Apple

Amazing how an apple can fill you up.  Well, that's what it's supposed to do.  It's got plenty of fiber in it, so it fills up your intestines with food, and makes you feel full.

Game 4 of the ALCS tonight in Detroit.  Red Sox bats have got to wake up against the number 4 starter for the Tigers.  I just don't think Sanchez, Schwertzer, and Verlander are going to get any easier to face as this series progresses.

Yesterday at the bar I was at, I drank Sam Adams' Oktoberfest beer.  That bar doesn't have light beers on tap.  So, I indulged.  And, I'll do so again this afternoon/evening.

Shabbat meals are all set.

Most Memorable Kosher Establishments I've Dined At So Far In My Life

Distrikt Bistro (Washington, D.C.)
La Gondola (Los Angeles)
Hoffy's (Antwerp)
Pat's (Los Angeles)
Boddha Thai (Los Angeles)
Melech Ha Falafel ve Shawarma (Jerusalem)
Nut House Pizza (Wheaton, MD)
Randall's (Houston)
Madras (Houston)
Mexikosher (Los Angeles)
Shanghai Diamond Garden (Los Angeles)

What It Means To Be a Fighter

I have been a fighter all my life.  And, I make absolutely no apologies for being one.

So, what exactly does it mean to be a fighter?  A very good question; one which I definitely do not have any pocket answer for.

For me, a lot of times it just means getting right back up after being knocked down.  I love that Chumbawamba song from the 90's - the one that goes "I get knocked down, but I get up again..."  A friend of mine used to joke about it, in fact because she knew how much I loved it, and how closely it reflected my personality as well as my overall way of being.

I'm not sure what else being a fighter entails, exactly.  It is, though, a quality of mine that I am (not so much anymore) privately very proud to have. 

Here's hoping that someone else who happens to be reading it might draw at least a bit of inspiration out of this post.

Come on Sox, let's deliver the knockout punch Monday night in Tampa Bay...

Delmon Young 2

So, it is going to be Delmon Young and the Rays facing us in the first round.  Suffice it to say, I will not be watching or listening to any of the games.

Still have got a lot to do.  No shiur tonight it looks like unfortunately...

The Bruins have dropped the puck and have officially opened the 2013-14 against Tampa Bay.  Hockey and basketball, from October - April are essentially six-month long extended exhibition seasons, so I really have no interest in any of the games until then.

I am hunkering for some sashimi tonight to go with my rice and noodle leftovers...

Time to move the car...technically, I could be getting a ticket for it right at this moment.

Delmon Young

The Cleveland Indians and the Tampa Bay Rays are about set to face off in their AL Wild Card game to determine who will go on to play the Red Sox in the opening divisional round of the playoffs.  I refuse to listen to the game.  And if the Rays win this game and face the Red Sox, I refuse to watch or listen to any of the games.  All because of one (and I use this next word very loosely) man, Delmon Young.

Mr. Young, I have hardly forgotten about what you did in your drunken stupor in New York early last season.  It was for that reason I refused to watch or listen to any of the ALCS or World Series last year.  And it's the same reason why whether it was with the Tigers, Phillies, or now the Rays - I immediately turned the dial if I found out that you were playing in that game.  I sincerely hope that you are out of baseball soon.  I'm sure many others like you have done or said worse things.  But you got caught.

Go Cleveland.

Postseason

It appears the Red Sox will not begin their ALDS series until Friday night, and will play Game 2 on Saturday.  So, looks as if I will not be in front of any TV watching them play for about a week.  It will be either Cleveland, Texas or Tampa Bay.

Patriots also won last night, and are now 4-0.  Still though, there's no excuse for almost letting a 17 point lead slip away with just about half a quarter left to play.

The Bruins are in training camp, and will begin defense of their Eastern Conference championship soon.  Celtics beginning training camp soon sans Garnett and Pierce.

Tragic, what happened to that Dodgers fan in San Francisco.  Just don't risk it guys.  Your life is not worth less than your favorite sports team.  Really.

Concerts

I went to a lot of rock concerts during the latter half of the 80's, when I was in college.  As one friend of mine later on said to me when I recounted this a while after graduating: "Didn't anyone bother to tell you that your grade point average is inversely and proportionally related to the number of concerts you go to while in school?"  :)

One concert I have particularly fond memories of was the Yes concert I went to at the Worcester Centrum in December of 1987.  Now, besides what a great performance Jon, Trevor, Rick, Tony, etc. put on, was the fact that I was completely sick as a dog the night of that show.  What compelled me to get up and go to that show is beyond me.  But go I did, and it really was one of the better performances I saw out of all the Centrum concerts I attended during my time at Clark.  Every one of those guys is just such an incredible musician.  And this was during just about the height (maybe a few years following) their mainstream Top 40 popularity.