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Well, what are you waiting for, Christmas? Get your butt to the lobby and make it snappy! Intermission isn't like the last two minutes of a basketball game ya know, it's finite...


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Free day!

Johnny's been at the doctor most of the day and still needs to get a couple prescriptions filled so if you kids promise not to destroy the house you can talk about anything you want to. Dress up and pretend you are hippies.

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When you watched Wayne Gretzky on most nights he did things nobody else could do let alone at full speed with world class defenders around. If you're not a soccer fan take one game at some point to watch Lionel Messi at Barcelona. It's a level nobody else approaches. He pulled this magnificent rabbit out of his hat today in front of 400 million people on teevee vs. the second best club team on earth, Real Madrid. Johnny has heard the Nou Camp in Barcelona erupt many times, never quite this loud.

Back, back you Merengues, back to Madrid 8 points adrift.

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Jets and Giants GAMEDAY!

Well kids football weather arrived with a vengeance last night which should make for some extra good tailgating out at the New Meadowlands later today and tomorrow night. Tailgating is always better when you're not wiping sweat off your face.

Johnny's Cleveland Browns roll into town to face the defending Super Bowl champs for a 1 pm kickoff. These are not the same old Browns Johnny will have you know. These are a whole set of new bums from the last bunch that couldn't win (That stunning red-ass beat down Cleveland put on the Giants on a Monday night a few years back excepted) any games. Let's face it, if the NFL used relegation like they do in European soccer the Browns would be playing in the Mountain West Conference by now. They do have stud rookie running mouth back Trent Richardson who basically called the Giants defense slow this week. Trash talking from the position of an 0-4 record. Oh boy, Oh boy, oh boy. While Richardson shows promise the Giants defense will have to contain the near-death experience that is Cleveland's passing attack. OK, that's done. The Giants offense might take a few series to really get rolling as if there is one thing the Browns' defense has historically done it is to create turnovers, namely INT's. The Browns do it well. Cleveland sports a stout defense, top 5 in the NFL currently. Still, stay away from obvious mistakes and certainly Tom Coughlin's staff can outwit and out-prepare Pat Shurmur's staff in the Giants offensive gameplan. If for whatever reason, as odd as the chances seem, if the game gets down to field goal kicking, Phil Dawson is an ace. Advantage Cleveland. Lose the game Big Blue and you will not want to see tonight's late night open thread.

Fearless Forecast:
NJ Giants 30
Cleveland 17

And if any of you have ever wondered why the Browns are the only team without a logo on their helmets perhaps this will help you understand, I give you the real Cleveland Brownie 'mascot'


Compared to the Jets however the Browns may well seem like "Air Coryell" this week. The Jetropolitans host the new NFL "it" team, Houston on Monday night. Santonio Holmes is out for the season. Tight end Dustin Keller? Yeah he's not playing tomorrow. Neither is WR Stephen Hill. Whatever is left of the Jets receiving corps is still getting the ball distributed by Mark Sanchez or at some inevitable point Tim Tebow. Just bleak. The Texans come in undefeated and looking like top contenders in the AFC. They have balance on the ground and in the air. Their defense is bottom of the pack but when you offer offensively what the Jets have left that defense looks better. As good as this game looked at the time it was scheduled, it looks like a dog today. 

Fearless Forecast:

Houston 28

NJ  Jets 13

A real eye-opener of an story this morning from the Star-Ledger

While they posted it under an editorial banner the information is truly an eye-opener nonetheless. Did you know (and in reading the story you'll find out) according to the American Cancer Society that if a phone solicitor calls on their behalf and you make a donation, ZERO of that money went to fight cancer or to cancer research. No, all that money just went to pay the telemarketer who called you. Sadly there are many other organizations who happily look the other way while money pledged to them is eaten alive by telemarketing companies.

Angry yet?

Good, read on and learn to simply tell anyone calling you, no matter no good the charity may sound, no. The money you think you're giving is going almost always to the telemarketer or the company employing them. You'll also learn why organizations let so much money pledged to help a cause go to these telemarketing companies. It's called weak any way you slice it.

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Saturday Night Scoreboard Show:

Rutgers 19
Connecticut 3
Rutgers shall be named king of college football along the northeastern seaboard. And move up in the rankings

North Carolina State 17
Florida State 16
Free Shoes University blows a big 16-0 lead. The fail of the day

Michigan State 31
Indiana 27
Indiana also blows a large 17-0 lead to Sparty

Kent St. 41
Eastern Michigan 14
Looking like another season wasted before the leaves turn in Ypsilanti

Western Michigan 52
UMass 14
Massachusetts, first in war, first in peace and last in the MAC East

South Carolina 35
Georgia 7
Whatever sound a Gamecock makes it is making it loudly tonight

Army 34
Boston College 31
Aaaaarrrrrrrrmy training sir

Lehigh 35
Columbia 14
The Mountain Hawk bandwagon rolls on

Alcorn St. 20
Southern 17
The answer as to how many would pay to see this game is 15,000

The Jersey City Desk Game of the Week®

Wagner 12
Sacred Heart 3
Wagner built a massive 12-0 lead at halftime and had to withstand a furious 3 point comeback by Sacred Heart in the second half

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Apples to apples

It's October 6th and the fall harvest has begun. Nothing seems to sum up the fall harvest as much as apples do in America. Apples seem to be the unofficial official fruit of the season. But with so many types of deliciousness, which is your favorite? Granny Smith? Red Gala? MacIntosh? Lobo? Jonagold? Golden Delicious? At Johnny's house the apple at the top of the pecking order is the Honeycrisp. But what about your apple proclivities dear readers? Do you have a favorite eating apple and does that differ from your favorite cooking/baking apple?

If you're looking for an apple related event, Gothamist reminds us of one tomorrow when it's sure gonna feel like fall:

Of course, you could always rent a car and go apple picking. Sure. But then you have to leave the city. Closer to home is the lovely Queens County Farm Museum, which once again this weekend is hosting its annual Apple Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Expect many types of apples, apple products and fresh apple cider for sale along with free kid's games, hayrides, collectibles and more. And if you get bored, or want to add a certain excitement to the trip, well the museum's giant Maize Maze is around until October 28th.

Apples!

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Why do elephants lie on their backs in fields? So they can trip birds. Thank you, you're a great audience...Always love the crowds at the Morristown Motor Lodge's Orbit Room.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE WHO!

And an instrumental piece from Quadrophenia at that, which Johnny would be happy to spend hours debating as the best album of all time. It certainly had a huge impact on Johnny growing up that continues today. The Who with 'The Rock'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with SUPERTRAMP!

On a good old record player. Look at this guy's setup, what a boss, no kidding. That diamond needle is doing the job without pennies being placed on top of the stylus. You kids go ask your parents about that. Supertramp with 'Goodbye Stranger'