Fucking Giants...

Eli is getting fucking wasted, and I don't blame him - the New York Football Giants suck.

For the first time in the recent history of the Giants, they suck terribly, and in no way shape or form can Eli Manning be blamed at all for this shit show.  Quietly or not quietly, Eli Manning had a career year. Highest completion percentage of his career, highest yardage, and highest QB rating.  (61.7, 3880, 94.2). This can all change (for the better or worse) when the Giants play the Vikings this weekend, but I think the Giants will have a good game.  The Vikings have to try, they need to go into the playoffs with SOME mojo, and Eli is a fucking man, so you know he's playing.

Tiger Woods Wrap-Up

The year is ending, as is my interest in everything Tiger Woods-affair related.  I took a few posts to explain how ridiculous things were, and all the facts weren't in at the time.  Things have gotten pretty crazy since then.  Let's take some time and get it all out of our system so 2010 brings us a Tiger-less-tabloid scene...

First - I'm sick of all of this dropped sponsorship non-sense.  I'll say it again, Tiger will rise like the Phoenix from his own ashes, but it's looking like it's going to be a lot later and take a lot longer than I originally believed.  If he's not playing golf, and he's staying out of the public eye, why would advertisers want to keep paying him?  It's a financial thing, and they'll be back on the bandwagon as soon as it's trendy again.

End of an Era

Well, maybe not the end of an era, but it's the end of the decade.

Well, not it's not.  Technically the decade ends next year.  Technically the new millennium started when 2000 ended and 2001 began, same goes for this, but with the decade.

End of an era!  People throw that around all the time.  What does that mean?  I submit that it means nothing.  Shit happens, and chances are if you already noticed an era is ending or coming to an end, it's inevitability has already arrived, so what's the use in pointing it out?  NO POINT!

On this New Year's Eve, stay safe, and also, Stay Thirsty My Friends.

Men are from Mars...

Women are ridiculous.  BuDaChick and I have been together for a while, and let me tell you, it's not easy ordeal.  Women are fucking trips man.  Like out there.  For example, Sundays.  Man-days (or Sundays), a guy can watch (and will watch) football all day long.  BuDaChick, on the other hand, watches Wedding Central in 17 hour blocks.  Siick.

This I can deal with.  What I can't deal with is the difference in sizes.

More Offseason Baseball Stuff

A few things...

The New York Yankees finalize at one year deal with Nick Johnson for $5.75M.  He will be the DH and likely bat #2.  Last year Johnny Damon batted in the 2-hole.  This is ripe for an obvious comparison...

The Beginnings of Xmas

In honor of the upcoming holiday of Xmas, I hope to recount its beginnings with astounding detail for you.  As we all know, Xmas is the purely commercial holiday that was once the Catholic holiday of Christmas.  Few people know this, but Xmas does have a beginning of its own.  That is the holiday we celebrate today, and that is the story I will remind you of now!

Where Did They Go? Tara Reid

Once the hot chick from American Pie, then the hot chick from American Pie 2, then the hot chick from National Lampoons: Van Wilder, then the bimbo from Wild On! Featuring Tara Reid, then the bimbo from Taradise.  She's had one wild ride, but where is she now?!

We forget Tara Reid used to be hot, and we also forget that Tara Reid used to be the "parties too much Hollywood socialite".  She has since been usurped by Lindsay Lohan, but that's also why Tara needed to get botched surgery to stay in the limelight.

So where did Tara go?  Is her hotness gone for good?  Is her poor choices of plastic surgeons gone for good as well?

Offseason Baseball Moves

It's no longer the Winter Meetings, but there has been a solid amount of activity.  Let's take a look and see some of the major additions.

New York Yankees
Notable Additions: Nick Johnson, Andy Pettitte, Curtis Granderson
The big question for the Yankees for the rest of the offseason is the rotation.  What happens with Joba and Phil Hughes?  That's likely a question that will be answered in training camp.  The Yankees still have to address the issues in the outfield - where will Johnny Damon be next year?  The signing of Nick Johnson essentially puts a nail in that coffin, but personally, I'd rather rely on Johnny Damon in the 2-hole than Nick the Stick.  Another question mark is the issue with centerfielders of last year - do Melky and/or Brett Gardner get traded, and for who and what?

REVIEW: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)

The end of an era.  It's official.  Even though this game was released on June 12, 2008, I didn't finish playing this game until today.  So today it's official.

I'm going to give my review of the game, but I think that first you should know, and I make no bones about it, I love this series.  I remember playing the original Metal Gears when I was younger at friends houses, and in 1998-1999 Metal Gear Solid quickly became my favorite game.  I read in a magazine that there was a rumor for Metal Gear Solid that you could play as the Cyborg Ninja (quite possibly the coolest game character ever) if you beat the game on the "Insane" difficult on three separate save slots.  Yeah.  I think you can guess how that turned out.

Let's see how MGS4 turned out - I swear, I'll try to be objective.

WinterStormWatch 2009

I the area that I live in, things get a little nutty when they predict snow.  Between one and two inches will shut down the all the roads for hours, and the Noreaster you've been hearing about the past week, and over the weekend, has been predicting up to 24 inches.

If I owned a super market I would want there to be snow storms like this everyday.  Take a look at the picture on the right.  This is a few hours before the snow was supposed to hit and was taken at my local Stop & Shop.  It's nuts.  Every single aisle was open, and every single aisle had 3 or 4 people flowing out the back of the actual aisle itself.

We actually received about 5 or 6 inches.

The New Deadspin

Not a huge fan of what I am calling the "New" Deadspin.  Gawker media now has it's other affiliates adding information to Deadspin, and writing more lengthy articles.

Like this one about Shaquille O'Neill from the year 1996.  Honestly, why is it being published in the final month of the year 2009?

[No, Shaq Didn't]

Where Did They Go? Lark Voorhies

We all know how hot Tiffany Amber Thiessen is and was (see pics), and Elizabeth Berkley wasn't too terrible, but I submit that Lisa Turtle was the quietly hottest girl on the show Saved by the Bell.  That's right fellas - Lark Voorhies.  Where has this hottie sista been?

Before I go into my findings of where Lark has been, first I want to break down why I think she is under appreciated as far as hotness goes on the show.  The uber-dork Screech Powers obsessed over Lisa Turtle, the Zack Attack had Kelly, and A.C. had Jessie, so they couldn't really explore her hotness.  She was more or less relegated to being the dorks interest, and in turn was subject to having a level of dorkiness associated with her.  How hot could she get if she was never allowed to do anything sexual-like unless it was with Screech?!

Brainwashing Bible Bastards

Personally, there just isn't enough Jesus in my life.

Also, I could use a God loving Super Hero wielding a lightsaber...

Enter Bibleman, and the Bibleman Team.  Are you fucking kidding me.

I'm flipping through some channels today, and I come across this nonsense.  Seriously, what ever happened to the good old fashioned way of getting kids to like God: Fear?  Now there's a new and even more diabolical way of turning kids to Christ - want to have cool weapons, and wear cool costumes?  Come get you some Jesus!

Should It Be Yanked?

That's what she said.  Apparently Italian-American's are upset about MTV's new reality show Jersey Shore.  Personally, I'm not offended.  As an Italian-American myself, I'm beyond entertained.  Back in the not-so-distant past, even I had a blowout.  What was a young Italian-American to do in a town of Guido's?!

[MTV's Jersey Shore upsets Italian-Americans: Should it be yanked off the air?]

Personally, I say no.  I'm curious to see what happens to this group of young yet-to-find-themselves Guid's.  I'm just not buying the fact that they're "young".  How is it possible that anyone has the time to go on any of these shows, let alone drive their personal automobile to live in a shore house in Seaside, and sell t-shirts twice a week for 6 hours at a clip...

Where Did They Go? Jaleel White

Who used to watch Family Matters on TGIF?  Fucking everybody.  That's who.  Jaleel White was the originally dorky character Steve Urkel (later to nerdily transform himself into Stephan Urkelle), and my question is: Where did this dude go?!

I'm not saying he was the greatest every, but c'mon, Steve Urkel!

Go to Google.com and type in "Jaleel White", and you'll notice that "Jaleel White Dead" is the second most frequent option.  Does my search end here?  Is Jaleel White Dead?

Friday Morning Commute

This is the last thing I want to see on my way in to work on a Friday morning.  The LAST thing.  Seriously, it's the exact thing that no one needs.

DEBATE!!! Health Care

Some people are having difficulty figuring out the debate that is at hand - Public vs Private.  Health Care vs No Care.

I think this needs to be broken down in a way that every man woman and possibly child could understand...

Your health care is a toilet.

MLB Winter Meetings Minute-by-Minute

Not really.  There is no way I have the ability to cover every single minute of Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings.

I feel like the Winter Meetings could be a giant hand job, to get media attention for Major League Baseball a few months after the season ends for no good reason.  You know, something sort of similar to the way they release awards once a day, every other day for about three weeks.  Honestly, they can release the Rookie of the Year for the AL and NL on the same day, same with Cy Young and MVP...

As much as I'd have thought these Winter Meetings are just masturbatorial self-promotion, judging from last year and what's happened so far this year, I think I'm nothing but wrong.

Candid Coffee Shop

What are the people doing in your local coffee shop?  That might be doing just about anything.  Sometimes people will be doing work, sometimes a homeless person will be loitering around, and other times people will be doing incredibly weird things.  I'm interested to know those weird things, and yesterday I saw this.

This is an image from a Starbucks in Stamford, CT, and this big fat lady sitting down right there is on her computer watching some video of Erykah Badu.  I was stunned to see that someone was still interested in Erykah Badu in the year 2009, so naturally I have to do some research.

GMeN Succeed in Must-Win at Home

Big game from the GMeN.  In the article referenced, Brandon Jacobs said this:

"It's extra special against Dallas. That's absolutely a team I can't stand. I've been hating Dallas ever since I knew anything about football."

BJake, who is criticized for his lack of reception skills and today took a short pass from Eli Manning 74 yards for a touchdown.  Well done sir!

Domenik Hixon took a punt return for a 79 yard touchdown, and when it looked as though he was going to run right into a tackler managed to break loose for a score.  Well done sir!

The real story from today is that the Giants won, which keeps them in the hunt for the playoffs, and that the Cowboys lost, and they have one of the toughest schedules in the league for the duration of the season.

Surprised Kitty

I saw this video a few days ago on the morning news, and it's probably been everywhere, but I think it's hilarious.  I love puppies and kittens, and dogs and cats, and animals in general.  If you don't like this, well, something's wrong with you.



[Surprised Kitty (Original)]

Music Television - No Music, Awesome Ridiculousness

I used to really enjoy MTV; back when they had music, back when they sort of stopped and said "that's what MTV2 is for", then even when MTV2 stopped playing music and became reality television.

I always liked Real World.  I always liked Road Rules.  I always liked the stupid Challenges.  Haven't watched them  recently - and I heard I'm missing a lot of great stuff.  Currently the BuDaChick is sleeping, and I'm blogging about sports that no one will read, and watching the 2nd to last episode of this seasons "The Ruins".  Yeah, it's about as enjoyable as I remembered.

NFL Week 13 Preview and Giants Breakdown

Have been terrible about my picks over the past few weeks, and I'm not going to give a full breakdown for all the games, but first let's take a look at some interesting matchups this Sunday (Jets already beat the Bills) and then let me express my thoughts about the New York Football Giants.

Here we go.

LA Angels of Anaheim To Suck 2010 and Beyond

According to some source, Chone Figgins is close to signing a deal with the Seattle Mariners.  See this article here for the details:

[ESPN.com - Source: Chone Figgins, Mariners near deal]

The Angels just won't be the same - BuDaMan said it:

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Chone Figgins (32)

Chone is this teams spark - they live and die by this guy.  When he gets on base, good things happen.  In the ALCS, he didn't get on base.  I think the Angels need to sign him or the look and shape of their team is altered to something completely different.  If they don't sign him, a lot of team out there will look to acquire Chone's services...

That was back in the beginning of November.  Bam.

[BuDa - BLoG - 2009-2010 Offseason Interests]

I Couldn't Give a Tiger's Ass...

Still, everyone is all about this Tiger nonsense.  CNN.com has a "Quick Vote" poll asking, "How much damage will Tiger Woods 'transgressions' do to his image?"

The possible answers (for a CNN poll) are "A Lot", "A Little", and "None".  I'm a big fan of polls.  I like to see what the United Stupid of America are thinking (or rather, not thinking about) - United Stupid of America is a Bill Maher term, not an original BuDa-ism, I wish!

I submit these events, or transgressions, or whatever the fuck you want to call them, will not hurt Tiger Woods image in any way shape or form.

All Day Peterson Too Fast On and Off Field

Apparently All Day Adrian Peterson believes he is too fast and too fine while both playing football and living his life.

See this article here.

Brings new meaning to "Too Fast Too Fine", emphasis on the "Fine", as in "penalty by law".

See an old post of mine to get the full meaning on Too Fast Too Fine.

Stumbled on this Little Gem...

Tiger - None of our Business

Check out this article: [Rick Reilly: Go Fish]

I'm honestly sick of all of this "Tiger-talk".  It's ridiculous.  He doesn't want to say anything about an accident he had right outside his home, whatever, that's fine.

I have no idea how the Florida Highway Patrol got involved.  I've seen the aerial shots of Tiger's house (and Wesley Snipes next to his), and that ain't no damn highway.  Unless there's a way station right next to it, I'm pretty sure this is out of their jurisdiction.  Also, they've been watching too many CSI shows, because I doubt the FHP is qualified to identify whether Tiger's injuries were the cause of a car accident or blunt force trauma from a wife weilding a 5-iron.

Sarah Palin - Let's Get Down to What Matters (UPDATED)

I am sick and tired of hearing all this nonsense about Sarah Palin and her beliefs, and her political views.

I just don't hear enough about how hot she is - because she's hot.

I don't care about her books, or her thoughts that are inside her head.  I care about what she's wearing, how revealing it is, maybe that skirt is a couple of inches higher than her knee than her god intended, maybe that hair let down reveals some kind of Alaskan-American hottie goddess - I don't know, but that's the shit I want to be hearing about.

Fantasy Football Dissection: QB

I was considering working on a very long post, but knowing that no one will read the whole thing, and also that I don't have the patience to break down each position, I want decided to start a little mini-series of the lessons learned from the 2009 football season for future fantasy draft picks.

First up - the Quarterback postion.

In one of my leagues (that I am currently in first place by two games, and headed towards another win and  a week high in points for my league) I decided to go into the draft and not draft a quarterback in the high rounds.  I wanted to wait until the 5th or 6th round for Aaron Rodgers, or wait until the 7th or 8th for someone else.  I didn't get Rodgers, but dammit, that would have made me look like a fucking genius.  I ended up with Matt Ryan and Carson Palmer as my two quarterbacks in a 10 team league.  My belief was that the difference between the No.1 quarterback and the No.10 or even No.15 quarterback wouldn't be worth the draft pick.  Let's break down the current fantasy points earned, and I will follow up following Week 16.

Post #100

Thought/knew I'd make it a good one right?  Wrong.

If Ya Smell What The Scott Is Cookin'!

I doubt it's just me, because it just can't be only me that sees this, but ESPN's Stuart Scott looks as though he is perpetually Smelling What the Rock is Cooking.  Let's compare and contrast shall we?

REVIEW: Assassin's Creed II (Xbox 360)

Ubisoft Montreal is back with their second installment of the video game that created some buzz back in 2007.  Assassin's Creed II hit stores last week, and the fact that I'm reviewing it so soon will either tell you it royally sucked, or royally kicked some assassin ass.

Care to take a guess?

Seriously.  Take a guess.

I'm not telling you until you guess.

These Little Piggies - Part 1 of ??

This is my first crack at a comic strip for the BuDa-BLoG, and I'm currently at a computer that doesn't allow me much graphical flexibility.  Please leave some comments about the pigs and let me know if you'd like more of them.  If you do, they'll look a LITTLE different.

Unfortunate Formatting Incidents

I don't know why, but the default options have altered past post options.  Just so you know, I hate it.  I prefer sans serif fonts such as Arial, and I prefer a font size around 10 point.  I apologize for this inconvenience while I figure this out.

Lions Not At Full Strength For Turkey Day?!

Don't over-gasp yourself, the hapless Detroit Lions may not have a completely healthy squad going into the Thanksgiving Day game against the Green Bay Packers.

Now See Here!

There is the age old argument that the Lions shouldn't play on Turkey Day because the NFL should put forth their best for the holiday.  Should they remove the Lions as a default team to host the Turkey Bowls?

REVIEW: Jersey Boys

It's been a while my friends.  My bad.  Let me hit you with this review, check it.

Jersey Boys is labeled as being "The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons".  There are a few things you KNOW going into this thing.

1. Everybody says you will love it
2. The music will be very good

Those are givens, but those don't necessarily mean that the musical will be good.  So was it?

NFL Week 10 BuDa Pick'Em!

I have 4 minutes to post my picks.  Not happening...

Maybe next week?

23-to-Shut the Fuck Up

Check this shit out.

First of all, unnecessary.  Simply unnecessary.  Second, if Michael Jorden was grateful for anything then maybe I would agree with this.  Who does LeBron think he is?!  Honestly, where does he get off?

My suggestion is to have every good player in the NBA make an attempt to switch to the Number 23.  No, not like the movie that James Carrey is in (spoiler alert, 2 divided by 3 equals .666, and it's in everything...), but it would also be hilarious if really shitty people wore the number.

BuDaChick suggested that it would also be appropriate if Michael Jordan were dead.  I agree.  He's not.  Dead or grateful.  He's neither.  LeBron, he can go fuck himself (Jordan), you keep that number of yours...

What are the chances that this is so he can sell more jerseys?  Probably pretty good.

Really? That's it?!

EXTRA EXTRA - NEW JIHAD CODE

Eh, I guess something is better than nothing.

Stumbled on this Little Gem...

Apparently All Day Adrian Peterson has himself a webpage, nay, a MySpace page.

Look how he's adorned it.

Just gorgeous.

In case you were wondering, you can find this page at the following location:

http://www.myspace.com/too_fast_too_fine

That's right, MySpace plus the custom domain of "Too Fast Too Fine".  I guess I shouldn't have expected anything less from this guy.

With such fame early in his career I wouldn't be surprised to see a Michael Jackson-esque transformation in ADP similar to the recent one of ex-roider and alleged Baseball player Sammy Sosa.

Boeheim Edges A Nail Biter Versus Albany

That's right.  He did it.  He won his 800th career win.  I'm surprised they were able to make the signs quickly enough, as this was a win no one expected Syracuse to emerge with.

Although heavily favored, the University of Albany Great Danes fell to The [Always PC] Orange in "The Dome".  "The 'Cuse" took an early lead, but then, with 14:08 remaining the first half it looked as though the Great Danes had the Orange cooked - the score was 7 to 9 in favor of the Orange.  The positive mojo was short lived unfortunately for the Great Danes (and unluckily) it never stayed that close.

Unbelievably the Orange almost surrendered a 33 point lead (not really), but ended up holding out to win by that amount anyway.  Close game.  Whew!  Just when you thought he wouldn't get his 800th, he did.  Great.  Just great.  Hey, I think I know that cheerleader (on the left, with the "S", the one on the right I'm sure I trained my brain to forget...) from Chuck's, HoLLa.

Dropping a Work-Day Deuce

By far and away the favorite part of my day is going to that bathroom, entering that stall, unbuckling my belt, and stealing a few relaxing moments at the office.

No one bothers you for the 2... 3... 20 minutes you might be spending in there.

Don't waste your time stressing to get back to work.  This is a place of relaxation.

Never was a fan of the term BATHROOM, and now I definitely know why someone came up with the term RESTROOM.

I Just Don't Get It

I don't.

Affordable health care for everyone - that something I want to buy into.  Or take advantage of.  Either-or.

Not all Democrats are for this health care bill, and not all Republicans are against it.  This is getting confusing.  How am I supposed to know which pole to gravitate towards if the politcal bodies are not aligned with themselves.

I'm not so sure I'm a fan of this "bi-partisan-ship-ness govermenting" that I'm hearing is all the rave...

Man-Genius No More?

Eric Mangini went from being the Man-Genius a few years back, to being a head coach who has every move he makes questioned.

Mangini was fired last season by the New York Jets, and was almost immediately hired by the Cleveland Browns.  Everyone was so happy about this move, and so happy that Mangini could be there.  For a guy who wasn't wanted by another organization, the media seemed to believe this was a match made in heaven.

LAME Products: Thundersticks

If you can't be bothered to cheer for your team or political affiliation by smacking your hands together, you're lame.

That's what these thundersticks are - they're for lame fake fans of things that can't be bothered to clap, or cheer.  I'll make noise by smacking these things together... THIS IS AMERICA!  USE YOUR HANDS!

2009-2010 Offseason Interests

Well the baseball season is over - let's take a look at the teams in baseball, who is becoming a free agent, and what those teams might need to do become a little bit more successful (or remain successful) in 2010.

I will be listing the teams in order of their finish:

New York Yankees

Johnny Damon (36) & Hideki Matsui (36)
There is a big difference between Damon's age of 36 and Matsui's age of 36.  As you could see from the 2009 World Series, both were effective, but Game 4 really highlighted Damon's abilities.  He is a decent fielder with a terrible arm, a very good hitter, and a very intelligent baserunner.  Matsui can't play the field or run the bases.  I would expect the Yankees to offer Damon a decent deal and retaining him for 2 years, but Matsui will probably be offered a low-ball one year deal and he'll go to free agency.  Damon is represented by Scott Boras, so he won't be cheap, but you can't have two left handed DH types.  One stays, not both.  Money's on Damon.

BRUUCE!!! Nov 7 @ MSG Review

First Tri-State area performance for Bruce and the E Street Band since Giants Stadium, and this one was at Madison Square Garden.

I wasn't sure what to expect from the venue, because Bruce rocked Giants Stadium to the ground, I just wasn't sure that Madison Square Garden would be able to handle it.

MSG held up, and so did Bruce and the Legendary E Street Band.

Let's check out the set list...

NFL Week 9 BuDa Pick'Em!

So yeah, never did my Week 9 Pick'Em... that means I have 55 minutes on a Sunday to complete this post... can I do it?!

No.

No I can't.

Look for my Week 10 Pick'Em, because it'll be a doozy!

Interesting notes:  Calvin Johnson will play, Brian Westbrook won't, Ryan Moats is getting the start over Steve Slaton, Anquan Boldin is inactive - get Breaston in your starting lineups!

Look for my post later today about MLB Free Agents in the 09-10 Offseason, and my REVIEW of Bruce @ Madison Square Garden last night - SPOILER ALERT - it was awesome!

Yankees Buy Themselves Another Championship...

...But did they really?

As a Yankee fan I've heard, pretty much all my life, that the Yankees buy their way to the Championship.  A few facts, before looking into any research, is that the Yankees have topped the payroll charts in the past few years - yes, they've spent a lot of money.  The Yankees during this decade won in the year 2000, and now, 2009.  In ten years of topping the payroll list the Yankees have won 2 World Series.  This is, arguably, not a very nice statistic seeing as I'm sure the Yankee organization would have liked to have the highest salaries for 10 years while winning the World Series each of those years.

So I began to think about the impact of money on the game of baseball.  The Yankees have not won every championship this decade, but they were among the teams with the most playoff appearances and highest winning percentages.  Is this a given for all teams of the highest payrolls?  I wanted to find out, so I did some research.  I have compiled information and am going to go over my findings with you.  I hope you enjoy.

Seat Discrimination at the FOX Network

Not sure if you guys watch FOX's NFL Sunday Countdown, because I try not to.  Somehow, someway, I always manage to end up seeing some portion of this program, and I'm fairly disturbed by the seating arrangement.

You have Howie Long, Michael Strahan, and Jimmy Johnson all sitting tight elbowed on the right side of the screen, Terry Bradshaw has his own mini island, and Curt Menefee, who was terrible for the local FOX5 Sports Broadcasting at 11pm and has somehow made his way onto the nationally broadcast show, is stuck all the way on the left side of the screen like a leper.

ARod AHomo

Not sure if you saw what I saw in the pregame introductions, but Alex Rodriguez seems to have a "thing" for his teammate Melky Cabrera in particular.

As you can see from this picture, ARod's high-five hand is angled awkwardly; that is because he was flailing it around like a queen on Fire Island.

Seriously, what was that?  This picture looks like a potentially shower scene for a 1970's YMCA.  And Mark Teixeira's left hand, where's that headed?!

Let me know if you can find any video of this, because it's very weird looking and deserves a BuDa-Post about it.

Phillie Phanatic a Commie!!

Listen up you green sack of shit... THIS IS AMERICA!  You take your god dammed hat off when our nations anthem is sung.  I don't care if the singer is ugly, if she's fat, or even if she's tone deaf.  You remove that hat from the top of your head.

Who do you think you are?  Mr. Met?!

I subscribe to the America where you take your hat off and show some freaking respect!  When an officer from our military (flight attendants for the Air Force are still considered to be "working for our military", right?) you get that stupid look off your green face, and put that hat over your heart.  At least turn the hat around and wear it properly man!  This is national television, pull those pants up homeboy!

Quick Reactions

World Series Game 4 ended tonight in a Yankees victory to go up 3-1 in the series.  See some post-game notes and reactions from ESPN.com's writer Rob Neyer here.

In this article, Bill Simmons says the following:

Crap, since I picked the Giants, that means I'm picking the Yankees in Game 4.

May the 2009 World Series never go back to Yankee Stadium.

Bullshit (B.S.) was obviously going for the scenario where the Phillies sweep at home - sorry brah, not going to happen.  In a classic Simmons jinx, there is now a chance that the World Series may actually never go back to Yankee Stadium, but that the Yankees would be the winners of the series.  Does it happen Monday night?  Cliff Lee versus A.J. Burnett - we'll find out in just about 24 hours...

It's Halloween Bitches - Get Your Inner Slut On

I just don't know.  I really don't.  How did Halloween get so skanky?  In the end, these are just things that you don't question.  You accept them blindly and see what happens.

Halloween is a Paegan holiday, and I don't know how the "Festival of the Dead" spurned children to go door to door and demand candy for fear of the "trick" retaliation.  But my childhood was all about Halloween.  Halloween has apparently had a few stages as I've progressed through life.  In my earlier years, Halloween was a fun night to dress up and play "People" for the entire day - at school, in the evening, and procuring free candy.  Siick.

This phase lasts through most of elementary school and then as you move to Junior High/Middle School you come out of the "Halloween is cool" phase.  While moving away from your traditional Halloween activities, you still try to procure candy.  In lieu of ending your night by 8 or 9pm and counting candy, your night now continues with shaving cream, and, if the cops didn't already take them from you, eggs.  Shaving cream battles would commence in the streets, and all fun was to be had.  Instead of costumes and bags of candy, kids wore all black, a scary mask, and a backpack to carry the paraphernalia.

As you move towards college and your late teen/early 20s, Halloween celebration takes on a newer, sexier, kind of following.  I have never spent so much effort on my costume's as I have in recent years.  You don't want to do something stupid, you want it to be smart, and fun.  A few years ago I was "Cloud with a Chance of Rain".  I carried a water bottle and sprayed people while I had cotton around most of my body.  This year, for the second time, I was Peter Parker in transition to Spider-Man.  It's easiest for me, and I've received some positive response.  A few kids at the door said "Nice Shirt!"

But Halloween now is all about the ladies.  How slutty can I be?  How big can I make my tits look?  There is some sort of illusion that you aren't yourself on Halloween.  I won't correct them - I'll celebrate them!  Let's take a look at some of this year's skanky outfits that sluts might be wearing at a party near you...

Happy Halloween, Except YOU, Sex Offenders!

If you are a sex offender and were getting all tight pants'd by the thought of little dressed up kiddies coming to knock on your door ready to give them roofied treats and naughty tricks, think again!  Especially you Rob Corddry- Larry David's Seder will have you, but not Whiteside County.

Alex Rodriguez The Centaur?

A centaur is a mythological creature which is half-man, half-horse (not half-pig).  Allegedly Alex Rodriguez has a portait of his likeness in the form of a centaur above his bed.

Pedro Flashes Back And Attacks Manager Manuel

This is unheard of, just unheard of. - Bud Selig, Major League Baseball Press Release

In Game 2 of the World Series, as manager Charlie Manuel came out to relieve Pedro Martinez in the 6th inning, Pedro flipped Charlie Manuel onto his back - Don Zimmer style.

NFL Week 8 BuDa Pick'Em!

Kind of an upsetting week in football for me last week - a few calls seemed really great early, then faded away into a crapfest with me coming out as the loser.  Also, I had the lowest fantasy points for 2 of my football leagues (I'm only in 2 football leagues - yeesh!)  How'd we do in Week 7?

7-5-1; 7-6

Seemingly getting better at gambling.  I ended up pushing the '9ers-Texans.  Oh well.  See the full Pick'Em for last week here (Week 7).  Let's do it for Week 8 - as always, BOLD teams are home teams, and all straight up picks are gut calls.  Let's do this chums!

From Around the League

A few quick notes on this Thursday afternoon for the National Football League - as always, look for my weekly Pick'Em sometime tonight or tomorrow morning.  I am going to try posting the picks on Tuesday or Wednesday night for the rest of the season, but I had some personal things to take care of in the middle of this week.

Not sure if you saw these, so I'm hitting you with it now...

World Series Game 1 Foreboding?!

FACT:  Cliff Lee and C.C. Sabathia have never faced each other since they were teammates, fact. - BuDaMan

That's a true fact.  Irrefutable.  FALSE:  You would be foolish to believe such "facts".  I misled you to bring you back to the flock - follow me for a minute...

Thursday April 16, 2009 - Opening Day for the "New House", the New Yankee Stadium.  1:00PM/ET game time.  The New York Yankees host the Cleveland Indians.  On the hill for their respective teams, the squad's ace's:  C.C. Sabathia for the Yankees, and Cliff Lee for the Indians.

It's Official Bitches

After a week of speculation, rumors, and creepy handwritten messages from fugley 22 year old production assistants, Steve Phillips has once again been fired from a job.

Personally, I'm just really excited that we don't have to listen to this moron say "I'm the guy who found David Wright", because no one cares.  No one cared then, no one cares now.  Steve, if you didn't say it every single time you were on the air, I wouldn't mind so much.  But it's ALL the time man!  If you brought up the Mo Vaughn deal the same amount as the David Wright stuff, I would also give you a bit more credit for owning up to how good (bad) you were as a General Manager.

New York Football Jets - Quick Notes

The game isn't over yet, but I have two notes:

1. Leon Washington definitely snapped his leg.  It was gross.  The only information back is that he won't return for this game.  I know what a broken bone looks like, and that was it.  Crack reporting at ESPN.com has the following to report:

SportsNation Question

Question the nation, ESPN.  Glad to know that I represent 50% of the nation - siick.

Chad Eight-Five Looks to Kill BuDaMan

Seriously.  These latest events are a game changer for the BuDaMan.  Because of these events I will go from somewhat irrelevant, to completely and utterly irrelevant.

If you have ESPN, Deadspin, AND Chad Eight-Five doing what I'm trying to do, what's the point...

Check it out if you'd like, but I'm fucked...

NOT COOL

Seriously.  Not cool.  Jasper Howard, murdered this past week at the University of Connecticut after a homecoming game and festivities had witnesses to his murder, but they're being threatened with violence if they come forward.

Check it out.

My question is: WHO?  Who is threatening with violence?  A gang?  The mob?  A gang/mob combination?  Bloods, Crypts?  Was Howard involved in more than just football?

Random News

Just found this on Deadspin - I have to say, I found this hilarious.

Here you go, enjoy.

BuDaBro With The BOLD Claims

So as I am watching the Yankees get shalacked in the early (and middle) innings of ALCS Game 5, my brother has turned on Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon.

Great '70s movie - hilarious and ridiculous.  My brother made the claim that Bruce Lee was the inventor of modern day Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), which seems like a plausible claim.  It stops there.  He also claimed Bruce Lee invented nunchucks.  Nice try BuDaBro!  More like 17th Century, not 1970 something...

Next claim that made me write this article was that he claimed Bruce Lee invented the MMA technique of the armbar.  This sounds implausible... Let's do some Google Research...

Blown Calls? Not in MY World Series!!! (UPDATED)

According to certain sources, the umpiring crew to handle the World Series has been changed up.  An official announcement has not yet been made, but Major League Baseball seems to want a very experienced crew to cover the World Series in light of recent events.

I'd Never Have Associated "Brown" with "Gross"

I thought it was an unconfirmed rumor, or speculation, or something.  But it's true.  In my Week 7 Pick'Em, I reference the Browns having an H1N1 issue, and I finally found something on ESPN.com.

Check it out here.

The Browns are terrible, AND they have this going around.  Not good.

NFL Week 7 BuDa Pick'Em!

Let's make this quick and let's see how I did last week.

5-9; 8-6

Still suck at the spread (overall), made some nice calls, which I make note to here.  Let's get it on!  Week 7 picks motha flippa, comin' at'cha...

Baseball Nation

According to an ESPN "SPORTSNATION" Poll from about mid-day on Tuesday October 20, 2009, 52% of the nation believed the Angels would win Game 4.  The states that were predominantly voting for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were on the West Coast on the United States of America, and then connecting through the northern half of the "Mid-West" and Mountain region states.  As the states came to the New York and Pennsylvania border, the states began predominately selecting the New York Yankees to win, but beyond New York State to the east (New England) each state voted in favor of the Angels.

FYI - the New York Yankees won 10-1; CC Sabathia pitched 8 innings (and the home run to Morales can't be considered a mistake, that was an amazing swing of the bat - perfect location and speed, Morales just got it), and ARod has continued his success this post season.

Week 6 Wrap-Up

A few notes about Week 6 that I haven't covered yet (basically everybody in the league that isn't a New York Football team...)

Let's get right to it skanks...

Christian Bale says "You're Amateur!"

"Are you professional or not?!" - Christian Bale

Well Christian, I'm not amateur, but I guess that by all technical terms, I'm also not entirely professional either.

The truth is, I'm 80% professional, 20% amateur.

It's been this way since May.  Shit be wearin' thin, my friends, shit be wearin' thin.

What in gods name are you talking about BuDaMan?

I'm talking about work, silly goose!  I'm talking about work.

Jet-setting for Tougher Times

My feelings about the New York Jets defense have been widely publicized.  After being photographed together in San Tropez, I decided to completely disclose the relationship on the BuDa-BLoG.  I love them.  I just love the Jets defense this year.

I've gone as far as saying they're the best defense in the league (earlier this season - see BuDa Pick'Em Week 3) and after their stumbles have believed.  I believe the Jets will be back to 3-0 form soon enough!

Super Powers AND YOU!

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NY Football Giants Test #1: FAILURE

The Giants went into today as an undefeated team, ready to duke it out against another undefeated team.  The 2007 road warriors were expected to be ready for a challenge.

On paper, the Giants have the edge in this game.  Although the Saints offense is one of the best this year, the Giants defense is held to a high standard.

So much for standards.

My Buddies

So I refer to some of my friends a little bit in my posts, and I think you should all get to have an idea of who you are dealing with.  In order to protect their anonymity, I will relate them to people who they are similar to that people may relate to.  HERE WE GO!

Who Do You Think You're Kidding Mr. Employer?!

Okay, I know what you're thinking.

BuDaMan, you are the most neurotic and paranoid dude, quite possibly ever.  What's wrong with you?

You'll be happy to know that I think the same thing pretty much every second of my life.  I know I'm a psycho.  I'm not normal.  I don't think in the normal way.  But your employer has no god damn right to have any idea what your health situation is like.  Period.

Your employer provides you with shitty health insurance, so they probably think they have the right to know what your health situation is like.  Here's the deal - They have the right to dick.

Doing Work | Done Working - NFL Week 6

Okay everybody, here's the deal.  I give you my heartfelt opinions and beliefs about who is doing well (and will continue to do well) and who will not produce for some time to come.

That's what DOING | DONE is all about.  I'm going to try to change a few things about the format, and I also don't think it will be a weekly article.  Seems a bit much.  Would love some feedback and thoughts about what you think about the column - seriously.  Going to try to be a bit shorter with my explanations and do it more like a list with some quick hits along the way.

Let's get into it!  Who is Done, and who has entered Beast Mode?  Find out... RIGHT NOW!

To All The Haters - I Don't Like You Either

And you thought MY posts were long?!  Bitch Please.  Check this out.  It's really long (TWSS).

NFL Week 6 BuDa Pick'Em!

Straight up, usually my bread and butter, was not getting my schwerve on last week. Let's see how we did.

8-6; 6-8

As always, BOLD teams are home teams, straight up picks are gut calls.

"He who waits, masturbates."

Stupid Corporate Emails

So who hates receiving stupid emails at work from people you don't know?  I do.  Happens all the time.  Complete your timesheets, fill out your expense reports, if you are taking off the day before a holiday be sure to log it as a personal or vacation day, please remember to flush the toilet when done, wash your hands before returning to work.  But the worst out of all of these, the good bye email you get from someone you don't even know, or care about.

ESPN's Shitty Crew

Is it just me, or is Trent Dilfer just too much of a douchebag for his own good? I'm sorry, were you good at football or something? I thought you were very widely regarded as the worst quarterback to ever win a Super Bowl.

See that picture to the right? Jerkoff central, right there. Seriously, the guy is too much of an asshole for me to watch as an "analyst" or "expert" on ESPN. Honestly though, he's still better than Keyshawn Johnson.

Curb, or BuDaMan?!

Who saw this past week's Curb Your Enthusiasm?  Larry bumbled and fumbled with different ways to undo a bra.  It was actually very similar to the episode of Seinfeld where Jerry and George are talking about the "ways" they can and can't go.  "I'm a lefty, can't go left".  Maybe Larry is stealing my ideas (See this article).  Probably not, but no one is reading this anyways, so let me delude myself.

MNF Graphics

So I'm watching Monday Night Football this evening - Jets versus Dolphins - and I'm noticing that ESPN has a schnazzy little graphic for the first down/line of scrimmage marker.  Most television networks have a standard yellow as the first down line, and then have a standard blue, or some dull color, to mark the line of scrimmage.

BRUUCE!!! Oct 9 Review & Recap

Well everybody, it's over.  It's finally over.  October 09, 2009 at Giants Stadium, Bruce rocked the house (and built a house...of love, and faith, and music, and Jersey Soul, and noise...), and now all we have to look forward to is their hiatus.

Well, let me break down the set list for you, and provided you with some comments from my evening.  The moral of this story?  "Old people suck, and just aren't fun."  I'm not talking about Bruce, but I am talking about certain people - you know who you are.  Here's the set list (and as always, the handwritten list to the right.

Doing Work | Done Working - NFL Week 5

So you know that periodical I was going to start doing next week, fuck it, I'm doing it right now!

Here's how it works - I will list players that are Doing Work, and I will list players that are Done Working.  More or less, this is not only a snap shot of the NFL, but also my thoughts on their career.  It's both a power poll of players I think are red hot (and will probably stay that way) and player I think are broken down (and no mechanic is fixing them).

For now, I'll list 5 players in the Doing column - for the 5 quarters of ball these beasts practice and play for - and I'll list 5 players in the Done column - for the 5 days of practice they'll be lucky to get on the scout team for.

First up, the DONE Column.

NFL Week 5 BuDa Pick'Em!

Little bit better against the spread in Week 4, but not by much - I still suck at gambling.  Gambling - the only area left for me to achieve "Awesome" status!  How'd we do last week?  Check it, before you wreck it:

6-8; 9-5

Alright friends, right to it!  BOLD teams are home, all straight up picks are gut calls.  By reading this, you have just confirmed that I am the man.

Windows 7 launches October 22

Hate Vista?  Hate XP?  Still own a PC?  Windows 7 launches as a non beta version to the public on October 22.  Check out this review for some more details.

My take is that (A) I need a PC for programs I use for my industry, and (B) I'm going to wait until after the October 22 date for a new computer so that it can be built for Windows 7.  The upgrading process sounds horrendous for XP.

ALDS on TBS

So I'm watching the Twins @ Yankees tonight on TBS, and the game is about to go over on time. Dude comes on the screen from the studio and notes that the game will run late, and "...we will begin the Cardinals @ Dodgers game on our sister network, TNT, when that game is ready to begin. So if you are interested in watching that game, please switch to TNT in about... 8 minutes or so..." Awesome. There is nothing I hate more than poor coverage of sports, especially when I consider a game that I am watching "important". Turner Sports - thank you for not blacking out even a minute of coverage, or forcing me to change my television station. Well done sirs.

Cups in the Front, Hoops in the Back

"You know about the cup sizes and all?  They have different cups. . . Ya got the A, the B, the C, and the D.  That's the biggest." - Frank Costanza

I'm a dude.  I trained my brain to know the way a bra worked, so that when the time came I would know what to do.  I have trained myself to be able to get a bra off in about 2-5 seconds without more than two fingers.  I don't think I'm special, I think I'm normal.  Most dudes probably mastered these techniques.

A few days ago (and it wasn't the first time) I was thrown a curveball.  Has a woman ever asked you to hook her bra ON for her?  Well it blew my mind.

Jesus Christ Almighty!

I won't make any bones about it - I'm not religious.  I was raised Catholic, and now I'm a bad Catholic.  I know a lot of bad Catholic's, but most bad Catholic's go to every Easter, and every other Christmas Eve mass.  Me?  I'm done.  So I guess I'm a really bad Catholic.  For all technical purposes, I'm actually Agnostic.  I may not necessarily be able to prove God exists or doesn't exist, but I can assure you that there is a lifetime of scarring thanks to the enlightenment I received growing up.

I am most familiar with Catholicism, but from time to time in my religious rants I may stumble across other religions.  I would apologize for my possible future ignorance, but it's your own ignorance that you should probably be apologizing for anyway, so we should both let it slide.

What I don't get is that a book written thousands of years ago, and written over thousands of years, can be regarded as absolute truth by modern day followers.  THE WORD OF GOD!  FYI dumbass, those aren't a god's words, nor are they Jesus's words - they're interpretations of interpretations of interpretations.  For all you know the Gideons could be fucking with all of us!  The actual bible was written in ancient Hebrew, and has been difficult to translate on a 1-to-1 basis, so explain to me how we have moron's in America talking about the word of god, and "What Would Jesus Do?"

REVIEW: Dead Space (360)

Dead Space is a game in the "Survival Horror" genre, as coined by Resident Evil, and in fact has a over-the-shoulder third person point of view as seen in Resident Evil 4 & 5. Dead Space incorporates some features from other survival horror games such as minimal ammunition, and a four-dimensional item box (safe). Where Dead Space deviates from the traditional is where the game manages to be at its best.

I Hate Bosses

This picture makes me laugh, but it also makes me think about how ON Gary Cole was to totally nail the Bill Lumbergh character. I hate my bosses. I do. I don't do well with people telling me what to do, especially when 90% of the time they're telling you to do something you've already been instructed to do one way, and now in the 11th hour you're being asked (demanded) to do it a completely different way. Not such a big fan of management, because most of the time their true title should be mismanagement.

Social NetFailing

According to old people, you need to mind your facebook manners.  The truth is that all of the social networking sites have now been infiltrated and are well past their prime.  Facebook.com, an internet social networking site created by Mark Zuckerberg, first came on the scene and linked college students to one another.  With wall posts, messages, and eventually picture posting, stalking one another, or finding out if some dude you hooked up with at the bar has syphilis, became easier than ever.

Fast forward a year or two, and you have the Facebook network no longer discriminating against high school students, and eventually allowed people to subscribe under the network of "No Network".  This "No Network" turn was only the beginning of the end.  With application additions, and people logging on to Facebook simply to play some sort of stupid ass mini-game, the old Facebook of harmless stalking and learning about people's lives without ever talking to them became a thing of the past.

RECAP: NFL Week 4

Let's go over a few things so you all have some awesome reading for your shitty Monday's at work.

A few picks I'm happy about:
Bucs (+7) OVER Skins, but Skins win outright (Nailed It!) and Broncos (+2.5) OVER Cowboys and winning outright (not to mention the GMeN!)

A few picks I'm not so happy about:
Ravens (+2) OVER Pats and winning outright (really thought they had it in them!); Titans with points and straight up OVER Jags (I'm shocked, just shocked); Jets (+6.5) OVER Saints and straight up (I think I have to concede in quest for the Saints crappiness); and the Bills OVER Dolphins straight up (yeesh...)

So what can we conclude from this week of play?  Well the first and foremost in my mind is that (A) the Jets are human, and yes, they do have a rookie quarterback at the helm, and (B) the Saints look legit.  Before today, you can say the Week 2 victory over Philadelphia MIGHT have been an aberration, but not after today.  The Jets could have kept it closer, but two early touchdowns and they were fighting from way behind - something they never had to do to this point in the season.  Reggie Bush is ACTUALLY effective with Pierre Thomas as the primary running back, and Brees' receiving corps is full of so much talent, you never know who gets the ball and they're all dangerous with it.  Very difficult to guard against.  The Jets versus the Saints wasn't the only game that occurred this Sunday though...

I'm Whoring Myself Out

Sorry guys, it's official. I'm enabling advertisements on my page to see how much money I can make. (Seriously, if it's more than $1 per month, that will make my millennium)

Honestly, I love the BuDa-BLoG, and I love it in its pure, unadulterated, free form. If the ads hurt the BuDa-BLoG in any way, I will have them removed somehow. I more or less just want to see how this crap works.

If you are interested in becoming a BuDinSIDER, all you have to do to join is pay the small one time amount of.... PSYCH! F*that shit, f* that shit big time. Enjoy the BLoG peeps.

FOLLOW UP: Why Would I Pay For The Internet?

As you know, I was at the Bruce Springsteen concert the past few days, and on Saturday while tailgating, my friends and I had a somewhat heated discussion about the internet, paying for it, and my blog.

First, let me say how flattered I was that my blog post sparked such an insightful riot of thoughful debate. Second, my opinion has not changed, although I would like to state that my fellow master debaters had very good arguments, and their opinions should be respected as such.

For those who don't know, the argument is essentially about "How to make money on the internet". My position is that subscription based "special" articles are bullshit for a heavily viewed and popular website to utilize, especially when there are advertisements galore, and floating ads that follow me when I scroll down the page. My friends who I were disagreeing with me didn't necessarily disagree with my position, but felt that the utilization of subscriptions (similar to ESPN's insider package) can only help to increase revenue.

BRUUCE!!! Oct 2 & 3 Review

Well everybody - week one of Bruce rocking the Meadowlands is done.

Below are the official set lists, and my comments, but let me first say this. Noticeably missing for all three concerts was Patti Scalfa, Bruce Springsteen's wife. They've been having relationship problems (according to the media that are even less credible than myself), so to me this is just weird. I know the stories that when they are in Jersey she spends time with the kids. Well great, if I was fucking Bruce maybe I'd be able to get a check for doing nothing - but most of America has to work for what they get! If you are performing at a place that is 20 minutes from your home base, get the sand out and show up. The rest of the band is there. Personally, she doesn't bring much to the table as she is just a backup singer who bangs Bruce, so she stand on the opposite side of Steven Van Zant - primo real estate! Show up! That's all you have to do. Show up! Bruce is the performer who is supposed to be able to relate to the average American. Personally, I cannot relate to the fact that they're performing around the corner from her house and Patti just needs to spend time with her daughter who is on an equestrian tour. Fuck that shit, fuck that shit big time. Show up and do your god damn job.

October 02, 2009

Wrecking Ball

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

No Surrender

Outlaw Pete

Hungry Heart

Working on a Dream

Badlands

Adam Raised a Cain

Something in the Night

Candy's Room

Racing in the Street

The Promised Land

Factory

Streets of Fire

Prove it All Night

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Waiting on a Sunny Day

I'm Going Down

Be True

Jailhouse Rock

Thunder Road

Long Walk Home

The Rising

Born to Run

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Cadillac Ranch

Bobby Jean

American Land

Dancin' in the Dark

Rosalita

October 03, 2009

Wrecking Ball

Out in the Street

Outlaw Pete

Hungry Heart

Working on a Dream

Born in the USA

Cover Me

Darlington County

Working on the Highway

Downbound Train

I'm on Fire

No Surrender

Bobby Jean

I'm Going Down

Glory Days

Dancing in the Dark

My Hometown

The Promised Land

Last to Die

Long Walk Home

The Rising

Born to Run

Jersey Girl

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Kitty's Back

Detroit Medley

American Land

Waiting on a Sunny Day

Thunder Road

I am partial to the performance on Sept. 30, because he played both Atlantic City and Growing Up - which are two of my favorite Bruce songs, and two of which I wasn't expecting him to play. Badlands is another one of my favorite songs, but I expect him to play it either first, or at least at SOME point in the performance. Saturday's show featured no Badlands. Still a great show, but I wanted Badlands more than most of the crowd, and Mike Francesa, wants Thunder Road - "You ain't gettin' no Thunda Road!" I really liked the Kitty's Back to the Detroit Medley portion of the Saturday night show. Those are songs that are great jams, and I wasn't expecting him to play that at all. Not a popular choice, but I was totally digging it. Unfortunately, Saturday's performance didn't have either Badlands OR Rosalita, which deviated from the handwritten set list. Still, a hell of a concert. Bruce is a phenomenal performer.

Friday Oct. 02 Bruce played songs from Darkness on the Edge of Town, which is a great album, and Sat. Oct. 03 played songs from Born in the USA. This is a special treat he's trying to give the Jersey crowd for the last performance at this Giants Stadium. I could also go for a block of The Rising - a little Lonesome Day and other songs! Very good album, and because it's one of his more recent albums, probably doesn't get the credit it deserves.

Fortunately, I had no problems with old men demanding I sit down either of these performances, and I had a great time. My tailgate on Friday night was a little longer than Wednesday nights, and it was myself, BuDaChick and two of BuDaChick's friends - good tailgate, good performance, good time! Saturday was a little bit more dramatic. The idea was an all day tailgate, weather permitting. At one point, it wasn't looking like the weather would permit at all - we kept the faith and drove through the rain, hit Jersey and BOOM! Rain stops, sun comes out, tailgate commences! It was myself, BuDaChick, BuDaChick's mom and BuDaChick's mom's friend, my buddy "DaMayo", and our friend "Mac'n'Kev" met us their via the train with his brother and his brother's girlfriend. Great tailgate, great people. Instead of all getting split up, we ending up joining together again in Section 227 for some Level 2 dance-partying and some bad ass Brucery!

I know that my man Mac'n'Kev wants to say hi to some girls in Section 227, Rows 3, or 4 or 5 - I don't know where you guys were sitting, but he definitely liked one and/or a few of you. I know this because he didn't know your names, not even close to knowing them, and cared to ask me to find out. I lean over and say "HI! I'm BuDaMan, what's your name?!" She says, "HI! I'm Tracy!...", immediately turning to the Mac'n'Kev to say, "...YOU DIDN'T KNOW MY NAME?!?" AH! Caught! I knew I liked her right then and there. To be able to sniff out that tride and true man-tactic in the heat of a rocking Bruce concert, well done sir (ma'am). I don't think it worked out though, because Mac'n'Kev was having a dance party with her friend a few more songs into the evening.

Good times - great times! I hope everyone I went with for the first time had a great concert, and I hope our tailgating lived up to the billing! Be back next week with a review of next Friday's concert.