O-fer

We lost our bball game and that was pretty much the last chance we had at winning a game. It came down to overtime which was iffy to begin with. Bake had a heave from a little inside mid court that hit the rim and gingerly fell into my hands and I threw it up with no one around. Problem was there were 3 seconds on the clock to begin the play so what happened was the time keeper was probably snoozing. It didn’t matter as we got rolled in overtime. We can just look at this as a rebuilding year. Problem is we are all getting older and slower and the skills are decaying. Oh well. (more…)

By |2010-01-26T21:44:21-05:00January 21st, 2010|My Brain, My Life, Sports|0 Comments

Distance Run

I was going to write a pre race post and a post race but forgot to so this is just the post race. I finished right around 1:20 clock time and I’ll probably be about 10 seconds under that. It was about 40 seconds slower than last year so I’m a bit disappointed. I went out way to fast and pretty much died towards the end. My 10 mile time was under 60 so I was on a nice pace but just didn’t have the legs. My feet started to bother me at around the 10 mark so I had to run the last 3 miles flat footed which wasn’t ideal but not too bad. All in all it was fine but I wish I could have at least beat last years time. I weighed myself at 175 which I think is a fine regular weight but I should probably be about 170 if I’m going be at my best running weight. I’m probably going to take some time off for a while as my running season is now over.

We played softball on Saturday and it was the first time playing any organized baseball in 10 years. We ended up losing and I definitely played like a tard. I stranded 2 men on with a pathetic dribbler to the pitcher with 2 outs and almost hit into a triple play when the bases were loaded and no outs. Plus, I let a ball go through my legs on a play I should have made and dropped a ball at first. Other than that though… It’s moderately fun and no one takes it too seriously (I think) so it is what it is.

I sacrificed this weekend for the race, meaning I didn’t have a sip of alcohol all weekend which is a rarity. I pretty much just stayed in and played poker and bet on games. I hit a nice parlay with texas tech and the under and now I’m rolling it all on the NFL today. I have a slew of parlays and bets that I don’t feel like posting. Basically, I’m down 40 bucks on the season with 110 dollars in play today.

By |2013-03-15T03:44:01-04:00September 20th, 2009|Running, Sports|0 Comments

New Yahoo & Various Others

Dear New Yahoo,

Please don’t insta move me to your search engine when I want to type in a URL. I know you think that this is a useful feature moving me directly to the search engine, but when I use you as my homepage, I know you aren’t google. I don’t go to yahoo to search. If I want to search I know I have the option. I like to be updated with news and have the ability to click in my url bar and go directly to a website without you thinking that I want to use your search feature. I honestly can’t figure out why people have google as their home page. It’s just a search box. It’s like saying, don’t keep me informed with up to date content, I’d rather do it on my own and be difficult. I actually own yahoo stock and their fantasy sports are the best so I may be partial but this site to me is the obvious home page.

In fantasy sports I went 2-2 this weekend. However I beat Hafer in a game that came down wire and destroyed the Wagon in my two wins. I lost in my ESPN one by 1 point and got blown out in the other one by someone with the eagles D. None of my players got injured so I’m expecting big things next week.

This is one of my few sober weekends coming up because of the distance run. I’m fine with it and can actually use the break. I don’t think I’m in the best possible shape but I should still be close to 6 minute miles. I’ll get a long run in today and then start to tone it down till Sunday although tomorrow will be another hard day.

This is a paragraph to Jordan Cohen. (In TeddyKGB voice) I’ll write in my blog vhenever zee fack I vant. If I don’t have anything to write about then I want. I don’t sit in front of the computer forcing myself to entertain your retarded ass. When I think of things to write about I do. OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD I SAID BACON AND EGGS!

And to leave on a good note. I can’t remember if I put Stacy Kiebler at the top of my hottest girls list but I came across a picture that really solidifies her position. I honestly don’t even think there is an argument anymore. Think of the StepBrother guy who does the POW! when you see this. stacy-keibler-thongs (341 x 533)

By |2010-01-26T22:20:21-05:00September 15th, 2009|My Brain, Sports|1 Comment

Friday 9/11

This will be a good place to keep track of my sports bets to display to myself and anyone else who cares how much of degen I am.
1 bet -$20

I really hate the Steelers. Everything about their fans bothers me. They are on top of the world today because they won a game against a team with a pathetic offense. If I didn’t hex my fantasy kicker Bironas by drafting him, the Titans win that game. Not to mention Hines Ward screwed me over by fumbling at the 5 to cost me the parlay I made. I should have put my betting strategy into play where I reverse pick whoever I think is going to win. I was so sure the Shitty Steelers were going to win by more than 6 that I overruled myself. I only put 100 in my bodog account so I will try to be a little more subdued than usual. However if I wake up drunk on a weekend the possibilities are endless. If anyone ever wants to shoot me some locks, go for it.

On another note, I only drank like 10 beers last night and woke up feeling a bit dehydrated but not that bad. How I drank last night is how I should drink on weekends. I don’t do anything stupid. I can still enjoy myself and it doesn’t cost me 10 bucks per double. I don’t think I would be having as much fun but at least I remember what happened.

I literally have nothing going on right now so don’t expect much from this blog for a while. I should be getting some long runs in because the distance run is Sundays but I did about 8 miles yesterday and felt fine so I think I should be in good shape after a week of not really running hard. Sorry this is boring but my brain is on cruise control.

By |2010-01-27T19:18:52-05:00September 11th, 2009|Sports|0 Comments

Uhhhh

This may be long winded and cover a cluster fuck of topics so if you aren’t in the mood for irrelevant bs I suggest you stop reading. If it’s right up your alley than by all means continue. Basically I had no plans this labor day weekday. I had a list of things to do that included buying some new clothes and some other easy to accomplish items. The only agenda item of my list to get crossed off was beer. I bought a variety pack of Stoudts which I thought was pretty decent. It was a bit pricey and made my shit really dark but they were quality beers if you like IPA’s. I also purchased a handle of goose and a fifth of aged Jameson. There’s probably no reason to spend this much on alcohol considering I can get just as bombed off a 20 dollar fifth of Captain but I reasoned “my body has grown acquired to the good stuff.” So that’s kind of a lead in to where my weekend was headed on Thursday night.

We played golf on Friday at Neshaminy Valley which was an OK course. Not to pricey but kind of laid out close together. I ended up with a 96 even though I struck the ball what I thought should have got me in the 80’s (this will be proven later on instead of all talk). The greens were unusual I thought and I probably 3 putted at least 9. The wagon beat me too which was obviously wtf.

I got bombed on both Friday and Saturday night. I honestly can’t recall any details from the later parts of the night. Blurs here and there but nothing concrete. I finished reading Tucker Max’s book and I just have to wonder how the hell he can be so descriptive in his drunken stories. My stories would be like “i started pregaming at 5, played some drinking games at 8, did some shots at 10 and then I woke up on the couch in my clothes and contacts at 11 am.” I’m dead serious my book would have to be told by other people. If I had a camera on my head going through the night and I watched it the next morning it would be like a brand new episode instead of a rerun. I used to feel embarrassed cause I probably say and do stupid shit that I couldn’t remember but now after reading Tuckers book I’m not even in the same ballpark of crazy shit. If this guy can wake up each day feeling fine, I’ll continue. I’ve sort of adopted 2 philosophies that won’t make me popular. 1) If I was drunk and don’t remember it, it didn’t happen. 2) I can’t change the past so lets forget it happened and move on.

I’m reading Artie Lange’s book now and I like reading about these fucked up people who I guess you could say made it pretty big. I don’t aspire to be like these guys. These guys are one of kinds who are smart enough to turn their stupidity into a job. I’m not in this category. I fall into the category of drunk, jackass who is lucky enough to have not done anything stupid enough to get him into real trouble. This may be a bit harsh but the booze definitely holds over me. I’m the player and it’s the house, it doesn’t lose. It’s funny because I realize it, but once I get it in my head to get smashed, there’s no stopping until my body forfeits (usually it’s my mind that quits first). I can’t remember if it was in Tucker Max’s book or somewhere else but you have to find the “zone” when your drinking. It’s in between sobriety and retardation. After 10 beers or so, if I just quit altogether and I could maintain some decency to myself. However the zone can be easily pushed through into black out. If someone could create something that shuts off your ability to consume more alcohol after being too loaded, you could become a millionaire.

I couldn’t even bring myself to drink on Sunday night. I shot an 84 at Limekiln playing white-blue which is somewhat legit. I’m driving the ball well and there was a hole I snowmanned which should have been an easy bogey. To say that I was nearing the 70’s may be a stretch as I caught a lucky break here. It’s a shame it’s so late in the season as I think I could throw up a number.

Finally an update on softball to the people on the team who read this post. I told you I wasn’t kidding about throwing the ball. I think I really surprised people with my throwing accuracy of a blind man firing at a target. This is my theory on how this happened. I stopped playing competitive sports when I was 16 or so. Basically when I started running track in high school I stopped all baseball, bball and everything else I played competitively. When I was 16 or so I grew from like 5-3 to 6-0 in one summer. Without really realizing it, there was no transition from the way I used to play sports to how I would have to relearn to play sports. With a new body, I never practiced sports. I never played baseball past 16. In middle school I was a point guard who liked to gun up 3’s. When I grew I was an undersized forward who couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn, my shot never redeveloped. It was the same thing with throwing, I never threw a baseball in the past 10 years. So you can try to hide me at first and hope I don’t have to throw home, but don’t get your hopes up. I sort of break it down like, I could be better at these sports if I really wanted to by practicing, but what’s really the point. I don’t care about winning leagues or being the best, all I really care about is not getting hurt. I’m happy to contribute if I can but if you think I’m going to be in tip-top shape at 10:30 on a Saturday morning for Softball, (to quote Tucker) Hahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahaah. Now I know where you got this from Jeff.

I like to end with a good song because I think my taste in music is better than yours.
Re-check the one from the last post as I think that song is majorly overlooked.

By |2010-01-25T23:23:52-05:00September 8th, 2009|Music, My Brain, Sports|0 Comments

Recap

I had a tamer weekend this weekend and actually enjoyed it. I saw a Phil’s game on Saturday which got poured on in the 8th. I woke up on Sunday feeling fine. I time trialed a mile and did it in 5:02. I probably could break 5 fairly easily with better shoes and a pacer. I played Limekiln on Sunday as well. Shot 97 which wasn’t very good but I thought I hit the ball well enough to be in the mid 80’s. I know it’s a stretch but the amount of putts I missed and better damage control. could get me there. I was 2 over after 6 and then went +5 on hole 7 and triple on 8 to fuck the round. The season is almost over but I’m hitting the ball really well, just not putting for shit.

Entourage should quit. Let me explain why this show isn’t good anymore breaking down this last shitty episode. The security part was just wasting time. Nothing happens and it’s forced comic relief. E sucks and is breaking it off with the best character in the show. Nothing personal to the Kevin Connolly, I thought he was find on Unhappily Ever After, but I think they made his character grow up too fast and he doesn’t play the part. Plus watching him and the tiny girl is like watching the smallest couple on the planet. The part with Vince and the stalker is so lame, I could honestly care less. Finally, that was entertaining to watch Andrew Kline crash his car in his house but I just don’t care about his character. He’s not entertaining and Gary Cole is just not Entourage material, he’s Office Space material, stick with what you know.

True Blood was finally meh. I usually don’t use faggot internet buzz words but this one fits with a just average episode. Tara and her mom bug the shit out of me. Hoyt and Jessica is whatever. Jason and Andy are funny together I’m actually curious to see how they fuck up whatever is in the season finale. I like that Sam and the vamps are going to work together, they are decent character. Maryann is like WTF? She was summoned by Tara? Now she has to sacrifice an supernatural for some crazy reason. It got kind of far out with some of that reasoning. I think the people with the bug eyes may have taken it a bit too far for me. I’m still entertained but for some strange reason that turned me off a little. Nevertheless I will certainly be tuning in the for end.

By |2010-01-27T19:20:33-05:00August 31st, 2009|Music, Sports|0 Comments

Movies and Vick

I watched 2 movies recently that I’ll give my review. I pretty much think that I can determine what a good movie is as good as anyone. Tropic Thunder and No Country for Old Men were the two movies.

Tropic Thunder is not a good movie. It’s plot is stupid. The actors overact. This movie wasn’t going to win an oscar but I look at it like, you either have a good movie with a good plot, or you go for pure comedy where the movie doesn’t need a plot. Dumb and Dumber fits the latter. This wasn’t either. Jack Black is too much. The black Robert Downey doesn’t thrill me. Ben Stiller is just average. The skinny guy from knocked up was the best character. Movies like this are why I don’t pay 10 dollars at the theater. Lots of hype, average movie.

I watched No Country for Old Men. Why is Tommy Lee Jones the star of this movie? He’s in a couple of scenes and is basically lazy as fuck. The psychopath with the bowl cut from 8th grade steals the movie. Without him you really only have a mediocre movie. His character is a badass and it’s entertaining to watch a psychotic badass. I was entertained throughout and would recommend the movie.

I’ll comment on Michael Vick just for kicks. He’s really not that good. The guy couldn’t hit the broad side of barn. Not to be racist but he’s your typical black quarterback that can’t throw accurately. Other examples are Tavaris Jackson and Vince Young. They are extremely athletic but not NFL quarterbacks. I’d take present Joe Montana over him. Let him stand in the pocket and hit receivers like Kurt Warner did last year. Good defenses will pick him apart. I’m not a Vick fan and don’t see much value unless they use him as a running back. Dog fighting aside, I don’t think he’s that good and people get caught up in the hype and his numbers.

By |2010-01-27T19:22:21-05:00August 14th, 2009|Sports|0 Comments

10 miler

So I did the Sea Isle 10 miler this past weekend. I didn’t drink much on Friday which is 1 of 3 days of the year I won’t get obliterated on the weekend. I drove left at 8:45am. Got to the Borgata at 10. Played poker for 3 hours and won 50 bucks. I had some time to kill so I played Pai Gow and lost 110. So I ended up down 60 after leaving the casino. Then I went to Sea Isle for the run. I start in this huge cluster fuck of people probably half way back out of 1400 people. So I get off at this slow ass pace where I ran the first mile at 7 minutes, but in reality it was probably sub 6 because of how slow I had to start. Anyhow, you run for a half mile or so and then the sand starts. Running on the sand isn’t awful but it’s much tougher than black top. I split 3 miles at 18:00 which shows how fast I was trying to make up the lost time from the beginning. I felt fine through 5 where I was a tad over 30 minutes. Then I ran 2 more fine miles at around 6 something pace. Then there was 3 straight miles of sand running where I was just gassed. No one was passing me until about a half mile left in the race so my pace wasn’t too slow but I just didn’t have the finish I was hoping for. Some broad passed me with a half mile left and that was obviously demoralizing that I couldn’t beat her. I finished in 65th with a time of 62:25. The competition was pretty good this year. Last race of the year will be the Philadelphia half marathon. http://www.lmsports.com/sic09.htm

By |2013-03-15T03:44:11-04:00August 10th, 2009|Running, Sports|0 Comments

Weekend

This weekend was an absolute blur. I started drinking at 430 or so on Friday and somehow make it to 2 or 3 in the morning. There are just hours of time in there where I’m doing stupid shit that I can’t take any accountability for. I take responsibility for my actions, but it’s not like it’s me doing it. It’s like an alter ego. I’ve been doing the same shit weekend after weekend so I really don’t even have the much to comment on.

Golfed Sunday at Limekiln. I was 94 or so but hit the ball real solid. If I just took an hour and practiced my short game I think I’m playing mid 80’s golf.

I’ve been running alot. Ran a 17:32 for a 5k last Wednesday. I’m doing the Sea Isle 10 miler so that will be the next goal. I’ve actually been pretty spot on on goals I set for myself and then doing them. I should do about a 60 minute 10 miler in the sand. It’s not the best terrain but I’m in better shape now then when I did the broad street. At least at 25 i’m not washed up yet. Maybe in a year or two.

By |2010-01-26T22:25:46-05:00July 20th, 2009|Sports|0 Comments

Formal McGrath Challenge

I’m using this blog as a formal invitation to Ian and Steve Mcgrath. The McGraths believe they can beat my brother (sam) and I in 2v2 bball. I would like to set up a best of 3 series up to either 11 or 21 (1’s to 11 or 1’s and 2’s to 21). I will accept bets from either McGrath up to 20 dollars and wagers from any other party up to a maximum of 100 dollars (total not each person). Understand I’m playing with my brother who was a 2 quarter intramural player his entire career. He may have improved, I’m not really sure. I can already envision Big Steve banking in 3’s saying how he meant to do that. I’m confident in this challenge and even though we give up size, which is big in smaller games, I believe we will prevail. I just want to make mention if Big Steve crosses the 20 foul limit in the game, it’s a forfeit. For what it’s worth, I will also play for a case of beer of the winner’s choice and then drink it afterward.

Another McGrath challenge. Ian, I whooped you in Phil’s 5k last year. I really don’t see any reason why I won’t again. You ran all year long and your still gonna get a good view of my back as I cross the finish line. The one year I challenged Jeff to see who would win and the loser had to shave his head. Naturally I dominated and he pussed out of the bet. I’m sure if he could go back in time he would have manned up as he will always have to live with wimping out of a bet. Nevertheless, I will think of something in the next coming days to race for. This obviously not smart by me as I’m motivating you but I really don’t think it will matter. I just ran a sub 5 mile in regular shoes and fair weather by myself on the track. And don’t forget my 60:17 time in the Broad Street this past May. You may think I’m being childish challenging a high school kid but if what fun is it if you don’t compete for something?

Finally, I will issue a 3rd challenge which I’m not as confident in but will issue it anyway. My brother (jeff) and I will challenge Steve and Ed (sr or jr) to a case race. I’ve seen Steve and Ed in action and no they are no slouches but I think we have what it takes. I will accept no bets but just the bragging rights to the better drinking family.

That is all that I have. I know they are down the shore and probably won’t read this so if someone does read this and will see them, send them this link. Hopefully we can make this happen before Steve goes back to school. I plan on seeing him this Thursday if all else fails.

By |2010-01-27T19:35:43-05:00June 16th, 2009|Sports|1 Comment

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