Sorry Bri...

Who should just change their Blogger name to their own name?

Selection		Votes
SammyC	20%	3
El Guapo	60%	9
Coco Crisp	7%	1
fabhugalore	0%	0
Gales, ya bitch!	0%	0
Clyde S	13%	2
15 votes total

Otto

I was at my buddies place tonight and out of nowhere he comes up with the idea to do horse races. Let me tell you what Rand, everyone that was there has heard of the game before and they all were big fans. Even though the dealer wasn't as good as you Rand (he didn't even give each suit a horses name; I attempted to do an actual play by play but was awful and stopped) it was still highly enjoyable. It was played a little different from your rules, but obviously still the same concept. All in all it was great and I got so pumped to hear everyone talk so highly of the game.

Also I was drinking Bud Ice tonight and I tried to tell everyone what makes a beer Ice instead of Light or Regular, but I vaguely remembered the explanation you told me Sam and I know I've heard you tell this numerous times, but I just couldn't remember. My bad, my bad

"Are you a girl? Is it Halloween?"

One of the funniest things i've seen in a while. I can't get enough of this guy. (except for a few F-bomb's this is work safe... Happy Rand?)

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1715915/

Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you

Ann's post was exactly what I needed to read when I logged into the blog looking for a little 613/IC love. I also think the blackout juice night was probably the most brokeback ideas I had every heard of and I'm sorry that me and the girls were ultimately unable to pull off a decent prank on you while you were all in there making your testimonials and (i'm guessing) rubbing eachother's nipples. I have been missing all of you over the last few days and that was only made worse after i got a call from dre last night when he was hanging out with Chris and Jared in NYC. I missed you so much after we hung up that I actually watched some of the college power hour before I went to sleep, sober and sad because I can't come to Cortaca. I can't wait for New Years--who's going to be in New York? Sam and I discussed this and we think we need to make a plan to go to a really good party and then make sure it actually happens so we're not all just wandering around the city, sober and freezing. Let's plan something awesome!

Reminiscing over black out juice

613! How I miss you all so much! I am sitting at my desk at E! right now hating Ryan Seacrest, the entire Carter family and life in general....how did my life arrive at this? Oh well, at least I still get to pretend that I am in college on the weekends.
Speaking of which this past weekend Rand and I and some others went to the Westin in Downtown LA where it is fun to ride the elevators when you are drunk because they are free and on the outside of the building and they go from 1 to 35...we did that about three times total. We also attempted to go to a swanky bar that also revolves and has the "best view of LA" but the drinks were 12 dollars so we left a couple at a time leaving Rand and Jamie to deal with our waiter. We then bolted to a brewery on the fourth floor. Dan Shott and I ordered the sampler which I quickly renamed my "pallette of adventure." Hey, we all know I am prone to saying odd things when partaking in certain beverages. So anyway while we looked over the alcohol content of each of our samples Rand whipped out the phrase "blackout juice" which sent me into hysterical laughter. You know, I think just the thought of you all getting black out drunk and taping what was the equivalent of a 7th grade slumber party on PCP was one of my fondest memories of college and I wasn't at the event and i didn't even see the tapes. What made it great is that 1. One of the most feared/straight-laced figures of the park school actually viewed some of your footage, 2. that person was female (let's hope she has no idea what munging a dead whore means) 3.Tony trying to lie about the whole situation to defend what?...the park card he no longer needed. Clearly this was one of the best ideas to come out of 613.
With that said, Rand displayed an interest in getting the tapes from Limmer because, in Rand's words: "Let's face it, Limmer's probably not going to do anything with them." and then we went into how Limmer would respond to that statement ........"Shut upppppp!" "Whatever" "Go 'Cuse yourself!" and so on.
We then called Limmer and I don't recall what was said.
I hope you all come to visit soon, my doors are always open, a pallette of adventure is only 6 bucks and the elevator rides are free :)

SPRING BREAK '98!

love,
Fortune

Singing Our Praises

Real quick:

I was clearing up some space on my hard drive and decided to pop on College Power Hour, just to check it out for a second... but the thing is, there's no way you can watch just one minute: the beautiful camera movements (courtesy of Ken Burns and his eponymous effect), the all-too-familiar tunes, and the glorious photos that captured our collegehood... it's amazing, I think I ended up watching for like 15 minutes. A couple of months ago, I turned it on before I was going to bed, just to relive some fantastic memories. I only planned to watch like 5 minutes, but I realized there was no way I could turn it off before Limmer did the quintiple shot of whiskey (somewhere in the 20s). I'm so glad that we were able to put that together over the last few weeks of school, it was truly a team effort and well worth the time spent. Over the holidays, I say we all meet up, get our hands on some Wildcat, and drink to a CPH that we won't soon forget (until the Wildcat takes effect, at which point we won't remember)

Piggy-Backing Dre.... thats right

This could have been a comment on Dre’s previous post but sometimes it is annoying with the comments are this long.

Does anyone know how much longer fox has the contract for baseball because it needs to be done with. It is annoying enough to have to watch clip after clip from the diamond cam that ads nothing to the game, but to be force to listen to Tim McCarver and Joe Buck talk about "eric" chavez, and "chris" floyd is just punishing. I mean these guys must have really don’t their homework, its not like they have 7 games to figure out who the players are. Throw Joe Morgan in their and you have an All-Star booth. I honestly believe if you where to look at all the statement those two make over the course of the game maybe 60% would be right. I loved hearing about how good John Maine's change up looked on one particular pitch…. Well Tim that’s because it was a 96 mph fastball. And I really don’t need to see the pitcher face that close up on every pitch.

The worst part about the whole ordeal was the way it happened, and I am not even talking about leaving bases load and the tying run on second. Carpenter and Pujols were total non-factors. One RBI for Albert (who turns out to be a huge bitch I guess) and the best Chris did was leave one of his games tied. Not only that but the Mets pitch wasn’t that bad, of course it could have been better but with the exception of Trach it wasn’t as bad as ever expecting coming into the series. And in all but one game the staff carried the non-existent offense. I know they say pitching and defense wins games but in the case it was lack of pitching and defense loses games.

I do believe the Mets will be back next year it is just a question of which front line starter they go after. I guess in every season fans need to go through some pain due to their teams trials and tribulations. It is just a shame that for Mets fans the first time we had a game to be worried about we were out of the playoffs. Mets still have not played meaningful ball in September, but maybe next year.

What a shame that the two teams that backed into the playoff are going to be in the World Series…..Fuck it, bring on the Hot Stove.

its been a while,

and this isn’t no crappy StainD song either! Boy o boy have I neglected this blog, while I do read it religiously, I have not posted in quite some time. The main impetus for this post was a crap. I was at work today at around 745 in the morning for a company meeting that started at 8 am. I had gotten their early because among other things apparently as audio visual coordinator my responsibilities include setting up projectors, laptops and power point presentations. (Oh yeah I am employed as an audio visual coordinator for a financial firm in Holbrook, ny for anyone who did not know which is why I haven’t really existed for going on 5 weeks now) So seeing that it only takes all of 90 seconds to set up a projector and laptop I had some time to drop the kids off at the pool. Sitting the very private lockable office bathroom I felt extremely comfortable, even more so do to the time of day and fact that I was the only person in the 5-story building at the time. I wondered as I sat their about many of life’s important questions but one really stuck out. "I wonder if Sam would ever try to take a shit at work without his pants." Now Sam has on occasion been know to use the bathroom of 613 pantless (both upstairs and downstairs) and I was curious as to whether or not he would contemplate how to pull this off at work. Honestly I have come around and must say that it makes perfect logical sense to use the bathroom pantless but who better then Sam to find a way to incorporate this into his workday. And since I know it will motivate him and that he cannot refuse a bet I offer a challenge of three natty lights for a successful attempt.
I hope everyone out there in 613 land is well, drunk and/or successful. I am also going to say that it is my intention to make it to Cortaca for Friday night. I have other obligations Saturday but for Friday (as long as I can find a place for my friend to sleep) its on.

P.S. stay up to dat on Tony and his LI crews eating habits on Tuesday Night Dinner

Best wishes happy mung and all that.

Rooting for a losing team is like being stuck in a bad relationship. You try to leave; I mean, you really try to leave, but as soon as the circumstances seem just right they surprise you by returning a fumble for a touchdown on the first play of the season. And just as you've leaped off the couch, as your entire body reaches blissful weightlessness, you realize that you'll never leave them. You can't.

You hate them, but they leave you wanting more. Like that one perfect golf shot among 54 piss poor ones, certain stats stick in the back of your mind. 'At least they owned the National League this year' ... 'Leading the league in grand slams is really promising.'

But they can never put it all together at just the right time to utter those three magic words you crave. 'Bases loaded single.' At points, they're simply incredible. Briefly, just for one play, they're the best outfielders in baseball playoff history. But then you come crashing down and realize that you're in for another 5 months of no communication, then a long brutal slog through the dog days.

That's why FOX's new Tommy Lasorda ad campaign is an insult to true fans. By trying to guilt us in to rooting for baseball, not for our teams, it completely ignores the true relationship between a fan and his chosen ballclub. Who in their right minds would go through a seven month, hellish relationship (only to be broken up with the day before the prom) and then drive to the goddam prom to vote for the King and Queen.

It's the most basic of principles. The last thing an unhappy couple want to see is, clearly, a happy one. Not only that, the ads target those people who are not only in mildly dysfunctional, but downright abusive ones. The Indians? The Cubs?! In sports terms (which in no way reflects the real-world accuracy of this analogy) that's like saying, Why don't you go get thrown down the stairs for seven months then come over to my house and watch me f*ck the prom queen.

Screw that and screw FOX for that campaign.

Here's to October 2007, when the Mets will await the winner of the Boston-Cleveland ALCS. Next year will be different, I swear. They're getting better, really, next year will be different.

what is my life coming to?

I just had this exchange:

PR Flack: Ok, great Andreas, I'll have them send over a GoToMeeting tomorrow morning.

Me: Actually, we're both on Linux, which isn't supported by GoToMeeting. The only virtual meeting site that supports our operating systems is Macromedia Breeze. We've had briefings stall out before with GoToMeeting or WebEx.

PR Flack: ok, i'll just send them over to Macromedia.

Me: Thanks, talk to you tomorrow.


some days it hits me, what i actually do all day. you know, at 4:45 on a normal thursday in may i probably would have been eating chips on the couch watching an arsenal game debating with sam over whether he should just watch the end of it or watch the whole DVR'd thing later.

613 rocks.

CraigsList Scams

So we're selling our futon. Yes, Fortune's futon and yes, the same futon that our first (shortly owned) cat Sasha pulled a shit-piss double whammy on. It's been throroughly cleaned.

So we posted an ad on Craigslist and, almost immediately, received a reponse from Kelly Beck. (We would later learn that, as we suspected, no one name Kelly writes English like Borat.) Kelly was eager, though, and offered to pay us $100 right then and there and have her movers come pick it up.

Shortly after, we received another email from Kelly. It appeared that her secretary had mistakenly sent us a check for $3500 (the cost of the whole moving operation, of course) not the $100 for the couch. Poor Kelly. It was a special check and it couldn't be voided. It was simple, though, we could just cash the check when it got to us and wire the money back to Kelly.

We resisted, because that sounded weird and we had other offers. But then she offered us $200. We didn't say anything for awhile, but thought about doing it. When the check came, it wasn't from Kelly, which sounded Ok because her secretary had sent it. Problem was, it was from PTL Test Equipment and no one named Kelly Beck works there as far as we could tell. While the check's return address was a P.O. Box in Pennsylvania, the company's offices were in Jupiter Florida. We called the company's bank. The account on the check had been closed for months. So we called the company. Their sales manager Dave was now their chief anti-fraud consultant. 'Is this about the checks?' He knew right away.

Their business checks had been stolen and now Kelly -- who's apparently some guy with a cell phone from San Antonio who takes trips to the Bahamas (or so the FBI told Dave) -- was sending bogus checks to Craigslist saps. We were supposed to cash the check and send Kelly the money before the check cleared. When it never did, somebody would be stuck with a $3500 bounced check to pay for.

That's where it stands now, and Kelly has emailed Zoe a few more times asking if the check arrived alright. I still have it in my backpack. Fuck Kelly. Who's real identity is probably the owner of Benchwarmers.

France Loves Prison Break

One of our favorite Fox serial shows has garnered a large audience in the French marketplace thanks, in no small part, to the new localized theme song (performed by French rapper Faf Larage).

How weird is it to see a guy who looks like he could be the love-child of Biz Markie and Suge Knight, spitting rhymes like he's a gansta... in French?

In regards to the actual show, voices are dubbed (they don't use subtitles)... I'm really curious to hear how T-Bag's creepy southern cooing translates into French.

Why Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is the show that I most look forward to Monday nights

Is Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip an accurate portrayal of behind the scenes of a late night sketch comedy show/television network? I don't know because I have never been behind the scenes of one. What I do know though is that it at least places a critical eye on the going ons behind the scenes. Again, how much of that is based in truth, I am not sure nor does it really matter. As a person on the outside of that world it at least provides an interesting and layered peephole. Is it likely that Amanda Peet's character could likely have the position she does on the show in real life? There are young execs that pop up every once in a while so who knows. But what does matter is that the character works in the confines of the show. Again, if her character is in an unrealistic position of power what us laymens think of an honest behind the scenes look is in turn compromised. I guess what I am getting at is that despite the holes that may be present in the "realness" of the world that show presents as being akin to real going ons, they pay off in entertainment value: the end justifies the means.

Granted, in last night's episode the device of the reporter probing into the characters' lives came off as a contrived means of giving the viewers character background, the show gives off a naturalistic ease. Things happen at a leisurely pace despite the fast paced world in which the characters live. And to Matthew Perry's credit, it was not his inability to play it straight that made serious Chandler so bad on Friends, but rather that character's awkwardness at playing it straight. In Studio 60 he pulls off the nuances of his talented, witty, and neurotic (in a non-Chandler Bing way) character to a T.

Anyway, I like the show. From the first episode I was hooked. I turned on the TV because of the hype yet the show itself is what brings me back week after week. Each episode provides myself along with the other viewers moments that are happening. Moments and events that are not leading to anything (they are leading to the furthing of theplot but there is a sense that each action is significant in its own right), not simply building blocks to some pay off but rather right there in the middle of the action. This point is important because as much as I do enjoy Studio 60, it is not the show that I wanted to want to look forward to on Monday nights. That show was/is Heroes.

With Heroes, I tuned in at first because regardless of the hype it was receiving, it was a show that I was really excited about. I wanted to love this show. Unfortunately, Heroes, however, unlike Studio 60, is a show that in and of itself does not bring me back week after week. The initial excitement I had for this show has all but been boiled off and it is simply the hype and promise of the show that brings me back every Monday.

I think that problem that I am having with the show is that it is too much structured like a comic book. Now while this format makes sense considering the show's subject matter, I think that it is better fit to a medium that costs $2.99 and maybe 10min to read versus a medium that requires and hour commitment. When I say that it is structured like a comic book I mean that contrary to Studio 60, an episode of Heroes feels like simply the "resolution" of the previous episode's cliff hanger and the build up to the current one's. I guess this sounds like a standard television format, resolution of one problem and then the introduction of another, but with the amount of characters Heroes is dealing with it leaves an episode feeling short and uneventful (it also does not help that of everything that happened last night was shown in commercials so the only new piece of plot that we were given is that the hooker with split personalities (this is a "power" by the way? isn't it technically a mental illness?) hooked up with the politician). I get that the dramatic cliff hangers at the end of each ep will unfortunately become a trademark, but when an ep serves the purpose of the one big payoff every time, the end overshadows the means and what I want from a tv show is 43 min of payoff versus the 5min Heroes is currently providing.

What really needs to happen, and what I am waiting for before I make any final decisions regarding this show, is for the characters to eventually all come together. This should give the episodes a more cohesive feel versus giving each of the 8 storylines a fraction of airtime. Lost got it right when they threw all their characters together right from the get go and explored each individually in later episodes (speaking of Lost, I am enjoying the new season, but that is another post all together). A recent review in the New York Daily News lauds Heroes as continuing to get better even inspiring the critic to award the show half a star more than when he originally reviewed it, but I don't want a show that will be good in a month, that will reach its potential after the first 8 episodes, I want to be hooked. Criticize me for wanting instant gratification but the main reason I have been a loyal viewer of shows like Alias, The Sopranos, 24, Lost, and now potentially Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, is that from that first episode, maybe even the first two, I was invested. Invested in both the characters and plot. The only aspects of Heroes that I am finding myself invested to are the premise and potential and those are not things that can keep me coming back week after week for long.

Quiz

Who doesn't remember the night I was berrated for my scoring criteria in the essay contest? Because of that debacle, when I received another red sox jacket, I desided to create a pop quiz rather than risk the subjective assesment of an essay contest. The quiz was for Red Sox fans only but I thought I would throw the quiz on the blog for your entertainment. There are four sections: Sports, Beer and Food, Arts and Entertainment and Sam

Who won Last Years Deutsche Bank Championship

Who led the red sox in wins this year

What Soccer club does Thierry Henry Play For

Who did the red sox trade to acquire Tek and Lowe

Name a player from the 86' Celtics Besides DA, KM, RP, LB

How many of Varieties of Sam Adams are There

What is the primary alcohol in a melon ball

What are the three items in the Chilis Triple Play

Name the one can of beer currently in my fridge right now

What beer do I hate the most

Who sings the song "when the levee breaks"

Who wrote Ball Four

Who is the author invisible monsters

Name one actor from Monty Python besides John Cleese

Name the main character from Arrested Development

Name one porn from my collection

Whats my favorite bottle of alcohol under $40 bucks

Whose Real liscense did I have for a fake ID

What dictator does wilson compare me to

How do I like my eggs

Byahhh

New and Notes from Beantown:

Work is not as exciting now that the season is over. I work for two people and do a lot of appointment making, letter sending, and other simple things that take little intelligence individually but collectively require a level of attention that I have not discovered yet.

I visited the Field Hockey chicks last weekend (technically two weekends ago) and it was great as usual. I got black out wasted on very little beer. The night at 128 hudson and second floor was stellar, but how fun can a night be without peeing on phones, buying pizza with your last three dollars, watching tony run aimlessly back to 613, and stacking beer cans in the living room.

I really hope that Chris has booked a hotel for Cortaca. I haven't puked since I graduated (can't even remember the last time) and I think that morning might change things (although I have never puked on Cortaca.

I am feeling thirsty- Ithaca Nut brown or booze? Well the booze is here but I only have a plastic cup.

I have seen about five minutes of Entertainment Tonight two weeks straight, awaiting this years headcases "How I met your mother" Anyway, whats the deal with Anna Nicole getting so much attention on television? Hollywood is nuts...clean it up Geiger.

I really do like How I met your mother. It has a lot of great elements: an incredibly hot main chick, a good amount of inappropriate humor, and they mix up the way they tell the story each episode.

My buddy Will lives in chicago and does his laundry at a Laundromat that is also a bar. IT EXISTS!!!

Wearing the uniform on a Friday night when the terminator might stop by is something I enjoy. Wearing the uniform everyday to work because your offices have been tepmorarily moved to the warehouse at the back of the park is not something I enjoy. Because of construction in the park, we had to move offices to the back of fenway where they use to store chairs and other crap. They threw some cubicles and flat screen tvs in a room and called it our new offices. I have to use the stadium bathrooms during the day. Its my goal (and a very 613 goal) to use every urinal in the bathroom.

I love how 613 is now a noun, adjective and verb.

I definitely think every person who is at cortaca should go to 613 during the day and act like we live there.

I dont like how one person reads the name of their whole side on MNF. I haven't changed my fantasy football lineup for two weeks, mainly because bye weeks ruin the sport/online game. Fantasy baseball is infinitely better. One thing about watching football this season is that I suddenly really want to by a Samsung HDTV.

The British office is much better than the American one. Give it a chance when you can.

I started saying Byahhhhh a lot about four months ago and my friends at home hated it. I have tried to ween it away but it has some how stuck to my vocabulary. Check this link and tell me if its at all funny.

This guy belongs on venice beach

well, uh....

as it said on ESPN.com, what better way to get over a big loss than with a little shopping? Now he's collected more shiny little bags than RBIs this October.

funny thing is, i bet that's not even his wife. i think he's standing on the street asking people "Hey, you think I'm hot right? ... Yeah you do, that's right, I'm fucking A-Rod..."

It's Friday Night, and The Mood is Right...

Gonna have some fun, show you how it's done TGIF!

It's friday evening (on the West Coast) and we recently celebrated our movie's progress with a bottle of champagne, a couple of beers, and a game of power-ball (a combination of wall-ball and hand-ball, but contained within a small, enclosed office space... our director invented it four years ago), so right now I'm ready to spout out random thoughts in bullet-form...

At the risk of sounding like the loser right-fielder on an 8-year old little league team... Let's Get Some Chatter Going! How bout these recent fall premieres, huh? Personally, I thought South Park was amazing. I spent an entire semester playing one of those stupid-ass MMORPGs (for class, i swear) and they just nailed every aspect of it. Dare I say, it's one of only two comedies (currently running new episodes) that is always worth the watch and geniunely hysterical

I've really enjoyed "The Office". Over the summer I watched all of season 1 and 2, thanks to Dan's downloaded copies... I know, I know, my mom scolded me and in my defense i pointed out "everyone does it"... "yes" she said, "but this is what you do for a living"...

None of the new shows have enticed me at all, not even one iota. I hear "The Nine" is actually really good.

"Ugly Betty" is supposedly a crowd pleaser, although I can't get into it because it seems like it belongs on the Disney channel (with it's crazy sets, one-dimensional characters, and hokey music... plus it has that evil mastermind who sits in the dark, watching tv screens, and might as well be stroking a cat, just like Claw from Inspector Gadget. Another reason I can't watch that show is because i've seen the Colombian version and like every spanish-speaking tv program, it is ludicrous, over-the-top, and jam-packed with women I would marry (who can't act for sh!t)... Everyone's seen "Not Another Teen Movie" right? Remember when they're picking out the ugly girl that Jake is going to have to turn into the prom queen? They bypass the siamese twins and some hideous looking chick, but finally settle on Jeanie, because she's got braces ("eww!") and a pony tail ("gross!!)... well that's exactly what the Colombian version of "Ugly Betty" is like (an obviously gorgeous woman who is hardly hidden behind a few easy fix-ups). alright enough "Ugly Betty"...

How bout "Studio 60" losing so much of its audience (they started at 13 million and now they're down to 9 million). I heard that in this past week's episode, the characters were discussing how they would need to retain 90% of the first show's audience for their second show, otherwise "heads were going to roll", and so of course, they were able to retain 109% (they gained a bunch more viewers) - well in real life they only retained 80% of the first show's audience and dropped another 84% on their third episode...

Any thoughts on "Friday Night Lights"? Our roommate Dave is working for Imagine who produces it and so he was at a premiere party for it on Tuesday. I think most critics like it, but the ratings were only so-so. I just caught the last 20 minutes and I thought it was "okay." There are so few shows that can ever capture game-action accurately ("Hang Time" was probably the worst at this... their court was less than half the size of a normal court, Anthony Anderson was a starter?#$@, a 5'-7'' chubby, Italian kid who couldn't defend or even shoot was getting recruited by Duke, and they had a girl playing on the boy's varsity team (and hey, I'm not saying that girls aren't talented athletes... in several instances they've been able to compete at a level with (or above) boys, but this was Indiana - the heart of high school basketball - and they were supposed to be an elite program... if that's the case, no girl is making that team). While "Friday Night Lights" was better than "Hang Time", it was still severly lacking. Bill Simmons pointed out something that I was also confused by: How could they (the good guys) recover an onsides kick (at around midfield), gain 20 yards on a running play, and then have the QB drop back and hurl a 50-yard pass that gets caught at only the 30 yard-line??? How big is that field? Just ridiculous. Another play that struck me as inaccurate was their goal-line touchdown run: they were at the 1, faked a handoff to the left, then another to the right, and then finally gave the ball to a guy on the left... i mean "C'mon!!!" You had 3 guys lined up behind your quarterback in your backfield? What is this, the exlamation point formation? And you wasted that much freakin' time with fakes? Any decent defense would have gotten some penetration if you had waited that long to finally transition the handoff, and if in fact they couldn't push the O-line back at all, the fakes would have been completely unnecessary. The whole "first-string qb gets knocked out and the clueless second-stringer has to fill his shoes" was undoubtedly ripped from "Varsity Blues" (but "Varsity Blues" was funny, and a great movie). I see this show going til midway through the first season, although it does stand a chance of making it to the beginning of May (I don't see a second season in it's future... when was the last time NBC had a prime-time drama that won over a significant portion of the teen demographic? This is the network that caters to the white-collar, middle-aged, six-figure earning audience. Their hit dramas have been "West Wing", "ER", and "Law and Order"... they don't do "OC"s and "One Tree Hill"s. Their shows can sometimes get by with low ratings because of the "quality" (aka - spending power) of their demographic, but with this show, the target audience is obviously the younger (not-yet-professional) crowd.

I've lost any buzz I had been working up

Rogan's is gone? seriously? how did this happen? and on Tina's watch... mmm-ummm-hmmm... since Jamie Anderson used to work there, she has volunteered to make us Stingers with a bit of "Rogan's" authenticity whevener we want (I'm kind of putting words in her mouth, but that's the gist of what she said)

How is Sam Adams Octoberfest? Sam Adams Summer Ale is one of my favorite beers but I haven't been too pleased with some of their other varieties. I'm thinking about trying the Octoberfest though.

October baseball is exciting, I got to admit it. I don't think I watched one regular season contest outside of 613 Hudson (aside from the Rockies game my sister and I went to in Colorado)... it's only enjoyable when you're around people who are invested and excited (and it helps if there's High Life, Shark and Petri, a conspicious arrival by Drunk Tony, Dre knocks a bowl of pasta out of your hands, Sam takes 20-1 odds on the pitcher throwing a no-hitter, you can hear Limmer (without a shirt and with a toothbrush jammed in his mouth) muttering something like "Fuck Dude" from his bedroom off the kitchen, and it's always great when there's a relief effort by Jeff Weaver (hilariously pitiful) or Duaner Sanchez (awe-inspiring... espescially when he wears those Dwayne Wayne glasses - from a "Different World"... you know who I'm talking about, he was also in "Renaissance Man"... okay now, you probably don't know who I'm talking about). My point is: October baseball is fun and I'll watch, but 613 would make it even better.

Who is actually still reading this post? There's no way Mark or Shott is. I'm probably going to delete it (or at least edit it down) in a couple of days.

I can't wait to see and hear what the Eagles fans do this week at the game...

CORTACA party at our place, if you just so happen to find yourself on the West Coast on the morning of Novermber 11th.

That's it. It's all over. "Call of Duty!!!" (Jim's new Pam is hotter than Scranton Pam... agree? disagree?)

Limmer check out these jobs

My boss use to work at IMG and might know someone. Let me know if you are interested.

Post Production Coordinator / IMG Media (New York City)We are seeking a Post Production Coordinator with 1 -2 years experience.Responsibilities include:Organize & Maintain Avid Project Folders & Media FilesAct as liaison between Producers, Editors & Operations to organize and maintain workflow of Unity SystemWork with Production staff to determine content retention times. Be responsible for insuring that legal obligations are met concerning content retentionWork with PM to Staff and Schedule Avid Editors Schedule delivery of shows to encode and output to mSpotMaintain Digital, Video Tape, DVD and Media archives Responsible for ordering raw tape stock (D-Beta, DV, Mini DV etc)Responsible for tracking Avid support/maintenance hours used and act as liaison between editors and MPE support Coordinate mSpot schedule and act as liaison between production and mSpotIMG offers excellent benefits, including 401(k). Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, salary requirements and resume to lmcguire@imgworld.com. No phone calls please. EOE. Use job code: PPC-NM

Production Coordinator / IMG Media (New York City)We are seeking a Production Coordinator with 1 -2 years experience.Responsibilities include:Assist Production Manager as necessary with the staffing & scheduling of crew for studio productions and remote eng shootsAct as contact for talent and their agents Coordinate all travel arrangements for talent and staffTrack and coordinate car service, FedEx and office supply expenses Organize conference calls, staff meetings and meeting minutesCoordinate with production to track usage of photos and video content for invoicingWork with production to coordinate rights and clearance materials and release forms Assist Production Manager with production booksIMG offers excellent benefits, including 401(k). Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, salary requirements and resume to lmcguire@imgworld.com. No phone calls please. EOE. Use job code: PC-NM

The Betting Man's Best Friend

I know by the title it makes it sound like this was an easy victory and I was not worried at. This was not the case. On the march afternoon when Sam and I made the bet that Tom GlavinE would win 15games in the coming season I was fairly confident because since the All-Star break of the previous season he has won over 10 game.

Through the first half of the season Glavine accumulated 11 wins and was the first in the majors to 8, 9, and 10. However Glavine started going down hill the day he got his 11^th win. He pitched on three days rest and gave up 7 runs but still managed the win. Between July and Aug he got two more wins raising his total to 13. By this point mark and I were already in Rochester. This is where Mark informed me of the news that blood clots were found in Glavine’s pitching shoulder and it could be career ending. Needless to say this did not bode well for the bet. When all of a sudden I received a ray of light in the form of a text message. It was Sam’s order, a large cheese pie. The over confidence was a great sign because these premature declarations of victory often do not end well for the over zealous party. Glavine ended up missing 15 days.

Tom was reinserted in a six-man rotation, decreasing the total number of starts he had remaining. I was constantly going back to the schedule to recalculate how many chances he would have. The 14^th win came in dramatic fashion. Glavine pitched 8 strong innings but was on the short end of the stick. In the bottom of the 8^th Glavine was pulled from the game. It seemed like another wasted change but Michael Tucker single in the wining run. Tom pitched like shit his next start so it was down to his final start and the second to last game of the season.

Glavine got his 15^th win with the backing of 13 runs to his 6 scoreless innings. It was all to appropriate that Julio Franco had 5 of the first 6 RBI (including and 3 run homer in the first) because for the last two weeks whenever Franco would come to bat Mark and I would start with our “why are you putting him in, all he does in ground out,” “why is this guy even still on the team, send Woody up there,” and so on.

I know Lim will want to comment about Pedro being out till the next All-Star break. However even if he never pitches another game as a Met he will be worth every penny. Without Pedro, Beltran and Wagner would have never signed. But more importantly he brought the winning attitude and clubhouse charisma they have today.

So while some of you might make fun of Sam and his Natty bets for anything, I salute him. It truly was a great battle…Almost like facing a ninja. Yes, Ninja Sam....