still single as well. my profile is showing a whopping 3 views!

there were 4 or 5 more a little while ago. wonder where they went... lol

so close. If not for that penalty on the kickoff return, I'm sure they could have at the very least tied the game. Rough loss, but if was a great game... I'm actually surprised the steelers managed to pull the second half out of nowhere the way they did... they're not known for that.

(audio version on myspace... http://www.myspace.com/TimPhelan )

You’ll Never Hear This Song
May 3, 2006

Would you believe that I don’t even know your name?
Would you believe that I’m infatuated just the same?
Would you believe that I wish that I could be with you?
Would you believe that I’d give my heart and love that’s true

But I’ve done all I can do
And-a my guitar’s in tune
And I know you’ll never hear this song -or
Know it’s about you

Would you believe that your radiant face haunts my dreams?
I’d be by your side if only I could find the ways and means
I’d give all I had for just one evening inside your mind
To see through the eyes of an angel who to me is blind

But I’ve done all I can do
And-a my guitar’s in tune
And I know you’ll never hear this song -or
Know it’s about you

And I’ve done all I can do
And I wrote a word or two
But I know you’ll never hear this song -or
Know it’s about you

I don’t know why
I waste my time
I try in vain
Just to catch your eye

Would you believe that I long for you to say my name?
Would you believe that I wish that you could feel the same?
And would you believe that I know that you’re too good for me?
But I can’t believe how these words have come so easily

But I’ve done all I can do
And-a my guitar’s in tune
And I know you’ll never hear this song -or
Know it’s about you

And I’ve done all I can do
And I wrote a word or two
And I know you’ll never hear this song -or
Know it’s about you

And I know you’ll never hear this song -or
Know it’s about you

Love Mel Brooks movies. Men in Tights is a favorite, i think I particularly like it cuz it's got the guy from The Princess Bride in it... I don't think he's done much since those two movies (although i recently heard he was in Saw, but I don't watch rubbish like that)

Great movie, Great message. One of my favorites... which is odd for a guy my age, it seems.

however, I also really enjoyed the 30-second version reenacted by bunnies at angryalien.com (you should go watch it... it's amusing)

w00t. Tony Hawk was on the other night.

new york is a great place, particularly at christmas time. be prepared for it to be cold and very busy.
in fact, i'd go as far as to say that NYC is THE place to be during the christmas season... you should do all the general NYC christmassy stuff... Rockefeller Center, Ice Skating in Central Park, etc. etc. etc.

yeah, that clip was actually right after the critic was canceled... so it was kinda a jab at the shows sponsors...

there was also an entire episode of the simpsons featuring Jay Sherman... he came to springfield to judge a film contest... Matt Groening hated The Critic so much, he pulled his name from the credits.

the details:
my family won tickets to a taping of Emeril Live... so we went to NYC... sat in a waiting room where they gave us M&M's, and then were led into the studio (which is much smaller than it looks when it's on TV).
The stage manager came out and explained to us how things work, basically we were to "ooh" and "ah" over pretty much anything he did... but the funniest thing about the taping is this:
If you watch the show, Emeril will say things about ingredients he's using. There's always someone in the audience on the show going "mmm" or making other sorts of yummy noises. That's the camera man. He goes through the audience getting close-up shots of people and makes yummy noises while filming.

anyway, during the taping everything he made smelled lovely, but there wasn't enough for the 50 or 75 people in the audience obviously, so we were given bags of some crappy brand of potato chips (which we were only allowed to eat between breaks) and if we were under 18 i think the cutoff was, ice cream bars.

Anyway, during one of the breaks, some of us got to meet Emeril... I offered him my hand, and said some stuff to him (i forget what). he pretty much ignored everything I said and wasn't interested in shaking my hand (but begrudgingly did it). He's very particular about what's going on on the set, at one point he was pretty much berating the audience for not being excited enough, if he's got the wrong ingredients, he refuses to cook until he has the correct ones... for example, the wrong type of orange. If he was half as good a chef as he claims to be, he'd be able to improvise, but he refused to do so unless everything is perfect.
Not to mention, he doesn't really do anything. I mean, yeah, he throws things in a pot, but everything he makes is already done by his staff and placed in a holding oven during breaks so he can pull it out and go "lookie how it looks now!" He also doesn't make up his own recipes, he buys them.

I have a friend (also in culinary) who met him on a separate occasion at a book signing and said pretty much the same thing... in general, the guy is a pompus windbag, and is only really good as a camera personality.

I did, however, also get the chance to shake Doc Gibb's hand (the guy who was in charge of the "Emeril Live! Band") and he seemed like a really friendly down-home New Orleans kinda guy.


Emeril is also a joke in the culinary community. One of the first things we learned in culinary school was "there is to be no BAM-ing in the kitchen."

I've really got nothing against the guy except to say that when I met him I wasn't impressed. I would chalk it up to distraction of wanting to make a decent tv program if it weren't for the other people I know who have met him and said the same things. Either way, I wish him a long and prosperous career, I'd kill to have his job.


On a similar note, a friend of mine is going to meet Rachael Ray in a couple weeks. I'll let you know how that goes, she seems like she'd be friendly, though I'm pretty vastly sick of seeing her advertising everywhere.

I've also met Chef Tell on 2 or 3 different occasions, if anybody knows who he is... he was more popular in the 80's I believe. He's friendly, but very particular and even comes off as a little standoff-ish which is kind of the German personality I've become familiar with in the past.


I forgot to mention that one of my FAVORITE TV chefs is Jamie Oliver (The Naked Chef.)

right, but as a movie, there never was a part 2... i think people in this forum are confuddled.

South Central Amish Country here.

happy day!

1987 Plymouth Relient painted to look like Dale Earnhardt's car.

I gotta say, Ben seems like he's throwing a lot fewer interceptions this year. He's actually seeming a little more on his game.

I'm not a huge Steelers fan, but my best friend is. It's fun to make fun of him when my teams beat his... but sadly (for me) it just ain't happening this year.

Bengals/Vikings/Seahawks fan here...
2 of my 3 teams are doing quite poorly this year... i guess that's what I get for rooting for the underdogs.

buy a house on a nice chunk of land with a BIG garage...
give some money to my friends/family
have a church built for a congregation who can't yet afford it
open a restaurant or two
invest some
buy real-estate and rent it out
buy a few cars I like
throw the rest in the bank and let it collect interest.

*1970 Karmann Ghia that is...

my 1970 is going up for sale as soon as I weld up the floor... after that, I'll either be picking up my dad's 1976 Dodge Dart Swinger 318, or my uncle's 1965 Volkswagen Baja... the baja I would be turning into a Rally America car, and the dart, well, It'd be going back to hot stock. Also, this winter, I have plans to pull my motorcycle (1980 Honda CB750-F SuperSport) apart and doing a bit of a resto.

this might be a shot in the dark, but anybody remember this show? Probably my all-time favorite cartoon... too bad it only lasted 2 seasons. (i have the dvds too).

I have Seasons 1-10 on DVD. imagine what I could have spent that money on. I've watched every episode on those 10 seasons at least 3 times... imagine the time I could have spent doing something constructive

ah well, it wasn't wasted. I love the simpsons... or at least used to... it's kind of fallen off in recent years.

I will say, however, with the movie, I had VERY high expectations, and I didn't walk away dissapointed. Coulda gone without seeing bart's junk tho.