Jason Varitek

All I will say is that the Red Sox better not rush to make a deal with this guy because I think they should make Scott Boras (the most evil man on earth) sweat it out. Either they take what the Red Sox orginally offered to Varitek or he goes to another team. Yes, right now the Sox don't have a catcher with the signing of Kevin Cash to the Yankees but we do have good farm development so maybe bring a guy up and get an average catcher that is still out there. Varitek needs either to relearn how to hit or go to an off season hitting clinic. He is a guaranteed strikeout or pop up 75% of the time. Total rally killer! I will say this though, the Red Sox really are developing some great talent from their farm teams unlike the Yankees who are just spending millions of dollars on superstars. Let's see in April when the season really counts. I can't wait!

Burn After Reading review & more

First off, I saw Burn After Reading last night and it was really funny. I was a bit nervous after reading some of the reviews, which I usually pay no attention to, but thought this time they might be right. I do have to say it started off slow and strange. I turned tomy friend and said, "Hope this gets better". And it did, once Brad Pitt & Frances McDormand entered the picture, the movie really kicked in. I won't give anything away but just say, if you want to laugh, check this movie out.
Also, will you insane NFL fans give the referee Ed Hochili a break? Yeah he made a mistake, a blown call. Did he murder someone? Did he steal your money? (Well, I guess yes if you bet on the game). Do you want this guy to commit suicide? I mean after reading certain sports stories, it sounds like this guy is really devastated. I'm sure there will be those certain fans, you know the ones, their faces are painted in team colors, wearing stupid outfits that resemble their favorite teams mascots...that will be heckling this guy until he needs to go see someone for his anxiety & nerve problems. Give the guy a break! Besides San Diego sucks anyway, do you really think that Ed Hochili lost the game for them? Get real!

Wow! It's been a while!

I haven't been writing about anything lately just because it seems like i've been so busy and the summer is flying by. I do have a another place to report on bad customer service: Cavilieri's Bakery & Pizza in Bristol, RI. I will follow up in the next blog about that experience.
Looking forward to watching the US Open Women's Final match tonight between Serena Williams & Jelena Jankovic. Anytime a Williams' is in the final, you can usually guarnatee a win but Jankovic is really good.... Also, the men's match on Monday will be exciting to even though as of right now we do not know who is the finals. It stinks for those fans who plan to go on the weekend and may not be able to now cause of the Monday night rescheduling. I know what it's like to experience a rain delay/cancellation at the US Open. I think it's rained almost every time I've attended.
Also, my makeup rain out of the Boston Red Sox is next Saturday, Sept. 13th. If it rains again, I'll be pissed. The weather already looks crappy but that can change hopefully. I had a cool experience last time we went to the Red Sox in August. My friend and I met Justin Masterson's wife on the train into Boston. She was very nice and helped our clueless selves off the train and on the subway.
Well, looking forward to watching Fringe on Fox, Tuesday at 9pm?. Hope it doesn't disappoint! As for disappointments, 90210 was bad. I am not watching it again. Where's the geeky character David, the idiot Donna, the surfer dude Dylan? I think I will cherish the original guilty pleasure and leave it at that.

What's up with NBC's Jillian Michaels?

If anyone saw NBC's The Biggest Loser: Couples edition last night, they would have saw a pissed off Jillian let the F-bombs fly at host Allison Sweeney? I was really hoping for an appearance of Sweeneys' DAYS character Sami Brady to confront her but instead we got a seemingly shocked & speechless Sweeney trying to avoid a big confrontation. Let me start off by saying, I can't really stand Jillian. She's in your face annoying to the point i feel like kickboxing the TV screen sometimes. On last night's show, her "black team" had lost another member and he was sent home. The team was depressed and had come to the realization that they can't really drop as much weight as the men on the 'blue team". So Brittany (Jillian's pal), Maggie (Miss Sarcastic) and Kelly (i am going to try to cry on every episode) were all sad during the weigh in. And not to mention the fact they brought back 2 kicked off players, one who they already couldn't stand from the blue team and Ally, who had been kicked off earlier but looks so good, you can already see those lines in her stomach that every woman wants and strives for. As the host, Sweeney tends to ask obvious & sometimes annoying questions about things that happened in the house during the week which she probably has watched or watches on a camera somewhere. This week she asked Brittany if she wanted to go home because she gave an answer how ' it's not possible to lose as much weight as the men because their metabolism is different.' So Jillian butts in and says "Why don't you leave her the F*$% alone, and then added a few choices words that were bleeped out by NBC. Some people might say, Jillian's team member was getting asked some harder questions and she defended her. I say, Brittany everyone is there for a reason and that's to lose weight. You look great already but stop the 'it's all about me whining' It's very sickening. As for Jillian, someone should kick her ass. I'm hoping it will be Allison Sweeney but I would prefer Sami Brady.

Pete Sampras still has it

Watched the Pete Sampras/Roger Federer match last night. It was sold out at Madison Square garden but I watched it from the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport, RI. It was sponsored by the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport as well. Lots of people went. They even had good old liquor to loosen you up. (None for me thanks) As I was looking around the theater I thought i might have been the youngest one there but alas the younger crowd finally made there way in. People were cheering along with the crowd at the Garden but some people i think thought that Sampras or Federer could actually hear them the way they were carrying on in the theater. The ticket said 7 pm so my friend and I get there right before then and had to sit through 2 showings of the Golden Anniversary of the Tennis Hall of Fame induction & gala at the Breakers. Seeing Bud Collins once is enough. The guy a few seats down from me kept yelling, "play tennis" I'm not sure if he realized he was yelling at the Tennis Channel or he actually thought he was in the Garden. Needeless to say, the match was great and Sampras can still play. Federer lost his way in the 3rd set and almost lost the match but his ability to serve aces when he's down and crawl back out of trouble is so amazing. Even though i was hoping for Pete to win, deep down I thought Roger would pull it off and he did. I hope Sampras keeps playing till he can no longer stand.

American Flag pins

I just have to know why the NFL announcers are wearing American flag pins? To me it's disingenuous. It's enough already. Wear the pin because you want to not because CBS or Fox is telling you you have to.

Roger Clemens

Do i believe him? Hmmmmmmm. I must let you know that I am biased here because i have disliked him ever since he left the Red Sox for more money and went to Toronto. But if we are to believe Roger from his comments last night, he said he didn't play baseball for the money. Isn't that why he decided not to play for the Red Sox this year as well because the Yankees offered him more money? Please Roger don't let us think you are that caring about the sport of baseball otherwise you wouldn't have taken steroids when your body was pretty much done in 1995 then WOW you became amazing again. Check this stat out:

The Rocket's final three seasons in Boston: 29 wins, 25 losses and endless crying. Compare that with his next two seasons in Toronto: 41 wins, 13 losses and two Cy Young Awards. -Sporting News, The, July 1, 2002 by Chris Bahr


You be the judge!

Writer's Strike! - GIVE THEM THEIR MONEY!!!

Pay the damn writers the money they deserve so I can see The Office, 30 Rock, Pushing Daisies, Smallville, Grey's Anatomy, 24 & Desperate Housewives. I am happy about Lost starting soon but come on let's get this settled.