Monday, March 30, 2009

CAN YOU SAY "GENIUS"?????

Yesterday's NCAA matchups turned out to be anti-climatic as both MICHIGAN STATE and NORTH CAROLINA were runaway winners in their respective matchups. With that in mind, my predictions for the FINAL FOUR were spot on with those two teams joining my predicted picks of UCONN and VILLANOVA to make this year's group heading to Detroit. Now many of you asked the obvious question: "How did he come up with that combination?" That's easy: I'm that damn good. You better recognize! Now on Thursday, you'll get my predictions for the NCAA Championship game. Stay tuned.

In other news, I made an error on one of my posts; I said that this would be the last week for the regular season in the NHL; in fact, the last day of the regular season is Sunday, April 12 (Easter Sunday). The playoffs kick off on April 15, (Tax Day). Stay tuned to our upcoming coverage of the playoffs.

What to look forward to this week: The end of March (thank god), April Fool's Day and Final Four Weekend, for starters. Wednesday Night Pub Trivia, NCAA Frozen Four playoffs (for all of you Boston University fans), Dollar Draft Madness, "Kick the Keg Saturdays"... the list goes on and on. Best of all: real SPRING weather! FIRST UP: "Recession Mondays", featuring $1.00 Bud/Bud Light/Coors Light mugs or $2.00 all other Domestic Drafts, 4pm - Close.

Strange Incident of the Day: I was bartending last night and these two girls came in and took a seat at the bar. One woman in particular looked really familiar, yet I couldn't put my finger on where I may have known her from. So throughout the time they were there, I kept myself busy (it was a slow night) while at the same time, trying to figure out how I knew this person. All the while, she would make these weird glances at me.

Then it dawned on me. I hooked up with this woman several years ago! Yes, it all came back to me. Ironically enough, it was also on a Sunday night when said event took place; She came in with a friend, we struck up a conversation and she eventually closed the bar (i.e. last person there). She suggested we go for a night cap, I said sure, suggesting someplace local; she suggested someplace closer to my place (I was living on the Upper West Side at the time). One drink led to another... you know what road this went down.

I remember her because it dawned on me how annoying she became. You know how it is when the hook up is over and it's the morning after. If you are the visiting team, you gotta know when it's time to pack up and go home. She, unfortunately, didn't get the memo and getting her out became a royal pain in my ass. I almost had to go into "rude" mode to get her to leave before she finally got the hint. Not that I didn't enjoy the "festivities" from the night before; it was simply a case of "you'se gots to go", as our friend AFRIKA BAMBATTA eloquently put it at a party years ago when things were getting out of hand.

Anyway, it seemed that as soon as I realized who she was, she realized it as well because she all of a sudden finished off her drink and the two girls left, somewhat abruptly. Hmmm. Maybe it was my Jedi Mind Trick that got her to leave. Whew.

You can't make this stuff up.

AND FINALLY: Make sure you check out OPIE CUNNINGHAM'S blog (see link on the right); he finally posted his first video of his adventures in Australia. It's ..... interesting.



Nuff Said