Monday, October 14, 2013

I thought I'd never see that at the dollar store

Hi there.  Since this entry is being written on Monday October 14th, Happy Columbus Day and Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends.
O.K. time for the fun to begin.  I'll start with, "The Jug Game" which was entertaining and for the second week in a row  a rivalry match-up lived up to its billing.  Back and forth action, big plays and a thrilling ending with Glens Falls scoring with 72 seconds left and Hudson Falls making one last push to pull one out in the end.  I'll leave the commenting on the officiating to John Pratt.
"The Jug Game" saved my football watching from being the ultimate disaster.  Both the Giants and Rutgers played last Thursday night and both teams blew it in the fourth quarter on interceptions by their quarterbacks.  Then to torture myself even more, I flipped on the Rangers game in Anaheim and they got spanked 6- 0 after losing 9-2 in the night before.  I just should have watched Big Bang Theory and shut off the television at 8:30.
Is it too much to ask Outside the Lines or any other investigative sports shows to do features about the concussion problems other sports like soccer, lacrosse and ice hockey have.  Can we lay off football for just a little while, please.  
So this 15 year old high school kid in Ohio is announcing a middle school football game when a player of Haitian descent from the other team runs for a touchdown.  No big deal, right?  Wrong!  He used a call by Fox Sports play by play guy Gus Johnson who can be very creative with his descriptions.  Gus, during a Titans/Jaguar game described a Chris Johnson long touchdown run this way and this is what young teen said. "He's got that getting away from the cops speed!"  This kid was threatened on Facebook by people who were offended and was punished by his school. To use a quotation from the movie Stripes, "Lighten up Francis!"  I understand everyone being upset, but I was laughing after hearing Johnson's actual call on YouTube.
Miley Cyrus, what planet are you on?  Are you and Amanda Bynes now BFF's?  That Today show interview with Matt Lauer really changed a lot peoples minds about you...NOT!
A new survey that was in the show prep we use revealed that 30 percent of people don't like their Facebook friends but won't delete them because they're too nosey!  Two more from the survey.  Just 10 percent of an average person's friends list are considered actual friends; and 58 percent of people keep people they don't like as Facebook friends so they can still see photos and statuses.  I bring this up because I've thought a lot about Facebook lately.  I'm getting to the point of wanting to un-friend certain ones because I feel like I'm an after thought in their lives.  My sister is still upset because I won't friend her. I've told her that I refuse to friend her or any family member. If I have to use a social media site to know what's happening in a family members' life, it's actually insulting when they could just call me on the phone and talk instead of typing away on their phone, tablet or computer on some social media site.  Sometimes I think I post on my page because I'm looking for the attention and to see if I get a decent amount of "likes" or a comment or two.  One more Facebook thing and this was a good one.  When you're so far away from the place you grew up in, you wonder if anybody remembers you.  I got a Facebook friend request from a high school friend.  I still haven't come down from that high a week later.  
By the way 98 Five CKM and Hits 95 Nine now have iPhone, iPad, and Android apps so you can listen anywhere using those devises.  Go to the app store and download them and then listen all you like while playing Candy Crush, Angry Birds and other games.
Finally to end this entry on a more humorous note, last Saturday I go into a local dollar store to buy some cable ties and a candy bar.  The store had just opened and I'm on line about 3 people back.  The person at the front of the line had between 15 and 20 dollars worth of stuff to purchase and he handed the cashier a 100 dollar bill.  Big problem.  So they open up another register.  I'm second in line and the person who is ahead of me buys a $1.50 loaf of bread and uses his debit/credit card to pay for it.  I was shaking my head on the drive to Glens Falls the entire time after witnessing that.  FYI- I paid with a $5.00 bill...Leccese out.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Upset specials and a couple of other thoughts

Hi there.  Keeping things short and sweet this week.  Upset specials.  Well after 2 weeks we're an even 2 and 2 on the year with East Carolina and the Chargers winning.  This week's college upset special has the Golden Domers over Arizona State and for some reason this may be the best chance for Jaguars to win a game as they'll beat the Rams.
You want to why both the Giants and Steelers are 0-4?  You can't win games when your pass rush isn't getting to other teams' quarterback and your offensive line isn't protecting your quarterback and not making holes for the running backs to run through
Hello in there Alex Rodriguez.   Tell me what color is the sky in your world?  What's worse are these protests in support of this guy.  He's being targeted because of his ethnic background?  Then we have his ambulance chasing big name legal team and the multiple lawsuits.  It's like gunmen who commit these horrible shootings and then pull the trigger on themself so not get caught.  "If I'm going down, I'm taking you all down with me."  A-Rod, you're drowning in quick sand, so just play nice and ask for a hand out of this mess.
For all the mismatches and blowout games we end up broadcasting on the radio during the year, every once in while you get one like we had between Warrensburg and Lake George where on the final play a double reverse option pass back to the quarterback ends up winning the game as time runs out.  Two arch rival small schools playing in front of a big crowd  for bragging rights.  It doesn't get much better than that.  Hopefully the "Jug Game" will have that same drama.
I'm not ready for hockey season just yet.
What did I tell you.  The Pirates home ballpark PNC Park is best one in MLB.  Sorry Boston fans, Fenway has some serious competition.
Enjoy the weekend...Leccese out.