Hi there. Well after watching a great gold medal hockey game, as a patriotic hockey junkie I'm proud that team USA won a silver medal. They had a great tournament and Ryan Miller was outstanding. However its about time we stop comparing every Olympic team that does well and makes a gold medal run to the 1980 squad. They were a special group that shocked the world and gave us something more at a time when this country really needed something to feel good about itself and get its confidence and swagger back. What you saw from Team USA during the past two weeks should now be considered the norm. These were the NHL's best players playing. The true legacy of the "Miracle on Ice" will ultimately be the growth and increased exposure to the game of ice hockey in the U.S. Particularly in California, Texas, and Southeast. Growing up in NJ, there were 5 NHL teams within a 3 hour drive of my home. Unfortunately, there was only 1 rink within 20 minutes to skate at and even that place didn't stay open. Now high school hockey has taken off in Monmouth and Ocean counties. I grew up going to games and watching hockey on tv and not many of my friends were as passionate about it as I was.
If there was any so-called "miracle" at these games, it would be the nordic combined team and the medals that Johnny Spillane and Bill Demong won.
Back to hockey, do you think Mark Johnson gave his women's' team the same pre-game speech before the gold medal game against Canada that Herb Brooks gave the '80 Olympic team before its game against Finland? It's a classic and I would love to paraphrase it for you in this entry. It was short, sweet and to the point. But this is a family friendly blog.
There's something to be said about a woman who can play hockey, win a gold medal and celebrate it afterward by lighting up a stogie and knocking down an adult beverage like the Canadian womens' team did. Now that's the kind of girl you wouldn't mind bringing home to meet the folks and feel equally comfortable having her hang out with your male friends. Normally the only time I would see a female act that way is at a wedding before the bride tosses the bouquet.
To boost their medal count at these games, the host country started a program called "Own the podium." I want to take the time to thank Canada for building such nice podiums and allowing the United States to occupy the podiums more times than everybody else did.
I was really enjoying winter and the lack of significant snow on the ground until Tuesday night when I had to pick up my dad at the airport and it took 2 1/2 hours to get home and the snow didn't end until sometime Sunday afternoon. So its all my dad's fault. I wish he would do my taxes and go back to my Mom in South Carolina.
The Mets still have the injury bug. First Beltran, now its Kelvin Escobar and his achy, breaky shoulder. Plus to top it off Francisco Rodriguez has pink eye. I also wish the Mets would be totally honest with fans like me and admit that they want top prospects Josh Thole and Ike Davis to play at AAA this year so they'd be ready for the majors in 2011.
We know that Siena has had a great year and they'll be the top seed for the MAAC tournament this weekend, but some props have to go out to the Union College Dutchmen Men's hockey team who are in 2nd place in the ECAC.
I have gotten myself into something in two weeks that is totally crazy and at the same time a once in a lifetime experience. Details coming in the next edition.
It's good to see Oscar's Smokehouse open for business again. I've got this craving for some brats, bacon, and other sausage products.
The 2010 garden has officially started. Pepper and eggplant seeds were started last weekend and the tomatoes will be in next weekend.
Finally, I think it would have been totally cool if Doug and Bob McKenzie did the honor of dousing the Olympic torch at the closing ceremony with a couple of fire extinguishers. I'm going through curling withdrawl...Leccese out.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
There's something hypnotic about watching people slide rocks down a sheet of ice into a bullseye
Hi there. Just waiting for the curling or PBA tour to come on so I can kill time before the USA/Canada hockey game on one of the peacock networks cable spin offs. I'm discovering that I'm not the only one who is mesmerized by watching curling. A couple of the staff at the radio stadium is also into it. I know it reminds most people of those crazy lawn games you play at picnics and family reunions. O.K. so its bocce on ice. But sliding a rock that only comes from some island off the coast of Scotland down a sheet of ice where people broom it to reduce friction into a target can be hypnotic and compelling at the same time. It grabs you and forces you into watching it.
I think the next new Winter Olympic event should be moving target biathlon. Cross country ski for like 3 miles, then go to the shooting station where they have those moving targets on a conveyor belt like at the arcade. Dan gave me this one. There's something frightening about a woman on skis with a 22 caliber rifle.
Come on hockey fans. Admit it. You were rooting for Switzerland to pull off the upset of Canada just see half the host country go into suicide watch over the loss.
I think NBC should let Al Michaels out of the hosting studio one day to call a hockey game. Send Kenny Albert to the penalty box with a game misconduct for nepotism. Where's Dave Strader when we need him?
It doesn't matter how old I'll be, if there's a story about the 1980 US Hockey team, I'm watching it.
Someday the world will end poverty, hunger, cure diseases, and everyone will live peacefully. It still won't be able to solve the problem of alleged judging improprieties in figure skating.
During the Phantoms game Friday a famous line came to mind from "Major League" as Joey Mormina was send to the penalty box for a 10 minute misconduct. "We got hosed on that call."
For a brief moment, The Greenhouse Effect will actually talk about American Idol. Two things caught my attention. One being that Howard Stern wants to replace Simon Cowell as a judge. You're kidding me right? The other that Ellen wants a $150,000 wardrobe allowance. I could maybe see it for Kara, but all Ellen needs to do is buy off the bargain rack at the Men's Warehouse, Jonathan Reid or some other store.
I was working out at the gym when Tiger Woods read his statement to the press. The last time I felt that kind of pain was back in 1995 at the Redwings media lunch and everyone and everything stopped to watch the OJ verdict.
So how do you recover from being a sex addict? Keep dropping ice down your pants into the family jewels region to prevent even the slightest urges?
I got to call not one, but two great Adirondack League basketball championship games at A.C.C last Tuesday night. Bring on the Sectionals. I do think the Section 2 fan code of conduct needs be amended to at least let the fans try to psych out a free throw shooter at the foul line. Some of the stuff my friends uttered in high school and college would get us arrested and kicked out of the gym. If I want silence, I'll watch tennis or golf.
Finally, I was at the eye doctor and I noticed a sale on sunglasses. 45 percent off select pairs. I picked up one, tried them on and thought,"they look good." I asked what the price was and they were more expensive then my appointment. Sunglasses are like playing a round of golf. There is a limit to what you should to pay to enjoy it...Leccese out.
I think the next new Winter Olympic event should be moving target biathlon. Cross country ski for like 3 miles, then go to the shooting station where they have those moving targets on a conveyor belt like at the arcade. Dan gave me this one. There's something frightening about a woman on skis with a 22 caliber rifle.
Come on hockey fans. Admit it. You were rooting for Switzerland to pull off the upset of Canada just see half the host country go into suicide watch over the loss.
I think NBC should let Al Michaels out of the hosting studio one day to call a hockey game. Send Kenny Albert to the penalty box with a game misconduct for nepotism. Where's Dave Strader when we need him?
It doesn't matter how old I'll be, if there's a story about the 1980 US Hockey team, I'm watching it.
Someday the world will end poverty, hunger, cure diseases, and everyone will live peacefully. It still won't be able to solve the problem of alleged judging improprieties in figure skating.
During the Phantoms game Friday a famous line came to mind from "Major League" as Joey Mormina was send to the penalty box for a 10 minute misconduct. "We got hosed on that call."
For a brief moment, The Greenhouse Effect will actually talk about American Idol. Two things caught my attention. One being that Howard Stern wants to replace Simon Cowell as a judge. You're kidding me right? The other that Ellen wants a $150,000 wardrobe allowance. I could maybe see it for Kara, but all Ellen needs to do is buy off the bargain rack at the Men's Warehouse, Jonathan Reid or some other store.
I was working out at the gym when Tiger Woods read his statement to the press. The last time I felt that kind of pain was back in 1995 at the Redwings media lunch and everyone and everything stopped to watch the OJ verdict.
So how do you recover from being a sex addict? Keep dropping ice down your pants into the family jewels region to prevent even the slightest urges?
I got to call not one, but two great Adirondack League basketball championship games at A.C.C last Tuesday night. Bring on the Sectionals. I do think the Section 2 fan code of conduct needs be amended to at least let the fans try to psych out a free throw shooter at the foul line. Some of the stuff my friends uttered in high school and college would get us arrested and kicked out of the gym. If I want silence, I'll watch tennis or golf.
Finally, I was at the eye doctor and I noticed a sale on sunglasses. 45 percent off select pairs. I picked up one, tried them on and thought,"they look good." I asked what the price was and they were more expensive then my appointment. Sunglasses are like playing a round of golf. There is a limit to what you should to pay to enjoy it...Leccese out.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Some Cabin Fever Thoughts on this the day after Valentine's Day
Hi there. Well here it is, President's Day. I thought it was next weekend? Boy was I wrong. One note of interest about football until draft time in April. The preliminary 2010 high school football schedule came out and there were some fascinating developments in Section 2 for next season. The first being re-classification. A bunch of teams moved up including Schuylerville who finally goes to Class B. After all the talk of Lake George and them dropping to Class D, what happens? The new numbers came out and they've been moved back up to Class C along with Greenwich. Guess what school dropped down? If you said Cambridge. Congrats, you move on to the bonus round. We might as well just pencil them in to make that trip to Dietz Stadium the second or third week of November right now.
One more thing. If the schedule holds to form, here's WWSC's opening game on Saturday September 4th. Hudson Falls and Glens Falls on the turf at Putt LaMay field in the "Jug Game." With the odd number of teams in Class A and B they'll be playing crossovers.
It was a pretty good sports watching weekend for all you guys who are going through the having no football to watch withdrawal. The Daytona 500, Winter Olympics, Pebble Beach Golf and the NBA All-Star Game is not everyones cup of beer and wings. It will have to do though. Remember guys, you could be out mowing the lawn or tackling that "Honey Do" list.
Congrats to Jamie McMurray and his win at Daytona. So I go to the Phantoms game around 1:30 so I could do some grocery shopping before I head to the Civic Center. After the game I turn on sports radio stations so I could get the results and I find that the race had been red flagged. Not once, but twice. I'm thinking it was one of those big restrictor plate crashes. Oh they happened alright, but they didn't cause the festivities to be red flagged. Nope, the race was stopped for potholes on the famed banked oval! Where's a DPW crew when you need them. I get home and the race is still going on and it seemed every time there was a re-start, two laps later another wreck. I think I counted 2 or 3 times it was supposed to be a green, white, checker finish. It took them 6 hours and change to finish the race. At least Fox didn't have show an hour of Brothers or 'til Death. The length of the race actually took them right up to the Simpsons at 8pm.
Since I don't care about the Association and the 108 thousand people who showed up at Cowboys Stadium, I'm skipping right to the Winter Olympics.
After watching the opening ceremonies and the torch spire malfunction, I had to wonder if the same person who designed that contraption was the same guy who designed the retractable roof at Olympic Stadium in Montreal back in 1976? Nelly Furtado was looking smokin' hot singing with Bryan Adams.
The NHL decides to take 2 weeks off so its players can play for their country in the Games. So how does NBC reward the league. Next Sunday it will show the USA/Canada Men's hockey game which is scheduled to air in prime time on one of its cable networks. Instead the big peacock will have figure skating on. Norman Chad of World Series of Poker fame once described figure skating this way. It's dinner theater on ice. The summer games you see swimming and gymnastics in prime time, and during the winter games its figure skating and speed skating. Nothing against any of those sports mind you.
Figure skater Johnny Weir is fearing for his life because he wears real fur on his costumes. The people who are protesting him need to get a life just like the same idiots I saw with their signs over by Centennial Circle yesterday as I was headed to the Phantoms game.
It's official. Walter Robb is selling the River Rats who are moving to Charlotte to become the AHL Checkers. I wrote this in an earlier entry. I have this uneasy feeling its another Greensboro/Carolina Monarchs waiting to happen. Had great success in the ECHL, go up to the AHL, fans don't embrace it and it flops big time. I think someone will be in the TU Center with AHL hockey next year.
After having their 15 game winning streaked snapped Friday night on ESPN2, maybe Siena should re-think playing that bracket buster game Saturday morning on the road against 13th ranked Butler on Bristol Tech.
I have to ask all the guys out there this question. Does my man card deserve to be revoked because I had no interest in the SI Swimsuit Issue?
Dove for Men soap and body washes. Is that the same as admitting to using your wife or girlfriends' Sure or Secret anti-perspirant/deodorant?
Tell Sarah Palin to go back into hiding somewhere in Alaska and not utter a word for an unspecified amount of time. Her 15 minutes of fame has been been over for I don't know how long. She just doesn't realize it yet or someone hasn't told her.
I know we need more snow here, but come on be honest. You're really loving the fact that every other part of the country is getting socked with major winter storms and snowfall for a change. What takes at least a week for them to recover from, we're back to normal in about 12 hours to 18 hours.
Last but not least. Did you notice until now I did not mention anything about Valentine's Day, my lack of female companionship, that my friends and family have different opinions than I do on the looks and personality of the females I want to and should be dating; and that I don't trust any of them to set me up. I did play "Love Stinks" though Saturday morning on Hits. That is one Valentine's tradition I'm not giving up...Leccese out.
One more thing. If the schedule holds to form, here's WWSC's opening game on Saturday September 4th. Hudson Falls and Glens Falls on the turf at Putt LaMay field in the "Jug Game." With the odd number of teams in Class A and B they'll be playing crossovers.
It was a pretty good sports watching weekend for all you guys who are going through the having no football to watch withdrawal. The Daytona 500, Winter Olympics, Pebble Beach Golf and the NBA All-Star Game is not everyones cup of beer and wings. It will have to do though. Remember guys, you could be out mowing the lawn or tackling that "Honey Do" list.
Congrats to Jamie McMurray and his win at Daytona. So I go to the Phantoms game around 1:30 so I could do some grocery shopping before I head to the Civic Center. After the game I turn on sports radio stations so I could get the results and I find that the race had been red flagged. Not once, but twice. I'm thinking it was one of those big restrictor plate crashes. Oh they happened alright, but they didn't cause the festivities to be red flagged. Nope, the race was stopped for potholes on the famed banked oval! Where's a DPW crew when you need them. I get home and the race is still going on and it seemed every time there was a re-start, two laps later another wreck. I think I counted 2 or 3 times it was supposed to be a green, white, checker finish. It took them 6 hours and change to finish the race. At least Fox didn't have show an hour of Brothers or 'til Death. The length of the race actually took them right up to the Simpsons at 8pm.
Since I don't care about the Association and the 108 thousand people who showed up at Cowboys Stadium, I'm skipping right to the Winter Olympics.
After watching the opening ceremonies and the torch spire malfunction, I had to wonder if the same person who designed that contraption was the same guy who designed the retractable roof at Olympic Stadium in Montreal back in 1976? Nelly Furtado was looking smokin' hot singing with Bryan Adams.
The NHL decides to take 2 weeks off so its players can play for their country in the Games. So how does NBC reward the league. Next Sunday it will show the USA/Canada Men's hockey game which is scheduled to air in prime time on one of its cable networks. Instead the big peacock will have figure skating on. Norman Chad of World Series of Poker fame once described figure skating this way. It's dinner theater on ice. The summer games you see swimming and gymnastics in prime time, and during the winter games its figure skating and speed skating. Nothing against any of those sports mind you.
Figure skater Johnny Weir is fearing for his life because he wears real fur on his costumes. The people who are protesting him need to get a life just like the same idiots I saw with their signs over by Centennial Circle yesterday as I was headed to the Phantoms game.
It's official. Walter Robb is selling the River Rats who are moving to Charlotte to become the AHL Checkers. I wrote this in an earlier entry. I have this uneasy feeling its another Greensboro/Carolina Monarchs waiting to happen. Had great success in the ECHL, go up to the AHL, fans don't embrace it and it flops big time. I think someone will be in the TU Center with AHL hockey next year.
After having their 15 game winning streaked snapped Friday night on ESPN2, maybe Siena should re-think playing that bracket buster game Saturday morning on the road against 13th ranked Butler on Bristol Tech.
I have to ask all the guys out there this question. Does my man card deserve to be revoked because I had no interest in the SI Swimsuit Issue?
Dove for Men soap and body washes. Is that the same as admitting to using your wife or girlfriends' Sure or Secret anti-perspirant/deodorant?
Tell Sarah Palin to go back into hiding somewhere in Alaska and not utter a word for an unspecified amount of time. Her 15 minutes of fame has been been over for I don't know how long. She just doesn't realize it yet or someone hasn't told her.
I know we need more snow here, but come on be honest. You're really loving the fact that every other part of the country is getting socked with major winter storms and snowfall for a change. What takes at least a week for them to recover from, we're back to normal in about 12 hours to 18 hours.
Last but not least. Did you notice until now I did not mention anything about Valentine's Day, my lack of female companionship, that my friends and family have different opinions than I do on the looks and personality of the females I want to and should be dating; and that I don't trust any of them to set me up. I did play "Love Stinks" though Saturday morning on Hits. That is one Valentine's tradition I'm not giving up...Leccese out.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Thoughts about SuperBowl XLIV and bowling like Belmonte
Hi There. Well here it is the day after Super Bowl XLIV and birthday number XLIV. Thanks to my friends and co-workers who called, e-mailed or sent texts. I think from now on I will refer to my age in Roman numbers just like the Super Bowl. I originally planned on doing nothing, but I was so bored I went to Lake George and practiced for Bowl for Kids Sake and tried to learn to "Bowl like Belmonte." Jason Belmonte is from Australia and bowls on the PBA tour and he uses this unorthodox 2 handed style that has become all the rage. Lets just say I'll need a lot of practice. I've been watching videos online of this guy and how he bowls. Well after bowling two games trying his method I was more sore bowling than I am after a Combat workout at the gym. I've got 6 weeks to get this thing down and I will need those 6 weeks.
On to Super Bowl XLIV. I thought it was a great game and since I had no rooting interest in either team, I could just enjoy it and watch the commercials. Note to Roger Goodell, get the collective bargaining agreement done A.S.A.P and could you start the game at like say 4pm instead of 6:30. I thought the game was good and well played. You gotta love Sean Payton's gutsy call with the onside kick and in the end the Saints didn't panic and made the plays they needed to win. The Who (both surviving members) were great at halftime. Now for the commercials. There were four that really stood out in my mind. The Snickers ad with Betty White and Abe Vigoda (I thought Fish was dead!). The Homeaway.com ad that featured Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo as Clark and Ellen Griswold. Now for my favorite two. The runner up goes Volkswagon and the "punch buggy" ad with Stevie Wonder and Tracy Morgan. My favorite ad hands down was the Doritos ad with the kid telling the guy after he checked his Mom out, "2 rules. Keep your hands off my Momma, and keep your hands off my Doritos." And an honorable mention from the "It was so bad, but it was really funny" category goes to Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon and other members of the '85 Bears in the SuperBowl Shuffle spoof for Boost Mobile. Seeing McMahon on that scooter and rapping was fall off the couch funny.
Besides Valentine's day coming up Sunday, the Winter Olympics (the better of the two) gets underway Friday night. Gotta love sports like curling and biathlon which combines skiing and shooting. Congrats Saints fans, no more wearing paper bags for you...Leccese out.
On to Super Bowl XLIV. I thought it was a great game and since I had no rooting interest in either team, I could just enjoy it and watch the commercials. Note to Roger Goodell, get the collective bargaining agreement done A.S.A.P and could you start the game at like say 4pm instead of 6:30. I thought the game was good and well played. You gotta love Sean Payton's gutsy call with the onside kick and in the end the Saints didn't panic and made the plays they needed to win. The Who (both surviving members) were great at halftime. Now for the commercials. There were four that really stood out in my mind. The Snickers ad with Betty White and Abe Vigoda (I thought Fish was dead!). The Homeaway.com ad that featured Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo as Clark and Ellen Griswold. Now for my favorite two. The runner up goes Volkswagon and the "punch buggy" ad with Stevie Wonder and Tracy Morgan. My favorite ad hands down was the Doritos ad with the kid telling the guy after he checked his Mom out, "2 rules. Keep your hands off my Momma, and keep your hands off my Doritos." And an honorable mention from the "It was so bad, but it was really funny" category goes to Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon and other members of the '85 Bears in the SuperBowl Shuffle spoof for Boost Mobile. Seeing McMahon on that scooter and rapping was fall off the couch funny.
Besides Valentine's day coming up Sunday, the Winter Olympics (the better of the two) gets underway Friday night. Gotta love sports like curling and biathlon which combines skiing and shooting. Congrats Saints fans, no more wearing paper bags for you...Leccese out.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Turning XLIV and some other observations
Hi there. Well here I am on the eve of Super Bowl XLIV and the eve of another birthday. This one being number XLIV, just like the Super Bowl. Every once in a while around my birthday like right now I get depressed thinking I'm not a rock star or the lead singer in a band like my colleagues on the sister station. I'm not a star athlete or Mr. Recognizable like Dan. I'm not cute and lovable like Dubray, and no I did not bring Rock 'n Roll to Glen Falls and I won't have a star on the Glens Falls Walk of Fame like Cloutier will have someday when its created. I'm just the sports guy who grew up in NJ, calls games on the radio and is a touch different.
While I have this time, I haven't expressed my opinion about that show on MTV that has gotten a lot of buzz lately, Jersey Shore. First it was the Soprano's and now this farce. Jersey Shore hits closer to home since I grew up in Monmouth County and I know those towns kind of well. Most of the people who live there don't really look like the cast. What's the deal with all the body art on the guys. That really freaks me out, but body art in general does. I don't get it and don't understand the point of it. The Mensa Society must have had a hard time rejecting those geniuses for admittance and trust me many of my friends growing up wouldn't go near women like Snooki and J-Woww. They really do talk like that and it takes a lot of work to get rid of the accent.
Did you hear the story of how they want to suspend a 8 year kid from school because he was packing a 2 inch plastic toy gun from his Lego set in class. What is really stupider, the overstrict policy or the administration of the school for actually believing this kid was a Columbine like threat and potential menace to the other kids. What's gonna happen next when another kid decides to bring in the battleship piece from his Monopoly set. He's plotting to commit acts of piracy in the lunch room?
Here's another instance of the PC police at work. The cover of the Sports Illustrated Olympic preview issue features skier Lindsey Vonn in a full downhill tuck position. Mrs. Vonn happens be attractive so we have another instance of exploitation because of her good looks on our hands. NOT! Maybe the cover should have featured her taking a spill after losing an edge and flying through the air breaking her pelvis and getting a concussion at 80 mph. Here's another reason to buy that issue if you're not a subscriber. There's a story about BYU in it and Jimmer Fredette has his picture and gets mentioned.
Siena has won 14 straight, the Capitals have won 12 in a row, the Senators 10, and the LA Kings have put up a nice 9 game win streak of there own.
The Clippers must be getting jealous that the Nets are so bad, their own ineptness is being forgotten. So what do they do to remind everyone what a joke they are. They're considering Isiah Thomas for their coach or GM position. Knick and Pacer fans must be laughing so hard, their ribs are hurting.
Hey Kanye West, are you happy now that Beyonce won 6 Grammies and Taylor Swift only 4?
It's nice to see Megyn Kelly back from maternity leave after almost 6 months, but what's the deal with Fox News taking her off the morning show with Bill Hemmer?
One of the more popular choices that makes it way on to the tv sets at the gym where I work out is the daytime edition of "Deal or No Deal." Memo to Howie Mandell. Can you please bring back the hot models to open the cases instead of the contestant wannabees?
The best rivalry match-up in any high school sport in this area hands down is the "Stick Game" between Glens Falls and Queensbury. That was one heck of a hockey game Thursday night. From my vantage point, I thought it was a goal and the puck hit under the crossbar. John however didn't think so, and the debate rages on.
My Super Bowl pick. I like the Colts 38 - 24.
Finally I am turning XLIV and with this I defer to EK over at Bristol Tech who said if you want to reveal your age to a sports fan, just mention your favorite athlete who wore the number that corresponds to it. This year is a hard one. I have to choose from Hank Aaron, Jerry West, Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey and Pete Maravich. I could even toss out Jim Brown who wore the number at Syracuse. I think I'll go with Hank Aaron, with Jerry West a close second. No cake and ice cream for me since I don't eat either of them anymore...Leccese older and out.
While I have this time, I haven't expressed my opinion about that show on MTV that has gotten a lot of buzz lately, Jersey Shore. First it was the Soprano's and now this farce. Jersey Shore hits closer to home since I grew up in Monmouth County and I know those towns kind of well. Most of the people who live there don't really look like the cast. What's the deal with all the body art on the guys. That really freaks me out, but body art in general does. I don't get it and don't understand the point of it. The Mensa Society must have had a hard time rejecting those geniuses for admittance and trust me many of my friends growing up wouldn't go near women like Snooki and J-Woww. They really do talk like that and it takes a lot of work to get rid of the accent.
Did you hear the story of how they want to suspend a 8 year kid from school because he was packing a 2 inch plastic toy gun from his Lego set in class. What is really stupider, the overstrict policy or the administration of the school for actually believing this kid was a Columbine like threat and potential menace to the other kids. What's gonna happen next when another kid decides to bring in the battleship piece from his Monopoly set. He's plotting to commit acts of piracy in the lunch room?
Here's another instance of the PC police at work. The cover of the Sports Illustrated Olympic preview issue features skier Lindsey Vonn in a full downhill tuck position. Mrs. Vonn happens be attractive so we have another instance of exploitation because of her good looks on our hands. NOT! Maybe the cover should have featured her taking a spill after losing an edge and flying through the air breaking her pelvis and getting a concussion at 80 mph. Here's another reason to buy that issue if you're not a subscriber. There's a story about BYU in it and Jimmer Fredette has his picture and gets mentioned.
Siena has won 14 straight, the Capitals have won 12 in a row, the Senators 10, and the LA Kings have put up a nice 9 game win streak of there own.
The Clippers must be getting jealous that the Nets are so bad, their own ineptness is being forgotten. So what do they do to remind everyone what a joke they are. They're considering Isiah Thomas for their coach or GM position. Knick and Pacer fans must be laughing so hard, their ribs are hurting.
Hey Kanye West, are you happy now that Beyonce won 6 Grammies and Taylor Swift only 4?
It's nice to see Megyn Kelly back from maternity leave after almost 6 months, but what's the deal with Fox News taking her off the morning show with Bill Hemmer?
One of the more popular choices that makes it way on to the tv sets at the gym where I work out is the daytime edition of "Deal or No Deal." Memo to Howie Mandell. Can you please bring back the hot models to open the cases instead of the contestant wannabees?
The best rivalry match-up in any high school sport in this area hands down is the "Stick Game" between Glens Falls and Queensbury. That was one heck of a hockey game Thursday night. From my vantage point, I thought it was a goal and the puck hit under the crossbar. John however didn't think so, and the debate rages on.
My Super Bowl pick. I like the Colts 38 - 24.
Finally I am turning XLIV and with this I defer to EK over at Bristol Tech who said if you want to reveal your age to a sports fan, just mention your favorite athlete who wore the number that corresponds to it. This year is a hard one. I have to choose from Hank Aaron, Jerry West, Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey and Pete Maravich. I could even toss out Jim Brown who wore the number at Syracuse. I think I'll go with Hank Aaron, with Jerry West a close second. No cake and ice cream for me since I don't eat either of them anymore...Leccese older and out.
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