4 Seconds A Day: June 2014

Fancy A Little Footeyball

NFL logos re-imagined as British footeyballers

see the whole league

Lives On The Beach

Best Beaching To Date

I think you can figure it out...

Probably the longest I've spent on a beach, definitely the most enjoyable

4 Seconds A Day: February 2013

Why Can't We Just Be Sunday?

Sunday's never have too strong a sense of Sunday in them round these parts. Even in the winter we find a boatload of a workload. Starting off with grocery shopping to supply ourselves with the ingredients to fully implement a Christmas gift and returning other ill-fitting Christmas gifts. Seems we can't get away from Christmas. We'll be traveling down to Georgia next week to celebrate it again. Calendars and Macy's decor don't tell us what to do. Forever 21.

We came home to flip on the TV at kickoff. Would've rather seen Atlanta/Baltimore but as long as it ain't the Patriots, I could really care less. The Brother Bowl, Super Baugh, Harbaugh Bowl will be fun tho. Thanksgiving will never be the same. Between commercial breaks we moved heavy furniture. During downs I heard clanking plates and rustling appliances. Forever changing.

Then we drank cherry moonshine.

Grating Cheese

Well it was almost boring but a good kind of boring, ya know. Nice to see them get their acts together and stop losing to pop warner. Would be nice ot at the very least have a team to route for come January. And it does feel nice to make of fool of the discount double check douchebag. 38-10, and I was kinda wanting them to push for more, but why be rude. Save it for the rest of the season, Redskins, Saints, Falcons, Ravens and Eagles won't be an easy task to outdo last years 9-7, but it may just be good enough still.

Reviewing Daily Ridiculous

she will talk to you on the phone, but she'll probably lie

she likes football but thinks they are "too fast" and look "soft"

she uses a British accent when she asks for yogurt

she thought new batteries would fix the van's broken fuel door

her new favorite word is "delicious" and she uses it very generously

she takes personal responsibility for any and every thing that ever happens with an exuberant "I did it!"

she thinks olives are pickles but pickles are not olives

she goes thru her mother's jewelry on a daily basis, and Laura has no idea

Giant Jump Distracts Giant Suck

I dvr'd the game yesterday during Dylan's party, but lucky us, they had it playing on the TV's there. I'm glad that I didn't have to come home to watch this disaster, and I'm glad I had the distraction of screaming children and bouncing babies to keep me from throwing the abandoned sneakers at the screen. 

Here's a couple more shots from the jamboree...

I guess Yuula didn't get the group shot memo

The Only Win In The East

It's always certain to be a good game when the Giants play the Cowboys. Maybe it's the forced notion of fandom or the misguided insinuation of "America's team" but there's no one I think Giants fans enjoy beating more than Jerry Jones and his cohorts. And the sad thing is I kind of like some of the Cowboys. Romo and crew are sympathetic figures somehow, but I still snickered and screamed at each of the 4 interceptions and other turnovers that occurred yesterday. 

Of course the final quarter or so of the game left a bad taste in my mouth as far as having any confidence in my team. It has long been the word out on the Giants that they can get a little stagnant when they don't feel challenged (see losses to Seattle and twice to Washington last year). But despite a last minute drive and some poorly chosen epithets shouted at the screen in those final seconds, NY prevails, Jerry Jones sucks, and all is right with the world.

Giants went 6-2 with that win. Eagles, Redskins, and Dallas all lost and only have 3 wins so far.

Here Come Some Darkness

Guess this is happening soon. Like tomorrow. Oddly enough we lost power this morning, only for a minute, but, I suppose that was the dry run. At this point I'd just like to see the Giants game tomorrow. So give me til 7:30 Sandy baby. Then you can have your devastation.

Prediction Abstracts

she calls this piece Giants over Eagles, 31-24

Anything But Football Is The Crime

and I am Batman

Omaha. 119. Omaha. Hut Hut...

TONIGHT:

[nothing else matters right now]

If You're Going To San Francisco...

for Brandon & Mario

I took the honors...

Looks like they'll fit right in.

I ain't worried.

Two Salsas And A Merengue

What can be said? The stage is set. Patriots fans have pretended they're not out for revenge and Giants fans have reassured everyone that they're not just happy to be here. I've got to be upfront and say that I fully acknowledge the overwhelming amount of good fortune that has shined down upon my team for the past month or so. I won't lie and say that they earned those wins as much as they came out on the other end the luckier group of men. I also won't easily forget about all those games that happened this season where the Giants just flat out didn't show up at all, getting run in by the Saints and losing dumb games to the Seahwaks and the Redskins, twice! But I won't concede that that is what actually makes this game so fun to watch. You never know on any given Sunday what will take place. Will Eli Manning make his mark upon the NFL and upset the greats again? Will Brady have the game of his life and single-handedly carry a team to a championship? Will each of the four Giants D-line put a sack on pretty boy? Will Gronkowski come out a wild man and break his ankle clean off by the 3rd quarter? Will Victor Cruz catch two touchdowns and surprise us all by performing a full-on choreographed waltz with the Giants special teams joining in? Will Vince Wilfork pick up Eli Manning and kick a field goal with him? Will the game be tied after 5 full quarters when Coughlin and Belichik choose to decide the game with a gentlemens duel on the 50 where they shoot each other simultaneously as the Lombardi trophy is absconded away by an overzealous Tim Tebow via helicopter? Will Ocho Cinco catch a ball?

These things can happen.

All I do know is that we here will be glued and won't even relieve ourselves til halftime, because, well...

Good game!

Our Noses Were Well Smuttied

Well, that was as intense as it gets. And I am not looking forward to the next two weeks wait, all the conjecture and comparison is going to be dreadful. And I can't help but feel that this whole revenge thing is going to be front and center and it's just not my gig. Can I avoid the sports networks for two weeks? Yes. Will I? Probably not. I do love me some Woody Paige.

No Rematch, No Rematch, No Rematch, Stop!

I remember 2008, walking thru the Miami airport and seeing the end of the Giants/Cowboys game on a bar television. The whole place erupted, dollars got new owners and drinks were ordered. It was an exciting time to be a Giants fan. Little did we all know what lie ahead. Now it's 2012 and this time it's different. A surprise party is fun when you don't expect it. This year I feel like I should expect the Giants to win the super bowl. Back in the end of November I remember trying to figure out who I was going to root for come post season because the Giants looked awful and it wasn't even a thought that they'd make it to the conference championship. Now that they're there and playing the 49er's (the team I chose to root for sans Giants) I am quite uncomfortable going into tomorrow. I do think they can win, but that opens up a whole new set of worries. I kind of don't want the Giants to play New England in the Super Bowl. What a buzzkill that will be if (and when) Brady & Belichik finally get their revenge on the blue menace. It won't make up for destroying their potentially perfect season, but it would suck. Another interesting game would be Baltimore vs San Francisco, brother vs brother, but they tried that at Thanksgiving and I think it was a snooze. So, of course, by default I'm rooting for the Giants to win, but I'm gonna go against my better sense and root for Baltimore to meet them in Indy. No rematches. I'd take SF and NE if I have to, but I won't like it.

So, I got my burgers, I got my chipotle chips, apparently there will some sort of skype session so I am ready for that. Let there be two good games and I won't be disappointed. I guess.

I Eat Pistachios When I'm Nervous

The Rest Overslept Themselves

And then there were eight. From the Agatha Christie book. No? And Then There Were None. Anyone? You know the original title of that book? I'm getting off topic.

Football! That's right, playoffs this weekend, with four games, one more intriguing than the other, and I gotta get my two cents in. And I'm so terrible at picking winners and scores, you can mostly chalk this up to some comedic relief before the game. It's better than that hack Frank Caliendo and his "comedic" picks.

So let's go in order...

Saints Vs 49ers

What to say about this game? I think that the winner of this game goes to the Super Bowl for the NFC. That's one thing I can say. I've been following the 49ers much more than the Saints this year tho. The only bit I saw of them is when they slaughtered the Giants during the regular season. Embarrassing. But I think my money is on the 49ers today. I don't know why but I think after that defensive domination I saw in the BCS championship by Alabama, I feel like people are figuring out how to quash these potent offenses which is all New Orleans really is. Plus I think if Brees isn't getting his normal easy completions he's gonna start throwing bombs everywhere and I like the chance for some turnovers on San Francisco's side. I dunno. Let's say a low scoring game New Orleans 19, San Francisco 23. That is low scoring for New Orleans.

Broncos Vs Patriots

Good vs evil. East vs West. God vs the Devil. Call it what you will, it's gonna be a good game I bet. Brady & the Belichiks on the brink of inobscurity. Tebow and his minions going out with nothing to lose and everything to gain. I will not be surprised to see the Broncos really give the Patriots a hard time out there and keep it real close. I think the Patriots are going to use a strategy of intelligent design (no pun intended) to try and confuse Tebow and stifle his explosive plays, but I think what they take for granted is that Tebow doesn't play intelligent football where he reads defenses and gets a feel for the blitz and so on. He just yells hike and let's his neanderthal instincts take over. Tebow GO!. Ha. Watch this... Denver 31- New England 28. Surprise.

Texans Vs Ravens

Okay, I gotta admit I don't care as much about this game as the other three, but in saying that I do think that the winner of this game goes to the Super Bowl for the AFC. And I think that team will be the Ravens. I just think it's their time, with Steelers gone, Colts a joke, Patriots not their old selves. This is the fourth born kid taking center stage after the oldest leave the nest. And I don't mind that. Baltimore and 49ers in the Super Bowl. Two teams I haven't seen there lately. One step at a time tho. Houston 10, Baltimore 25. Only blowout.

Giants vs Packers

It's easy to be a humble Giants fan this year, after the hot and cold season they had and the way they backed into the playoffs, for once competing in a pathetic division, but after the last couple of games against the Jets and Falcons, I'm sorry, you gotta feel good about this team and at least a little excited to see them give Green Bay a run for their money. I don't want to jinx and make comparisons to 2007's run to the Super Bowl and so on, but the Giants seem to be clicking here, running, passing, blocking, sacking. They look darn good, but it's not hard to imagine the Packers have been laying low and letting everyone lower their expectations so they can come out blazing tomorrow night. Yeah, that's what they're doing. So this is a biased pick, but aren't they all. New York 34, Green Bay 31.