Thursday, May 15, 2003
"Like Ray”
Because of taking vacation time and my hours at Sears being cut I worked maybe 50 hours if that in the past month. Needless to say I haven’t had this much down time in years. Most of it is spent looking for a new job, watching playoff hockey, or spending time with Liza. I think I even managed to drive the poor girl nuts a few days.
However, some people don’t even have to fill time with looking for a job, and do nothing all year round. Like Jenna’s brother Ray. This kid (actually man he turns 30 soon) has beaten the system. He hasn’t worked or cared to work for almost an entire year.
Last summer he got Jenna to buy his beer, but than he met a girl. He now lives with the girl and she lovingly foots the bill for all his expenses. Expenses include food, beer, and free rent. He once wrote a screenplay but as far as I know South Jersey is not a hotbed for people connected to movie studios.
I can’t imagine what he does with his day. It certainly doesn’t involve paying any of his bills, or any of the various other expenses that are years past due. Its amazing that he has managed to maintain a relationship with a girl (quite attractive one actually) this entire time. Showing little or not ambition to do anything other than take up space. He is my idol. Every time he sees me he tells me he is going to LA. Not unlike Kramer.
If he ever does need income I think a book on how to get everything by doing nothing would be a good idea. It’s amazing. I am not sure when Ray’s birthday is off, but I think I shouldn’t have to do anything
“A Great Lost”
Actor Robert Stack died earlier today died at 84 today. Stack best known to our generation as the host and voice of unsolved mysteries, and to our parents generation as Eliot Ness in the original untouchables series. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Written on the Wind.
He didn’t really take Hollywood or himself to seriously and his career reflected that when he moved over into the comedy genre. Most notable was his deadpan hilarious role in Airplane!. He also showed up in Steven Spielberg’s 1941, BASEketball, and the good awful Caddyshack II. He also did a voice for the transformers movie and Beavis and Butthead do America.
He is one of the actors that I would easily put on “cool” guys list. He could walk into a room, read a phone book, and make it seem compelling in some way.
He died of a heart attack and had been battling cancer.
Actor Robert Stack died earlier today died at 84 today. Stack best known to our generation as the host and voice of unsolved mysteries, and to our parents generation as Eliot Ness in the original untouchables series. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Written on the Wind.
He didn’t really take Hollywood or himself to seriously and his career reflected that when he moved over into the comedy genre. Most notable was his deadpan hilarious role in Airplane!. He also showed up in Steven Spielberg’s 1941, BASEketball, and the good awful Caddyshack II. He also did a voice for the transformers movie and Beavis and Butthead do America.
He is one of the actors that I would easily put on “cool” guys list. He could walk into a room, read a phone book, and make it seem compelling in some way.
He died of a heart attack and had been battling cancer.
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
“Cape Pay”
Ah another summer another beach tag controversy. For anyone who goes to the shore I am sure beach tag hunters have dogged them time and time again. Ocean City and Sea Isle got to the point that they have beach tag inspectors waiting for you when you cross over the dunes. You can either shell out money for a day pass, week pass, or an all season long pass. So if you’re a day tripper like me you either lose money or become locked into a certain shore point for the remainder of the summer. I usually go to either Sea Isle, Avalon, or Ocean City. All of which I have had to get beach tags at one time or another.
When I am at Avalon I usually use beach tags that my aunt has, because she lives there (in an insanely nice house). This is what the big deal is. The town of Cape May wants to make it illegal for people who rent out their homes, hotels and bed and break feast places to provide tags for the customers. I am sure if you any you ever rented a place at the shore you remember seeing the little tags in a little container sitting there ready for good use.
So basically the town of Cape May wants EVERYONE to buy their own damn beach tags so they can rake in the green. I guess you can see their point, even though it makes them sound like a bunch of jerks. However, who are they to tell people what they can do with something they purchased? Once someone buys a beach tag shouldn’t they have the right to flush the tags down the toilet or simply give them away as a perk to the people who laid out thousands of dollars to live in their house for a eek.
There are some people who think that they owe the town 10 bucks or so for the beach tags, and if they feel so guilty about it no one is stopping them from buying them. However, what businesses of the government is it what homeowners do with their property? Should people parking down town have to pay for the parking meter again if time still remains on the meter? Of course, not that’s stupid.
Oh yeah, and the way the law is written (so I heard from talk radio) is that the tidal lands of the shores belong to the people of New Jersey. So, um..that would mean that the shore points don’t even actually OWN the beach. Its public property. That would be like Stratford charging kids that go into park view woods. Although I don’t know why anyone would want to hang out there other than to get savagely bitten by ticks. I was never cool enough to go to those parties that were had out there.
Well if you are looking for free beaches there is the no beach tag Wednesday for Sea Isle and right next door free beaches at Sthrathmere, more known for its surfing conditions than anything else. Oh yeah there is always wildwood if you don’t mind the mile long walk to the ocean, the high HIV rate, the rampant drug problem or all the piles of trash on the beach
Ah another summer another beach tag controversy. For anyone who goes to the shore I am sure beach tag hunters have dogged them time and time again. Ocean City and Sea Isle got to the point that they have beach tag inspectors waiting for you when you cross over the dunes. You can either shell out money for a day pass, week pass, or an all season long pass. So if you’re a day tripper like me you either lose money or become locked into a certain shore point for the remainder of the summer. I usually go to either Sea Isle, Avalon, or Ocean City. All of which I have had to get beach tags at one time or another.
When I am at Avalon I usually use beach tags that my aunt has, because she lives there (in an insanely nice house). This is what the big deal is. The town of Cape May wants to make it illegal for people who rent out their homes, hotels and bed and break feast places to provide tags for the customers. I am sure if you any you ever rented a place at the shore you remember seeing the little tags in a little container sitting there ready for good use.
So basically the town of Cape May wants EVERYONE to buy their own damn beach tags so they can rake in the green. I guess you can see their point, even though it makes them sound like a bunch of jerks. However, who are they to tell people what they can do with something they purchased? Once someone buys a beach tag shouldn’t they have the right to flush the tags down the toilet or simply give them away as a perk to the people who laid out thousands of dollars to live in their house for a eek.
There are some people who think that they owe the town 10 bucks or so for the beach tags, and if they feel so guilty about it no one is stopping them from buying them. However, what businesses of the government is it what homeowners do with their property? Should people parking down town have to pay for the parking meter again if time still remains on the meter? Of course, not that’s stupid.
Oh yeah, and the way the law is written (so I heard from talk radio) is that the tidal lands of the shores belong to the people of New Jersey. So, um..that would mean that the shore points don’t even actually OWN the beach. Its public property. That would be like Stratford charging kids that go into park view woods. Although I don’t know why anyone would want to hang out there other than to get savagely bitten by ticks. I was never cool enough to go to those parties that were had out there.
Well if you are looking for free beaches there is the no beach tag Wednesday for Sea Isle and right next door free beaches at Sthrathmere, more known for its surfing conditions than anything else. Oh yeah there is always wildwood if you don’t mind the mile long walk to the ocean, the high HIV rate, the rampant drug problem or all the piles of trash on the beach
Thursday, May 08, 2003
“Useless Trivia”
Impress your co-workers, friends or classmates with virtually useless trivia.
During filming of the 1984 fantasy comedy splash starring Tom Hanks co-star Darrly Hannah had to film a scene when she violently ate a dish of lobsters. Being a vegetarian got her way when she asked director Ron Howard to place the lobster meat with tufu paste. It was placed in the shells of the lobsters and between takes she cried for the death of each and ever lobster that provided their shell for the film.
John Candy was supposed to get the role that went to Rick Morranis in Ghosbusters, but after various delays he was no longer available when the film started shooting.
The Legend of the Jersey Devil has him born in 1735 in Burlington
The golden arch for the McCdonald’s in Magnolia is one of the oldest in existence. That’s why its only one arch, instead of the double arches made into an M. It was moved from its original location which was about a mile down the pike from where it stands now near the Warwick Road intersection.
Years ago an internet rumor about Scott Baio dying in a car crash got so much circulation that radio stations picked it up. The rumor got so far that his parents called him up crying. He answered the phone saying he wasn’t dead for a few days. It was the same day that Chris Farley died. Scott Baio is alive and well many years later.
The long standing rumor that Mountain Dew lowers sperm count apparently changed in the last few years and actually had people thinking it could be used to prevent pregnancy. That is false if that were the true I would have more cases in my garage of the soft drink than Philly has pot holes.
The first year of the Flyers existence the roof off the newly build Spectrum blew off forcing the team to play many home games on the road.
In the early stages of the Flyers existence, they had a “support” team called the Jersey Devils. They played in Cherry Hill. My mom dated one of them, and was once offered a chance for a double date with Bob Clarke.
On the day I was born October 13, 1979 Michael Jackson’s song “Can’t Stop Till I Get Enough” hit number one.
Bald eagles can actually swim. They use an overhand movement of their wings that is very much like the butterfly stroke. There is one that sits on a post in the back waters of Sea Isle who I have seen on various fishing trips. He or I guess her build a nest there, but I have never seen the eagle showing off his or her swimming skills.
Liza has never seen a jellyfish.
Penguins used to able to fly and still have an organ above their eyes that turns saltwater into fresh water. I would imagine that’s a fun bar trick.
The South Jersey Highway Delsea drive got its name because of its destinations. It goes from Delaware to the Ocean. Its actually the street that takes you right into the heart of wildwood.
Drew once predicted that Jenna would be the downfall of the crew.
Consider yourself wiser now that you know all this stuff.
Impress your co-workers, friends or classmates with virtually useless trivia.
During filming of the 1984 fantasy comedy splash starring Tom Hanks co-star Darrly Hannah had to film a scene when she violently ate a dish of lobsters. Being a vegetarian got her way when she asked director Ron Howard to place the lobster meat with tufu paste. It was placed in the shells of the lobsters and between takes she cried for the death of each and ever lobster that provided their shell for the film.
John Candy was supposed to get the role that went to Rick Morranis in Ghosbusters, but after various delays he was no longer available when the film started shooting.
The Legend of the Jersey Devil has him born in 1735 in Burlington
The golden arch for the McCdonald’s in Magnolia is one of the oldest in existence. That’s why its only one arch, instead of the double arches made into an M. It was moved from its original location which was about a mile down the pike from where it stands now near the Warwick Road intersection.
Years ago an internet rumor about Scott Baio dying in a car crash got so much circulation that radio stations picked it up. The rumor got so far that his parents called him up crying. He answered the phone saying he wasn’t dead for a few days. It was the same day that Chris Farley died. Scott Baio is alive and well many years later.
The long standing rumor that Mountain Dew lowers sperm count apparently changed in the last few years and actually had people thinking it could be used to prevent pregnancy. That is false if that were the true I would have more cases in my garage of the soft drink than Philly has pot holes.
The first year of the Flyers existence the roof off the newly build Spectrum blew off forcing the team to play many home games on the road.
In the early stages of the Flyers existence, they had a “support” team called the Jersey Devils. They played in Cherry Hill. My mom dated one of them, and was once offered a chance for a double date with Bob Clarke.
On the day I was born October 13, 1979 Michael Jackson’s song “Can’t Stop Till I Get Enough” hit number one.
Bald eagles can actually swim. They use an overhand movement of their wings that is very much like the butterfly stroke. There is one that sits on a post in the back waters of Sea Isle who I have seen on various fishing trips. He or I guess her build a nest there, but I have never seen the eagle showing off his or her swimming skills.
Liza has never seen a jellyfish.
Penguins used to able to fly and still have an organ above their eyes that turns saltwater into fresh water. I would imagine that’s a fun bar trick.
The South Jersey Highway Delsea drive got its name because of its destinations. It goes from Delaware to the Ocean. Its actually the street that takes you right into the heart of wildwood.
Drew once predicted that Jenna would be the downfall of the crew.
Consider yourself wiser now that you know all this stuff.
Tuesday, May 06, 2003
“10 Things I Hate About Roman”
Okay, many of the 610 WIP people have been going to bat for the Flyers net minder all season long when the Flyers fans wanted his head his season. Philly isn’t exactly nice to goalies. You can’t blame them recent goalies such as Dominic Roussel and Tommy Soderstrom aren’t good enough to clean my toilet let alone win a cup for a team. Fans are like some one coming out of one bad relationship after another they keep looking for flaws in the current relationship. The relationship of the fans and CHECKO hasn’t been any thing to rival my long lasting friendship with my best friend in the world Jay.
Okay I am not going to say the goalie is the reason they Flyers got no where again this year, but it’s the reason that they won’t go any farther than they did. Of course their old legs, and horrible special teams would have doomed them anyway, but people should also realize that we never solved our goalie problems despite what the front office and the biased reports of the Flyers Comcast team might tell you.
1. I am sick of people comparing him to Hasek. Granted they are from the same part of the world, and they flip and flop a lot. However the recently retried Hasek had a better competitive edge, and his body was more flexible. He is lateral movements were incredible. He kept Buffalo alive for a few rounds each year despite their awful offense. His nickname is the Dominator and Cechmanek’s nickname is CHOKEMANEK.
2. People give him too much credit for his success this season. He has picked up an impressive amount of shot outs his time here. He tore up the Flyers all time shutout list in a mere two years. However a good deal of that has to do with the good defensive system (it fell apart in the post season) that the Flyers had in place. They did win the Jenny’s Throphy but that was because of the system it was more than goaltending. If you look at many of Roman’s shutouts they are when he faced very few shots and very savable ones at that. Times when the system only allowed a few shots from the blue line. The one victory this series that he had a shotout he earned, they other the Flyers defense did.
3. He is clearly here just for the money. That’s why he came here not to win a Stanley Cup, but to make a few million dollars. He didn’t come into the league until he was 31 if he wanted the Stanley Cup he would have came over here the first couple of times teams tried to make him an offer he couldn’t refuse. He hates living here more than Drew hates Bush.
4. He is inconstant he will make a the occasional eye-popping save, but he will let a goal in from the blueline even on occasion innocent dump ins.
5. He is easily rattled. You screen him he is done. You bump him he falls over and lays there like a wounded animal for a minute, even if he has the chance to get back to his skates he will lay flat on the ice.
6. He goes down way to quick a player comes over the blueline and he falls to his tummy. He gives them more net to shoot at. Sometimes the players will launch a shot off too quick and it will manage to hit him. Than Jim Jackson hollers and we all think he is the next Roy.
7. When he does go on a good run its mostly with bizarre looking slaves. It almost appears that he is letting himself get hit by a puck not saving the puck. Despite shutting teams out many times he never appears “UNBEATABLE” . It never gets to the point that the other teams think that he is shutting them down big time. People think its just luck, and sometime it is. They know once you get two goals past him he is done. He never rebounds from a bad goal. He also manages to let the puck in the net just at the wrong time to kill any momentum the Flyers had. Usually ones where people can’t imagine how someone could score from that distance or angle. Do you think anyone in the NHL actually fears him? Please he is a laughing stock, ask any outside fan visit other teams newsgroups. It is not just a philly negative thing.
8. Look at the replays of some of the goals he lets up. Sometimes its not lack of talent its lack of heart and total apathy. I think he might have A.D.D. or something, because his stance will be that of a goalie not facing a shot or in warm ups. The puck will go in and the most surprised person is usually Checko because he wasn’t either paying attention to the play, or wasn’t going to bother getting a good standing position until the players got farther into the zone. He plays better when he sees more shots, which is horrible.
9. Most the players on the team hate him. He doesn’t socialize with most of them.
10. He is another Hextall…a descent goalie at times. He can shutout the Ilsanders during the regular season so we can all see his great stats and not want to fault him for failure. But when push comes to shove and they need him to come up big he falls short. Sometimes after he comes up big he lets up a goal that shouldn’t have gone in erasing his previous effort. When it comes to Cup time he doesn’t make the saves he should. If you goalie doesn’t your done in this day in age that’s the bottom line. Who gives a damn if he shuts out Atlanta in December. Oh yeah and he is past his prime.
Note to Snider: Next time you wonder why you don’t make front pages of news papers anymore or why there are more empty seats in the FU center than disregarded pizza boxes at Dukes apartment look at every elimination game over the past 4 years.
Okay, many of the 610 WIP people have been going to bat for the Flyers net minder all season long when the Flyers fans wanted his head his season. Philly isn’t exactly nice to goalies. You can’t blame them recent goalies such as Dominic Roussel and Tommy Soderstrom aren’t good enough to clean my toilet let alone win a cup for a team. Fans are like some one coming out of one bad relationship after another they keep looking for flaws in the current relationship. The relationship of the fans and CHECKO hasn’t been any thing to rival my long lasting friendship with my best friend in the world Jay.
Okay I am not going to say the goalie is the reason they Flyers got no where again this year, but it’s the reason that they won’t go any farther than they did. Of course their old legs, and horrible special teams would have doomed them anyway, but people should also realize that we never solved our goalie problems despite what the front office and the biased reports of the Flyers Comcast team might tell you.
1. I am sick of people comparing him to Hasek. Granted they are from the same part of the world, and they flip and flop a lot. However the recently retried Hasek had a better competitive edge, and his body was more flexible. He is lateral movements were incredible. He kept Buffalo alive for a few rounds each year despite their awful offense. His nickname is the Dominator and Cechmanek’s nickname is CHOKEMANEK.
2. People give him too much credit for his success this season. He has picked up an impressive amount of shot outs his time here. He tore up the Flyers all time shutout list in a mere two years. However a good deal of that has to do with the good defensive system (it fell apart in the post season) that the Flyers had in place. They did win the Jenny’s Throphy but that was because of the system it was more than goaltending. If you look at many of Roman’s shutouts they are when he faced very few shots and very savable ones at that. Times when the system only allowed a few shots from the blue line. The one victory this series that he had a shotout he earned, they other the Flyers defense did.
3. He is clearly here just for the money. That’s why he came here not to win a Stanley Cup, but to make a few million dollars. He didn’t come into the league until he was 31 if he wanted the Stanley Cup he would have came over here the first couple of times teams tried to make him an offer he couldn’t refuse. He hates living here more than Drew hates Bush.
4. He is inconstant he will make a the occasional eye-popping save, but he will let a goal in from the blueline even on occasion innocent dump ins.
5. He is easily rattled. You screen him he is done. You bump him he falls over and lays there like a wounded animal for a minute, even if he has the chance to get back to his skates he will lay flat on the ice.
6. He goes down way to quick a player comes over the blueline and he falls to his tummy. He gives them more net to shoot at. Sometimes the players will launch a shot off too quick and it will manage to hit him. Than Jim Jackson hollers and we all think he is the next Roy.
7. When he does go on a good run its mostly with bizarre looking slaves. It almost appears that he is letting himself get hit by a puck not saving the puck. Despite shutting teams out many times he never appears “UNBEATABLE” . It never gets to the point that the other teams think that he is shutting them down big time. People think its just luck, and sometime it is. They know once you get two goals past him he is done. He never rebounds from a bad goal. He also manages to let the puck in the net just at the wrong time to kill any momentum the Flyers had. Usually ones where people can’t imagine how someone could score from that distance or angle. Do you think anyone in the NHL actually fears him? Please he is a laughing stock, ask any outside fan visit other teams newsgroups. It is not just a philly negative thing.
8. Look at the replays of some of the goals he lets up. Sometimes its not lack of talent its lack of heart and total apathy. I think he might have A.D.D. or something, because his stance will be that of a goalie not facing a shot or in warm ups. The puck will go in and the most surprised person is usually Checko because he wasn’t either paying attention to the play, or wasn’t going to bother getting a good standing position until the players got farther into the zone. He plays better when he sees more shots, which is horrible.
9. Most the players on the team hate him. He doesn’t socialize with most of them.
10. He is another Hextall…a descent goalie at times. He can shutout the Ilsanders during the regular season so we can all see his great stats and not want to fault him for failure. But when push comes to shove and they need him to come up big he falls short. Sometimes after he comes up big he lets up a goal that shouldn’t have gone in erasing his previous effort. When it comes to Cup time he doesn’t make the saves he should. If you goalie doesn’t your done in this day in age that’s the bottom line. Who gives a damn if he shuts out Atlanta in December. Oh yeah and he is past his prime.
Note to Snider: Next time you wonder why you don’t make front pages of news papers anymore or why there are more empty seats in the FU center than disregarded pizza boxes at Dukes apartment look at every elimination game over the past 4 years.
“10 Things I Hate About Roman”
Okay, many of the 610 WIP people have been going to bat for the Flyers net minder all season long when the Flyers fans wanted his head his season. Philly isn’t exactly nice to goalies. You can’t blame them recent goalies such as Dominic Roussel and Tommy Soderstrom aren’t good enough to clean my toilet let alone win a cup for a team. Fans are like some one coming out of one bad relationship after another they keep looking for flaws in the current relationship. The relationship of the fans and CHECKO hasn’t been any thing to rival my long lasting friendship with my best friend in the world Jay.
Okay I am not going to say the goalie is the reason they Flyers got no where again this year, but it’s the reason that they won’t go any farther than they did. Of course their old legs, and horrible special teams would have doomed them anyway, but people should also realize that we never solved our goalie problems despite what the front office and the biased reports of the Flyers Comcast team might tell you.
1. I am sick of people comparing him to Hasek. Granted they are from the same part of the world, and they flip and flop a lot. However the recently retried Hasek had a better competitive edge, and his body was more flexible. He is lateral movements were incredible. He kept Buffalo alive for a few rounds each year despite their awful offense. His nickname is the Dominator and Cechmanek’s nickname is CHOKEMANEK.
2. People give him too much credit for his success this season. He has picked up an impressive amount of shot outs his time here. He tore up the Flyers all time shutout list in a mere two years. However a good deal of that has to do with the good defensive system (it fell apart in the post season) that the Flyers had in place. They did win the Jenny’s Throphy but that was because of the system it was more than goaltending. If you look at many of Roman’s shutouts they are when he faced very few shots and very savable ones at that. Times when the system only allowed a few shots from the blue line. The one victory this series that he had a shotout he earned, they other the Flyers defense did.
3. He is clearly here just for the money. That’s why he came here not to win a Stanley Cup, but to make a few million dollars. He didn’t come into the league until he was 31 if he wanted the Stanley Cup he would have came over here the first couple of times teams tried to make him an offer he couldn’t refuse. He hates living here more than Drew hates Bush.
4. He is inconstant he will make a the occasional eye-popping save, but he will let a goal in from the blueline even on occasion innocent dump ins.
5. He is easily rattled. You screen him he is done. You bump him he falls over and lays there like a wounded animal for a minute, even if he has the chance to get back to his skates he will lay flat on the ice.
6. He goes down way to quick a player comes over the blueline and he falls to his tummy. He gives them more net to shoot at. Sometimes the players will launch a shot off too quick and it will manage to hit him. Than Jim Jackson hollers and we all think he is the next Roy.
7. When he does go on a good run its mostly with bizarre looking slaves. It almost appears that he is letting himself get hit by a puck not saving the puck. Despite shutting teams out many times he never appears “UNBEATABLE” . It never gets to the point that the other teams think that he is shutting them down big time. People think its just luck, and sometime it is. They know once you get two goals past him he is done. He never rebounds from a bad goal. He also manages to let the puck in the net just at the wrong time to kill any momentum the Flyers had. Usually ones where people can’t imagine how someone could score from that distance or angle. Do you think anyone in the NHL actually fears him? Please he is a laughing stock, ask any outside fan visit other teams newsgroups. It is not just a philly negative thing.
8. Look at the replays of some of the goals he lets up. Sometimes its not lack of talent its lack of heart and total apathy. I think he might have A.D.D. or something, because his stance will be that of a goalie not facing a shot or in warm ups. The puck will go in and the most surprised person is usually Checko because he wasn’t either paying attention to the play, or wasn’t going to bother getting a good standing position until the players got farther into the zone. He plays better when he sees more shots, which is horrible.
9. Most the players on the team hate him. He doesn’t socialize with most of them.
10. He is another Hextall…a descent goalie at times. He can shutout the Ilsanders during the regular season so we can all see his great stats and not want to fault him for failure. But when push comes to shove and they need him to come up big he falls short. Sometimes after he comes up big he lets up a goal that shouldn’t have gone in erasing his previous effort. When it comes to Cup time he doesn’t make the saves he should. If you goalie doesn’t your done in this day in age that’s the bottom line. Who gives a damn if he shuts out Atlanta in December. Oh yeah and he is past his prime.
Note to Snider: Next time you wonder why you don’t make front pages of news papers anymore or why there are more empty seats in the FU center than disregarded pizza boxes at Dukes apartment look every elimination game over the past 4 years.
Okay, many of the 610 WIP people have been going to bat for the Flyers net minder all season long when the Flyers fans wanted his head his season. Philly isn’t exactly nice to goalies. You can’t blame them recent goalies such as Dominic Roussel and Tommy Soderstrom aren’t good enough to clean my toilet let alone win a cup for a team. Fans are like some one coming out of one bad relationship after another they keep looking for flaws in the current relationship. The relationship of the fans and CHECKO hasn’t been any thing to rival my long lasting friendship with my best friend in the world Jay.
Okay I am not going to say the goalie is the reason they Flyers got no where again this year, but it’s the reason that they won’t go any farther than they did. Of course their old legs, and horrible special teams would have doomed them anyway, but people should also realize that we never solved our goalie problems despite what the front office and the biased reports of the Flyers Comcast team might tell you.
1. I am sick of people comparing him to Hasek. Granted they are from the same part of the world, and they flip and flop a lot. However the recently retried Hasek had a better competitive edge, and his body was more flexible. He is lateral movements were incredible. He kept Buffalo alive for a few rounds each year despite their awful offense. His nickname is the Dominator and Cechmanek’s nickname is CHOKEMANEK.
2. People give him too much credit for his success this season. He has picked up an impressive amount of shot outs his time here. He tore up the Flyers all time shutout list in a mere two years. However a good deal of that has to do with the good defensive system (it fell apart in the post season) that the Flyers had in place. They did win the Jenny’s Throphy but that was because of the system it was more than goaltending. If you look at many of Roman’s shutouts they are when he faced very few shots and very savable ones at that. Times when the system only allowed a few shots from the blue line. The one victory this series that he had a shotout he earned, they other the Flyers defense did.
3. He is clearly here just for the money. That’s why he came here not to win a Stanley Cup, but to make a few million dollars. He didn’t come into the league until he was 31 if he wanted the Stanley Cup he would have came over here the first couple of times teams tried to make him an offer he couldn’t refuse. He hates living here more than Drew hates Bush.
4. He is inconstant he will make a the occasional eye-popping save, but he will let a goal in from the blueline even on occasion innocent dump ins.
5. He is easily rattled. You screen him he is done. You bump him he falls over and lays there like a wounded animal for a minute, even if he has the chance to get back to his skates he will lay flat on the ice.
6. He goes down way to quick a player comes over the blueline and he falls to his tummy. He gives them more net to shoot at. Sometimes the players will launch a shot off too quick and it will manage to hit him. Than Jim Jackson hollers and we all think he is the next Roy.
7. When he does go on a good run its mostly with bizarre looking slaves. It almost appears that he is letting himself get hit by a puck not saving the puck. Despite shutting teams out many times he never appears “UNBEATABLE” . It never gets to the point that the other teams think that he is shutting them down big time. People think its just luck, and sometime it is. They know once you get two goals past him he is done. He never rebounds from a bad goal. He also manages to let the puck in the net just at the wrong time to kill any momentum the Flyers had. Usually ones where people can’t imagine how someone could score from that distance or angle. Do you think anyone in the NHL actually fears him? Please he is a laughing stock, ask any outside fan visit other teams newsgroups. It is not just a philly negative thing.
8. Look at the replays of some of the goals he lets up. Sometimes its not lack of talent its lack of heart and total apathy. I think he might have A.D.D. or something, because his stance will be that of a goalie not facing a shot or in warm ups. The puck will go in and the most surprised person is usually Checko because he wasn’t either paying attention to the play, or wasn’t going to bother getting a good standing position until the players got farther into the zone. He plays better when he sees more shots, which is horrible.
9. Most the players on the team hate him. He doesn’t socialize with most of them.
10. He is another Hextall…a descent goalie at times. He can shutout the Ilsanders during the regular season so we can all see his great stats and not want to fault him for failure. But when push comes to shove and they need him to come up big he falls short. Sometimes after he comes up big he lets up a goal that shouldn’t have gone in erasing his previous effort. When it comes to Cup time he doesn’t make the saves he should. If you goalie doesn’t your done in this day in age that’s the bottom line. Who gives a damn if he shuts out Atlanta in December. Oh yeah and he is past his prime.
Note to Snider: Next time you wonder why you don’t make front pages of news papers anymore or why there are more empty seats in the FU center than disregarded pizza boxes at Dukes apartment look every elimination game over the past 4 years.
Monday, May 05, 2003
“Melted Ice”
The Flyers got eliminated to the leafs tonight 4 games to 2 tonight. The same old problems that plagued the team last year made them bow out tonight. Horrible special teams and shaky goaltending. They again lost an inspired blowout of game to be eliminated. I didn’t even watch most of the game past the 2nd goal. If you scoll back in my blog you will read how I pointed out that they aren’t much of a better team than they were last year. Granted it was before they picked up some players, but most of them faded into nothing since.
The players wanted the fans to forget what happened last year when they won in an exciting 1st round they did for awhile. However, after tonight’s lopsided score round 1 of this year is the series that will be forgotten not last seasons round 1. Getting past the first round isn’t and improvement its expected with this huge salary.
The empty seats are likely to multiply and believe it or not there is a rumor of a ticket price hike for next season. My father and I are seriously considering discontinuing ours. It isn’t like we would have trouble getting tickets to a game since most of the games won’t sell out just like a number of them didn’t last year.
As the ice melts tomorrow, it will be the last ice many of the Flyers play on as Flyers. I can only hope that many of them won’t return. Id hope any of the older players they can dump they do. Although it will be hard to deal duds like Leclair, Amonte, and Rico. Maybe they can use some of the players to get a competent goalie.
The best thing to do at this point, and I wanted them to do it last year. Is basically stop fooling themselves, and dump all the old heads for young prospects and younger players. It might result in not making the playoffs for a few years but if they draft the right players it will pay off in a few years. This year was just waste of time and money if you think about it.
Its going to be difficult to dump some of the older players because no one will want most of the washed up players. I don’t expect anyone to retire really. Although maybe Leclair should. This might slow the process down but if the NHL gets a salary cap for 2004 they don’t have much choice but to dump some of these players. It would be easier to make a list of Flyers I would keep next year so here it is.
Gagne (young)
Williams (young)
Weinrich
Murray (quick and small price take)
Ragnerson (over the increaingly awful Johnson)
Esche (eh he is just a back up)
Chouirnard (prospect)
Lapointe ( good pick up)
Brasher (Affirmative Action)
Handzus (Quick and hasn't had his best season yet)
Everyone else is expendable I would think. Even JR, let him go win a cup somewhere. You could easily get something for him despite his decrease in skills. He is a good PR man for any team, and I would imagine we could get some high draft picks for him. Let every free agent walk and try to find young talent or throw away players. Treat the team as a expansion team so expectations will be low for years, but the talent pool will be growing.
Oh well I expect my annual flood of emails, phone calls and etc to either offer condolences or rub it in. There are still about 12 minutes left in the game so it should start any minute. They can give him Tony "washed up" Amonte too.
The Flyers got eliminated to the leafs tonight 4 games to 2 tonight. The same old problems that plagued the team last year made them bow out tonight. Horrible special teams and shaky goaltending. They again lost an inspired blowout of game to be eliminated. I didn’t even watch most of the game past the 2nd goal. If you scoll back in my blog you will read how I pointed out that they aren’t much of a better team than they were last year. Granted it was before they picked up some players, but most of them faded into nothing since.
The players wanted the fans to forget what happened last year when they won in an exciting 1st round they did for awhile. However, after tonight’s lopsided score round 1 of this year is the series that will be forgotten not last seasons round 1. Getting past the first round isn’t and improvement its expected with this huge salary.
The empty seats are likely to multiply and believe it or not there is a rumor of a ticket price hike for next season. My father and I are seriously considering discontinuing ours. It isn’t like we would have trouble getting tickets to a game since most of the games won’t sell out just like a number of them didn’t last year.
As the ice melts tomorrow, it will be the last ice many of the Flyers play on as Flyers. I can only hope that many of them won’t return. Id hope any of the older players they can dump they do. Although it will be hard to deal duds like Leclair, Amonte, and Rico. Maybe they can use some of the players to get a competent goalie.
The best thing to do at this point, and I wanted them to do it last year. Is basically stop fooling themselves, and dump all the old heads for young prospects and younger players. It might result in not making the playoffs for a few years but if they draft the right players it will pay off in a few years. This year was just waste of time and money if you think about it.
Its going to be difficult to dump some of the older players because no one will want most of the washed up players. I don’t expect anyone to retire really. Although maybe Leclair should. This might slow the process down but if the NHL gets a salary cap for 2004 they don’t have much choice but to dump some of these players. It would be easier to make a list of Flyers I would keep next year so here it is.
Gagne (young)
Williams (young)
Weinrich
Murray (quick and small price take)
Ragnerson (over the increaingly awful Johnson)
Esche (eh he is just a back up)
Chouirnard (prospect)
Lapointe ( good pick up)
Brasher (Affirmative Action)
Handzus (Quick and hasn't had his best season yet)
Everyone else is expendable I would think. Even JR, let him go win a cup somewhere. You could easily get something for him despite his decrease in skills. He is a good PR man for any team, and I would imagine we could get some high draft picks for him. Let every free agent walk and try to find young talent or throw away players. Treat the team as a expansion team so expectations will be low for years, but the talent pool will be growing.
Oh well I expect my annual flood of emails, phone calls and etc to either offer condolences or rub it in. There are still about 12 minutes left in the game so it should start any minute. They can give him Tony "washed up" Amonte too.
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
”I do, I love to see others squirm.. I love to see others and make others feel uncomfortable.” Dan K.
“Under Your Skin”
We all ( most of my readers anyway) remember Dan K.’s ablitity to try to ruin a night out at the bar. His ability to move a dark cloud over anyone’s head and joy of making people reevaluate their life in mere minutes. I once saw him work on person after person at night out at Top Dog. Trying to get one miserable person to knock into the other….a domino effect if you will. The more forlorn the person gets the more joyous he becomes. He feeds off it like Ottawa feeds off a Flyers turn over. Its his drug.
Does he still have it after all these years? Well I have provided a recent email between him and a co-worker. You decide if he still has the skill. Granted I egg him on sometimes out of amusement but I am sure he gets more out of it than me.
Dan K. How's life?
Co-worker: going well.
Dan K.
Really ? Well you look miserable.....come on, tell me what's wrong. Why are you
putting on a facade.
Co-worker
what facade? I feel just fine.
Dan K.
Stop pretending to be happy, and just admit that something is eating you up
inside.
I can see right through you. You're transparent, like a freshly cleaned
window. Why pretend to be happy and jovial when you know damn right well
you're MISERABLE.
Co-worker
there really isn't anything that's bothering me....but now that you mention
it, I do have 1 stick in my craw. You....
Dan K.
That means something must be wrong, and you're just mad because I can see
right through you.
You lie like a rug....you're just a cog in the wheel...a SHEEP.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LIZ (her name)........BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Co-worker
am I that transparent? or is it just because you've been blessed with some
sort of otherworldly gift which enables you to cut right to the core of
someone's innermost true feelings? you f'in fruitcake!
Co-worker
nosy bastard. does you mother ( I doubt it Dan isn’t speaking to her over something to do with emails) know that she gave life to south jersey's
foremost nosy parker? christ. you want to know what's bugging me? My
grandmother is dying of cancer and I feel like I'm standing on my last
emotional legs. there, you happy now?
Dan K catches a glimpse of himself and catches himself grinning ear to ear. Yep Dan K. still can bring out the misery in everyone else. He managed to destroyed this girls brave front with a few clicks of a mouse full of devilish glee from his nice large office. It might have been interpreted on someone trying to help another out, but I know better. It was simply Dan K amusing himself and feeding off the misery of others.
Note to Readers:
Jay won the actors contest. He beat out two other people that acutally did it.
“Under Your Skin”
We all ( most of my readers anyway) remember Dan K.’s ablitity to try to ruin a night out at the bar. His ability to move a dark cloud over anyone’s head and joy of making people reevaluate their life in mere minutes. I once saw him work on person after person at night out at Top Dog. Trying to get one miserable person to knock into the other….a domino effect if you will. The more forlorn the person gets the more joyous he becomes. He feeds off it like Ottawa feeds off a Flyers turn over. Its his drug.
Does he still have it after all these years? Well I have provided a recent email between him and a co-worker. You decide if he still has the skill. Granted I egg him on sometimes out of amusement but I am sure he gets more out of it than me.
Dan K. How's life?
Co-worker: going well.
Dan K.
Really ? Well you look miserable.....come on, tell me what's wrong. Why are you
putting on a facade.
Co-worker
what facade? I feel just fine.
Dan K.
Stop pretending to be happy, and just admit that something is eating you up
inside.
I can see right through you. You're transparent, like a freshly cleaned
window. Why pretend to be happy and jovial when you know damn right well
you're MISERABLE.
Co-worker
there really isn't anything that's bothering me....but now that you mention
it, I do have 1 stick in my craw. You....
Dan K.
That means something must be wrong, and you're just mad because I can see
right through you.
You lie like a rug....you're just a cog in the wheel...a SHEEP.
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LIZ (her name)........BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Co-worker
am I that transparent? or is it just because you've been blessed with some
sort of otherworldly gift which enables you to cut right to the core of
someone's innermost true feelings? you f'in fruitcake!
Co-worker
nosy bastard. does you mother ( I doubt it Dan isn’t speaking to her over something to do with emails) know that she gave life to south jersey's
foremost nosy parker? christ. you want to know what's bugging me? My
grandmother is dying of cancer and I feel like I'm standing on my last
emotional legs. there, you happy now?
Dan K catches a glimpse of himself and catches himself grinning ear to ear. Yep Dan K. still can bring out the misery in everyone else. He managed to destroyed this girls brave front with a few clicks of a mouse full of devilish glee from his nice large office. It might have been interpreted on someone trying to help another out, but I know better. It was simply Dan K amusing himself and feeding off the misery of others.
Note to Readers:
Jay won the actors contest. He beat out two other people that acutally did it.
“Good Old Philly”
Ah, the good old city just over the bridge. It was in rare form tonight my friends. I was there tonight to see the Flyers play half-assed in front of a bunch of fans who spent a ton of hard earned money to see the game in person.
Right after my father and I paid 10 bucks for parking there was a random homeless guy sifting through the dumpster looking for cans. What a great way to greet anyone from out of town catching some playoff action. You do kind of have to feel sorry for that guy since we can afford to rent a piece of asphalt for 3 hours for 10 bucks, and this poor guy has to recycle cans to pay for his next meal or heroine shot which ever comes first.
In the second parking lot there were a bunch of under age kids drinking not even trying to hide their illegal action. Of course I was there once, so I was just like boys being boys that’s cool I hope they don’t get caught. On the other side of a row of cars sat a cop in his car seemingly bored out of his mind staring at nothing of interest. If I paid Philly taxes I might wonder why he wasn’t bothering to stop scalpers or directing horrendous life threatening traffic patterns or stop the under age drinking party.
While at the game a fight almost broke out in our section. Also during some of the few actual minutes of inspired play offensively for the orange and black a piece of white trash obstructed my view. He stood there with a not so bright look on his face at the end of a flight of steps leading down to the concourse. Of course this is like ordering a topping on a pizza slice in south Philly after a night at the bars. We all shouted things at the either drunk or ignorant person. I was mere seconds away from telling him we didn’t pay 75 bucks a pop to look at his back side. I figured all of section 215 had my back at that point.
Later on some guy was accused of something in the last row of the section. It might have had something to do with the giant hole made in the roof above or the graffiti next to it. It was upside down so I couldn’t read it.
Speaking of reading the people at the Philly Daily News were nice enough to give us a free copy of their newspaper with a special flyers cover. If you want to read a great article they published in an edition any child could have had in their hands on cut and paste this link. Its basically about some guys who tour cities doing plays with their genitals. They give an interview that is both humorous and informative.
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/5737547.htm
Okay, so I doubt many kids were excited that they got a free newspaper. However they might have been if they looked over their fathers shoulder and saw Bert, Ernie, Miss Piggy and Lamb Chop. They article decided to let us know what other puppets were saying about this puppet show. There are some sick people working at this paper. It is not available on philly.com so I will put some quotes here for you. If you want a copy many fans nonchalantly tossed their papers which broke into millions (it’s a tabloid style paper) of pieces littering the premises.
Miss Piggy
“Well I never…If I ever caught my Kermie playing with Little Kermie that way, I’d break his little green head. Not THAT one. I could never imagine how anyone could eat sausages before watching this, and I am even more disgusted now."
Ernie
“Gee Bert, I’ll bet I couldn’t do those.”
Bert:
“Oh Erine,please, you were just showing me the Hamburger last night.”
Lambchop
“Oh I could tell you some stories you wouldn’t believe. That broad (the late Shari Lewis) could twist me a lot worse than those Aussies with their boomerangs and I didn’t make a dime off it.”
Of course the fans flipped flopped as usual. Everyone was excited that Fedoruk was playing his first post-season game. Nicknamed “The Fridge” it was clear he was dressed to rough up the opponent. Instead, the overly nervous fridge gave away the puck on his first shift almost letting up a goal. He logged maybe 4 minutes in ice time, making the coach double shift a player on the 4th line. Maybe the fridge needs to be checked off used and damaged from now on. Of course every fan (including the ones that cheered when the saw he was playing) said they would never had dressed him in a million years.
As my father and I stepped out of the FU center, I asked him why it smelled like horse crap outside. He told me it was simply the stench of Philly. By the time we reached the father parking lot passing the people selling balloons to brighten up a child’s night or more likely give fans a quick high for a buck I realized it wasn’t horse manure I was smelling. It was the combination of urine, lingering pot smoke (perhaps a drift from south street), cheese steaks, sewage, air pollution, exhaust and good old fashioned Philly funk. On second thought it might just be the rotting corpse of the Flyers Stanley Cup hopes.
Ah, the good old city just over the bridge. It was in rare form tonight my friends. I was there tonight to see the Flyers play half-assed in front of a bunch of fans who spent a ton of hard earned money to see the game in person.
Right after my father and I paid 10 bucks for parking there was a random homeless guy sifting through the dumpster looking for cans. What a great way to greet anyone from out of town catching some playoff action. You do kind of have to feel sorry for that guy since we can afford to rent a piece of asphalt for 3 hours for 10 bucks, and this poor guy has to recycle cans to pay for his next meal or heroine shot which ever comes first.
In the second parking lot there were a bunch of under age kids drinking not even trying to hide their illegal action. Of course I was there once, so I was just like boys being boys that’s cool I hope they don’t get caught. On the other side of a row of cars sat a cop in his car seemingly bored out of his mind staring at nothing of interest. If I paid Philly taxes I might wonder why he wasn’t bothering to stop scalpers or directing horrendous life threatening traffic patterns or stop the under age drinking party.
While at the game a fight almost broke out in our section. Also during some of the few actual minutes of inspired play offensively for the orange and black a piece of white trash obstructed my view. He stood there with a not so bright look on his face at the end of a flight of steps leading down to the concourse. Of course this is like ordering a topping on a pizza slice in south Philly after a night at the bars. We all shouted things at the either drunk or ignorant person. I was mere seconds away from telling him we didn’t pay 75 bucks a pop to look at his back side. I figured all of section 215 had my back at that point.
Later on some guy was accused of something in the last row of the section. It might have had something to do with the giant hole made in the roof above or the graffiti next to it. It was upside down so I couldn’t read it.
Speaking of reading the people at the Philly Daily News were nice enough to give us a free copy of their newspaper with a special flyers cover. If you want to read a great article they published in an edition any child could have had in their hands on cut and paste this link. Its basically about some guys who tour cities doing plays with their genitals. They give an interview that is both humorous and informative.
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/5737547.htm
Okay, so I doubt many kids were excited that they got a free newspaper. However they might have been if they looked over their fathers shoulder and saw Bert, Ernie, Miss Piggy and Lamb Chop. They article decided to let us know what other puppets were saying about this puppet show. There are some sick people working at this paper. It is not available on philly.com so I will put some quotes here for you. If you want a copy many fans nonchalantly tossed their papers which broke into millions (it’s a tabloid style paper) of pieces littering the premises.
Miss Piggy
“Well I never…If I ever caught my Kermie playing with Little Kermie that way, I’d break his little green head. Not THAT one. I could never imagine how anyone could eat sausages before watching this, and I am even more disgusted now."
Ernie
“Gee Bert, I’ll bet I couldn’t do those.”
Bert:
“Oh Erine,please, you were just showing me the Hamburger last night.”
Lambchop
“Oh I could tell you some stories you wouldn’t believe. That broad (the late Shari Lewis) could twist me a lot worse than those Aussies with their boomerangs and I didn’t make a dime off it.”
Of course the fans flipped flopped as usual. Everyone was excited that Fedoruk was playing his first post-season game. Nicknamed “The Fridge” it was clear he was dressed to rough up the opponent. Instead, the overly nervous fridge gave away the puck on his first shift almost letting up a goal. He logged maybe 4 minutes in ice time, making the coach double shift a player on the 4th line. Maybe the fridge needs to be checked off used and damaged from now on. Of course every fan (including the ones that cheered when the saw he was playing) said they would never had dressed him in a million years.
As my father and I stepped out of the FU center, I asked him why it smelled like horse crap outside. He told me it was simply the stench of Philly. By the time we reached the father parking lot passing the people selling balloons to brighten up a child’s night or more likely give fans a quick high for a buck I realized it wasn’t horse manure I was smelling. It was the combination of urine, lingering pot smoke (perhaps a drift from south street), cheese steaks, sewage, air pollution, exhaust and good old fashioned Philly funk. On second thought it might just be the rotting corpse of the Flyers Stanley Cup hopes.
Monday, April 28, 2003
"Gay USA"
All good old Rick Santorum the first big story since Americans (not this one) have completely stopped caring about that pesky War over seas. Hell it seems more people are concerned about the NBA and NHL playoffs than if we catch the entire deck of terrorist playing cards or not.
Seems Santorum sees no difference between two men doing each other up the butt and a lonely farmer and his sheep and/or sister getting it on. Now every columnist in America has been putting in their two cents and since most of my readers are also readers at John and Drew’s blogs I figured I would take a swing at the lifeless horse.
Okay I am not the most liberal person in the world but I think I am pegged a little too far to the right on occasion. I have no problem with homosexuality and although I think homosexuals have different chemicals in their brains to make them desire the same sex. What with the discovery of the GAY SHEEP and all. Some just become gay out of boredom, or for the thrill of it. I know several people that are gay, and although I am not close to any of them. I don’t feel as if they should be short changed if they want to marry one another. Although their wedding albums might be a lot more humorous than their heterosexual counter parts. I am sure there are better gay couples than some of the most horribly mismatched so called “normal” couples out there. As for kids, it should be legal for them to adopt, but it’s something that I don’t think is all that great of an idea.
Yes, I am sensitive towards homos. What little fags do in their bedrooms is their own business. Who am I to stand in the way of the love of two fairies? If two little fruits want to have tax breaks and the same headaches that go along with marriage than let them join the party!
I am kidding of course, but many people in the country actually agree with what the guy said some behind closed doors. Like it or not it’s a moral issue. It isn’t like racism in a way it’s a moral issue and is about how people live their lives. Just like the Dixie Chick who spoke her mind, he is entitled to his own views. Granted the topic of conversation and persons job differ, but its just two Americans speaking their mind.
I think Santorum is was off base, but who am I to say he can’t tell us what he thinks? Some people still honestly believe that being gay is wrong and a conscience social decision that is perverted. In 2003 that might seem like a horrendous point of view, especially for the balk of my readers who grew up in New Jersey. Could this man's potential power affect the rights of gays more than the Dixi Chicks? Well of course. I don’t agree with either of them but, they should be allowed to state their views no matter how annoying.
I guess you can get him to apologize, but we would all know it wan’t sincere. I don’t understand what him apologizing for his remarks would do. I guess some people are dumb enough to forget it and pretend he didn’t mean it. Some people flat out agree with his statements so why should they have someone who speaks for them be silenced? I think people who were defending the rights of all the anti-war talkers with unpopular opinions could be calling for his head is just hypocritical. Yeah these people are all patriots until someone has another opinion than them. Free speech is free speech no matter how bizarre the comments of Santorum are, anyone who disagrees with that is just gay.
All good old Rick Santorum the first big story since Americans (not this one) have completely stopped caring about that pesky War over seas. Hell it seems more people are concerned about the NBA and NHL playoffs than if we catch the entire deck of terrorist playing cards or not.
Seems Santorum sees no difference between two men doing each other up the butt and a lonely farmer and his sheep and/or sister getting it on. Now every columnist in America has been putting in their two cents and since most of my readers are also readers at John and Drew’s blogs I figured I would take a swing at the lifeless horse.
Okay I am not the most liberal person in the world but I think I am pegged a little too far to the right on occasion. I have no problem with homosexuality and although I think homosexuals have different chemicals in their brains to make them desire the same sex. What with the discovery of the GAY SHEEP and all. Some just become gay out of boredom, or for the thrill of it. I know several people that are gay, and although I am not close to any of them. I don’t feel as if they should be short changed if they want to marry one another. Although their wedding albums might be a lot more humorous than their heterosexual counter parts. I am sure there are better gay couples than some of the most horribly mismatched so called “normal” couples out there. As for kids, it should be legal for them to adopt, but it’s something that I don’t think is all that great of an idea.
Yes, I am sensitive towards homos. What little fags do in their bedrooms is their own business. Who am I to stand in the way of the love of two fairies? If two little fruits want to have tax breaks and the same headaches that go along with marriage than let them join the party!
I am kidding of course, but many people in the country actually agree with what the guy said some behind closed doors. Like it or not it’s a moral issue. It isn’t like racism in a way it’s a moral issue and is about how people live their lives. Just like the Dixie Chick who spoke her mind, he is entitled to his own views. Granted the topic of conversation and persons job differ, but its just two Americans speaking their mind.
I think Santorum is was off base, but who am I to say he can’t tell us what he thinks? Some people still honestly believe that being gay is wrong and a conscience social decision that is perverted. In 2003 that might seem like a horrendous point of view, especially for the balk of my readers who grew up in New Jersey. Could this man's potential power affect the rights of gays more than the Dixi Chicks? Well of course. I don’t agree with either of them but, they should be allowed to state their views no matter how annoying.
I guess you can get him to apologize, but we would all know it wan’t sincere. I don’t understand what him apologizing for his remarks would do. I guess some people are dumb enough to forget it and pretend he didn’t mean it. Some people flat out agree with his statements so why should they have someone who speaks for them be silenced? I think people who were defending the rights of all the anti-war talkers with unpopular opinions could be calling for his head is just hypocritical. Yeah these people are all patriots until someone has another opinion than them. Free speech is free speech no matter how bizarre the comments of Santorum are, anyone who disagrees with that is just gay.
Thursday, April 24, 2003
“The Monica Show”
I am sure many of my readers have heard by now that Monica Lewinsky is hosting a new reality show called Mr. Personality where dudes wear masks and annoying sluts have to decide if they like them or not. Before they know, what their face looks like or how fat their wallet is. I could go on and on how these “reality” shows are horrible. How they reduce such wonderful thing like love to such a simple concept that strangers sitting on their couch at home can tell people others who their soul-mate should be. However my main beef is with the host of the show.
Where are all the civil rights people now? Having Monica hosting this show sends a horrible example to young girls (NICE!) all over the country. The message, be a slut it pays! Monica a master at manipulation and deemed “screwed up” by her therapist isn’t funny or talented in any way that makes her fit to hold anything. No, she never paid her dose like other who had to scratch and claw in the entertainment business.
Oh sorry the fact that she designs her own handbags and is considering law school should make her a nice a capable host.
I don’t get why civil rights activists don’t care about this. Its sending a horrible message. It’s degrading to women to hire a talent less slut. The people that get upset over lines made by Cedric the Entertainer in a movie, are not upset about the defiling of women in the work place? Just give good blowjobs girls you will be okay!
What is even more horrific is the ratings the show is getting. It beat out the Practice in the ratings this past week. Who the hell watches this show? I guess if you can’t beat them join them. As a service to FOX I will through out some ideas for future reality shows.
Go Directly To Jail:
Guys chase after a hot ass girl. She has to let one go each week. When she gets down to the last one she seduces him and they do the nasty. After a cut to the bed room, you see them come out. The host points and laughs and reveals the girl is only 15, and he is going to prison.
Gay or Straight
You get to decide the sexuality of different contestants. If you want two chicks to make out before the 10 o’clock news just dial up on your phone and vote for the two chicks to be lesbians.
Who Really Wants a Sitcom?
Washed up actors compete in a survivor type show so they can get a new TV show on FOX.
Camp #1 Todd Bridges, Corey Feldman, Jim J. Bullock, Bronson Pinchott, Mindy Cohen, and Bob Denver
Camp # 2 Jeremy Miller, Jason Harvey, J.J. Walker, Sharon Stone, Michael Richards, Nicole Eggert and Willie Ammes.
Note To Readers:
Whoever can tell me what all those actors are known for first VIA e-mail. Wins a crappy prize from Tucker's World.
I am sure many of my readers have heard by now that Monica Lewinsky is hosting a new reality show called Mr. Personality where dudes wear masks and annoying sluts have to decide if they like them or not. Before they know, what their face looks like or how fat their wallet is. I could go on and on how these “reality” shows are horrible. How they reduce such wonderful thing like love to such a simple concept that strangers sitting on their couch at home can tell people others who their soul-mate should be. However my main beef is with the host of the show.
Where are all the civil rights people now? Having Monica hosting this show sends a horrible example to young girls (NICE!) all over the country. The message, be a slut it pays! Monica a master at manipulation and deemed “screwed up” by her therapist isn’t funny or talented in any way that makes her fit to hold anything. No, she never paid her dose like other who had to scratch and claw in the entertainment business.
Oh sorry the fact that she designs her own handbags and is considering law school should make her a nice a capable host.
I don’t get why civil rights activists don’t care about this. Its sending a horrible message. It’s degrading to women to hire a talent less slut. The people that get upset over lines made by Cedric the Entertainer in a movie, are not upset about the defiling of women in the work place? Just give good blowjobs girls you will be okay!
What is even more horrific is the ratings the show is getting. It beat out the Practice in the ratings this past week. Who the hell watches this show? I guess if you can’t beat them join them. As a service to FOX I will through out some ideas for future reality shows.
Go Directly To Jail:
Guys chase after a hot ass girl. She has to let one go each week. When she gets down to the last one she seduces him and they do the nasty. After a cut to the bed room, you see them come out. The host points and laughs and reveals the girl is only 15, and he is going to prison.
Gay or Straight
You get to decide the sexuality of different contestants. If you want two chicks to make out before the 10 o’clock news just dial up on your phone and vote for the two chicks to be lesbians.
Who Really Wants a Sitcom?
Washed up actors compete in a survivor type show so they can get a new TV show on FOX.
Camp #1 Todd Bridges, Corey Feldman, Jim J. Bullock, Bronson Pinchott, Mindy Cohen, and Bob Denver
Camp # 2 Jeremy Miller, Jason Harvey, J.J. Walker, Sharon Stone, Michael Richards, Nicole Eggert and Willie Ammes.
Note To Readers:
Whoever can tell me what all those actors are known for first VIA e-mail. Wins a crappy prize from Tucker's World.
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
"Wings of Readers 2: The Results"
Okay, so I could finally get this out of the way I closed the polls on the Wings of Readers as of two seconds ago. I never did hear from Ryan who hates the internet, or Tom would could very easily be dead. First off sorry for the delay in postings yet again! The results are kind of intresting I am the most Authortairan (1.9) does that make me a bad person? I don't have one right winged reader (I was slightly more left winged but maybe I don't count cause I never proofread my articles.) Dan K would be the closest too it who amazingly scored dead center of the chart.
The bleeding heart award goes to Mosco. The Jerk award goes to me. Ed suprised me because all his e-mails sound polar opposite of what he came up with. I was really curious about Chris Arter and Ryan who seemingly have no views on anything that doesn't involve a music sheet. If they actually ever decided to do it (I doubt Chris will he hasn't read Tucker's world in several months) I will post them on here as well. Take into consideration that Liza's and Lima Beanz's results might not be pinpoint accurate because I lost their exact numbers. I used print out of the chart to plot them, and might have an error of .25 or more.
I also got random email about the Anthony Micheal Hall and Andrew McCarthy post. Man I would give anything for web counter or comments section.
Ed
Economic = Left 3.25
Authoritian/Libertarian = Libertarian 3.03
Jenna
Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.79
Drew
Economic Left/Right -3.75
Authoritarian/Libertarian -6.31
Dana (chris' GF)
X=-2.12&Y=-4.92
(left) (Libertarian)
MosCOW
Economic Left/Right -5.00
Authoritarian/Libertarian -6.87
Liza
Left/Right -4.0, Libertarian/Autoritarian -3.0
Lima Beanz
Left/ Right -4.0 Authoritarian/Libertarian -4.0
Dan K
Dead Center of the Chart.
Look for more updates on Tucker's World either tonight or tomorrow. Thanks everyone for reading.
Okay, so I could finally get this out of the way I closed the polls on the Wings of Readers as of two seconds ago. I never did hear from Ryan who hates the internet, or Tom would could very easily be dead. First off sorry for the delay in postings yet again! The results are kind of intresting I am the most Authortairan (1.9) does that make me a bad person? I don't have one right winged reader (I was slightly more left winged but maybe I don't count cause I never proofread my articles.) Dan K would be the closest too it who amazingly scored dead center of the chart.
The bleeding heart award goes to Mosco. The Jerk award goes to me. Ed suprised me because all his e-mails sound polar opposite of what he came up with. I was really curious about Chris Arter and Ryan who seemingly have no views on anything that doesn't involve a music sheet. If they actually ever decided to do it (I doubt Chris will he hasn't read Tucker's world in several months) I will post them on here as well. Take into consideration that Liza's and Lima Beanz's results might not be pinpoint accurate because I lost their exact numbers. I used print out of the chart to plot them, and might have an error of .25 or more.
I also got random email about the Anthony Micheal Hall and Andrew McCarthy post. Man I would give anything for web counter or comments section.
Ed
Economic = Left 3.25
Authoritian/Libertarian = Libertarian 3.03
Jenna
Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.79
Drew
Economic Left/Right -3.75
Authoritarian/Libertarian -6.31
Dana (chris' GF)
X=-2.12&Y=-4.92
(left) (Libertarian)
MosCOW
Economic Left/Right -5.00
Authoritarian/Libertarian -6.87
Liza
Left/Right -4.0, Libertarian/Autoritarian -3.0
Lima Beanz
Left/ Right -4.0 Authoritarian/Libertarian -4.0
Dan K
Dead Center of the Chart.
Look for more updates on Tucker's World either tonight or tomorrow. Thanks everyone for reading.
Friday, April 18, 2003
"The War After"
The following is written by my friend Ed, who wrote about Iraq in the past. Here is what he has to say a few months after the fact.
The After Action Report
The war went well for coalition forces. Just about all of the mission objectives were met. The conflict was short. Casualties were relativly low on both sides. Oil wells were captured undamaged. The Iraqi infrastructure was saved from devastation and the cities kept intact. The Shites haven't risen up against the Sunnis in a bloody war of retribution. WMDs weren't used. But most importantly Saddam Hussein and in criminal gang of thugs were removed from power. And though he and his spawn are still on the loose, and I believe alive, I have high hopes of his eventual capture.
There's something everybody needs to know about this war. It's not over. Although it was very dramatic and riveting, the conventional phase or 'major combat' has concluded, that was the easy part. The new phase is far more difficult. Identifying and destroying enemy tanks and uniformed troops is something our armed forces specializes. But now missions are shifting from conventional warfare to SASO (Stability and Security Operations) missions.
The premise behind these operations is based on two philosophies. The first is that our forces have to keep the peace and enforce the rules. It's basically what the conquerors do. Show that you've won and are in charge of things now. The second philosophy is that we have to win the hearts and minds of the people who live in the occupied zone. That basically means that you have to convince the people that you haven't conquered them, but are protecting 'their' best interests, not just your own. The difficulty is that these two goals aren't parallel. The inherently clash with one another. During the Vietnam War the American military told the people that we were on their side. Then we executed suspected communists based on thin evidence, burnt down their ancestoral villages and forced them to relocate to camps where we could 'protect' them. Today civil affairs units concentrate on getting the common man to side with us. These units are made up of linguists, construction engin
I do believe that Hussein is alive and I think that his plan is to hide until Coalition forces have left and then attempt to overthrow the government. He still has supporters and until he is neutralized Iraqi freedom will be in jeporady.
Note to Readers:
More on the movies later this week plus I still have to get around to writing about the future of a crew member, and oh keep it here for coverage of Baby Beenzie.
The following is written by my friend Ed, who wrote about Iraq in the past. Here is what he has to say a few months after the fact.
The After Action Report
The war went well for coalition forces. Just about all of the mission objectives were met. The conflict was short. Casualties were relativly low on both sides. Oil wells were captured undamaged. The Iraqi infrastructure was saved from devastation and the cities kept intact. The Shites haven't risen up against the Sunnis in a bloody war of retribution. WMDs weren't used. But most importantly Saddam Hussein and in criminal gang of thugs were removed from power. And though he and his spawn are still on the loose, and I believe alive, I have high hopes of his eventual capture.
There's something everybody needs to know about this war. It's not over. Although it was very dramatic and riveting, the conventional phase or 'major combat' has concluded, that was the easy part. The new phase is far more difficult. Identifying and destroying enemy tanks and uniformed troops is something our armed forces specializes. But now missions are shifting from conventional warfare to SASO (Stability and Security Operations) missions.
The premise behind these operations is based on two philosophies. The first is that our forces have to keep the peace and enforce the rules. It's basically what the conquerors do. Show that you've won and are in charge of things now. The second philosophy is that we have to win the hearts and minds of the people who live in the occupied zone. That basically means that you have to convince the people that you haven't conquered them, but are protecting 'their' best interests, not just your own. The difficulty is that these two goals aren't parallel. The inherently clash with one another. During the Vietnam War the American military told the people that we were on their side. Then we executed suspected communists based on thin evidence, burnt down their ancestoral villages and forced them to relocate to camps where we could 'protect' them. Today civil affairs units concentrate on getting the common man to side with us. These units are made up of linguists, construction engin
I do believe that Hussein is alive and I think that his plan is to hide until Coalition forces have left and then attempt to overthrow the government. He still has supporters and until he is neutralized Iraqi freedom will be in jeporady.
Note to Readers:
More on the movies later this week plus I still have to get around to writing about the future of a crew member, and oh keep it here for coverage of Baby Beenzie.
"Face It"
Face it life simply doesn’t have the zest it did when you were a teenager. Back than when you left your house on a weekend night there was magic in the air. Anything was possible many memories were made, and there was always a new experience.
Face it, your job really sucks and feels like it is sucking the life out of you. The money you make isn’t worth every once of happiness being sucked out of you. Even if your job does pay well its likely that you have found it routine and boring. You feel very mechanical in your dealings at the work place. Like a robot.
Face it nothing exciting is going to happen this weekend. You will sit around with you friends and realize that you can’t agree on a single thing to do. Perhaps you will sit there in a room staring at one another. Unless you choice to stay home alone without any other humans around. You stay home wishing harm upon everyone that is out for the night.
Face it you are miserable. Very few minutes of your daily routine are worth living. Mere rays of sunshine slicing through nothing but darkness and despair. Perhaps it’s a good meal on your lunch at work, but quickly its time to clock back in an revert back to an expressionless zombie. Maybe it’s the time you spend with some one you care about, but the monster of misery looms for you mere hours again when that time passes.
Face it the older you get the more ordinary your life will become. The least likely you are to make a difference in anyone’s life. In fact the apparent goal of humanity seems to be finding another human in exchange for dropping everyone else in your life. Than out of obligation or in a vein attempt to fill a biologically implanted void you procreate and whiteness your off spring’s descend into misery. One who will likely grow up with little respect for you or utter hatred directed towards you.
Face it most people that you come into contact with are sizing you up in one way or another to take advantage of you for their benefit. The older you get the more unforgiving they become. Whether or not it is promotion, a person’s affection or the person is merely sale person reducing you to a dollar sign for a faceless corporation that signs your paycheck. One that will disown you if you don’t properly scam the innocent.
Face it what you do while on Earth is vastly insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Your influence on this earth is likely as meaning full as a paper bag blowing in the wind. Just go out and interact with people. Go to the mall and take notice. People are either A. Miserable B. Put off by your kindness because they think you should join the miserable bandwagon. C. Are nice to you for their own personal gain taking advantage of your good nature. From the bitchy sales person at Sears, to the jerk-off calling your house at dinner to try to force you to buy something, to the rich tycoon who tries to fill a void by purchasing meaningless positions. They only thing there people have in common is the story of their lives will all end with them becoming a corpse.
Face it you can’t wait to die. If want to see how your misery rates against others go here. This link inspired me to write this article.
http://www.mymiserablelife.com/
Note to Readers: Don't take the content of this page too seriously. It is mainly a tribute to the old message board. It is not a suicide not or anything.
Face it life simply doesn’t have the zest it did when you were a teenager. Back than when you left your house on a weekend night there was magic in the air. Anything was possible many memories were made, and there was always a new experience.
Face it, your job really sucks and feels like it is sucking the life out of you. The money you make isn’t worth every once of happiness being sucked out of you. Even if your job does pay well its likely that you have found it routine and boring. You feel very mechanical in your dealings at the work place. Like a robot.
Face it nothing exciting is going to happen this weekend. You will sit around with you friends and realize that you can’t agree on a single thing to do. Perhaps you will sit there in a room staring at one another. Unless you choice to stay home alone without any other humans around. You stay home wishing harm upon everyone that is out for the night.
Face it you are miserable. Very few minutes of your daily routine are worth living. Mere rays of sunshine slicing through nothing but darkness and despair. Perhaps it’s a good meal on your lunch at work, but quickly its time to clock back in an revert back to an expressionless zombie. Maybe it’s the time you spend with some one you care about, but the monster of misery looms for you mere hours again when that time passes.
Face it the older you get the more ordinary your life will become. The least likely you are to make a difference in anyone’s life. In fact the apparent goal of humanity seems to be finding another human in exchange for dropping everyone else in your life. Than out of obligation or in a vein attempt to fill a biologically implanted void you procreate and whiteness your off spring’s descend into misery. One who will likely grow up with little respect for you or utter hatred directed towards you.
Face it most people that you come into contact with are sizing you up in one way or another to take advantage of you for their benefit. The older you get the more unforgiving they become. Whether or not it is promotion, a person’s affection or the person is merely sale person reducing you to a dollar sign for a faceless corporation that signs your paycheck. One that will disown you if you don’t properly scam the innocent.
Face it what you do while on Earth is vastly insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Your influence on this earth is likely as meaning full as a paper bag blowing in the wind. Just go out and interact with people. Go to the mall and take notice. People are either A. Miserable B. Put off by your kindness because they think you should join the miserable bandwagon. C. Are nice to you for their own personal gain taking advantage of your good nature. From the bitchy sales person at Sears, to the jerk-off calling your house at dinner to try to force you to buy something, to the rich tycoon who tries to fill a void by purchasing meaningless positions. They only thing there people have in common is the story of their lives will all end with them becoming a corpse.
Face it you can’t wait to die. If want to see how your misery rates against others go here. This link inspired me to write this article.
http://www.mymiserablelife.com/
Note to Readers: Don't take the content of this page too seriously. It is mainly a tribute to the old message board. It is not a suicide not or anything.
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
“Welcome to Comcast Country V: McGreevey Strikes Back!” >
Just when you thought, the franchise was dead another post in the battle of good against evil (check out Jenna’s blog about the Comcast). Kind of like the Indiana Jones flicks I am blowing the dust off for another sequel!
Well if you tried dumping Comcast Cable for “The Dish” than you soon realized that Comcast cock blocked “The Dish” from providing you with about 80 percent of the Flyers, Sixers and Phillies games. You see Comcast not only owns the Flyers and the Sixers, but their exclusive telecast rights along with most of the Phillies games so they can force and feed “The Dish” provides to blackout out the broadcast in the local market. To make matter worse they totally black out Comcast Sportsnet altogether from “The Dish” so when you do get games (the occasional national not even regional feed from the networks) its not local coverage. If you are lucky you can pick up Philly games on MSG of course that’s only when they play New York teams. That explains why many Sportsbars must have Cable even if they have “The Dish”. Some places can’t even put our games one for us, because of the cock block.
If you read my earlier articles, you know that if a cable company comes they would have to run their own money to provide cable wires to run to homes. In other words unlike phone companies who share the phone lines Comcast also OWNS the cable lines. If I read the law right that passed (something McGreevey has been pushing for since Nov.) on Monday that will know longer be the case. The law also requires all complaints against the cable company to be registered by the State Board of Public Utilities. They better start hiring!
Although I don’t believe that Comcast will have to provide their own channels to competition. If they do they might make you pay extra for it so they still get money when people use their competitors. Since the competition’s customers will most likely want to see their favorite teams their basic plans will likely have to be cheaper than Comcast just so they can attract customers.
Regardless this is a step in the right direction and the future of cable in this state is going to change. Comcast has already anticipated this and is using their ad time as propaganda about how great their customer service is. I guess people without direct incidents with their lying and deception might fall for this. However after the Comcast Sportsnet disaster I doubt that there are many people that didn’t have problems and if they didn’t their local bars certainly might have.
At least perhaps the possibility for other companies to come into the market have gone from literally zero to I would say 30 percent at this point. There is a slight tear in the armor of evil that has deemed most of the eastern US as COMCAST COUNTRY.
I wonder if the Governor despite being a North Jersey lover is secretly a Philly sports fan.
Just when you thought, the franchise was dead another post in the battle of good against evil (check out Jenna’s blog about the Comcast). Kind of like the Indiana Jones flicks I am blowing the dust off for another sequel!
Well if you tried dumping Comcast Cable for “The Dish” than you soon realized that Comcast cock blocked “The Dish” from providing you with about 80 percent of the Flyers, Sixers and Phillies games. You see Comcast not only owns the Flyers and the Sixers, but their exclusive telecast rights along with most of the Phillies games so they can force and feed “The Dish” provides to blackout out the broadcast in the local market. To make matter worse they totally black out Comcast Sportsnet altogether from “The Dish” so when you do get games (the occasional national not even regional feed from the networks) its not local coverage. If you are lucky you can pick up Philly games on MSG of course that’s only when they play New York teams. That explains why many Sportsbars must have Cable even if they have “The Dish”. Some places can’t even put our games one for us, because of the cock block.
If you read my earlier articles, you know that if a cable company comes they would have to run their own money to provide cable wires to run to homes. In other words unlike phone companies who share the phone lines Comcast also OWNS the cable lines. If I read the law right that passed (something McGreevey has been pushing for since Nov.) on Monday that will know longer be the case. The law also requires all complaints against the cable company to be registered by the State Board of Public Utilities. They better start hiring!
Although I don’t believe that Comcast will have to provide their own channels to competition. If they do they might make you pay extra for it so they still get money when people use their competitors. Since the competition’s customers will most likely want to see their favorite teams their basic plans will likely have to be cheaper than Comcast just so they can attract customers.
Regardless this is a step in the right direction and the future of cable in this state is going to change. Comcast has already anticipated this and is using their ad time as propaganda about how great their customer service is. I guess people without direct incidents with their lying and deception might fall for this. However after the Comcast Sportsnet disaster I doubt that there are many people that didn’t have problems and if they didn’t their local bars certainly might have.
At least perhaps the possibility for other companies to come into the market have gone from literally zero to I would say 30 percent at this point. There is a slight tear in the armor of evil that has deemed most of the eastern US as COMCAST COUNTRY.
I wonder if the Governor despite being a North Jersey lover is secretly a Philly sports fan.
Sunday, April 13, 2003
"Wrongfully Accused!"
I don’t how many times Anthony Michael Hall’s name comes up and all heads turn to me. Like hey Keith they are talking about that actor you really like. I remember Jenna saying something to be me awhile back that I should really like the movie because my beloved actor Anthony Michael Hall was in it. I have even heard Drew refer to him as one of my favorite actors. I don’t exactly know how this started perhaps my friends are mixing up popular 80’s actors gone MIA. Perhaps they are just a bunch of jerks. However truth be told I never really cared for the Acting of Anthony Michael Hall. I did however on several occasions mention that I thought actor Andrew McCarthy was an underrated talent that due to the fall out of 80s actors falling out of favor (most notably the ones in the so-called brat pack) that should (not likely at this point) be rediscovered because of his wide range and ability to take on character roles. Some critics thought he over acted and never had what it took. I just blame mostly the movies he is in and always said in a good movie he would be great.
To be completely honest with you my favorite Hall films are Edward Scissor Hands and National Lampoon’s Vacation (I think Ethan Embry was the best Rusty). Neither of which ever had anything to do with this presence. Both of them are generally agreeable popular movies. I never saw The Breakfast Club all the way through (GASP) and haven’t seen Sixteen Candles in about 5 years (does it count if you see it edited for basic cable?). Although he was good in those roles, he is one of those actors that is good playing a kid, but can never nail an adult role. Because I know more about actors (even obscure ones or washed up ones) than Dan K. Hemphill knows about UNIX. I will provide quick bios to clear up this matter.
The original of the two actors are similar because they came to popularity at the same time, however for the most part their work and careers differ.
Anthony Michael Hall got his big break at a much younger age when was the original Rusty in the National Lampoon’s movie playing him in the one when the Griswold’s went to Wally World. His kind of nerdy persona drew laughs and made him and ideal cast for that awkward kid in teen comedies, which were a hot ticket in the movies during the 1980s. He will forever be known for the nerdy kid in the Break feast Club, and to a lesser extent the nerdy kid who pined for Molly Ringwald in Sixteen candles.
Because actors in the 80s comedies back then were considered the future of Hollywood Saturday Night Live decided to cash in on Hall’s new found fame and put him on the show along with fellow actor Robert Downy Jr. However, they soon realized that he wasn’t very good at that sort of show, and spend most of his time doing drugs in New York City, and both actors were canned after one season.
As the 80’s morphed into the 1990s many of actors who made it big had trouble transcending into adult roles. While actors like Tom Hanks, and Tom Cruise were able to make the leap into the next decade others were destined to the straight to video wall at West Coast Video. It didn’t help Hall (neither did his substance abuse problems) that he is became a rather goofy looking adult and combined with his odd ways didn’t help him land roles as a leading man. He got few notable roles in the early 90s he showed up as a real jerk in Edward Siccorhands and if I recall a small part in Six Degrees of Separation. As a subscriber to the now defunct Prism I became familiar with his post-80s work such as the bizarre Hail To Caesar about band to the down right embarrassing flick that had him teamed up with an elf. I think the movie was called Nom named Nome.
His other roles he had were occasionally randomly bit parts in comedies. Almost just to his presence being the actual punch line. Oddly it is him not McCarthy that has on a minor comeback. He played Bill Gates in a TNT movie, and now is on USA’s the Dead Zone!, based on a Stephen King book of the same name. I have heard a few ladies comment on how good he looks now. The show came after a straight to video release (Liza picked it not me) and I didn’t even recognize him on the cover. I am told ladies like his new look though.
Andrew McCarthy started in the classic college comedy Class. In this comedy he played a prep-school student who became friends and roommates of Rob Lowe. The film is also where actors like John Cusack and Alan Ruck first showed up. However Andrew played the lead over Lowe in a film that had him banging (unintentionally) Lowe’s mother. He followed this up with a forgettable family flick and the constantly over looked coming of age gem Heaven Help Us. This movie co-starred JOHN HEARD not JOHN HURT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However, it was St. Elmo’s Fire that put him in the movie trivia games. The movies than young cast included Alley Sheedy, Emilo Estevez , Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson and Demi More. This actors were forever labeld the BRAT PACK after a magazine columnist spent a night with Nelson and Lowe who were at least at the time drunken drugged up pricks. However, everyone who starred in this movie and did movies with them in this time period were deemed Brat Packers. It actually seemed more like a curse. McCarthy hated this, because he wasn’t even friends with half of them.
McCarthy showed up after that with Molly Ringwald (surprise) in Pretty in Pink it was kind of a bubble gum role and made him be in all the teenybopper magazines. Does this make me gay to defend an actor like this? Pretty and Pink’s role was good and bad, it meant he would continue to get roles, but he didn’t really like the whole Hollywood scene. At least that’s what I learned watching the E! True Hollywood Story: The Brat Pack. He kind of kept to himself and rarely did interviews. Not something people wanting to make a person a star want to hear. He finally was given the all out you better carry this movie lead when he did Mannequin. I thought this movie was god-awful bubble gum crap but his comic abilities came through from time to time in it and it was fairly big hit. He proved he could do a darker role when he did Less Than Zero opposite Robert Downy Jr. This movie became known as one that proved Downy Jr. could be a serious actor (although he was only playing a coke head). I am not a big fan of lives going down the drains because of drugs movies, but I thought this one was well done. Despite the worst actress ever Jamie Gertz being in the movie. The crisp direction of the movie made several scenes quite memorable.
Than of course came my all time favorite guilty pleasure movie. The screwy/dark comedy Weekend At Bernie’s. Where McCarthy once again showed off his comic skills matched perfectly with Jonathan Silverman and combine it with the great psychical comedy of Terry Kiser (the guy who played Bernie who who has no lines after the 30 minute mark of the film for obvious reasons.) Despite the fact the movie was a sleep hit in the summer of 1989 it didn’t put him on the face track by any means. It is actually considered a cult classic these days. He followed up the hit with the wonderfully shot Year of The Gun opposite rising star Sharon Stone and made the low-budget comedy Only You (not the Downy Jr. one) alongside up and coming Helen Hunt and director Betty Thomas.
I thought McCarthy range from Weekend at Bernie’s to Less Than Zero was a good example of what he could do, and if he was in movies with capable directors or reasonable scripts he would have a good career. However he soon became the whipping boy of comics like and critics. Mst3K writers obviously hated him as did Dennis Miller. The decision to star in the disappointing but overly trashed Weekend At Bernie’s 2 just gave them fuel for the fire and likely made his phone stop ringing. I would disagree with most of them and go as far to say that he more talent than the other fallen Brat Packers even Rob Lowe (although I never saw the West Wing).
Anyway McCarthy flirted with the inidie film circuit and was in the critically acclaimed movies (I actually hated both) Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle and The Joy Luck Club. I doubt anyone that did not have Prism in the 90’s ever heard of either of them. He than fell into a string of straight to cable flicks and straight to video flicks (some just indie flicks without distribution) some of which Stag (Really Bad Things ripped this movie off), Beyond Redemption (horribly directed but an actual good premise) and the thriller Night of the Running Man were actually tolerable. The other films are down right embarrassing (Dream Man) and not even Brando could make the god-awful dialogue, horrendous screenplays seem like anything more than a waste of time.
McCarthy did actually try to get back on the big screen in the late 90s when he was part of the huge cast of Mullhond Drive he played a fag. He was really good in it but was written out of the movie early. This movie went down in history as the first nude scene Jennifer Connelly did (filmed by McCarthy playing a fag) at least in my warped mind. He showed up in the black comedy (if it was in theaters it was there for a weekend) Getting In which had some rising stars like Mathew Perry and Dave Chapelle in it and I’d admit he over-acts a bit in this one, but it’s a good bad movie if that makes sense. I’m Losing You supposedly got a lot of attention at film festivals but I don’t even think the movie is on video.
I thought maybe supporting roles in big films or tv shows would be the way for him to be rediscovered. I thought I would be like, hey I told you he was good! I was right about George Clooney and Leo rising to stardom when they were doing work no one saw. For a while I thought he would land a good role and make a come back (hey Rob Lowe kind of did in a way). He did manage to make movies to co-star with some other notable actors in his low-budget days including Robert Patrick and Paul Sorivino so you would think he would be some what connected. However last I heard he was making movies for Lifetime and doing off-off Broadway plays, I am sure that a comeback will never happen and I was wrong! What do you want from a guy who picked the Red Wings in 4 games?
So to sum up I know a lot of useless information about actors no one cares about and when you mock me for calling a washed up actor underrated despite being in some of the worst movies ever made make sure you mock me for the right fallen 80’s Star! Because I honestly never cared for Anthony Michael Hall especially after his voice change and never said he was a good actor let a lone an underrated one.
I don’t how many times Anthony Michael Hall’s name comes up and all heads turn to me. Like hey Keith they are talking about that actor you really like. I remember Jenna saying something to be me awhile back that I should really like the movie because my beloved actor Anthony Michael Hall was in it. I have even heard Drew refer to him as one of my favorite actors. I don’t exactly know how this started perhaps my friends are mixing up popular 80’s actors gone MIA. Perhaps they are just a bunch of jerks. However truth be told I never really cared for the Acting of Anthony Michael Hall. I did however on several occasions mention that I thought actor Andrew McCarthy was an underrated talent that due to the fall out of 80s actors falling out of favor (most notably the ones in the so-called brat pack) that should (not likely at this point) be rediscovered because of his wide range and ability to take on character roles. Some critics thought he over acted and never had what it took. I just blame mostly the movies he is in and always said in a good movie he would be great.
To be completely honest with you my favorite Hall films are Edward Scissor Hands and National Lampoon’s Vacation (I think Ethan Embry was the best Rusty). Neither of which ever had anything to do with this presence. Both of them are generally agreeable popular movies. I never saw The Breakfast Club all the way through (GASP) and haven’t seen Sixteen Candles in about 5 years (does it count if you see it edited for basic cable?). Although he was good in those roles, he is one of those actors that is good playing a kid, but can never nail an adult role. Because I know more about actors (even obscure ones or washed up ones) than Dan K. Hemphill knows about UNIX. I will provide quick bios to clear up this matter.
The original of the two actors are similar because they came to popularity at the same time, however for the most part their work and careers differ.
Anthony Michael Hall got his big break at a much younger age when was the original Rusty in the National Lampoon’s movie playing him in the one when the Griswold’s went to Wally World. His kind of nerdy persona drew laughs and made him and ideal cast for that awkward kid in teen comedies, which were a hot ticket in the movies during the 1980s. He will forever be known for the nerdy kid in the Break feast Club, and to a lesser extent the nerdy kid who pined for Molly Ringwald in Sixteen candles.
Because actors in the 80s comedies back then were considered the future of Hollywood Saturday Night Live decided to cash in on Hall’s new found fame and put him on the show along with fellow actor Robert Downy Jr. However, they soon realized that he wasn’t very good at that sort of show, and spend most of his time doing drugs in New York City, and both actors were canned after one season.
As the 80’s morphed into the 1990s many of actors who made it big had trouble transcending into adult roles. While actors like Tom Hanks, and Tom Cruise were able to make the leap into the next decade others were destined to the straight to video wall at West Coast Video. It didn’t help Hall (neither did his substance abuse problems) that he is became a rather goofy looking adult and combined with his odd ways didn’t help him land roles as a leading man. He got few notable roles in the early 90s he showed up as a real jerk in Edward Siccorhands and if I recall a small part in Six Degrees of Separation. As a subscriber to the now defunct Prism I became familiar with his post-80s work such as the bizarre Hail To Caesar about band to the down right embarrassing flick that had him teamed up with an elf. I think the movie was called Nom named Nome.
His other roles he had were occasionally randomly bit parts in comedies. Almost just to his presence being the actual punch line. Oddly it is him not McCarthy that has on a minor comeback. He played Bill Gates in a TNT movie, and now is on USA’s the Dead Zone!, based on a Stephen King book of the same name. I have heard a few ladies comment on how good he looks now. The show came after a straight to video release (Liza picked it not me) and I didn’t even recognize him on the cover. I am told ladies like his new look though.
Andrew McCarthy started in the classic college comedy Class. In this comedy he played a prep-school student who became friends and roommates of Rob Lowe. The film is also where actors like John Cusack and Alan Ruck first showed up. However Andrew played the lead over Lowe in a film that had him banging (unintentionally) Lowe’s mother. He followed this up with a forgettable family flick and the constantly over looked coming of age gem Heaven Help Us. This movie co-starred JOHN HEARD not JOHN HURT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However, it was St. Elmo’s Fire that put him in the movie trivia games. The movies than young cast included Alley Sheedy, Emilo Estevez , Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson and Demi More. This actors were forever labeld the BRAT PACK after a magazine columnist spent a night with Nelson and Lowe who were at least at the time drunken drugged up pricks. However, everyone who starred in this movie and did movies with them in this time period were deemed Brat Packers. It actually seemed more like a curse. McCarthy hated this, because he wasn’t even friends with half of them.
McCarthy showed up after that with Molly Ringwald (surprise) in Pretty in Pink it was kind of a bubble gum role and made him be in all the teenybopper magazines. Does this make me gay to defend an actor like this? Pretty and Pink’s role was good and bad, it meant he would continue to get roles, but he didn’t really like the whole Hollywood scene. At least that’s what I learned watching the E! True Hollywood Story: The Brat Pack. He kind of kept to himself and rarely did interviews. Not something people wanting to make a person a star want to hear. He finally was given the all out you better carry this movie lead when he did Mannequin. I thought this movie was god-awful bubble gum crap but his comic abilities came through from time to time in it and it was fairly big hit. He proved he could do a darker role when he did Less Than Zero opposite Robert Downy Jr. This movie became known as one that proved Downy Jr. could be a serious actor (although he was only playing a coke head). I am not a big fan of lives going down the drains because of drugs movies, but I thought this one was well done. Despite the worst actress ever Jamie Gertz being in the movie. The crisp direction of the movie made several scenes quite memorable.
Than of course came my all time favorite guilty pleasure movie. The screwy/dark comedy Weekend At Bernie’s. Where McCarthy once again showed off his comic skills matched perfectly with Jonathan Silverman and combine it with the great psychical comedy of Terry Kiser (the guy who played Bernie who who has no lines after the 30 minute mark of the film for obvious reasons.) Despite the fact the movie was a sleep hit in the summer of 1989 it didn’t put him on the face track by any means. It is actually considered a cult classic these days. He followed up the hit with the wonderfully shot Year of The Gun opposite rising star Sharon Stone and made the low-budget comedy Only You (not the Downy Jr. one) alongside up and coming Helen Hunt and director Betty Thomas.
I thought McCarthy range from Weekend at Bernie’s to Less Than Zero was a good example of what he could do, and if he was in movies with capable directors or reasonable scripts he would have a good career. However he soon became the whipping boy of comics like and critics. Mst3K writers obviously hated him as did Dennis Miller. The decision to star in the disappointing but overly trashed Weekend At Bernie’s 2 just gave them fuel for the fire and likely made his phone stop ringing. I would disagree with most of them and go as far to say that he more talent than the other fallen Brat Packers even Rob Lowe (although I never saw the West Wing).
Anyway McCarthy flirted with the inidie film circuit and was in the critically acclaimed movies (I actually hated both) Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle and The Joy Luck Club. I doubt anyone that did not have Prism in the 90’s ever heard of either of them. He than fell into a string of straight to cable flicks and straight to video flicks (some just indie flicks without distribution) some of which Stag (Really Bad Things ripped this movie off), Beyond Redemption (horribly directed but an actual good premise) and the thriller Night of the Running Man were actually tolerable. The other films are down right embarrassing (Dream Man) and not even Brando could make the god-awful dialogue, horrendous screenplays seem like anything more than a waste of time.
McCarthy did actually try to get back on the big screen in the late 90s when he was part of the huge cast of Mullhond Drive he played a fag. He was really good in it but was written out of the movie early. This movie went down in history as the first nude scene Jennifer Connelly did (filmed by McCarthy playing a fag) at least in my warped mind. He showed up in the black comedy (if it was in theaters it was there for a weekend) Getting In which had some rising stars like Mathew Perry and Dave Chapelle in it and I’d admit he over-acts a bit in this one, but it’s a good bad movie if that makes sense. I’m Losing You supposedly got a lot of attention at film festivals but I don’t even think the movie is on video.
I thought maybe supporting roles in big films or tv shows would be the way for him to be rediscovered. I thought I would be like, hey I told you he was good! I was right about George Clooney and Leo rising to stardom when they were doing work no one saw. For a while I thought he would land a good role and make a come back (hey Rob Lowe kind of did in a way). He did manage to make movies to co-star with some other notable actors in his low-budget days including Robert Patrick and Paul Sorivino so you would think he would be some what connected. However last I heard he was making movies for Lifetime and doing off-off Broadway plays, I am sure that a comeback will never happen and I was wrong! What do you want from a guy who picked the Red Wings in 4 games?
So to sum up I know a lot of useless information about actors no one cares about and when you mock me for calling a washed up actor underrated despite being in some of the worst movies ever made make sure you mock me for the right fallen 80’s Star! Because I honestly never cared for Anthony Michael Hall especially after his voice change and never said he was a good actor let a lone an underrated one.
Friday, April 11, 2003
“Wings of Readers”
Is Drew the most ultra liberal that I know? Would Stalin get teary eyed by reading TERMINUS? I highly doubt it, but we often discuss ideologies of others and ourselves. Now its time find out the answers courtesy of some Professor ( stuck on himself like most in his profession I am sure). Now that Drew’s link has taught us if there is a God or not now you can have the computer tell you what your political views are.
In all seriousness I think that they did a pretty accurate job hear reading your beliefs. Despite the fact I think certain questions were poorly worded making it difficult to gage what you would really believe. For example the one about arts in the school took me a while before I clicked on an answer. And although I don’t think people out of work could not expect to eat it was funny when Lima Beanz could only order water for months at Starview.
I wanted to take this to be able to finally see if I was “left winged” or “right winged” and who was the most liberal of my friends. Lima Beanz could certainly be more liberal than Drew. Id like to see if Dan ends up some place dark in the chart, and of course to see if my girlfriend gets similar charts to Hitler (I certainly hope not). Ryan’s results could be interesting (I assure you Ryan this is not a competition.) and I like to see if my friend Ed has shifted farther right than me (I think so). May even the great Mosco will chip in! What about Tom, Jenna or Junior Price? Where will we all fall?
However, I ended up right on the middle black line. Although by a hair I am actually plotted to the left. Too insignicant for the sky to fall. Falling neither to the left or the right. I wonder what that odds of that are. I ended up on the Authoritarian part of the chart just barely.
Now its hard to send me the exact link so you might want to print up your chart and send it to me some how that way. Of course, you can always email me and tell your coordinates. Mine for example are Economic Left/Right -.025 (a minor step toward DREW?) and Authotarian 1.90. For a good point of location I am a hair to the left or Robin Cook. I don’t even know who the hell that is.
Email Your Results to TUCKER at MST3keith@aol.com Let me know your coordinates and I will chart them all so it will be cool way to gage us all. Be honest even about the “retard:” questions LIMA BEANZ!
Go to this link and find out!
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Is Drew the most ultra liberal that I know? Would Stalin get teary eyed by reading TERMINUS? I highly doubt it, but we often discuss ideologies of others and ourselves. Now its time find out the answers courtesy of some Professor ( stuck on himself like most in his profession I am sure). Now that Drew’s link has taught us if there is a God or not now you can have the computer tell you what your political views are.
In all seriousness I think that they did a pretty accurate job hear reading your beliefs. Despite the fact I think certain questions were poorly worded making it difficult to gage what you would really believe. For example the one about arts in the school took me a while before I clicked on an answer. And although I don’t think people out of work could not expect to eat it was funny when Lima Beanz could only order water for months at Starview.
I wanted to take this to be able to finally see if I was “left winged” or “right winged” and who was the most liberal of my friends. Lima Beanz could certainly be more liberal than Drew. Id like to see if Dan ends up some place dark in the chart, and of course to see if my girlfriend gets similar charts to Hitler (I certainly hope not). Ryan’s results could be interesting (I assure you Ryan this is not a competition.) and I like to see if my friend Ed has shifted farther right than me (I think so). May even the great Mosco will chip in! What about Tom, Jenna or Junior Price? Where will we all fall?
However, I ended up right on the middle black line. Although by a hair I am actually plotted to the left. Too insignicant for the sky to fall. Falling neither to the left or the right. I wonder what that odds of that are. I ended up on the Authoritarian part of the chart just barely.
Now its hard to send me the exact link so you might want to print up your chart and send it to me some how that way. Of course, you can always email me and tell your coordinates. Mine for example are Economic Left/Right -.025 (a minor step toward DREW?) and Authotarian 1.90. For a good point of location I am a hair to the left or Robin Cook. I don’t even know who the hell that is.
Email Your Results to TUCKER at MST3keith@aol.com Let me know your coordinates and I will chart them all so it will be cool way to gage us all. Be honest even about the “retard:” questions LIMA BEANZ!
Go to this link and find out!
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Thursday, April 10, 2003
Parts of this blog were seen earlier today on TERMINUS, however there are various other insights. So don't think of this as cheap quick way to make a post, but a SPECIAL EDITION of my take on game 1.
"Don't Jump Off the Walt Whitman Bridge!"
Yes the doom and gloom fans of Philly are out in all their glory. Like Dan K at seafood buffet they are in all their glory. Because its time to start calling into sports radio and saying its time to melt the ice. I am not ready to start my focus on the Phillies just yet (I plan to jump on that band wagon once the Flyers start hitting golf balls). No one said this series would be easy. I am a little surpirsed.\
I wouldn't write off Philly just yet. I know how negative fans of this team can get, and given the fact that two years ago we were eliminated in a 8-0 game, and last season id like to pretend never happened.
I think that Philly actually out played the leafs for many parts of the game. When we got those two quick goals there was a period when they were moving the puck like crazy. At one point they had a line change and one of the forwards was able to keep it in deep while the players changed and the pressure kept going without missing a beat.
Now what did got me nervous is many times they certainly didn't seem to be playing "The System" that have been taught all season long. (not to be confused with "The One"). The defense usually doesn't play bad like this on a regular basis. THe Flyers are co-winners for the Jenny's Trophy which means the let up the least amount of goals in regular season.
Check-o let in soft Domi Goal. In all fairness he and even Beflour were left high and dry a few times. Tucker left the game but I doubt he will sit out game 2.
In as curious move people the Fridge, Williams and Murray in favor of Lapointe and Sacco sat out. Hitch says he will nwork Willy into the lineup, but i wonder if he will. He isnt a big fan of him at least thats the impression I get.
Sacco had a few sweet moves last night stripping leafs of the puck. I don't really think Williams could actually do much playing on the 4th line and I think Sacco's experience and ablitiy to break up plays favor him. Williams is the kind of player that needs a good line mates to skate with. He is either wasted or almost uselss as 4th line player.
I would also like to say that most the callers into WIP after the game last night were retarded. If I hhear one more caller say Brasher should have dropped the gloves in a one goal game(not counting the ENG)....the first in long series no less.
Game 2 is clutch and if of course is a must win (arent all playoff games?). If they win this Friday than its back to a clean slate. The only problem with this team is they are usually done on themselves if things don't go their way early. The fans aren't exactly behind them 100 percent. It was the first time that I can recall that I went to a playoff game that wasn't sold out. Many empty seats were out in the stands. Many people site the economy, the awful dealing of the firing of the coach last season, and mostly the Flyers sucking really bad in the playoffs.
Ed Snider blames the Philly Daily News and the Philly Inquirer for pushing Flyers coverage into the back page this season. I think he is just making excuses which what the players will likely do if they lose Friday. The truth is the Flyers don't as much charm or ink worthy off ice stories like in years past. Many people are waiting to get their Jerseys out of the moth balls if the Flyers make it past the first round. It is a shame that fans are taking a wait in see approach because many of them are likely to miss one hell of a series.
"Don't Jump Off the Walt Whitman Bridge!"
Yes the doom and gloom fans of Philly are out in all their glory. Like Dan K at seafood buffet they are in all their glory. Because its time to start calling into sports radio and saying its time to melt the ice. I am not ready to start my focus on the Phillies just yet (I plan to jump on that band wagon once the Flyers start hitting golf balls). No one said this series would be easy. I am a little surpirsed.\
I wouldn't write off Philly just yet. I know how negative fans of this team can get, and given the fact that two years ago we were eliminated in a 8-0 game, and last season id like to pretend never happened.
I think that Philly actually out played the leafs for many parts of the game. When we got those two quick goals there was a period when they were moving the puck like crazy. At one point they had a line change and one of the forwards was able to keep it in deep while the players changed and the pressure kept going without missing a beat.
Now what did got me nervous is many times they certainly didn't seem to be playing "The System" that have been taught all season long. (not to be confused with "The One"). The defense usually doesn't play bad like this on a regular basis. THe Flyers are co-winners for the Jenny's Trophy which means the let up the least amount of goals in regular season.
Check-o let in soft Domi Goal. In all fairness he and even Beflour were left high and dry a few times. Tucker left the game but I doubt he will sit out game 2.
In as curious move people the Fridge, Williams and Murray in favor of Lapointe and Sacco sat out. Hitch says he will nwork Willy into the lineup, but i wonder if he will. He isnt a big fan of him at least thats the impression I get.
Sacco had a few sweet moves last night stripping leafs of the puck. I don't really think Williams could actually do much playing on the 4th line and I think Sacco's experience and ablitiy to break up plays favor him. Williams is the kind of player that needs a good line mates to skate with. He is either wasted or almost uselss as 4th line player.
I would also like to say that most the callers into WIP after the game last night were retarded. If I hhear one more caller say Brasher should have dropped the gloves in a one goal game(not counting the ENG)....the first in long series no less.
Game 2 is clutch and if of course is a must win (arent all playoff games?). If they win this Friday than its back to a clean slate. The only problem with this team is they are usually done on themselves if things don't go their way early. The fans aren't exactly behind them 100 percent. It was the first time that I can recall that I went to a playoff game that wasn't sold out. Many empty seats were out in the stands. Many people site the economy, the awful dealing of the firing of the coach last season, and mostly the Flyers sucking really bad in the playoffs.
Ed Snider blames the Philly Daily News and the Philly Inquirer for pushing Flyers coverage into the back page this season. I think he is just making excuses which what the players will likely do if they lose Friday. The truth is the Flyers don't as much charm or ink worthy off ice stories like in years past. Many people are waiting to get their Jerseys out of the moth balls if the Flyers make it past the first round. It is a shame that fans are taking a wait in see approach because many of them are likely to miss one hell of a series.
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
"History Seen on TV!"
This morning I watched images on tv that will likely go down in history. The image of Iraqis and US soilders tearing down a famous Saddam figure that loomed over Baghdad. Its one of those events where most people stopped what they were doing to watch the events. Of course it helped I was off today and slept till 10:15
Seeing these images made me feel better about what we are doing over there. From the images of the Iraqis riding around town on the head of the statue of Saddam to the cheers for our soilders. There were even Iraqis on tv all day praising Bush. Its odd seeing them say that. Granted people still hate us over there. But I am starting to wonder if my being on the fence for so long had to do with living in the often blinded liberal state of New Jersey.
As people cheer on heros in the NHL and NBA playoffs don't forget about the heros in a different uniform on the other side of the globe. Already I have seen interest fade in friends of mine, whether someone angrily flips through the coverage disgruntled because of their shows being pre-emptied. Or the decrease in the war being a subject of conversation among friends.
Hopefully the worst is behind us, but how would I know? Soon it will be time to stablize the region.
This morning I watched images on tv that will likely go down in history. The image of Iraqis and US soilders tearing down a famous Saddam figure that loomed over Baghdad. Its one of those events where most people stopped what they were doing to watch the events. Of course it helped I was off today and slept till 10:15
Seeing these images made me feel better about what we are doing over there. From the images of the Iraqis riding around town on the head of the statue of Saddam to the cheers for our soilders. There were even Iraqis on tv all day praising Bush. Its odd seeing them say that. Granted people still hate us over there. But I am starting to wonder if my being on the fence for so long had to do with living in the often blinded liberal state of New Jersey.
As people cheer on heros in the NHL and NBA playoffs don't forget about the heros in a different uniform on the other side of the globe. Already I have seen interest fade in friends of mine, whether someone angrily flips through the coverage disgruntled because of their shows being pre-emptied. Or the decrease in the war being a subject of conversation among friends.
Hopefully the worst is behind us, but how would I know? Soon it will be time to stablize the region.
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