"So they Marched All Night Long"

The writer's strike has reached its sixth week. I will be honest, I don't think its really had much the impact so far aside from screwing lots of people who are not on strike out of jobs. I mean as far as the public giving a damn about it.

Aside from myself, and people I know who take an interest in the enterainment business, people are either unware or apathetic about a strike at all. I talked to some co-workers about it recently. Another person after I told him that Leno, Letterman and Conan were in reruns for a month, brought up that he thought late night tv was dead anyway. He said as long as The DAily Show and Colbert report were still new, he hadn't even noticed the shows had gone dark for over a month. To be honest, my concern about the strike would be down about 2 or 3 notches if it wasn't about to ruin the final Season (and many ways the series) of SCrubs.

Very few network shows have any new scripts left before the strike, so many shows have shut down production. THe shows that do have episodes left were intended as shows like 24 or Lost that start mid-season anyway. But the problem is they have only a few. I had heard 24's upcoming season was so bad they had to rewrite it. Lost will only have 8 shows. Aside from a few other mid-season replacements, come 2008, it will be reruns and reality.


After two weeks of talking, talks broke off last friday bettween studios and writers. During thanksgiving weekend the writers took off and didnt picket, and studio big wigs arent used to working during the holidays. So, I figure that we might be looking at the 2nd week of January before the two sides even go back to talking about anything.

The writers are taking a stand, but sadly they are screwing lots of people who will never benefit from the strike during the holiday season. Makeup people, camera crews, wardrobe people, and various others are all losing their jobs.

The crappy thing is, people love reality tv, and will eat up many of the new shows launching after the holidays. Which means if the strike is ever settled many of the shows will be canned anyway to make room for the new over night reality show hits. Leaving some writers with no job to return to.

Not sure if its the fact that there are still a few new shows of popular programs left or if people are distracted with their own problems right now. But its been 6 weeks, and for the most part America aside from Hollywierd has moved on with their lives. We live in a society where we entertain each other anyway with MYSPACE and YOUTUBE. Maybe we are not on the edge of a new media but different pop-culture all together. Recent studies have shown that pretty much all of the young europeans prefer the Internet to TV anyway.

One wonders if people will make time again to see what Republican is getting slammed on REal Time, too see Leno's headlines, or spend time with the zany office workers. Bettween when now and when the strike gets settled is plenty of time for people to pick up new routines to get them their their mundane work weeks.

"Deck the Hall and Oates"

This is for you Mosco Buddy! Im posting Hall and Oates (no not old videos of Adam Oates and Brett Hull the other Hall and OAtes!). This is them doing Jingle Bell Rock just in time for the holidays. Such a goofy, goofy video. I wonder if one of the boxes has a sweater with snow flakes on it or not.

"No one is Actually Reading this Blog Headline"

Okay, I hate the Islanders. BUt I have to say they have some of the hottest ice girls around. This is part of my new feature on Tucker's world where I honor the girls that work really really really hard for the game of hockey. Each night they are bending over, skating around and cleaning up ice shavings. They try really hard and love their teams. So very, very, very much. One word to sum up this Islanders girl, and it rhymes with ice....it rhymes with ...................ICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCE!

"Cookie Monster vs Kappy"

The Philadelphia Flyers have played some strange hockey lately. One game they knock off the Senators who were red hot, the next game they drop to Washington. One game they beat the canes, next game they come out like zombies and lose to the Dallas Stars game. Stars aren't awful team but they had played an insane amount of games in a short period of time. There is no reason why the Stars could skate around the Flyers. The flyers came out almost like they didn't care past Saturday.


At the skate zone the things got heated during practice. All around nice guy Sami Kapanen and 2nd line center Danny Briere ended up fighting each other. NOw, its not uncommon for this to happen once in awhile, but it usually happens in the pre-season. What is so odd about it, is that its likely a fight bettween two of the smallest guys on the team and two guys you would never expect that from. I think Kappy has been in something like two fights since we got him. Danny is not a fighter, an occassonial dirty player with the butt of the stick in the gut, but not a drop the glvoes guy.


Well at least they seem to care still. Hopefully, there is no bad blood and they can move on. The flyers will go on the road now and play the Wild than the lanche. After that they come home for 3 games. They need to start winning games in a row. The win/lose streak needs to end if the team wants to go anywhere. Now would be a good time to start that.

Sounds like Kappy threw the first punch. Not sure if there was a winner before the teamates stepped in an broke it up.

"Soundwave: The True Hollywood Story"

One second your are starring in the biggest movie of 1986. The next second your agent won't return your calls.


It's a long road to the bottom for Soundwave, and during this behind the scenes special he does drop more F-bombs than he ever did on the original tv-series.

Enjoy the 2nd ever video on Tucker's world. Drew, if you and the guys haven't seen it yet. Its a must view at the next get together at your place.

Video Killed the Blooger Star

You might have noticed some things have changed on the blog. Tucker's World is no longer green. For two reasons.

1. It was kind of like eating a turkey burger. It just didn't feel right.

2. What the point in fighting a cause? The man is just going to win in the end anyway. Besides, I think this problem will just solve itself like most global issues like, AIDS, and the Kosovos.

Now its time for a history lesson my friends.

In 1776 our country was born. Then for awhile nothing happened. In 1969, a man landed on the moon. In 1975 Jaws came out. In 1979, Tucker was born and this video was the first thing shown on MTV. Now MTV sucks and has nothing to do with music.

Now, I can post videos when I like instead of links. Which means if you are like me and read blogs at work. It will likely say "Access Denied" thats because the kill-joys in coproate don't want us watching videos. They are jerks.

Seriously though, I have a lot planned for this now. So,much more I can do. Enjoy the first video ever on Tucker's World. "Video Killed the Radio STar" by some guy that looks like my hippie Biology professor from Camden County College. He always wore sandals and once made us walk around in the woods looking for leafs. Most people think of the first video when they here this. Since I was either not born yet,or an infant I just think of Rex Manning day

"Bobble Briere"

Tonight I went to my third game of my 11 game plan for the Philadelphia Flyers. It was DAnny Briere Bobble head night! I lucked out. Now in years past the Flyers would never do such a thing. Now they are desperate for anyone to the game they will try anything. They even had a man dressed as a hotdog in Center City earlier this season. I guess its a backlash from the worst season ever. Many season ticket holders told Comcast to stick where the sun don't shine when asked to pony up for another year of debt keep their tickets.

The first game I went to this season, I was shocked how few people were at the game. In seasons past I had gone to pre-season games that were more crowded. The funny thing is many of the former season ticket holders were behind the nets. Which has resulted in a sea of red on either end of the ice.

The Bobble head night for me is just a cool bonus since I paid for the tickets a long time ago. So, I couldn't wait to get my bobble head. I brought my friend from work JOsh and promised him a Bobble. At first I had the fear that I was wrong with what night the give away was. There was no one giving the Bobbles at the door. Just a bunch of kids pounding away on drums. IF there is anything I hate more than kids, its kids playing really really loud drums. To make it more strange the people were trying to get us to sign up for credit cards using fake names for free t-shirts. Of course, I couldn't hear a damn word they were saying over the POUNDING of the drums.

Where the hell was my Bobble HEad?!?!?

Later, I found out that you get your BOOBLE at the end of the night. I have no idea what time they started giving them out. If you had to wait around and see if the Bruins would light the lamp 6 or 7 times and suffer to get your Bobble or not. Luckily, they didn't score that many, and of course I am die hard so I stayed to the end of the game. Which was good, because the third period was when the Flyers realized it wasn't a dream and they were indeed playing an NHL game. They must have been blinded by all the red they were seeing in the stands.

I guess its a good thing to have the Bobble at the end of the game for some reasons. I recall how annoying it was when my father and I went to Bobble COle Hammels night. Having to clutch them like a newborns all night long. Also, in order to make it easier for one person to take a leak or get a drink, one of us would be on "bobble duty" and guard Cole with our lives. I lived in fear all night that something would happen to my new friend.

However, what the Flyers didn't take into consideration was how it would effect people leaving the building. A Bobble Head Bottle neck was formed as people all stopped to get their mini Danny Brieres on the way out to the rainy Philadelphia night after our team sleep skated to a defeat. You couldn't move!

Josh and I took the advise of some dude and went to one of the other exits which required us to walk a quarter away around the WATCH OVER YOU CENTER. At this point we were not remotely near our car. So, we could fight the Bobble Head grabbers some more or we could walk around in the rain. I love the Flyers of course, but sometimes I think a monkey puts these promotions together.

I store Danny under my jacket to sheild him from the rain. HE will find a home with his new friends Bobble Fist Brasher (who is white for some reasons) and Generic Flyer Bobble guy from 2002. Generic Flyer guy suffered a broken neck once when my nephew was playing the slam the door into the computer desk over and over again for no reason game. He tobbled to the floor. Luckily, he can still Bobble with the best of them. Also, I am getting my nephew one of those annoying drums for Christmas, so no more Bobble Heads have to suffer.

Maybe the Flyers could have rolled back ticket prices this season to draw people in. YOu know knock a good 20 bucks off the tickets all around. I am wondering how much longer Derian Hatcher's checks bounce. But, I guess they will always have the die hards like me wandering around like a rat in a maze in order to get my Bobble head at the end. I clutched the Bobble Box close to my heart till we got in the warm car. A little wiser.

"Shot From Hartnell and Not Too Late

I have to admit it. I was starting to think that Scott Hartnell would be the next Kyle Caldar. Hartnell was picked up because he is a 20 goal scorer. He has looked anything,but although he hasnt looked awful he only has had two goals before Saturday night and they were both empty net goals.

The problem is usually harder to overcome when players go on a drought. The start 2nd guessing themselves and shooting to quick, or passing instead of taking the shot. Hartnell was trying to make up for his lack of goals in other ways. He was drew lots of penalties and has been good in the corners.

However, it would have been only a matter of time before the fans turned on him, and the coaching staff would have really gotten tired of him not producing. Saturday night he scored an awesome goal and helped Philly knock off the best team in the league. It was a hard ass shot from fairly far out. Just an awesome shot.

With Gagne likely to miss most of the season we need someone to step it up. Hartnell seems to me as a good fit and I am glad that he finally scored a goal in a big way. Maybe now he will start scoring every few games. Playing on a line with Danny Briere will help big time of course, but even DAnny couldn't have gotten him out of a funk if he went into December without scoring a legit goal.

The picture here is of Scott with his really really cute wife when they were down at Borgata to celebrate their one year anniversary. Scott it might have been rough going there for awhile, and we all laughed when your first goal was an open net goal. BUt, now that the monkey has been tossed of your back we need you scoring Buddy! You have an adorable wife, can go to AC whenever you have the time, run up the steps and pretend your rocky on your day off, life is good! Now score some more goals.

Oh yeah, and don't feel bad that TIm PAnacio kept calling you "Jeff" Hartnell today in his column you keep scoring goals like that and people will be wearing your last name on their jerseys and people hockey writers will memorize your first name.

"The Manshower"

So, my friend at work has various friends that are all expecting kids. So, she is always going to baby showers. I thought about it, and there isn't anything for dudes like that to look forward too in life. I mean women have bridal AND baby showers were people basically come to their place and give them free stuff.

Later, that day I figured I am screwed! I will never get such stuff. And Dudes will never get that, even when the get married or have kids.


What makes matters worse is the single dude is always left out in the cold. I mean Valentines Day is just a holiday that trembles all over our lifestyle. I really wish they would just call it "The February Holiday" so they do not offend us bachelors. I also, am going to try to fight seeing public displays for the holiday on feb14th.


We have to always sit at the "singles" table for formal events. Whats next separate schools?


Anyway my idea is very simple. It is to thrown for you by your dude friends (or bros) in honor of you being a stand up dude. In order to get this notice you must excell in a few or all of the following.

Beer Drinking
Knowlege of two sports
Awesome Video game playing skills
Love of the Transfomers
The ablitity to nudge your dude friend when a hot girl walks past
To be able to quote Major League or Caddyshack at will

My idea is for a Manshower. That does kind of sound sort of homoerotic so I am actually looking for a different name.


Anyway for now I will call it the Manshower. Basically every now and than the dudes get together and pick a dude to honor. They bring gifts and food.

Acceptable Food:

Pizza or hot dogs. But since Dudes are putting it together I doubt anyone will think to actually get plates.

Acceptable gifts:

Anything from the Hickory Farms collection
a Six pack (that the dude shall drink when the guests leave some other night)
Cigars
A copy of Maxim Magazine
2 Phillies tickets
A movie on DVD where a lot of stuff is blown up.
gift cards for Lowes (so they can like build stuff)

Events:

Gutiar Hero
Everyone talks about where they were when the Phillies lost the world series in 1993.

Everyone busts the balls of the dude being honored.

A Picture is brought out of the dude who has a girlfriend who didn't let him come over for the manshower, and a candle is lit followed by a moment of silence.

The Manshower, I am going to make it a new thing.....

"Turkey Joke"

Why cant you bring a turkey to church?


Because they use FOWL language.


Tell your friends....

"Ain't Got No Scrubs"

For 7 Seasons Scrubs has been getting a raw deal. One reason was that SCrubs is made by Touchstone who is owned by Disney who owns ABC. But... ..Scrubs is on NBC! This is one of the reasons why Scrubs is the only show not shown in HD. Touchstone doesn't want to pay for it, because they don't get any money off the first runs of the show. NBC, doesn't want to pay for it either, they dont get any money off the DVDS or reruns. SO, NBC has knocked poor Scrubs to different nights and time slots over it's 7 years. Once, it didn't run till Mid-season and most times it doesn't air till November or October. The other reason was so-so ratings at best. This season was going to be different though. You see series creator and writer was promised by NBC, that they could come back for a 7th and final season. It was down to the wire at the end of last year,and oddly enough ABC was going to be pick it up if NBC didn't. But since the show always got lousy ratings it was almost cancelled two or three other times. Despite the ratings the fans are very loyal. Like many of the shows I love, the fans are hardcore, but it never hit real mainstream and we had to live in fear of it getting axed all the time. Scrubs fans were fired up for season 7! Bill Lawerence and star Zack Braff had promised to return to the shows routes where it was more grounded. There was going to be a tad more drama like in the earlier seasons. The final 19 shows would also bring back various wacky characters we met over the years. Now like it or not, there is a writers strike, and Bill Lawerence has joined the striking writers. The network wanted him to rush together a last show the week before the deadline, but he refused. There are roughly 5 shows that have not been written yet. This was going to be when the story got wrapped up. Many people think the strike will go to June or July. At this point all the contracts of the actors will be up and Scrubs will never get a true final show. After, all these years. All these close calls the shows plug will still be pulled before we find out of JD gets that hug from Dr. Cox, The Janitors name, if JD will ever man up and not be a deadbeat dad, or if there is more than just "guy love" with JD and Turk. Lawerence, has promised to do his best to get the final shows made for the fans. He said he will go to ABC in hopes they will air them if NBC doesn't, or put them straight on DVD. That however, would require use of the hospital set (its actually and old hospital) and all the cast members signing on. That is likely not going to happen. It just sucks for Scrubs fans and although he writers will eventually win and get their way. The fans are likely to lose once again. Lawerence will live off his SCrubs and Spin City money and the fans will be screwed. Kicked in the balls by both the studio and the writers.

"The Habs and Hab Nots"

Since many of my readers are hockey fans, I figured many would find the FORBES ranking of the NHL team's fairly interesting. Looks like Toronto is still #1. As long as they don't cave in and start paying CAndian money instead of the weak American bucks, they will stay that way.
Those pesky Rangers are #2, and our own ORange and Black are #6.
Montreal is #3.

Here is the List

"232 Candles"

Price has gotten together with the owner's of Jerseys (Aka The Tank, Sharkys) for what should be a fun night for a good cause. Here is Price's message.



"This Saturday is the 232nd Marine Corps Birthday. Jersey's American Pub has been gracious enough to let us have a B-day bash starting at 8pm.There is NO COVER and we will be having raffles, a silent auction, 50/50's and great drink specials all night. Yellow Fin will also be playing between 9 and 1. WE WILL BE DONATING MONEY FROM THE EVENTS TO THE INJURED MARINE SEMPER FI FUND!!!! This charity assists wounded Marines and their families during their trying times. Please come out and support this good cause. For more info, check out Jersey's on my top friends. "

The raffles sound pretty awesome actually. Apperently one of the people that shows up at the bar regularly work for the Philadelphia Flyers and has donated some stuff to win!. The stuff is LIKELY to include, Jerseys, signed sticks, pucks, and Phantoms Tickets! Another prize will be a mountain bike, some sort of chair (it sounded cool when Price said it but I forget!) and some other stuff.

There will be drink specials and live music. DOnt know much about Yellow Finn, but I have heard they are pretty good.

IF that isnt enough Carl will be there.


So, come up and have a drink, or if you dont drink thank some marines for all they have done for our country.

Feel free to ask questions on here about the even.

"All the Pretty Little Green Things"

Not unlike that "meat" found in a ziplock bag in the back of my fridge recently. Tucker's World has gone green!


Here are a list some other cool green things.


1. The Hartford Whalers old jerseys.
2. Kermit
3. Monopoly Houses
4. The Apple Jolly Ranchers
5. Pickles
6. Slimer
7. The really tight sweater an insanely hot girl was wearing earlier today in line at Wawa.
8. The Field at Citzen's Bank
9 Ed Greene

"Stratford Gets Wet"

My hometown of STratford finally came to their senses and voted to be able to serve booze. I really never understood why always shot this down and remained a dry town for so long. I mean right down the White Horse Pike you have tons of bars. So, you could littreally stand next to a bar in STratford.

Basically, they are just squandering a chance to lower taxes. I *THINK* they are going to have 3 liquor licences and they wont go to existing businesses. That chains, or a nice quiant resturant (Id prefer) can exist with a bar. There is plenty of room in a mostly empty shopping center! A great location right off the train!

Finally the good people have gotten off their horse and buggy, sent out the tellagraphs, and the people have spoken. Time to have a good 'ol time!

I highly doubt the town will turn into a bunch of drunks or anything. Just a great chance to woo new businesses

"Tucker's World Goes Green"

To follow in the footsteps of NBC, Tucker's World is going Green this week. I was touched when the studio put the lights out during the Eagles broadcast in order to prove that we need to conserve. I was even more excited to learn that movie star and former Vice President Al Gore will be on 30 rock this week! In fact all the Thursday Night comedy shows are going to be about Global Warming!


I figured I had to do something to jump on the band wagon so I didn't have to sit at the loser table at the next Bloggers convention. So, in order to brainstorm I took the day off of work and drove around and around. I came home finally after and was about to turn Tucker's World green! But, I did get sidetracked because I left the TV on when I wasn't home and they were running a movie that caught my interest on HBO. It took me awhile to change the format, because my computer locks up. That happens when I leave the computer on for a long time which I usually do. Now, it was time to start telling people how to live their lives.


Did I mention Al Gore will be on 30 rock this week?


Tips
#1 If you are watching the game over your friend's house, there is a good chance you are drinking beer. Make sure when you "break the seal" not to flush. Leave your piss till the end of the night. Just keep filling it up. One flush is better than countless after the seal is broken!

#2.Everyone wear green on Thursday!

#3. Carpooling is fine, but I think you need to step it up more than that. You should shower with your fellow car pooler. This will give you a chance to not only save water, but intimate time to discuss ways we can conserve. At the very least you can come up with the most fuel efficient way to go to work. Even if that means no left turns.

#4. If you live in an apartment complex. Drive around and try to figure out what neighbors leave their doors unlocked. If you find a door unlocked go into their place. Rummage through their personal belongings till you find their finical statements. Make sure that you mark them up to show them ways to save. Its important that when you do this, that you wear all black and put a hood over your head. We don't need people knowing who we are. This isn't about getting praise, its about saving the world for the children's children's children's so they can live in harmony with the spacemen that will land here in the not too distant future.

#5. Make a Dioramas. Maybe use the planet as the center piece. I think Styrofoam would work great to capture the planet earth.

#6. Get green lightbulbs and replace EVERYBULB with them. I mean, light posts outside, the ones indoors, nightlights. Than at 8:30pm on Thursday when Al Gore is on 30 rock. Everyone at once turn on your lights. All of them! Come together as one world for one cause. What an amazing site it will be everyone with their green lights on at the same time.

"Gone Jamie Gone, Gone Gone!"

My friend Jamie (known as Duke on this blog). Has moved to the sunshine state for work. Yes, the man who puts on sunblock to go to WaWa has moved to the hottest most sunny state in his free nation.

Duke and I go way back to when we were kids. Our parents were quite involved in our local church, and thats how we met. I can remember one time with Duke and I driving to a miniature golf outing (Our whacky pastor, Pastor Jack thought it would be cool to drive all the way out to Lancaster to play mini golf. He was right!) we were in the back of my parents station wagon and facing backwards in the Ford Tarus. The whole time we talked about transformers. I was doing my dead on Starscream voice (which was ruined when I hit puberty and just being total nerds while the other guys were talking to the one cute female in the car. Duke used to wear these glasses with this black band on the back to keep them from falling off his face. Kind of like the the basketball players used to wear.


Many years later, Duke got contacts, but pretty much we still talked about dorky stuff and didnt in favor or talking to people who don't have a penis. Now he has moved away, because he is a jerk.


Many, years of memories. Including being there for his "lowest point of his life" which happened when he had party that no one showed up to. He was really drunk and saying it was "The lowest point of his life" and we left him there.

He also worked for a shady painting selling company which provided many laughs and still does. He was the first person locally to have his own place and took over for the headquarters from "My parents basement". Jay and Jenna made a baby there, Duke got his balls cupped (and god know what else) and his apartment really brought many people together.

Many other memories include my times down the shore with Duke, drunken nights at his other apartment, Duke's hot but mildly crazy girlfriend from South Philly and playing and a NHL video game on my computer every Friday for a year.


Jamie was famous for his "Jamie 180" when he would be really passionate about something, and than months later take the polar opposite view on it. So, maybe he will say he DOESNT HATE new Jersey in a year and move back. BUt, honestly, I think we have seen the last of Duke as a South Jersey resident.

We will all miss Duke, and hope he doesn't get eaten by a gator. I want everyone to comment on their most memorable Duke moment. It is OKAY to cry when typing it. But, I am not going to say that it isn't very gay.

I have to hit the Publish Post comment,because I have something in my eye.....

"For a Service Problem Press 1"

Day 1

I have a rough day in the last two hours of work. When a truck that has really expensive Blueberries on it decides to take 8 hours to get from DC to Vineland, NJ. So, I stop by maybe fav. watering hole and get some grub and a few beers. I make sure I am in home in time for the new How I Met Your Mother (and all the other shows I watch Monday). I settle down back in my apartment in hopes to whach HIMYM and forget about my crappy day.

I cant do that. My cable is out. So, is my internet. I call up to see what can be done and the robot voice tells me it will be a long wait. But, it would be better if I logged on the internet and reported the problem. Clearly, I can't do that. So I got to my parents to watch HIMYM and the rest of my Monday shows.

I returned home, still no cable or anything.


Day 2
I call in the morning. The dude on the phone assures me that he will send someone out to fix the problem!

They tell me the dude will be out around 5-9. I tell them that I wont get home till 530-6pm. So, please dont send him at 5pm.

At this point I think I know what the problem is. They have my apartment number WRONG for my service address, but right for my billing address. A year ago, they cut my cable feed because I came up as someone who doesnt pay( I do, they looked off the incorrect service address) so they cut my line.

I tired MANY times to make sure it wouldnt happen again. I always feared it would. Around 7pm, I doze off and finally wake up at 7:45 with my cell phone clutched in my hand. I call Comcast and they seem fairly Annoyed that I am calling, since its not 9pm yet. I call at 8:46 and the robot voice tells me my appointment is for Oct31 (the next day). I get a live person. They tell me the tech hit code 1, for the reason not to come out. Code 1- means Weather. It was chilly,but insanely clear out that night. I asked if they no longer come out if it rains now. She said, they wouldnt climb a pole, but I told her they should at least have told me they weren't coming and that who knows if they had to climb a pole. Also, that the weather was amazingly nice. The lady is FLA, and tells me she understands my frustration (I kept using the word asshole) and that she also is a "consumer".

Than Chris Arter comes over and we eat candy and watch a spooky movie and Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown on DVD. Im glad he came over, because my night was shot pretty much.

Day 3

Finally the guy comes out around quarter of 8. He is wearing Devil horns (for Halloween I assume, although I think most COmcast workers have them naturally). He told me that they basically disconnected my cable again,b ecause I didn't show up as a customer. He tought me some random tricks on my digital box.

After that I met price and rick for trivia night at Jersey's. Thankfully they took 20 bucks off my bill. But even still Comcast is evil and most of their workers or morons.

"Its the End of the World As We Know It"

Gore in 08! Read here, another reason that Al Gore should run and be our next president.

"One Grand Post Man"

In August 2002 before "blog" was a household name. Tucker's World was born. Through out all the posts that were lost when the original Tucker's World went crazy on me (if you click on the August 2002 links they are all re-posted under one post), ones I deleted and a few that were eaten for reasons unknown by Blooger and this is post # 1,000!

Yeah that's right !


I had to actually double check a few times in my mind that its been over 5 YEARS that this blog has been going on. That makes me 23, and just about to embark on my last year of college. I have to say, I am quite a different person that I was back than.

So, much has happened into the last 5 years, and that's saying a lot since I think I lack some life experience since I rarely travel outside of this area.

There have been ups and downs, laughs, bad grammar, and I have pissed off at least 4 of my friends on here to the point that they weren't talking to me for a while. That is less than one per year which is seriously not that bad. Kind of strange though the odd vibe that a blog can give off. I think if I said some of those things in person people would just laugh it off. But the blog soap box gives you some kind of different power or tone I guess.


I have blogged about elections, hurricanes, relationships, death, Flyers, and featherless chickens.
I brought people who haven't talked to each other in years together some how, and have had some weirdos comment on here. I have had others lurk for years before I realized they actually read my blog.

There was all the blogs about Superman Returns leading up to it, and than I never actually talked about the movie after I saw it or reviewed. Nobody cared.

There was the time that I actually started letting comments in on the blog, which opened up a wave of insults, threats, and occasional spam.

Many blogs have risen and fell since Tucker's World started with great big bang. TERMINUS died and than came back as ZOMBIE TERMINUS (okay its TERMINUS 2, but research shows that one of my readers REALLY loves Zombies) .


We watched every Philly team suck together and blog about it. Okay, I don't blog about the Sixers or the Eagles, but it didn't stupid them from sucking for the past 1,000 posts.


Hmm..lets see if I can sum up all the readers lives in the past 5 years. I might have made some of this stuff up.

Drew: Became a lawyer and wanted to murder me a few times because of stuff I wrote here. He also moved to COllingswood but still tells me he is not gay (causing me much interpersonal turmoil when I made accepted him being gay). He breaded up than bearded down, than bearded up again. I think he watched an entire 365 days worth of Dr. Who in the past five years. He is also adopting "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" for the big screen and selling the script to the suits in Hollywood.

Duke:
He dated some hot chick from South Philly and all he got was her damn cat. Mr. Boots came into our lives amidst a shattered relationship. Once I left the door open at Dukes apartment and he escaped. Things happened so quickly and Mr. Boots was missing for about 30 minutes, Duke was about 15 minutes away from punching me. That is a total of two cats that weren't my own that I accidentally slipped passed me into the great outdoors, but I am happy to report neither died. Now he is moving to Florida, because he is a jerk.


Jenna:

She had a kid, quit the Sears outlet, found buried treasure, moved in with Jay, and had her own blog for awhile. Actually she had two blogs. One about whacky stuff and one about her kid.

Jay (aka Jason aka Lima Beanz)

He switched jobs a few times, and now molds the minds of the young. He has a kid. He also punched a zombie in the face once for money. Another time just for the sake of punching a Zombie in the face. He also once threatened to murder me or cripple me I forget.

Ed
5 years ago he was making weird jokes and wondering about the lives of the crew to make up for the fact that he hates his job. Now he makes weird jokes and wonders about the lives of the crew to make up for the fact that he hates his job.

Rick
I ruined his life.

Joe
Is a vet, and never has read my blog. When I mentioned it recently he said. "You seriously still have that thing"

Tom
Found out the meaning of life and wrote it down on a piece of paper, but it blew out the window of his UPS truck before he could remember it. It flew down 295 never to be seen again. However, there is a River rat that has started a cult following along the Delaware River. Of course Riverats can't read or talk so that doesn't even make any sense at all!

Rob
Hit someone with his car, but he was a Devils fan so we all just laughed about it.

Ben
CAme over to Duke's a lot and talked about tv shows I don't watch. He also paid Jay to punch a zombie in the face.

TL
I still have no idea who this dude is!

Chris Arter
A South Jersey Music Legend. One day he will be in the south Jersey hall of fame next to the Garden STate Parkway trolls, and that creepy Asian dude that hands out stuffed animals at local bars.

Dan K.
Moved up to a higher tax bracket now he sits in a big house on a hill. Him and Jessica have 9 computers.

Price

Got married, but his wife was eaten by a lake monster. Price did his best to save her, but what are you going to do?

"Cookie Monster"

This is a really good ready for any Flyers fan. The store of Danny Briere's early days in the NHL. AT one point all 29 teams could have taken him from Phoenix for the least about possible to pay an NHL players. All 29 teams refused. Also, Buffalo gave up Christ Gratton for him@!http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=4db085ae-8464-49fe-ae59-751e0f941e7b

"OK Computer"

Don't know who to vote for in the 2008 election? Well Ed gave me a link that might help! It basically takes all that annoying thinking out of selecting your ideal person for the new president of the Unite states. Click here to find out what the computer say you should vote for. I did this and they said I should vote for Rudi, than right after that its all democrats. HIlarry was first than DONT CALL ME OSAMA OLA BAMA, some other dude, and about 5 other Democrats. That dude from LA & Order was at the bottom. Um, OK Computer, but Id rather still vote for Al Gore! What did everyone else come up with?

"Counting Penguins"

So the Flyers and Penguins both came into the NHL in 1967. Last year the Flyers kept saying it was it was 40 years of Flyers hockey. Not seasons mine you, but years.

Okay, no way it was 40 YEARS of hockey, because they started in fall of 1967, not 1966. SO this fall will be 40 years of Flyers hockey. Also, there were NEVER 40 seasons either. They did not play for the the 2005-2006 season. So, thats really LAME to consider that a "season" you didnt give us any hockey! By that logic the Sopranos would have had like 9 seasons, counting all the years new shows weren't aired as seasons. Maybe they would sell the season sets and some would just be blank discs?

Anyway, what is even more amusing is that the Penguins who again were in the same group of expansion teams in 1967, are doing a big deal for their home openers for it being 40 years of Penguins Hockey. Because it is!

Yeah, I now some people debated me on the who how many seasons were there thing. IF you don't believe me think how we realized the millennium is actually 2001, because start counting at 0. Same thing. When the Flyers started hockey in fall of October that had not been around for a year already, so fall of 1968 was one year later of them starting. Still don't believe me. Write every year from 1967 on a piece of paper (I actually had to do this to prove this very point once) and number each year. That comes out to 40 seasons, but you have to take one away because of the lock out. THe Flyers campaign from last season was clearly YEARS not seasons. Seasons is a stretch at best, but years was always a boldface lie. Its impossible for these two teams to have different 40 year benchmarchs in their history.

Oh yeah and 1985-1986 will always be the season that Pelle died.

"Season Over"

Cold bats. Thats basically what did us in. The hot bats of Philly were just non-existant in the 3 game playoff series. I knew the Rookies had better pitching, but I figured we would just win by getting into a slugfest.

Of course there will be a lot of hatred toward the team the next 48 hours, and people will just be doing the Eagles chant till the next tim the Phillies enter the playoffs. But, I am still proud of the Phillies and what they did this year.

I think maybe somehow these guys were just overwhelemed by it all. Not to make excuses but honestly although I hoped I never thought we would win the World SEries. We just weren't good enough yet.

I did however say from the start of the season that we would make the playoffs. That we did, and its just one step closer to winning it all. Most these guys will be back next season and be able to take this experience away with them.

There will be many questions of the next 72 hours, some long faces, anger towards the hitters and Chase could become very hated in Philly. People wont even the 1-3 birds to get their minds, but that might be a good thing.

You can add one another 4 months at least to our championship drought in Philly.

It was a great ride with an all too famliar ending. But the fans will just have another scar and life will go on. The Phillies never quit and thumbed their nose at the slamming they got from the haters all season long. One wonders what could have happened had the Padres made it. One wonders what could have happened if we didn't yank our starter in game 2. Now it is the off season for the Phils and we have to go through an entire off season, pre-season and the never ending regular season just to get back to this spot.

But, such as life in the land of scars, and wondering about past events. Each fan will grow a little wiser, maybe more cynical. Dry your eyes with your rally towels Delware Valley and as Tony Soprano once said. "Focus on the good times"

"New-BrierERA "

Flyers kick of the 2007-2008 season in less than two hours. Of course I am staying up to see the orange and black. Although, Briere wont be wearing the A, it will be everyone's first chance to see him in action. For those of you in dreamland by the time the puck drops feel new the COMCASTIC people at CSN are running the game tomorrow night in primetime. The excitement is high for me! Despite the fact many experts are placing the Flyers in 10 or 11th place in the Eastern Conference this season. The only which way is up from here.

"Free Hugs"

I wish I could find a picture to upload, but I cant get it to do that you might have to flip to picture 11. Anyway here is the link.Pretty much sums up the Eagles season, right? Jeesh, he is the leader of the team. They got the snot kicked out of them Sunday Night. He is hugging a player on a rival team and looks like he is crying on his shoulder. I guess they felt bad about all the beatings they gave him. But, shouldnt he be mad? Showing some sort of leadership? Ugh, thank God for the ORange and Black coming back. Thank god for the PHils, lame Eagles, lame on the way to lame, lame, lame.

"MVP!"

2005 Rookie of the Year Ryan Howard

2006 MVP Ryan Howard

2007 MVP Jimmy Rollins ?!?!?

Let's hope so. Jimmy despite getting crap early the season for not being a "good lead off man" has been solid all season long. People started to snicker when he said they were the team to beat. But Jimmy never flinched. He carried the team when Chase went down and when Howard was hurt. I don't think there is anyway that Jimmy will get shut out of this honor this season. Not unless William Penn is the guy who makes the call on the MVP of the 2007 season. Hats off to Jimmy stealing bases like crazy and getting tripples out of singles.

Jimmy you are the Tucker's World MVP this year if that makes you feel any better at all! MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP!

"The Team to Beat!"

"If Not For Me For Them"

They try so hard all season. Running around picking up balls. They sit out in the sun looking hot with their sexy little legs. They sit in the chair during games that are like 4 hours long sometimes. If you lose today they will be crying and sad. Come on Phillies win it for the ball girls, they deserve to be fetching balls in October.

"Waiting"

We cannot build enough prisons to solve this problem. And the idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating — pretty soon we’re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They’re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.” John Edwards. WOW! John Edwards said that ! I am waiting for the media to rip him up. I know that the liberal media is a big myth, so I am sure they wouldn't give someone like that a pass just because he has a "D" next to his name! I am just going to sit and wait for the media blitz! I bet it will be a huge hot topic! He might have to go to rehab. Im sure Jesse Jackson will demand him to say he is sorry. No way the un-biased media will let this one slide!

"Goosebumps"

The Philadelphia Phillies are now tied for 1st place. 3 Games to go and it will be a great weekend for sports I even heard that football team has a game or something this weekend. But the team that matters has 3 games this weekend and if all goes well the Phillies will be back in the postseason for the first time in 14 years. What a great season so far everytime you right this team off they come back. The Phils are confident, happy, and playing good ball. Sure we have to beat the NATS all 3 games bascially to make us reach the post season, in fact it would be impossible not to make the playoffs if we win all 3 games. Well at least the one game playoff thingie. Go PHILS!

"Lowdown Downie Shame"

Jay and I may be the only people around that know who Steve Downie is. Well, to get you up to speed her is prospect for the Flyers. He is said to have a scoring touch, but is known more for the rough stuff. He has had so much trouble in his youth and even kicked out of leagues. He takes things to far and takes really cheap illegal shots at people when he isn't tossing his fists.

Now, anyone that knows me knows that I love hard hitting hockey. But, this guy Steve DOwnie is no Ben Eager. Downie I think is a total nutcase who loses his temper way to easily and something snaps in his head where he just goes nuts.

This week during a pre-season game DOwnie took a run at former Flyer and now Senator Dean McCammond and it was not even close to being legal. He didnt just leave his feet, he leaped from them. McCammond clunked his noggin on the boards and was out cold.

Now the Sens players are calling for Downie's head on a stick. Basically, saying they won't forget it, and they are gunning for him next time we play. HOwever, Downie MAY not even make the team. If he does its because the Flyers have 3 guys that were supposed to make the team that wont be able to play opening week. If Downie doesn't play there is a very good chance they will just try to take swipes at our star players.

Thanks a lot Downie! STarted a war with the Sens in the pre-season. Christ, we cant even make it to the season opener healthy and Downie does something stupid like this. What if it was one of our players getting their bell rung in the pre-season because some yahoo wanted to prove his worth to make the team? Thats why I hate pre-season. Also, does the NHL make him sit out games? IF so, how do you do that since he likely will be a PHantom?

Here is the YOUTUBE link if you didnt see it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=322zqTkL0-c

"The Return of Tucker"

Tucker is back for real this time folks.

The hot weather will soon fade away making Tucker more resclusive and wanting to type to the world instead of go out and interact with it. Honestly, I think I can pull the whole more updates thing again! I found a library near where I work. I honestly like going there on my lunch, because I get away from ringing phones and its very peaceful. If I had a laptop like Drew I could blog while watching tv. I just got too wrapped in the PHils and wathcing Nothern Exposure off netflix. Not to mention that I am really addicted to YOUTUBE. I just sit for hours watching hockey videos, fanboy stuff, people making fools of themeselves, hot girls dancing etc..


But I am back! Time to fill you in on what has happened in Tucker's World during the Hiatus.

Rick blamed me and Price for for holding him back in life.

Duke is moving to Florida. Yes, the man who puts sun tan lotion on to go to WaWa, is going to the sunshine state for a year or more.

Drew got new glasses

I learned that tapping your foot in a public restroom means you are really gay and need hard core gay sex with strange men. Oddly, now Im paranoid. We have a radio in our bathroom at work, and now I make sure I never tap my foot to the music while taking a huge dump. I have stop everything I normally do while doing number 2, just in case people think I want some man love or something. I don't even stopped singing select songs from rent when I am wipping my ass which has not been easy.

Dan K is going to be a dad.


More stores in the "Voorhees Town CEnter" have closed

The phillies were out of the playoff picture, than back in, than out again, than they were in, last night out, tonight in. Unless the PAdres win, than still sort of in, or out.


That jerk from Iran meet with people or something. I dont know. I think he said something about not wanting nukes or something. I started to watch the story on the news, but than I realized E! was running a marathon of the Two COreys.


The Flyers have started their pre-season. 3 Players set to make the team are hurt already.Yup Ummy (finger), Uppy (wrist) and Lopul (should we call him Lopy?, did something to his hand too).

All the eagles fans were ready to slit their wrists after going 0-2. We are not 1-2 so I guess there will be less people leaping into the Delware River with weights tied to their feet.

Mosco is still a dick.

Did I mention Drew got new glasses?


Im back baby I am back! come back during the day for updates too if I can get on my lunch I will update!

"Get the Brooms Out"

GO Phils!

"Two Weeks Notice"

The next two weeks could easily tell us if the Philadelphia Phillies will actually be in the playoffs or not. They play many playoff teams including LA who they are in the mix with for the wildcard spot and the Mets who they are chasing for the divison title. Lets go PHils!

"dropping like fly balls"

What the hell,???!?!? Can we just play one game with out someone getting hurt? Is the evil ghost of William Penn using some sort of voodoo pin cushion thing?

"The Dead Will Rise this Fall"

The dead will rise this fall on TV.

I am not talking about that new show about a detective who also happens to be a VAMPIRE! (its really going to be show). I am talking about two of "my shows" that I watch on network tv. I don't have time for many shows, and I don't watch many of the real popular ones like Heroes or Lost.

So two of the shows I watch I are bringing back people from the dead. Which is always pretty ridiculous.

The first such show is Scrubs. (SEASON 6 Spoilers) Last season towards the end of the year Nurse Roberts was killed off. The big christen lady nurse died in car accident. I couldn't understand why they did this. But it was revealed later that series creator Bill Lawerence thought at the time that it was going to be the final season. So, they figured they needed something dramatic to happen. So, the killed her. BUt Lawerence said to the actress who played her that if NBC had a change of heart and brought the show back for another season, he would bring her back.

Bill was good on his word, and Scrubs will have 19 final shows this season and the actress will be coming back. Apparently the ultra christian goodie nurse roberts had an evil twin the whole time, that was never mentioned, or even showed up for her own twins funeral. She will be a druggie, a slut and a heavy drinker. Good thing there is only 19 shows left, right? I guess its cool he didn't go back on her word, but what a stupid story line.


Even more strange is CSI: Miami. Now I started watching this show going back to my outlet days when I would come home from work and my mom would have it on. I only watched it once in awhile the 1st season, and later got really into the show with my now ex-girlfriend. The first two seasons were really cool, gritty at times, but a little far fetched. I decided to go back actually and rent the first two seasons this summer off netflix. The character enjoyed the most on the show was the character known as Tim"Speed" Speedle. He was played by Rory Cochrane (the dude from Empire Records and Dazed and COnfused) I like his character on there because he was smart ass. He was the most realistic character too, didn't really like his job that much, and the actor was just better than the rest of the cast for the most part.

Well it appeared after season 2 that Cochrane couldnt take the 12 hour shoots, and being stuck on the west coast most of the year. He wanted out of his contract. If CBS did let him out that would mean he couldn't do tv for 3 seasons. The writers had a tough choice to make to write out a popular character. They went with killing him off. He and David Caruso's character got fired on in a jewelry store. Because, Speed was a bit lazy and apathetic he didn't clean his gun right(he almost died in season 1 for this reason I guess he didn't learn his lesson), and his gun didn't fire. He got shot and killed. Caruso character held him as he died in his arms. Later, the autopsy girl cut him up on her table. Cant get any more dead than that. It was hard for fans of the show to watch, but since he wanted out what else could you do? It made for a powerful season 3 opener. Anyway, I think his death made a bigger impact on the fans than if he would have been alive in season 5. It was unexpected and rocked the show's structure. He went to cool character tv heaven with Uncle Pussy, Deep Throat from the X-files, and Wheel Jack.

Season 3, went on to introduce a new character, and by season 4 the show started to trail off in a more and more over the top direction. They married the lead character off only to have his wife killed, in one of the most unbelievable romances in the history of TV. Last season had someone get eaten by a black bear (In Miami Really?!?), triplets killing twins, one character get shot in the head and report to work like nothing much happened in two weeks.


Anyway, I really started to think I was going to bail on the show all together. Sometimes it was a chore watching last season. But, I figured I would check out season 1 and see some I missed and revisit season 2 (I am currently watching and I guess I missed a few there too). There the show was still far fetched, yet fun and down to earth. Any Speed was still alive. I really enjoyed watching the earlier shows, while it was fun it was grounded still.

Now there is pretty big rumor that Speed will be back a few times in season 6. How on earth could this happen? He was cut up? Shot. Burried. Flashbacks? A Ghost? Faked his death? Wait, they already faked the main character's brothers death. Maybe a Zombie? Now I have to come back for season 6 to see how they do this. There is no way at all that it can not be totally ridicuolous.

"Another 9/11?"

Anyone else have a bad feeling about all this news on new attacks or is it just? http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QALM9G2&show_article=1

"Hope Skates"

The past weekend I went to the SKATE ZONE for the Flyers Mini-camp. Basically a bunch of young players including the teams recent first round draft pick were invited to work out and do some hard skating drills. I was there for the first round which included Steve Downie who is pegged to be a big part of the Flyers future down the line. Downie is 20, so he can actually play for the PHantoms this year. You can tell it was a long off season so far, because a lot of people were there for the mini-camp. The camp had others like Ryan Pounltny, Parent, and Jars Johnson. Fans gathered and talked about their high hopes f0r the 2007-08 season. People were all talking to each other about the next year's porspects. There was a group of late 30 to 40 yearold women who knew amazingly alot about the sport. The one girl that I talked to knew pretty much everyone on the ice, which is more than I can say for myself(they were nice enough to give us a roster sheet though). I do feel though that she like Poultny for different reasons than I do though. All, and all a nice way to hold me over till training camp. Kind of hoping Dan the Man would have randomly showed up, but if he did he was hanging out in the locker room.

"Sharkys"

So, Sharkys wont close after all, just slowly change hands and become the Jersey Sports Bar. Glad to say, they are keeping the same wings! It will basically be the same old sharkys with an upgrade. They are sinking money into the old bar, and getting some big screen flat TVS, and eventually putting a deck up top. So, it will be like Sharkys going EXTEREME! It wont close during construction! Awesome!

"Ho-Hum Summer"

What everyone thought would be a huge summer is so far off to a So-so start. No real bombs yet, but nothing near the pie in the sky expectations people laid out earlier in the year. Read here/.

"Fathers & Sons"

This past father's day I went down to the campground where my parents have trailer at all summer long.

Now anyone that knows me knows that I pretty much have zip desire to every have children. It's simply just not something that I want out of life, or see myself needing to fulfill my life. Not only that I have trouble wrapping my brain around why it seems like 99.9 percent of the people on this planet earth are hell bent on having kids. Is it to validate their own existence? Because they think its a sign of success? Obligation?!?

Not sure.

Anyway, my father and I were outside (another perfect day down there) talking. He was talking to me about how he wasn't feeling good (he had a touch of something) at first we though maybe it was just from working to hard at the campground that made him sore. But, at one point he just simply told me. "Maybe he is just getting old".

He told me about how quite a few of the people from his high school graduation class has passed away in the past year. Well my parents had married and had kids much later in life than people did back then. Although its a bit more normal for people to wait till they are well into their 30s to have kids,back than it was not that common. So, as a result my parents were always older than my friends parents.

So, I have spend time worrying about when my parents become "elderly" and start to decline. Not a happy thought, mind you but something you have to prepare yourself for I guess. My brother came down with his trio of kids (a 6 year old, a 2 year old and an almost 1 year old). So, of course as usual he had his hands full.

Since, my dad wasn't feeling too well. So, I started the campfire. Now, I have started many a campfire in my day, but usually my dad would just take it over. However, for the first ever really, he let me take over the fire for the whole night. Even when he joined us later when he was feeling better. It was that time that I looked over at my six year old nephew, and thought to myself, hey not terribly long ago that was me. He was just overwhelmed down there with the swimming lake, fire, and just running around. Yeah, not TOO long ago before rent checks, 6:30am alarms, and sitting at an office all day, each day was an adventure really. He was making memories down there, and my brother is having his whole family down there later that summer. I started going down there when I was in infant basically. So, I have long ties to the place.

For a brief moment, I think I got it. Eventually you lose your parents, but your kids you can pass on stuff that your parents gave to you. Even if it just a good memory. Eventually your memory of your parents will hopefully live on in your relationship with your own children.

Now, don't think your humble blogger has sold out or anything. Besides unless if any little Tucker is on the way it would be the result of some sort of horrible decision if not a flat a medical miracle.

It lasted a few days, than when I was at a store with my friend Cathy. The kid near us in line would not stop screaming. Which pretty much erased all that other stuff. Jeez, why do they have to scream so much?

"Sharkys Bites the Dust"

Despite the fact that I had an awsome weekend down the shore(Don't think the weather could have been any better at all) a bit of sad news arrived at the tail end of my 3-day weekend. Rick was upate our local bar Sharky's and found found out that the bar had been sold. Sharkys is no longer as of Weds.

The bar that I went to many a night, and I swear have the best wings in all of South Jersey. Thankfully, though I guess I can still chow down on the wings at the location on route 42. But, the Sharkys that is closing was my local bar.

Many a night we spend there for a Phillies game or Flyers game. Drinking cheap ass beer, and eating at the bar that served food till 2am. I picking out songs on the jukebox or shooting some pool.

From what Rick heard the bar was sold, and will remain a bar, but who knows what the new owners will do. They are said to be wanting to put a deck on there and sink a lot of money into it. I would imagine they invision something totally different than the kind of bar they had there.

Since the bar industry in general is been in poor shape in this area for a few years now, its no shock really. But, still a sad day. The bar serveved its purpose many a night. Many times there to meet a friend who had a lousy day, a break up, or whatever. Met a friend there when he first got back from Iraq. Had many nights that ended there just for the hell of it.

I was pretty much cool with all the people up there, and all the help knew me any my friends on a first name basis. It was also kind of convient for me to grab a bite after work since it was on my way home, on days I didnt feel like cooking and needed a drink.

Many nights of my early (and as much I hate to say it now mid 20s were spent there) so now it will just become a place of the past. The bars name will always follow "Remember When". I have serious doubts that this bar will ever get off the ground. Seeing many people try to sink money into bars and it just seeing the wheels come off in the first month and just closing again. Maybe these people will go after the "Hey was just turned 21 crowd" I don't know. Kind of an odd spot for such a place. I remember when I first started hanging out there and people used to call it "Doms" that used to hang out there. Or would keep calling it "DOms". Mostly people that didnt hang out there anymore, and relating the glory days.

Yeah, another bar will be there in the same spot. But, it wont be the same for me, likely time to leave the torch there for another group of guys to take over. If I ever hear people talk about the new place, I can tell them that it used to be a place called "Sharkys" and they had kick ass wings.Obviously in the summer we dont hang out there that much, but my friends and I talked about if we were going to find another official bar. Its doubtful, I would imagine. I think when the new place opens up, it will be best to let the next batch of dudes take it over, and debate if the philly sports curse will end this season, where all the girls are at, why they hate their jobs, or what the deal is with that creepy guy giving out stuff animals to all the females at the bar.

Tomorrow (unless they do it early) should be the last night up at "The Tank", and I am debating to go up or not at all. RIP Sharkys. Its a sad day that the bar will close its doors, but as Tony Soprano once said "Focus on the Good Times"

"Bike Lane Narrows"

Maybe one of the most pointless things I have ever seen as far as construction. Down Atlantic Ave, that goes through many Camden County towns, there is a strech where they were doing construction for awhile. I assumed at the time they were just making the road wider. I could not really understand why though. Turns out they wanted to put in a pike lane. Okay, thats quaint idea. There is one out in I think Marlton, but its a long strech of road where no one is, and an actual nice place to take a bike ride with the weather is nice. But putting a bike lane on this streach of road is curious to say the least. For one reason, it only lasts maybe 2 miles if that. SEcondly, a about 3 times in the short lane, the lane "narrows". There are signs warning the poor guy on the bike that his lane is about to become just small enough to fit a bike if he stays perfectly inside the lines. It just looks like they couldnt paint straight, or they ran out of room. Than after about 3 times of narrowing, the bike lane just ends right before a busy intersection. They ask the drivers to share the roads with the bikes! Thereis even a picture of the bike indicating harmony. But basically what its saying, is "Good luck guy on a bike, this was a pretty half-assed idea. Now your relaxing ride will end in you trying to get across this intersection. Now, when your need the bike lane the most, its not there for you. Mocking you, with a short lived private lane just for you. Now you have to go back to driving on the road, with guys that apperently need signs to remind them, that they shouldn't run you over. Oh yeah the lane is really short and doesn't start back up. Maybe you can just ride back and forth like a moron on the same section of road." The sad thing is, people got paid to do this, I imagine tax money was spent on it. People voted on this. There are like close to 10 signs in a small section of roads giving you updates about "The Bike Lane" By the time you went the distance from one intersection to the other, you are already sick of reading about the bike lane. You would have th ought they would have asked other towns if they wanted to get connect tot he bike lane. But, it doesn't appear they did. So, its just pointless.

"Flyers Trade"

I could write a whole bunch about the Flyers trade, but it could be summed up in one word. That word is awesome.

"Bada Bing"

So I am sure you have all been waiting to hear what I thought about the Sopranos finale. Well I am sure you heard by now (if you were not one of the millions watching) that the show cut to black in the middle of a scene and thats how it ended. The final scene had Tony waiting at a resturant for his family. He puts on a Journey song, first his wife Carmella enters than his son AJ. Meadow his daugther finally makes it in after trying to park her car.


Now this pissed many people off but, before that I want to adress the big theory out there about what happened. Many people thought it was black because Tony got whacked and thats whyey everything stopped. Okay, thats a good theory, but already many of the email or whatever going around on the internet just have things flat out wrong. The shifty guy with the Members Only jacket was not Phil's newphew and the black dudes that walked in were not hitman from earlyin the series. In fact they looked almost nothing liked those guys and were a lot younger. Also, people bring up the line in the season 6B opener "Sopranos Home Movies" with Tony and Bobby on the boat, the scene was replayed in the next to last show "The Blue Comet" so there might be
some meaning to that. However, he does not say "Everything goes black", he simply says I bet you never hear it coming. So, that quote got messed up by people sending emails out.

Here are other theories:

The audience got whacked

Tony was going to jail and just soaking in what little time he had left with his family thats all there was to the last scene.

David Chase hates everyone

Despite some plots being tied up, Tony's fate will forever be left up to the viewer to decide. If its a happy ending for Tony his family you want, than thats how it ended. If you think it would have been cool if Tonys brains got blown out all over his oninon rings than thats how it ended for you.What David Chase did really got people talking and angered most. It started up debates on the internet. I honestly, after being puzzled about it first actually didn't mind the show. In fact over all the episode was good and the final 9 shows as a whole were great.

Now most people that fight on the internet are saying that they think anyone that didnt like the ending is stupid. I dont agree with that, it is what it is. The people that hated the ending are being told they kiss David Chases ass, or whatever. The show really stayed true to itself for the most part, it was always about the Tony's double life. His family at home, and his crime family. "Made in America", the finale, focused more on his home family. The show really made people realize that tv can be better than movies, and broke new ground. It did it really by making its own rules, and than breaking some of them. I always spent much time after each show talking to friends about the show, about the meaning behind certain things and where the show is going. I was sad that it was over. But, really the show has left us with the gift to do that forever. Talking about Tony's fate.

Now, I am not saying thats how I always wanted it to end. But aside from the ending scene. There was quite a bit of closure in the final show. Anyone that watched all the shows (some like 3times) like myself couldn't help but find the Tony/Uncle Junior scene emotional, the NY/NJ conflict was resolved, and Paulie had some classic moments. The show was always about the peoples everday lives really. Really, The Sopranos isnt like anything that was ever on tv before, and likely nothing will come close to it for a long time. It was a great ride really, and if you think about it the fade to black was pretty much what the Sopranos for the most part was all about, like it or not.

"Penny's Loves Tucker"

I got a letter from Penny's saying how much they love me! They said the really value me as a customer, included with the letter was a check for $2.27! No, reason for why they did this, but whatever. Lets go to the mall everybody!

"Lazerbeak Eject, Eject!"

Eject!

"How Sweep It is"

Phils Rule!


Mets Drool!

"The Blue Comet"

Here are two great YOUTUBE links to hype you up for the final Sopranos. Quite simply one of the best shows in tv history. First up a link of all the characters with the tradmark "OH" "HOOO" lines. Here is anther great link that pays tribute to the show, manly the cast the amazing cast of this show lots of times these fanboy videos dont work, but this coldplay song is perefect with the clips. Lastly, here is an old commerical for Dunkin Doughnuts with Paulie Walnuts, playing ..you guessed it. A wiseguy! I plan to post some more about the show before the week ends. It will be a very long time before a show comes a long that I love this much. Fired up for Sunday, but in the same way a little sad. Including a picture of paulie. For some reason this guy always points with two fingers. The old Paulie two point. I hope he does it one last time this week, cause I always get a kick out of it. He does it in almost everyshow.

"Many Happy Returns"

Well for those of you still reading, you may have noticed that there has been a huge drop in the amount of posts lately. Well I guess over the course of almost five years of writing this blog there have been peaks and valleys. Obviously, there has been a big valley

I plan to get back into my groove with writing on here. Hopefully, most of you have stuck around. Anyway, seems my going back to blogging full time isn't the only thing that has made a return. Many awesome stuff is making a come back.

If you are like me, you were mighty pissed when Y-100 died. There was simply not rock stations anymore. Sure there is MMR, but honestly they play only like two bands. Although I dimissed, WYSP as a talk radio station years ago, I am told that they still play music on weekends.

Anyway, since Y-100 went belly up. I found 91.5 Camden County College's radio station. Punk heavy, but really got some good music on there. Sadly, it fades away if you get like 20 miles or less away from campus. 88.5 XPN has I have listened to for a few years, started doing Y-Rock (a reference to the fallen Y-100) at night. Some really great occassionally hard stuff. When XPN isn't playing that. They are playing some really good indie stuff. Not for all tastes granted but I really enjoy it. A few months later I found 106.5, almost the same problem that 91.5 has. You can't get it all places. What rocks about it, is that you can get it on the way to the shore. Now 106.5 is more like DRE was or Eagle 106, no throw a bone to the people who don't really like rock crap that Y-100 did. I think it would win in a fight with Y-100. Two weeks ago, yet another rock station showed up on the dial. 104.5, they are like the tube network of radio. No talk, just music. When was the last time MMR played Alice in Chains? 104.5 has a great rock set, and digs deep to the vanished 90's bands. Check it out, no need to buy one of those fancy smancy XM thing a bobs.

At Shady's a few weeks ago. I bumped into a long lost friend Chris Arter! I figured he was on a tour bus like in Almost Famous for the past two years. Turns out he never really left south jersey. The two of us caught up and it didnt seem like we didn't see each other for years. We ended up hanging out later that weekend.

Now I know very little about music compared to Chris and he knows pretty much nothing about sports compared to me. So, that always made for interesting or funny conversations. I imagine if we keep hanging out that I still have my work cut out for me. Since Chris asked me during the cup finals game, if the players ever start beating up their teamates during a game, or when he admited he never heard of Ryan Howard.

Anyway, another return was the same day. Chris and I went to little ceasears. Now for those of you that forget, little ceasars was pizza chain around here in the 90's that apperently is trying to come back! It had been many many moons since I had one of their pies, or their trademark crazy bread. They offer a great deal. Pizza that is 5 bucks, and ready. You go in, and say give me a pizza, and they hand it to you and its 5 bucks. I think its bigger than Dominos "large" pizza that costs like 17 bucks or whatever now. Of course, I know by my age that ma and pa places usually have the better pizza, but pizza for 5 bucks. Well they should name a road after the person who came up with that idea!


Tucker is back look out internet world!

"RIP Jose Chung"

One of the best X-files ever.....

"100 Quotes"

This link is awesome. Someone put together a video clip of famous movies with people saying numbers. Starting at 100 and going all the way down 1. Pretty cool. I liked most the movies too. There is a list of the movies, but its more fun trying to see if you can figure out the movies yourself first. Check it out.

"paradise lost"

Might be old news now, but I was going to write this a dozen times over the last two weeks. The Ritz movie theater in Voorhees, has been bought. Not only are they going to phase out the art movies they have there which are usually films rarely seen in any theaters, they will start to allow kids. The Ritz known for its indie movies, cool loby with cake, and booklets for the up coming movies will know be a place to bring the kids. As a single guy, this totally sucks. I hate having to put up with other peoples kids when I dont have to. It was nice that such a theater would offer you a chance to get away. Now, at the Ritz, kids will be there to run into you at the food stand, kick your hair, and be really annoying overall. The Ritz was something special, because when ads would say starting at "select theaters" it ment the Ritz. I rarely had to worry about if a movie that was and inidie movie that got no press would come to the Ritz or not. It always would. Not anymore, kids will be there, and it will play mostly the same movies that all the other dime a dozen theaters play. YOu have the Cinemark which is located in the middle of a ghost town. One wonders how much longer that theater can hang on, if the Wal-Mart never arrives. There is alway Lowes in Cherry Hill, that is over run with highschoolers who like to talk on their cell phone throughout the entire movie. Sucks.