Jesse Spector

Monday, January 31st

Pictures 30: No! No! No!

If I keep it up, the titles of these "No" entries could get a little out of hand...

Northern Boulevard, Long Island City

01.31.05 @ 1:04 AM EST [Click For More...]

Friday, January 28th

Playing Favorites

It was just a note at the bottom of a story about the Mets, but I was thrilled to see it. Doug Glanville signed with the Yankees.

Willie Randolph was my first favorite Yankee, and I was seven years old when he left for the Dodgers. I cried that day, and I struggled to find a new favorite. I guess Don Mattingly was it for a while, but Paul O'Neill eventually took over.

01.28.05 @ 3:00 PM EST [Click For More...]

Pictures 29: No! No!

Back and forth from Astoria to Manhattan, everywhere you go, the word is "No."

Ball Playing
33rd Street, Astoria

01.28.05 @ 2:05 AM EST [Click For More...]

Thursday, January 27th

Jingle Bells

On my way back from the gym this morning (Yes, morning! Yes, gym!) I walked past a store called Strawberry Jam, a clothing store for young women that's somehow related to Strawberry, a women's store which may or may not exist outside of New York.

Immediately, it starts running through my head...

"Have you shopped Strawberry today? Have you shopped, have you shopped Straw-ber-ry to-day?"

01.27.05 @ 12:08 PM EST [Click For More...]

Writing Update

Just the latest stuff I've written...

I did a blurb on John Franco for the Daily News for Monday's paper.

Also, thanks to Meg forwarding me a Craigslist listing, I'm now doing some writing for a Boston website. My first piece there, on the Doug Mientkiewicz trade is up now.

I promise less shameless self-promotion in the future.

01.27.05 @ 12:02 PM EST [Link]

Wednesday, January 26th

Mistaken Identity

I miss hockey.

But the NHL isn't totally gone. There's still hockey players doing their thing, namely, the thing that tons of athletes and famous people do: getting in trouble with the law and then really being stupid about it.

If I were a 6-7 black guy, I wouldn't claim to be a 6-3 Swede. I know that there aren't any other black guys on the Avalanche, but maybe he could have claimed to be someone else... anyone else... a member of the Portland Trail Blazers, perhaps?

I mean, come on.

01.26.05 @ 11:12 PM EST [Link]

Urban Snowman

urbansnowman

I can't remember ever building a snowman. Growing up in New York, I guess a lot of other people don't either, so this is as close as someone could get in Astoria.

01.26.05 @ 12:15 PM EST [Link]

Where We're Going

I just finished watching a TV show that I fake TiVo'd last night, and when my TV returned to live, here's what I heard from the President of the United States.

"We have been through these kinds of questions before in my early press conferences, I can remember. I can't remember exactly the questions, but I do remember the tone about people saying, 'how can you possibly get tax cuts through the Congress when so and so said that they shouldn't be done, or such and such said this or this report said that or the American people didn't want this.' So I am heartened by past experiences to believe that it is possible to do big things in Washington, D.C., and I look forward to working with members of the Congress to achieve big, notable reform."

I don't know why he's on Channel 2 right now, but if Junior keeps spouting unintelligible blabber and pre-empts The Price Is Right, I'm going to be upset.

01.26.05 @ 10:44 AM EST [Link]

Tuesday, January 25th

Pictures 28: No!

I don't have any snow pictures, but I do have the first installment of "No" pictures, devoted to all the ways that The Man keeps us down, each and every day of our lives.

Snow Route
Broadway, Astoria

01.25.05 @ 3:11 AM EST [Click For More...]

Monday, January 24th

Stick Cricket

As a public disservice, please allow me to share the video game that's currently destroying my life. Stick Cricket is unbelievably addictive, even though I know nothing about the sport.

Someone needs to save me from myself.

01.24.05 @ 1:58 PM EST [Link]

Not So Super

It's gotten to the point where I can't even discuss Tom Brady rationally anymore.

I know, deep down, that he's a good quarterback. But I also know that he's not Joe Montana or anything like he's made out to be.

But I don't know how to argue with the wins.

01.24.05 @ 3:19 AM EST [Click For More...]

Saturday, January 22nd

I Pity The Fool

To pass the time in the blizzard that's on its way, why not sit back, relax and enjoy some Mr. T Internet comics?

I ain't gettin' on no plane, Hannibal!

01.22.05 @ 12:11 PM EST [Link]

Friday, January 21st

Football Picks: Conference Championships

I got one stupid game right last week, and it was the last one I'd ever want to get right, the Eagles kicking the hell out of the Vikings.

Of course, while making that pick, I said to never go against a streak.

I should have listened to myself.

01.21.05 @ 2:27 PM EST [Click For More...]

Out of this World

So, Titan, the moon of Saturn where the space probe landed, has "seas of natural gas." So, when's the American invasion? Or do we only go after places with crude oil?

Only 1,459 days until someone else is president.

01.21.05 @ 12:01 PM EST [Link]

What the...?

Brighton Cleaners
What is this place doing 17.2 miles from Brighton Beach?

And how did I not notice it in nearly three months of living in Astoria?

01.21.05 @ 1:50 AM EST [Link]

Thursday, January 20th

Pictures 27: Columbia

Pretty self-explanatory... although I wish I had taken some pictures of the prettier southern end of the campus. Oh well, I can always go back, and you've already seen it in Spider-Man 2 anyway.

Columbia Lion

01.20.05 @ 9:36 AM EST [Click For More...]

Wednesday, January 19th

Icewine Is Good!

When I went to Montreal in September, I went with Jon to the duty-free shop on the border on the way home and he recommended icewine.

He was buying a bunch for himself and explained that icewine is different from regular wine because it's made from frozen grapes. This makes it much sweeter. I don't like wine, but I decided to give it a shot on Jon's recommendation.

Well, it's been sitting in my refrigerator (in two different apartments) since September. Until tonight. It was on the menu at the restaurant where I had dinner with Caroline, so we decided to crack open the bottle I had in my fridge after dinner.

It was worth the wait.

So, if you're going to Canada, I fully recommend picking up some icewine at duty-free. It's more expensive than regular wine because the frozen grapes have to be hand-picked, but the duty-free shop makes it a phenomenal deal.

01.19.05 @ 11:39 PM EST [Link]

Masters of the Obvious

The latest copy of Sports Illustrated arrived at my house today with the cover headline reading "Defense Rules The Playoffs."

That's your cover story? Defense wins championships? One of the oldest sports cliches there is. Nice job, guys.

Well, it's not like they're alone in being blinded by the obvious.

01.19.05 @ 5:38 PM EST [Click For More...]

Tuesday, January 18th

Two Sandwiches for Everyone

While walking through Queens in the fog, I came across this place, which was unfortunately closed and littered with graffiti.

Something for Everyone
103rd Street and Astoria Boulevard

Sadly, it looks like they couldn't come to terms with what to call their sandwiches.

01.18.05 @ 3:21 AM EST [Click For More...]

Sunday, January 16th

Black Sunday

There are four teams left in the NFL playoffs.

Two of them are the Patriots and Eagles.

Ugh. Pardon me while I throw up. Or at least while I spew some verbal vomit in the direction of my two most-detested football teams.

01.16.05 @ 11:39 PM EST [Click For More...]

Saturday, January 15th

Pictures 26: Fog

It was oddly foggy the other day, deep into the morning and early afternoon. Fog doesn't usually last so long, and it's rarely around in January. It was pretty warm, so I took a walk with my camera.

Fog

01.15.05 @ 1:49 PM EST [Click For More...]

Friday, January 14th

Football Picks: Divisional

I went 2-2 last week, but I should have done better.

Why did I believe Herm Edwards when he said all week that Chad Pennington was still hurt? The classic thing in playoff sports is that if they have to insist that someone is OK, he's really not. Well, the Jets talked all week about how Pennington's arm was shot. Why would they do that?

01.14.05 @ 1:47 PM EST [Click For More...]

Toasty!

If you ever feel alone in the world...

Quiznos Loves You

01.14.05 @ 2:46 AM EST [Link]

Thursday, January 13th

Underground Blockbuster

I went to Brooklyn last night, and their were a couple of weird guys on the A train.

Which is nothing new.

01.13.05 @ 5:03 PM EST [Click For More...]

Tuesday, January 11th

On Baseball 4

Since the dreaded "Wintry Mix" is upon us again in New York, I thought I'd round up my baseball thoughts.

01.11.05 @ 10:08 PM EST [Click For More...]

No Sleep Till Brooklyn

OK, that title has nothing to do with anything, but I picked up the book that I hadn't finished reading, "What Ifs? of American History" and got towards finishing it on my way home from work.

01.11.05 @ 7:24 AM EST [Click For More...]

Monday, January 10th

Daily News: Randy Johnson

I got a break from copy editing last night when I was told that Randy Johnson would be arriving at the Four Seasons and to get into a cab and go up there. Well, I got there, and got to write the first seven paragraphs of this story, tacking on to Peter Botte's already-written piece about Johnson and Carlos Beltran's physical exams.

01.10.05 @ 1:22 PM EST [Link]

Saturday, January 8th

Football Picks

I made awful picks for the baseball playoffs... the Yankees winning the ALDS was the only one I got right, if I remember correctly.

So, if you're a gambler looking for some last-minute advice... take my picks and go the other way. Or trust my judgement and good luck!

01.08.05 @ 3:10 PM EST [Click For More...]

Friday, January 7th

Pictures 25: The Tram

To get off Roosevelt Island, I took the tram. I'd always wanted to go, but never had any reason to go to or from the island. Now that I was on, I had to get off. Like all the tourists, I took some pictures.

01.07.05 @ 3:57 PM EST [Click For More...]

Thursday, January 6th

Pictures 24: Roosevelt Island

I was bored out of my skull on Tuesday and I needed to get out of my house.

Finally, I realized that I didn't yet have a 2005 calendar, so I figured I'd head out to Barnes & Noble to get one.

To get there, I decided against taking the subway, instead walking to Roosevelt Island and taking the tram to Manhattan from there. I took my camera along for the ride.

Welcome to Roosevelt Island

01.06.05 @ 10:19 AM EST [Click For More...]

Wednesday, January 5th

Real Stupid

According to the Internet, which I've never known to lie, The Real World jumped the shark on Day One. That, or Vegas.

Well, as I've written before, this season in Philadelphia is unbelivably lame.

Last night, that was all set to change.

01.05.05 @ 5:28 PM EST [Click For More...]

Tuesday, January 4th

Angel Food

The Anaheim Angels have announced a plan to change their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the early contender for dumbest thing I've heard in 2005.

01.04.05 @ 3:25 AM EST [Click For More...]

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