CROWNING THE CHAMPS...

Monday night we witnessed what could be classified as one of the ugliest title games in recent memory as the UCONN Huskies survived a poor shooting display versus an even worse shooting BUTLER Bulldogs team.  This was a classic case of reality not living up to the hype as both teams struggled to produce a quality game.  I guess in this instance, UCONN won (or should I say survived) the battle of futility as neither team could hit the side of a building, let alone a basket for long stretches of their game.  It was that brutal to watch. I actually felt bad for the patrons who actually had to sit through this game, it was that boring.  Thankfully we had dollar mugs to take the edge off the game.

 But at the end of the night, you still have to give credit where credit is due and so I tip my cap to the UCONN Huskies for completing what was an incredible run to win not only the Big East Championship, but the National Championship as well. It wasn't always pretty, but they did what they had to do to survive and win and so for that, kudos!

Speaking of crowning the champions, tonight we will be crowning our own "champions" of sorts as we reach the finals of our Pub Trivia Tournament of Champions! Teams have been competing for weeks to qualify for the Finals and the big night has finally arrived.  It should be a fun and highly competitive affair and great prizes will be up for grabs, thanks to our new sponsor, FULL SAIL SESSION ALE!

The battle for bragging rights and the coveted Trivia Cup begins promptly at 8pm!  Get there early as it will be a full house!




Oh, by the way, if you hadn't noticed yet, my Montreal Canadiens qualified for the playoffs last night! Now if the NY Rangers can do the right thing and close this thing out, the bar will be ROCKIN' with the NY Knicks, NY Rangers and my Montreal Canadiens all in playoff action this spring!  Bring the noise!


CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTERFINALS continue this afternoon as Chelsea faces off against Manchester United and Barcelona meets Shakhtar Donetsk at 2:30pm!  Catch both matches LIVE!

Just realized that the NFL Draft is quickly approaching.  With the league in a lockout with no end in sight anytime soon, am I the only who doesn't give a crap about the Draft?  And I LOVE football.  I'm just sayin'....

AND FINALLY:  Every so often I write about the "Freegans" who congregate in front of the D'Agostino's Super Market and pick through the garbage that's tossed out by the store.  This particular group of Freegans meet up every Monday night and pick through the garbage for food items that they deem to be salvageable and they videotape their "picking sessions".  So I thought, "Why not take a few photos of them doing whatever they do?"  So I dispatched my trusty barback, SPEEDY GONZALES with a camera to take some snapshots.

Ironically enough, while they were busy picking and filming their "conquests", they didn't take to kindly to being photographed themselves.  Go figure.  Last time I checked, the sidewalk was public property.  Lucky for them, SPEEDY GONZALES was in a good mood or else he would have had his way with them.  We don't call him the Silent Ninja for nothing.

That's it.  That's All I Got. See you tonight!

Cheers!