may not have been a great movie or all that true to the book (which was one of Cussler's stupider plotlines) but it was still fun to watch and the tunes were great. Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn make a great pair and I would actually welcome a sequel.

Best part of the NFC Title game for me (since I didn't bother to watch it) was at the end of the National Anthem when they had a close up of Carrie Underwood and you could see her mouth the word "Wow"......

Mamba scores 81 and the world yawns - Phil Jackson has officially sold himself out.....

I got a free Quaker Oatmeal to Go with my Sunday paper - it's not good......

Gary Kubiak will be a great coach for the Texans......

It’s NFL Championship weekend and the pretenders have all fallen by the wayside, the defending champs have been slain and Mike Vanderjagt is still in hiding……..I’m glad that the call on the field was what it was when Champ got killed by Ben Watson because the video that had was as inconclusive as it gets – I don’t think that Bill Belichick’s proposed goal line cam would have helped………I don’t like bad pass interference calls anymore than the next fan but I don’t think that those calls should be reviewable by replay……….I love how everyone is jumping on the Steelers bandwagon just because they beat the Colts – a team that had it’s soft underbelly exposed in the final 3 weeks of the season and were led by choke-azz Peyton Manning and the emasculated one, Tony Dungy ? The Broncos beat the 2 time defending Super Duper Bowl champs – made them implode – and no one seems to give that any respect – I say keep picking against the Broncos, we like proving you wrong…………..Carolina is going to miss Julius Pepper’s ferocity due to his trying to play with a separated shoulder more than they are going to miss Deshaun Foster – hard to pick against Steve Smith though…

Hey Crabman’s turtle !!!

Speaking of the SuperDuper Bowl – it’s time to start thunking about my menu for the game – sweet potato/black bean burritos and a hot Stone Crab Dip may both have to make a return trip this year – Uncle Dougie’s Chicken Wings and slow cooked babyback ribs are staples that no go away…….

Eatsbound 78 has been less a restrictor plate race this week and more like the grinder at Martinsville…….

Dolly Parton’s version of “Imagine” is actually not half bad and is made better by the video – Kenny Rogers latest song/video shows that he really ought to stick to chicken these days…….

Mark Messier Night at MSG was great – it was 1994 all over again – unfortunately it went on so long that I think it started in 1994 – the puck didn’t drop until almost 8:45pm……I have been at the Garden now for Giacomin Night, Richter Night and Messier Night – only missing Rod Gilbert – I plan to be there for Brian Leetch Night and I better be there when they have Adam Graves Night……the fact that Chris Russo dismisses the idea of retiring # 9 just tells me (yet again) that he knows absolutely nothing about hockey and is nothing more than a loudmouth fan who got lucky……

Antonio Davis did what any of us would have done and the NBA should repeal the rest of his 5 game suspension…….

The Mr. Eko flashback episode was one of the best episodes of LOST this season, if not the best – Zeke’s cry of “Light em up !!!” this week would have had more impact if we hadn’t seen it already countless times in the previews and ads……..Charlie is a junkie – plain & simple – he won’t change and it will lead to his death on the island…….Hurley still hasn’t lost any weight (thanks Mark) but his whole “classic desert island scenario” with regard to Dirty Libby was great……Sawyer continues to be the best character week in and week out……..the Italian daughter who kissed Jack needs to somehow magically appear on the island or at least land another show so we can see her each week

Speaking of seeing an actress each week on your TV, I hope you didn’t blink when Heather Graham’s show debuted because you aren’t going to be seeing her anymore……..

So A-Rod is going to play for the USA in the World Baseball Classic – guess that means that the Dominican Republic will win since every team that A-Rod leaves automatically gets better…..

The chick who plays the Fiddle for Clumsy Lovers looks like the hotter trampier sister of the chick who plays the fiddle for Nickelcreek……

American Idol has started but I won’t start watching until the voting starts – I really can’t get in to the freak show that Fox parades out on screen every night during the trials…….it is fun to see Paula Abdul actually tell someone that they aren’t any good…….Carrie Underwood looks like her record sales may eclipse those of Kelly Clarkson……..

When does Survivor Exile Island start ? When does the next Amazing Race start ?

Fantasy Office Sumo Match-ups are a great way to kill time…….

Elway’s helicopter spin for a first down against Green Bay should be on every Super Bowl highlight reel…….

Ben Watson’s awesome tackle of Champ Bailey should be required viewing for all youth football players – don’t showboat until you are in the endzone and never give up on a play are the lessons learned

Still can’t get excited at all for college hoops this year though I did get a kick out of the kid from USC with the “Fro Hawk” and with the fact that the USC football teams scored more points (66) on UCLA than the USC Basketball team (45)…….

So Mike Tice got fired 40 minutes after the Vikings last game – I think the owners waited 39 minutes too long…….

SheDaisy does a dead on spoof of “Desperate Housewives” in their new video and I’m with Jace Everett, I would want to do “Bad Things” with the the chick in his latest video too…….

Cindy Brunson may be the queen of ESPN News but with each passing day, Michelle Bonner gets better & better – her attitude and sense of humor are making her a lot more attractive…….

Does anyone really watch NFL Access ?

The transcript of Paris Hilton’s Deposition is online at www.nypost.com – I had to quit after 19 pages – the screaming sounds of my brain cells committing suicide got to be too much for me……

Miss America will be crowned in Las Vegas this weekend and the Miss South Dakota grainy sex tape will be on the web by Monday…….

Crabman pushing the office supply cart last night was priceless – Jon Favreau was great the week before and now Juliette Lewis wants to be on “Earl” too – guest starring on the show could become the next big thing in Hollywood…….

Another C List Celebrity pseudo undresses in Playboy and more & more the only reason to get Playboy are the Party Jokes and even most of those are coming around for a 3rd & 4th time……

And say it ain’t so, according to the NY Daily News, Bobby Brown was overheard at Foxwoods saying that he & Whitney are getting a divorce – I wonder who would get the house down the street from me ???

Thanks for your time – you have been a great audience…….

Denver 27 Pittsburgh 23
Seattle 31 Carolina 27

2 weeks ? Where the hell have I been ? So much to talk about that I will hit some small items now and then go for the BIG THUNKS on Friday.......

Vince Young was God-Like in that Rose Bowl game - was there ever any doubt that he would score the game winning TD ? The pictures after the games of him standing there while the celebration went on around him were awesome.

Finally saw Wedding Crashers - could have watched it all over again the next night

Now Lindsay Lohan says she was mis-quoted - who could have thunked that would happen ?

I have been bested at YETI GOLF - 3737 - good thing I don't have anything else I feel like doing the rest of today here at work...

with that said, it's off to the Links - catch you on Friday with NFL, NHL and more mindless ramblings........

Why do people who don't smoke, go out for smoke breaks ?

Lindsay Lohan did drugs and suffered from bulimia ? Who would have thunked that ?

Texas 37 USC 34 - I reserve the right to change my mind later today.....

Yeti Golf - 3378

Did you know that Trisha Yearwood was once thin ????

So many games this weekend are exhibition games........

I love listening to kobe talk tough - he is such an asshole.....

I should be skiing.....

PopoZao PopoZao !!!!!

Merry Christmas – Happy Chanukah – Happy Kwanzaa and Happy New Year

Yesterday it was the morning glow just before sunrise reflecting off the ice and this morning it was fog – the swamp is something different every day

I wore a different Xmas tie every day in December this year and still had some left over for next year……

Is there anything more pathetic than watching the former ’72 Dolphins popping champagne whenever their record is saved ???.....it look like it could be Colts-Pats in Round 2 in Indy and the Colts would be trying to pull that monkey (no make that GO-rilla) off their backs – don’t think they can do it…..the Donkeys can screw the Chiefs playoff chances by losing to San Diego this week – now starting at QB for the Broncos – Bradlee Van Pelt……the raiders tanked their season a few weeks back but Kerry Collins is talking trash about his former team and their game this Saturday night – it could be fun to watch…..if the Bengals aren’t careful they could wind up as a #4 seed and playing in Indy in round 2 – of course they may prefer getting Jacksonville in Round 1 to getting a getting hotter Steelers team…….

2006 Random Pre-Thunk-ion….Paris Hilton will break off her engagement and get to keep another million dollar ring for her efforts……

If there is a better tune out there right now than HOME by Marc Broussard, then I haven’t heard it – I just hope that his re-cut version of the song is the direction that his music is taking because the rest of his album sounds like a John Mayer wannabe……Anna Nalick has some scary psycho girlfriend eyes but looks exactly like the type of woman I would have chased back in the day and been very sorry about catching……

King Kong is really tearing up the Box Office – not !!! Though once you figure in the foreign ticket sales it will probably be a hit and there will be talk of a sequel…….

Why wasn’t Wedding Crashers out on DVD for Xmas ? They missed the boat on that one. Of course Hollywood got the 2004 Smash Hit, Santa’s Slay, out in time……

Bill Parcells is an egotistical jackazz – just my opinion……..

2006 Random Pre-Thunk-ion….Mary Kate Olsen will be the next “star” to hit the net with a sex tape – it worked for Paris……

Xmas time is the time for Egg Nog in my coffee…..

Reese’s Holiday Bells – give me a bag of these bad boys and I am happy camper all day long……

Burt Ward – the Robin of Batman fame – was actually the Producer’s first choice for the Dustin Hoffman role in “The Graduate” – Holy Crotch Shots Mrs. Robinson ! Are you trying to seduce me ?

The hail bouncing off the players and the blue turf of Boise State University in yesterday’s MPC Computer Bowl made for a great visual – it actually seemed to pump the players up on both sides of the ball – Boise State almost pulled that game off after falling behind 24-0 at the half – you just can’t go 0-3 on 4th down tries in the first half and hope to win – why Hawkins didn’t get 3 points out of at least one of those may be the answer to why Boise State hasn’t tried a FG since October……..I hate Nebraska – thanks to Michigan for making stupid cornhusker fans happy and looking forward to next year……and a question for Rutgers, how can you lose a shootout when you have Tony Soprano on your side ? Loved the way that James Gandolfini was staring down the ASU captains during the coinflip……..

2006 Random Pre-Thunk-ion….Tara Reid will pose for Playboy but will get away without Full Frontal Nudity……

Six unanswered goals against the Fishsticks at the Mausoleum is always a good thing……I never feel confident about a game when Kevin Weekes is in the nets for the Rangers……

Speaking of Kevins – my holiday gift to you – www.kevinfederline.com – Oh Oh Oh Oh Popozao Popozao…….which incidentally means “watch me spend all Brit’s cash before she dumps me and I become a Reality TV Star on VH1”…….

Both Lauren Glassberg and Contessa Brewer have been back on the early morning newsbunny beat this week – always a welcome surprise…….and isn’t Contessa filling in for Don Imus a bit ironic considering their history ?????

I haven’t watched a single minute of the College Basketball season yet – I just know that Princeton is terrible this year – they even lost to Carnegie Mellon…….

You will love me – You will hate me – Now beat 2808…….. http://www.prosieben.de/games_handy/onlinegames/yetisports/games/popup_game_part5/

I finished first in both of my Fantasy Football leagues with rag tag lineups only to get killed in both of my championship games……there is always next year…..

2006 Random Pre-Thunk-ion……Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt will break up and Jennifer Aniston will marry Vince Vaughn

I wonder how many Johnny Damon Yankee jerseys Bill Simmons got for Xmas ?????

Sienna Miller turned down the role of the next Bong Girl ??? Does she think is a real actress or something ?

I think this weekend is going to be Alligator Stew time – I haven’t made that in a while……

Got the LOST Season 1 DVD for Xmas – that and my Rachel Ray knife may have been my best 2 presents…..

When I was growing up I could watch the Jets, Giants & Eagles and maybe get a national doubleheader game so Monday Night Football was the BIG game of the week – Howard Cosell was a God-Like figure and people paid money to get a chance to throw a brick at him through the TV screen – his halftime highlights were only eclipsed by this season’s “I Like It I Love It” highlights……..not

2006 Random Pre-Thunk-ion – “My Name is Earl” will win the Golden Globe for Best Comedy and the Emmy for Best Comedy…….and as an added public service, please don’t forget the Earl and The Office both move to Thursday starting next week – CSI moves to the VCR……..

I know there is more but I can’t thunk of it now – please remember that New Year’s Eve is Amateur Night and that this Greyhound is Delta Bound….thanks for your time

Tom Scott’s version of “Feliz Navidad” is always the first Christmas song I play in my car at the beginning of the holiday season……and as for Holiday This and Holiday That, enough with the PC Crap – A Christmas Tree is a Christmas Tree – it’s not like we call a Menorrah a “Holiday Candelabra”……

Think the ‘72 Dolphins are sweating the Colts run at perfection ? probably not half as much as CBS is sweating Tony Dungy benching Peyton Manning out in Seattle on Xmas Eve…..does it really matter if the Colts go undefeated ? They will still lose in the playoffs to my Broncos……

Caught the last 30 minutes of “The Graduate” on the tube the other morning while working out – it’s by far the best 30 minutes of the movie and it is easy to see why Dustin Hoffman became a star off of this role….it’s also real easy to see that young Katharine Ross was a stone cold fox and well worth running all over California for……

I can’t believe that the Rangers are still in first place – I am almost afraid that if I blink, I will wake up and they will be in last again…….

I was watching a Shakira video the other morning – again, not much on at 5am – and I couldn’t help but think that she could absolutely kill you in bed – so it made me thunk, would a home sex video of her be considered a snuff film ???

Peanut Butter Filled Hershey Kisses – there is a god in heaven……

How stoned was Jimmy Buffett when he recorded his Xmas album ? And speaking of stoned, I can’t help but think that that is the state you need to be in to really appreciate the Trans-Siberian Orchestra……

Bowl Season starts next week and I still need to make my picks – I can’t help but think that while USC-Texas looks good on paper, USC is going to kill them – sure the Longhorns played in Pasadena last year but USC plays there virtually every year and they own the place…..I’ve been to a Rose Bowl game and I have been to a USC-UCLA tilt at the Rose Bowl – what a great venue – what a great place to play a game – it oozes history and there is always great scenery in the stands – expect to pay $50 to park on someone’s lawn though…….

KING KONG wouldn’t be a $100 movie for me even if I could find a decent babysitter these days – 3 hours long screams DVD to me…..

Was it really any surprise that Pat Riley came back to coach now that Shaq is healthy again ?

Randal really screwed Rebecca last night in the Apprentice Finale – even worse than Cindy screwed the other Survivors on the car challenge – though I would have done what Cindy did too – I just would have shut up about it and gone on from there…..but back to the Apprentice – I never would hire a single person who has been or is even thinking of being on that show – it’s a joke – the only person who ever looks good on that show is Carolyn……

Danni got lucky that her legs were longer than Steph’s – how much do you want to bet that Steph & Rafe were killing their decision not to bring Lydia (the most useless survivor ever) to the final 3 when they saw the challenge. I don’t think she could have reached either the ropes or the post……..every season has a Judd – he should know that strong players are needed in the team stage in order to get to the merge and then they are targets for the weaker players in the individual stage – strong players only make the final 2 when they bring their A game the whole way like Colby or Tom did – of course Colby also lost his mind at the end
Of the Outback edition……

It’s a well established fact that Isiah Thomas is in idiot but when you take a 2nd look at the Knicks, he has done a couple of good things by bringing in Frye, Nate Robinson, Trevor Ariza and Eddy Curry (but only if the Tin Man can find a heart that works) – too bad he also brought in Starbury and got rid of Kurt Thomas – Zeke traded the wrong one in that hate/hate relationship

24 hours of Miami Vice last weekend and I think I saw 24 seconds of it – I remember when Vice was appointment TV……so was Moonlighting……..

Jay Feeley actually hit a FG last week when it counted – how many Giants fan fell over from shock after that…….the Jets may have killed themselves in the Reggie Bush sweepstakes with the4 victory over the Raiders but then again, Al Davis does hate the Jets so it should be no surprise that he had Collins benched for a game that the Jets needed to lose…….and Lamont Jordan sure made a statement last week in his return to NYC – still can’t hear the whisper

Saturday & Sunday Football this weekend and for every weekend through the end of the season – it’s the way that the NFL should be – I just still worry any time that I see the Broncos will be on national TV….

Full Nudity should be a requirement of all B&C List Celebrities when it comes to posing for PLAYBOY (Lisa Guerrero- I’m looking at you) – I just don’t understand why it isn’t….

The oven will be fired up all weekend as the Xmas cookies get made – I’ll be sick of sprinkles by the time I am done……..

Just remember, we don’t do it for the glory, we don’t do it for the free whiskey, we do it for the BaDonkaDonk……..

It's the first real snow of the winter and the idiots are out on the road. If you own and drive a 4 wheel drive Jeep, you should be able to go faster than 15 miles an hour. Obviously you need to sell your car and stay home. Get off the road ! If you are from the south and have never seen snow, stay off the road and stay home. Wait until the weekend, when I don't have to get to work, and go out and practice then. If you are nervous driving in snow - get off the road and climb back into bed. You are probably a useless part of society anyway and you are in my way. Get off the road !!!

I feel better now......

"When you think of naked, think of me." - not exactly what you want to hear from "Famous Lisa" at Famous Dave's

Why can't the Donkeys win in KC in December ? They are 1-17......

How can you go to an ECHL game and not see a fight ? It happened to me yesterday in Trenton....

Still can’t believe that they are still “the 1st Place NY Rangers” – this was supposed to be the worst team in hockey – I went to see them play Pittsburgh last night and they just work & fly & work some more – Lundqvist is just plain awesome in the nets – and with regard to the Pens, Crosby is going to be great and Mario looks old……

The Jints vs the Cowpokies – another case of rooting for injuries and a tie……

I hate Arrowhead Stadium – I have been to Arrowhead – every home game Sunday it becomes the world’s largest doublewide trailer……..

Not to name names but I think there is something very wrong with a man smoking a clove cigarette…….

Just when you thought that “The Simple Life” would never grace your screen again, here comes the E! Network to the “rescue” (?) - I may have to block that channel on my set…….and speaking of Nicole Richie – EAT SOMETHING !!!!

Lucky for the Knicks that Channing Frye looks to be the real deal – now if they could just get rid of Starbury and his “I want be like A.I.” whining…..

SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t seen LOST…………It was the last episode of LOST until the new year and it worked for me – Sawyer is back, Kate was the focus, just about everyone in the cast has a “Daddy issue”, Hurley uttered the best line of the night again, the interplay between Mr. Eko & Locke and the missing piece of the film was found – interesting that as soon as the film says it is imperative that you not use the computer to try and contact the outside then someone (Walt ?) tries to contact the bunker ?........in related notes, I caught and old episode of SPIN CITY over the weekend and Hurley was a cab driver, shorter hair and just as fat…..and Michelle Rodriguez (Ana Lucia) and Cynthis Watros (Libby) both got stopped for DUI within minutes of each other the other night – the tailies like to cocktail…….

We just had the 1,000th execution in this country since the Death Penalty was re-instituted 28 years ago, that’s an average of almost 3 per month – I don’t think I am out of touch but I had no idea it was that many – I am sure that the average in recent years is actually a lot higher but we are all just desensitized to it by the amount of media coverage we get from every different direction……

Haven’t seen the vultures on the buildings in recent months – the thermals must be gone – but I did see 8 of them chowing down on a dead deer this morning as I drove to work through the swamp…..

The Vikings have a real chance of finishing the season at 10-6 – who would have thunk it after their injuries and the infamous boat trip……

Saw in the paper today that Tom Brady & Brooks Bollinger were both 6th round picks – Brady has won 3 of the last 4 Super Duper Bowls and Bollinger is winless in his 4 games played……..Pats by double digits and then some, sorry dad……..

Boise State playing on the Blue Field in the MPC Computer Bowl is the lock of all locks no matter who they play…..think Texas has some issues with Colorado ? I don’t see anyway that the Longhorns don’t pay back the Buffs for 2001…….

And how am I supposed to get “Wedding Crashers” for Christmas if it isn’t out yet ???? Something must be done about this and now……

Thank you for your time - good luck finding a parking space at the mall and watch “My Name is Earl” – you will thank me for that last one……..

Who was the genius that thought to put Cowboy Troy and Wynonna together to hand out an award ? It was Unintentional Comedy at it's finest. I bet they would not have turned a single head in Manhattan if they had walked down the street together.

Still thinking about how smoking hot Miranda Lambert was that night.......

Yet another News Bunny is on her way to MILF status - Amy Roback of MSNBC - and now another News MILF is back to work - welcome back Melissa Stark - also on MSNBC - they must be trying to stockpile for the inevitable showdown with CNN Headline News and FOX news

ALIAS is getting non-renewed - I stopped watching when Ben Affleck started dating Jennifer Garner.

Mint Holiday KitKat's - an excellent idea - going to have to think twice about buying the Orange Creme Holiday KitKat's......

How far the mighty have fallen - Page Six reports that Paris Latsis is using Tara Reid to get himself into the hot clubs.....

Another of my early morning News Bunnies is about to become a News MILF

speaking of MILF's - the bus stop MILF is back and she looks good even when she is cold

and what a sick, sick move by Marek Malik in the shootout the other night - total pond hockey and an ESPN highlight for days

Broncos beat the Thanksgiving National TV curse but I still have no faith this week in Arrowhead

more as I think of it....

Happy Thanksgiving to one & all – may you all have some good bird this holiday season.

Here it is one day before Thanksgiving and the Rangers are still in first, Steph & Larry ain’t getting along, the Jets have had 5 different QB’s play (and suck) and the Giants, well, who really cares…..

I hate the concept of the shootout in the NHL but that sure was a sweet move that Jagr laid on the Sabres’ goalie last night.

Why does everyone hate the Weaver Family so much on The Amazing Race ? It is almost juvenile in nature but that shouldn’t be unexpected when you think about the Linz family. I hope they realize through the magic of editing how high school they look. I wasn’t a Weaver fan before but after last night I think I am.

When I hear Van Zant it brings me right back to my Southern Rock days of my high school years………Born To Run just turned 30 years old – I hate to say I remember when it came out – Springsteen only released one more album after that in my opinion – 10th Avenue Freeze Out is still and always will be my favorite song from that album……..

It was a bad 2 weeks in a row for anyone that happened to be a raiders & jets fan as my Broncos rolled to a 58-17 two week stomping……..not that the Broncos opening 95 yard TD dive wasn’t a thing of beauty but the Jets really do just plain suck this year – I just hope they realize that playing this way does not guarantee them Reggie Bush……..speaking of playing badly, I always dread seeing my Donkeys on National TV and I especially hate seeing them on Thanksgiving – I don’t doubt that they will lay an egg and the cowpokies will wind up stealing a game that they have absolutely no right winning tomorrow

Channing Frye looks like the real deal as the Knicks center for the future – finally Zeke got one right – we are coming upon the season of miracles…..

What will Peter King do once Brett Favre retires and the patriots dynasty completely crumbles ? Will he have anything to write about ?............funny seeing The Sports Guy on the front of the NY Times Sunday Style section – he couldn’t make the real sports section but he could make the women’s “sports” – the article itself didn’t say anything about him that we all didn’t already know from his column – still haven’t had a letter published in his mailbag and the year is running out……….

John Daly is getting his own reality show on the Golf Channel – you just have to hope that somehow Anna Nicole Smith will make a guest appearance……..at least Bobby John made the jury on Survivor: Guatemala but you know that it has probably been a tense 3 days at the Loser’s Lodge with just him and Jamie……Jamie had to go and I am actually surprised that he didn’t go sooner…..as the challenges become more about brains & agility and less about brawn, Judd’s chance to win begins to shrink……and has there ever been a more worthless survivor than Lydia ? I hope she is embarrassed by her lack of performance and worth……….

Cranberry Salad, Corn Muffins, Whipped Butternut Squash, Pumpkin Bread and Dutch Apple Cake are my contributions to Thanksgiving this year plus I will make the gravy when I get to my parent’s house……looking forward to the pots of Southwestern Turkey Soup (http://soup.allrecipes.com/AZ/SthwstrnTrkySp.asp) with the leftovers……

How come none of the teachers I had all throughout school looked anything like this latest teacher to sleep with a student – and she got off too…….in more ways than one

I really hate taking the highway to work each morning – not even pretending I am driving the final laps at Homestead help – it was so nice to get to take my old route through the swamp this morning….still sucks we had to work today but……….

What genius at the Las Vegas Bowl thought that BYU would be a good team to bring to town ? I would think that the Mormons would be afraid to come to Sin City – the bars and casinos can’t be seeing a lot of business from their fans……but then again, what goes in Vegas, stays in Vegas………

Fire Sale in Florida !!!! The Marlins are cleaning house. The Red Sox and now the Mets look to be the first to reap the rewards. How could Steinbrenner be missing out on these deals ????

I was all set to make fun of the Ohio State-Michigan meaning nothing last week and then they went out and played an instant classic……Cal buried Stanford and their band but still will wind up in some crap bowl playing someone like Rutgers because they fell on their faces 3 weeks in a row…….my favorite bowl game every year takes place on the Blue Field of Boise State……

Some CMA thunks – Country Music gets virtually no play in NYC but the popularity of country continues to grow nationwide so when country music gets a chance to showcase themselves in NYC for a night, why didn’t they break out performances of the upbeat new country sound instead of dragging one star out after another to sing slow songs that were true to country music’s roots ? It was a waste of a great prime time venue. The best performance of the4 night by far was Miranda Lambert’s performance of “Kerosene” – the ending visual of her dancing like crazy in front and behind two walls of flame was spectacular – she looked and sounded great too – she became a star with that one song. Carrie Underwood on the other hand, looked like a deer in headlights and her song was boring. LeeAnn Womack is just hot no matter what she sings and don’t you think that Waylon Jennings was scratching his way back up through 6 feet of dirt to get his hands on Elton John ? What were they thinking putting that fat british homo on stage at the CMA‘s ?

LOST thunks – Now that we have the tailies and the rest of the cast together I guess it is time for some flashbacks on their characters thus keeping the timeline from advancing very much again. I am looking forward to Libby’s back story so we can see what she looks like clean….….Hard to believe that Boone has only been dead for 8 days……..the interaction between Charlie & Locke should be interesting now that Locke has found out that Charlie is “religious”……..where has Kate been and why haven’t we seen more shower scenes of her in the hatch ???? Glad to see that Sawyer is still alive – they could spin his character off if they ever get off the island…….and will we ever find out what the numbers stand for ?..................more answers & questions tonight

Penn State in a BCS game ? Even Joe Pa has to be surprised about that one – if he even knows they are playing – I keep thinking of Weekend at bernie’s whenever I see him on the sideline

Every time I hear Jim Nantz on IMUS in the Morning I can’t help but think he is auditioning for Dan Rather’s old job

No Paris Hilton, No Lindsay Lohan, No early morning News Bunnies – I must be slipping……

Thanks for your time and for the brain cells that you lost while reading this missive....

It’s that time of year again and with the Broncos on their BYE week it means this year’s trip is back to VEGAS !!!

Hey Look – the Broncos just scored on the Iggles again…….nice of the Redskins to roll over for the Giants last weekend – I wonder if they were counting the ceiling tiles too…….considering that the Giants absolutely suck on the road this year, that “road game” against New Orleans in Week 2 really ought to be pissing off the rest of the NFC East right about now…….

The NBA has started up again and how excited do you think the players are about road trips to Oklahoma City this year instead of New Orleans ????

The best part of taking the kids Trick or Treating is watching all the MILF’s answer the door…….the second best part is trying out all the new types of candy…..I lost count of the number of Darth Vaders I saw this year – felt like I was back in the 70’s…..

It’s good thing that Sylvester Stallone has decided to call the latest Rocky installment “Rocky Balboa” instead of “Rocky 6” because as we all know – ROCKY 5 NEVER HAPPENED !!!......and speaking of Sly, is it not great that “The Contender 2” is starting up ? ESPN gets kudos for picking up this excellent series…….

The new NHL may be starting to catch up with the Rangers but it sure has been fun seeing the team that SI picked as the worst in the league – in FIRST PLACE !......now the Rangers need to get some muscle into the line-up or they are going to have more injuries like the Rucinsky injury……and Hendrik Lundqvist is going to be the next Mike Richter…….

Hey Look – the Broncos just scored again on the Iggles……

What is the deal with the jerseys that Va Tech and Florida were wearing this week ? Is FloJo designing uniforms from beyond the grave ? The different color sleeve has got to go……is any lead OK State gets against Texas safe ? they blew a 28 point lead last year at Texas and a 19 point lead at home this year…….Penn St. at 8-1 may be the biggest surprise in college football this year – how many people (myself included) had Joe Pa being tossed on the scrap heap years ago ????

Did Ricky Williams celebrate his first positive yardage game with massive bong hits on Sunday night or is he waiting for his first TD to light em up again ?

BreathSavers new Citrus Mint flavor is great and Fresca’s new Black Cherry Citrus isn’t too bad either

Can anyone really believe that Rutgers is still in the running for BCS Bowl Berth ? The Big East Conference is a joke……….USC-Notre Dame may have been one of the best college games I have seen in a long time – Matt Leinart made a hell of a call on the 4th down play and got lucky with the spot of his fumble – it certainly also helped that the refs didn’t call Reggie Bush for pushing Leinart into the end zone either……USC does not have an easy road for their last few games – Cal may not be the team they were last year but I will still bet the OVER when they play…….regional Fox Sports channels are great in the early AM as I get to watch a lot of teams/games that I would never watch on a Saturday…..

Why is Penny Hardaway surprised that he is inactive for the opener tonight against the Celtics ? His best days are so far behind him that you can’t even see them…..

“I’m Not Earl” is the best new show on TV – I loved Jaime Pressley in Playboy but she is even better here……glad to see the Rugrats get eliminated last night on The Amazing Race – that family just annoyed me to no end…….the merge has happened on Survivor: Guatemala and I sure hope that Bobby John & Steph are smart enough to align themselves because they are targets from here on out – next player eliminated should be Judd but these people have not been too bright so far so we shall see…….I have said it before and I will say it again, I would never hire anyone who was on “The Apprentice” and if Trump were actually smart, he wouldn’t hire any of these idiots this year either – it would make a great finale – all the build up over who to hire and bam – he fires them both – the next crop of candidates would have to actually work that much harder at impressing him instead of backstabbing each other

And the Broncos score again on the Iggles……

Both Mike Anderson & Tatum Bell have more rushing yards this year than Reuben Droughns – with the play of the rejected Cleveland Defensive Line this year, that trade is looking better and better….the Champ Bailey trade isn’t looking all that great from either end of the spectrum and I still have no faith in Dominique Foxworthy or whatever his name is…….

Terry Glenn gets all the yards and Keyshawn gets all of the TD’s – I am sure that sits well with a stable clubhouse influence like Glenn……

I have made 15 loaves of Pumpkin Bread in the past 2 weeks and only been able to keep 2 – something is very wrong with that…….

My plane takes off in 24 hours – Hoover Dam here I come !!!!!

NOT !!!!

With all this rain I feel like I am extra on the set of “Blade Runner”……

Mel Stottlemyre has quit, Joe Torre has no friends in the dugout and fewer friends down in Tampa, ARod is considering changing his number from 13 to .133 and Brian Cashman is looking longingly at the Phillies job – hard to imagine that Steinbrenner will keep quiet since he can’t stand seeing teams other than his own at the top of the sports page and to steal a line from Bill Simmons – there are 5 year old Yankee fans out there who are beginning to wonder if they will ever see a World Series championship in their lifetime

FOX has cancelled plans to go ahead with Simple Life 4 – what will Paris Hilton do now for $$$ and attention ?

The city of Pittsburgh is breathing again now that Big Ben doesn’t need to go under the knife but they should still be scared stiff about starting Charlie Batch against Jacksonville – I wonder if they will follow the Jets lead and give Terry Hanratty a call ???

Where have all the fights gone in the NHL ??? I still don’t like the shootout….

Any episode of LOST that centers on Hurley is a good episode and could Jack have been undressing Kate anymore with his eyes than he already was when she stepped out of the shower ? What happened in that bunker on the other side of island ? The numbers didn’t get pushed ? Did the sickness get the other survivors or was it “The Others” ? “The Others” have obviously been on the island for a while and were probably part of the Dharma Initiative so wouldn’t they know where all the bunkers were located ? And which bunker was Desmond running to last week ? I know some folks weren’t impressed but next Wednesday once again cannot get here soon enough for me…..

The NBA Pre-season has started !!! Who cares ???

How can the cowpokies lose to raiders but beat the iggles silly ? The Giants must have loved watching that during their bye week…….I wonder if Gopher, Isaac & Julie were working the Vikings cruise last week ?.....Don’t want to jinx my Donkeys but they seem to be catching the Pats at the right time – Jake finally won 4 games in a row for the first time in his career – could it be the Power of the Porn Stache ?

Why would anyone ever hire anyone from The Apprentice ? Why would anyone ever even interview anyone who appeared on Martha Stewart’s version of the Apprentice ?

Watched Bobby Flay lose to Ming Tsai last Sunday on Iron Chef – I know it was a repeat but watching Flay lose never gets old……

Going to see the Rangers beat the Devils tonight at MSG – drop the puck – I have a train to catch…..

Football season is 4 weeks old, the baseball playoffs start today, the puck is poised to drop on a new NHL season, the leaves are starting to fall in my yard, it’s Tiki Tuesday on Fox News First and Michael Vick is hurt again – I thunk it must be the start of Fall……..

The Vultures were next door this morning – wonder if they sensed some layoffs ????

Two words Joe Torre – shut up ! You can’t talk about the Texas Rangers and the integrity of baseball when you trot out Jared Wright in the final game of the season…..Chone Figgins is going to be stealing 2nd with regularity this series – the Yanks have less success throwing out base stealers than Mike Piazza………Angles have their rotation set and the Yanks are pitching Wang in the 2nd game – this series should be done in 4…….love the Red Sox/White Sox matchup – Big Papi will be the difference (like that’s a stretch of a call)………should the Cardinals really have to play the Padres ?

Paris Hilton is keeping her $5m engagement ring – not a bad payout for 5 months work – word is that she has moved onto another rich greek shipping heir…….

I feel sorry for everyone that has Dante Culpepper in their Fantasy Football leagues – he’s making Vinny Testaverde look like a good option……and as unbelievable as it is that the Jets would even call Vinny, word is that they also called Ken O’Brien but he couldn’t keep his feet set long enough to actually answer the phone…….Cincy may be surprising a lot of people with their 4-0 start but I called it in my preview thunks – they still have plenty of time to crash & burn……….why did it not surprise me to see Drew Bledsoe get picked off by the Burger King ???........the cowpokies can’t beat the raidazz ? they do suck……..Eli looks Peyton and now Peyton is starting to look like himself……who said that the Chiefs had a defense this year ?...........the Chargers exposed the defending champs and now the Pats get to go to Atlanta for the Michael Vick experience – lucky for them he is suffering from his annual first injury of the season……..Brett Favre is 0-4 – I wonder if Peter King is crying into his Triple Hazelnut Grande Whipped Cream Latte this morning?

The Battle of the Network Reality Stars is finally over and I have to admit I watched part of one episode. I am trying to blame it on the fact that it was 5am and there was nothing else on but I really just wanted to see how nasty Nikki McKibben was looking these days……speaking of 5am – TNT has stepped up recently with “Aliens” and “A Fistful of Dollars” – they have also killed me with “Terms of Endearment” and “Steel Magnolias” too……and speaking of “Aliens” , I have a question for Hollywood ? If the Alien can’t beat Sigourney Weaver in a glorified forklift, how could it ever beat the Predator ????

Now that school has started my commute has changed and I am restrictor plate racing on the highway each morning just like at Daytona & Talladega – I really miss the swamp in the morning……

Sports Illustrated has picked the NY Rangers to finish dead last in the NHL this year – I would be concerned with that prediction if Sports Illustrated actually had more hockey knowledge than Peter Puck…….the Outdoor Life Network has the NHL contract and I don’t have OLN in my basic cable package yet – the email campaign against Patriot Media continues…….

Mike Piazza most likely finished his Mets career the other day when Willie Randolph yanked him in the 8th inning of a one-sided game against the Rockies thus denying him of one final at bat in front of the Shea faithful – he will be a great DH pick up next year in the AL and it looks like the Angels have the inside track….Piazza brought respectability back to Flushing and management let it all get flushed after the 2000 World Series – he deserved better – thanks Mike

Don’t know why so many people are complaing about the 2nd episode of LOST last week – I liked the different perspective angles that were shot and the theories I have been reading all over the Net have been all over the map……I can’t help but think that this is a corporate experiment gone offline much like Jurassic Park and no one back at the company knows about it or cares to put a stop to it…..can’t help but wonder how the “Others” that grabbed Walt have a boat, fuel, handguns and a bomb while the “Others” on the beach that were chasing Jin had primitive clubs and moved like Zombies – are their two sets of “Others” on the island ?.....and 4+8+15+16+23+42=108 which was pointed out to me is Hurley’s waist size……..hhmmmmmm

Bobby John hasn’t been to Tribal Council for 2 straight weeks now – does he know what to do with himself every 3rd night yet ? I heard that the first night he packed up and started out to Tribal Council out of habit….and Steph is starting to look beaten again – she really got stuck with some real winners again……..and if I were Gary Hogeboom, I would keep my mouth shut about being a former NFL QB too because he really sucked when he played…….

Saw Big & Rich’s new video the other night and I think they may be starting to believe their own hype………

Isiah Thomas just made his first trade of the NBA season – if I were the Bulls, I would have held out for Tito Jackson instead of taking Jermaine….. though personally I think that LaToya is probably a stronger player in the post than either of them…..Larry Brown has now traded Tim Thomas twice – guess Tim should be able to tell if Larry likes him or not by now

The NJ Cardinals have been sold and are being moved from Sussex County to State College, PA – did they get the Rally Cow too in the sale ? Guess I have to take the kids to a Somerset Patriots next season….

It’s Snickerdoodle season and it’s also time to start making applesauce…….

CNN Headline News has taken the lead in the News Bunny Sweepstakes with their recent addition of Susan Hendricks to the triumvirate of Erica Hill, Robin Meade and Christi Paul – Fox News is going to have to do a lot better than the Z Team they trotted out last weekend if they want to compete – Juliet & Kiran and new addition Alyson Camerota can’t carry the load alone……and in other News Bunny News, Amy Robach is a real good reason for Katie Couric to keep looking back over her shoulder at the Today Show……..had a Liz Cho siting the other night while feeding my son – she is looking her best since her early days at ABC World News this morning……..

Boise State won a shootout in Hawaiii this weekend but that loss to Oregon State in the 2nd week of the season has doomed them to the Holiday Bowl already…..USC looked great in the 2nd half against ASU – I actually thought they had scored too fast when they took the lead 28-24……..I hate Notre Dame just in case you didn’t know that……..I also hate Nebraska – they can’t lose often enough for me…..texas looks like the real deal but they still need to convince me this weekend when they take on the Sooners in Dallas……the SEC looks tough and Princeton has started out 3-0 – look out Penn, here come the Tigers !!!!

Ella Enchanted, the Princess of Genovia, has gone topless in her latest movie and Lindsay Lohan is doing the same in Vanity Fair – “Taradise” got cancelled before I ever got to see it (I hope it comes out on DVD soon) and Tara Reid herself reports that she is in negotiations with Playboy – I may be a few months late on that one but it looks like I was right…….

That’s it for today – Angels in 4, Red Sox in 5, Cards in 3 and Astros in 5 – Al Woodall, where are you when we need you ?

Stephenie is back !!! The toughest female survivor ever - she is my favorite to win and she has a huge target on her back. She looked pretty happy to win that first immunity challenge too. Bobby Jon is also back and has continued with his impressive streak of never not going to Tribal Council. The location looks brutal - the teams look interesting - I think we will not see the strongest player win this time but will see a weasel like Brandon the Farmer go a long way.

Better recaps and comments to follow I promise - had to help my daughter with her homework for half of the show.....

Why do I feel good about paying $3.11 for gas ?

First September and now October ? Two good issues in a row at Playboy ? What the hell is going on over there ?

Why was I watching "Battle of the Network Reality Stars" at 5am ? I think I just answered my own question.

I still want to throw up in my mouth when I think about the Donkey's opening game this year......

Why do I care more about Fantasy NASCAR than Fantasy Golf ? Why am I even asking that question ?

Thank you Moose for silencing the taunts - your # will look great up in the rafters......

A couple of quick thunks coming out of the last few days......

Paula Creamer is going to be the next "Annika" in women's golf. She called out the euro's before the Solheim Cup and then absolutely crushed one of their biggest stars in the final round of matches on Sunday 7 & 5. She is only 19 but plays like a veteran - it also helps that she grew up in a town I used to live in many years ago

I sure am glad that the football season is 16 weeks and not just one game - I can only take solace in the fact that the Pats lost their opener a few years ago 33-0 to Buffalo but went on to win the SuperDuper Bowl. I can't even bring myself to check out the Denver Post website.

"Mad Max" was on AMC early this AM - first time I had seen it with Mel's aussie voice not being dubbed - great 5am movie but I wish they hadn't cleaned it up......

"LOST" is back in 8 days........

Juliette Huddy & Kiran Chetry hosted Fox & Friends First this past Sunday - a double dipped delight - I liked Kiran's push-up bra too - she was almost in the same league as Juliette

"Change" by the Warren Brothers is my new favorite song so far this week

and Ed McBain dies this past July - why didn't I know this ?????

You asked for it (Glen) and now you got it – with apologies to Peter King, I now present my “10 Thunks I Thunk I Thunk”……

1. I have now reviewed, analyzed and scrutinized my Broncos schedule and I can honestly say that 16-0 would be a good season, 15-1 would be OK, 14-2 could be blamed on the incompetent refs blowing a call, 13-3 would be a disappointment and 12-4 or worse would be a complete and utter failure of a season and Shanahan should be fired (not that I am biased or anything) – it also helps that my nightmare of the wasted 3rd round pick is finally gone and that Jerry Rice decided that his ego couldn’t sit on the bench and work it’s 43 year old self back into the line-up

2. Bill Parcells is obviously deluded and the rest of the cowpokie fans have been smoking cow chips if they think that Drew Bledsoe is their savior – they will all be missing Quincy Carter by week 3 – and word is that Jeff Hostetler has started working out again as he is the next stop on the Parcells QB Reunion Tour….DeMarcus Ware may be the only cowpokie worth watching this year

3. Steelers fans better look for some place soft to land as Ben Roethlisberger comes crashing back to earth this year………look for Cincy to steal the AFC North this year

4. The only reasons I am watching tonight’s Pats-Raiders tilt are – it’s opening night for the NFL, to see the raiders lose and to see the raiders get injured – oh and to see the raiders lose

5. Speaking of the raiders, their offense has definitely upgraded this year with Kerry Collins channeling Daryle Lamonica, Lamont Jordan as a real RB threat and Randy Moss doing bong hits with the Raider Nation faithful but their defense still stinks – should be one track meet after another – raiders will be lucky to get to 8-8

6. Speaking of going 8-8, that is about all that Giants fans can hope for with Eli at QB this year – 4-12 is the best they can hope for if Tim “My wife is on The View” Hasselbeck plays – too bad they cut the Bachelor, they could have been even worse with him at the helm….and how did the Giants get the NFL to give them a 9th home game – the game against the Saints should have been played as close to Nawlins as possible for the sake of the team and the region.

7. Carolina will now have the SI Cover Jinx to deal with this year and as much as I hope their defense delivers (I have them on my 2 fantasy teams), I can’t see them hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in February – Can’t see Philly doing it either as the TO/McNabb undercurrent will continue to eat away at the team chemistry – it’s easy to bury it in the first quarter of a pre-season game

8. At least the NY Jets fans will always have 1969…….

9. and now some of my non-football thunks

a. The Mets killed their season in the place where they always commit playoff suicide by losing 3 straight in the Field of Screams that is Atlanta. Why is ESPN even still listing them in the NL Wild Card Race ?
b. I would vote out Gary Hogeboom in the first Tribal Council in this next version of Survivor just because he played for the cowpokies
c. Coffeenerdness – when is Peter King going to quit drinking liquid candy and start drinking Community Coffee Nawlins Blend ???
d. LOST starts in 2 weeks and I can’t wait – Evangeline Lilly has a permanent spot on my current LIST
e. Juicin’ Giambi must think the 10 games will be worth it because there is no other explanation for his new found lost power at the plate
f. Allison Moorer’s “Send Down An Angel” is this week’s video pick
g. Last night’s Agassi-Blake quarterfinal match was great viewing and a US Open instant classic – it reminded me of many of the McEnroe matches of another era – he was wizard at this time of year
h. Is anyone watching “Battle of the Network Reality Stars” and if they are, why ?????

10. Quick Super Bowl pick – Denver 34 Minnesota 31 (as if you couldn’t guess)………

That’s it for now – thank you for your time – don’t forget to donate to www.redcross.org for those affected by Hurricane Katrina

Looks like Jo Dee Messina wants to fight Gretchen Wilson for Shelby Lynne's old seat at the end of the bar down at the Last Call Bar & Grill.....

I think my next fantasy team is going to be named "Shapely Adorables"

This morning there were 13 vultures on the building - yesterday there was only one and he did not look happy - even more ticked off than the large woman I just saw in the cafeteria who missed out on the last Cheese Danish..........

Miss America is leaving Atlantic City - they should move it to Vegas - the potential for yearly scandal would be off the charts and it would definitely help elevate the level of the contestants

The kids are stepping in and stepping up for the Mets - 4 in a row in AZ to start this 7 game trip - Mike Jacobs went 1-3 last night and his average slipped to .500 - I really hope this kid is real - the corners of the Mets infield would be set for years to come.......and I was right, the Mets really aren't missing Piazza that much - even he joked about it last night - this team is 7 over .500 with 24 of their remaining 35 against the NL East where they have a 27-23 record - they have their season in their own hands now

Would someone in the AL please finally put the stake in the heart of the Yankees ??? This is getting ridiculous - now Cleveland is stepping it up since the A's have somewhat faltered in the Wild Card race - and Yankee fans, your team has a $210M payroll - shouldn't they be playing for the Division Title and not just the Wild Card ?

Are White Bucks too formal for the office on Casual Friday ?

Jets-Giants tonight - will the brawl in Albany make a reappearance ? Probably not on the field but it will in the stands - only Giants and Eagles fans probably fight more often.......I am still a long way from convincing myself that Ron Dayne is real.....fantasy football draft is coming up next week and I need to finish my pre-rankings - I also need to join a public league where I can be the king of the waiver wire - I also need to start up a salary cap league and find another 2 or 3 more suicide pools to join........I haven't paid attention to any of the pre-season college football coverage yet - I have seen a lot of replays of games from last year on the various Fox sports channels - I'll be psyched to have the games back for real come the fall - they will fill an awful lot of those 5am workout slots - the more obscure the conference, the better

Some mornings just say Toby Keith and this was one of those mornings

Now Sports Illustrated is looking into the Outdoor Life Network - there may be hope for me seeing NHL games after all - I would hate to be stuck with only being able to see the Devils or the Fishstix when my Rangers aren't on.......Rangers signed another very large young player with impressive penalty minutes down in the AHL - they may not be all that good this year but it looks like the fans at MSG will be getting their money's worth - especially since Dolan actually did lower the price by 10% this year like he promised......it was strange seeing Brian Leetch in a Toronto jersey last year but seeing him in a Bruins jersey this year is going to hurt as much as seeing Brad Park in a Bruins jersey all those years ago.......Rick Middleton for Ken Hodge is still a trade that haunts me late at night......where did the Penguins suddenly get $$$$ ????.......Does anyone actually care about the Flyers ? I know I don't. There actually isn't another sport where I really dislike every other team in the league as much as I dislike the other teams in the NHL - I can tolerate most of the Western Conference teams but I can't find a single redeeming thing to say about another Eastern Coference team - it's just the way it is.

I haven't see Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith and quite frankly I am not in a real hurry to see it either - it sounds like he hasn't quite hit his stride yet with the show anyway.

LOST Season 1 DVD on 9/6 – 2nd season premiere on 9/21 at 9pm Eastern…….

I'm late on this one but it is called the "Alan Houston Rule" for a reason !!!! The basketball does not promise to be pretty at MSG this year....

Last week's culinary adventure was Scallop Pizza with Red & Yellow Tomato sauces and Manchego cheese (thank you Rachel Ray for the cheese) - quick easy and real good if I do say so myself - not sure what is on tap for the weekend but I have all day Sunday to experiment in the kitchen

Back to Fantasy Football - it's my annual quandary - do I ban all of the other AFC West teams (and the Giants) from my rosters or do I sell out to the awesome stats of Priest, Gates, Moss and most likely, Lamont Jordan ? Probably only in my public league

Van Zant's "Help Somebody" and Brad Paisley's "Alcohol" are my two new current favorites in the rotation on VH1 Country - I still have to shake my head at Faith Hill's attempt at rocking out in her "Mississippi Girl" video - I have never seen her in concert but it just doesn't look natural for her - I liked her blonde better

More shallow news bunny news from your truly, Erica Hill has re-surfaced (or I actually finally found her) on CNN Headline News Prime News Show every night - I miss her at 5am......Carol Costello & Kristine Johnson have both been on vacation this week and greatly missed.....

Is it ever smart to pick a road team in a Suicide Pool ?

Hello Jessica Simpson, this is a sandwich, you eat it. ......CMT showed the "new" version of her Boots video last night - no more pink bikini car wash - got replaced by random clips from the movie......why ?

I have had the chance to have some real Colombian Coffee the last 2 mornings and now I know why they smoke so much weed down there too - this stuff could give Espresso a run for it's money....

I'm banking on Jeff Gordon to show some pride this weekend in Bristol - some no name is going to three jack & steer job himself to a win in the PGA's Buick No Name Championship - my own golf game continues it's sabbatical which is probably a good thing....

Thanks for wasting your time reading this - Whiskey for my men and Beer for my horses.......

just a few short days ago, the dynamics around here changed in so many different ways that I still can't comprehend it all......still the most amazing thing on earth

staying home this past week has given me less time to post and less time to reflect on the little oddities and irrelevances that life throws you....I can also state for the record that weekday morning TV is no better after 7am than it is at 5am - 6am may have the strongest hour with Imus, Fox & Friends First, Mike & Mike, CMT, Robin Meade and the Lost World all kicking off at the same time.....speaking of kickoffs, many more bits & pieces seen of preseason games this weekend courtesy of the NFL Network - still no clue how to rank my players for my fantasy draft - I need to get a team in a Yahoo Public League - those are the teams where I wear out the waiver wire picking up every unknown flash in the pan I can find

Ron Dayne had another huge game this weekend and may have just solidified that spot on the roster - yet another promising young player who could not handle the pressures & expectations of NYC - Denver has a microscope all of it's own - better give something good out on Halloween....how is Jerry Rice doing ? I missed the re-broadcast of the Niners/Donkey game this afternoon - I need to cruise www.denverpost.com

So Tiger flew home while he was technically still in the hunt. Many people have already said it but I would have to thunk that an awful lot of people at the PGA would have been stepping on their dicks trying to figure out a way to have a Tuesday Playoff or would they have waited until late afternoon to start the playoff so that Tiger could have flown back - Lefty made these questions irrelevant but they would make a good argument at the 19th hole.

Saw "March of the Penguins" this past weekend - we now need to see a documentary of the Leopard Seal now !!!! .......How much longer until "Wedding Crashers" gets to DVD ?....... The Sopranos is coming back for an additional 8 episodes in 2007 - we still haven't seen Season 5 yet......Still don't see a movie out there being worth $100.......Did Rachel Blakely ever come to her senses and do some soft core ? Why isn't Xena on in the morning ? The NHL is on the Outdoor Life Network this season ? Does that mean we get a Pond Hockey Game of the Week ? OLN is part of the Arts package for my cable system - this is not going to work - Patriot Media will be hearing from me daily. "LOST" returns on September 21 and that is not a moment too soon. Saw an "Iron Chef" repeat last night where the challenger only plated 2 dishes - sounds like he worked at Hell's Kitchen. "Two and a Half Men" is slowly becoming a guilty pleasure that you no longer have to feel guilty about watching. If you are still watching "Yes Dear" then you should just be ashamed of yourself.......

The Mets will keep it interesting for their fans with regard to the wildcard but Braden Looper is making me miss Armando and that just doesn't feel right.....Piazza is the newest Met on the shelf but I really don't think they will miss him as much as they should.....bet Kris Benson won't be getting any at home any time soon after he bombed on Sunday......nice to see George & Joe try to take the spotlight off their underperforming check cashing $210m payroll

that's all for now - read Dan Jenkins

You just have to know that Phil Mickelson was praying for lightning yesterday as his game continued to melt in the hot NJ sun. Last night's rain has softened the greens and the humidity & temperature are both down too. Another player who will benefit today is Vijay. He is perfectly capable of tossing birds at 17 & 18 - in fact he has birdied 18 all 3 rounds. Ben Curtis wore NY Giants gear and proceeded to cough up a 77 and take himself out of contention. Good sign for the real Giants. Think Tiger really wanted to stick around another day today ? The weather has pretty much guaranteed that the field won't come back to him but this is golf, so stranger things have happened. He can't afford to not be here. Play starts again at 10:05am - back later with more thunks.....

Got to love the NFL Network and their primetime Saturday night pre-season football coverage. It is like NCAA Hoops Tourney coverage. And to have it all again on Sunday morning during my workout ? Excellent morning viewing choice. One thing does irk me about watching preseason football from regional feeds - if you are the visiting team, you are virtually ignored by the announcers. You might as well watch without the sound.

13 vultures on the edge of the building this AM and they are sneaking ever closer to the front doors......left the house 10 minutes later than usual and saw 2 to 3 times more bike riders in the swamp - packs of riders can be more annoying than landscaping trucks

Pre-season Football has started !!!!

Thanks to the scrapped Shuttle landing this morning, the News Bunnys were out in force at 5am - Kiran Chetry, Christi Paul, Kristine Johnson and Carol Costello - too bad Juliet Huddy, Erica Hill and Robin Meade weren't doing remote spots.....

Mrs. Leetch - I'll miss you.....

The Great One goes behind the bench - how soon before the Messiah does too ?

Yahoo Launchcast labels some bands as Alternative Country yet doesn't have a sub-group to listen to for it - this needs to be done now.......is Faith Hill trying to look like Julia Roberts ? She was hotter as a blonde.......and isn't it about time for some new bumpers on VH1 Country - the Dixie Chicks aren't fat and Lee Ann Rimes is still a virginal kid.....

Pre-Season Football has started !!!!!

Still singing the praises of my wireless headphones - though they are a little big and a little hot

Mike Piazza is still swinging that hot bat in the # 6 spot - too bad the Mets can't seem to put a major run together - they should be a lot better than a .500 team....

That's it for now - I know there will be more after I log off

Welcome to this week's edition of "This Old Shuttle". We are going to repair some protruding gap filler - think tile grout - with a handmade hybrid hacksaw made out of a nail file and duct tape.........you have got to be kidding me ? I just hope that the astronauts make it home safely.

Tons of player movement has begun in the NHL - Martin Straka does not make me feel good enough about my season tix......Pronger for handful of role players ? Done ! Nice pickup by Edmonton

The redhead in the Pussycat Dolls video has a real nice nastiness about her - same goes for the middle blonde on the left in Jessica Simpson's latest video

I have now seen a full body shot of Robin Meade of CNN Headline News and Juliet Huddy of Fox News First now has some serious contention for the Early AM Queen of the News Bunnies - never discount Kiran Chetry though......

Anybody seen or heard from Crazy Tom Cruise and his brainwashed bride to be Katie Holmes ? Didn't think so - phase 2 of her indoctrination must be taking place. Her former soul will be posted for sale on E-Bay soon enough

Wireless Headphones - why did I wait so long. The NFL Network has never looked so good at 5am.....Live TV coverage of the Bills-Packers pre-season practice scrimmage on Friday night - how awesome is that ?

36 days until kickoff - later