And you live where?

America certainly doesn't just live on Main Street anymore. An online poll run at The Car Connection website determined the top ten wierdest and wackiest street names in the U.S. (and yes, they all have been confirmed as real):

10. Tater Peeler Road in Lebanon, Texas
9. The intersection of Count and Basie in Richmond, Va.
8. Shades of Death Road in Warren County, N.J.
7. Unexpected Road in Buena, N.J.
6. Bucket of Blood Street in Holbrook, Ariz.
5. The intersection of Clinton and Fidelity in Houston
4. The intersection of Lonesome and Hardup in Albany, Ga.
3. Farfrompoopen Road in Tennessee (the only road up to Constipation Ridge)
2. Divorce Court in Heather Highlands, Pa.
1. Psycho Path in Traverse City, Mich.

Personally I think the most creative road is #3. After all, when you're heading up to Constipation Ridge you want to make certain you don't need a trip to the restroom - which in that case might be a Port-O-Potty.

The love of Sam & Frodo

First we got the love story between 1960s cowboys in Brokeback Mountain. Then the romance between a scientist and his teenage friend was revealed in Brokeback to the Future.

Now the companionship between a hobbit and his "gardener" finally can be told. Check out the trailer for the Peter Jackson & Ang Lee collaboration: Brokeback Mount Doom.

Sean looks like...

According to Google I'm a giant product of Britney & Kevin; with facial features of my father, Lauren, John and Yoko; and is a hairy, scared-to-death drunk 1950s accountant wearing an Olympic-style latex leather outfit. Uh, yeah - that's me, not!

Sean looks like I was a little more buzzed than I thought.

Sean looks like John...

Sean looks like an interesting product.

Sean looks like a giant...

Sean looks like a Spears not a Federline, and I hope Kevin dedicated a decent song to Sean...

Sean looks like Lauren.

Sean looks like he's much younger here.

Sean looks like an accountant from the 1950s. He looks like his father, whatever his father must look like. Sean is mortified.

Sean looks like the Olympic representative from Planet of the Apes.

Sean looks like John, for me he looks like Yoko.

Sean looks like he's wearing the same suit Edward Scissorhands wore.

The Whites beat the Blacks

Team White finally notched the first win of the hockey season. We battled Team Black on Saturday evening. Though our opponent lost an earlier match 9-0 to Team Red, ours was a close one! It remained scoreless until more than halfway through the second period when we finally netted the first goal of the game. The final score: 3-0 White.

I probably played my best game of the season so far. Despite not being able to receive multiple passes up along the boards cleanly as I was heading into the offensive zone, I was able to create some scoring chances. I got two or three shots on net, made an excellent pass to my centerman who front of the net (a nice save by the opposing goalie prevented me from getting an assist), and was part of a 2-on-none breakaway (my teammate let a rocket fly that was unfortunately wide). I was also pleased that I skated better, and fell much less than in the previous week.

Our next game is against Team Yellow. If we beat them, we'll be in second place in our division only trailing Team Light Blue.

Three things...

My answers based on questions from Girard & Brad's blogs...

3 JOBS I'VE HELD: Food Service Attendant (aka Cook); Golf Range Attendant; Production Assistant

3 MOVIES I COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER: The Princess Bride; The Fifth Element; Ocean's Eleven

3 PLACES I'VE LIVED: Hudson, Ohio; West Seneca, New York; Tampa, Florida

3 FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Lost; Stargate SG-1; Family Guy

3 VACATIONS I'VE TAKEN: Winter Olympics 2002 trip (Phoenix, Grand Canyon, Zion, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas); London/Paris; Hawaii (Oahu, Maui)

3 WEBSITES I VISIT DAILY: Yahoo.com; trekweb.com; theonering.net

3 FAVORITE FOODS: lasagna; shish kabob; corn-on-the-cob

3 PLACES YOU'D RATHER BE: on the golf course with my dad; at the gaming store with my Buffalo friends; in bed with my 2 cats

3 THINGS YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT ME BUT DON'T: I was a dog person until four years ago; I'm not into women (that's not a secret), but I find Michelle Phieffer strangely attractive; I don't mind doing laundry - except for folding shirts;

Don't Have A Cow, Man!

I went to the Florida State Fair here in Tampa yesterday and saw something for the first time live in my life yesterday - an animal being born. I had only animals giving birth on TV shows before. I was actually quite lucky to see it. I had just wondered into a farm animal exhibit when a dairy cow's water broke.

The mother cow struggled to push the calf out into the world... but it was having some trouble. She got the calf's legs from about the knee down to exit - but that's all that would come out. The farmers got together and gave the cow some help. They put a chain around the calf's legs after about a half-minute of pulling, yanked it out. Welcome to the world baby bull!

The big surprise, at least for us people in the tent, was the mother hadn't finished giving birth. The farmer realized when he saw the baby wasn't full-size, he was likely a twin - especially since he came out feet first. Sure enough, with some more tugging from the farmers, out came a younger brother. I guess I timed my fair visit just right as the farmer later said that only about 1 in 20 to 30 births will a cow deliver twins.

Marty & the Doc - as it was meant to be...

If you haven't seen it yet, there's a new trailer out there that you won't believe. It's Brokeback to the Future. Gotcha! It's not real - just a spoof of Brokeback Mountain... but it is sure hilarious! Definitely check it out. My favorite part is where Marty holds up a piece of paper and tells Doc, "You wrote a letter!"

A great idea and then...

Last night during the Super Bowl my station ran two :30 ads to promote our morning show. Plus, they used a few other the five second stinger promos to advertise our Bon Jovi ticket giveaway. Very smart idea to do both. My station is really making an effort to promote the 5am-7am show which leads into Good Morning America. And why not? It's a money maker!

The only problem was we had some technical difficulties today. And of all the days to do so. Potentially our largest audience in years and we have audio problems where half our audio board is working only half the time. The stupid board worked over the weekend (thought they did have some problems with in on Friday). Why couldn't this have waited to happen until Tuesday?

Though it didn't affect me directly - it did affect the product on the air a bit, but our production and engineering departments did a great job working around the issue. I just sometimes you never get any breaks...

0-1 again (sort of)

Well how can a team that has lost all three of its games be 0-1? It's call "New Math". Just kidding. The first two games don't count in the standings for playoff purposes so while Team White is now 0-3, we're just 0-1 for purposes of making the playoffs.

Yesterday was our worst game yet. We lost 6-2 to the team we lost 4-2 just two weeks earlier. It was close for the first two periods, but after Team Light Blue got two goals in the third - including one where our goalie mishandled the puck during a 5-3 power play which led to an easy shorthanded goal.

I played better at times. I made some nice passes and did go to the net when my teammates shot the puck, but alas, the opposing goaltender pulled some great saves out of his ass and didn't give up many rebounds - including my chance. Next week: Team Black.