Year End Wrap Up

Me Last Christmas (with the nine fingers)


Well, we have a couple things to wrap up before 2008 kicks off, so this entry will be all over the place.



First: I only lost $150 at Foxwoods with the family over the holidays. For me that’s essentially like winning $650, as I estimate my usual trip to any casino results in donating at least $800.

It was my first trip to Foxwoods, and “the wonder of it all” must refer to the amazing fact that people go there more than once. If I’m going to lose my whole checking account, I want to do that in a place that’s 85 degrees with gorgeous women, not in rural Mass surrounded by people in snow suits. They did, however, have the most powerful toilets I’ve ever encountered – probably in case tenants ever have an urgent need to flush massive amounts of drugs in under 30 seconds.




Second: let’s congratulate the Patriots on a perfect regular season – and let’s thank God those bean bags from the 72’ Miami team may never sip champagne alone again.

There was a wonderful montage this weekend where all the princes from that Miami team, to the background music of a triumphant symphony, transparently growled into the camera announcing that, “if any team does, in fact, tie our record, we will be the first to welcome them to the mountain.” I’m surprised they weren’t clad in togas and sitting on a replica of Mt. Olympus. Somebody tell Larry Czonka I liked it better when I thought he was Dick Butkus - the owner of the diner in My Two Dads.




Third:
This hurts, but I have to concede my two-time-crown and congratulate the winner and runner-up to our office fantasy football season:

Winner: Travis (who I convinced against his wishes to take Tomlinson #1), our mechanic who builds bikes in the precisely methodical manner of Belichick.

Our Mechanic Travis (or me with some girls)


Brattles: The guy who’s soon to come in second in our annual moustache-off.



Good Luck getting paid fellas, and how did I lose with Brady and Moss on my team?



Fourth:
Don’t forget, the conclusion of our office moustache - off will be here shortly – stay tuned.

Fifth
Randall has been begging me to get him on the blog - so I pulled up an old college picture I took of him at a G&R concert in 87 at the Meadowlands.