Dunkin' Donuts Offering Healthy Menu Items

Dunkin' Donuts is going to start offering healthy items on their menu. I love Dunkin' Donuts but I don't go there for healthy food. Just give me my ice coffee with lots of cream and sugar, my egg and cheese on a bagel and my chocolate donut and me and my 2,000 calories will be on our way. Egg white flatbread sandwiches - yuck!

Springsteen Concert - 7/28/08

I went to see Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band last night with my friend Jonathan(Thanks for the ticket Mystic!). We had a great time. Hung out in the parking lot and tailgated for a few hours. The weather was perfect. Had good seats in the lower level for the show and what a show it was. Bruce and the band played for over 3 hours. I kind of felt the concert was like 3 concerts in 1. The first one was a powerful rock and roll event with everyone out of their seats dancing and singing. Songs like Out in the Street, Promised Land and Hungry Heart got everyone going. Then part 2 was a little more mellow, at least in our section. Or maybe it was this 40 year old body just needing a break and sitting down for a while to just enjoy the music. Then it all ended with a great final eight songs that included my 3 favorite Bruce tunes: Badlands, Thunder Road and Born to Run. It was quite an enjoyable night even though I got home way past my bedtime - 1:25am. Looking forward to going again on Thursday night with Sue.

Bruuuuuuce

The Boss is back in New Jersey where he belongs.

Ice Cream for Dinner

Sometimes in the summer we like to have ice cream for dinner. I know it's not the healthiest choice but Jessica likes it, as well as Sue and I. So last night was one of those nights. We went to Denville Dairy where they make some yummy ice cream and enjoyed our dinner. As you can see from the picture, not all of Jessica's ice cream made it into her mouth.

100 posts

I can't believe I made it to 100 posts - I want to thank all the little people who made this possible. That includes my 4 regular readers - thanks - you guys know who you are. I also want to thank my family - without them giving me my 2.3 minutes a day to type something up, this wouldn't be possible. And I also want to thank the Mets for getting back into first place all by themselves. Miracles really do happen!

The Mets are tied for First

If you told me at the beginning of the season the Mets would be tied for first after the all-star break, I would have been disappointed. I would have thought they would be up by several games by now. But if you told me 2 months ago the Mets would be tied for first after the all-star break, I would have thought you were crazy because they are just so mediocre. Well mediocrity meet first place. Hooray for being slightly above average. Go Mets!

Personal Seat Licenses

If you haven't heard the term personal seat licenses (PSLs) lately, you probably aren't a New York Giants season ticket holder. Once the Giants new stadium is opened in 2010, season ticket holders must buy these PSLs or give up their season tickets. The great thing about the PSLs is that they cost anywhere from $1,000 to $20,000, and then you have to pay for the tickets. This will help the Giants raise over $370 million to help pay for the stadium, or so they say. Let's face it, the Giants have the money to just pay for the stupid stadium, they just want to bleed their fans of any extra money they might be willing to spend. And if current season ticket holders don't want to spend the money, they have over 100,000 people on a waiting list that will probably be more than happy to fork over the money. I have never liked the Giants, but I always thought they were above this kind of thing. They become the 15th team in the NFL to have PSLs. And guess what Jet fans, it will be your turn next. The Giants may as well sell the naming rights to Giants Stadium too. Maybe they could call it Preparation H Stadium because the fans will have to dig so far into their wallet they're going to have a big pain in the ass.

Josh Hamilton

If you didn't see the Home Run Derby last night, you missed an exciting event. At least Josh Hamilton's part in the first round. He put on one of the most exciting shows I've seen in a long time. Josh hit 28 home runs in the first round - and these were not cheap shots - 3 of them went over 500 feet. He was in such a groove it's just a shame that he lost in the finals to Justin Morneau. The crowd at Yankee Stadium was chanting his name - it must have been pretty special considering how far Josh Hamilton has come in the last few years. He was the #1 choice in the 1999 draft but after getting in a car accident, his career was derailed by drug addiction. He has come a long way, let's hope he's able to stay clean and enjoy his major league career.

TJ and the Older Woman

TJ is already going after older women. And from the looks of this video, they seem to like him. See how little Mackenzie Baggs takes charge of the situation. Enjoy!

8/8/08

Thanks to all 33 people who voted in my very first poll. 25 of the 33 knew, or at least they say they knew, that 8/8/08 is when the summer olympics start. For the 8 people who didn't know, you must never watch NBC or any of the channels owned by NBC Universal because they are pushing that thing all over the place. I can't say that I am overly excited for the olympics but I do like to watch some of the events. I went to the summer olympics in 1996 in Atlanta and I had a good time but it was so hot and crowded. If you want to actually see a place on vacation, don't have it coincide with the olympics. It was wall to wall people there all the time. As for the poll, I also want to thank all those people that told me I need more exciting poll questions. I'll work on that for next time.

Happy Birthday to Sue!

Today was my better half's birthday. We had a fun day at the Bronx Zoo and a yummy dinner at P.F. Chang's. It was nice for the 4 of us to be able to spend the day together.

Vote for David Wright

David Wright of the Mets should be on the all-star team this year. He's having a good year and the game is in New York. It would be a shame if Billy "Blown Save" Wagner is the only Met representative. Go to MLB.com and vote for David Wright for the final National League all-star team spot. Do it now!

Mets Win 10-9

The Mets beat the Phillies last night 10-9 to take 3 out of 4 games in Philadelphia and move to within 2.5 games of first place. What the final score doesn't tell you is that the Mets were up at one point 10-9 and the Phillies had the tying run in scoring position in the 9th. I'm so glad I turned it off when it was 10-7. I don't need the added aggravation of watching the Mets almost fall apart again.

TJ the Bobblehead

I have turned my son into a Mets bobblehead. If you like the picture, wait til you go to the link below and see TJ as an actual bouncing bobblehead. If you like it, you too can go to XMBaseball.com and make your own bobblehead with any team you choose. It was easy to do, all you really need is a picture to upload. The site allows you to enlarge the image and rotate it to fit exactly how you want. Very cool! You can also have David Ortiz or Derek Jeter leave a friend a message or leave your voicemail message on your phone. Check it out! Meanwhile, make sure you go to the link below to see TJ as a bouncing bobblehead.

Bobblehead TJ

The Mets Drive me Nuts

The Mets can never make it easy. I don't like to watch them much lately, but I was checking out ESPNews and saw that the game was in the Top of the 9th. I switch over and the Mets even were able to score an insurance run while I was watching to make it 2-0. But then with 1 on and 2 out and 2 strikes - Billy Wagner lets up a game tying home run. I knew it. I knew I should have never turned on the game. The Mets were able to pull the game out in the 12th inning and finally get back to .500, but that's not the point. They drive me nuts. They haven't won a game in about a year in which they have scored 2 runs or less. They were almost there tonight - but they decided to let their fans dangle in the wind for another hour before pulling the game out. Baseball season is only half over - it's going to be a long 2nd half of the season. Bring on the NFL!!

PS - Happy Birthday to Willie Randolph - I hope you are enjoying watching the Mets play no better now than they did when you were manager.

Friends Movie

Rumor has it that there is the possibility of a Friends movie. Do we need that right now? Friends was one of my favorite shows at the time, but now, who cares. Are there really that many people craving to see Chandler, Monica and Rachel again. I mean I always like to see Jennifer Aniston but I can do without all those other dorks at this point.

Answer the Poll

In order to get more reader participation - heck more readers period, I have posted my first poll on my blog. Please take a second to answer this quick yes/no question by Thursday, July 10th. After that, I will blog about the question and results. And feel free to forward this on to your friends for them to answer as well. Thanks.

Happy 4th

I hope everyone has a great holiday and doesn't do anything stupid. If you're going to drink - don't drive or play with fireworks. Enjoy!

Top 10 Ways to Get Fired

Monster.com recently had an article on the Top 10 Ways to Get Fired. I'm pretty sure there are a few more than this but you may want to take a read to make sure you're not committing one of these job faux pas. The original list was compiled about admins, but I think it relates to everybody. My personal favorite on the list is Drink at work. I know the article refers to drinking at lunch, but when I first read just the title of that one - I got a chuckle.

Jon and Kate plus 8

You might think I'm crazy but one of my favorite shows right now is Jon and Kate plus 8 (Thank you Jackie Daniel). It's a show on TLC about the Gosselins, a family that has 7 year old twins and 4 year old sextuplets. That would be 6! And a total of 8 kids. That's absurd! I just can't get enough of this show because it makes me feel like a moron if I can't handle 2 kids. Really! I don't know how they do it. I see that people help them out but on a day to day basis, I would just lose my mind and have a mental breakdown. How could I not? They have some monster black van thing that fits the whole family when they all have to go somewhere. They have a house that doesn't seem much bigger than my own yet they all survive there. Kate says they average $150/week on groceries - not sure how she pulls that off unless she is including all the stuff she must five finger discount.
The family lives somewhere near Hershey, PA I think. I have some free time, maybe I'll try to find them so they can give me some parenting tips.

Fudgie the Whale

I think most people know who Fudgie the Whale is - it's a Carvel cake of a chocolate whale. I'm not sure exactly why Carvel thought a whale would be a good idea for a cake, but I believe it is fairly popular and often mocked in public. I don't know how long they have had this mascot Fudgie the Whale but they need to reconsider. He reminds me of a big piece of poop. I mean look at it! Would you let it anywhere near your kids? I would immediately be looking for a big pooper scooper to clean it up and throw it in the trash. Carvel is the company that also has Cookie Puss. Maybe they just need a new marketing department.