do you think this would scare a baby?

as i want to corrupt/brainwash/spoil my niece or nephew as much as humanly possible, this caught my eye. but how baby-friendly do you think wally is? i mean, it's right in his name: green monster.

discuss amongst yourselves.

please don't take my tv away

it will just crush my spirit:


Arts / Television
If Writers Go on Strike, Viewers Can Expect More Shots of Reality
By BROOKS BARNES
Published: October 20, 2007
Viewers may want to brace themselves for a lot of jury-rigged entertainment if writers and producers do not come to an agreement on a new contract by the end of the month.

they don't write 'em like they used to

a classic:

'Why, she's a liar to the end! Where is she? Not there - not in heaven - not perished - where? Oh! you said you cared nothing for my sufferings! And I pray one prayer - I repeat it till my tongue stiffens - Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living; you said I killed you - haunt me, then! The murdered DO haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!'

it's pumpkin time

carey and i are going tonight - and will of course, take lots of pictures. (we are geeks)

new link added

i added a link on the sidebar for the official blog of kevin youkilis.

awesome article in sports illustrated on youk. enjoy.

familiar faces on the mound

two of the original comeback kids take the mound in game 6 and 7 to throw out the first pitch

in other sports news...

UConn Football Earns First Ever BCS Ranking

STORRS, CONN. (Oct. 21, 2007) – The University of Connecticut football team (6-1, 2-0 BIG EAST) is ranked No. 23 in the latest Bowl Championship Series standings announced on Sunday night by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. It is the first ever appearance by the Huskies in the weekly rankings that ultimately determine which schools play for the national championship.

The BCS rankings are a combination of the USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll, the Harris Interactive Poll and the average of six computer rankings (excluding the highest and lowest computer rank). UConn is 29th in the Harris Poll, 28th in the coaches poll and is tied for 16th in the computer rankings, earning the Huskies a BCS average of 0.1360. That average places UConn in 23rd place, just ahead of No. 24 Alabama and just behind the Crimson Tide’s rival Auburn at No. 22.

“It is a nice milestone for our program to be included in the BCS standings for the first time,” UConn head coach Randy Edsall said. “It speaks well to the dedication of our players, coaches and staff, but right now our focus is entirely on Saturday’s game against South Florida.”

The Huskies play host to USF (No. 10 in the BCS standings) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Rentschler Field. The game will be televised regionally by ABC. UConn and USF are joined in the rankings by a third BIG EAST team as West Virginia checks in at No. 7.

UConn stands at 6-1 on the season following Friday night’s 21-17 win over defending BIG EAST and FedEx Orange Bowl Champion Louisville at Rentschler Field. At 2-0 in league play, UConn is the last remaining undefeated team in BIG EAST action. Friday night, UConn rallied from a 10-point fourth quarter deficit to earn the victory. Meanwhile, the sixth-ranked Husky defense held Louisville’s vaunted attack to roughly 238 yards and 25 points and below its season average (321 vs. 559.6 and 17 vs. 41.7). UConn’s lone loss on the year came on the road by a narrow 17-16 score at No. 15 Virginia (7-1, 4-0 ACC).

Tickets are still available for all three of UConn’s remaining home games (Oct 27 vs. USF, Nov. 3 vs. Rutgers and Nov. 17 vs. Syracuse). Fans can secure seats for any or all of the three games by either logging onto UConnHuskies.com or calling TicketMaster at (860) 525-4500.

i want to have his illegitimate children

i might even start drinking bud light....

...but probably not

more red sox stuff when i get out of work.

more demetri martin

kissy face

courtesy of my cousin amanda (even though she doesn't know i stole it)

thursday funny

who thinks this stuff up?

goodbye finny

carey got a new car. finny is sitting in front of the house, waiting to be demolished. after all of the hours of work we spent on it. all the carefully chosen quotes.

i'll see if i can get some shots before jeff takes it into work.

goodbye finny, you were a wonderful outlet for pent up emotion. even if you did only go up to 50 mph and always sounded like the e-brake was on. and had windows that wouldn't roll down. and who cares if you didn't have doors that shut properly - you had character.

hard at work

see, i do work. though not very hard.

picking pictures for a layout with chief rivard and capt. calenda

another one

it's all too familiar

from boston dirt dogs:

the adventures of niki upon her return to the eastcoast

pictures and stories will be available once a girl named jenniffer carey returns my camera to me.

ahem.

jenn's wedding, a teaser

i have lots of pictures from my sisters wedding this past august that i will get around to throwing up here, but as a teaser, i'm putting up one of my top 3.

me, my best friend ryan and my sister.

end of the night smooches.

i heart bill simmons (and his readers)

(and i hate JD DREW)
(and ERIC GAGNE)

For those of you who don't know Bill Simmons, I may have to do a "Best of." He writes for ESPN, and is a Masshole (like all the best people are). This was from his mailbag last week.

Q: If anyone asks, I was with you tonight. I was definitely not in Boston, killing J.D. Drew.--The Duke, Boston

SG: That was the belated winner of the "Funniest J.D. Drew related e-mail during the four-month stretch of the 2007 season when every Red Sox fan hated him" award. Now we're good with J.D. He's had some solid moments the past few weeks. Everything's fine now. I keep telling myself this.

525,600 minutes

It’s only been two days since I dropped Eamon off at the airport and I’m pretty miserable. His flight to Thule was delayed out of BWI, so I wasn’t sure when I would hear from him or if he was okay. I finally got a call at 1:30 in the morning.

I’ve been trying to keep busy as much as possible, but it hits me hard whenever I give myself a minute to think about it. Everyone says a year is not that long, but what do they know? That is probably the last thing I want to hear right now. It’s been 48 freaking hours and its way too long.

525, 600 minutes: how do you measure a year?
In late-night phone calls I hope.

where in the world is eamon murray?

that's right.

i dropped him off at the airport this morning.

which was a cluster.

and now i am very sad.