What's your opinion of this Joe Torre/A-Rod brouhaha? How do you think the Yanks will do this year? Do you think the new stadium will make a difference in their performance?

Honestly, I've been doing my best to avoid the Torre/A-rod stuff, so I don't know exactly what was said. It just seems so unlike Joe to bash former players in print. Now if he ( Read more... )

On a beautiful June Friday, Joe, George and I headed to Great Adventure for a day of roller coasters. (At least George and I did. Joe hates heights and roller coasters. Why did he go? Who knows?) It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been and I was looking forward to two new rides: Kingda Ka and El Toro.  George hasn’t been there for several years ( Read more... )

Oscar night baby. One of my favorites. Ok. Not really. But I do enjoy writing about them. My predictions are: Helen Mirren and Scorcese are Titanic/Jamie Foxx in Ray locks. Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson will both win. Walhberg was surprisingly good in The Departed, but Murphy will probably win (though I wonder if the Academy will be ( Read more... )

Since Tseeps complains, here's a cut for you guys...

George and I decided to push through to Phoenix instead of spending the night in El Paso, so once again the blog was delayed by lack of driving. The good news is I’ve added some pictures s. You can view them here. This will be the next to last blog. I’ll try to write a final recap or something ( Read more... )

The day was uneventful until we got to Memphis. George made great time so we made it in time to see the end of the Colts/Chiefs game at the hotel. How did the Colts shut down LJ so completely? Last week I would have bet I could rush for 100 yards against them. Anyway, time to eat.

Of course, we’re starting with bbq. The plan was to go to a famous ( Read more... )

Our first foray into the bbq triangle was a success. Neil, George and I go to Lexington BBQ where we each get "coarse chopped on big bun" sandwiches. NC bbq isn't into sauce, using a much thinner, vinegary concoction than we're used to. Also, they put cole slaw (which I'm not usually a fan of) on all their sandwiches. It's far from what I think ( Read more... )

Ok… The trip has officially begun. George and I got on the road at ~5:20am, an hour I usually only see when I've been out drinking. Now, I remember why. It's really fucking early. In any case, the wild adventure has begun and the Buddha wants breakfast.

So here's the deal. Every one has heard of the Philly cheesesteak, right? Two restaurants in ( Read more... )

I spent yesterday afternoon playing on two different courses in Long Island.

The first was the Peninsula, a 9-hole par 37 and relatively short course. It's pretty cheap at $16 for the first 9 and $13 for the second round of the day. Despite that, it was in surprisingly good shape. It was in better condition than every course I've played this year ( Read more... )

Some random stuff on the NLCS.

The NL is HORRIBLE. I know the quadruple-A thing has been floating round for a while, but it's really true. I wouldn't give either of these teams more than a puncher's chance against the AL.

My prediction before the game was that the Met's will prevail. Historically home teams win game 7's. Then I realized that it ( Read more... )

What a blast!!! Here were my highlights.

After much internal debate, I decided I was better off missing George Lucas. If I had been at that taping, it would have been all about him and not Stephen Colbert. Also, the monitors are pretty small and pretty high, so the green screen clips would have lost something.

One of the crew standing outside ( Read more... )