Happy 1st Birthday Nolan

Happy Birthday to my little buddy Nolan Oliver.  He celebrated Easter twice and a leap year, all before he turned one. 

all business, all the time

6:36 AM in NYC our lived were changed for ever, for the better.  It went by extremely fast and although his vocabulary is practically non-existent, he's been walking for over three months, which is pretty impressive.  He's a good little dude with an awesome personality.  He's the man.

We're heading out to the Mystic Aquarium for a day with the little dude.  I feel bad leaving Nathan home all day, but he'll be fine, he's the toughest dachshund I've ever met.

Here's some other cool stuff (or uncool, depending on what your opinion is) that happened on April 16 in the history of the world.

• 1941 - Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians threw the only no-hitter on Opening Day in Major League history, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0
• Funnyman Jon Cryer turns 47 today.  He's best known for his work on Two and a Half Men and his cameo in Due Date
• Ian MacKaye, frontman for Minor Threat and Fugazi, turns half century this year
• Bob Dylan debuted his song "Blowin' in the Wind" in NY in 1962
• The Rolling Stones debut album was released in 1964, "The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers)"
• Bill Belichick turns 60 today and still rocks a ripped hoodie better than any coach in history

We're be having a great day and I hope you'll do the same.

Jets vs. Patriots

The Jets are now making a big deal over Tom Brady rubbing it in after a TD pass to Deion Branch in the Patriots 45-3 win earlier this season.

Who. Gives. A. Shit.

They're enemies.  They compete for division titles.  Their coaches hate each other.  Their players despise one another. 

There is nothing but taunting in the NFL, so why the hell are the Jets throwing themselves a pity party?  Because Brady jawed at their sideline after a poor job of tackling by the Jets secondary?  Are the Jets better than that?  Don't they have strength coaches who stick out an inadvertent knee to trip up a Dolphins player?

Cromartie sounded off in an expletive filled tirade directed at Tom Brady.  Rex Ryan simply said, "In this country you're allowed to have opinions and all that kind of stuff" - but if the Patriots responded to that, there'd be a shitstorm in New York media.

Bottom line, who cares.  It's football.  It's a rivalry.  It's the end of the season on the line for one of these teams. 

As the chairman says on Iron Chef America, "Let the battle begin"!

Tim Tebow = Kent St.

He has quite the following.  It began with his days on the campus at UF.  It continued when the Broncos drafted him.  And his harem has followed the wannabe QB on Twitter (73,875 followers).  As a devout man of faith, it's easy to see why his good-guy image attracts swarms of followers.  Every team who passed on him in the draft was scorned by throngs of Tebow fans.  Shit, he probably has people over in his native Philippines tuning in last Sunday.

Everyone was singing his praises after the Broncos game in Oakland this past weekend once again, because the Golden Boy was given his shot to shine in the league.  The results were very, very average - maybe even below average - in a 39-23 shellacking at the hands of my beloved Raiders.

8/16 for 138 yards and 1 TD - the Raiders are 5th in the NFL against the pass
7 carries for 78 yards and 1 TD (an exciting 40-yard run) - the Raiders are 26th in the NFL against the run

His QB Rating was great (100.8 - however the hell that's calculated is still a mystery to me).  He had a hand in 207 of the Broncos 235 total net yards (88%).  He ran a stale offense that has plenty of weapons, as was indicated during the revival of Kyle Orton earlier this year.  Brandon Lloyd became a go-to receiver.  Jabar Gaffney is having a career year in his 9th year in the NFL.  Knowshon Moreno is having a decent season (I just wanted to try to type his name and get it right - took me 3 tries).  There's just no QB in Denver right now to lead that team.

Tim Tebow is not the answer.  He is certainly not the savior in Denver - that title was given to Orton when he was hot as a pistol at the start of the season.  Everyone was talking about him breaking records for passing yards and whatnot - he had very good numbers on a terrible football team.  Orton - although benched and/or hurt - is 5th in the NFL in passing yards (ahead of Wonderboy Tom Brady, Wacco Flacco, Eli Manning, and Matty Ice).  You know why?  Because they are busy getting pumped every week and have to throw the ball.

Tebow cannot win a game with his arm in the NFL.  Yes, they've cleaned up his throwing mechanics, but he is still a work-in-progress at best.  He is as athletic as any player in the league, don't get me wrong, but a franchise, long-term QB in the NFL - no shot.

Tim, you're a great story and God loves you, but you may be headed down the path of Brad Smith (QB at Mizzou, WR NY Jets), Julian Edelman (QB at Kent St., WR NE Patriots), and Josh Cribbs (QB Kent St., WR Cleveland Browns).  He has the fact that he went to Florida and not Kent St. going for him, but I don't think that's enough.  Heisman or no Heisman, he's not a next level QB. 

I have to take Nathan out.  He's gonna break off a 40 yard TD run.  Then maybe follow Tebow on Twitter.