Taco Bell's New Cheesy Beefy Melt

I ate the new Cheesy Beefy Melt from Taco Bell yesterday and let me just say it was AWESOME. Probably one of the best things that I've ever eaten from Taco Bell. It had nicely seasoned beef and wonderful melted cheese...It was delicious.

Having said that though, I warn you not to eat it. You'll regret it. Do not go within ten feet of a Taco Bell selling the Cheesy Beefy Melt. REPEAT. Do not eat it. Do not look cross eyed at it.

If you need me to go further than that and explain to you why I'm telling you this one day after I ate it, then I don't know what else to say to you.

Yanks Are Comin'

Over There, Over There

Send the word, send the word,

Over There

That the Yanks are coming,

The Yanks are coming ...

Send the word

Send the word to beware!

The Yankees won their 11th of the last 13 games tonight and Eric Gagne blew another one for the Red Sox leaving the Yanks just 2.5 (only 2 in the loss column) back in the AL East with 11 games left to play. Sure, the Sox still will make the playoffs, but don't you think it would be TREMENDOUS psychology blow if they end up blowing a 14 1/2 game lead in the AL East?

I do.

Oh yes, the Yanks are Coming!

Season 3: Prison Break

I'm a huge fan of Prison Break, but I was sorely disappointed with last season. Season 1 was terrific as it laid out the plan for Michael Scofield to break his brother - who was wrongly convicted and subject to die on Death Row - out of Fox River Prison...think there's was anything to the name of the prison since the show appears on Fox. When I initially started watching Prison Break, I wondered how an idea like this could survive more than one season. So, I was skeptical when Season 2 started.

I was right to be skeptical. ... During the second season, a group of 10 prisoners along with Michael and his brother Linc Burrows break out of the prison and are on the lame. One by one they are taken down by the FBI. Only a few survive. While the show was interesting, it definitely didn't meet my high expectations. I figured like most Fox shows it would not fade off into the sunset, but simply be cancelled by Fox...much like my favorite Drive...and much like K-Ville, which hasn't been cancelled yet, but surely will be.

Last night though, Season 3 of Prison Break started and I was completely blown away. A few of the prisoners who escaped Fox River are thrown - Sona Prison, no Fox prison name tie-ins here - into the worst Panamian prison on the map where even the guards left because it was too crazy. As with the first season, there are a lot of separate story lines that make the series interesting and fun to follow. Last night sent the stage for this season. It has tremendous potential. Let's see if it lives up to Season 1.

Question

Question
What do Earl Hickey from NBC's My Name is Earl and O.J. Simpson have in common?

Answer
Both agree that karma sure is a bitch.

Can No One Play Defense?

My wife who knows only just a little bit about football thinks that the Giants defense sucks. The Giants defense has given up a total of 80 points over the last two games and can't stop anyone. I'd say that I agree with my wife.

After being reported by Chris Mortensen - damn any accurate sources Mr. Mortensen - that Eli Manning was going to be out for at least a month with a shoulder injury, Eli returned to lead the Giants offense this week. He played decent this week throwing for 211 yards and 1 TD and 1 INT, but it wasn't about Eli or the Giants offense this week. It was about the atrocious Giants defense that gave up 360+ yards and let the Packers receivers run wild and wide open all day...There was no pass rush on Brett Favre. There was no help in the secondary. And at the end of the day it ended in a 34-13 ass whupping at the hands of the Green Bay Packers.

There's not much else I can say about the game. I'm so pissed about it, I really don't want to write anything else. All I'll say is that the Giants are 0-2 now and they face a must-win next weekend against the Redskins. Can they beat the lowly Skins who could barely beat the Dolphins? Not if the Giants defense plays like it did the last two games. They couldn't beat a JV football team the way they played. ...Bring on the comments Chosen One. ...

Funny Quote from Plaxico

The Giants injury list this weekend looks like a list of players who could make the Pro Bowl this season. Eli is questionable, Osi is probable and Jacobs is out. This injury torn roster prompted the following quote from Giants WR Plaxico Burress. I thought it was funny and wanted to share

Plaxico Burress regarding the number of injuries: "Hey, man, what do you want me to say? This ain't badminton."

Before...

Before I was a world famous blogger, I was a poet who didn't know it.

From 1994 until 2005 or so I wrote poetry for fun. I tried to write longer novels from time to time, but I have a crazy attention deficit disorder - ooh, look a bird - and could only hold my attention long enough for a page or so. While I started writing two novels - 1) The Heist and 2) Freshmeat - I never got further than 80 or so pages in each.

In total, I think I wrote nearly 500 poems, including "The Reasons Why I Love You – 7/23/05" which I read to my wife in front of a crowd of our 150 wedding guests. Since then I haven't written many poems...actually I haven't written any at all. But a couple weeks ago, I got the urge and wrote a couple.

I guess Robert Plant was right: "And as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our soul, there walks a lady we all know, who shines white light and wants to show, how everything still turns to gold....and if you listen very hard, the tune will come to you at last - Stairway to Heaven.

8/29

Behind

Behind, ahead.
End up dead.

Up and down
What’s in the end is just a frown.

Mished up in a mash
Life’s gone in a flash.

It started way before you were ready
And it ended way, way too soon.

You think you might take awhile.
To figure things out.

But before you know it, it’s done
Before you show it, you’re shown up.

You’re ahead, but you’re not.
Because there’s someone just as good

already in front of you.

It started way too soon.
And it already ended
And you know you missed it.

9/6/07

Sometimes II

Sometimes I don’t know which way is up…
Sometimes the world moves so fast
And when I get there, I’m simply left with nothing.

It feels like things are always the same
But sometimes new comes around and drives me insane.

Sometimes I can’t figure anything out.
And sometimes I forget which way is up

Sometimes I realize how far and how fast I’ve come
And how long I've come.

I know sometimes I’ve taken risks
And I know sometimes I’ve felt blue.

I know I’ve climbed the mountain.
But sometimes I feel like I fell ass backwards into luck.

Sometimes I don’t know how I got here.
And sometimes I still realize that at times life can still suck.