TJ the Speed Crawler

TJ is now crawling quite fast and as you can see from the video, pulling himself up as well.

America's Best Restrooms

Is there really a need to have America's Best Restroom Awards? Is someone now going to make it their lifelong goal to visit each one. Now I know that Sue says I make a lot of restroom stops, but I'm not going to go out of my way to check out America's Best! But I do believe that Penn Station in NYC may be one of America's worst - that's for sure. There was also a nasty restroom in PA that was flooded when we went to Pittsburgh last year to see the Steelers play. People were walking in there with flip flops on. That was nasty!

Mets continue to cause Heart Failure

Carlos Beltran hit a grand slam in the top of the 9th that gave the Mets the lead but the bullpen gave back 2 in the bottom of the ninth and the Mets held on for a 5-4 win. It was a nice comeback win, but they don't do anything the easy way. There were 2 outs and nobody on when the rally started. I stuck to my guns and did not watch the game. I followed it on the internet as I did some fantasy football research. I'm almost ready for my fantasy football auction next week. I hope that LT can lead the way for me this year.

The Olympics are Over - New Poll

So the Summer Olympics are over for another 4 years. Are you sad or could you not care less? Take my latest poll and see how much Rick from Rockaway's readers watched the Olympics!

China makes sure Finale is Dry

I was shocked to read this but China made sure it didn't rain during the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympics by shooting rockets into the sky. Do you think I could borrow that technology to make sure it doesn't rain this year during Jessica's birthday party?

Quote of the Day

"Et tu, Brute?"

- William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar


Has there ever been a greater quote on betrayal than that! If you think so, please comment here - I would love to hear it.

The Mets still Drive me Crazy

I don't know how the hell the Mets are in first place. Really. The bullpen is a mess. Wagner is out indefinitely. Yet they manage to stay ahead of the other crappy teams in the division. It's going to be a long last 6 weeks of the season. At least I've had the Olympics to distract me for the last 10 days and then there is football after that. But for some reason I always have to see how the Mets are doing. I just wish I could forget about them and wake up at the end of September and they have made the playoffs. That would be so nice. Instead I have to be tortured on a daily basis with no lead safe from the bullpen from hell. Poor Johan Santana - he should have a record of about 17-5 by now. He'd be the Cy Young. Instead he'll be lucky to get 15 wins this year thanks to Aaron "I still remember blowing the 2006 playoffs" Heilman and Duaner "3am Cab Ride" Sanchez. Why do I do this to myself!!!!

Find Cheap Gas on MapQuest

You can now go on MapQuest and find cheap gas in your neighborhood, or any neighborhood for that matter. Now I don't know how accurate it is, or how often they update the prices, but I think it will give you a good idea of who in the area has the least expensive gas. When I checked on my neighborhood, it seemed to be fairly accurate.

Favre Wall

Check out the Brett Favre Wall. I think this bar in Mississippi might have to change some of their colors around. A little less yellow and some more white will do the trick.

I think I was Food Poisoned

We went to a wedding on Friday night and I'm not sure if it was the FBI, CIA or KGB but they must be after me. They poisoned my food. For what reason I do not know. I ate orange roughy, some nasty fish that comes back to bite you at 3am. It was the first and last time I will be eating the orange roughy. I also will not eat any of its relatives - red roughy, green roughy or blue roughy. Now back to the poisoning attempt - I really don't know why these groups are after me but how else can you explain my illness. I guess it could be just some bad fish - but other people at our table ate the damn fish and nobody else got sick. And I don't just mean a little sick - I mean lets wake up in the middle of the night and puke the entire contents of my guts out. I wanted to die!

Welcome to New Jersey Mr. Favre

Well at least Brett is out of Green Bay. But why did he want to come to the Jets. Nothing against the Jets but Tampa Bay made the playoffs last year and the Jets won 4 games. The Jets definitely improved themselves over last year but I'd be shocked if they make the playoffs. Maybe 8-8 if everything goes well but the AFC has some really good football teams. I wish the best for Chad Pennington. Always seemed like a good guy - I hope he finds a good home as a backup QB. And Brett, if you need help finding a place to live, give me a call and maybe you can crash in our basement for a while.

P.S. - I still want that Aaron Rodgers guy to shave his beard. He's starting to look like Grizzly Adams.

Please end the Brett Favre Saga

I don't know about anyone else but I am sick of the whole Brett Favre thing. I wish the Packers would just trade the guy already and move on. They made a decision to go with Aaron Rodgers so let them stick to it and lets play some damn football already! This stupid topic is the first thing on all the radio shows, ESPN, online, etc. Enough is enough. There are pennant races going on. The Olympics start in a few days. Every other team in the NFL is getting ready to play preseason football. But the whole world is in the street outside Packer camp. What I really want to know is when is Aaron Rodgers going to shave that stupid looking beard!

Yummy Pancakes

Over the weekend we met up with our friend Soraya in Jersey City and we ate at this awesome pancake place called the Brownstone Diner & Pancake Factory. I had chocolate chip and peanut butter pancakes and they were so good. I could only eat 2 of the 3 pancakes. They were nice and thick and the syrup was perfect. If you are ever in the area, definitely check it out.

Springsteen Concert - 7/31/08

Tonight's show was even better than the other show. Except for the 3 hour traffic jam to get there thanks to a flipped over propane truck on the 16W exit ramp. That was a nightmare. But Bruce did not let us down during the show. Sue and I had a brief tailgate before the show with Brad White and his family and then watched Bruce perform 30 songs for over 3 hours. He played a lot of different songs he didn't play from Monday night. It was an extremely high energy show with songs like Cadillac Ranch, Blinded by the Light and Light of Day. There were many Bruce classics for the old time fans such as Candy's Room, Night, Incident on 57th Street and She's the One. But the 7-song encore topped everything. He played Jungleland, Born to Run, Bobby Jean, Dancing in the Dark, American Land, Jersey Girl and Rosalita. The last two songs sent everyone in the stadium into hysteria since both are rarely played now and both are strong favorites of the Jersey crowd. It was a great night and even though we didn't get to Sue's parents house down the shore until around 2am, everything was right in the world.