The stars of Super Bowl Media Day are usually somebody other than the players.
This year's 15 minutes of fame belongs to Inez Gomez Mont of TV Azteca. She came to the darn thing in a low-cut wedding dress... and red high heels that didn't match. She obviously stole them from Kellie Pickler. Yeah, Pickler was there for the Tonight Show. So this Inez lady interrupts Tom Brady's segment and asks him to marry her. I like Tom's response, understanding the comedic portion of the moment... "I'm a one-woman man." Oh, by the way, his ankle feels fine.
No word on what Eli Manning's response was to Inez after being shunned by Brady... SportsCenter never showed it.
The other great response of the day was by Michael Strahan. Asked whether he or David Letterman have the biggest space between their two front teeth, he chuckled, "Spongebob."
Good job by SportsCenter's Sal Paolantonio, trying to find the inner Bill Belichick. I'm curious to see how Kenny Mayne's segment with Giants backup QB Jared Lorenzen ("The Hefty Lefty") turns out.
Read Larry O'Rourke Jr.'s blog in the Allentown Morning Call for his take on Media Day.
Buckle Up,
TS
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Random musings...
If I wore a walking boot, would I get as much press as Tom Brady? Would my picture be all over TMZ, ESPN, and MSNBC? Will someone lend me his jersey for this Sunday? Or at least an old jersey of Doug Flutie, Scott Zolak, Steve Grogan, Mosi Tatupu, Vagas Ferguson, Sam Cunningham, Jim Plunkett, Gino Cappelletti, or Babe Parilli? Maybe just a Pat Patriot t-shirt?
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We're all just blades of grass on the Tiger Woods golf course of life.
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In case you still haven't gotten everything on your 2007 Christmas List, you can still beg for it. That's what Valentine's Day is for... plus, it's the florists' version of Black Friday.
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Buckle Up,
TS
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We're all just blades of grass on the Tiger Woods golf course of life.
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In case you still haven't gotten everything on your 2007 Christmas List, you can still beg for it. That's what Valentine's Day is for... plus, it's the florists' version of Black Friday.
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Buckle Up,
TS
Thursday, January 24, 2008
XLII...
My favorite sports quote from Keith Olbermann has always been, "Super Bowl... it's a brand name, not an adjective." I hope it turns out to be a decent game. Prediction next week... I'm not watching SportsCenter as much this week, because I don't want to see all the hype and build-up to it yet. I'll be ready for it next Sunday around 6pm, with food in hand.
Today is one of those days where I'm just waiting... waiting for commercials to arrive, waiting for production rooms to open, waiting for lunch, and waiting for warmer weather.
Basketball's local regular season is almost over. Schuylkill League playoffs start February 5th.
Congratulations to Pine Grove's David Horst, who was drafted by Major League Soccer's Salt Lake City team. This area has had its fair share of pro athletes... I hope he succeeds.
About three weeks from now, Hollywood Casino at Penn National opens. Penn National Gaming is also mulling over buying an old airport in Atlantic City. I'm not sure how smart a deal that would be, considering that AC's revenues were down last year, thanks in part to Pennsylvania's new casinos. I can tell the AC casinos are hurting, because they haven't sent me any freebies in quite a while.
Buckle Up,
TS
Today is one of those days where I'm just waiting... waiting for commercials to arrive, waiting for production rooms to open, waiting for lunch, and waiting for warmer weather.
Basketball's local regular season is almost over. Schuylkill League playoffs start February 5th.
Congratulations to Pine Grove's David Horst, who was drafted by Major League Soccer's Salt Lake City team. This area has had its fair share of pro athletes... I hope he succeeds.
About three weeks from now, Hollywood Casino at Penn National opens. Penn National Gaming is also mulling over buying an old airport in Atlantic City. I'm not sure how smart a deal that would be, considering that AC's revenues were down last year, thanks in part to Pennsylvania's new casinos. I can tell the AC casinos are hurting, because they haven't sent me any freebies in quite a while.
Buckle Up,
TS
Monday, January 14, 2008
Apology #1 for 2008...
Oops, Martlin Luther King Jr. Day is next week, the 21st... not the 14th, as I had printed on our desktop calendar. My apologies.
My Seahawks got snowed under on Saturday. Note to Seattle... draft two offensive linemen, so we can get the running game going again.
I was two out of four on my football picks last weekend.... this weekend, I like New England over San Diego, 42-13; and Green Bay over the Giants, 24-17.
The streak is over... the Hershey Bears lost a game that I attended in person, 3-1 to Hartford last night. Oh well, I still had fun, and it only took three minutes to get out of the parking lot! Can't say the same for the Sonic in Palmyra... they're learning, at least while I was in the drive thru line, they brought my order out before I reached the window.
Talk with at 6:00, buckle up,
TS
My Seahawks got snowed under on Saturday. Note to Seattle... draft two offensive linemen, so we can get the running game going again.
I was two out of four on my football picks last weekend.... this weekend, I like New England over San Diego, 42-13; and Green Bay over the Giants, 24-17.
The streak is over... the Hershey Bears lost a game that I attended in person, 3-1 to Hartford last night. Oh well, I still had fun, and it only took three minutes to get out of the parking lot! Can't say the same for the Sonic in Palmyra... they're learning, at least while I was in the drive thru line, they brought my order out before I reached the window.
Talk with at 6:00, buckle up,
TS
Thursday, January 10, 2008
This makes me laugh...
You 6-year-old and 7-year-old readers of this blog should start saving your pennies and allowances... if you want to be able to afford to get to the Jersey Shore, let alone stay in hotels there.
NJ Governor Corzine is proposing raising tolls on all of the Garden State's toll roads. If the maximum assumptions are met, that means a trip on the entire length of the Atlantic City Expressway in 2022 will cost... $17.10! A trip on the Garden State Parkway end-to-end will cost $50!
Check out the article here... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/story/7526694p-7428117c.html
Buckle up,
TS
NJ Governor Corzine is proposing raising tolls on all of the Garden State's toll roads. If the maximum assumptions are met, that means a trip on the entire length of the Atlantic City Expressway in 2022 will cost... $17.10! A trip on the Garden State Parkway end-to-end will cost $50!
Check out the article here... http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/story/7526694p-7428117c.html
Buckle up,
TS
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Random Musings...
sparksafterdark.blogspot.com
I understand why Joe Gibbs announced his retirement yesterday. Two months ago, I was afraid he would be let go after calling the double timeout against Buffalo. No doubt this was his best coaching year ever... yes, 3 Super Bowl titles mean a lot, but after what he and his team went through, this was a season that no NFL fan will forget anytime soon. Gibbs' 3-year-old grandson, Taylor, suffers from Leukemia, and feels his time and energy would be better spent with his family. I don't blame him. We all wish we could spend more time with family.
My cold has almost subsided. I know others who still have a fever and unforgiving cough.
It was 68 yesterday in Rochester NY. It'll feel like minus 68 when I go up there next month.
Santa Anita racetrack didn't race this past weekend. The all-weather surface couldn't soak up the rain fast enough.
Buckle up,
TS
I understand why Joe Gibbs announced his retirement yesterday. Two months ago, I was afraid he would be let go after calling the double timeout against Buffalo. No doubt this was his best coaching year ever... yes, 3 Super Bowl titles mean a lot, but after what he and his team went through, this was a season that no NFL fan will forget anytime soon. Gibbs' 3-year-old grandson, Taylor, suffers from Leukemia, and feels his time and energy would be better spent with his family. I don't blame him. We all wish we could spend more time with family.
My cold has almost subsided. I know others who still have a fever and unforgiving cough.
It was 68 yesterday in Rochester NY. It'll feel like minus 68 when I go up there next month.
Santa Anita racetrack didn't race this past weekend. The all-weather surface couldn't soak up the rain fast enough.
Buckle up,
TS
Monday, January 7, 2008
I caught it...
...no, not Seahawks fever... I've had that for 23 years. (Way to go, 12!)
I caught the cold that a lot of people have. I either had a lesser strain of it (no fever) or the Zicam oral mist really works well. I'm on the back end of it. By the way, I don't need a colonoscopy... my doctor says it isn't necessary now. I had two vials of blood taken on Friday, so I'm awaiting results from that. He also suggested I lose 20 pounds. Easier said than done... with everything on, I'm 257. I haven't seen under 240 pounds since college.
A landmark (of sorts) in Wilkes-Barre is coming down. If you ever parked in the Park & Lock on the first block of South Main St., the only way you could exit was through a spiral ramp. That spiral ramp is coming down, as part of an expansion and new parkade being built downtown due to... SURPRISE... lack of downtown parking. Show me a downtown that doesn't have a parking problem and I'll show you a bridge over the Everglades I can sell you... but I digress. It was at that parkade that I was forced to park at on the day it was -21 degrees on 1/21/94, and had to walk five blocks to King's... this was after a few big snowstorms and an electrical emergency. King's was the only school in all of Luzerne County open that day. That was a rough winter. Even with temps reaching the 60s this week, my legs still get cold when I think of that walk through town.
Buckle up,
TS
I caught the cold that a lot of people have. I either had a lesser strain of it (no fever) or the Zicam oral mist really works well. I'm on the back end of it. By the way, I don't need a colonoscopy... my doctor says it isn't necessary now. I had two vials of blood taken on Friday, so I'm awaiting results from that. He also suggested I lose 20 pounds. Easier said than done... with everything on, I'm 257. I haven't seen under 240 pounds since college.
A landmark (of sorts) in Wilkes-Barre is coming down. If you ever parked in the Park & Lock on the first block of South Main St., the only way you could exit was through a spiral ramp. That spiral ramp is coming down, as part of an expansion and new parkade being built downtown due to... SURPRISE... lack of downtown parking. Show me a downtown that doesn't have a parking problem and I'll show you a bridge over the Everglades I can sell you... but I digress. It was at that parkade that I was forced to park at on the day it was -21 degrees on 1/21/94, and had to walk five blocks to King's... this was after a few big snowstorms and an electrical emergency. King's was the only school in all of Luzerne County open that day. That was a rough winter. Even with temps reaching the 60s this week, my legs still get cold when I think of that walk through town.
Buckle up,
TS
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy 2008...
...from me to you. Let's catch up on everything that I encountered in these past two weeks.
There was one true holiday moment I experienced in doing last minute shopping on Saturday the 22nd. I went to Downtown Jim Thorpe for some gift certificates for my cousins. With or without snowfall, the entire historic downtown is so charming. When I came out of the Inn at Jim Thorpe, a group of about 20 adults were caroling. Flurries were flying, people were happy, traffic was brisk, and the sights and sounds of Christmas were everywhere... straight out of a storybook setting. I took a few seconds to look around, and I was convinced that Christmas would soon be here.
I'm a native of Wilkes-Barre, and I'm back up there often. I went with my Mom for some last-minute running around on Christmas Eve. I had mixed feelings about seeing the downtown just moderately busy. I suggested we hit Boscov's because traffic wouldn't be bad. I was correct. Yes, people were on every floor, but it wasn't the usual hustle and bustle I was a part of 25 years ago. My great grandmother and I would take the bus to town and spend the day shopping and having lunch. Those were fun times. I wanted to be a bus driver growing up... I always think of "Sugar" when I see a bus in Wilkes-Barre...
Speaking of family, I thought it was awkward when Dad's alarm went off and the phone rang at the same time... 6:15AM on Christmas. My Great Aunt Vicki passed away that morning. She lived as full a life as you could imagine. Up until this past Spring, she had lived on her own in Wilkes-Barre. She moved closer to my cousin, and celebrated her 89th birthday in August. She suffered a heart attack about a month ago, and couldn't fully recover. Despite a hectic personal schedule, I was able to get to the viewing and see a lot of family on my Dad's side. It was fulfilling.
Christmas Day was spent with family. My Uncle Dave and I were altar servers and my father was Subdeacon for Christmas Mass. Our families were there, and I enjoyed it. We went back to my parents' house for brunch... Mom and I make some mean french toast :) Then, up to our cousins Paul and AnneMarie in Mountaintop for a relaxing dinner.
Bowling dominated the 10-day stretch... Stanton Lanes in Wilkes-Barre on 12/23, Rose Bowl in Allentown on 12/26, then a trip to Pittsburgh on 12/28. I had been looking forward to that trip for quite some time. It was definitely worth it. The only problem was the hotel's walls weren't soundproof, and I had a hell of a time falling asleep. I think I watched 3 or 4 TimeLife record collection special infomercials... they have just about every collection imaginable... I think the ones I saw were music for insomniacs, the greatest hits of the first half of the first week of the first year of the first decade of the 70s, and technocountrydiscogrunge. Yes, I'm kidding.
The Saturday after Pittsburgh, I was pretty much in a fog. Apparently, I typed up a commercial for RC to record which advertised Sausage McNuggets. I was really out of it.
My 33rd birthday was Sunday. After more bowling at Back Mountain, and seeing my family, I hurried home to beat the snow.
Monday meant more bowling... this time, really close to home at Strike Zone Alleys in Pottsville. Full results are in the Wednesday Republican & Herald.
...then came the party on New Year's Eve. I doubt my buddy Matt remembers anything he said or drank. We had a good time. I tried boilo for the first time... or apple pie as my buddy Toomey called it... excellent! Granted, I don't drink every day... for that matter, I've had 6 or 7 drinks all year, but if I know I'll have a Designated Driver, I'll have a few.
New Year's Day was a wash... I caught a cold, and still kinda feel yucky. I did watch the hockey game held outside... I'm glad it went to a shootout, and wasn't surprised that Sidney Crosby had the winning goal in the shootout.
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and have a wonderful 2008. It will be busy for me!
Buckle up,
TS
There was one true holiday moment I experienced in doing last minute shopping on Saturday the 22nd. I went to Downtown Jim Thorpe for some gift certificates for my cousins. With or without snowfall, the entire historic downtown is so charming. When I came out of the Inn at Jim Thorpe, a group of about 20 adults were caroling. Flurries were flying, people were happy, traffic was brisk, and the sights and sounds of Christmas were everywhere... straight out of a storybook setting. I took a few seconds to look around, and I was convinced that Christmas would soon be here.
I'm a native of Wilkes-Barre, and I'm back up there often. I went with my Mom for some last-minute running around on Christmas Eve. I had mixed feelings about seeing the downtown just moderately busy. I suggested we hit Boscov's because traffic wouldn't be bad. I was correct. Yes, people were on every floor, but it wasn't the usual hustle and bustle I was a part of 25 years ago. My great grandmother and I would take the bus to town and spend the day shopping and having lunch. Those were fun times. I wanted to be a bus driver growing up... I always think of "Sugar" when I see a bus in Wilkes-Barre...
Speaking of family, I thought it was awkward when Dad's alarm went off and the phone rang at the same time... 6:15AM on Christmas. My Great Aunt Vicki passed away that morning. She lived as full a life as you could imagine. Up until this past Spring, she had lived on her own in Wilkes-Barre. She moved closer to my cousin, and celebrated her 89th birthday in August. She suffered a heart attack about a month ago, and couldn't fully recover. Despite a hectic personal schedule, I was able to get to the viewing and see a lot of family on my Dad's side. It was fulfilling.
Christmas Day was spent with family. My Uncle Dave and I were altar servers and my father was Subdeacon for Christmas Mass. Our families were there, and I enjoyed it. We went back to my parents' house for brunch... Mom and I make some mean french toast :) Then, up to our cousins Paul and AnneMarie in Mountaintop for a relaxing dinner.
Bowling dominated the 10-day stretch... Stanton Lanes in Wilkes-Barre on 12/23, Rose Bowl in Allentown on 12/26, then a trip to Pittsburgh on 12/28. I had been looking forward to that trip for quite some time. It was definitely worth it. The only problem was the hotel's walls weren't soundproof, and I had a hell of a time falling asleep. I think I watched 3 or 4 TimeLife record collection special infomercials... they have just about every collection imaginable... I think the ones I saw were music for insomniacs, the greatest hits of the first half of the first week of the first year of the first decade of the 70s, and technocountrydiscogrunge. Yes, I'm kidding.
The Saturday after Pittsburgh, I was pretty much in a fog. Apparently, I typed up a commercial for RC to record which advertised Sausage McNuggets. I was really out of it.
My 33rd birthday was Sunday. After more bowling at Back Mountain, and seeing my family, I hurried home to beat the snow.
Monday meant more bowling... this time, really close to home at Strike Zone Alleys in Pottsville. Full results are in the Wednesday Republican & Herald.
...then came the party on New Year's Eve. I doubt my buddy Matt remembers anything he said or drank. We had a good time. I tried boilo for the first time... or apple pie as my buddy Toomey called it... excellent! Granted, I don't drink every day... for that matter, I've had 6 or 7 drinks all year, but if I know I'll have a Designated Driver, I'll have a few.
New Year's Day was a wash... I caught a cold, and still kinda feel yucky. I did watch the hockey game held outside... I'm glad it went to a shootout, and wasn't surprised that Sidney Crosby had the winning goal in the shootout.
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and have a wonderful 2008. It will be busy for me!
Buckle up,
TS
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