"Rick Reverse Curse"

Last summer at our local bar. I was watching the Phillies while Rick was putting money in the box to hear some tunes.

It was mid-July and the phils were struggling big time. PAt the Bat cracked on and tied it up. I started clapping in the mostly empty bar. RIck turned back to me with a look of digust.

"WHat are you doing?!? The season is over!"

Over the rest of the season he told me time and time again they WONT make the playoffs.
We know how that ended.

AGain this summer Rick predicted sometime in July.

"No shot"

During this past Thursday's game. I was watching the game at my parents. I send Rick a text, pretty fired up in tone asking if he was watching the Phils.

HE fired back

"They are done"

I responded the current score thinking he didnt realize that they pulled into the lead in the game. He responded back.

"3 games back season is over"

They have not lost a game since. Now they are not only ahead of the Brewers who the swept but ahead of the Mets.

Its looking like they are going to sneak in yet again.

"Hockey Moms"

So I keep hearing the term hockey mom during the election. Although I am fired up to hear the word hockey being said in so many important politic talks. I don't undersand what the heck even makes you a hockey mom.

First off as a soccer mom I guess you have to be an old enough that you are zipping your kid to sports all the time. What about the kids dont like sports? I dont know. I guess they would have to have kids like age 7 ? 8?

But is the sport that makes it different? Now according to a keep google, Hockey moms are "more intense" than soccer moms. What the heck does that mean they speed in their minivans? They stay up to 10:30 on Saturday nights not 10pm like the Soccer Mom counter parts?

"Party on!"

I wanted bad ass Flyers picture for the count down to the season.
I did several image searches. I found a real cool one, but everyone was gone in the picture except Gags.

I did one for Jeff Carter and Mike Richards. This awesome picture came up of Richie and Carts living it up with some young ladies. NOt sure when it was taken. I actually think they might be goofing around. Looks like the cap is still on the bottle. Regardless its a cool picture.

Almost time to get back to the rink though boys.

"Old Man and the Rink"

Chris Cheilos is back for one more go around.
The 46 yearold d-man signed one more year with the redwings.

http://myespn.go.com/s/conversations/show/story/3578543

He is closing in on the oldest dude ever to play the game.

Sweet.
Hextall broke his wrist once back in the mid 80s and now I think Hexy's son close to becoming a professional hockey player.

Fun Facts:
I was 3 maybe 4 the first time he played an NHL game
This is CHeilos 25th season in the NHL

Neither Crosby or Alex O were born yet when he started playing in the NHL
he is 28 years older than the youngest player in the NHL.

He is good friends with Dr. Cox

HE is his own resturant Chellis Chilli

Someone was stabbed and killed at his resturant a few years ago
CHeilos was a healthy scratch during all games of the finals last season
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An intoxicated Cheilos droped the cup and banged it up pretty bad last spring, while handing it to someone at the bar at his resturant.

The other dude dropped it and it slammed on the floor.

He also drunkenly left the cup behind in a cab. (although that might have just been an interenet rumor)

"People are Just Stupid"

I saw the very funny Tropic Thunder this past week.


The movie stars Ben Stiller who has voiced characters and cartoons and also did a movie called Night at the Musuem (actually not a bad movie) which was a family movie. THat is only one of the reasons I can imagine that two women brought their two 7 yearold kids to see the movie.

The other two are.

They are just awful parents.
or they were too selfish and drug kids to an R rated movie because no one would watch their little brats.

To be fair the kids were pretty well behaved. But, clearly bored and they kept getting up during the movie. But that is the parents fault. Not only did this movie have about 30 something F-bombs, people getting shot at, drug use, and various other foul words, it was NOT aimed at kids.

What is a 7 year old going to get out of a movie about guys making a movie? I highly doubt the 7 year old got the Apocalypse now reference either.

What is wrong with these people? Go take the kids to see space chimps or spend the money on tickets (almost 10 bucks for adults) on back to school clothes or something!

They ended up walking out of the movie. What did they expect?!? It was rated R. Plus there is this thing called the Internet where you can...I don't know see if its good to bring a 7 year old to or not.

Why are there so many stupid parents out there?

"Phillies"

sigh...

Scrubs - Space Invaders

classic

"I don't like downstairs..."

"Reasons the Flyers Getting Sundin Would be Stupid

* They would have to give up Jeff Carter or Danny Briere to make cap room for him.

* Sundin is awesome dont get me wrong, but he said just this afternoon that he is not sure if he wants to play at all anymore. Sounds like he can still play the game (based on his points from last season) but he might not have the heart to play.

* HE is 38, so what do we sign him for a year? Carter isn't close to his prime. I have to hope that Briere hasn't had his best season ever yet, since we signed him for 6 years!

*Getting rid of Carter after just signing him sends a message to all the young guys we already re-signed are are going to need to.

"Yeah you are the future unless a much older but awesome player comes along, than your out"

* Carter is close with Richards why make our franchise player disgruntled so quickly?

* If Hatch retires frees up cap room and we want an older forward, why not just sign SHanny? he might be cheaper.

* Um, we are a million over the cap now. I think we have to get rid of someone as it is.

frank sinatra - summer wind

For me Summer really goes to the end of September. I mean its going to freaking 90 something the next few days. Its still a great time down the shore (the water is really warm and the fishing is still good).

I have some fun weekends still planned down the shore for the next month before I back it in for the summer.

BUt for most people tomorrow its time to put away the grills and get out football jerseys.

I had a pretty awesome summer down the shore on the weekends hanging at a friends wildwood house or down the campground on the weekends. Went to lots of PHillies games.

Not much of a video here, but its Francis Albert singing one of his best.

"Who in the Hell?"

So the democrats have a candidate that brings people to tears, people line up to see, people shout and scream when he walks past like teenie boopers did to the Beatles back in the 60s and the republicans have a guy who will be entering his late 70s at the end of his first term.

Even the democrats have admitted that most the cable "news" outlets have dropped kicked any kind of unbiased media coverage and just fallen head over heels in love with Obama. Cards are against the war vet guy here.


So, what do the republicans do? They take away their only card they could play the next few months. The whole Obama don't know diddley and toss it in the trash. The select some lady who is unknown outside of Cicely, Alaska. Unknown, because she didnt do anything. She was Governor for what 2 years? I don't know what Governors do out there except try to appeal to the polar bear and moose voters but I know the ones in NJ don't do anything.

Sure shes mildly hot for a women in their 40s who squirted out a litter of rug rats, but if McCain gets sick or passes away it will be like a bad Gena Davis show in the white house.

Speaking of Gena Davis. Anyone remember Lori PEtty who played her sister in A League of Their Own? Well I caught part of Tank Girl on Encore this morning. Man I don't care how bad that movie was Lori Petty looked wicked hot in that. Its a shame that movie killed her career, well maybe she could be our next VP ?

SET FREEEEEEEEEE

summer of 06, old school WB MASON. GO PHillies!

"Post Gaming"

There are two types of people I go to Phillies games with. Group 1 People who are happy for a night out at the ball park and watch the game. We talk about the game all night and comment on the players. The 2nd group is the type that basically binge drink and look for loose women.

Thursday nights game I went with the later. Which kind of sucked because I had been looking forward to the Phils Mets match up when I bought the tickets in April. Most other games I go to, I sit down and watch the entire game. Except for the game in April when I had to give into the group that had zero desire to watch the game. We were all intoxicated in the parking lot, made it into the stadium only to watch one inning before our fun leader led us into the over priced barin the bank.

We hung out at MccFaddens where my friend knew the bartender and she was really cute and cool. We got to see a Mets fan tossed out of the bar. This time last year I didnt leave my seat once during the MEt/Phils game and I think I jinxed them. When we went to the bar in the 8th inning the team fell apart. At this point it was hard to actually focus on the game anyway.

Later we went back to Clancy's in Westville ( or whatever town that is)where most of us had left our cars. My one drunken friend wanted to play Sleep with, kill, and marry with the bartender. We started with famous people than he asked about us adding have kids with because they were four of us. I must say I was happy to be in the sleep with list and honored to be in the same class as Mike Richards and Alicia LAne (how hot is that?). HOwever, I am pretty sure it might have had something to do with me being the least drunk.

Later I did find out that she is a huge Flyers fan which just makes her even hotter. THan we left (the older dude peaced out so it was the three of us) going down the street to the worst bar ever. The Pennant. Yeah, if you like to go to a bar with weirdo people, slutty girls and dudes looking to fight than this is the place for you.

Oddly enough if my one friend hadnt named dropped we wouldnt get in. He had a friend that worked there and he had to use his pull to get us in. Apperently the trashy hall in the wall during a night called WHITE TRASH WEDNESDAY doesnt allow people with Jerseys to walk into the bar. He had on a Ryan Howard jersey. I was wearing a 14.99 Phils t-shirt and he was wearing a $100 jersey. Whats the deal? Is that Gangsta colors or something? Clearly about 45 percent of the bar came from the game ( its right over the bridge and cheap on Weds) because everyone was decked out in Phillies shirts. It made no sense to me at all.

NOw I dont mind bars that are a bit fancier like in Center City where its understood if you dont wear a nice button down shirt you will look like a slob. BUt I mean, the PEnnant??!?! what the hell. After one of the biggest games of the year, and someone just wants to wear a jersey.

We all eventually got seperated and I just peaced out. Promising again to myself that I would never step foot in that awful place. A funny night with a few other things I shouldn't post on here going down.

Pavement - Cut Your Hair

I miss the 90's
What ever happened to these guys? Funny there is part of the song talking about new bands coming and going.
The video has a guy in an ape suit getting a hair cut and a dude sneezing out a kitty cat.

"Tucker Vs the Gulls"

While walking done the boardwalk to munch on my slice of Maco and Manco PIzza with rick I was viciously attacked by Sea Gulls.

One second I am enjoying my hot slice of pizza than I hear flapping of wings I took a few steps foward and shifted my pizza on a paper plate out of reach of a dangerously close sea gull. Than not 5 seconds later another sea gull (heck maybe the same one) swooped down on my and actually put his foot on my hand. I could feel the his little bird feet clamp down on the back of my skull!

THan he tried to get the pizza again and I got part of the paper plate and tore it up. I ate the pizza after running for cover, even though I feared I might have gotten the bird flu.

Supposedly someone down the shore killed a seagull for taking his food recently. I also heard he might be going to jail. I can honesty say I can't blame the dude. Those things are annoying and getting out of hand. If I had a rock with in arms reach I could easily be posting my first in prision Tucker's World right now.

"Catching Waves"

SO during my week down the shore, I boggie boarded for the first time since I was around the age of 14.

The first day I went out I hit the beaches with my friend Justina (same one the previous post) and apperently its not like riding a bike.

First off we went to Whale Beach in Sea Isle, mainly because the waves are better there usually but also because people don't really go to that beach. Most people crowd the down town Sea Isle City beaches just off JFK, if you dont mind being a bit far from a bathroom or a place to eat than Whale Beach is pretty awesome. THey also dont hassle you at all for beach tags, and if you dont have them and have gone that far you might as well just drive an extra mile or two to Strathmere where they never ask for them.

The first day was a Monday after a stormy Sunday down the shore. Justina had the boogie boards so I figured why the hell not try it. The first day the waves were pretty crazy as result of the previous day of storms. I couldn't even stay on my board. Many times getting knocked off and not really riding at all.

There were many surfers and they were doing crazy things on their boards. Zipping up and down the wave, going parrell with the beach.
One time I had my back to the waves while watching this guy doing all kinds of moves on his board, even zig zagging around my capsized friend. While this happened a giant wave came up from behind me and knocked me right off my board. The safey wrist thing came undone and the board when zooming to the beach.

I darted after it yelling to Justina it was cool (they were actually her 9 yearold sisters boards so she was paranoid about us wrecking them) she at the time thought my running to the beach was shark related.

Various times I think I came close to death. Several times I realized the water I was in was way too deep for me to stand. Including one time when it took me about 5mins to paddle to standable land. I thought for a second I would be the big story on action news. But I didn't get sucked out or ride any waves.

The 2nd day I realized that I was doing something wrong as my friend was riding them to the beach like it was nothing. I did manage to ride a few but not that far before flipping off. The 3rd day my friend Rick came day he got quite a few laughes at us. But! I started actually riding the much smalled waves that time. That Friday (when both my firends were gone) I went to the beach and rented a board, and FINALLY was riding them pretty well to the beach.

Again on Friday the waves were dangerous. However, since I had to rent the board downtown I boarded on the crowded beach making me have to naviage through people standing there randomly and not crashing into other boarders(sea isle has assigned board beaches so many others were out there).

This time the waves were worse than Monday, or better I guess. THey would litterally crash over my head when I was only up to my waist in the water. A few times I was knocked off my feet and drug to shore by the board, because I wasnt in position.

One time when I think I was pretty airborne, a few times I got all the way to the sand. One of the best rides became a bit akward when I realized I run someone over. I flipped myself over to see what I hit. It was small boy who was clearly knocked under water by me and my board. THe kid was shaking his head and getting to his feet slowly.

"Sorry little man"
I offered him.
Then another huge wave crashed and hit us both. I really felt bad, but I didnt see him. I felt even worse when I saw the brace on his knee.

I went back out an hour later or so, and the waves were just insane. Just one after the other. My friend Justina wants us to learn to surf , actual surf next year. I am told it usually takes an entire summer to able to even stand up. So you have to look like a buffon and almost die several times before its actually fun. I am also certain I would likely die or break something if I tried it. Maybe next summer I will feel more dangerous. However, for now I will stick to the belly down, face foward position and taking kids out left and right like there is no tomorrow.

Eels - Last Stop This Town

"Stealing Abe"

So, I was down the shore all week. Which is always awesome. I honestly don't know how anyone could dislike the shore.

Anyway, I went out with my friend Justina Saturday night. We started out at a random bar in Somers point. I was pretty fired up, because I never went to those bars. We got there and I was ready to drink. We were meeting 3 of Justina's friends there. We waited in the parking lot of the one bar where one chick so we could all got to the actual bar we were going to spend the night at.

Justina and I waited while another girl in her car waited for the girl at the bar. Justina and I were parked in a way that appeared to block traffic in the parking lot as we waited. This went on for about what seemed like 10 Minutes and I just wanted to get a drink. It turned out she went out a different door and was on the other side of the bar waiting for us. So we all sat there waiting for each other in a parking lot. Odd misunderstanding, but nevertheless we were going to go a short distant down the road and drink!

We went to the next bar, and it was really cool. It had a nice deck bar. I was reaching for my money ready to get my first drink of my vacation. It wouldnt happen. One girl in the group freaked out. That she "didnt like the age of the crowd, it was too old.".

I scanned the bar and it looked like all 20 somethings to me. Certainly guys a lot younger than me. Granted EVERY shore bar you are going to get people their 40s and up drinking, because they are on vacation. Whatever, I didnt get my beer. Next thing I know we were going to drive to margate which is just south of AC and about 20 miles away. My friend Justina promised me she would drive me past Lucy the Elelphant (she did) to make up for the fact that it was a really odd situation.

When we got to the bar. The one girl lets call her Gina (because I dont remember her name) was ordering the drinks. At this point I was getting the brew shakes and wanted my beer. Gina got to the bar before anyone and started taking our orders. I ordered a miller lite and handeda 5 dollar bill to her. She started ordering the drinks and than refused to take my money.

Now I had just met Gina and certainly wasn't going to let her buy me a drink. I refused it once, than she insisted, I refused it 2nd time which is usually how it works. You refuse the offer twice and the offer is negiated. But at this point Gina's friend lets call her Lisa (dont remember her name either) was standing bettween me and Gina. During the 2nd decline Gina passed the 5 dollar bill back to me through her friend Lisa. Gina than faced the bar again to get more drinks, as she did this Lisa who had NOTHING to do with the money to beer transaction folded the 5-spot and put it in her pocket. Maybe in her mind that if the offer is refused the money is up for grabs to anyone?!? Tucker doesn't roll like that.

Now, at this point I am wondering what the hell am I supposed to do. Gina is going to think I was cheap and took the 5 bucks, and this girl randomly took my money. Not wanting to make a big deal about it I didnt say anything. I planned to tell Justina on the ride home so her friend wouldnt think I was cheap or a dickweed. I planned to tell her after she drove me by Lucy in order not to ruin it for the both of us.

However, she later at the bar told me she saw my 5 bucks get basically stolen from me. The odd thing was this bar had a much older crowd, was overly crowded and not at nice. The table next to us was filled with people that likely cashed their social security checks to go out drinking. So, I have no idea what the hell the issue was with the first nicer and closer bar.

LEsson for the day:
Girls are evil and nuts.

"Looks Who is Back!"

Well as promised I am back. You might have noticed that Tuckers World has been um non-existent for awhile.

It all started during the Flyers playoff run after having people over all the time for games, I would just watch the post game, clean up and go to bed. Its pretty easy to fall off the blogging wagon. After that it was pure laziness. I spent pretty much every weekend down the shore this summer so that doesn't help matters much either.

I dont even know where to start to blog about all the stuff that people blog about. During my vacation (sadly ending tonight) Bernie Mac and BIgfoot both died. Russia declared war on Georgia; I think they wanted their peaches or something. I am glad my friend didnt move down there, now thats its a war zone.

So, I am back, check out tuckers world while you should be working or doing something productive for society in general.

Tuckers World is back!

"The Internet Will Never Be the Same"

....well it will pretty much just be like it was two months ago. 08/17/08