A new question...

Baby Talk (my new favorite magazine) answer the question "why women don't nurse longer". But I ask this question "Do men every really stop 'nursing' "?

That is the greatest magazine cover ever.

NFL Predictions...

This is the 2nd most exciting time for me, when it comes to sports. I think when March rolls around the Yankees roll into spring training, is still more exciting for me. But anyway, I have a couple of predictions I would like to throw out there as training camp begins.

1) The Cowboys and Giants will fight to win the NFC East, the Redskins and Eagles will be non factors.

2) The Jets and Giants will have the exact opposite records. Jets 4-12 Giants 12-4

3) Things will go really bad in Cincinatti. I think Carson Palmer won't be the same QB, I think Chad Johnson will get frustrated, turn into a mini TO, he will sulk, he will pout. The Bengals will finish 5-11

4) The Panthers will be scary good if Keshawn can behave

5) Aaron Brooks and Randy Moss will be a good combo

6) The Colts will be good, but not Colts good. They will struggle some with the lost of Vanderjagt and Edgerin James. They will win their division, but they won't be the same feared team they have been the last two years

7) Ben Roethlisberger is still stupid

8) The Saints even with Daunte Culpepper and Reggie Bush (If he signs) will still suck

Ill probably have some more predictions as we get closer to the start of the season...

Blame Game

I don't know much about the history between Palestine and Israel. But from what I've gathered by watching and reading the news is that they get along about as well as cats and dogs. Palestine wants Israel out so they can reclaim the part of Palestine that used to belong to them, that is now Israel. Palestine wants non Muslims out of the area. Israel wants Hezbollah out of Palestine.

But what I'm pretty sure about is that somehow whatever happens, it will be blamed on George W. Bush. The UN peacekeepers that were killed by an Israeli missile, that will be W's fault because he Condi didn't get the two sides to agree on a cease fire soon enough.

Lance Bass...Gay!

Read all about it here. I knew the music N'Sync did was pretty gay, but I didn't see this one coming... So how long before people starting calling him Lance Ass.

Read all about it...
Gay Lance

Sandwich of the Beast?

So me and two co-workers go to the little cafeteria next door. I order a sanwich called "The Virginian". It's Ham, turkey, swiss cheese, with lettuce and tomato. Pretty tasty. My co-worker ordered the same sandwich, but got a soda with his. When it came time to pay, it cost him $6.66. Could this be the sandwhich of the beast? Apparantly the devil didn't just go to Georgia. He went down to Virginia, and he made a sandwhich. A delicious sandwhich. A sandwhich so delicious, it will cost you your soul!!!

Hey folks, is it hot enough for ya? YUCK YUCK YUCK!!!

So today, on one of the hottest days of the year, NCAA 2007 comes out.

Last night, I got home from work, Rachel was working late, so I planned on watching season 1 of Entourage on DVD. I made myself a little snack, listened to a little Don and Mike, did the daily online Sudoku, and poof!!! No electricity. The power went out, then sputtered like it was trying to come back on. I thought back to a few summers ago, when the power grip that supplies power to the northeast crapped out and plunged NYC and a few other places into darkness. The power continues to sputter, then went dead completely. I call Rachel at work and ask if she has power. She says she does. I call my mother-in-law and she said she was out, but when she left the house, they had power. Hmmm. So I go outside and talk to a neighbor and they confirmed they had no power either.

So I went back inside, and realized that everything I do, requires power. Ok my laptop is on, but no power to my cable modem or wireless router, so no way to surf the web. No TV, no XBOX, I couldn't even really go down into my basement to my man room, because there are no windows down there. It would be pitch black. I considered playing the DVD in my laptop, but decided to power the laptop down to conserve the battery. So I sat outside for a while, reading a book on the front porch. One thing I realized is that I could hear a lot of ambient noises I never heard before. Like people talking, dogs barking, kids playing, birds calling. I guess those sounds normally gets drowned out by the whirring of everyones central AC units running.

About an hour later, the hall light came back on, as well as the rest of the power. WOOHOO!!! TV!!! DVD PLAYERS!!! XBOX!!! The WEB!!! One of the most boring hours of my life. At least if Rachel has been there, she would have been some company and we could have "entertained" one another. Not for the full hour, more like 2-3 minutes, but it would have been a nice diversion. That's right call me Mikey No Stamina.

The Yankees have been rumored to be going after Bobby Abreu, Reggie Sanders, Alfonso Soriano, and Carlos Guillen. Frankly, other than Soriano, I don't want any of those guys. Abreu, had 1 maybe 2 good seasons, Carlos Guillen is batting like .225, Reggis Sanders will bring that bad mojo from Kansas City. We don't need some washed up hacks. Especially if it's going to cost us someone young like Melke Cabrerra, who I like more and more every day.

Soriano is the exception. I loved when he was with the Yankees. Everytime he came to plate, it was so exciting. He's the one guy I really felt could hit a home run at any point in a game. Frankly, I wish the Yankees never got rid of him in the first place. I don't like A-Rod, didn't like him as a Mariner, didn't like him as a Ranger, don't like him as a member of the Yankees. He's such a drama queen, it's not even funny. Jason Giambi came back from cancer, the whole steroid scandal and its playing some of the best baseball in his life. Meanwhile A-Rod is complaining because of all the pressure he feels. What about all the pressure you are putting on your teammates, who have to pick up your slack. Last night, the Mariners intentionally walked Giambi to pitch to the $25 million dollar man A-Rod. Turns out it was the right decision to. A-Rod went down swinging. I don't think he even made contact with any of the pitches. If I remember correctly, he wiffed all three times he swung.

I also don't want another pitcher from the NL coming to the Yankees. It's been proven time and time again (see Carl Pavano, Esteban Loiza, Kevin Brown and to a lesser extent Randy Johnson) that the hitters in the AL are much better as a whole. NL pitches who win 15 games in the NL, will be lucky to win 10 in the AL. The fact is that the AL is the stronger, and more dominant. I wouldn't mind seeing Dontrell Willis coming to the Yankees, but thats where I draw the line. The Yankees haven't had a really dominant left hander since Andy Pettitt left a few years ago. And with the whole subway thing, "D-Train" would fit right in!

I know so much useless information...

There's this show on VH1 that I love called "The World Series of Pop Culture". I love most aspects of pop culture, so this show is right up my alley. It speaks to me. It stirs up some memories of my childhood that I had long forgotten. It embarasses me when I realize some of the stuff I know. LIke the name of Arnold Jackson's pet goldfish. The concert Rerun was at when he got busted for recording the show with a tape recorder. The name of the not so successful song that Kevin Federline released earlier this year. I knew the answers to all that crap, and so much more. How sad.

Last night Rachel and I were kicking footballs off of a tee. Wow Rachel is so much better at kicking things than I am.

I should be a spokesperson for Vonage. I've praised Vonage since I got it over 2 years ago. I don't mind referring people, but it kills me that noone ever mentions that they heard about Vonage from me. Im not made of money people. I could use a few free months of Vonage. To date I have encouraged 6 people to sign up for Vonage. That could have saved me like $300. That's like 3 sets of golf irons. Five XBOX 360 games. 3 titanium Fossil watches. Ok you get the idea.

Italia...Italia!!!

I must admit, I got swept up with the World Cup towards the end. I sat and watched a few games with Rachel and she taught me some of the finer points of the game. So it made it a little more enjoyable.

I remember when I lived in NY, every time Italy would win a world cup match, jackasses would drive around with Italian flags screaming ITALIA, ITALIA!!! So I could only imagine what they must have been doing last night to celebrate. I didn't see or hear anyone doing that down here in Virginia, but I did see a car full of krauteaters, waving German flags when Germany eliminated Argentina a few weeks back.

David Ortiz better win the home run derby tonight. That's right "big poppy" get all those home runs out of your system. I can't believe we're at the all star break already. I feel like it was just opening day. Hell I feel like it was just yesterday I was writing about last years winner Bobby Abreua looking like a retarded Sammy Sosa. I can't believe Rachel and I have been at the new house for a year already. Where does the time go?

After a 4 day weekend last week, this past 2 day weekend seemed to be over before it started. To combat this a little, I woke up about 8:30 both Saturday and Sunday. The weather was really nice, so I didnt want to sleep my whole weekend away.

Played golf saturday morning. I won, but sadly I won with a score of 98. My chipping game was
spot on. I had ne particular hole this week where I was very proud of myself. It was about a 350 yard par 4. I hit my tee shot a bit right and it ended up in a fairway bunker. The GPS told me I was about 118 from the hole. So I took out an 8 iron and hit the ball out of the sand. The ball landed about 30 yards short of the green. So I took out my 56 degree sand wedge and chipping the ball on. It landed about 1 foot behind the hole. I sunk the putt for a par 4. What impressed me was that I actually had a sand save. I don't think I've ever done that before. Usually when I hit it in the sand, it's an automatic 6 for me.

Earlier in the day, I followed a great shot, with an awful shot. We were on the 136 yard par 3. I teed it up and hit an 8 iron about 2 feet from the hole. I get up there, and mark my ball. I watch everyone miss their putts to the left. So I line my putt up, right edge and still miss my birdie putt. But I tapped in for a par. Man I really wanted that birdie putt. But I had 4 pars for the day, so I was happy.

Most frustrating hole. Is a dogleg hole to the right. Par 4 398 yards. I tee it up, and cut the right corner of the fairway, land in some rough. Drive up to my ball, and the GPS says I have about 120 yards to the green. Yeah I realize it was a 278 yard drive, but I probably cut off 50 yards on the hole, but cutting the right corner. So I grab my 9 iron, and get ready for my approach to the green. I should have stepped away, because I felt like I was standing way too close to the ball. But foolishly I didn't. I short armed the shot, topped it and ended up hitting the ball in front of a greenside bunker. About 50 yards out. Instead of doing the smart shot, and aiming for the big fat part of the green. I try to go over the bunker, right at the flag. Comes up short, and into the sand. Took me two shots to get it out of the sand. But Im finally on the green. Laying 5, I two put for a 7. 120 yards from the green, and it took me 4 shots!!! Ugggh.

I've joined the TREO revolution. As we speak, my new phone is sitting on my front porch waiting for me. Should have had it shipped to work. I'll have a new phone number, so once I get the phone, I'll shoot everyone an e-mail to let them know my new number. I wasn't going to get a TREO, but a few people at work have them, and have told me how handy they are to have. I think it will be handy to be able to pull up the weather, sports scores, headlines, and directions when I am out and about. I can also check my mail and AIM through the phone. Plus there is a service that delivers a daily Sudoku to your phone. I love me some SUDOKU!!!

Two steps back,,,

I tend to think the rest of the world is nuts, and ass backwards. Hell that's why so many people want to come to the live in the United States. But lately I've been trying to be more accepting and open minded about other cultures. Then I read this story about breast ironing...I'm back to thinking the rest of the world sucks. ...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Reuters) -- Worried that her daughters' budding breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started 'ironing' the girls' bosoms with a heated stone.
"I did it to my two girls when they were eight years old. I would take the grinding stone, heat it in the fire and press it hard on the breasts," Moungang said.
"They cried and said it was painful. But I explained that it was for their own good."
"Breast ironing" -- the use of hard or heated objects or other substances to try to stunt breast growth in girls -- is a traditional practice in West Africa, experts say.

Random Thoughts...

Hope everyone had a nice Independence Day weekend. Remember it's the 4th of July everywhere in the world, but it's INDEPENDENCE DAY here in America. Call it as such! Happy 230th birthday America.

Man it was nice having a 4 1/2 day weekend. Very weird starting a work week on hump day. Usually wednesdays in a typical week are the days when I start wrapping stuff up for the week. I don't like waiting till Thursday and Friday to get things done, because it always seems like someone needs something urgently done on Thursday or Friday. So I like to have all my earlier tasks completed by the middle of the week. But this work week has been nuts. I came into a mess yesterday. 4 1/2 days of problems waiting for me. I knew it was going to be a rough day when I didn't even have my key in the door to unlock my office before someone walked up and asked for assistance.

Watched Walk the Line on Monday. Good movie, but drawn out. Ok we get it. Johnny is strung out on pills and June doesn't want to marry him. MOVE ON. Seriously, that was like 75% of the movie. The beginning part with Johnny as a young boy with his brother was pretty powerful. Didn't know Johnny had such a rough childhood. What amazed me is how down to earth June and Johnny were. At least the way they were portrayed in the movie. Do you think Tim McGraw and Faith Hill cook their own Thanksgiving dinner? I don't think so. I guess it was a lot different back then. In order to really make it, it took years and years of hard work. Now, with modern technology, a band can be discovered, hyped, exploited and forgotten about in about a year. People can become millionaires overnight. Seemed like a really long, hard road for Johnny Cash to get discovered.

Rock Star Supernova is awesome. I tuned it a little late, but I watched the last hour or so. Tommy Lee, along with Gilby Clarke (yes that Gilby Clarke) and Jason Newsted previously with Metallica, are starting a new band. They need a lead singer. A show is born.

I don't like American Idol because Ryan Secreast and Randy Jackson are sexually ambiguous, Paula Abdul is nuts and I want to punch Simon in the nuts. But Rock Star has Brook Burk as a host. WOWOWOWOW. And while Tommy Lee is a little nuts, and way too overdramatic, the songs he contestants sings are more to my liking. I don't want to hear some effeminent hack belting out Barry Manalow songs. But some hot Canadian chic, belting out a Nickleback song and some bizarre looking girl who looks like Satan singing Nirvana tunes...Hell yeah!!!

I'll go on record right now. I think Jenny is the hottest woman on the show. She's like a hotter, more womanly version of Avrille Lavigne. I think Dana has the best female voice, and I think Matt and Phil have the best voices of the male contestants. Oh and Dave Navarro. Can you shut up for 2 seconds so someone else can speak? I think a guy will ultimatly win. I can't see a young woman rolling with Tommy Lee and his crew. Sooner or later, Tommy's giant penis will cause a lawsuite of some sort. Please for the love of god, pick a guy to win. If this show were on in the fall or winter, I probably wouldn't watch because I'd be busy watching Lost, House, 24 and Prison Break. But since there is so little to watch during the summer, it's pretty entertaining. Watch the show. They sing songs that just about everyone knows. You'll be wingmilling off your couch and playing air guitar before you know it.