Man's Dilemma

Here’s a question for the guys. What is more painful, sitting through a chick flick or having your chick explain the flick you were lucky enough to miss? I am sure your answer would be different given to me as it would be to her.


My answer is to sit through the chick flick for this twofold reasoning. It allows me to possibly sneak in a quality nap sometime during the movie and also allows me to keep the score somewhat close for the amount of macho movies she struggles through. Besides what would be your defense if you started dozing off while she was explaining the flick.

Relax Joey Chestnut

So I guess we have to congratulate Joey Chestnut for his victory at the 2010 Coney Island hot dog eating contest. In an interview after the contest he stated that if Kobayashi were a real man he would have entered the hot dog eating contest. Hey Joey I didn't know manhood was defined by the amount of hot dogs one can eat. Relax!!!! It's not like you just won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Sweet Betty

She’s back. She is funny, witty and cute. Betty White graces us with her presence once again on the new sitcom “Hot In Cleveland” on TV Land. She is the only reason I would continue watching the show and she is the only reason the show will cling on for dear life before getting the boot. So if you get a chance turn it on and get as much of Betty White as you can before they pull it from the network.

Timing Is Everything!!!

Anyone who has seen the movie “The Departed” may be familiar with the picture below. If not watch the movie again and you will see it hanging on Matt Damon’s wall in his house, apartment or whatever he lived in. I was able to get a closer look at it one day because a friend had the same poster. So intrigued by this picture I did a web search of the name that was on the poster and the below story was what I found on-line. Before you read it try to guess what happened to the man in the doorway of the lighthouse.

Jean Guichard is a prolific French photographer known for his lighthouse photos. His best-known photo is a series called “Phares dans la Tempete, la Jument,” a dramatic sequence of a lighthouse engulfed in a huge wave, with the keeper looking out from the doorway.

The story:

During the night of December 20, 1989 the storm had broken windows and flooded the lower floor of the lighthouse, washing away the furniture and appliances. The keepers had taken refuge in the lantern room. The next day, they were awaiting rescue when they heard Jean Guichard's helicopter. Keeper Théodore Malgorne opened the door. He realized it was not a rescue helicopter and headed back inside, just as the giant wave broke against the far side of the lighthouse and engulfed it. While this was happening, Guichard was taking pictures as fast as he could, ending up with a sequence of seven shots. Théodore Malgorne survived.

You Mean You Didn’t Know

Please tell me you are really not surprised of Mark McGwire's admission of steroid use during the 1998 homerun circus. It certainly was fun to watch I will admit even though I was certain all the while. And there was an asterisk on sixty one.

From Pong to Kong to…..

I remember sitting in my grandmother’s house when I was a little kid playing my uncle’s pong video game. If you don’t remember pong, it was a basic video game in which you would move this bar like object up and down the screen to block this white square dot from passing you. It was a type of tennis game with no characters on the screen, just a white dot. It was a very basic but fun game to play. It had you thinking to yourself, “Wow, what will they think of next?”


Well I am not going to give a history lesson on what video games came out after Pong but, in my opinion, think the single game that really started it all was “Donkey Kong!!!!” Yes that’s right, in 1981 this game featured a giant ape (Donkey Kong) and this little Italian plumber named Mario, two of video gaming’s most popular characters. Even though Mario was this little man who had to jump over barrels and fireballs as well as other obstacles to rescue his girlfriend named Lady (who was captured by Donkey Kong), he later became the biggest name in the video industry. There were other video games that may have shared popularity votes such as Pac-Man and a few others but Mario’s character had numerous amounts of spinoff games to date. Playing Mario Brothers back in the day made you feel that that time was just the beginning of video gaming.

As a kid I played all the systems. I didn’t own them all but I played them all. Every time we played a new system we felt the gaming couldn’t get better. The graphics and game play went from 2D stick figures to 3D life like characters. The controllers to operate the video games went from a box with a knob to a joystick with one button to, what we have now which are these spaced out controllers with about two hundred buttons on them that controls every move your character makes including making their eyes blink (exaggeration here). With technological advancements today you can play video games with people through the Internet. You don’t even need to be sitting next to them during game play. The Tiger Woods 2010 golf game has this on-line feature that allows you to play the video game in the current weather conditions as the pros are playing in at the exact time they are playing the real tournament, for example, if it is raining at Bethpage Black golf course during the US Open while Tiger is teeing off then you are playing in the rain in your living room. When I saw this on-line option I realized that this in fact, is the beginning of video gaming.

Ralph Kramden's Wish Come True

All Ralph Kramden ever wanted was to brive a dus, do the Huckle Buck, hit the high note, answer the $99,000 question and buy a 3D television. With 3D television technology right around the corner, I think the “Chef of the Future” was ahead of his time.

What I Am Really Thinking Is……

Jason Bay (free agent outfielder) will be announced today as the newest New York Met today, January 5th, 2010. In the press conference filled with flashes and media he will say how great it is to sign with such a dedicated and committed organization but then again all players say that to probably justify their signing bonus. Every ball player really wants to be a Yankee. So what’s really going through their head during their introductory press conference is more like, “I really like my Ford Focus but I would rather be driving a BMW “M” series instead.” He, deep down inside, really wishes he was playing across town.

Another Decade

I just want to express a Happy New Year wish to everyone who touches my heart and to those slightly out of my reach. May 2010 bring health and happiness to you and your loved ones. Anything more than good health and happiness is a bonus. Don’t be greedy!!!! Enjoy.

Thank You Dr. Oz

Now that the Dr. Oz Show is becoming a huge hit I will be looking less likely in need of a straight jacket. People I am surrounded by think I live my life as if I am trying to reach the age of one hundred fifty two. I do the best I can by living a healthy lifestyle eating mostly the right foods, maintain my daily fiber and vitamin intake, exercise, limit cell phone use, avoid unnecessary chemical exposure and cross on the green but by no means do I want to be around that long. I don’t want to one day say “Well, I should have ate better”, or “I should have done this or that”. Thanks to Dr. Oz and his extremely informative shows on healthy living all that I have been saying to people for that past five years is starting to sound not so crazy.  Besides, it sounds better coming from a doctor.  Thanks again Doc, I enjoy your show.