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Tom Brady - a tale of two QBs

Tom Brady – a Tale of Two QBs.

I know it is blasphemy (like being critical of L. Bird) but since the 04 just feels like lots of missed opportunities …

05 – pukes at the goal line and throws a momentum changing INT to Bailey while Pitt is knocking off a tough Indy team clearing the way for an AFC Championship game in Fox and an easy Seattle SB!
06 – choke away an 18 point half time lead and lose to eventual superbowl champs Indy …. BB would have taken Grossman apart.
07 – SB42 – imperfect season – nuff said
08 – 8 minute season …. When there was unfinished business

Seems there were 2 superbowls there that should have been delivered. No one is/was more clutch than Tom but seems like is prime is being pissed away.

Father's Day

Well ... after some rather mediocre golf on Sunday and reading the paper - we went to the beach. Franky and I built this stone wall at the Ocean Edge beach ... seems like I should be relaxing at the beach - right? Well ... other than a brief break for the ice cream truck - Franky was really into it. Even wading into the water to get rocks - one handed - the other holding his snow cone.

Well .. my best father's day present ... we're driving home from the cape on Sunday night and I asked Frank - what was your favorite thing from the weekend and he said "building the wall with you dad!". Ta da .. better than any tie.

Ugly Mess - My Daugthers First Film (well almost)

My daughter earns ugly dolls (www.uglydolls.com) by doing math.
I recently taught her to make stopmation video.
She made this video - inspired by Tony vs. Paul on youtube (she doesn't really hate anyone or need therapy)



BTW - she likes the name pickles and the catchy tune is called cobrastyle by Teddybears STHLM.

My Daughter the Goalie

Nice huh! She sucked it up and did not even cry - heck, she made the save.

Fantasy Football in Egypt!

Imagine that ... the National Nana League trophy ... straight from creation in Grafton, Massachusetts to the front of oldest pyramid in Egypt (The Step Pyramid of Djoser -http://interoz.com/egypt/stepyram.htm). For anyone who does not know - the National Nana League and the Blue Chair Logo are inspired by my wife's grandmother and the location where she took her final breathes.

Here is the actually chair taking a skate next to Gov. Patrick's house in Milton.

Halloween

More Packer and Wisconsin Details

Final Results from MVP Voting:

1) The Fur
2) The Driver
3) Da Brat

Some of the memorable characters:

• Jeff's "Aren't You Coming" Leather Coat Guy
• Magic Ass
• Wet Guy - from Keg Slide
• Radio People 94.1 Solid Rock JJO
• Coyote Ugly vs. Half Shirt
• The "You Will Be Rejected" Cop
• Asian Guy with the Big Hair
• Asian Guy Kissing the Muffin by my commmand
• Muffin's Friend kissing the other guy
• Muffin kissing her Friend by my command
• "My" Keg
• The Joker, Justin, Bathrobe Guy and the rest of the gang at the W House
• Georgie the Pumper
• The Christmas Tree
• Irish Asian Brother-in-Law Exception Girl with the "Retarded" Boyfriend
• Really Fat Guy with Foam Hat on the Mechanical Bull with the small girl.
• The Lobster Head Guys
• Goose and his family
• Leather Helmut Steve and his 27 years and "when?" am I going to see you again
• All the Metrosexual Guys in WI
• The Badger Wagon folks .. Zibba thanks you for the beer
• The Zibba Ticket Guy
• The Crew at Pizza Hut - thanks for the Salad Bar
• Country and Fat Kid
• The Suck the Pats Girls
  The I Hate Tony's Fur / Middle Finger Girl
• The "I Have Never Seen A Digital Camera" Guy - like Handing a phone to Jesus.
• St. Vincent
• Heather and MikeR
• The Bare Naked Ladies
• The Marrying Man and the Cometology Girl and another beautiful Moment at the W House - she actually says on the video - "Oh God No"
• The "what are you doing in WI with the Fur" "what are you doing in WI with the Fur" "what are you doing in WI with the Fur" "what are you doing in WI with the Fur" "what are you doing in WI with the Fur" "what are you doing in WI with the Fur" "what are you doing in WI with the Fur" "what are you doing in WI with the Fur" Girl
• Smokeless Tobacco
• The Pats Fan that tried to steel my coat
• The Couple that had the Stadium All To Themselves
• Happy Birthday Cambodian Hawaiian Waitress
• The New Jeff on the streets of Milwaukee
• The Stadium View Band Family
• The Nice Girl taking care of her Mom.
  
  Other Observations:
  
• You can walk by a house with a bunch of people and a keg on the porch or you can choose to walk in ...
• Like a lawyer and the pen, he who controls the keg controls the party
• The New New Sean met the Original Sean and the world did not end.
• There is a fortune to be made with Drive Through Orthodontics in WI
• The Jump Around and Slo-Mo Wave are very cool

WI Game ... Here are some shots from the Wisconsin / Buff St. Game:

Jump Around - University of Madison

This is a video I shot at the University of Wisconsin Buffalo State game this past weekend. Between the 3rd and 4th quarters - the student sections all jump up and down to the Jump Around song. Pretty impressive sight - more so than my video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grYz7LrpPto

actually - here is a better version ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDpCeC8HjUQ from someone else.

are you ready for some football?

Ya know ... I was just thinking .... today is different. It is the first day of football season and I am not: planning the menu, packing the suburban, playing golf, taking a trip to Providence, scheming my next media appearance and all the other things we as Patriots look forward to on Kick Off Thursday as our birthright. Guess what ... it pisses me off and I will not stand for it! We must win the superbowl so that next year at this time - it is truly another holiday in New England or atleast my little world!

I will leave you with this commentary from TSG:

To Tom Brady, who has the same look on his face that Uma Thurman had after she left the hospital in "Kill Bill." I don't think he's cracked a smile since the Denver game: No more magazine covers, very few interviews, very few public appearances … just a lot of lifting, throwing and scowling for nine straight months. The man is possessed. You have to believe me. And wait until you see how they perfected the two-tight end gimmick. Load up on the run and they send the big guys downfield. Play the pass and they chip away for four yards a pop with Dillon and Maroney. And did I mention that a pissed off Brady will be doing the audibling at the line? It's like an unstoppable Madden offense sprung to life. Throw in an easy schedule and you can put the Pats down for 11-12 wins, even without Deion Branch (who dropped a number of big catches last season, by the way). I know, I know, you think I'm biased. Just wait.

The Case

The case is coming up in August - stay tuned!

Some background:

From: Tony
Date: Aug 22, 2006 7:33 PM
Subject: Follow up
To: Bayside Seafood and Market

Cathy and Todd,

I just wanted to follow up on the lobsters that I got on Saturday. We ordered:

2 x 2-2.25 lb.
1 x 1.5 lb.

We got:

2 x 1.25 lb.
1 x 1.5 lb.

What was even worse was that they were not even fully cooked. Basically $68 for 3 lobsters we could not eat. I know you promised to make good by them - so I just wanted you to know the specifics.I understand that you are in the process of training people and getting things running - so the mistake in understandable. You know - when I placed the order, just the tone of the person on the phone gave me the feeling I was going to have a problem. You have had a great track record and know you will work the kinks out. The building looks great and other than this incident it looks like you areoff to a great start. I wish you the best ....

Their response:

-----Original Message-----

From: Bayside Seafood and Market
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 1:07 PM
To: Tony
Subject: Re: Follow up

Tony-
find yourself a new fish market

OUCH!