Tid Bits

Some quickies for today:

1.) Went to see Rush last night in concert. Although I only knew two of their songs, they put on a great three hour show that flew by. Jones Beach is a great place to see a concert too. Rush charges $70 for a three hour show...the Police charge $140 for a 90 minute show.

2.) Was in Atlantic City this past weekend. If you ever go there do NOT stay at the Tropicana hotel. Although, the food and restaurants are good, and the casino is big and clean, the hotel part of it is terrible. The bed spreads looked like they were from 1970's and thin as a black garbage bag. The air conditioning was sketchy, the elevators were slow, and I was better washing myself with a garden hose than the pressure coming out of the shower head. To make matters worse, after being out of the room for 6 hours playing golf on Saturday, we come back to the room to find it open. Apparently the cleaning staff forgot to close the door. You've been warned.

3.) The All Star Game is tonight and even better, its at Yankee Stadium. If its anything like the one from Boston in 1999, the pregame should be worth watching. My prediction is that Yogi Berra will get the loudest applause (assuming they are going to bring out some of the older Yankees) and that Fox will cut to the crowd for reaction shots at least 200 times throughout the entire broadcast. For what its worth, listen to the Yankee PA announcer Bob Shepard because it will one of the last seasons you'll see him. He's around 93 years old.

In any event go National League...2008 World Series at Shea Stadium!!!

Ring King - A Video Game or Porn?

A lot of people who had the old Nintendo Entertainment System knows about Mike Tyson's punchout. That review is for another day but I wanted to mention this little beauty of a game called Ring King. I don't remember much about it except for the fact that you could only be two characters, the white or brown guy, and that you had full motion to walk around the ring unlike Mike Tyson's punchout where you just stood there.

The point of this post is that the developers of this game may have been spending a little too much time together. Check out those screen shots above. What is going on there???

Off to Atlantic City

Well, I'm out of here for the weekend again. Last weekend was New Hampshire, this weekend its Atlantic City. The goal is to win big playing some golf and win big on the Roulette table. Sadly, with my 150 yard drives and horrible casino luck, the exact opposite will happen.

I'll leave you with a public safety announcement...if you do one of those flaming shots, don't spill any of the booze on yourself and for God's sake, don't spit it out!!!

The Scourge Of The Great South Bay

Quick post today...

Above is the crusher of many fluke fishermen dreams, the eater of bait, the slicer of many hands..I give you...the sea robin. Supposedly its a good fish to eat but if you ever look at one in person, the only thing you want to do with it is bang it against your boat. With its big dopey eyes, ultra wide mouth, and its huge bat-like wings, I can't imagine this tasting any better than human urine (not that I've ever tasted that). Even worse, it has horns on its back that can cut your hand open when you try to grip it. On the plus side, they make a charming croaking noise.