TP'S Draft Blog Via Twitter!

NBA DRAFT TIME!!!!! Possibly my favorite sports day of the year. I don't know why it is, maybe it's the idea that my Knicks can be great again if they select the right guy, maybe it's watching kids who have never had a dollar in their life become instant millionaires, maybe it's hearing Jay Bilas use the same 7 adjectives over and over again I don't know why but I come back every year with more and more excitement. It's weird I watched more of the draft than the NBA finals. For some of us we love it!! Anyways last night I decided to use Twitter as an electronic diary to store my thoughts for today's blog, you can follow me at Twitter.com/tpalmeri. Anyways without further ado.........TP's draft blog..............

7:00 pm --The night starts off with a bang as not only did the beautiful Farrah Fawcett pass away after a long illness, but Michael Jackson passes away suddenly yesterday.......so bizarro just an interesting news night before my sports XMAS..........anyways here are my thoughts via Twitter. For those scoring at home the Bold, italicized stuff is my thoughts last night, today I'm going to add a little more to them........

Love when stern says the home of the knicks and the......liberty...let the wnba die alreadyabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry -

- God will the WNBA just die already, no one cares....no one at all, someone please tell Stern this, they are like the loser member of the family that the parents just can't cut off

Digging blakes purple suitabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

- Loving the purple shirt he's wearing he looks like Barney

Gail griffin looks like she was a fox when she was younger!about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I'm not sure but Gail Griffin looks pretty damn good to me today for a 50 year old

Thabeet looks like my grandfather making it up the steps of the podium never a good sign...bilas just mentioned potentialabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

God Thabeet looks terrible, raw offensive game, if you have the second pick you can't pick someone who's "Raw"

Not good when the number two pick who's 7 foot 3 has limited offensive skills....someone tells the grizzlies they're not drafting a LBabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Love harden rocking the bow tie...anyone notice rubio looks like frodo from lord of the rings? He also sounds like himabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

The bow tie was huge, I wasn't a Harden fan until I saw that and his perfectly coiffed beard! I think he has possible ROY potential in OKC

I'm so hoping the kings take frodo so the maloofs can corrupt himabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Wow he's so Frodo it's scary....http://www.thingsthatnerdsdo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/frodo.jpg and this is Rubio http://blogcesto.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/ricky_rubio_1.jpg

all he's missing is those weird eyes

Ugggh there goes my sleeper knick pick!! Ty evans is going to be a beastabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I think Ty Evans can be huge, he passes my name test, hes 6'7 I like him

Minnesota on the clock do we go rubio here....does he leave spain for the winters of minnesota??about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I would pay money to see Rubio trying to dig his 4runner out from under a foot of snow after leaving Spain.

4 first round picks in the worst draft in 20 years good job minnyabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Why they have never been good EVER

Signs you're getting old I think rubios mom is my age...I'm getting giddy to hear his voice againabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Another hot mom, I think shes 25 though.....first sign of the night I'm getting old

Why do they keep making a big deal the he's 18 half the draft just came out of the wombabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Yeah one of the big running lines of the night was he's 18 , the rest of these guys are a year removed from the prom

Definition of hyperbole frashilla just used rubio and grretzky in the same sentenceabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Yeah I'm still mad about this one.....

OMG he really is frodo.... A spanish frodo!! Where is sam wise?about 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I love johnny flynn...I'm still memorized by that 6 ot game....I think I went to middle school with his momabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I love Flynn a lot but after Rubio.......hmm going to be a tiny backcourt

Flynn hasn't grown since 8Th grade because he broke his ankle along a growth plate @dr.oz is that true? If so I'm using that as my storyabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

If this is true, I'm so using this story for why I have been 5'10 since freshman football

They must be doing a better job educating prospects all of them so far are coherentabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

No mumbles, no slang, these guys all sound like Barack

GSW on the board waiting for them to take curry to

hear msg explode in boosabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

There we go... The 30 year old man in the knicks jersey looks like he's going to cry...knicks on the clockabout 15 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I still think Curry is going to be a bust, I don't like undersized guards

Knicks on the clock...m.m. Just called my tweets are now delayedabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Of course she did, girls have innate ability to walk into the room or call in the middle of all major sporting events, it's like they just know

Loving someone holding up the lebron jersey is it 2010 yet?about 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Is it 2010 yet?

Here we go...about 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Jordan hill ehhh he reminds me of channing frye...ehh I do like the hair doabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I don't think this is going to make me want to get a season ticket plan

He has skills and he is a good athlete...pearls of wisdom by jay bilas...really

though he's playing in the nba I hope he doesabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Bilas is really the best, he uses the same 7 words over and over again, if he was in my english class in college he would have gotten an F on every paper for repetitiveness

Now I know why he reminds me of frye another 6 10 guy drafted 8 from zona....ps I think he just smoked pot...he sounds burnt..ugh the agonyabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

UGH

Walsh looks "content" ughh I hate being a knick fanabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Toronto I feel is going to take derzoenabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Of course they did...I wanted him on the knicks love the idea of calling him double dabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Prediction mil takes henderson to replace jefferson they have the same gameabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Joe alexander is why you don't draft white guys in the top ten 4.8 ppg last yrabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

White guys just can't play.....especially white Americans guys

Is brandon jennings a member of bel biv devoe with that haircutabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Wow BBD back again.....I love it

Nets on the clock I like dejuan here if I'm themabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I want the nets to run my stock portfolio they always sell at the perfecrt timeabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I Love the Carter trade, get rid of him right at his high, get some new faces in here, clear cap space, with V.C. as your star you are going nowhere, this is the ultimate sell high move.

Terrence williams ehh doesn't pass the name test with meabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I just can't see Marv Albert getting excited for Terrence Williams.......

Fun fact he jhad a barbie backpack in hs....has an nba player ever came out of the closet?about 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Wow, just wow.........him and Brook are going to have fun together

Charlotte loves taking hometown college guys...love the shot of the lone duke guy repping the hill jersey...has to make mom proudabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I love Henderson, but can someone tell Charlotte that this is the NBA draft not a territorial draft

White guy alert white guy alert!! First one off the board congrats ind on getting 7 ppg for ten yeatsabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I'm mixed here , I guess he can be a glue guy, but I'm not sure if Indiana is going for the Hickory High School thing and going with an all white starting lineup this is about as revolutionary as Texas Western's 1966 all black starting lineup

Tyler just looked awkward chest bumping someone definitely not "athletic"about 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Just realized as much as I like blair he reminds me of sweetney from georgeotwn who I loved butended up being horri ble what do I knowabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Even though he is the second coming of Sweetney I still dig him, think he will be big in S.A.

Wow amare might get traded!!! To golden state!! Wow gS going to be fun to watchabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Wow phx are great drafter too bad they tradedevery first rd pick away...earl clark louisville not loving it...wait a minute there he is BJabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

A stat came across of the their last 5 drafts, they had some pretty damn good picks that they all traded

Got to love jennings coming in behind the podium like a suprise announcerment in the wwe I was waiting for him to hit stern with a chairabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I thought he was going to pick up a chair and hit him for making him play a year in Italy instead of being able to go straight to the NBA

Earl clarks nickname is e 5 really though?? I don't knwo what I'd do without knowing thatabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

The ESPN guys are just grabbing at straws here

Just wondering would I be in the nba if I didn't injure my growth plate hmm and if so what color suit would I have worn on draft nightabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Some random thoughts

Austin daye to detroit liking the prep look on him...192 lbs though! God I would hate to live in detroit nowabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

He makes Tayshawn Prince look like Lou Farregno

Can someone teach bilas new words...he's so repetitiveabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Upside, Raw, Potential, blah

Darren daye looks like he 22...I'm def older than him...ugh I hate that I'm turning 30about 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I like that dicky vs shirt matches his lampshadeabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

At least he's not in all red like a few years ago, made him look like Beelzebub

Gosh I love jvg"s comedyabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I dont remember what he said but he sounded like a comedian about to be thrown off stage

Ughh rubio is the first player to be drafted that was born in the 90s goddam broken growth plateabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I was in 6th grade when he was born ugh

James johnsonehhabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Don't mess witrh the johnsons... All of them are kickboxers they should make a movie about themabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Sounds like a Tyler Perry movie, Don't mess with the Johnson's

With phillys pick they hsould go wioth blair a poor mans brandabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Jrue holiday to philly...his frist name confuses meabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Jrue---what the hell kind of name is that, did they misspell Drew?

All of these tweets will be on www.tpsmusings.com tomorrow check It outabout 14 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I smell either trade or they're telling telfair please leave our city right this very moment....they should play fly,telf,laws,rubio togetheabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Ty to den I like itabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

utah s such a smart franchise....love the maynor pick....might be the best pg of the draft!about 13 hours ago from web

I like Maynor since I saw him rip apart Duke two years ago, I'm still mad about that

like the collison pick.....actually i lie i hate this whole draft!about 13 hours ago from web

The trailblazers just drafted someone who soiunds like an authorabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Got to love shaqabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Wow that's a first 6 guys with an israeli flags cheering at msg...jewish jordan??about 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Don't mess with the Zohan

Bilas on mavs 7'1 draft pick mullens..."He has good size"... Canyt believe he's a basketball analystabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Bilas is always very informative

Harden reminds me of mitch richmond would like to see them draft blair here...I think I ha ve a man crush on blairabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Wow where's guadeloupe?? I shoukd knoiw this okc drafted a guy from thereabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

They're scouting everywhere these days

I'm confused dal and okc just swapped picks...why not just draft them in order?about 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I like taj to the bulklsabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Sign this is a bad draftnumber 32 memphis firstrdpick at 27 might beed a kidney transplantabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I guess that's up there with a broken growth plate

Nice pickup by the wolves there I like ellingtonabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

The darko and danilo era has begun!!!about 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

I feel like we are creating the axis now from WWII, they should make a documentary about Darko and Danilo hitting the town on a Saturday night looking for ladies, could have such a high comedy appeal

Love love love the tony douglas pick he will be a knick for ten yearsabout 13 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Great name

I know nothing of the guy from the congoabout 12 hours ago from TwitterBerry

@kevin_love hahahaha especially the guadolopean guyabout 12 hours ago from web in reply to kevin_love

Im done after 1 rd can t tweet no more.....need some z'sabout 12 hours ago from web

I thought I was done I love san antonio...they toolk one of my fav players blair I think hell be a nice asset for themabout 12 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Well my fingers are absolutely killing me, on that note. It's weekend time, RIP MJ AND FF

TP

Monday morning rant

It's Monday, my weekend is done I am back in the office for another 5 days, so I feel like ranting!! ..... This monday morning rant has to do with physical fitness. I personally have been trying to get in shape for some time now and I feel I'm making some good headway in doing so, now I'm by no means the Hulk yet but I feel I'm getting to that point. Usually on a nice day I like to head on out for a little bit of a run, I have a preset path, I get my Nikes on, a t-shirt, a pair of shorts and go.....sometimes I believe I'm Rocky running through the streets of Philadelphia, then I realize after 1/2 of a mile when I begin to tire that I'm not that guy.........anyways I'm completely jumping off the subject of my rant, my rant this morning has to do with that "guy", the guy who is Rocky, who feels the need to run with his shirt off on a 70 degree day. I hate this guy. Not only does he look like the world's biggest tool running down the street without any garments, he also gets M.M. to make googly eyes and then make up some sort of lame coverup about how great I am. .... Blah!! ........ I mean seriously can this guy put on a shirt, that's great that you have a 6 pack go to the beach, I dont need to see you parading it through my neighborhood, it makes the rest of guys look bad and feel bad that we had that extra piece of bread over dinner the night before.........The question that I end up pondering is if I end up turning into this guy would I just start running naked through the streets? Granted I sound a little angry, maybe a little jealous, but If I got the body to look like that would I be that guy?? Would M.M. let me be that guy?? Would she yell at me to put on a T-shirt before I left the lair?? All intriguing questions..........I'll let all of you know in a few months when I am super buff ;)

P.S. I would like to also rant about the guy who runs with the way too short shorts......come on dude, really? You can't spend the extra 50 cents on some more thread???

On that note, back to work

TP

The power of 4

Last night I drove through the mist to see the lovely M.M. we had a nice dinner/movie night in which we had some Chinese food/sake and saw the utterly hilarious The Hangover. Now before I get into the purpose of this blog, I just want to give some street cred to the hangover as possibly one of the funniest films I have seen in a long time, it definitely is right up there with Old School, Wedding Crashers, etc. The premise of the movie is 4 friends go out to Vegas, black out, wake up the next morning with no recollection of the previous night. They spend the whole movie trying to retrace their steps where hilarity ensues.

So TP what's up with the power of 4 you may ask? Well I'll tell you what it exactly is. The thought process began in my head that anytime you have 4 people in your group your enjoyment is optimized, well at least for me it is. It is the Goldilocks philosophy to going away and nightlife. Think about some great TV shows in the past it works with 4 people, Seinfeld was classic because you had 4 different main characters, Entourage works because of the 4 different characters, besides those 2 their are plenty out there, that rely on the power of 4............

Now over the years, I have been on many different vacations/bachelor parties/etc with the boys and to this day my favorite one going away with the guys was when their was 4 of us...Summer 2000 Cancun, for some reason that trip I had the time of my life, but the idea was their was 4 of us( Me , Dopes, Bhart, charlie). That was a great time........going into further detail below I'll give you a breakdown of why 4 is the perfect number..........

Solo Vacation- Italy 2006........

I did this one quasi alone, I had my younger sister studying abroad and with her came 40 college kids, so my nightlife was taken care of for the most part. Now granted I had the time of my life out there, anything I wanted to do I did it. There was no fight about where to go or what to eat, I pretty much did my own thing, and I loved it, but the major downside to all of this was at point it got lonely, very lonely, and also could be very dangerous. There was no one there during the day to be like wow look at this. My two best friends were my camera and my ipod. Overall the solo experience was great, but over a long period of time is tough

Just the 2 of us-- Miami/Boston/Montreal---

This is one of the tougher things to pull off, reasons for this is you're in the buddy system. You are away from home just you two and you have to stick with each other through everything. If one person wants Italian and the other wants Sushi, it becomes an argument. If you're in a bar, and the other person is getting lucky then you're kind of fending for yourself the rest of the night. If you are that person who strikes up a conversation with a lovely young lady than you feel guilty because you're buddy is just sitting there with a puss on his face wanting to go to another bar or go home. Now remember when it's just the two of us you're in the buddy system you kind of have to go with the flow. Also another major setback here is trying to keep a lively conversation going between the two of you for more than 2 days, by the third day you kind of start wanting some separate time. In my experience bad things happen on these vacations, aka my trip to Miami with Bhart in fall of 04......I'm starting to think that really didn't happen, needless to say I personally don't recommend the just the 2 of us vacation, unless the other person is M.M.

This is an A and B conversation, C yourself out of it-- Random road trips

3's not too bad, the main problem one comes up with is when you become the third wheel or the person who's getting the most abuse from the other two, we are guys we are cruel, we like to gang up and pick on the third guy. Each of us take turns and do that to the individual, it's definitely good times. I had a good 3's a crowd vacation with Bhart and Dopes up to Montreal, we were young, broke, but still had a blast........this is a good amount of people to go away with and usually you have the 2 out of 3 wins where to go to eat/drink. I recommend this trip but it still doesn't optimize the fun.

Small Army- Bachelor Parties/ Spring Break 2001 8 people +

This is the hardest trip to pull off, but I'm a very impatient person I hate trying to spend 2 hours with 10 guys trying to figure out where to go, where to eat, etc. It almost ruins the night for me. Spring Break half the people wanted to go to one club, the other half wanted to go to another, so you get at an impasse for an entire night, can definitely become frustrating. Trying to figure out a 15 person dinner bill gets frustrating, unless you have a leader who takes the ball, you spend half the vacation figuring out where to go, what to do, etc. It can get tedious and you lose the personal touch of hanging out with your buddies. Granted you can break up into mini groups, but you lose a little something off the trip..........

The perfect trip -The power of 4 Summer Break 00

For some reason this always works, the conversation is always flowing, you can wander off in a club without worrying about your other buddies, usually you don't feel bad about restaurant choices even if one person is like blah about going to it, because the other 3 want to so you go with it. You also get a personal approach you're not attached to the hip to anyone in particular but you also get a perfect amount of camaraderie time with your buddies. Like I said before if you watch Entourage it works 4 core buddies hanging out, having fun, the good times always seem to arise when you have this number of people. Add another person it's not overkill but you lose the dynamic that 4 would give you, same if you take one away.

We all start to get older and everyone starts to do their own thing which is all part of growing up, this column is more geared for the 25 and under crowd who reads my blog. It is always good to look back at the buddy trips, and I'm sure we still have a few more coming up with some friends getting married ...............VIVA LAS VEGAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...........on that note, I'm getting back to work........hopefully on future endeavors no Roofies for me!

Have a good weekend TP

Addendums and Rants

This is going to be a short quick post, I just want to thank all of you for not showing love to your local bus drivers. This morning it's gross, dreary, and I just don't want to leave the comfort of my own bed. So after I go through my morning routine I make my way out, I get to second avenue and sixth street and I see the M15 at a newly turned red light. So not wanting to be late for work, I pump up my air Ferragamo's do my best Carl Lewis impersonation and begin to sprint down second avenue so clearly the bus driver can see me, as I get to 8th street the light is about to turn green, I get right to the door, knock on it, the driver doesn't even bother to look at me, the light turns green and basically he just pulls away which leads me to hit the bus as it's pulling away. Needless to say I got to spend the next 20 minutes waiting for the M15 "South Ferry" bus, there are also the City Hall m15's, Houston St M15's in addition to the South Ferry M15 buses, can't we just give them other f'n numbers!!! ....anyways I had to wait 20 minutes seeing 4 other M15's go by sitting next to a homeless man with two teeth for the next M15 which made me late luckily by only a few minutes.................so here's a big F U to the 645 am M15 bus driver...........like I said in the previous post can we just show some love to these people so they stop acting like robots!! It's not too much to ask to say thank you and hello, treat our bus drivers better...............

Also on a side note I would like to add an addendum to my last post about people who need a hug. This one goes out to M.M.'s lil one who got into a little tussle at the local Zumba class.......I think we need to give her and the girl who pushed her because she accidentally took her water bottle a hug ;) ......... huge hugs for all aggressive Zumba dancers.......

On that note back to work

Have a good one

TP

People who need a hug part III

It's been a while and I always promised that I would get back into this running segment of people who just need a hug, I believe it's been a year since I wrote about people who just need a great big bear hug from myself or anyone in life. I thought last years list was quite humorous and I've always been on the lookout for people who just need a hug whether they be someone who's either a) down on themselves, b) does something so ridiculous, or c)is just so ridiculous that they just need to be shown some love, those 3 things are the basic criteria I use in writing up this little blog entry.......so without further ado.....

1) The adult who doesn't know how to dress for occasions
No matter what the occasion there is someone who's always misdressed. Whether it being wearing a tuxedo to a little league game or the person who's wearing a Lebron James jersey to a wedding. For some reason there's always that one adult male who just wasn't born with the clothes gene, it's like someone put them in a closet, shook the closet, added salt and out came this guy.... .......now by no means am I Calvin Klein (somewhere M.M. is shaking her head silently), but I always feel I'm always appropriately dressed. Just last week this guy popped up at a family party at a nice restaurant wearing a baseball jersey which completely made go Huh. A few years ago I was at a wedding, where some guy with a mullet was wearing a football jersey, I kid you not, granted I was all the way out in Western NY but still gentleman some decorum please.....also while I'm at it can we make an amendment to the Constitution saying men over the age of 30 cannot wear jerseys to family events or in public unless said man is going to a sporting event, going to a Superbowl party, or going to a sports bar to watch your team play. Guys grow up you're not 10 anymore, and if you're a white guy over 30 you look plain ridiculous, at this point in time you're probably out of shape, hairs thinning and you're wearing some guy's jersey who is 10 years younger than you, you are wearing his basketball jersey you just don't look good. Well since Obama has 2012 pretty much wrapped up, looks like TP in 16! to change the dress code and the drinking age.

2) The angry bus driver
I can only dream Otto was my NYC bus driver, hearing him say woooah dude after a long day of work would be music to my ears, instead I get the angry bus driver who's underpaid and is miserable because he is spending his day driving up and down city streets. For some reason these guys play by the book to a point where they are robotic. I'll give you an example from my own life, I live on 6th st, and the bus stops on 2nd st and 9th st, it was raining outside, pretty heavy and I was sans umbrella. So we hit a red light on 6th st, I was up in front I asked the driver can he please let me out here, this is where I live and it's pouring out. Now instead of being a nice guy and letting me out he insisted on saying nothing and kept pointing up the block, like a goddamn deaf robotic mute. So I asked him again, once again he pointed, so now at this point I start getting sarcastic as shit and almost lose my temper. Needless to say my sarcasm, niceness, and common sense were to no avail as the light turned green we went up 3 blocks, I walked back 3 block in the rain, needless to say I was wet and not happy.........can someone please hug your local bus driver, maybe if we show them so love I won't have to be wet.................
3) The New Yankee Stadium and the fans who pay $2,500 a seat(1,250 a seat)

Granted, I get it, I'm not like these newspaper guys who go on TV and scream bloody murder anyone time someone makes a dollar, I understand economics, theories of supply and demand, etc. but this is just ridiculous!! The first group of people who need a hug are the people with the suits on who thought it was a good idea for a family of 4 to pay 10,000 for one game.........now I don't care if you're Rockerfeller this is just a ridiculous amount of money to pay for one game and how many people/companies out there can continually do this on an 81 game basis.........for that money I rather buy a big screen TV, hire a chef to cook for me to make the most delicious tender buffalo wings of all time, hire Don Mattingly to hang out with me while watching the game, and just have two strippers(maybe I can get M.M.'s "experienced friends ;) ) in the corner dancing for me in between innings, I think I can accomplish all that for one game. So the genius who came up with the idea of seats going that high, needs a huge hug and a copy of the Wall St. Journal to show that we are in a recession and no one's paying that high for a seat even in amazing times. The second people that need the hug are the idiots who paid that much, I mean come on!! it's a regular season game against the Royals with your #5 starter pitching who gives a f$Ck, like I said in the previous paragraph there's a lot more you can do with that money, to spend it they need a hug and maybe they can throw a fella a dollar....


4) The way too serious competitor ( over 30)

M.M. went to a Zumba (not the energy drink) class the other night(for further details click here to check out her fantastic blog) and she began by telling me about this girl in her class who was way way way too serious about the class, you know the type, every one's there to have a good time, checking out their butt in the mirror and they have their game face on thinking the Rockettes are coming calling for them when they are 35........needless to say there is one of these type of people in everything. I haven't played in an adult sport league in over a year but when I was playing there was always the guy on the basketball court wearing headbands, wristbands, and the latest Jordan's screaming at his teammates like it was Game 7 of the NBA finals, I love winning, but I was just there for the exercise and free T-shirts(got that from the B.B.), same with softball, now I love baseball, I still bore people with my tales from my days on the Little League diamonds, I talk about it the same way Hank Aaron talks about his 715th Home run, but I reached the point where I just want to get out have a little fun and have a beer after the game, then there's the guys who have the latest glove, the latest titanium bat, wear eye paint and generally think they are 12 again...Guess what guys you're not........all of these people they all need a hug .....give it up guys/girls and enjoy yourselves......
On that note I'm all out of love people, need to get back to work.........any suggestions, comments please leave one or two for that matter................
Much Love
TP

So I've Caved

http://twitter.com/tpsmusings
I'm going to make this new post short and sweet.....For many months, M.M. tried getting me to use Twitter, I being very logical just looked at this site as Facebook Lite, a way of just status updating each other........now if there is one thing I despise about Facebook is useless status updates, here is the link where I mused about it http://www.tpsmusings.com/2009/05/summer-reading-twittering-and-facebook.html. Needless to say recently I found myself getting more and more into Twitter on my personal account but not for the purposes of sweet nothings to M.M. or letting the world know I'm getting buff, but to follow instantaneous breaking news, it's freaking scoop central! I love it, I'm constantly reading articles about finance, sports, etc. on a tweet by tweet basis and they are all pretty good. I like reading SI.com's John Heyman and Doug Macintyre's 24/7 Wall Street, they get me through my am commute. So having said that I decided to give the musings it's very own tweet page, so if you want follow me on the site above..........Have a good week

TP

Summer Reading, Twittering, and Facebook

I keep finding myself these days either on my computer or on my blackberry going onto my Facebook/Twitter account and just pouring over status updates, tweets, etc., somehow I find it very interesting what some kid I went to school with in the 6th grade's daughter is doing, or that my third basemen on my little league team is going to the Yankee game.......somehow these mundane little references into people's lives, (people who I don't plan on ever contacting ever again) I find completely fascinating, I can kill hours upon hours just staring at people's pictures or these little mini-diaries, now a new love has entered my life, her name is Twitter, I thank and hate the M.M. for getting me into Twitter or I like to call it Facebook Lite, Twitter can let me follow a bunch of celebrities, athletes, and news sites, basically allows me to be Sir scoop a lot, although I find I have to get up pretty early to out scoop M.M.

Today I took a deep breath and realized WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING!!! I need to get out of a funk, my mind has been completely turning to mush. I really believe if I spend the next year constantly checking my blackberry I'm going to turn into Zoolander, I mean I'm already a mint looking kid, but now I'll have the IQ of a chimp to boot, I'll give you a few examples of different tweets from celebrities that I have come across

THE_REAL_SHAQ -- Hey brett favre, dnt retire bro, retire when I retire in 4 yrs, and o yea I will sack u , keep playin You are legend

DENISE_RICHARDS -- hope you all had a great day. going to bed now! long great day today..goodnight "tweets" i'll be up early.....xo

LaurenConrad-- i ve ended up at a mexican restaurant for cinco de mayo... That doesn't serve booze. No margaritas for me :-(

REALLY, REALLY THOUGH!!!, this is what is taking up my precious time?? Instead of filling my brain with knowledge I have now been filling with Shaq writing with the grammer of a 10 year old, Denise Richards telling us how great of a day it was, and the fact that LC couldn't drink for Cinco de Mayo : (..........I mean in the big picture who gives a FLYING F$$$, but yet somehow this site continues to gain popularity, it has even turned M.M. into the President of the Bethany Frankel's fan club....I just dont get it, if thats not bad i find that Facebook status updates could be 10 x's worse, yet I still look at it, like looking at the sun directly I know it's bad for me, but yet I continue to peak back up.....here a few examples

Friend ABC---is wondering what to get for lunch

Friend DEF- Is happy it's Friday

Friend GHI -Is so excited that my life is working out better than I imagine

WOW, is it necessary to post these? Is it necessary for me to even for a split second to even think about what ABC and GHI are getting for lunch and why that person's life is working out better than they imagine? , yet somehow I actually do spend a split second wondering about it, it's the power of the facebook updates.

Having bashed both social network sites, I will probably still continue to check out my status updates, and people's tweets but I did something today I haven't done in a few months, I bought a book, I need to smarten up and make myself sound more intelligent, because lately I keep screwing up saying the words woman and women, I keep misusing it for some reason. So after having a conversation with a colleague of mine who I consider a pretty bright kid, I remember he mentioned this book The Black Swan, it's all about the impact of the highly improbable, I started up this conversation with him again after reading a news article where they mentioned it, and after bringing it up this am to him, he mentioned the book was about how future events cannot be predicted with past results, and the possible pitfalls with that type of thinking. According to him it "Changed his way of thinking" , any book that can do that to someone I figured it was worth my walk over to Borders.

Now that I have the book in my hand, I already feel a tad bit smarter, and that's my goal this summer is to knock out about 5 books. Back in High school every summer we had to read between 4-8 books for the start of the year, I figure I go back to that model and educate myself, and make me sound more like Stephen Hawking than Steve Baldwin....So I ask you my audience of millions, throw some suggestions my way, I already have the new Bill Simmons book I want to read, and I still have to get into Moneyball. Any suggestions/comments please leave them on the comment field. On that note back to work..........have a great weekend .............

TP

Meet the Mets, greeeet the Mets....come out to shea...oops Citi....

Last Friday the wonderful Miss Musings got us two tickets to brand spanking new CitiField, isn't she lovely!! First off I want to muse about the new stadium.....simply, it's amazing, baseball should be played in a stadium like this. For many years Shea was our home, granted it was blue and orange, it was next to an airport, it was in a bad neighborhood, it smelled, and everything about it seemed tight, even the food was bad...... regardless it was our home. Fast forward to 2009, Citifield is like 2 things, 1) the person who wins the lotto but loves his/her crappy neighborhood so they build the biggest/best house on the block and hired gourmet chefs or an episode of extreme makeover Home Edition, where the family with a sad story(2007 2008 Mets) leave town for a while and when they come back they have a beautiful new house. The food, the decor, the seats, the view all was amazing!! Anyone who's facebook friends with me can see the joy in my face, I went back to my 6 year old self all over again. It bought me back to the days when my grandfather would take me to a game. I used to think back then how amazing it was seeing a game, the sights , the smells, etc......it would light me up inside.....well Citifield now has the same affect on me......
Moving along another thing was a first for me, not only was I visiting Citifield for the first time, but it was the first time I ever went to a Met game with a girlfriend of mine, to put it simply M.M. isn't what you would call a sports fan so I was interested to see how she would enjoy it. My whole life I either went to games with my grandfather, my cousins, or my friends, but never a girlfriend. Granted the whole experience is a completely different one then going to the game with let's say Mike....P.S. Mike is a made up name.....So without further ado here's a comparison of going to the game with M.M. versus going to a game with Mike.

Train ride up

M.M. Look how cute we are in this picture T

Mike- Look how hot that girl's butt is( I nod my head in agreement)

Pregame Food

M.M.- Salad ,Diet Coke, lets see if the sports shop has any cute pink Mets shirts(OK the last part I made up, just sounded better)

Mike- Bud Light, Pizza, Nachos, another Bud Light, Pretzel

Warmups

M.M. - Wow that Wright guy is really, really cute

Mike- Did you know Wright is hitting 250 with runners in scoring position

National Anthem

M.M.- Did you know she is dating insert celebrities name here

Mike- Wow she has a nice ass

First pitch

M.M. - I just twittered

Mike- I just farted

In between first and second inning

M.M. - So what time does the game end?

Mike- You think we can get those girls to hang out with us when the game ends?

Random point in the third inning

M.M. -Ugh , why don't they have phone chargers here?(PS at this point her phone died, I thought I was going to lose her here, but she managed to last a long, long time after this, needless to say I was proud of her)

Mike- You think if I yell loud enough I can charge the team up?

4th inning

M.M. Are those guys the halftime show?? ( In reference to the ground crew coming out and raking the dirt)

Mike- Wouldn't it be great if baseball had cheerleaders?

5th inning

M.M.- When is the 7th inning stretch?

Mike- Think the lines for the bathroom would be full during the stretch or should I go now

Bottom of the 5th inning

M.M. -Pretzel with Mustard would be awesome right now

Mike- Another Bud Light would be awesome right now

6th inning

M.M. Why did they paint the stadium Blue and Orange it's so hideous

Mike- Why are we blue and orange, it really is a terrible uniform color(after 6 beers, we become an episode of queer eye for the straight guy)

7th Inning

M.M.- Why do the planes keep flying over? I can't believe they put the stadium here

Mike- How hot is that girl up there?

8th Inning

M.M. are they almost done yet?? ( In reference to the game)

Mike are they almost done yet?? ( In reference to the Mets season)

9th Inning

M.M. - I wonder where David Wright hangs out after the game?

Mike- I wonder if I was David Wright how many girls I can get after the game?

Post game

M.M. - singing poker face on the train, getting 16 handles, crashing on the couch at 11

Mike- Stopping in Midtown, grabbing some drinks, getting late night pizza, crashing at 2am

Morning after

M.M.- Mimosa's and shopping

Mike- waking up at 11, talking about the Mets and how hot the girl was in the section in front of us.

Both instances with both people are great times, just a littttle bit different, it's part of growing up. I thoroughly enjoyed going to the game with M.M., I had a blast and would love to do it again! that's if she wants to see me practice my fake batting stance in front of the stadium or pretend I'm playing Centerfield by doing fake crow hops......I can't help myself deep down I'm a little kid. I do also need to do a Mike night, head out there with the boys, talk some baseball and do our guy thing, I can't wait to head back again, the 6 year old in me is itching to get out there shortly, regardless of the fact that they don't have cell phone chargers under the seat ;)

On that note, time to watch my Mets.......

Have a good night

TP

Madden and Mutombo

Back in my younger video game playing days I used to spend hours upon hours mindlessly sitting in front of a TV pressing buttons in order to "win" a game. This was before I discovered my inner buffness and started to go out a little. Needless to say one of my favorite games to play was the Madden Franchise, any guy around my age who liked sports and was into video games to this day still gets giddy upon the release of the newest title every year, after the age of 15 it became our Christmas. The game started simple enough and year after year they kept adding little twists to it to enhance the overall game play and "feel". I forgot what year it was but the year that they added the Franchise mode was a watershed moment for anyone like me. I might have spent months playing as the Giants up until 2020. I used to love simulating a season, than building up my team via the draft, free agency, and trades for some reason this was more fun for me than the actual game play, what can I say I'm a numbers geek. What does this have to with Dikembe Mutombo you may ask? Well for me a lot................

First off for those who don't know, Dikembe went down with a major knee injury the other night, here's the link to the story........ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/04/22/dikembe-mutumbo-retires-after-injury-for-me-basketball-is-over/........ after he was carted off he told the press that he was done with basketball. My first thought was wow, Dikembe retired didn't I just get his rookie card in a pack of cards the other day. Off the subject for a second, every other pack of Basketball cards I bought when I was 13 I seemed to get a Dikembe rookie card, I don't know why I always ended up with him but I must of had like 12 Mutombo cards, I think I even had his sneakers http://dimemag.com/wp-content/Images/sneakers/_Vintage-Voltage---Dikembe-Mutombo-3.jpg ........ god 13 was an awkward age. Back onto the subject when reading the story line I had no idea but am I alone in questioning how the hell is Mutombo 42 years old?? Has he really been playing basketball for 18 years?!??!? Where has the time gone? After that I noticed Shaq is in his 18th year, wasn't I just wearing an Orlando Magic hat? These players were rookies when I was in my prime of sports viewership 13-17 years old. I feel that every year after sports become a little bit less of a priority and you begin to start to focus your passions elsewhere. So how am I tying the two of these together? .............

In the franchise mode of Madden when you first get started, it's like being 13 everything is fresh and new and you know every player, eventually you get through the first season and you do a draft and you pick up a guy with a fake name like a QB from Miami named Steve Johnson, at first you follow Steve's career, you draft him, you watch him grow, eventually he may be an All-Pro, and so on. This is how I feel about Mutombo when I was 12-13 years old I remember him getting drafted, following every game of his because he was a 7'2 shot blocking machine from Georgetown, before the Internet was popular I remember getting the advance and following the stat line and being wowed about him blocking 7 shots or something like that, it's probably conversation pieces like this at parties which led to my lack of girls when I was younger. Eventually, you get to a point in Madden where it's 2020, you don't know any of these user generated names and eventually the game grows stale. I feel like I'm slowly getting to this point in sports. Granted I still follow it everyday, but the names aren't sticking out to me like it used to, I used to know every player now I'm lucky if I can name 5 players on an NBA team. I was at my fantasy baseball draft a few weeks ago, and I was like who the hell is this guy or that guy? Has my sports viewing life turned into year 2020 in Madden Franchise mode? Sadly(depends on which way you're looking at it) it has, sports just don't do it for me for a variety of factors never ending steroid allegations, overexposure, lack of the Mets in the playoffs, and having seen every conceivable game ever played the show doesn't work for me as much.

Having said all this have I stopped watching sports? NO!!! , If the Mets are in the playoffs, you better believe I'll be watching every game like my life is on the line, but something will be missing, the excitement from my youth has waned and has now been directed into other things...MM, work, writing this blog.........I'm just going to presume that when I have a boy that it'll rekindle my fire as he'll be the starting pitcher, QB, and point guard and I will rekindle my love for sports again. Any thoughts, comments out there from the 25-35 year old male group out there? Any one else feeling this withdrawal??

On that note back to work

TP

BACHELOR PARTY!!!

This past weekend I and M.M. headed out to New Jersey to go to Medieval Times. We figured it was something completely different than anything we would get in the city, so we gave it a try. I went in there not expecting much, but as it turned out I channeled my inner geek and was proudly walking around the "castle" with my plastic crown like I was the goddamn king! My lady also took to the environment and thought she was Queen of the Lyndhurst, NJ area. The show, food, and drinks all added to the flavor and the night which turned out to be a success as our knight, the underage black and white knight (who M.M. was giving the "look" to all night) ended up winning, and on top of that the "look" worked because she got a rose thrown at her, all in all a fun night.

There was one instance that took the cake for the night and I'm not talking about real cake, it was during the time when Prince Peter was doing his well wishes, for example, Happy 8th Birthday Janine, Happy Anniversary Michelle and Michael Smith ok, I get it. BUT what completely shocked and appalled me was when the Prince said we would like to welcome the BACHELOR party for John Smith.....it was so shocking and appalling that the Prince even broke from his act to look over and be like really dude. really?? Every guy whoever has been to a bachelor party in that audience had the same reaction, the really dude?? reaction. How bad of a best man do you have to be to bring the groom there and to subject not only the groom but his friends to spend the bachelor party, his last days of being a single man at Medieval times??? really dude? really.

So this moment got me thinking and I hope my unmarried friends are reading, (I am available for bestmanship) what makes a good bachelor party ? What are the do's and dont's of setting one up? What is the purpose of having one?(for my female readers) Over the next few paragraphs I'm going to list potential destinations that are potential destination targets for a good week/weekend to celebrate.

First off what's the purpose of a Bachelor Party?

The purpose of the bachelor party is to celebrate your buddy's death of being a single guy, it's a last hurrah

for you to get out as a group of friends for the last time before said friend turns into a father of two driving in a minivan. Bachelor parties are set up sort of the way national holidays are set up in that everyone goes out has a great time, gets drunk except for the person who's holidays named after. For example, Washington's birthday we are off, everyone has a fun 3 day weekend except for Washington because he's dead, in our current case everyone has a good time except for the bachelor because he too will be dead. Now I don't mean to sound negative, marriage is a wonderful thing and when I say dead, I mean his single life is over, it's dead and there's nothing wrong with that. The bachelor is the one who's going to get the least enjoyment at his bachelor party, it's the friends who can partake in the fun. Now what do you have to take into account if you were to set up a bachelor party, well first off you got to know the bachelor, what does he like? Then if the bachelor wants to do something simple, you smack him upside the head and convince him otherwise. You must take into account the size of the group you're going with, for example is it a good idea to head to Vegas with 30 guys? You have to take into account the amount of money people can spend on a trip like this. Also one must take into account the age of the group going, depending on your age can make a huge difference in the bachelor party.

Finally taking into all these different aspects you must choose a location, listed below is a bunch of different spots one should do or one should not do..... without further ado the to go's and the not to go's of bachelor party destinations...........

To Go TO...

Las Vegas

This is a no brainer, Vegas is perfect for all aspects of a bachelor party. Every sort of vice is out there for you and your bachelor party group to enjoy. You like boobs, they got it, plenty of it, You like to gamble, ummm yeah they got some of that, you like going out with a tight shirt, spiking up your hair and buying bottles, some of the best clubs in the world, if you want to take it easy and grab a massage, legit or not .....great spas, you're an older crowd and want to just do dinner's and some golf they got that...some of the best restaurants in the world along with some great golf courses, best off about Vegas it's always about 95 degrees out there, so you come back with a nice tan......and of course, the Rehab party at the Hard Rock phenomenal times to just sit back and hang out and basically watch a strip club in your hotel pool, no real downside.

The only negative to Vegas is 1) the cost, you want to have a good time here, you're going to pay for it....make sure you know how much you have, and how much you are willing to spend. Somehow though every time I go there I'm always way over......2) Vegas might not be the best for the under 25 crowd, first off you're brain dead to get marr

ied that young, but this kind is tied into the first thing most guys under 25 don't have that much money to blow on the "hot" spots of Vegas and might just end in some cheesy hotels at some bad bars, there's definitely some other spots that are better for them. 3) The more, the worse it is....if you have 6-10 guys you're in good shape but if you have a small army and don't ha

ve a small fortune it can be difficult to get into the good sports without ridiculously greasing the right people 4) Location, if you're coming from the east coast it's hard to get everyone together to go that far which leads me to my next spot.....

I rate it 5 out 5 stars in terms of a bachelor party weekend

NYC

Here's something that's just simple and easy and you can knock out a weekend and if you're from the area it's easy to get as many people as possible out for it. In NYC you can do a million things, first off rent a big hotel suite for the weekend get special guests to come up there such as midgets, magicians, and ventriloquists to entertain the group. NYC has unlimited amount of options, there are a ridiculous amount of pubs, clubs, strip clubs on the small island known as Manhattan. You can spend a day going out to the stadium for a game, head out to the burbs for some golf, and NYC has some really good restaurants to go to and get the group going.

The negatives of NYC are it's too close to home, you don't want the potential of running into your fiance's co-worker or your biggest client while carrying a rubber woman around a bar. Huge no-no. There's also no gambling which is definitely a vice that a lot of people love to have on bachelor parties and thirdly it's not something different, you live and breathe NYC every day, it's best to get away......

I rate it 4.5 out of 5 stars

Side note about NYC, I highly recommend it for a prequel to the real bachelor party, next up.........

New Orleans-Mardi Gras

A bunch of my friends just went down there for a buddy's bachelor party and the results that came back are glowing....bottom line you hand a girl fake beads they show you their boobs, can you beat that? I'm a fan count me in!!!

The only negatives I can think of is it's so packed that you can't move, I'm not a fan of that anymore I don't like people puking all over me while walking down the street

I rate it 4.0 out of 5 stars

Atlantic City

Another great idea , pretty much exactly like Vegas except it's closer to home you can get more buddies out and like i just said it's pretty similar to Vegas

The cons of it you have to read my older posts, there's just a general level of seediness about A.C. that always rubs me the wrong way.....for that reason I have to knock off half a star

4.0 Out of 5 stars

Montreal, Canada

I was first introduced to Montreal at 20, when I and two buddies took a road trip up there for MLK weekend. Needless to say I was amazed by Rue De Saint Catherine...the entire block was set up like this Porno shop, strip club, Mcdonalds, Pizza place(terrible pizza fyi), Strip club, porno shop, Gift Store, Strip club and it continued that way for miles and miles or so it seemed. Montreal also has a casino out there also, that's a big plus. Montreal is a great weekend getaway that is relatively close to home and is perfect if you just want to drink lots of beer and see hot naked tan women running around.

The negatives is 1) it's Canada, 2) it's cold, 3) it's too young(drinking age is 18), 4) It can be Vegas but there's too much french wussiness in there that it's just not Vegas....

I rate it 4 out of 5 stars in terms of a good bachelor party weekend

Any South American/Caribbean City

For the pros please email, as for the negatives, you face unsanitary conditions and high crime, but the pros might outweigh the cons, so email me and I can further go into the pros

I rate it 4.0 out of 5 stars

Now for the ehhh bachelor party destinations depends on your age/income and other factors

The Male Bonding weekend-Destination TBD

You can do this a few different ways you can go away somewhere for a weekend of golf or some other fun sport, you can do camping and white water rafting trip....This type of bachelor party is geared more to an older crowd who's adventurous and hasn't seen their group in a while and just wants to catch up. Most of the men in this group are in their late 30's, have a wife and kids and it's ideal because they aren't looking to go to clubs they just want to kick back have a good meal, drink some beers, and play some golf, tennis, or some sort of water activity.....It's also ideal in that you don't need to explain to your significant other how you lost the mortgage payment for May. You don't have to come up with an excuse that a Elvis impersonator robbed you at gunpoint when you really lost it down Molly Mounds underpants.....That is always a pro

As for the cons, it's a reality check that you're getting older and it's not going out with a bang for the bachelor, he's entering death with a whimper.

I rate it 3 out of 5 stars

Spring Break.......Cancun/D.R./Lake Havasu/Miami--pick your poison

This sort of Bachelor Party is ideal for the under 25 crowd who still loves to do keg stands and it doesn't cost that much in that you probably have an all inclusive deal that allows you to drink all day and night which is key. There's enough hot young co-ed's from all around the county that will keep your eyes busy all day.....basically it's a no brainer for the under 25 crowd who is just there to get ass

For the under 25 crowd 5 out of 5 stars

Now the con side, this sort of bachelor party doesn't work as well for the over 30 crowd, yeah I guess it could be fun going away for spring break but you are the old, creepy guy hitting on these young girls, that appeal has long gone away for me. I'm not doing keg stands and getting as wasted as possible any more and most guys over 30 lose that edge to be standing in a crowded bar against the wall it loses it's appeal.

For the over 25 crowd 1 out of 5 stars

Total stars (avg) 3 out of 5 stars

The hell no we wont go bachelor parties(or at least I won't go)

The Man Spa bachelor party

GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY, I mean do gay couples even have bachelor parties, I guess this is what it would be like, figure get 10 of your gay friends out get massages and pedicures then go out for a nice salad.......I mean I guess the massage would be nice, but .....No, just no, I'm not going into death doing this

0.5 out of 5 stars

The Bowling Bachelor Party

I feel like this is the shit they do in Wisconsin, trust me it exists I even googled it....get 10 of your buddies together , rent some bowling shoes, drink some bad beer, and bowl till your arm falls off........Just a terrible, terrible idea....You have to be fat, ugly, and poor to think this is a good idea in any way possible......

I rate it 0.3 out of 5 stars.......It could possibly be worse though........

A bible bachelor party

I don't know if this actually exists or not but the idea of 12 of my friends(apostles) sitting around reading scripture could possibly be the worst idea of all time. I mean you're not marrying Jesus. Like I said before I don't know if this exists or not but there has to be something worse than bowling and this is probably it.....or is it???

0.1 out of 5 stars, I guess this might get you into heaven???

Medieval Times

Like I mentioned in my first paragraph........really John Smith, REALLLY?!!!? , you're spending your last days on earth as a single man cheering for men riding around on horses fake hitting each other with swords???? really though?? You're 10 minutes from Manhattan, even a museum is a better idea than this. Was mom's house not available for the boys to come and play video games all night??? How lame do you have to be to be 30 and want this to be the end for you? As you can tell I'm still outraged by all the question marks I'm putting in this paragraph.

I rate it 0.005 out of 5 stars and the only reason it gets that many is because the food was really good, but no utensils WTF, screw you Medieval Times, if I go again I'm bringing an electronic carving knife, I'm king of that damn castle!!!

P.S. M.M. looks at me and suggests that one day this would be an excellent place to have mine, I didn't argue with her I just said I'm blogging about it.

So there you have it my musings on bachelor parties and friends of mine I am available to be best man, my schedule is clear to be that guy and to set up possibly one of the top 5 locales in my mind...

On that note I'm out to draft basketball players....

Good night

-TP