Week 15 Bets

1st and 10 ... Week 15 prognostications (bets in color).
Saturday Games
Pittsburgh at NY Giants ... Eli, meet the Steel Curtain. Merry Christmas.
Washington at San Francisco ... Coach Gibbs, this is a gimme. Merry Christmas.
Carolina at Atlanta ... Coach Fox, you HAVE to beat Michael Vick. Merry Christmas.
Sunday Games
Seattle at NY Jets ... Gang Green, its time to deck the 'Hawks. Merry Christmas.
Dallas at Philadelphia ... Coach Tuna, could be your last December as a Cowboy. Merry Christmas.
Houston at Chicago ... yo, Texans, are you packing it in? hope not. Merry Christmas.
Buffalo at Cincinnati ... hey, Drew, for what its worth, Merry Christmas.
San Diego at Cleveland ... at the expense of my aunt's adopted city, Merry Christmas, Chargers.
Minnesota at Detroit ... Coach Tice, go easy on the eggnog. Merry Christmas.
Jacksonville at Green Bay ... to a great guy who needs a lot of cheer - Merry Christmas, Brett Favre.
St. Louis at Arizona ... its been an absolutely Martzian year, Rams. Merry Christmas.
New Orleans at Tampa Bay ... Chucky in Red = snarling Santa. Merry Christmas, Bucs.
Denver at Kansas City ... there's no shame in weeping, Coach Vermeil. Merry Christmas.
Tennessee at Oakland ... looks like the passing of the torch from McNair to Volek. Merry Christmas.
Baltimore at Indianapolis ... at least one Manning brother will go out a winner. Christmas came too early and often for Peyton.
Monday Night Football
New England at Miami ... no white Christmas for the Pats but still should be cheerful outcome.

Last week: 13-3
Overall: 135/208 (135-73) 65%
Road: 57-38
Home: 78-35

Da APP

Trump picks Kelly! And all the while some thought they were setting up Jen with Bill Rancic. Hyuk-hyuk-hyuk.

Meat is Murder ...

... on the tummy if you're OD'ing on it. And for lunch today, we had this $8.99 meat combo with rice and macaroni salad at this new L&L Hawaiian BBQ place on Fulton St. Pretty ok for the price, comparable to Tokyo Lunch servings at John/Broadway Sts, but I couldn't finish the damn thing.

Taken So Soon

Allen Adriano (Dec 13, 2004)
... Rest in Peace ...
Leaves behind a wife and 3 young children.
Life is short, though we never realize it most of the time.

paalam

I don't mean to heap on the dead, but I have a better person to mourn for, than FPJ.

here's a snippet of conversation, which is my salute to the king of Philippine cinema.

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grif2k1: ang wish ko lang ay sana nauna namatay c erap kesa ke fpj
VodkaBoy: susunod na siya.
grif2k1: or kung puede ipagpalit yun na lang sana ginawa ni erap, take fpj's place
VodkaBoy: his death must be all over news sa pinas
grif2k1: the muslim fans must have gone nuts
grif2k1: those who were allegedly going to riot when they saw he dies in any of his movies
grif2k1: in short, they are one fries short of a happy meal
VodkaBoy: LOL
grif2k1: Rizal must be spinning in his grave
grif2k1: "why did i die for these idiots, o Lord?"
VodkaBoy: panay litson siguro kinain sa party kaya na stroke. hindi pa naman siya very old di ba?
grif2k1: 65
grif2k1: mas matanda pa daddy ko
VodkaBoy: saka si dolphy
grif2k1: yan ang napala nya for years of drinking hard
VodkaBoy: and womanizing. hahaha
grif2k1: nagcollapse daw e
grif2k1: some of the worst people i've dealt with are the drunks
VodkaBoy: kaya wag ka drink lagi saka stick to one.
grif2k1: you know that theyre not bad, theyre just not in control of themselves
VodkaBoy: siguro madame auring will say, nahula niya yon
grif2k1: nasa listahan si madame auring ng "Showbiz People Whom I Would Love to Die in 7 Days"

amen.

dvd on tap: Mean Girls [Mark Waters]

As the title and poster suggests, this is another in a long list of high school teenage films where you get your usual angst strained in both rose- and dour-colored glasses, stirred with drama and comedy. And just when you think you can ignore it, it works. Apparently, people who didn't find Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen that funny were willing to give Lindsey Lohan a second chance in the teen comedy department. Well, of course it should, because this one was in the hands of the SNL people, who know a thing or two about making you laugh. Home-school transferee Cady Heron (Lohan) lands in an Illinois high school were she's immediately clay in the hands of the campus cliques - particularly the glamourous alpha Barbie bitche-, er ... chicks collectively referred to as 'The Plastics' (Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried). Its quite a fun ride watching the shallowness and backstabbing prevalent in any high school environment - but the karma isn't dialled down either. SNL veterans Tina Fey (she wrote the screenplay too) and Tim Meadows pitch in as teachers (if they were the main characters, this would be one long sketch *lol*). Director Waters seems ideally suited to the project, after directing Lohan in the remake hit Freaky Friday.


The girls don't mind if you're nice, but they prefer you naughty.

shopping and football

2 pairs of skechers [20 yard passing touchdown!] ... $70
dress shirts [fumble interception!] ... $45
jeans [22 yard field goal ... kick is good] ... $43
headgear [safety!] ... $9
eyewear [30 yard rushing touchdown!] ... $140

shopping within budget and allotted time period [excellent clock management] ... priceless.

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strange thought: why am i amusedly watching puffy amiyumi (close captioned) during my lunch break in the mall? *lol*

Week 14 Bets

1st and 10 ... Week 13 prognostications (bets in color).
Sunday Games
Oakland at Atlanta ... Falcons should bounce back (slackers!!!)
Cleveland at Buffalo ... the Bills still hope to crash the playoff party
New Orleans at Dallas ... the Cowboys now have a running game
Detroit at Green Bay ... amazingly, the Lions are also in the race
Seattle at Minnesota ... i like Shaun Alexander but the Vikes should win this
Cincinnati at New England ... the return of Corey Dillon (can you say 100+ yd game?)
Chicago at Jacksonville ... Jags better not underestimate the Bears
NY Giants at Baltimore ... not going to happen, Jints
San Francisco at St. Louis ... the Rams are edging toward pathetic
Indianapolis at Houston ... could a miracle happen that the Texans upset the Colts?
NY Jets at Pittsburgh ... aaaargh, tough one (no John Abraham). Let's go, Jets!!!
Miami at Denver ... Broncos need to salvage their pride
San Francisco at Arizona ... 49ers had their only win against Cards so its payback time
Tampa Bay at San Diego ... this would be an exciting one
St Louis at Carolina ... Chris Chandler? against a resurgent Panthers team? naah.
Philadelphia at Washington ... should be same result as two weeks ago
Monday Night Football
Kansas City at Tennessee ... this would be a great MNF game if we had Priest and a healthy Steve McNair

Last week: 11-5
Overall: 122/192 (122-70) 63.5%
Road: 54-38
Home: 68-32

He's Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.

It is quite inspiring to see my boss Andre walk back into the office, on his own willpower. Two years ago, he was sidelined by diabetes, with several complications that left him either bedridden or in a wheelchair for most of that time. He is now using a cane, and though he can't report for work 5 days a week, he has resolved to show up at least once a week (and he hasn't lost any of his will to "order" people around *lol*). There are very few things that are as humbling as trying to get down the street looking for a taxi when you can only take one fragile step at a time. And we think we have problems.

Week 13 Bets

1st and 10 ... Week 13 prognostications (bets in color).
Sunday Games
Minnesota at Chicago ... Vikes should beat up on the Bears
New England at Cleveland ... No upset here
Arizona at Detroit ... Joey H needs to prop up his rep before he gets benched too
Tennessee at Indianapolis ... more TDs with that, Mr Manning?
San Francisco at St. Louis ... the Rams are edging toward pathetic
Buffalo at Miami ... wanna bet against Drew?
Carolina at New Orleans ... the Cats are alive!
Houston at NY Jets ... Carr should keep it close (but no cigar)
Atlanta at Tampa Bay ... the Bucs dont want to hand the division title that easy
Cincinnati at Baltimore ... no Jamal Lewis? might be close.
Denver at San Diego ... wanna bet against Drew?
Kansas City at Oakland ... the Raiders play spoilers' role
Green Bay at Philadelphia ... this is tough - i'm going with the Pack
NY Giants at Washington ... your starting QB ... Clinton Portis! Not.
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville ... another tough one - Steelers could lose by a close margin
Monday Night Football
Dallas at Seattle ... two more pathetic teams - should i just skip this one on Monday?

Last week: 13-3 (hooooohaaa!!)
Overall: 111-176 (111-65) 63%
Road: 49-35
Home: 62-30