Finally...it's here!

The cool weather of fall. I have longed for these days for 5 long months. Any temperature that begins with a number greater than 6 I hate. Always have. I get crabby, sweaty and all-around unpleasant. My mood is definately affected by the outside temperature.
Accenutate the fact that I live in NYC now and we actually have a full blown winter here...I am in wind sheer bliss.

Bring on the snow balls!

Almond Joy's got nuts....Mounds don't

You remember the jingle. Sitting on the floor as a kid watching the "Charlie Brown Christmas Special" or "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and seeing those insessant Peter, Paul and Mary folk song singing candy peddlers. At least I always thought the Puff the Magic Dragon group was the one behind those little coconut treasures enrobbed in dark choclate with the one crucial almond to give it just the right amount of varied texture. Turns out it was Peter and Paul Company. Of course, no longer in business as anything to do with chocolate in the USA has been gobbled up by Hershey's. Apparently in 1988 in this case.
Anyway, with Halloween time upon us the CVS on the corner of my block has been sending me "Eat my candy" vibes all day. I may have to answer the call.

Mmmm, chocolate and nuts.

Fantasy update

Won a barn burner in my big money NFL league this past week by less than a point. Thank goodness Rod Smith got hurt.

I am getting waxed by Tich in my EPL league. I think I need to totally mix things up. Forget favorites, play nothing but the matchups.

I was on the NFL message boards last night spouting off endless advice on trades and who to start's I was even getting compliments and specific requests for me to evaluate their team. Make's you feel warm and fuzzy sometimes to be needed in the Fantasy Football world.

Celebrity sightings...

Co-worker saw Heather Graham and Molly Shannon filming down in the Green Market yesterday.

No words.... speaks for itself.

http://justadrop.net/

"Hey man, spare a dime"

Wrong or right, who's to judge. Remember some guy sold his forehead for $30K on eBay for a month. This is nothing but good business.

Another celebrity sighting...

These sightings are getting substantially weaker I know but, hey, its a big city, i can't notice everyone.

Rachel Dratch - she was eating in a windo seat of Gramercy Cafe just down the street from my office. She looked pretty haggered. Not that she is hot or anything anyway, but just saying.

Some new tunes....

Check 'em out!

Radiohead - 'I Want None of This'

Crosstide - 'Opposite Day'

The Jim Yoshii Pile-up - 'Silver Sparkler'

and anything by Laura Viers. She has a pretty sweet voice.

Hump day

Why is Wednesday called that? Here are some people's opinions. But anyway, Wednesday has always been my least favorite day. It just feels so isolated in the week. Still a couple days until the weekend daylight and yet not but a couple days from the Monday doldrums. Just sort of a keep your head down, nose to the grindstone sort of day.

ManU tied. I hate ManU, so it is a decent result. Would've been nice for Villareal to pull it off being a man up for the last third. Oh well.

Finally...knew it was inevitable. Not sure if everyone will need to cash in their miles quite yet but it might not hurt to start planning that Hawaiian vacation.

Road trip this weekend....heading to the McD's to see them before they head to JAX. Hopefully Hurricane Ophelia will have come and gone by the time i hit the road Friday.

Poker night tonight. Wish me luck. I'll need the gas money.

It's only halftime, i know.....

But it's always hard to contain my joy for my Scousers!

Champions League Group G Game 1

What's your Fantasy?

Mine during the Fall happens to be Fantasy Football and a couple flavors as well... American and English. Having competed (and, yes, there is fierce competition) for the past several years my love for it just seems to intensify annually. However, so does the heartache when my teams fail to live up the loftly greatness that I tout them on the chat boards all pre-season. Aka Trash-talk to the highest degree. But in my mind that is all part of the game.
So this year, i am in three NFL leagues and two EPL leagues. Equally attached to both, I do however seem to succeed more in the EPL leagues. I guess since I have a sincere passion for one of the teams in the EPL whereas I don't follow any one NFL team (although I am partial to the Chiefs but that is merely because I have had Priest on my team the past 4 years).

I bleed red...that is Liverpool Red, of course.
I have been a fan of Liverpool long before Fantasy Football, hell, before the WWW for that matter. So, I am sure that the following of Liverpool and English football has kept me more in tune with the dealings and strategies of each team and therefore more success in the EPL.

Either way, come Fall, it's Fantasy season....my favorite season of the year.

Baaa -ng!

Hours of fun? Well, a few minutes anyway.

Sheep Shooting

"ATTICA, ATTICA"

A chant made famous in Pacino's "Dog Day Afternoon" was inspired by the events that took place 24 years ago today.
Interestingly enough, Bebe and I stayed in the little town just north, Batavia, not but a couple weeks ago on our way to Niagara Falls. All the highway hotels were packed.... I told her it was because of the the inmates relatives staying nearby. I think she might have slept with one eye open that night:)

How true....

Classic.

"Iiiiii want to rock and roll all Niiiiiight"

Good for a considerable chuckle. Click here

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Jones Beach

I believe Bebe said it all. That place was a jungle. I guess where else would 12 million people have to go show off their muffin tops in bikinis and grape smugglers.

Restaurant reviews

It just occurred to me that since I work at OpenTable I should be utilizing this blog as a nice personal NYC restaurant opinion board. We love to eat out and frequent quite many restaurants in the NYC area so it only seems natural. I will just start out with this weekend and may provide a historical in the near future. Please feel free to post your comments all the while.

I Trulli - Zagat 23/21/21 (for explanation of Zagat ratings click here)
This place was horrbile. Service was non-existant, food we cheaply prepared and lacked quality taste. We sat out back in the garden which was the only thing that made this restaurant worth visiting. Very nice ambience. The whole place inside was empty though. I can see now why. People obviously just come for the outdoor patio, not the food.

More celebrity sightings....(sort of)

Hillary Duff and her beau( dude from Good Charlotte)

I love nuts!

Catchy title i'm sure.
I love nuts. Pretty much all types. I'm talking about the fruit seeds. Yes, they are fruit and yes they are seeds. In fact, all nuts are seeds, but not all seeds are nuts. Sort of like that whole square vs. rectangle thing. I could get all botanical here and discuss the differences between nuts and seeds and legumes and drupes but in the end they are all just good eats.
My favorites lately have been peanuts and pistachios (legumes and drupes respectively). Especially since getting the cholesterol results back from my aforementioned physical, i have been devouring these two heart healthy nuts by the handful. They make a great snack. They are both very well thought of as it turns out. There is a peanut institute and a pistachio commission.
Whoda thunk?

I hate CIGNA

Ok, i never thought i would use this medium as a venting tool but as my GERD is starting to act up (another reason i hate CIGNA but more on that later) I will tell you about my crappy day on the phone with CIGNA. I just changed jobs a few months ago and now CIGNA is my provider. I have tried to get 3 different prescriptions filled with them and each one they about had a fit trying to fill them. To date I have only received one. I could be dead by now if I was waiting on nitro glycerin pills or something.
Turns out i need "Prior Authorization" in order to get these prescriptions filled. What the hell is that? I mean, what is the point of a prescription then??? Is that not a form of prior authorization. It's not like all the doctors out there are signing prescriptions all willy nilly to anyone who asks. They obviously wrote the prescription because the patient "needs" the medicine. Arrrgh! Thankfully my doctor's office is down the hall from my office (in fact i stare out my window into his office all day. Good thing his back is to the window or else it could get awkward).
I need to go to the beach.