Hi there. Well just when you thought we've had enough snow to last us for a while, guess what happens? A good 12 inches gets dumped on us as we head into March. So here I am at home after the drive from downtown Glens Falls. The new SUV is very adept in snow I might add. So I didn't want to cook tonight and I was also in the mood for something quick and easy. I decided to get just a meatball sub. I go the national franchise chain place where I have enough points on my card that I don't have to pay for it and was disappointed to find out that the two locations I stopped into didn't have any meatballs left. Bummer. On to other things.
Note to Charlie Sheen. Go back into detox and when you're thoroughly dried out, get on your knees and start kissing the ring of Chuck Lorre. You're killing that cash cow of a sitcom you star in and trust me nobody wants to hire you the way you're acting in public now. Nobody I know is clamoring for "Major League 4" or "Hot Shots, 3 is a magic number!"
Did anybody realize that last Sunday was "Hockey Day in America?"
So Dax is a beaver? I wouldn't have guessed that in a million years. No really, he's a beaver?
The Phantoms actually paid that guy to fly in from L.A.; dance around like a fool and throw t-shirts to the crowd last Friday night! Where's Claude Scott and his trumpet when you need him.
Got sectional hockey tomorrow and that means no trip down to Hudson Valley Community College for sectional basketball. The McDonough Center gym is huge and the shooters backdrop can be as bad as the Civic Center's.
Jimmer Fredette is on tv Saturday at 2pm on CBS.
Finally got the DVD of Billy Joel's "Last Play at Shea." Just seeing the parts with Paul McCartney was worth the price alone. Great watch. Enjoy the weekend...Leccese out
Friday, February 25, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Be my Valentine?..I don't think so...
Hi there. Post Valentine's/Super Bowl/Birthday edition. Lot's to cover so lets get started.
As for the Superbowl. You don't win games committing 3 turnovers, it's that simple. Didn't really pay attention to the commercials and I could care less about the halftime show.
The night before the big game when we had that snow thunderstorm, it was one of the few times in the 30 years of living in the area that I thought I might actually die. The wind, the lightning, and the thunder scared the living you what out of me.
So, if we have this global warming thing supposedly happening, how do you explain the weather in Dallas Super Bowl week? It didn't look like 70 degrees and sunny the entire week to me.
There's worse things in life than being caught on camera being fed popcorn to you by Cameron Diaz, Alex Rodriguez. Like having to explain to a grand jury or senate hearing your use of P.E.D's. I'd be bragging to everyone. "Hey, did you see who I was with at the Super Bowl!" "That's right, the girl from There's Something About Mary!"
As for the birthday it was nice and quiet and uneventful. How much trouble could one get into on a Monday anyway? One recommendation for those on the verge of celebrating. If you're in a funk like I have been for the longest while, don't watch City Slickers. I watched before the Super Bowl. It will make you more depressed. I could relate to Billy Crystal's character. However I have no desire to go on a cattle drive plus every time I see Norman the calf, I swear off eating Veal Parm.
The only thing I know about the Grammy's was that some guy named C-Lo Green sang with the Muppets dressed like some George Clinton wannabe and Lady GaGa with the egg thing. Is she some sort of performance artist trying redraw that fine line or just a certified freak? My money's on being a freak.
This weeks sign of the apocalypse. Adam Sandler got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and his new movie which he co-stars with Jennifer Aniston was tops at the box office this past week.
Bill O'Reilly interviewing the president before the Super Bowl on Fox was as bad as watching Keith Olbermann host"Football Night in America."
If they ever wanted to do a "Major League 4" they could use Charlie Sheen's real life porn, drugs, and booze addictions and write a script around his character Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn.
I had a fantasy sports owners' worst nightmare last Wednesday during the 8-6 Bruins win over the Habs. Two of my three goaltenders squared off against each other.
You want to why the Phantoms are going to continue to suck? Here's why. The parent club in Philadelphia made a trade Monday for Kris VerSteeg from Toronto and swapped both a first and third round pick in the upcoming 2011 draft. When you're trying to win the Stanley Cup, often times draft picks and prospects become assets in trades. The farm club often gets the short end of the deal.
Adirondack League basketball championship games on WWSC tonight. Should be a couple of great games between Argyle and Lake George. One more high school sports note. The first draft of the 2011 football schedule was released. Only 6 1/2 months til opening kick-off September 2nd! Leccese out.
As for the Superbowl. You don't win games committing 3 turnovers, it's that simple. Didn't really pay attention to the commercials and I could care less about the halftime show.
The night before the big game when we had that snow thunderstorm, it was one of the few times in the 30 years of living in the area that I thought I might actually die. The wind, the lightning, and the thunder scared the living you what out of me.
So, if we have this global warming thing supposedly happening, how do you explain the weather in Dallas Super Bowl week? It didn't look like 70 degrees and sunny the entire week to me.
There's worse things in life than being caught on camera being fed popcorn to you by Cameron Diaz, Alex Rodriguez. Like having to explain to a grand jury or senate hearing your use of P.E.D's. I'd be bragging to everyone. "Hey, did you see who I was with at the Super Bowl!" "That's right, the girl from There's Something About Mary!"
As for the birthday it was nice and quiet and uneventful. How much trouble could one get into on a Monday anyway? One recommendation for those on the verge of celebrating. If you're in a funk like I have been for the longest while, don't watch City Slickers. I watched before the Super Bowl. It will make you more depressed. I could relate to Billy Crystal's character. However I have no desire to go on a cattle drive plus every time I see Norman the calf, I swear off eating Veal Parm.
The only thing I know about the Grammy's was that some guy named C-Lo Green sang with the Muppets dressed like some George Clinton wannabe and Lady GaGa with the egg thing. Is she some sort of performance artist trying redraw that fine line or just a certified freak? My money's on being a freak.
This weeks sign of the apocalypse. Adam Sandler got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and his new movie which he co-stars with Jennifer Aniston was tops at the box office this past week.
Bill O'Reilly interviewing the president before the Super Bowl on Fox was as bad as watching Keith Olbermann host"Football Night in America."
If they ever wanted to do a "Major League 4" they could use Charlie Sheen's real life porn, drugs, and booze addictions and write a script around his character Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn.
I had a fantasy sports owners' worst nightmare last Wednesday during the 8-6 Bruins win over the Habs. Two of my three goaltenders squared off against each other.
You want to why the Phantoms are going to continue to suck? Here's why. The parent club in Philadelphia made a trade Monday for Kris VerSteeg from Toronto and swapped both a first and third round pick in the upcoming 2011 draft. When you're trying to win the Stanley Cup, often times draft picks and prospects become assets in trades. The farm club often gets the short end of the deal.
Adirondack League basketball championship games on WWSC tonight. Should be a couple of great games between Argyle and Lake George. One more high school sports note. The first draft of the 2011 football schedule was released. Only 6 1/2 months til opening kick-off September 2nd! Leccese out.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Just toss the coin and kick off the damm ball will you please!
Hi there. Not only is it Superbowl weekend but the day after brings the arrival of another birthday. If you want to know my age, it's the same number as the Superbowl and just like the big game I've adopted the roman numeral system to give out my age. Monday I turn XLV. How will I spend it you ask? Calling the Hudson Falls/Glens Falls basketball game at Glens Falls high on WWSC. It could be worse.
Opie's Upset special prediction on the game itself. Pittsburgh 24 Green Bay 20.
With all the icy weather that the Dallas area received during Superbowl week, you think that the NFL is having second thoughts about having 2 of its next 3 big games in Indianapolis and New York? At least the game in Indianapolis will be played indoors.
I have one wish for Sunday's game. That one of the punters hit the "mega tyrannosaurus rex jumbo tron" scoreboard that hangs over the field so we can watch Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones have some sort of medical episode like a seizure or heart attack. Hopefully it will look like a scene from "Sanford and Son," when Fred would grasp his heart and say, "Elizabeth the big ones' coming. I can feel it now!"
Did St. John's really beat Duke by 15 last Sunday? I thought they stopped playing basketball at St. John's when Lou Carnesecca retired and Chris Mullin and Mark Jackson both graduated.
If you're gonna sue the Wilpons, don't you think it should be for a really good reason. Like why did they build such a joke of a ball park like Citi-Field. Not due to the fact they are rich and were friends with that dirt bag Bernie Madoff and may have profited from that Ponzi scheme.
The most exciting basketball player to watch in the city of Los Angeles is not a Laker, but in fact it's Blake Griffin of the Clippers. Your eyes are not deceiving you. I just wrote he plays for the CLIPPERS!
When I saw that picture of Jimmer Fredette holding one of our "Player of the Game" plaques in Sports Illustrated this past week, it made me proud that I get to broadcast those games.
This weeks sign of the apocalypse is a triple header. 1. "Dallas" is coming back to tv and 79 year old Larry Hagmann will be a part of the cast. 2. A script for the "Mighty Ducks 4" is in the works; and here's the clincher : Larry the Cable Guy has got a new tv show on of all places, "The History Channel!" Brutal, absolutely brutal.
If the groundhog had seen his shadow on Wednesday, I was calling Andrew Zimmern and have him do a special "Bizarre Foods" that debunks animal weather myths and have Mr Zimmern eat the creatures that are involved with them. Does groundhog taste like chicken, Andrew?
I'm not crazy about the new Phantoms mascot, "Dax" but if Dave Raymond had a hand in it, I'll give him a chance to win me over in time.
Throwing out some props to Chip Ordway and a story done about him on the local Fox affiliates' news cast. Check it out at their website online.
I was saying to Dan that we haven't had a good goalie fight in a long time. Sorry to say that the Brent Johnson/Rick DiPietro bout did not count as a "good" goalie fight.
One more thing before I wrap up. With all the bad weather we had earlier this week, I originally planned to spend a night in town at a hotel. Well the storm let up enough so I didn't have to, but I didn't want to cook. I got take out from an Italian place. If you want to one reasons we're becoming an obese society, two words: portion control or in this case too much portion. I got a cup of soup, entree, and dessert. My so-called meal for one was enough for 2. I'm getting 4 meals out of it. The dessert I'm saving that for Monday as my XLV birthday treat after the basketball game.
Started ordering the seeds and starter kits for garden 2011. They don't call me the "Garden Boy" and this blog "The Greenhouse Effect' for nothing you know...Leccese out.
Opie's Upset special prediction on the game itself. Pittsburgh 24 Green Bay 20.
With all the icy weather that the Dallas area received during Superbowl week, you think that the NFL is having second thoughts about having 2 of its next 3 big games in Indianapolis and New York? At least the game in Indianapolis will be played indoors.
I have one wish for Sunday's game. That one of the punters hit the "mega tyrannosaurus rex jumbo tron" scoreboard that hangs over the field so we can watch Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones have some sort of medical episode like a seizure or heart attack. Hopefully it will look like a scene from "Sanford and Son," when Fred would grasp his heart and say, "Elizabeth the big ones' coming. I can feel it now!"
Did St. John's really beat Duke by 15 last Sunday? I thought they stopped playing basketball at St. John's when Lou Carnesecca retired and Chris Mullin and Mark Jackson both graduated.
If you're gonna sue the Wilpons, don't you think it should be for a really good reason. Like why did they build such a joke of a ball park like Citi-Field. Not due to the fact they are rich and were friends with that dirt bag Bernie Madoff and may have profited from that Ponzi scheme.
The most exciting basketball player to watch in the city of Los Angeles is not a Laker, but in fact it's Blake Griffin of the Clippers. Your eyes are not deceiving you. I just wrote he plays for the CLIPPERS!
When I saw that picture of Jimmer Fredette holding one of our "Player of the Game" plaques in Sports Illustrated this past week, it made me proud that I get to broadcast those games.
This weeks sign of the apocalypse is a triple header. 1. "Dallas" is coming back to tv and 79 year old Larry Hagmann will be a part of the cast. 2. A script for the "Mighty Ducks 4" is in the works; and here's the clincher : Larry the Cable Guy has got a new tv show on of all places, "The History Channel!" Brutal, absolutely brutal.
If the groundhog had seen his shadow on Wednesday, I was calling Andrew Zimmern and have him do a special "Bizarre Foods" that debunks animal weather myths and have Mr Zimmern eat the creatures that are involved with them. Does groundhog taste like chicken, Andrew?
I'm not crazy about the new Phantoms mascot, "Dax" but if Dave Raymond had a hand in it, I'll give him a chance to win me over in time.
Throwing out some props to Chip Ordway and a story done about him on the local Fox affiliates' news cast. Check it out at their website online.
I was saying to Dan that we haven't had a good goalie fight in a long time. Sorry to say that the Brent Johnson/Rick DiPietro bout did not count as a "good" goalie fight.
One more thing before I wrap up. With all the bad weather we had earlier this week, I originally planned to spend a night in town at a hotel. Well the storm let up enough so I didn't have to, but I didn't want to cook. I got take out from an Italian place. If you want to one reasons we're becoming an obese society, two words: portion control or in this case too much portion. I got a cup of soup, entree, and dessert. My so-called meal for one was enough for 2. I'm getting 4 meals out of it. The dessert I'm saving that for Monday as my XLV birthday treat after the basketball game.
Started ordering the seeds and starter kits for garden 2011. They don't call me the "Garden Boy" and this blog "The Greenhouse Effect' for nothing you know...Leccese out.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Some quick Thursday thoughts
Hi there. Some quick words of wisdom to help you get over a football free (sorry, the Pro Bowl and Senior Bowl don't count!) weekend. What makes it even more dull is the Phantoms are on the road Saturday and the NHL is in its All-Star break.
If I read one more post in Tim McManus' fine column about the lack of fighters or a coaches show at some restaurant, I'm gonna take a sledge hammer to some helpless computer and beat the crap out it!
Instead of getting a new mascot, why don't we just rent "Tux" from the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins when the Pens aren't playing on the same night at home that we are?
I think Johan Backlund is actually starting to get back into solid form, but why do I have this uneasy feeling whenever he touches or plays the puck and he's been doing it a lot more. Has he been taking goaltending lessons from former Flyer Ron Hextall?
So the Super Bowl features two great traditional franchises and everybody says it will be a boring affair. Just because neither team has cheerleaders as eye candy on the sideline. Big deal. This is a killer match-up.! Just seeing Jerry Jones' disappointed face when all those Cheeseheads and Steelers fans pour into Cowboys Stadium is worth watching the game for that reason alone.
Been hearing a lot about Jimmer Fredette's exploits all over the media. Been there, done that, and already seen it. But I have to admit it is kind of cool.
One more thing. ABC/Bristol Tech turned back the clock last Saturday by airing the Pro Bowlers Tour. Loved every minute of it! I spent many a Saturday afternoon as a kid watching Chris Schenkel and Nelson Burton, Jr. Kind of felt sorry for the guy who only bowled only a 100 in that one game. It's like watching a pro golfer shoot in the 80's in a major championship. You feel for the guy but at the same time its nice to see one of those top pros have a bad day like that. It makes feels better for only being mediocre at a sport.
Enjoy the weekend. Maybe I'll order my seeds or even better check out the latest NHL Guardian in time for the All-Star game...Leccese out.
If I read one more post in Tim McManus' fine column about the lack of fighters or a coaches show at some restaurant, I'm gonna take a sledge hammer to some helpless computer and beat the crap out it!
Instead of getting a new mascot, why don't we just rent "Tux" from the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins when the Pens aren't playing on the same night at home that we are?
I think Johan Backlund is actually starting to get back into solid form, but why do I have this uneasy feeling whenever he touches or plays the puck and he's been doing it a lot more. Has he been taking goaltending lessons from former Flyer Ron Hextall?
So the Super Bowl features two great traditional franchises and everybody says it will be a boring affair. Just because neither team has cheerleaders as eye candy on the sideline. Big deal. This is a killer match-up.! Just seeing Jerry Jones' disappointed face when all those Cheeseheads and Steelers fans pour into Cowboys Stadium is worth watching the game for that reason alone.
Been hearing a lot about Jimmer Fredette's exploits all over the media. Been there, done that, and already seen it. But I have to admit it is kind of cool.
One more thing. ABC/Bristol Tech turned back the clock last Saturday by airing the Pro Bowlers Tour. Loved every minute of it! I spent many a Saturday afternoon as a kid watching Chris Schenkel and Nelson Burton, Jr. Kind of felt sorry for the guy who only bowled only a 100 in that one game. It's like watching a pro golfer shoot in the 80's in a major championship. You feel for the guy but at the same time its nice to see one of those top pros have a bad day like that. It makes feels better for only being mediocre at a sport.
Enjoy the weekend. Maybe I'll order my seeds or even better check out the latest NHL Guardian in time for the All-Star game...Leccese out.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
I just don't like Slater!
Hi there. It was just a matter of time. 3 snow storms in less than 2 weeks. The folks are headed down to South Carolina to the fortress of solitude on Fripp Island for the winter. My Mom wanted to stay here for another week or two, but Dad kind of laid the law down and said he was going there without her. Got to love my crazy parents! I actually wouldn't have minded them sticking around for another week. Miss you Mom and Dad!
O.K. on to some NFL play-off observations. How come Rex Ryan has become suddenly humble when talking about Mike Tomlin and the Steelers after all the smack talk the past two weeks before facing the Colts and Patriots. I don't like throwing the race card around, but would you want to attack Coach Tomlin on Martin Luther King Day? I didn't think so either.
Hello Packer fans. Have you forgotten about what's his name, number 4 yet after seeing Aaron Rodgers doing what he has been doing these last couple of weeks? By the way that Number 4 guy filed his retirement papers with the NFL offices. How soon does he rescind those same papers for the upteenth time?
Mike Martz has little to do with the Bears success. It comes down to this. Good defense, solid running game, and a quarterback managing the game with minimal mistakes. Of the 4 teams left. 2 of the QB's are managing the games without making mistakes, the other two are legit Top 10 QB's. Did you notice that all the winning teams had great pass rush schemes?
I think Tom Brady will be able to forget the Jet loss as soon he spends a couple of days with Mrs. Brady (we're not talking Carol either) and not think about football during that time. He'll be O.K. trust me. I would if I were married to his wife.
As for the Ravens, I'm torn. Love Ray Rice. Can't stand Ray Lewis. It was nice to see another team besides the Giants fall apart like that in front of my eyes.
If the Phantoms played the Syracuse Crunch say like 50 times, they'd be a contender for the Calder Cup this year.
Saturday night observing the mascots at the Phantoms game, one stood out and if you were there I hope you noticed too. The person who was in Tux, the Penguins mascot was phenomenal! That person must have taken lessons from Dave Raymond, who was the original Philly Phanatic. One more mascot note. There was this one person dressed as Big Foot, at first I thought it was "Chaka" from "Land of the Lost.
Seeing photos of the freak who went on that shooting rampage in Tuscon 10 days ago gives me the chills and it concerns me that there are more like him waiting in the wings.
Had a great time in Warrensburg at their first,"Dancing to Make a Difference" Marathon. I was originally was supposed to be there for only an hour, but stayed for 2. If I hadn't had my Phantoms tickets I would have gone earlier and hung out even longer. Nice going kids and when I come back next year, I'm bringing some my friends from the radio station to experience the fun I had. Thanks to everyone up there.
2011 seed catalogs have arrived. I'm circling what seeds and materials I need and I've found something new for the garden. It's called, "The Potato Planter."
Finally, last Friday from the show prep service we get had a story about a guy who was in a sports bar somewhere in Illinois. He smashed up a photo that was behind the bar of A.C. Slater, a.k.a Mario Lopez from "Saved by the Bell." He told the police his reason for doing it was, "I just don't like Slater!" I'm making that my new mantra in life. If I do or say anything either positive or negative for any reason, my reply might just be, "I just don't like Slater!" Leccese out.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Sunday Brunch thoughts and some other stuff
Hi there. Sunday morning and I'm just biding time til my one hour of watching Bristol Tech at 9am.
As for Wild Card weekend in the NFL. I didn't watch either game yesterday. The results. Nobody and I mean nobody saw that coming. O.K, a lot of people thought the Jets would beat the Colts. How it happened? Nick Folk out Vinatieried Adam Vinatieri and kicked a game winning field goal as time ran out. Now for the Seahawks. Look, no matter how bad your record is if you win the division you play in, you're entitled to be in the play-offs. How did Seattle put up 41 on the Saints with no running game? Next weekend will be a different story. Seeing Pete Carroll on the sideline with a smile on his face after leaving So Cal and claiming he knew nothing of the violations and the Reggie Bush fiasco while in charge just rubbed me the wrong way. Sure you didn't know anything, Pete? You get a hefty pay raise to bolt to the NFL while the Trojans are put on probation. It was like in the 80's during Iran/Contra and George Bush claimed he didn't know what President Reagan was doing. You were the Vice President, how could you not know something went on!
Kind of ironic that Queensbury High cancelled it's Nordic Invitational ski race in advance because of a lack of snow and a day before the event was to take place, 12 inches of the white stuff fell on the area.
If the snow that we got was the heavy, moisture laden, wet type. I wouldn't have been shoveling.
I am this close to getting back on a treadmill. I miss being at the gym and taking Pump and Combat classes. The back is getting and feeling better and I only have to go for treatment at the chiropractor only once a week. 5 years ago I was there 3 times a week for 3 months. I was that messed up and out of alignment.
Only in golf can a viewer who is watching a Tour event on TV call the network, point out a rules violation and get a golfer disqualified? I love would to be able to do that in other sports. I would be so watching the NBA every night and calling David Stern every 30 seconds.
I am so behind on "How I Met Your Mother" and "Big Bang Theory" watching this year.
Haven't seen him in a while, but there he was, "The Man" Anthony Bourdain on Top Chef All-Stars as a judge. Him and Tom Colicchio are two of the coolest guys around.
So the folks are home and Mom is doing some cleaning. Her dining room table looks like a bomb was dropped on it and left all this debris. It's the least of her worries she says.
Phantoms goalie Brian Stewart wins 3 straight games, wins player of the week and gets rewarded by being sent to Bakersfield of the ECHL.
Retiring Phlex and installment of video boards are the least of the teams worries. Ticket pricing, the sound system, continued locker room improvements and a lack prospects in the junior and college ranks who could develop into viable pros at the NHL level would be my top concerns if I were the Brooks group.
Who'd a thought that both the hottest pro coaching and playing prospect came from that football factory known as Stanford! So Cal and the entire SEC and Big 10 conferences must be having heart palpitations right now.
Between seeing the Eric LeGrand interview and Andrew Luck's decision to stay in school it made me believe that there are still some good things about big time Division 1 college athletics. Maybe like all good news stories, we don't see or hear enough of them
Finally, Cloutier goes out to Vegas this week and what was going on out there. Both the Consumer Electronics Show and the Adult Entertainment Expo. Pete still found the time to sit front of slots machine and play. I never knew he had that type of stamina...Leccese out.
As for Wild Card weekend in the NFL. I didn't watch either game yesterday. The results. Nobody and I mean nobody saw that coming. O.K, a lot of people thought the Jets would beat the Colts. How it happened? Nick Folk out Vinatieried Adam Vinatieri and kicked a game winning field goal as time ran out. Now for the Seahawks. Look, no matter how bad your record is if you win the division you play in, you're entitled to be in the play-offs. How did Seattle put up 41 on the Saints with no running game? Next weekend will be a different story. Seeing Pete Carroll on the sideline with a smile on his face after leaving So Cal and claiming he knew nothing of the violations and the Reggie Bush fiasco while in charge just rubbed me the wrong way. Sure you didn't know anything, Pete? You get a hefty pay raise to bolt to the NFL while the Trojans are put on probation. It was like in the 80's during Iran/Contra and George Bush claimed he didn't know what President Reagan was doing. You were the Vice President, how could you not know something went on!
Kind of ironic that Queensbury High cancelled it's Nordic Invitational ski race in advance because of a lack of snow and a day before the event was to take place, 12 inches of the white stuff fell on the area.
If the snow that we got was the heavy, moisture laden, wet type. I wouldn't have been shoveling.
I am this close to getting back on a treadmill. I miss being at the gym and taking Pump and Combat classes. The back is getting and feeling better and I only have to go for treatment at the chiropractor only once a week. 5 years ago I was there 3 times a week for 3 months. I was that messed up and out of alignment.
Only in golf can a viewer who is watching a Tour event on TV call the network, point out a rules violation and get a golfer disqualified? I love would to be able to do that in other sports. I would be so watching the NBA every night and calling David Stern every 30 seconds.
I am so behind on "How I Met Your Mother" and "Big Bang Theory" watching this year.
Haven't seen him in a while, but there he was, "The Man" Anthony Bourdain on Top Chef All-Stars as a judge. Him and Tom Colicchio are two of the coolest guys around.
So the folks are home and Mom is doing some cleaning. Her dining room table looks like a bomb was dropped on it and left all this debris. It's the least of her worries she says.
Phantoms goalie Brian Stewart wins 3 straight games, wins player of the week and gets rewarded by being sent to Bakersfield of the ECHL.
Retiring Phlex and installment of video boards are the least of the teams worries. Ticket pricing, the sound system, continued locker room improvements and a lack prospects in the junior and college ranks who could develop into viable pros at the NHL level would be my top concerns if I were the Brooks group.
Who'd a thought that both the hottest pro coaching and playing prospect came from that football factory known as Stanford! So Cal and the entire SEC and Big 10 conferences must be having heart palpitations right now.
Between seeing the Eric LeGrand interview and Andrew Luck's decision to stay in school it made me believe that there are still some good things about big time Division 1 college athletics. Maybe like all good news stories, we don't see or hear enough of them
Finally, Cloutier goes out to Vegas this week and what was going on out there. Both the Consumer Electronics Show and the Adult Entertainment Expo. Pete still found the time to sit front of slots machine and play. I never knew he had that type of stamina...Leccese out.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Killing gift cards and other weekend thoughts
Hi there and Happy New Year. I hope you enjoyed the New Year and haven't already failed in your efforts to keep your resolutions.
Most of the weekend seemed like a blur. I'm not a big New Years celebration type person and I had to be at the radio station at 4:30 New Years' morning, so I was in bed by 9:30. Friday and Saturday I was at one of 3 places. Home, the office and the Civic Center for the 2 Phantoms games. Sunday it was the post holiday clean-up. Trip to the landfill, exchange a gift, and write thank you notes to family members who sent me a gift and to the people who made contributions to the Operation Santa Claus charity auction.
The hardest part of my Sunday revolved around believe it or not...gift cards. I have this box that I keep them in. Besides the 9 new ones I received this Christmas, in this box were 11 old ones that had either expired or had small amounts on them that I didn't know how much. I spent 30 minutes online, typing in codes and getting the amounts, writing them on post it notes and sticking them to the cards. Yesterday, I mailed out 4 old expired cards to one local business and going to 4 other businesses killing their cards off. I also discovered in my card collection that my favorite places are Red Lobster and Panera Bread.
I'm going to the chiropractor Wednesday to have my back treated so I can workout and take fitness classes again pain free. By coincidence, I got this card in the mail from the place I used to go to offering me a free session. Not gonna happen.
On to other things. It was nice to see the Big Ten humbled going 0 for 5 in New Years Day bowl games. Upset Special wise, total loss except for TCU's win in the Rose Bowl. On a follow up note, Notre Dame did beat Miami in the Sun Bowl.
Come on Randy Edsall, leaving UConn for the Maryland job? You're kidding me right? Didn't like playing second fiddle to Geno Auriemma and Jim Calhoun now did you.
So the Pitt Panthers hire this guy to replace Dave Wannstadt and end up firing him after 2 weeks on the job because he assaulted a woman over the weekend. Brilliant. That goes down with Notre Dame's smart hire of George O'Leary from Georgia Tech who was found to had lied on his coaching resume a few years back.
The Browns fired Eric Mangini and does anyone care that he actually was fired?
Forrest Gump of the NFL, namely Eli Manning said he is not a 25 interception quarterback. You're half right Forrest. You're a 18 directly picked off and 7 tipped balls by your receivers that got picked off qb. Eli, remember when you throw the ball, the guys on your side have a lower case "n y" on the helmets.
A miracle has finally occurred. An Adirondack Phantom won AHL Player of the Week! I shouldn't complain though, the team is starting to play better and winning 5 of your last 7 is a nice roll considering the abyss the team is already in.
Has the Tournament of Roses parade folks started scraping the bottom of the barrel when Paula Deen was named Grand Marshall? Or is this something Jeff Foxworthy can use in his, "You Might be a Redneck" routine?
Was briefly depressed when I found out that both Shania Twain and Valerie Bertinelli re-married over the weekend. However my spirits quickly rebounded when Elizabeth Hurley announced she is back in the dating pool...Leccese out.
Most of the weekend seemed like a blur. I'm not a big New Years celebration type person and I had to be at the radio station at 4:30 New Years' morning, so I was in bed by 9:30. Friday and Saturday I was at one of 3 places. Home, the office and the Civic Center for the 2 Phantoms games. Sunday it was the post holiday clean-up. Trip to the landfill, exchange a gift, and write thank you notes to family members who sent me a gift and to the people who made contributions to the Operation Santa Claus charity auction.
The hardest part of my Sunday revolved around believe it or not...gift cards. I have this box that I keep them in. Besides the 9 new ones I received this Christmas, in this box were 11 old ones that had either expired or had small amounts on them that I didn't know how much. I spent 30 minutes online, typing in codes and getting the amounts, writing them on post it notes and sticking them to the cards. Yesterday, I mailed out 4 old expired cards to one local business and going to 4 other businesses killing their cards off. I also discovered in my card collection that my favorite places are Red Lobster and Panera Bread.
I'm going to the chiropractor Wednesday to have my back treated so I can workout and take fitness classes again pain free. By coincidence, I got this card in the mail from the place I used to go to offering me a free session. Not gonna happen.
On to other things. It was nice to see the Big Ten humbled going 0 for 5 in New Years Day bowl games. Upset Special wise, total loss except for TCU's win in the Rose Bowl. On a follow up note, Notre Dame did beat Miami in the Sun Bowl.
Come on Randy Edsall, leaving UConn for the Maryland job? You're kidding me right? Didn't like playing second fiddle to Geno Auriemma and Jim Calhoun now did you.
So the Pitt Panthers hire this guy to replace Dave Wannstadt and end up firing him after 2 weeks on the job because he assaulted a woman over the weekend. Brilliant. That goes down with Notre Dame's smart hire of George O'Leary from Georgia Tech who was found to had lied on his coaching resume a few years back.
The Browns fired Eric Mangini and does anyone care that he actually was fired?
Forrest Gump of the NFL, namely Eli Manning said he is not a 25 interception quarterback. You're half right Forrest. You're a 18 directly picked off and 7 tipped balls by your receivers that got picked off qb. Eli, remember when you throw the ball, the guys on your side have a lower case "n y" on the helmets.
A miracle has finally occurred. An Adirondack Phantom won AHL Player of the Week! I shouldn't complain though, the team is starting to play better and winning 5 of your last 7 is a nice roll considering the abyss the team is already in.
Has the Tournament of Roses parade folks started scraping the bottom of the barrel when Paula Deen was named Grand Marshall? Or is this something Jeff Foxworthy can use in his, "You Might be a Redneck" routine?
Was briefly depressed when I found out that both Shania Twain and Valerie Bertinelli re-married over the weekend. However my spirits quickly rebounded when Elizabeth Hurley announced she is back in the dating pool...Leccese out.
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