Ramblings...

Hey now! Welcome back everybody...thanks for making the trip. Let's see who fed it and who ate it this week...

Has anyone ever ordered the oysters at Hooters? I'm just curious. I mean, why is it even on the menu in the first place?

Sami and I drove through some of the deadest towns on our way to Cooperstown. I mean, seriously, it was actually depressing. There were towns where the roofs to houses were being held on using old tires as weights. There was one house which looked like it had aluminum foil for siding. Tons of pre-fab houses and trailers...I honestly can't imagine what it would have been like to live there...these towns died and nobody had the decency to tell them...

From the drive to Cooperstown...
Sami: "I haven't seen a firehouse anywhere in the past three towns."
O: "What about that one that we passed?"
Sami: "I don't think so. The fire truck was for sale."

On the way to Cooperstown, we celebrated his entire collection of Beastie Boys CDs, as well as the Throwing Copper album by Live. Who doesn't love mid-to-late 90s music?

While waiting in line to enter the Hall of Fame, I was getting increasingly pissed at the woman standing in line in front of us. She couldn't control her son and daughter, both somewhere between 12 and 14 years old, as they stood there shoving each other for about a half-hour. On top of that, she claimed that the only "good thing" about the Hall of Fame, the "only thing worth seeing" was that stupid-ass shitty baseball movie. The only thing worth seeing in the Hall of Fame? Seriously, re-evaluate this situation. There are bats used by Babe Ruth and uniforms from Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. There's one of every World Series ring ever made. There's priceless pieces of baseball memorabilia, not to mention the actual Hall of Fame itself, where the greatest players ever are enshrined. But no...the movie is the only good thing about the Hall of Fame. Go fuck yourself, ma'am...

This Week's Sign of the Apocalypse: Skidmore College is having Jeremy Schaap (Cornell graduate) as the keynote speaker for the grand opening of their Athletic Hall of Fame. I wonder if he'll start off with "Good afternoon. I'm Jeeearemy Schaap........ESPN."

The Nip/Tuck season finale should have revealed the identity of The Carver. Now we have to wait until June for the third season. But at least I correctly predicted that Ava was a dude. Also, congrats to Rescue Me on a great first season. My only problem with F/X is those stupid-ass Stacker 2 commercials with the Terror Squad. It's the most retarded commercial. Two "rival" gangs set to face off, and then they all pull out Stacker 2 energy drinks and hug and laugh. And then, Fat Joe says, "And that ain't no bull....HA!" Seriously, what the fuck? Someone should have busted a cap just for the concept of that fucked-up commercial...

The Random Shout Out this week goes out to Dan and Janice Hillsdon. Congratulations on your wedding and best wishes for continued health and happiness together...

Song of the Moment: Dave Matthews Band, "Pig," Before These Crowded Streets, 1998
"What point could there be troubling?
Head down, wondering 'What will become of me?'
Why concern, we cannot see
But no reason to abandon it.
Time is short, time...that's all right
Maybe I'll go out in the middle of the night
Take your hands from your eyes, my love.
All good things must come to an end some time.
But don't burn the day...away..."

Fuck the FCC...Stern still rules! Only 15 months and change to buy a Satellite radio with the Sirius network...

On a side note, from another of BU's distinguished alumni. During each episode of Bill O'Reilly's No Spin Zone, he reads and responds to reader e-mail. There's nothing like hearing O'Reilly read a viewer e-mail from "Jack Mehoffer" and do it completely straight-faced...an instant addition to Fred's soundboard on Howard Stern...

Jim Thome has a new commercial out for the MLB sponsored Boys and Girls Club where he teaches the youngsters to hit. He goes through his routine during every at-bat and then the kids try and everyone laughs and has a good time. He didn't grab his crotch 30 times though. If you're gonna talk about your routine, how can you leave out the crotch grab? It's an integral part! He's been doing it since Day One in Cleveland. I think those kids may have been cheated a bit, not being taught the professional crotch grab...

But then again, what do I know?