I will admit it I have a soft spot for the Mets broadcasting team. Gary is a solid, durable straight man how rarely hurts a broadcast. Ron Darling is intelligent, usually insightful and about as well spoken as an athlete you can listen to. Keith is Keith and deserves no explanation. I never would call the trio GREAT however. I mean they go on for innings at a time about Crocs, highlighters or anything else Keith whats to talk about on a given day. So when ESPN.com ran this, I was a little surprised. But in the course of my reading it, Beltran and Alou hit back to back jacks. So even though I am convinced that Bry and I could do it, its not that bad having the best broadcasting booth in MLB.
In other news, I am in college again and that is kinda weird, but I did get to spend last Saturday night premiering MPH4Kids and teaching a group of people how to play drunk MarioCart. So, it can't be that bad, can it.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
If only we were so lucky...
I am currently visting my brother for the night at Eastern Connecticut University.
What did we do for dinner you ask? Well let me tell you
There is this wonderful Campus Misionary house that has a FREE Pasta dinner every Thursday night.
Fo' Free?
Yes, Fo' Free.
My brother said he and his friends discovered this sometime last semester...let me walk you through it...
-Park on the street outside the house a block from his dorm
-Walk into the house (door already open)
-Immediatly get in line and grab a REAL fork, napkin and Chinet plate
-Hit up the garlic bread station, the salad (with 2 different kinds of bell peppers) salad station, the pasta station, doubling back by the bread for the gratted cheese and finally to the Kool-aid station before going out on the porch to eat
-Upon completion of food go in for seconds
-Upon completion of seconds, simply cross just through the threshold of the front door to throw the now empty plate in the garbage and toss the fork into a basket nearby
-Turn around and walk right back out that door
THE END
At no point were we asked to sign up for anything or give anyone anywhere any type of "donation" (do I sound like a heartless bastard not wanting to donate one measly dollar for a belly filling dinner? so be it...I work at Borders for crackers sake)
We went the entire FREE and satisfying meal without once encountering any people who resided in or worked at this Campus Misionary House and my brother said that given their appearence at this dinner every Thursday, they rarely see the people behind the scenes either
In conclusion, while I was sitting outside on the porch during the onset of evening on this beautiful day and ate what really was the closest thing to a free meal I could ever ask for... I couldn't help but dream of how perfect of a precurser this would have been to Thursday night bowling...
What did we do for dinner you ask? Well let me tell you
There is this wonderful Campus Misionary house that has a FREE Pasta dinner every Thursday night.
Fo' Free?
Yes, Fo' Free.
My brother said he and his friends discovered this sometime last semester...let me walk you through it...
-Park on the street outside the house a block from his dorm
-Walk into the house (door already open)
-Immediatly get in line and grab a REAL fork, napkin and Chinet plate
-Hit up the garlic bread station, the salad (with 2 different kinds of bell peppers) salad station, the pasta station, doubling back by the bread for the gratted cheese and finally to the Kool-aid station before going out on the porch to eat
-Upon completion of food go in for seconds
-Upon completion of seconds, simply cross just through the threshold of the front door to throw the now empty plate in the garbage and toss the fork into a basket nearby
-Turn around and walk right back out that door
THE END
At no point were we asked to sign up for anything or give anyone anywhere any type of "donation" (do I sound like a heartless bastard not wanting to donate one measly dollar for a belly filling dinner? so be it...I work at Borders for crackers sake)
We went the entire FREE and satisfying meal without once encountering any people who resided in or worked at this Campus Misionary House and my brother said that given their appearence at this dinner every Thursday, they rarely see the people behind the scenes either
In conclusion, while I was sitting outside on the porch during the onset of evening on this beautiful day and ate what really was the closest thing to a free meal I could ever ask for... I couldn't help but dream of how perfect of a precurser this would have been to Thursday night bowling...
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Updates From SoCal
613 NEWS
Jared and Jeff arrived only a week ago, but we've already enjoyed some crazy saki bombs and drunken laser tag... plus we competed in the opening night of the Hollywood Assistants Beer Pong League, and this past weekend we secured a sweet beach pad in Playa Del Rey. Add to that, the fact that they both accomplished the "Rand Geiger Taco Bell Taco Challenge," and I think it's fair to say that this has been a fairly productive last couple of days.
On Saturday night, we got a call from the landlord of the first apartment to which we applied... a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 2-story apartment that's just 7 blocks off the beach. We've got a big family room, a nice sized-balcony, and a huge dining room with a fireplace. Also, we're getting new kitchen countertops. What's more, we've got the corner apartment in a complex with soundproof doors and windows... so there's very little threat of upsetting our neighbors with the noise level of our late-night parties. We're pretty excited and definitely stoked to start filling up the place with our furniture and toys. We'll post pictures once everything is set-up... and of course, everyone is welcome and encouraged to come out and visit.
Our address:
8644 Falmouth Ave.
Apt. 5
Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
HOLLYWOOD NEWS
-After an alleged suicidal-overdose, Owen Wilson is apparently feeling better. Last Thursday, he called up Shawn Levy and invited him over to play catch. When I drove Shawn's car around the next day, I noticed the ball and glove still resting in the passenger seat (ready for another bonding session if Owen needed it).
-Vanessa Hudgens... I'm hoping that this little incident might lower her to a level that I might some day be able to reach.
-Flight of the Chords... I met these guys on Friday. They were pretty chill and very similar to the personas they portray on HBO. Also, their accents are irresistibly fun to imitate.
Jared and Jeff arrived only a week ago, but we've already enjoyed some crazy saki bombs and drunken laser tag... plus we competed in the opening night of the Hollywood Assistants Beer Pong League, and this past weekend we secured a sweet beach pad in Playa Del Rey. Add to that, the fact that they both accomplished the "Rand Geiger Taco Bell Taco Challenge," and I think it's fair to say that this has been a fairly productive last couple of days.
On Saturday night, we got a call from the landlord of the first apartment to which we applied... a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 2-story apartment that's just 7 blocks off the beach. We've got a big family room, a nice sized-balcony, and a huge dining room with a fireplace. Also, we're getting new kitchen countertops. What's more, we've got the corner apartment in a complex with soundproof doors and windows... so there's very little threat of upsetting our neighbors with the noise level of our late-night parties. We're pretty excited and definitely stoked to start filling up the place with our furniture and toys. We'll post pictures once everything is set-up... and of course, everyone is welcome and encouraged to come out and visit.
Our address:
8644 Falmouth Ave.
Apt. 5
Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
HOLLYWOOD NEWS
-After an alleged suicidal-overdose, Owen Wilson is apparently feeling better. Last Thursday, he called up Shawn Levy and invited him over to play catch. When I drove Shawn's car around the next day, I noticed the ball and glove still resting in the passenger seat (ready for another bonding session if Owen needed it).
-Vanessa Hudgens... I'm hoping that this little incident might lower her to a level that I might some day be able to reach.
-Flight of the Chords... I met these guys on Friday. They were pretty chill and very similar to the personas they portray on HBO. Also, their accents are irresistibly fun to imitate.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
All Blacks Rugby
I've been meaning to write this for awhile.
I think we should get into rugby. I know, it's strange to post it right in the beginning of the football season - but it took week 1 for me to remember the joy of watching large dudes pummel each other all afternoon.
First reason to watch: For hits, rugby is just as good as football.
(I do realize that all of these players are cabbage-eared and probably heavily concussed. I still think the NFL and rugby authorities should pay more attention to long term problems from concussions, but Rand's comment cured me of fretting over it too much).
Second reason to watch: It's international. Like with soccer, there's a Rugby World Cup every four years. In between, there are all sorts of qualifying whatevers and tournaments that are fun to watch.
Third, it's easy to understand. The teams line up, run at each other until the ball hits the ground, scramble for it, and hit each other some more. Here's an EA Sports introduction to it:
There are plenty of teams to root for (though it usually comes down to South Africa, England, Australia and New Zealand) it's fun to watch, easy to understand, and the hits are as big as football. The games are intense (a game I saw in New Zealand vs. England drew about 100,000 maniacs). I like New Zealand, because that's where I was introduced to rugby and they do the haka before games to intimidate their opponents. I should also add that the NCAA's Western Athletic Conference effectively banned Hawaii from doing this before games, because they called it "Unsportsmanlike Conduct". Pussies.
The only downside is that it can be hard to find a place to watch. But with the plethora of sports bars in all of our cities, it's certainly doable.
But, seriously, check out these highlights and honestly say you don't want to get into it.
And let's do it now. The World Cup is on right now and hardly ever - if ever - on Sundays. Here's the schedule. And, it's still in pool stages and will be done by the end of October. It's a quick hit of easy-to-understand violence and international passion to get us started on the game.
Here's an intro to the 2007 World Cup:
I think we should get into rugby. I know, it's strange to post it right in the beginning of the football season - but it took week 1 for me to remember the joy of watching large dudes pummel each other all afternoon.
First reason to watch: For hits, rugby is just as good as football.
(I do realize that all of these players are cabbage-eared and probably heavily concussed. I still think the NFL and rugby authorities should pay more attention to long term problems from concussions, but Rand's comment cured me of fretting over it too much).
Second reason to watch: It's international. Like with soccer, there's a Rugby World Cup every four years. In between, there are all sorts of qualifying whatevers and tournaments that are fun to watch.
Third, it's easy to understand. The teams line up, run at each other until the ball hits the ground, scramble for it, and hit each other some more. Here's an EA Sports introduction to it:
There are plenty of teams to root for (though it usually comes down to South Africa, England, Australia and New Zealand) it's fun to watch, easy to understand, and the hits are as big as football. The games are intense (a game I saw in New Zealand vs. England drew about 100,000 maniacs). I like New Zealand, because that's where I was introduced to rugby and they do the haka before games to intimidate their opponents. I should also add that the NCAA's Western Athletic Conference effectively banned Hawaii from doing this before games, because they called it "Unsportsmanlike Conduct". Pussies.
The only downside is that it can be hard to find a place to watch. But with the plethora of sports bars in all of our cities, it's certainly doable.
But, seriously, check out these highlights and honestly say you don't want to get into it.
And let's do it now. The World Cup is on right now and hardly ever - if ever - on Sundays. Here's the schedule. And, it's still in pool stages and will be done by the end of October. It's a quick hit of easy-to-understand violence and international passion to get us started on the game.
Here's an intro to the 2007 World Cup:
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Who sucks more? Bill Belichick vs. Karl Rove
The hard part about this question is that they are practically the same person. Both of them have cool nicknames to show how smart they are: Boy Wonder for Belichick (dating back to his days as one of the youngest coaches in the league) and Boy Genius for Rove (who was also called Turd Blossom by his boss). Both of them grew up steeped in their future professions. Rove was reading immense military and political history books when he was a child, Belichick was scouting games with his dad when he was 11. Both of them are really fucking smart and have a win-at-all-costs attitude, whether it's sacrificing Ted Johnson's memory or Valerie Plame's career - they do what it takes to get the W. That includes spying on their opponents. Rove famously bugged the headquarters of his Democratic opponents in Texas, Belichick videotapes opposing coaches' signals.
Both have turned around previously incompetent organizations and rebuilt them in their image - under Rove's guidance the neoconservative arm of the Republican party stormed from oblivion into complete control of the country. Belichick has turned Tony Eason's warriors into, well, the Pats. Yet both have experienced crushing failure at the highest levels, for Rove it's the War in Iraq and the 2006 elections, for Belichick it was Cleveland and the Jets - jury's still out on whose train wreck was worse.
But it's in that failure that we see who sucks more. And the answer is clearly Karl Rove. After bombing with the Browns and Jets, Belichick built the Pats. When the Pats failed last year he went out and surrounded himself with the most competent supporting cast available. Rove, on the other hand, has crumbled after his first real failure and his career as a chief political architect is probably over. Socially, they both suck - but Rove sucks a little more. Sure, Belichick broke up at least one marriage and then paid the women a massive allowance (presumably to keep quiet about it). But there's definitely no video of MC Belichick floating around YouTube:
Yeah, he really definitely sucks more, but it's close.
Both have turned around previously incompetent organizations and rebuilt them in their image - under Rove's guidance the neoconservative arm of the Republican party stormed from oblivion into complete control of the country. Belichick has turned Tony Eason's warriors into, well, the Pats. Yet both have experienced crushing failure at the highest levels, for Rove it's the War in Iraq and the 2006 elections, for Belichick it was Cleveland and the Jets - jury's still out on whose train wreck was worse.
But it's in that failure that we see who sucks more. And the answer is clearly Karl Rove. After bombing with the Browns and Jets, Belichick built the Pats. When the Pats failed last year he went out and surrounded himself with the most competent supporting cast available. Rove, on the other hand, has crumbled after his first real failure and his career as a chief political architect is probably over. Socially, they both suck - but Rove sucks a little more. Sure, Belichick broke up at least one marriage and then paid the women a massive allowance (presumably to keep quiet about it). But there's definitely no video of MC Belichick floating around YouTube:
Yeah, he really definitely sucks more, but it's close.
Friday, September 07, 2007
Is now the wrong time for Rand to go for Vanessa Hudgens?
So yesterday the news hit that she had taken some naked pictures of herself (and maybe her psychotic looking boyfriend who Rand railed against before had taken some too) and they got on the net. Now they're everywhere. She's probably pretty upset, because this might mean she loses her job at High School Musical...Should Rand move in? Rand, what are your plans?
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