The New Jersey Nets

I went to watch the Nets last night with my friend Jason and his friend Nelson. I just want to say the Nets really suck. Everything about the Nets experience sucked. $12 to park your car for that trash is ridiculous. Jason got tickets for like a couple of bucks each so that wasn't so bad. The Nets performance was ridiculous. They lost by about 30 to the Milwaukee Bucks who also stink. So what does that say about the Nets. At least if they lost by 30 to a good team you could say - oh well it was a good team. But it wasn't. The cheerleaders were cute - but some of the dances stunk. But are we really watching how they dance - probably not. The scoreboard guy stunk. They were constantly showing a picture of a random Nets guy for no reason. I wasn't sure what the point was. The really really loud music is annoying. It was hard to have a conversation with Jason and Nelson because it was so loud. And it's weird cause they play music at times when the teams have the ball. That never used to happen. I would hate to see no professional team at the Meadowlands but the Nets are barely professional. And would someone please call a few more travelling calls. If this was 1970s officiating, half the possessions would end in travelling. I'd rather go watch hockey but don't get me started about how expensive that is!!

March Madness Final Four

After 60 games of the NCAA tournament, they are finally down to the Final Four - Villanova, Connecticut, North Carolina and Michigan State. They all have something going for them - Nova won the last time they were in the Final Four, Connecticut is due - They won in 1999 after coming out of the West bracket, and they did it again in 2004. Add 5 more years, and here we are. North Carolina is the best team in the nation in my eyes, and deserve to be here and Michigan State will be playing in their home state which may give them a nice little advantage. I'm picking Carolina over Connecticut in the Finals - 78-72.

March Madness - I stunk again

The last couple of years, my March Madness picks have stunk. It's aggravating. I wasn't doing great but I was still alive til last night. My pick Memphis got run out of the building, letting up over 100 points and I'm done. I'm ready for Opening Day! Let's go Mets!!!!

Welcome to the Madness of March

I love this time of year. Four straight days of college basketball, the start of spring, my fantasy baseball draft, etc. Memphis gave me a scare today considering I had them winning it all in my pool but they pulled away at the end. I live to see another day.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Imagine that - we have a holiday for drinking green beer. Is this a great country or what! In fact, this is something celebrated all over the world, which is very rare. Saint Patrick must have been one really cool dude! Enjoy your Guiness or whatever it is you are drinking today. I had some Corned Beef and Pastrami from Harold's Deli. Yummy!

Eagles Employee Fired over Facebook Posting

I'm not a big Eagles fan - I don't like them actually - but it's sad that this guy got fired over this. You really need to watch what you say out on that there internet! Read the sad story here.

iBreath

For people who aren't sure if they are legally drunk and want to drive. Here is the iBreath. You gotta love the apps they have for the iPhone. I know a couple of people right off the bat that this would be useful for. If it was a little cheaper it would make a great gift but not many of you readers are worth the price. Sorry - I know the truth hurts.

Vegetarian - To Be or Not To Be

For those that don't know it, I've been a vegetarian for almost 20 years. It started in college where I said I would give it a try and now here I am all those years later still not eating meat. But maybe it's time to change course. Over the years, there have been foods that I have missed - Hot Dogs at a baseball game, pepperoni on my pizza and corn beef and pastrami anytime I am near a Kosher deli. Well I finally decided now is the time. So for those of you reading this - I HAVE ALREADY TRIED SOME MEAT PRODUCTS!!!!!!!!!!! Do you need me to repeat it - I HAVE ALREADY EATEN SOME MEAT!!!!!!!!! I started with some comfort food - turkey breast sandwich. When I was hung over in college and woke up some time in the early afternoon, a dry turkey sandwich always helped me get through the pain without causing any more pain. And you know what - I liked it! It still tastes good after all these years. So since then I have tried some other things, pepperoni pizza - still yummy, Chicken McNuggets - still yummy, Chicken Wings - they were okay, actually made me feel a little sick and I didn't even eat that many.

So this does not mean that I will eat just anything and I will probably be making a slow and gradual conversion, but for me it's time. I told Sue that I hate having a limited menu when I go out to eat. But she said, the menu isn't limited, it's you limiting the menu. And she was right, of course. I stopped eating meat all those years ago because of the way the animals are treated and the whole process of it. So for years I didn't have to worry about Mad Cow Disease or what disgusting things are in my hot dogs. It's not that I haven't stopped caring about the animals but I need a change.

Nickelback Concert

Sue and I had an awesome time at the Nickelback concert last night at the Izod Center. We had a nice casual dinner at Red Robin and then headed to the arena around 7:30pm. Nickelback had two opening acts, Saving Abel and Seether - neither of which we wanted to see. So we people watched during that time. It was crazy. Kids from 5 to adults that were probably 60. Dressed all different ways. Very mixed group. Nickelback came on around 9pm or so. Lot of energy, lot of fun and loud! We had a really good time. They put on a good show. It was nice to get out with Sue for 7 hours by ourselves and do some fun stuff!