Winter Go Away

Everyone is sick the current temperature is -3 and it is going to be around -20 tonight. I'm not talking Celsius either. I guess it's just what you have to deal with while living in the arm pit of the world but it's all worth it once summer comes. Just in case anyone cares i still feel like shit but i am hoping maybe a couple miller lites can fix me up. A good thing is the Barclay Aubertine voting is done and over with so i know longer have to listen to that crap. In case anyone cares Aubertine won. Clemens is still in deep trouble for not telling the truth. I saw an article that said $4 gas coming soon, great. Other than that i don't really have any interesting non depressing news for you. Lunch is coming up soon for me that's a plus. Yesterday while being sick working from home i noticed how lame afternoon weekday TV really is. I mean there was nothing on. I must have watched Sportscenter 12 times. No breaking news. Price is right was on that wasn't anything to brag about. I wonder in order to be on that show if they make you act like an idiot. If i was called up there is no way i could jump around and act like these people do. No way. Eventually it got later and decent shows started to come about. One i started watching was pretty sweet. It was Texas Hold Em billiards or pool you might call it. It is definitely something i would like to play sometime just in case anyone is interested. Here is the format. The format used in the tournament is a modified version of the pool game nine-ball, that emulates texas hold 'em, a type of poker. Each of the four players carries chips like those used in poker. In each rack, the players wager a number of them. The winner of that particular rack collects the others' wagers. If a player's chips is less than wager, that player has to go "all in" which means all of that player's chips must be wagered. After every four racks, the wager rises. In later racks, the player with the least number of chips will have to wager all. If a player runs out of chips, he/she is eliminated from the match.
In most nine-ball tournaments, a players can miss a shot and (providing they do not foul while doing so) the incoming opponent must take whatever shot may be available. In the Texas Hold 'Em Billiards Championship, missing a shot awards ball-in-hand to the next player. This eliminates defensive play, but makes the game faster. What a great idea.



As i sit here and explain and talk about this awesome game i am interrupted by to WOW players arguing. WOW player 1, we are having some serious problems in our guild. Officers are just not doing there job and people are off doing there own thing. Communication is poor and it is a waste of time. Bla bla bla. WOW player 2 "Dude it's a game" Wow player 1 "it's more than a game dude and when people are doing there own thing bla bla bla bla yacka yacka bla then it becomes a problem." Wow Player 2 "yeah whatever dude" Are you kidding me. These guys need to walk away from the computer go out and try to get laid. One of them is cool and goes and plays occasionally when he is bored i guess. But this other dude is dedicated. WOW, work, sleep, sometimes eat. That's how he rolls. Your almost 30 put the video game away, eat your vegetables go out and try to get laid or at least socialize with real people in the real world. If your happy then whatever i guess. Maybe it is better guys like this aren't out having sex reproducing future wastes of space WOW addicts. Hmmmm thank you WOW for keep guys like this off the streets and making it so they are unable to reproduce more computer addicts. Anyways lunch time i'm out, Laidher.

Sick Day

Thanks to my co-workers I am now sick. Thanks. Therefore unless i start feeling better no post for your but soup for me.

Pirates 2008 Preview

"Guns N' Roses began working on a new album in the early '90s. It was to be called "Chinese Democracy." Every few years, rumors would float to the surface that a release date was imminent, but the record never materialized. Now, in 2008, after tons of personnel changes and failed comeback attempts, the band's discography still remains unchanged.
Around the same time Axl Rose was on top of the world, so were the Pittsburgh Pirates. But ever since their own tragic "spaghetti incident" -- with the Braves' Sid Bream stretching out like a wet noodle to score the winning run of Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS -- the Pirates also have been floundering. Since that game, the team has failed to reach .500 and is currently on its sixth manager.
What's Changed?
Key AdditionsManager John Russell
Key LossesManager Jim Tracy So why should Pirates fans think 2008 will be any different with John Russell at the helm than it was with Jim "Slash" Leyland or Lloyd "Buckethead" McClendon? Why should Pirates fans think that what is, for all intents and purposes, the same team that had the NL's worst record in 2007 will do any better? In short, why should Pirate fans expect "Chinese Democracy"?
A change in attitude in the clubhouse and from the front office is nice, but what the Pirates need to succeed is for Jason Bay to return to his 2005 form, for Adam LaRoche to rediscover the stroke he seems to have left behind in Atlanta, for pitchers like Ian Snell and Tom Gorzelanny to continue their steady progress, and for the rebuilt farm system to start producing some homegrown talent who can step in and contribute on an everyday basis.
General manager Neal Huntington has said all the team needs is a little patience. Funny, I think Axl Rose said that once ... and the wait continues ...
Ballpark: PNC Park is a pitcher's park, plain and simple, which is exactly what the team wanted when it designed the new stadium to replace Three Rivers. The change from artificial turf to grass helps to keep the staff ERA down, and a deeper left-field power alley gives pitchers room to make mistakes against right-handed hitters. Is it any wonder that the Pirates boast three lefties in their rotation? The most telling statistic is that according to the Park Factor numbers, PNC Park is incredibly low (ranked 26th) in home runs, despite the fact that only Fenway Park is smaller, and that there is scarcely any foul territory, which gives hitters extra chances when those swings that "just missed" end up drifting into the stands, rather than into fielder's gloves.
The Offense
2007 Team StatsOBP+SLG (OPS): .736 (23rd)Runs Scored: 724 (23rd)Home Runs: 148 (22nd)Attempted Steals: 98 (23rd)PNC Park Factor:Runs: 0.945 (20th) / HRs: 0.779 (26th)
Probable Lineup
Morgan/McLouth**
CF
Jack Wilson
SS
Freddy Sanchez
2B
Adam LaRoche
1B
Jason Bay
LF
Xavier Nady
RF
Jose Bautista
3B
Ronny Paulino
C
Does anybody remember a young rookie who went 8-2 with a 1.81 ERA back in 2005? Whatever happened to him? He had a rough 2006, although he finished strong. But whatever momentum he had built up disappeared quickly in 2007. He pitched only 89 innings before being diagnosed with elbow tendinitis, which probably accounts for his awful numbers (5.54 ERA, 1.73 WHIP). Still, we're not ready to give up on Zach Duke, and neither are the Pirates. He's back at full health and has been all but guaranteed a spot in the rotation by new skipper John Russell. At the same time, the pressure to be the team's ace is gone. All Duke has to do is focus on pitching. With his former minor league mentor Jeff Andrews now the Pirates' pitching coach, we think he'll be able to regain that 2005 comfort level.
Intriguing spring battle: It would make a terrific reality show: "Who Wants to Pitch for the Pirates?" We know Matt Capps is the closer, and lefties Damaso Marte and John Grabow are going to be the primary set-up men. But after that? Bring in a crazy mismatched cast of offseason waiver claims, a Rule 5 Draft selection, injury reclamation projects, an aging Japanese import, converted starters without a job, several veterans looking for one last shot at glory, and a bunch of young prospects, let them live together and compete for a major league job. Franquelis Osoria is as good a bet as anyone to emerge from this competition as the go-to right-hander, but unless he or somebody else really steps up, it could be another long season for the Pirates. Without a reliable bullpen, the starters will be asked to pitch deeper into games, and those extra innings could spell late-season swoons. Or conversely, Pittsburgh goes with whoever looks best and crosses its fingers that sixth-inning leads don't suddenly become seventh-inning deficits before they can get to Marte and Grabow.
Trainer's room: Another Pirate who can't seem to stay healthy is Ryan Doumit, who qualifies at both catcher and outfielder. He has some pop in his bat, but unfortunately, the time behind the plate has been unkind to his body. Hamstring problems, a sprained left wrist and a sprained right ankle severely limited his playing time in 2007. The Pirates were thinking about signing a veteran backstop to free up Doumit from his catching duties, which could be a good thing. While 10-15 home runs may not be what you look for from an everyday outfielder, it certainly would be nice from your catcher spot, and for this season anyway, you can play Doumit there, whether he does for Pittsburgh or not.
Chris Duffy's career path continues to be derailed by injuries. Center field appeared to be his last year, but a sprained ankle sidelined him in June. During his rehab, Duffy had shoulder surgery as well, to rid himself of the pain he'd had since 2005, which had made him afraid to even throw the ball back to the infield after catches. He won't be ready to go at full speed when pitchers and catchers report, and likely will start the season at Triple-A. If the Pirates do call him up to the club during the season, he's worth a look, especially if you need some speed. Of course, there may not be a job for him to come back to ...
The Rotation
2007 Starters StatsRecord: 46-70 (29th)ERA: 5.02 (24th) WHIP: 1.51 (27th)Batting Average Against: .296 (29th)Home Runs Allowed: 103 (24th)Team Fielding Percentage: .986 (3rd)PNC Park Factor:Runs: 0.945 (20th) / HRs: 0.779 (26th)
Projected Rotation
Name
No. 1
Tom Gorzelanny
No. 2
Ian Snell
No. 3
Paul Maholm
No. 4
Matt Morris
No. 5
Zach Duke
No. 6
John Van Benschoten
...since either Nate McLouth or Nyjer Morgan may have center field locked up by then. Morgan has incredible speed and the ability to make stretching a single into a double look effortless. Plus, Nyjer made several spectacular catches in the field, although many times, had he made the proper read on the ball, such theatrics would not have been necessary. On the other side of the coin, McLouth may not be as fast, but he knows when and when not to run. McLouth stolen base success rate of 95.7 percent led the majors. Plus, Nate gives the team a little more pop -- he hit 13 home runs last season in only 329 at-bats. Because both players are left-handed hitters, eventually either one of the two likely will push the other out of the way. If neither lives up to the expectations, perhaps yet another lefty, Chris Duffy, will join this already crowded position. Although there may be an outright winner coming out of Bradenton, any little slump likely will see a changing of the guard, meaning this battle may rage on all season long, resulting in an unorthodox kind of platoon to be sure, but a platoon nevertheless.
Schedule Preview: Pittsburgh has an unusual June stretch where they play five consecutive series against American League teams. After visits to Baltimore and the White Sox, they return home to face Toronto, the Yankees and Tampa Bay. On the one hand, playing three teams who had 90 losses last season gives the team a chance to gain a lot of confidence. Plus, the two toughest series are at home, where at least one big bat will be taken out of the visiting lineup, giving the Pirates a fighting chance. I'd definitely pay attention to this section of the schedule. A few solid pitching performances in a row could have a long-lasting positive impact and point toward a successful rest of the season. Of course, should the team get roughed up and go 4-11 over this stretch, it could be your cue to cut bait on all Pirates before it's too late.
Fantasy Stud: Jason Bay's 2007 is going to cause a lot of owners to pass on the Pirates' best player. And they'd certainly have every right to be concerned. Paying top dollar for a .220 second-half isn't exactly going to win you many fantasy titles. He had some problems with his knees, which could account for the drop-off, but he should be at full strength for 2008. To be frank, a return to 30 home runs and 100-plus RBIs would be far less surprising than a repeat of last season's numbers. And apparently, the Pirates agree. If they had any doubt that Bay was poised to return to form, they would have jumped on one of the many trade offers they got for him during the winter meetings. They did not, and we think Bay will repay that confidence with another All-Star season.
Prospects to watch for 2008: Brian Bixler will be ready to take over at shortstop at some point during the 2008 season. The 2004 second-round draft pick likely will start the season at Triple-A, where he stole 28 bases last season, until the Pirates feel he's ready for the day-to-day grind at the major league level. And when they do, they'll likely send Jack Wilson packing to make room for him.
Steve Pearce started last season in Class A and climbed steadily up the ladder, eventually ending up in Pittsburgh in September after hitting 31 home runs during his rise to the big leagues. The team liked him enough to get rid of Josh Phelps, leaving Pearce as the probable backup for Adam LaRoche at first base. LaRoche's presence means Pearce won't see a whole lot of action, but with his ability to also play the outfield, he may get some opportunities to spell Xavier Nady or Jason Bay from time to time.
The Bullpen
2007 Relievers StatsRecord: 22-24 (21st)Saves/Opps: 32/51 (21st)ERA: 4.77 (26th) WHIP: 1.43 (22nd)Batting Average Against: .273 (26th)Strikeouts per 9 innings: 6.92 (21st)
Projected Bullpen
Name
Closer
Matt Capps
Setup**
Damaso Marte

Setup
John Grabow
Setup
Franquelis Osoria

**Closer-in-waiting Prospects to watch for the future: Andrew McCutchen is the shining star of the Pirates organization, and is a five-tool center fielder. He struggled a bit in Double-A last year, but was still promoted to Triple-A, where he seemed to be more comfortable at the plate. Certainly with the logjam at center field, the Pirates can afford to give McCutchen a full season at Triple-A, but if none of the three candidates set themselves apart from the pack, we can easily see McCutcheon getting a shot in 2009.
The signing of Chris Gomez was probably made, in part, to give Neil Walker another year at Triple-A. Offensively, Walker is probably ready, but it has only been a year since he started the transition from catcher to third base, and he could probably use a little more time to get the defensive footwork down. There's an outside chance he might get called up sooner, but we think the Pirates will ride things out with Jose Bautista and start fresh with Walker next April.
Fearless prediction: Call me crazy, but I'm going to be optimistic. The Cubs topped the NL Central with only 85 wins last season. In 2006, the Cardinals won it with 83. I'm not crazy enough to think they can go from worst to first, but it's not unreasonable to think this team can't have some early season success, and build on the confidence they gain from it. Add in a influx of enthusiasm from Triple-A in the form of Brian Bixler, and would it be so unrealistic to see the Pirates within seven games of the division lead come September. I think Jason Bay has a monster year, and the team's appetite for destruction carries them to an 82-80 finish. "Chinese Democracy" isn't quite here yet, but it's not as far away as you'd think. "(http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=mlbdk2k8pitpreview)

Pirates Sign Pitcher

"Free-agent pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim signed a one-year, $850,000 deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, four days after agreeing to contract terms.
The Pirates also designated infielder Ray Olmedo for assignment.
Kim, who is expected to join the team Monday, could earn up to $1 million in performance bonuses.
General manager Neal Huntington said the 29-year-old Kim will be used exclusively in relief. Last season, 22 of his 28 appearances with Colorado, Florida and Arizona were starts. He went 10-8 with a 6.08 ERA.
"He has been tough on right-handers when he pitched primarily as a reliever," Huntington said. "Kim adds an experienced option for us in our bullpen competition."
The Pirates have four bullpen openings, with only closer Matt Capps and left-handers John Grabow and Damaso Marte considered locks.
The Pirates hope to keep Olmedo if he clears waivers. Olmedo, a waiver claim last month from the Toronto Blue Jays, had been one of 13 infielders in camp." (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3262392)

Pirates needed another option for relief pitching and sounds like this guy is dominate as a reliever and struggles when he starts. They signed him only to be a reliever so as of now sounds like a good sign. We will see if it is or not soon.

Weekend Recap

I tell you what I am sick and tired of this Barclay Aubertine for State Senate. I don't give a crap anymore who Win's I hope Lisbon's Pat Green win's it. Barclay has spent probably more money then I will ever make bashing Aubertine. What does he stand for? I don't care who Win's but just stop with the damn commercials and the protesters on the corner asking you to beep if your going to vote for Aubertine. Maybe I am going to hell but i beep just to watch those idiots jump up and down or give you the thumbs up. I'm not voting for him, I'm not voting for anyone. Anyways to the weekend...

Nothing exciting to report Friday sat around played online poker watch TV.

Saturday was a good time. Me, The Man The Myth The Legend, and Akins Construction went to my work bowling tourney in the Arm pit of the world Gouverneur NY. Whoo whoo you might say but it was a damn good time. We started drinking before the tourney and when we got in there we kept going. We were at about a beer a frame rate for the 1st game. Tryed keeping that pace for the next two but were not able to keep that pace but still had a damn good pace. A guy I work with we will call him The Rockstar tryed to keep up. He quickly fell behind a beer then it turned into 4 beers pretty quick. The waitress then proceeded to call us alcoholics but thought we were funny. She also works at Jrecks we found out and almost lost her finger in the meat slicer, yes don't eat meat at the Gouverneur Jrecks. So The Man The Myth The Legend made fun of her finger brace she had to wear and she soon took it off after that. It was almost the end of the second game and we found out there was a light you could turn on to make the waitress come running over and bring us beer. Every time that light came on we had our $9 round there. Sweeeeet. Were having a good time bowling was OK I guess no idea how I did let alone are team but regardless it was a decent time and the beer was good. We then switched over to red bull and vodka thinking that was a good idea, which of course it was. Next thing you know were done bowling and it's buffet time. Akins Construction was able to get 4 trips to the buffet. Everyone else had multiple trips but somehow i messed it up and was only able to get 1. Awesome. After dinner the DJ started to play and The Man The Myth The Legend was now happy feet. Busting out moves only seen at the ARC ladies were kind of liking it. Then apparently the friends came over and apparently they weren't lovin it. Midnight came fast we didn't win any prizes and Happy Feet wasn't getting any action the bathroom so we decided to hit the dollar menu up and head on home. All in all a good night. I think we should have the first annual Beernutsworld bowling tourney. Let me know if you are interested I Guarantee a good time or your money back.

Sunday morning I wake up with an interesting text message. Apparently someone got a free bottle of wine on a wine tour. Sweet you say what is so cool and exciting about that? Well in order to get the free bottle of win streaking through the vineyard was required. I hope the wine was good because i guarantee you that was a sight to see. Hopefully it wasn't too cold if ya know what i mean dawg. The text i got. "I got completely naked yesterday and ran through the grape vines for a free bottle of wine." Classic. As sick as it might be i want to see pics of confirmation, and no fan's i will not post them on this site.

(On a side note I did bowl against a 16 year old kid that had a prefect game going through 8. He kicked my ass.)

Duke Sucks

Duke loses again for the second time in a row. Now when UNC win's out they will be crowned ACC regular season champs. When Lawson comes back Duke doesn't stand a chance and all the Cameron Crazies will be crying and probably throwing shit like 2 year olds. I mean Miami is a tough team, NOT. Coach K really showed his class by calling out Roy. Dr. Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood thinks and I agree that Roy should spit in his face when they go for the hand shake. Call it a sneeze or something. Whatever Duke sucks Jr is gay and this headache I have is killing me. Peace.

Prison Break Let's Me Down

I started watching prison break this year because of the new roommate. He said it was the best show ever blah blah. So I said hell asides from MNF i don't have anything else to watch. So I started watching it and it wasn't half bad. The more I watched the more let down i felt. It seems they took a season and expanded it out into like 3 seasons. I don't know how many times I heard we go tommorow. The season finale was Monday and i have been hurt ever since. It wasn't that eventful, not sit on the edge of your seat exciting. Just plain boring. To top it all off they lead it right into another season where he doesn't even have to break out of prison. Instead he is chasing some girl trying to kill her because she killed his woman. He's out of jail a chance to be free as long as he doesn't get caught but he still wants to go chasing after her. What do i know i'm not Michael Scofield. Sorry I had to vent.

A Weekend In Syracuse

We started the adventure Friday at 1:30 after Mr. Damnyouknowmyhairlooksdamn good finally showed up. 18 beers later and a 2 hour drive we arrive at the hotel. Dr.Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood arrives and it's on like donkey kong. We decide our first bar is going to be Tully's. Being responsible like we are we dicide it's a better idea not to drive there seeing how we are staying across the road from it. This then turn's into a real life game of Frogger. Being the great Frogger player I am and using the 3 other guys as human shields I and well everyone make it across. We get a big beer and shoot a game of pool. We then decide Tully's is not the place to be although the beer was good, let's get to Marshall St. and start at Chuck's. We get there and it's happy hour $3 pitchers until 9. Several pitchers and 5 rounds of Jager Bomb's later we are feeling good. We ordered Chicken Wings and burgers. We got one of the best burgers i have ever had and it was only 4 bucks. This place is rocking. The bathroom line is about a 10 minute wait and i have about 2 minutes until i piss myself. So outside i go in some alley to piss. I go back in the bar and the guys decide that is time to go to the next place. Whatever i'm game. As we are waiting for a cab some random drunk girl comes over the the Man, The Myth, The Legend and needs to be warmed up. Next thing you know she is allover him and he has his hands right down her pants, must be warming up his hands. With everyone warm we get a cab and head for Armory Square to Daisey Dukes. After seeing the taxi drivers secret camera and thinking at any moment this guy could hold us at gun point and take our money we make it and i'm relieved. We get to Daisey Dukes and there is about 12 people in the bar and a mechanical bull. I ask the guy when people will show up and how much it is to ride that bull. He says its free until 10 and usually people show up there around 1:30. Time check 9:30. Shitty. I tell Ian i signed him up for the bull it's his turn get up there. When your on the bull there is tv's all over the bar showing you and 4 tv's outside the bar facing the street so people can see you. The Bull 11 The Man, The Myth, The legend 0. Beer are still flowing and we decide to move on and check out some other bar. I realize i am starving and could use a slice of pizza. Stop at some pizza shop i could of swore was called Ricos Pizza Shop but apparently that place doesn't exist. My bad pizza was ok. So we come to some other Irish type bar where people are sipping Killians and Guiness and it's not even St. Pattys Day. Things are starting to get blury at this point in time and it's roughly midnight. Next thing i know were back at the Pizza shop. Me and Mr. Damnyouknowmyhairlooksdamngood are eating more pizza and i look at him and he has half the pizza allover his face. I laugh and let the pizza stay there. He goes it for seconds then thirsds on the pizza. The Man The Myth The Legend and Dr.Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood are working some game at the bar and I realize i need to get Mr.damyouknowmyhairlooksgood home. He is a mess. We hop in a cab and we go back to the room. I pass out and am woke up around 2:30-3 am. I have no idea what's going on but then realize they woke me up because Dr.Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood lost his debit card and his ability to have money. Shitty. We try finding the number to the bars we were at and kept telling 411 that those weren't the names of the bars and couldn't believe they didn't have phones. We decided to worry about it when were sober. Morning arrives and we make some calls and realize the card had to be left at Daisy Dukes. We call and they do not open till 9pm. It is 7 am. Not good. They get telling me that they got yelled at last night in the hotel. Apparently they thought it was a good idea to have a 2:30 am race to the hotel room. They both get a an elevator and sprint to the room. Apparently they were running through the hall like little girls they were told. For the record, Dr. Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood wins. We get ready and head up to the dome. Get into our $10 parking spot and start to head up to Varsitys for more Pizza and more Beer. Dr. Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood locks his keys in his car. Ouch. No money, no keys, no car, no luck. We proceed to Pizza and beer and the game and will call AAA after. After watching an amazing game with a Cuse victory that resulted in a mob mentality storming the court, we realize we need to call AAA. We make the call they said 45 minutes. Me and Mr.Damnyouknowmyhairlooksdamngood decide to go to Chucks to wait. Not a great idea at the time because the line is loooooooong. So we get 24's and go wait with them. An hour and a half goes by no AAA. We call them back apparently they got the wrong number to call. Finally AAA comes he gets his keys we take off. We get a call from the Doc and he is at Chucks playing 20 person flip cup with women. This makes the single guys in my car almost regret the decesion to leave. To make it better we stop at a Sunoco and decide to play Edward 40 hands on the ride home. 2 piss stopts several Mr. damnyouknowmyhairlooksdamngood stories and a couple 40's later and then a stop to get more 240z's we make it home. All in all it makes me realize how i am very glad i do not go to college at Syracuse because i would eat way to much pizza and drink way to much beer but don't we do that already. Yes but it would cost so much more money to do it down there. Dr.Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood hopefully you got your penis wet to make your weekend better. All in all a great birthday weekend.

Last Post Then A Birthday Break

Just trying to give you a head's up on the lack of post's for the next couple day's because myself, the man the myth the legend, Dr. Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood, and Mr. Yeahiknowmyhairlooksdamngood, are going on a Syracuse adventure for my birthday. Yes I know I will be 23 and not supposed to have birthday parties but why not. You only live once. Plus who wouldn't want to go down there drink way to much and wake up hungover start drinking again and watch the Syracuse Vs. Georgetown basketball game in the dome. My goal this year is to not get kicked out of Chuck's, anyways...







I was checking around for some entertaining news or some Idiot Of The Day story but it seems like every damn news article is about the Barclay and Aubertine campaign crap. Just story after story link after link about these idiots. It's like they don't think i get enough of these meatheads from all there lame commercials that i have to see over and over and over and over. Thank god for Tivo.







I did find a tragic and kind of mind boggling story. I would call this Idiot Of The Day but seeing how someone passed away because of this I am not going to call it Idiot Of The Day. Make the call yourself if you want. Here we go...







"A Long Island woman was crushed to death Wednesday when her SUV skidded off the ice-coated deck of a parking garage and plunged about 40 feet into a muddy pit below.
The woman's husband somehow managed to jump out of the GMC Suburban before it slid off the upper level of the garage in New Hyde Park, L.I., which was partially under construction, authorities said.
"The car teetered on the edge for a moment and then flipped over. Right before it teetered, the husband was able to get out," said Nassau Police Detective Michael Bitsko.
The driver, Julie Simon, 46, apparently could not unbuckle her seat belt in time to escape.
The fatal accident occurred at 8:50 a.m. at the Granite Buildings, a sprawling office complex in North New Hyde Park. Simon and her husband, Charles, 47, both wallpaper hangers, were part of a crew of contractors working on a newly erected office building, police said.
The couple may have been trying to take a shortcut across an unfinished section of the parking garage's top deck, which should have been off-limits.
After driving through a chainlink fence's open gates, the 4,600-pound SUV, laden with wallpaper and scaffolding, slid across about 150 feet of ice before it crashed into a metal cable stretched across the edge of the garage. The SUV then fell to the ground, landing on its roof.
"There is no concrete barrier to stop cars from going over," said Sgt. Anthony Repalone, noting that the deck was coated in more than an inch of ice.
"It was like an ice skating rink," said Jayson Dayton, 23, a carpenter who raced to the scene after hearing the loud bang. Simon's husband ran to the wreckage and wailed, "No, no, this can't be!" according to Dayton.
Police and investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were examining how the SUV got access to the off-limits area.
"It's a terrible, terrible tragedy," said Andrew Miltenberg, a lawyer for the complex's owner, Granite II LLC, who declined to discuss the accident.
Friends and relatives visited Simon's grieving husband at the couple's home in Nesconset, L.I. "She was a wonderful person - the best," a neighbor said.
rweir@nydailynews.com"(http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/02/13/2008-02-13_car_slides_off_long_island_parking_garag.html)







Wow. So they were on an unfinished part of the parking garage. I don't know i'm not even going to make a smart comment about it. I found another kind of sad story, especially if you are a pet owner and can relate to this story. This lady was taking her dog for a walk in Florida down a path that state's Aligator Warning or something of that nature. The dog not on a leash of course tries to protect it's owner from a huge Croc and jumps in after it, and well that was the rest of the little guy. Not only did the dog die but apparently now they are going to trap and kill the Croc. Like it was the Croc's fault. It's not like the Croc went after these people, a dog tried to attack it and ate the 19 pound dog. Cranky why kill this Croc(use best Croc Hunter Voice). Just another thing in life that does not make sense to me. Along the lines of Devean George of the Mavericks trying to block the whole blockbuster Kidd trade after he had complained earlier in the year that he wanted out. Some people should not be allowed to think for themselves. So enjoy your Valentines, Friday's holiday (My Birthday), your weekend, and President's Day if you get it off. If not take it off and show your appreciation for our country's President's.

Pirates Sign Another Old Man

"PITTSBURGH -- First baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who caught the final out in 2004 that gave the Boston Red Sox their first World Series championship in 86 years, agreed Monday to a minor league contract Monday with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Mientkiewicz
Mientkiewicz would get a $750,000, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster. The deal also includes $750,000 in performance bonuses.
Pittsburgh is looking for another bat off the bench after not bringing back first baseman Josh Phelps, who hit .351 in 29 games with the Pirates last season after also being picked up from the Yankees. Phelps was arbitration eligible and the Pirates did not offer him a new contract, and he signed with St. Louis.
The 33-year-old Mientkiewicz missed more than half of last season for the Yankees with a broken right wrist that occurred when he collided with Boston's Mike Lowell.
Mientkiewicz hit .277 with five home runs and 24 RBIs in 72 games last season. He has a .271 career average with 64 homers and 372 RBIs in 942 games with Minnesota, Boston, the New York Mets, Kansas City and the Yankees.
Mientkiewicz initially retained the ball he caught to end the 2004 Series, but the Red Sox also wanted it and the dispute over the ball's ownership eventually resulted in a lawsuit. The disagreement ended when the ball was donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The bonus clauses in Mientkiewicz's contract include $25,000 each for 70 and 80 games, $50,000 each for 90, 100 and 110 games and $75,000 each for 120 and 130 games. He would also make $50,000 each for 275, 300 and 350 plate appearances, $75,000 each for 400 and 450 plate appearances and $100,000 for 500 plate appearances."(http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3241471)

Horrible Ref's

My Monday night consisted of watching Prison Break and American Gladiators brother, and some college basketball. I have to tell you I think the college ref's are betting on the games, or at least the one's I saw last night. Georgetown was hosting Villanova and the game was tied with 30 seconds to go. Villanova had the ball and was holding for the last shot. Reynolds drove and ended up turning the ball over to Georgetowns Wallace and has Wallace was running up the side line's he got a little bump and the ref called a fould with .1 seconds to go. By little touch I mean very very little. This foul wouldn't of been called at any point in any game by any ref let alone with .1 seconds left AND putting the Hoya's on the line for 2 shots. Wallace nailed them both game over. Yes you can argue if 'Nova got the shot off, if this and that bla bla Villanova got screwed there chance to upset the number 8 team, make a run at getting in the playoffs, because of the ref's. That is a couple game's that Georgetown had to win thanks to the ref's. For some reason I got drawn into the end of the Rutger's Tennessee women's game. Maybe it was the pink jersey's Rutgers was rockin', or maybe since the whole Rutgers Don Imus thing I just felt like watching. It's the end of the game Rutger's is up 1 and Tennesee has the ball. They get a shot or two off and a Tennesse player catches the ball with .2 seconds proceeds to get a shot off and then after it misses the ref calls a foul. The rule says a shot cannot be taken under .7 seconds it has to be a tip. What happened was when she caught the ball the clock stopped at .2 let her get the shot off then the time ran out then the foul was called. The ref's look at it and see nothing wrong with it. If you can't see that live that's one thing, but if you can't see it on the replay, your fired. Go to the following link and you can see the replay yourself.

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3242062&categoryId=2378529

It's horrible that for the amount of money those guy's make they can't make the right call. I hope they get some kind of suspension or have to go back to doing modified game's on saturday morning because that is crazy. Now just imagine if this happened to a team i actually liked. I would hit up whitepages.com and find out where this referees live and give them a nice little phone call. No probably not. On a side note i was pumped that in Prison Break they were actually breaking out of Prison. Gladiators was ok to Brother.

Idiot Of The Day

Today's idiot of the day comes from a guy who is a sex offender and failed to register in his new state and won the lottery. Now he might not get to claim his winnings and he also could get in some big trouble for not registering. He even already recieved a check from the lottery in his first annual check without them knowing what he had done, or well in this case not done (register). Here is the story from the Boston Herald website.






"Luck is running out for a high-risk sex offender living in Uxbridge who scratched off a winning $10 million lottery ticket, but now could face charges for not letting Connecticut authorities know he moved out of state.
Daniel T. Snay, 56, a Level 3 sex offender who was convicted in Massachusetts four times in the 1970s and 1980s, paid $20 for what turned out to be one of just 10 winning tickets in the Billion Dollar Blockbuster game. On Jan. 30, Snay received the first of 20, $500,000 annual checks, according to the lottery.
Massachusetts lottery officials were unaware when Snay cashed in his ticket that he had allegedly violated the law by moving to Massachusetts without notifying Connecticut authorities, said lottery spokesman Dan Rosenfeld. The lottery does not run criminal background checks on its players or winners, he said.
All Level 3 sex offenders are required by law to notify local police of their current home and work address.
The Connecticut Sex Offender Registry lists Snay as a registered sex offender who has not verified his address since 2004. Sex offenders are required to law to verify their work and home addresses every 90 days, said Connecticut State Police Trooper William Tate. Connecticut state police are investigating, he said.
“Our sex offender unit is looking into the non-compliance issue,” he said.
Snay was convicted of indecent asault and battery on a person 14 years or older four separate times in Massachusetts from 1974 to 1987, according to the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry.
The Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry board lists Snay as living and working in Uxbridge.
Snay’s attorney, Joseph Fabbricotti could not be reached for comment this morning, but he told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette this weekend that Snay is a divorced dad of five who wants to use his winnings to buy a house in Connecticut where his children live.
Fabbricotti did not immediately return two phone messages left at his Westboro law office this morning. A working phone number for Snay could not be found.
Rosenfeld, the lottery spokesman, said the lottery commission does not perform criminal background checks, although the Department of Revenue checks for liens and financial judgements before pay-outs, Rosenfeld said. An Uxbridge resident contacted the lottery after word spread that Snay had won.
Rosenfeld said while the commission was “very concerned” about Snay’s background, he has a right to buy scratch tickets.
“The vast majority of our players are regular, law-abiding, hard-working individuals. We regret any difficulties this may have caused,” Rosenfeld said in a statement.
jfargen@bostonherald.com"(http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1072744&srvc=home&position=2)

If he was in the north country they would have gotten him to register because signs pointing to where he lived and that he is a sex offender would have been placed allover. Now that he is a millionare will this guy finally get some friends?

SLU Game

Saturday night I attended my first SLU game even though I live next to the SLU campus. The game was a pretty entertaining game and I now find myself more into hockey. I am not willing to call myself a SLU fan and will not be seen wearing any SLU gear unless some is given to me and even then I probably won't. I had heard from my cousin the Clarkson fan that Cornell (the team that played SLU that night) had 2 brothers of NHL star Rick Nash. We were able to find a R. Nash on the team but couldn't find another one. The R.Nash though scored 2 goals and is very good. I may be a jerk for finding this to be the highlight of the game but I mean it was the parts of the game that stuck out the most. 1) When you walk in they give you these plastic hand noise makers. They were ok at first kind of fun until in walked about 15 8 year olds with them and each holding a big cookie. They were fired up and those noise makers soon got broken, not sure how. 2) A guy from SLU got hammered into the boards and litterally got knocked out. It wasn't funny in anyway shape or form. It was something that stuck out as a momeny i'll remember in the game. I mean 6 goals were scored but this dude getting knocked out sticks to my mind. 3) With the game almost over a SLU player flipped the puck out and it came up in the stands and smucked a lady or a kid not sure which one right in the face. I couldn't even imagine. We sat behind the net where there was a protecting net and I was still scared that I might get hit. Every shot hammered into the net I still flinched while the row of 8 year old kid's screamed. All in all it was a good trip and I wouldn't mind going back and checking out another game. On a side note the cups you get from soda taste much better with a draft beer.

Busy Week For Sports Reporters

Alot of big names have found themselves in the sports news for good and bad reasons. Some of the good are Shaq and Marion swapping team's, Pat Knight getting the chance to take over Texas Tech with his Dad Bob Knight resigning. Dickie V back calling games after having throat surgery. Dale Jr. making his new team debut a week from Sunday at the Daytona 500. As much as Dr. Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood would want me to put up some Jr. pics I refuse to. Instead for your sake Dr. Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood here is a link for you to get your Dale Jr. fill over with before next Friday.( http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=dale+jr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi)Chris Webber made his return to the Warriors. The Giants won the Super Bowl, no seriously they beat the Patriots.

And some of the not so good. Clemens who apparently is rocking my hair dew, the shaved receding hairline look is still strongly denying his reports of using steriods buy some crazy guy McNamee claiming to have evidence that no person in there right mind would hang on to for years. I mean look at the guy he deffinetly looks like a geeky, Red Sox bandwagon fan. He was probably obssessed with Clemens kept this stuff for some weird candle light shrine to clemens and realizes it might be worth some kind of money? I don't know what goes on with crazy stupid people. For all we know this evidence will be worthless. He could of given him a flu shot saved the stuff got blood from something else rubbed some HGH or roids on that crap and boom Clemens is on roids. I mean maybe he is but looking or listening to this guy makes me hate him and believe Clemens. I am a Pirates fan so Clemens isn't on my favorite list of players. Although seeing Clemens and Pirates in the same sentence does make me feel good inside. Hell go to the ESPN article look at this guys pictures, the Miller Lite can is so old even if Clemens was juicing if it was before it was illegal who cares let it go as long as he isn't anymore. (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3236668)

Anyways on to other bad stuff in the news, well depending if your a gay Red Sox fan or a gay Yankee fan it can be good or bad but Schilling who I hate with a passion could be out until the All-Star break or the whole year. I say retire idiot and keep your mouth shut about buisness that doesn't have any affect on your life. Chad Johnson is also on the news again if you can believe that. He is down in Hawaii for the Pro-Bowl refusing to do interviews with reporters and apparently it's in their contract or whatever to do interviews during this time. So he will get a fine and more publicity. Bengals trade him before it bites you in the ass, send him over to the Steel city, just a recomendation from a North Country nobody. Radomski the clearly polish former Mets employee who is now a target to almost every MLB player, the guy who ratted everybody out and pretty much helped to write the whole Mitchell report is trying to get some leniencyat his federal sentencing today. Personally my Pirates are safe and the Mitchell report didn't really do much for me because it's all stories, so lock this clown up make him learn his lesson, or at least become someone's personal jail friend. Leave Bond's alone, just incase someone is still reading this I am going to leave you alone. Thanks for reading, tell your friends, peace out A town down.

Idiot Of The Day

Oh snap, Yo baby happy birfday. You's 11 now so you's is an adult. Let's go get crunk and pound some wobbly pops and puff puff pass some mad blunts girl.(Not an exact quote just my judgement on how the conversation might have went)

Here is the real story...

An Indiana woman was arrested Wednesday on charges she gave her 11-year-old daughter alcohol and marijuana as a birthday gift, according to reports.
Davita Fuller, 26, of Anderson, Ind., has been charged with one felonious count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after cops alleged the woman offered beer and pot to her daughter and three of her friends during a birthday party on Feb. 1, according to reports by FOX59.com and TheIndyChannel.com.
Fuller's daughter accepted the invitation, according to eyewitnesses.
"They saw her tip the alcohol beverage up and they saw her inhale what they described as a blunt," Det. Joel Sandefur of the Anderson Police Department told FOX59.com.
Fuller told police that she was smoking pot and drinking beer with her adult friends at the party, but denied giving them to her daughter, police said.
"This is something we're not going to tolerate," Sandefur said. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329822,00.html)

I wish there was some kind of device that you could obtain the thought process of some of these people. Almost like tivo of the brain. Congrats on being named Idiot of the Day.

Rob and Big World Record Holders

I usually watch Rob and Big on MTV and go to sleep. After watching this AMAZING performance I just had to get on and write about it. Rob Dyrdek broke 21 records in a day and Christopher "Big Black" Boykins broke two. I was trying to get to the Guinness World Records website to check it out but so many people are trying to check it out right now i think there server is going to crash. I am just amazed. Big Black's records are easier to list than Rob's so i will start with his.

Most bananas peeled and eaten in a minute: 3. Most powdered donughts eaten in 3 minutes: 5. I am deffinetly going to try to beat these among probaby every single person that is trying to get on this site and watched the show. Guinness you must of loved the publicity.

I am probably not going to be able to list all of Rob's records because the site is so overwhelmed it's amazing. I have been writing for over 5 minutes and the site is still trying to load. That is great. Here is the link just check it out yourself. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/sports_and_games/action_sports/most_consecutive_skateboard_frontside_ollies_(halfpipe).aspx (well at least i think it is the link i give up trying to look)

Rob and Big You are my hero.

Pirates and Sanchez Working On New Deal

"Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Freddy Sanchez has reached preliminary agreement on a contract that could be worth about $19 million over three seasons, a baseball source said Tuesday.

SanchezThe deal is for two guaranteed years and includes a third-year option that will vest if Sanchez reaches a designated threshold based on plate appearances. The contract is contingent on Sanchez passing a physical exam, and is expected to be announced Tuesday afternoon.
Sanchez, 30, is a .310 hitter in parts of six major league seasons with Boston and Pittsburgh. He won the National League batting title with a .344 average in 2006, and hit .304 in 147 games for the Pirates last season.
By signing the new deal, Sanchez avoids a salary arbitration hearing scheduled for next week. Sanchez had been looking for $4.9 million in arbitration, while the Pirates had countered with an offer of $4.1 million. "(http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3231288)

Are the newly hired Pirates staff already proving to be smarter than the last group of idiots. Keeping their talented players instead of trading them off to team's for young prospects. Awesome. Glad to have a solid part of the double play league leading infield back for a couple of years.

Sports Update All In One

Wow what a crazy last couple of weeks in the sports world. Between the Super Bowl hype/predictions/lines/Brady in a walking cast/NBA/MLB/NFL/NHL/Golf/Bowling/Curling, whatever it has been a fun couple of weeks I would love to relive.

First off that catch that Tyree made after Eli somehow escaped one jersey grab and one horse collar tackle was incredible, actually incredible doesn't give that play enough justice. I do not know how to even begin to explain it. If you missed the Super Bowl for some reason weather you don't like football, don't care about either team, too drunk, had to work, whatever check this play out. This play made the Super Bowl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5BWzoyzVbc ( I did not record this I just found it on Youtub) Giants defense was AMAZING and the Patriots are the biggest well let me put this in a PG-13 description, they are horrible sports. No class LOSERS. To walk off the field with 1 second to go in the game is disgusting. I hope they make you look like idiots in your Spygate scandal. Anyways....

Kobe finally got some help and changed the whole West. Apparently crying enough will get you what you want. I mean good for Kobe and the Lakers. Chad Johnson is now doing the I will not play unless I am traded, maybe this will work out for him. Chad give Kobe a call and see what else you have to do to get what you want. Maybe you can go to the Patriots and help them go 18-1 next year.

Bobby Knight is calling it quits. Is he done for good? Why did he retire? 902 win's does that make him the best coach of all time? My vote, No. 73% of Americas vote according to ESPN, no, the state of Indiana oddly enough voted Yes. He is a great coach but best ever, debatable at best.

Sad Situation

I was checking out the news today and read a story about a 60 year old man participating in the Richard Petty Driving Experience in Daytona. A friend of mine we will call him Dr. Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood won a trip to do this in any location he wanted to. He was unable to find the time to go and do this but promised us that someday he will do it. Well I want him to understand that this is dangerous and not go carts were talking about here. So Dr. Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood if your going to participate in this make sure you don't pick Daytona because something bad could possibly happened and we need you, especially if i become unemployed and you move south and i need somewhere to live and someone to live off. Anyways I am not trying to make fun in anyway the person that passed away that is horrible. I am just trying to let Dr. Crackmeupmakemefeelohsogood become aware of the realization of the dangers.