tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55781622012-01-28T11:20:36.775-05:00"Every form of strength is also a weakness. Pretty girls tend to become insufferable because, being pretty, their faults are too much tolerated. Possessions entrap men, and wealth paralyzes them. I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say." - Bill JamesEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842103338702562552noreply@blogger.comBlogger17751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578162.post-42302237203946906072012-01-28T11:00:00.002-05:002012-01-28T11:20:36.786-05:00

Someone at work sent out an office-wide email. The subject line was: My daughter and son-in-law will be on How I Met Your Mother. And the attachments were pictures of them with the cast, on the sofa in the apartment, and at the bar booth. It looked pretty awesome. The inevitable question was raised - how did they swing this? Turns out they went to some charity event and one of the things you

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It was a long time ago that I went to Duke Basketball games in Cameron. Its been a long time since I somehow got a parking spot in the Cameron lot with my old crappy Cavalier, and me and James slept in the car in 30 degree weather to get front row for a game against Florida State. That was when Florida State had a player nicknamed "Big Jelly". They weren't very good. Its been a long time

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I'm not embarrassed to say that I read the entire Hunger Games trilogy over the course of a week and a half. Nor am I embarrassed to say that I am very excited for the movie coming out in March (trailer here). I'll give you a brief summary without spoiling anything. In the near future the US is divided into 12 districts and "the capitol". At one point there were 13 districts and the capitol.

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The Best and Worst of VietnamBest: Cheap Delicious FoodFood in Vietnam has to be the cheapest I've ever eaten. A bowl of pho was $2.50. Pork and broken rice? Same price. Banh mi (vietnamese sandwich) from a street vendor? One dollar. Beer? Seventy-five cents. Whenever me, Kim and her mom ate anywhere, the total bill always seemed to be in the $15-$20 range. Even the best restaurant in

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The Best and Worst of MacauMostly Worst: Sofitel at Ponte 16I picked this hotel for a few reasons:1) Its cheaper than MGM or other new properties2) It is in a different location than where all the casinos are, which would prevent us from spending all our time gambling3) It had good reviews on TripAdvisorThings got off to a awful start when they put us in a room with no shower. Only a tub!

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In the spirit of my favorite column on the internet, The Best and Worst of Raw, I will be doing Bests and Worsts from the various places we went to in Asia.The Best and Worst of Hong KongBest: Langham PlaceA quirky upscale hotel located in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong, this was one of the best places I've ever stayed at. The location was cool - close to a lot of markets and random low-end

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Just discovered a baggage handler from Vietnam Airlines stole my blackberry. Awesome! Lots of blog posts about my Asia trip starting on Monday.

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Went to the Eagles / Jets game this past weekend, and I have no earthly idea how people in places like Green Bay and Chicago watch football games in December or January. I was friggin freezing and it was only in the low 30s. I was drinking a fair amount of beers in a futile attempt to stay warm, but it wasn't working. Luckily, the Eagles pounded the Jets early and often, so we headed to warmer

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We went to Jim and Rachelle's holiday party this weekend (thanks for having us!), which was conveniently located only 10 minutes away from the Parx Casino. We decided to head down a bit early and hit up the Parx for a couple hours. It was a good decision. After warming up a bit on some slot machines, we moved to the craps tables. $15 minimums at 7:00 PM were to be expected. We found a nice spot

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So this protest is going on basically right outside my building, and I gotta say, their loud chanting and whistle blowing (which I can hear quite well up on the 22nd floor) is really turning me to their cause!

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We thought we were getting our day started very early by hitting a bar at 10 AM. With the Duke game at MSG starting at 12, we needed to be properly lubricated beforehand. We were unaware that there were a whole bunch of other people who had started much earlier in the day.Yesterday was apparently the NYC version of the Running of the Santas Pub Crawl. The first sign was in McDonalds. Miller

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A brief review of every place I've stayed in Las Vegas: Bally'sReasons to stay: great location on the strip; reasonable room rates; The Price is Right stage game show; awesome sports book; Late night $2 margaritas / tacos / tequila shots; close to Bill's Gambling Hall and other low roller strip casinos; met Molly McGee hereReasons to not stay: older clientele; have consistently lost here;

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This past summer, Kim and I took a short trip to Point Pleasant Beach. There is a boardwalk, and we enjoy playing some of the carnival type games there. Specifically, I enjoy playing the whack-a-mole game, usually to the dismay of little kids who want to win. Well, I want to win too! The hot prize of the season appears to be stuffed Angry Birds birds. After spending twelve dollars (to

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Another new favorite person: Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend Diana Taylor (board member of Sotheby's), because of her smacking down of two union members who came to interrupt an unrelated meeting she was presiding over.

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I bet on the Denver Tebows again yesterday. They were giving up 1.5 points to the Vikings.The first scoring play was a safety, which made the math very tricky throughout the game. Fishman did not like it. For most of the second half, the Tebows were down by 1 point to the Vikings. That meant a winning FG would give the Tebows a 2 point lead, and therefore the cover. The teams traded

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Just looking through the box score of Southern Miss v. Houston. There is a player named Furious Bradley. He returned a blocked punt for a TD!He looks like a Furious Bradley.

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I like Adam Corolla a lot more after hearing this:And made me remember something I wrote about 6 years ago.

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I've discovered one of the best ways to bet on football:Bet on Tim Tebow. Now gambling is generally associated with sin. Vegas is of course known as Sin-City. But when you're betting on Tim Tebow, you're betting with God. So you're covered!I had the Denver Tebows winning outright yesterday. They were down 3 with 5 minutes to go in regulation. I knew they would tie the game. Then San Diego

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I watched the first eight episodes of Homeland this past Friday, and I gotta say it is very good. If you haven't seen it, the story is this: A POW was rescued from the middle east after being missing for eight years. He returns to America as a hero. But a CIA analyst was told by a source (right before he was executed) that an American POW has been turned, and will be used to orchestrate an

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Today has been my first day back in the office in 8 weeks. My brain is going to have to re-adapt. I made a cup of tea and was surprised to find that the cup was nearly empty after only a few minutes of sipping. Turns out that the paper cups here are smaller than the ones off-site. I got in the elevator and stupidly stood there for a few seconds while nothing happened. The elevators here are

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Me and Steve Rannazzisi (Kevin from The League) Tebowing.

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It lasted 53 days.With 2 days off.The last 39 days have been consecutive. But its over! For now...

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One month of goatee!This will probably come to an end at some point next week... depending on how brave I want to be around the office.

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I was reading this article in the WSJ today:Generation Jobless: Young Men Suffer Worst as Economy StaggersAnd I started thinking - is this supposed to make me feel bad for them?I mean, it is the WSJ. Its not the NY Times. So it is entirely possible that there is a bit of satire here:Example 1: Non-college grad was making $14 an hour installing granite countertops. He figured that was enough

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I still haven't shaved . . . but it apparently doesn't look that much bushier than a week ago. I did get a haircut though, so by comparison it looks more noticeable. And the very weird thing is that there are some red / brown hairs that have mixed in. I'm like a firechin!

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I billed 310 hours for the month of October.My previous high was 210. Its been quite the month.

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I ordered a case for my new iPhone 4 because I'm a little scared I'm going to scratch it. The one I wanted on ebay was $30, which wasn't a big deal because I had some Paypal cash in my account thanks to fantasy baseball. I made the purchase and anxiously waited. The tracking information said it arrived in my building last Friday. I never got it. So I got in touch with the seller about it.

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I've never had the ability (or the urge really) to grow facial hair. I generally shave every other day. Its not terribly noticeable when I skip a day. I'm just not a particularly hairy guy.But since I've have been out of the office for the last - wow I just counted it as 33 days - I haven't had to keep up appearances. For the last two weeks I haven't shaved my chin area in a pathetic attempt

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This past Sunday was glorious. I worked from 11-6 - only 7 hours! And that meant that I had approximately 6.5 hours for recreational activities. I'm only half-joking. This six-hour span was the longest uninteruppted waking-time span I've had in a couple weeks. So what did I do with this windfall of time? I jammed as much stuff into this time as I could:1) Folded the three loads of laundry

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I finally have broken down and got an iPhone. Not the brand spanking new version, the one before it. I think its the iPhone 4. A few thoughts / comments: Pros: 1) The touchscreen / keyboard is extremely responsive and fairly precise. I always feel like if I mishit a key or tap something I didn't want to, its my own fault, not the phones. This is pretty important in terms of me not getting

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Because of work, there hasn't been much going on lately (I did get an iPhone last weekend, more to come on that when I get a chance). But a couple weeks ago I did do a 42 story climb for inMotion to end domestic violence. My time was a little over 9 minutes, which I think isn't bad at all considering I have gone to the gym like 4 times in the last month. Now that domestic violence is

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My last three weeks have been this:Sit in a pretty big room with contract attorneys from 9 AM to 9 PM.On the plus side, I'm getting my billable hours up to where they should be. And I also get to try food from a new area of the city. Num Pang? Hello!

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Here is an awesome way to think about the Ryan Howard contract situation:The very second he grounded out and tore his achillies tendon, his 5 year $125 million guaranteed contract extension (which, remember, he signed about a year and a half ago) kicked in! Its almost like we should have waited! Note: I'm not mad at Ruben Amaro for the Phillies losing in a 5 game series. Anything can happen

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I can't believe what I just saw!After a very nice "last meal" (because I'll be working every day until Thanksgiving) at Wolfgang's, we stopped off at a karaoke bar on the way back.And that's when we saw H-Bomb. H-Bomb was the smallest non-little person you've ever seen. He was probably 4'10". But I would not classify him as a little person. He was probably just the shortest guy you've ever

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I haven't been blogging much lately.The main reason is that there isn't much going on. Almost all of September I was bored at work with very little to do. I thought it was because I was about to get fired. It [probably] wasn't. So what did I do? I tried to find things to keep me busy. I blogged for our firm's website. I asked around for work. I attended a pro bono meeting. Nothing much

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Holy fuck why on earth are you swinging at a 3-0 pitch?$25 million mistake. Awesome.

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In her continuing battle against KFC, Kim has taken exception to their newest ad campaign. It begins with: "What part of the chicken is the nugget?" And then it extolls the virtues of KFC's popcorn chicken. Kim's obvious issue is that there is no "popcorn" part of the chicken. The commercial does get into later that KFC's popcorn chicken is made from all breast meat. I explained that to Kim.

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I wasn't expecting last night.I got back from work at 9:15. I just wanted to settle in and watch some good baseball. But the Phillies were losing, the Rays were getting annihilated, and the Red Sox were winning. Nothing was going right in the real world, although in the fantasy world one of my teams was wrapping up a league championship that I wanted very badly. And then it started happening.

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We had a pretty good trip to the Borgata this past weekend.The slot machine highlight came from Kim. She was bored while me and Ben were flailing away on our favorite Monopoly machine. She sat down at a random machine (and this was pretty late in the night, so she didn't really know what was going on). Suddenly she screamed over to me - I think I won a hundred dollars!I thought that was pretty

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Moneyball the movie has come out, and although I haven't seen the actual movie, I've read a lot of reviews. And in addition to the reviews, the release of the movie has sparked a lot of low-intelligence commentary about the general value of sabermetrics. But the movie, unfortunately, puts the focus of the whole statistical analysis debate on the Oakland Athletics. A team that still employs Billy

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While we got crushed in terms of gambling on our Vegas trip this past weekend (with the exception of craps and roulette at a low-level place called Bill's Gambling Hall, and also bets on Stanford and Michigan), the trip was still an awesome time. Critical to the awesomeness was two of the best meals we've ever had. Il MulinoOn Friday night we went to Il Mulino. There is a NYC location, but it

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Our trip to Vegas did not get off to a very smooth start. I thought all was going well. When I checked the weather on Wednesday night they were predicting thunderstorms starting at 4 PM on Thursday. Our flight was scheduled to take off at 6:30 from JFK. I envisioned us being stuck at JFK until who knows when, getting into Vegas at midnight local time, promptly losing hundreds of dollars and

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Kim's brother asked if we would want to go to an Eagles game at some point this season, as he had never been to one in person. We thought it sounded like a good idea - Kim and I had only been to one other game together before - a meaningless late season game against the Redskins where Mike MacMahon was the Eagles QB due to Donovan McNabb injuries. The Eagles predictably lost that one. We

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We signed up for Netflix just to watch Mad Men seasons 2 and 3. This streaming video thing is pretty cool! The quality is much better than I expected, and the fact that I can play it on my iPad, laptop, xbox, blu-ray player, etc. is sweet. The only problem is that the selection of streaming videos is awful. I think once we get Mad Men seasons 2 and 3 out of the way we'll downgrade to just the

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Mad Men Season 1 had sat on our bookcase for almost 8 months, unwatched. I got it as part of a yankee swap thing that our firm does every christmas. Last weekend, the hurricane and obnoxious lines at the Blockbuster Express machine leading up to the hurricane gave us few options. We popped in disc 1. We watched 9 episodes on the first day. And mind you, we started at 3 or 4 PM. It was

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In honor of the hurricane that everyone is paranoid about, I provide links to a few videos of The Hurricane (Shane Helms), legendary WWE wrestler: The Hurricane v. The Rock The Hurricane v. HHH The Rock and The Hurricane backstage segment The Hurricane and Kane win the tag team titles

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Kim said that a Potbelly Sandwich shop opened near her office, and the lines were obnoxious. Longer than Num Pang! I decided to take a break from the awesomeness that is Tri-Tip and give the new Rockefeller Square Potbelly a try. I went early to beat the crowd. But there was still a line. A woman stood in the middle of the line with a mini computer, taking our orders (but not our money). This

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I remember back in my little league days (and even freshman high school baseball days) I would go to the batting cages a lot. Batting cages generally have three or four different speeds you can hit off of - slow, medium, and fast. I think fast was 75 mph or so at the place I frequented. I hit off of fast despite the fact that nobody I ever saw in PAL or freshman baseball threw anywhere close

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I generally try to avoid Rockefeller Center around lunch time. There are so many damn tourists that it is impossible to get where you want at any reasonable speed. Obtaining lunch can quickly become a half hour ordeal (not even counting time to actually eat the food). But I've found a place that has changed all that. Tri-Tip Grill. It started when I was working late one night. I brought up

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I started reading TripAdvisor reviews of hotels in Macau today. The Rio had the following comments that I found particularly humorous (user avatar images provided): “ok hotel, nothing special” Reviewed February 23, 2011 I must admit I expected more from Rio Hotel. There is nothing wrong with it, especially for that price, but it's far from Vegas atmosphere. - We were quite disappointed by

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It has been quite awhile since I've been to the Susquehanna Bank Center (formerly the E-Centre and Tweeter Center) to tailgate and see a show. But with Journey coming to scenic Camden, NJ, we couldn't pass up the opportunity. Also, Kim and V had never been tailgating before. We took an extremely "interesting" route to get there - don't ever take exit 4 off of 676 to get there - but arrived

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For the past two years, The Borgata has generally been the crusher of my hopes and dreams. I think I've been on a five or six visit losing streak, highlighted by the $800 iPod Nano. In that time I've won at other places - Parx, Vegas, Bahamas, etc. But at The Borgata? Not even close. One amazing trip changed that. Winning on the first night of a two night casino stay is critical. If you lose

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There is a lot of research out there that supports the idea that there is no such thing as clutch. Sure, every now and then a player will get a hit in an important situation, but those performances even out over time to be in line with that player's natural ability. The successes stick out in our minds much more than the failures, which creates "clutch" reputations that are not deserved. I'm in

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There is a very friendly homeless man I sometimes walk by on my way to work. He sits outside a restaurant with a cup, asking for help. But no matter what he wishes everyone a nice day. And on Fridays he tells us to have a nice weekend. I like that. So this past Friday I decided that if we did okay at the Parx casino on the weekend, I would give him a little cash on Monday. We did pretty

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Because I love talking about Ryan Howard:Ryan Howard 2011 stats v. right handed pitching:.251 AVG / .355 OBP / .525 SLG - 20 home runs in 263 ABsRyan Howard 2011 stats v. left handed pitching:.236 AVG / .299 OBP / .317 SLG - ZERO home runs in 123 ABsThe only way the Phillies should trade for a right handed bat is if we are willing to have said bat platoon with Howard at first, or pinch hit for

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Its a shame really. You have True Blood on at 9 PM, and while I think the show should have just stuck with vampires and not gotten into menads, witches, shamans, werewolves, werecats, fairies and whatever other supernatural creatures will appear in the next episode, its still pretty good. And Curb Your Enthusiasm, back on at 10 PM, is very funny. Then you have Entourage, which is limping along

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I've done a lot of things lately that are usually identified with people half my age:1) I bought two boxes of Topps Allen & Ginter 2011 baseball cards. I still buy cards every now and then. They've come a long way from what they used to be - most boxes have at least one autographed card in them, and there are a lot of cards with pieces of game worn jerseys in them. Allen & Ginter is a bit of an

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Not sure how I missed this the first time around:Why don’t I believe in God? No, no no, why do YOU believe in God? Surely the burden of proof is on the believer. You started all this. If I came up to you and said, "Why don’t you believe I can fly?" You’d say, "Why would I?" I’d reply, "Because it’s a matter of faith." If I then said, “Prove I can’t fly. Prove I can’t fly see, see, you can’t prove

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I joined Google+ this past weekend. I haven't spent a ton of time on it just yet, but at this point I am skeptical that I'll be sticking with it. The concept of circles is interesting enough (although I don't have all the logistics quite straight in my head), but to me it just seems like a somewhat different version of Facebook. And I'm not sure that it is necessarily better or worse. Even if

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We decided to have an improptu Philadelphia Phillies vacation weekend. It involved seeing the Saturday and Sunday Phillies games at Citizen's Bank Park (big series against the Braves) and an overnight stay at the Doubletree in Center City. Not a bad plan by any stretch of the imagination [pats self on back]. The trip to Philadelphia was via the Bolt Bus, which we had never taken before. The

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Kim and a few of her girlfriends went to Puerto Rico for her bachelorette party. She had so much fun she decided we should take a trip there as well. This past weekend, that is exactly what we did. Puerto Rico is a pretty strange place. But it is strange in a pretty awesome way:It is part of the United States . . . but its not a state. Spanish is the primary language . . . but most people

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One night a couple months ago I decided to join some frequent flier programs. I had recently taken some long flights (Hawaii, Europe, Vegas) and I figured it would be a waste to just lose those miles. I joined Delta, Jetblue, and whatever else I had flown on in the past few months. Of course, I didn't have enough miles to get anything worthwhile. The only thing I've actually gotten is a

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As I type this, I'm on my way back from Hartford (Aircards are nice). I usually just book a ticket on Amtrak - one train to New Haven, and then transfer over for a train to Hartford. It is not a particularly easy trip, made even worse on the way back because you have to wait a friggin' HALF HOUR for that transfer (which you don't have to wait for on the way up). Tonight I came up with a new

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Every now and then I have to go up to Hartford, Connecticut for work. I put the state in there in case you didn't know what state it is located in. My firm has three offices - NY, DC, and Hartford. One of them doesn't quite fit in that group. Which is it? Its quite the trivia question. So on these days I get to wake up mad early and catch a 6:55 AM train out of Penn Station. Then I transfer at

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Another season of bowling completed. Another season of crushing disappointment.We won the semifinal match against High Rollers pretty handily. I started off game 1 with a hambone (4 strikes) and although I had some issues finding the headpin at the end of that game, I eeked out enough spares to get a 201. New addition to the team Storm had a season high 150 to go with that, Kim had a 129, and

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Tonight, Irritable Bowl Syndrome once again goes for a championship. The first season we didn't make the playoffs. The second season we made it to the playoffs but lost in the first round. The third season we made it to the championship, but lost by a heartbreaking 18 pins or so. The fourth season we made it to the playoffs and got absolutely annihilated by a team in the first round. We play

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The Phillies lost last night in one of the worst and most depressing innings I've ever seen out of them. And while it may not show up in the box score that a certain large first baseman was at fault, I attribute the blame 95% to him. Some commentators have noted that Ryan Howard's defense is much better than in previous years. After all, he has zero errors! But if you know baseball at all,

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I still remember watching the Allen Iverson retirement story on ESPN. The gist of it was how no NBA team wanted Iverson, so he was retiring. I think Steven A. Smith on Sportscenter (or maybe Wilbon on PTI) was talking about it, then somehow concluded that "Iverson was leaving on his own terms." Which is an amazing analysis if you understand (1) english; and (2) that words have meaning.Anyway,

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A great tragedy was averted tonight.I aM mE won Season 6 of America's Best Dance Crew over Iconic Boyz. Some background - the one show that Kim has successfully got me into is America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC). It started with seeing the Jaberwockeez and how awesome they are. They actually have their own show now in Las Vegas. And with the exception of "We Are Heroes", an all female group that

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I've actually started the practice of reading a book before I go to bed (apparently, I don't do enough reading at work). My first completed book? Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.I've always liked watching No Reservations on the Travel Channel. For those of you who have never seen it, the premise is simple enough. Anthony Bourdain goes to lots of different countries (or even just cities

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Since we had no real Memorial Day weekend plans, Kim snagged us a reservation at Momofuku Ko. Ko is probably the most unique of the David Chang restaurants. It seats only twelve people, and you sit in front of the chefs at a bar type area. The chefs cook up whatever they feel like cooking (right in front of you), hand it over to you and describe what you're getting, and you eat it. The only

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I'd estimate the amount of Phillies fans last night at Citi Field at 40%. It was amazing! In our section we outnumbered Mets fans, and you could see entire sections in center field that were exclusively Phillies fans.This is of course a far cry from when we started seeing games up here. During those days I'd say it was 10 to 15% Phillies. You would actively seek out allies to cheer with, even

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A commercial that has been annoying me lately is the Schick Hydro. You've probably seen it - things that hit your face turn into water at the last minute, which I suppose is refreshing and unexpected and must be similar to what the Schick Hydro feels like. The first scene is a girl seductively taking off her shirt and throwing it in the guy's face. Okay, thats what this razor feels like? Wow I

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Billed 11 hours today, which is a lot for me. I just wanted to come home and watch the end of the Phillies game and maybe call it an early night. We're now in the top of the 18th inning! Danys Baez is in his FIFTH inning of work. I'm going to make it to the end dammit!I just bought tickets for Phils / Mets at Citi Field this Saturday too. Hamels v. Question Mark! Go Phils!

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Apparently the zombie apocalypse is coming tomorrow. Or maybe just the normal apocalypse. Or the Phillies will score more than two runs in a game. All three seem equally likely to occur. Good thing we have our emergency kit basically complete, although it is dangerously low on water because Kim always forgets to bring home a bottle of water from work to use in the gym. So she takes one from

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Here is an interesting stats / gambling question I came across today:In blackjack, from most favorable to the player to the least favorable, rank the dealer's upcards (A, 2, 3, etc.).The ends are easy enough. 6,5,4 are best, A, 10, 9 are the worst. But the middle is where it gets tricky. What goes after the 4? It is the 7. Which sort of makes sense when you think of (1) how much you hate

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I joined another fantasy baseball league for this season. Some of Ben's buddies from Atlanta have done a league for awhile, same buy in as our league, with 12 teams. In addition to the 5x5 normal roto categories, they add in Ks and BBs for hitting, and Losses for pitching. It a nice little twist, seriously devaluing guys like Ryan Howard while pushing up guys like Kevin Youkilis. I had a

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Derby was awesome.Sure, we arrived in Chicago around 20 minutes later than expected. And that meant that we would run into more rush hour traffic than we hoped. And of course, there was some sort of terror-related scare that shut down a major intersection near our subway stop from O'Hare, making it extremely difficult for Charles and Akure to pick us up because we weren't even allowed to walk

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A little too much partying the night before Derby . . .That's my thigh. Worst bruise I've ever had.

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Holy cow Chipotle now has CHORIZO as a meat option. Why was I not informed of this monumental development? How long has this been going on? I'm eating it now and it is glorious.Update: May only be available at one particular location. 48th b/w 6th and 7th is where I got it. I'm going to get it again tomorrow.

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One thing I was reminded of this past weekend was how much I hate driving. Living in NYC means you don't have a car, which is awesome. However, when we rented a car in Maui I thought to myself - this isn't too bad, why did I hate it so much before? Of course, in Maui I drove along one main road with the Pacific Ocean on one side and gigantic mountains on the other. My drive on Saturday was

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You know, there is a lot to like about the current Miller Lite commercials involving hot bartenders asking guys if they want more taste or less taste. They generally involve hot bartenders and... well thats pretty much it. But that makes them still better than most commercials.But I've never liked commercials that don't make sense. By that I mean there is something about the commercial, even

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We've eaten twice at this new place called Social Eatz. It is the new restaurant of Angelo Sosa (a chef from Top Chef), and is conveniently located only a couple blocks away from our apartment. The theme of the food is "American comfort foods with an Asian kick." It is AWESOME.The best things we've had there in our two trips:*Chop-chop salad with tangerine vinaigrette: Bite-size cut romaine,

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I usually wake up a few minutes before my alarm goes off. Its kind of weird to think that my internal clock is so on point while I'm out of it. But today took it to a whole new level. I was having a dream and for some reason a big "5:52" appeared. It took up my entire view. I woke up. I checked my phone. 5:50. Close enough. Very weird.

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I remember a few years ago we were at Kate Kearneys (our favorite bar at the time, now closed down). We were just having a few beers when this guy shouted to the whole bar - "I have Knicks tickets here. They are FREE. Someone please take them!" And he put them down on the pool table.Nobody moved. The Knicks were terrible at the time. Not even worth the effort to go see them at MSG. Well

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Thoughts on Hawaii:The Flights*11 hours on the way over is a LONG time. I had my DS with me (and an awesome game / interactive novel called "9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors"), and when my DS battery died I pretty much went crazy. I only got an hour sleep. When we landed, instead of taking a cab to Waikiki ($35) I took the shuttle ($9). HUGE mistake. I was the last of eight stops and it took

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2nd Anniversary Dinner at Daniel! Pretty darn tasty (bit of an understatement).

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Sheesh, I go away on vacation for 4 measley days and suddenly I can't play online poker at Pokerstars anymore? You've screwed me again DOJ!!!!

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Man, I really liked the burgers from this truck too. Best line from the article: Battery Park City resident Jacqui Brown, 41, was on her way to the new Pier 25 playground with her 5-year-old son, when she saw nannies hurredly pushing strollers and children away from the smoke. She said her son recognized the burned-out truck, which he liked to order from, and said, "Oh no, my French fries!"

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Well well government. You've won yet again. Stupid alternative minimum tax!!!!

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Ben and I played in a beer pong tournament this past weekend. Apparently we're not too old for this sort of stuff. The setup was that each team played four preliminary round games, with approximately the top half of the teams then competing in a single elimination bracket. First prize is an entry and hotel stay at some big beer pong tournament in Atlantic City. During preliminary round play

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I've become a bit obsessed with indian buffet brunches on the weekend. I now even start thinking about it the night before. Which place are we going to go to tomorrow? Right now, as I see Kim still asleep (its 11:37 AM), my concern is whether she will be up and about at 12:30 when I'll be needing my fix. I may have to make some unintentional noise in a little bit to wake her up. We've

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How did our bowling match go on Tuesday? Let's just say that:1) Kim rolled a turkey in game 1 to get a 158;2) I bowled terribly, but did do an obnoxious dance to Usher's OMG after picking up a crucial-at-the-time 3/10 baby split;3) I think we won by DQ, but am not quite sure;4) The Zogsports referee said she has never seen anything quite like it before;5) IBS and Spare Me do NOT have a good

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Bowling has been an up and down affair this season. Overall, I think our team average is the highest its ever been. In fact, we have the second highest team average in our division, which is actually the highest level division in all of NYC Zogsports bowling. And come on, we start TWO girls! So we can take pride in that. But we're currently tied for 4th in our league, which means that we're

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Most times on the craps table there is some sort of theme. Usually the theme is "noone could hit more than one point and I therefore lost hundreds of dollars." But every now and then one shooter will save an entire table. Or one particular number will seem to come up a lot. This trip was more about one specific way a number kept coming up. It was the hard eight. The hard way bets in the

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I was investigating whether to purchase mlb.tv for the upcoming baseball season. 100 dollars gives you the ability to watch any game on your computer. I think it is a pretty good deal, as long as you don't mind watching games on a computer screen. But then I had a thought - I own an iPad. Can't I watch games on my $600 Angry Birds gaming station? So I went into the App Store. There

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Fishman and I have our own betting traditions for Vegas. For at least one tournament game, we load up (at least 50 each) and usually watch Wake Forest or some similar team crush our dreams. This year, however, we went 2 for 3 on team big bets, winning an over/under and then Butler over Pitt (not money line, unfortunately). We also have begun to bet on the steakhouse bet. Yes, betting on a bet may

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It started in 2009, when we wandered over to the Gold Coast Casino. It was basically the opposite of the Palms. It was run down, full of older people, its centerpiece was a T.G.I.Fridays, and perhaps most importantly, it housed a 70 lane bowling alley on its second floor. We drafted teams and bowled that trip. The penalty for the losing team? Not money. Something much worse than money:You and

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Vegas started off on an odd, but not necessarily bad, note.Ben had procured a comped room for himself at the Imperial Palace. But James and I were arriving 4 or 5 hours before him on Wednesday. So we had to check in before he arrived, which generally isn't that big of an issue. As long as your name is on the room, you just have to put down a credit card, and then they'll reverse the room

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Steakhouse Bet History2010: James. Front line winner. 2009: Fishman. Five point. Winner. 2008: Miller. Six point. Seven out. 2007: Evan. Nine point. Winner. 2006: Cooper Med School Buddy. Front line winner.2005: Drew. Nine point. Seven out. But... Al goes for the replay and ... front line winner! We're five for six on steak. Who will step up this year????

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