Nov22nd2007
Ready to gorge? This is round 2 for me. I had faux thanksgiving at my mom’s place last weekend. It is possible that I might O.D. on tryptophan after today is over. We’ve got 12 coming over, so I’m expecting tons of wine, football, and just hanging out. I think I read somewhere that the average thanksgiving meal is like 3000 calories. I could be making that up. I’m running a 5k on saturday. i doubt that will put a dent into it. Plus I’ll have an I.V. of red wine hooked up to me.
Here’s our menu:
Appetizers:
- Avacado & Tomato “mini sandwiches”
- Baked brie with carmalized apples
- Stuffed mushrooms
Dinner:
Desert (thanks Russ!)
- Cheesecake
- Coconut Cream Pie
Prediction: My coma inducing couches will tame this feasting crew. Plenty of left-overs and turkey soup on the horizon.
Bon Apetit everyone. Gobble Gobble.
Oct29th2007
YES! It is over. Couple tense moments. Couple moments looked like pre-game batting practice. But I’ll take it. Anytime. My phone has remained somewhat silent for the last week, except for my girlfriend’s sister (she lives in Denver) realizing that the bet she made with me was a lost cause. Most of her texts were “Oh Crap” and “Oh God” and “Dammit”. Sweet! Free El Azteca for me!
The lead-off HR by Pedroia was a sign of great things to come. Boston had a great team coming into the series and now we get to look forward to next year. Savor this one for a second… Starting 4 rookies (Dice-K, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Okajima) in the series, couple young arms getting into the pitching staff, and hopefully, hopefully, the resigning of Mike Lowell and Curt Schilling.
I do love the classy move by Scott Boras and A-rod - let’s wait till the middle of game 4 in the world series to announce to the world that its not about playing baseball, its about making money. I can’t stand him and pray that the Sox don’t go after him. I want him to end up on a team that plays the Yankees though, and love to hear the greeting he’ll get. Just not the Sox. Or offer him a dollar a year. It might be the only chance he has to play in the WS.
I think the nation needs to thank Jacoby Ellsbury for giving stoner’s and college students free tacos. Don’t forget to go grab yours tomorrow. How many homeless people do you think will show up? I think they need to change the offer from 2-4 PM to 1-3 AM. This is definitely some food I don’t want to eat without numbed tastebuds.
And Bostonians, just incase you’ve been on a remote island or still hammered from last night (it’s highly possible) the parade is tuesday. I’m sure it will showcase some incredible dance moves by Jonathan Papelbon - which reminds me more of jazzercise than synchronized tribal celebrations. Its not quite Elaine “Seinfeld” quality, but I have no doubt it will go down in history with the rest of these classic performances.
Thanks for the good year. I now leave the diamond for the ice. Let’s go Penguins!
Sep22nd2007
Nine months goes by in a hurry. Whoosh! Myself and a couple friends (which included my now girlfriend) were out for drinks after Atlanta’s (well, Cabbagetown) Chomp-n-Stomp , and we found out that one of our drinking partners wasn’t really drinking. One thing led to another and we started relentlessly abusing Jeff (it was his wife that wasn’t drinking) about her being pregnant, etc… He was freaking out. And by freaking out I mean I’m surprised his hair was still in its roots. At this point, I decided to secretly convince the waitress to bring a shot of “whatever, just call it the babymaker” to Jeff. I’m a good friend, right? Well, not that night, but shortly there after, our prophecy was true.
Welcome to the world Ava Marie Anderson. I know there are some happy people around. You can read a little about the pregnancy account from Jeff’s side here - http://blameitonthebabymaker.com Its only a shame he couldn’t keep it up. He had some great traffic, dreams of Oprah, Ellen, and book deals.