The Sure Thing

I was in the basement over the weekend. The clutter from the holidays had completely over run everything...So when i had some time this past weekend....I decided to DE-clutter. Area one was near the DVDS. This area had become over run with bins of random toys brought into the basement as a Toy-holding pen....a toxic toy dump to get them out of the way for the holidays.

Of course they remained there well into January.

So to keep me entertained, I grabbed one of a few movies i've purchased over the last year but never watched...."The Sure Thing"

Still like the movie and and planning to listen to the commentary...But it struck me that John Cusack character had that same "feel" as he did in "Say Anything" wisecracking, a slightly left of center kid....Of course what stood out to me was....A pre-ER Anthony Edwards with hair (the hair can be seen in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"..a pre-Desperate Housewives Nicolette Sheridan....and a pre-Susan Saradon (or maybe not) Tim Robbins in a small role. It does strike me that certain movies from the 80's scream 80s and this one certainly does. I'm also noticing that it is getting harder for me to tell the difference between 80s movies with John and 80s movies with Matthew Broderick. Insert Cusack into the "War Games" main character....

See? no problem.

Three Years ago this week

Three years ago this week i started this blog....looking back, there are plenty of spurts of many posts and more recently, very few. In my last post in November, I was blaming "FACEBOOK" which is true.... so i decided the only way to revive this log was to schedule it in my Blackberry calender....everyday...I have to do it to remember my vitamins...so i'll do it for my blog posts.

I'd love to say i'll catch up with pics....but we will see. I think a new laptop is going to be needed...the drive on this one is maxxxxxed.

SO its the dead of winter....snows coming this week...much like it was on day one of this blog...and my feeling as i pulled in the driveway this morning was that winter was never going to end.

Workouts are going good...Rachel and I are doing the latest teambeachbody.com workout ChaLEAN extreme....i'm in week 7 of the 16 i'm planning. Alexa is in school and Jenna is hanging out watching the kids latest obsession, "Sponge Bob"....ya I know i'm bad parent. Cant believe Jenna will be four on Wednesday....

The pics are from rachels (39th...cough...cough..) Birthday party ovefr the weekend....

Sitting in Starbucks

My first post this month........DAMM you Facebook! My once new car (see Feb 06 posts) now has over 90,000 miles and is now ready for its third set of tires.....so i'm sitting in Starbucks
getting the most out of my $3.99 wii-fi connection.

I'm heading off to PA. this weekend for a coaching seminar. I signed up as a coach with teambeachbody.com about two weeks ago. I now even have a site to sell product:

milliondollarbody.com/kkats feel free to pass it along to family and friends this holiday season.

Time's flying.....thanksgiving is next week....I'm working part of the day....the money is too easy to pass up....In fact i have three weekend shifts over the next month which i can't say no to since the money is too easy and can allow us to avoid the dreaded racking up of the credit card....

Can someone explain to me the physics behind the law that says "thou shall put your ear buds in pocket will have them come out of pocket with at least four tangles or knots..."

If you're not watching "30 Rock" or "The Big bang Theory"you're missing out....As a former sci-fi geek, "theory" makes me laugh out loud and any sitcom that debates the Star trek Movies AND throws George Lucas under the bus in the SAME episode is good by me.

The only available plug in this starbucks has me sitting in the blazing sun thru the windows, roasting....squinting and probably getting a nice Rcihard Dreyfuss "Close Encounters" tan.

"The Power Of Now" is a pretty good book.

Do you think if the media would STOP telling us how bad the economy is....we all might actually get out there and spend.????

Various Oct pics

Here you go 80's fans....

Hitting to All Fields

...........Just sitting here watching the end of the Red sox season. ...As I was getting ready for work today i started thinking "Where have all my socks gone?" Under the bed? eaten by the dryer. I seem to be on a sock turd hunt everyday.....Sign of the times with me: The big holiday movie season is coming and i can't tell you the name of one single movie thats due. The Indiana Jones movie from this summer is out on DVD. I guess i won't be seeing it on the big screen...I'm wondering if i'm the only person in america watching "Friday Night Lights" on Direct Tvs channel.....Here's my sequence watching the "Biggest Loser" this season: skip to the "last chance workout" to see what workouts they're doing; weigh in; see who gets booted; transformation moment; preview of next week ; delete! TOTAL time for two hour show with this method: aprrox ten minutes.....more sign of the times, I'm starting each morning flipping on "Fox Business" channel.....just to see where oil is at...Hershey has PUMPKIN SPICE kisses for Halloween...oh back to oil.....hopefully my next fill will be under $500. I can't seem to get enough of those Dunkin Donuts egg white flatbreads.....I'm very happy those annoying world cup qualifers will now stop interupting the English Premier league season and i can finally see Manchester United play on a regular basis...11 outs left for the sox, but i'll be back when spring training starts. Britany has the number one single on itunes and i'm wondering in this economy, WHY??????. 10 outs...........click on my february 2006 and see how excited i was buying my new car...Oct 08', that car now has 87,000 miles on it....drive MUCH? Enjoying reading "Wild Boy, my life in Duran Duran" by Andy Taylor...nine outs....Barack ads during the game...ugh.....just so i remember it.....we love laughing at Jennas asking for "another way"....The Leafs are already piling up...I must have a Blackberry Storm. 7-0 Rays....Lets see if i can beat the Boston press to the punch: "Boston Massacre 2!" (referencing the yanks winning three huge REGULAR season games back in 78')....nine outs to go and the TBS' guys are already talking about the Rays/Phils matchup. eight outs....wonder if Joe Castiglone has his end of the season poem ready...7 outs.

hmmmmmm.............Papi just hit a three run homer to make it 7-4.......too little too late?

I didn't intend for this to morph into a red sox game blog post. ....Youk flies out..six outs left..JD Drew just made it 7-6.................ugh...........4 outs.......

(so i had to leave the studio)

Coco gets the tying hit....and JD Drew hits the walkoff double.......amazing....this team was dead.

Halloween is full of ghost stories and the 2008 Boston Red Sox are the modern version of Michael Myers. When it was 7-0, Tampa Bay was Dr. Sam Loomis shooting the gun watching Myers fall out the window...and yes the Tampa Bay bullpen IS finding out the answer to the question "Was that the boogie man?" only to find out...."yes I believe it was.........."

See you Saturday.....and why yes, i DO pick a good night to blog........

Happy Fall....