Monday, April 23, 2012

I think it's about time for a new entry

Hi there.  So how do spend a rainy cold Monday morning before you head out to take your fitness class? By writing a new entry in which is 3 days late that's how.  Lots to talk about so lets started.
First off the I'm proud to announce the sequel to the Morning Club Christmas Carol, 11 years after we made the original.  Sorry, Pete did not lose another bet to Rick Davidson.  It was suggested last Christmas that we re-do the original.  Since I wrote the it, I thought a sequel would be better.  We'll also be doing one of those, "VH1 goes behind the Music of The Morning Club Christmas Carol" type shows which I think will be really funny.  The working title is, "The Morning Club Christmas Carol in 3-D."
Phantoms season is over and what started out with such great promise and optimism, ended up like the other two seasons.  No play-offs.  Glens Falls is so desperate for play-off hockey.  The Wings spoiled us for so long.  The Phantoms have one more year before they head to Allentown PA and they better work hard to convince the fans here that it will be worth coming to games.  I'm not seeing a potential Calder Cup winner headed our way.
I love golfer Carl Pettersson who credited beer and ice cream for his improved performance.  He tried the healthier lifestyle of working out, counting calories and other things like that.  Moderation is the key to everything.  It's O.K. to enjoy the occasional fast food meal, candy bar, adult beverage or treat.  The problem is eating the stuff everyday which do to convenience and other factors like people not liking to cook has added to the obesity epidemic along with the the lazy lifestyle we seem to lead as well.
Here's what makes the NHL play-offs better than the NBA play-offs.  The 16 teams who make the NHL play-offs have a better shot at winning the whole thing than the 16 teams in the NBA play-offs do.  A hot goaltender can change the dynamics of a series.  Look at Braydon Holtby and Craig Anderson.  Were the Kings that much better than the Canucks?  Jonathan Quick outplayed the Canucks duo in net.  The Penguins/Flyers series was just plain strange.
If the Rangers lose to the Senators, I'm gonna start rooting for the Panthers only cause Kevin Dineen is their head coach.
After this season before he has to deal with Don Fehr destroying another sport with Collective Bargaining Agreement talks, NHL commish Gary Bettman should fire Brendan Shanahan as its so called, "Dean of Discipline."  I won't go into my feelings towards that intellectually challenged dumb a--.  
Sorry to hear that the Lingerie Football League is going on hiatus.  Cloutier is devastated.  He needs a hug REAL BAD.
So last week the exterminator comes to my home and sprays the outside of the place.  He asks if I was having problems inside.  No I reply.  Well a day later there were ants in my bathroom around the tub and shower fixtures of all places!
Garden update for you.  It took six weeks, but one of the Bhut Jolokia a.k.a, "The Ghost Chile"  pepper seeds finally sprouted!  Tomato, eggplant, pepper, parsley and basil seedlings looking good.  I had hoped to start lettuce seeds on the patio, but the weather changed my plans and I did get the delivery of the patio blueberry bush I ordered so that's good to go.
Kim Kardashian's rebound guy from her divorce is Kanye West?  Kris Humphries must be really devastated over that one.  You get dumped for that nut case?  Wait a minute, they're perfect for each other.  What would be really funny if Kanye found out that Kimmy's BFF was Taylor Swift.
Eli Manning is hosting Saturday Night Live in two weeks May 5th. You're kidding right?  You're not.
Jet DB Antonio Cromartie and his wife had another child.  Congratulations.  If you've lost count, that's now 10 kids from 8 different women living in 6 states for Mr.Cromartie.  I think the Jets should offer their DB a contract incentive to have a vasectomy to help pay for all the child support or have that new back up quarterback they acquired from the Broncos named Tim Tebow council him on the values of abstinence.  One of the condom companies should hire him as spokesman.
You know you're getting old when you see the prom pictures of your friends kids who you've known since birth.
Saturday night got the call from Bejing China where the parents are on vacation.  12 hour time difference so it was Sunday morning for them.  Don't forget my souvenir. Little hint dad and mom. Personal Electronic Device like a tablet or one of those kindle things that you can read books on.
Finally, heading to the dentist Thursday morning for round two of fixing my mouth.  This one will be much more painful since I will be awake for this bout and getting a cleaning which I'm dreading.  Still haven't golfed yet...Leccese out.







Friday, April 13, 2012

Some people get chocolate in their Easter basket, I got honey

Hi there.  Hope everyone had a nice Easter.  If you look at the title of this weeks entry, I indeed got honey in my Easter basket instead of chocolate.  The 4 pack of Reese's peanut butter cups don't count, LOL.  Not just any honey, but being the foodie/gourmet snob that I've become it was a local honey from South Carolina that is produced not far from the southern fortress of solitude on Fripp Island.    Good stuff, especially the Sweet Melon.  I've ordered it online and had it mailed here.
Really not a lot to talk about these past 2 weeks.  Nothing that has said, "You've got to be kidding me!"
First the Masters.  I know getting a hole in one is tough, but a double eagle!  How do you react to that?  Stunned disbelief is my guess.  Bubba Watson made an incredible shot on that second play-off hole and deserved to win.  So Eldrick (a.k.a Tiger) Woods threw a little temper tantrum after a bad shot.  We've all done it once.  He said he wanted to connect with his fans better and there's no better way than acting like us duffers by kicking a club.  I've seen worse.
O.K. its time to play, "You make the call!"  Who was the bigger dumb a--.  Ozzie Guillen for his comments about the Cuban dictator who he has admitted to admire on more than one occasion (when you coach in Miami its not good to alienate your fan base, many of whom escaped that dictator's tyranny that way) or former Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino who went on a little motorcycle ride without a helmet and with a 25 year old female who he was cheating on his wife with and had an accident.   He also lied to his AD about who she was.
Every once in a while even the Mets don't screw something up and the opening day tribute to the late Gary Carter was one of those times.  It was even more special to have his wife and kids throw out the first pitch.
It figures.  One of my two secret crushes, Sofia Vergara guest hosts Saturday Night Live last weekend and I go to bed at 10pm.  Why do I always miss the good stuff like that?  Total bummer.
No politician male or female should make any comments denouncing stay at home Moms.  My Dad wouldn't be half the success he was if it wasn't for my Mom watching me and my sister and taking care of all the other stuff so he wouldn't be distracted.  She also does a nice a job picking out his clothes.
The garden is looking good.  Hopefully next week I'll get the salad mix seeds planted outside and start the process of doing the raised beds and getting my patio ready for another addition.  Some people grow a tomato plant or herbs on their patio.  Me, I grow eggplant, peppers, lettuce, potatoes (you read right, potatoes!) and this year a compact blueberry bush that I saw in the coupon insert you get in the Sunday paper.  Yet there is still plenty of room for a few chairs and my barbecue grill.
With the PGA Tour in Hilton Head SC this weekend, the urge to start playing golf has officially begun.  I might just clean the clubs and swing them a few times just to get ready.  Head to the driving range, hit a few ball and get loose and be course ready.  Enjoy the weekend...Leccese out.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Don't forget my Russell Stover coconut nests, Easter Bunny!

Hi there.  So here we are on the eve of another Easter and my thoughts turn to my childhood growing up with pet rabbits.  I used tell my sisters' little friends that the reason we got them was that we were chosen by the Easter Bunny to take care of his helpers.  My best friend growing up Ricky DiBiase would also be in on the joke. 
On to other things.  The first one comes from WFAN's Tony Paige when he said.  It's an annual right of Spring.  Birds chirping, Major League Baseball's regular season is starting, and Keith Olbermann gets fired again.  Funny stuff.
Last week I talked about how I wanted the total package when it comes to meeting a female companion.  Looks and the intelligence to go with them.  Well Kate Winslet just jumped a few spots higher up on my list with her revelation that when she hears the theme from Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On" it makes her feel like throwing up and that she hates the song.  I couldn't agree more, but any Celine Dion song makes me want head to the porcelain throne and drop my head in and let it all come out.
Since I don't watch award shows and I don't like country music, I didn't catch it, but did they really perform a live wedding ceremony during the ACM Awards Sunday night and did Martina McBride and Pat Monahan from Train really perform a duet of the Train song, "Marry Me"? 
Normally that would have made "This Weeks sign of the Apocalypse!" but we've got not one but two of them this week.  The first comes from a visit to a local drug store where on the shelf that had "The stuff that you see on tv infomercials" comes the "Justin Beiber singing toothbrush!"  A must for all teenage girls everywhere.  The second comes from my friend Ann Marie who posted a photo of this stuff she saw in a local dollar store.  Larry the Cable Guy food products!   Mac and cheese, hamburger helper type complete dinners and even some fried or baked chicken coating product.  First he hosts a show on the History Channel and now his own line of food products.  I don't care what anybody says, that's funny stuff!  Git R done!
So Kentucky wins the NCAA Men's basketball championship and they riot in the streets of Lexington after the victory.  Can you imagine what it would have been like if the Wildcats had lost?!  I'm thinking Vancouver after the Canucks lost to the Bruins in last years' Stanley Cup final or what those soccer hooligans over in England do after a loss in any international competition.
It's time to get behind a really good hockey team folks.  The Union College Dutchmen who will making their first ever appearance in the Frozen Four Thursday at that hockey hotbed known  as Tampa Florida!
I watched one the Yankees/Marlins exhibition game played at the new ballpark in Miami and it makes me even more depressed that for 600 million dollars they were able to build a modern looking, retractable roof stadium, while for 700 million my Mets built CitiField.  Opening day is 2 days away and I'm in mid season CitiField hating form already.
Had a Belgian Tripel at Davidson's Sunday with some friends from Core.  I was in a very happy place sipping my favorite beer that afternoon.
Enjoy your Easter and don't forget my Russell Stover Coconut Nests Easter Bunny!..Leccese out.