Be PreparedIt has been over a week since we landed in Sydney and even longer since I sat down and wrote my list of necessities for the trip. Since our arrival, I have had the need for items I foolishly neglected to pack and have wished for better preparedness in general. All I can do now is make the best of what is available to me and remember to ( Read more... )

I don't consider myself an athletic person, and gone are the days when I tried to mirror the affinity to sports possessed by the rest of my family. During the annual sports day at my prep school, the only white first-place ribbons achieved by my household were won by my mother, the ringer in every Parent's Race. Well, OK, my brother won ribbons for ( Read more... )

The Glad Game

My summer television staples growing up were primarily anything on the Disney Channel. From fourth grade until the end of high school, that channel could be on from sunrise to sunset, providing endless entertainment. Some of my favorite movies during that time were the classic “Vault Disney” presentations of The Parent Trap and ( Read more... )

During a week when the humidity has been merciless to my new haircut, this downpour is a blessing -- not to further make my head look like a mushroom, but to cool down the frenzy that accompanies unbearably hot weather. Sitting at home on a Friday night is not a luxury I've been able to enjoy since the first two weeks of the baseball season so the ( Read more... )

No, not really, but I got a big kick out of seeing someone in a black #12 Mets shirt on the Style Network show last Sunday. Instead of getting swept into the Jersey Shore craze, I decided that watching a show about New Jerseyians with real jobs would be more entertaining. It is. I like when things I enjoy mesh well together so even the meanest Mets ( Read more... )

I don't have a Twitter page, so this will have to suffice:

You know who isn't in the Rangers team photo in the ALCS program? #Frenchtober

#Frenchtober has his own jeering section at Yankee Stadium

Parlez-vous #Frenchtober?

Shiver me timbers! #Frenchtober is starting to look like a pirate. Will probably be in Pittsburgh next season

OK, that's enough -- I ( Read more... )

For some, it has been an interesting postseason so far. One no-hitter, two franchise records in strikeouts -- a lefty and a righty -- and three home runs from a first-timer to October baseball. OK, now that Texas has finally gotten past the first round, the ALCS is going to be even more fun than I thought it would be. Once again, I decided to get ( Read more... )

I'm watching Everybody Loves Raymond on TBS and the countdown to the MLB postseason is down to eight days. The Rangers and Phillies have clinched their division pennants and the Reds' magic number is down to 1. The Yankees only need one more win (or a Red Sox loss) to clinch a postseason berth but are still in the running for the division. The NL ( Read more... )

Tonight's finale featured the most runs scored of all four games and was less of a pitchers' duel than I expected. Thankfully, the weather was pleasant so there was no worry for another delay. Marcus Thames led off the scoring with a two-run homer, but CC Sabathia seemed to be having trouble getting pitches over for strikes. He walked a couple of ( Read more... )

Tampa Bay refused to get swept and had the lead against a black-eyed A.J. Burnett from the first inning. The rain delay in the third, lasting two hours and twelve minutes, mercifully ended his night and opened the door to the Yankee debut of my new BFF Royce Ring. Ring had a 1-2-3 inning, striking out his first two batters. Lance Berkman hit his ( Read more... )