Archive for March 8th, 2010

11-9 (55%)

8th March
2010
written by jed

Not my finest hour in Oscar predictions, but I still got more right than wrong. Hooray.

And it turns out that Cablevision put ABC back on the air 13 minutes into the Oscars (though how subscribers would know that they did so remains a mystery to me — I guess they had to be watching the blank screen at the time).

Maybe I need to see The Hurt Locker again (I thought it was just OK the first time I saw it).

Or maybe I need to remind myself that the Oscars are like the Grammys (they ultimately mean nothing).

Ultra-Orthodox rabbis have declared that smoked salmon is no longer kosher (because of the parasitic worms it sometimes contains).

This is going to get ugly.

“I will keep governing until the end of the year. I will not be daunted or distracted by any forces.”

That’s “Governor” Paterson, who continues to claim that he is prohibited from speaking about the charges against him until after the investigations are finished.

“The governor is free to say whatever he wants.”

That’s from the Attorney General’s Office — the folks investigating him.

Your move, Magoo.

Linda Stasi though Neil Patrick Harris’ opening number at the Oscars was “truly terrible” (having not seen it yet, I can’t agree or disagree).

She also said this: “I especially liked [Steve Martin] having the nerve to say, ‘Anyone who works with Meryl [Streep] says the same thing — Can this woman act, and what’s up with all the Hitler memorabilia?’ Of course it took me about an hour to figure out what the heck it meant, but when I did, I laughed. I assume all it meant is he said the worst thing he could think of.”

Linda Stasi is becoming Dr. Steve Brule.

Over the last two years, New Yorkers (who pay their electric bill) have been overcharged an average of $40 ($157M POWER ABUSE). Investigators say it’s probably much more than that.

I guess the Con in Con Ed isn’t an abbreviation.

Sherri Perper, 56, of Queens, is suing Forum Novelties (Clown and out).

For Halloween in 2008, she bought a pair of their oversized plastic clown shoes to complement her Bozo costume. She tripped and fell and blames the shoes, which she calls “defective and dangerous.”

Which is what I call Sherri Perper.

Hey, Cindy Adams? Her name is Sherri Shepherd, not “Sherry Shepard.”

Why aren’t you dead yet?

A woman was arrested for public intoxication in Owensboro, Kentucky. As she changed into her jail uniform, she squirted breast milk at a female deputy, hitting her in the face. Which is why the woman is also being charged with third-degree assault.

Ah, Kentucky.

Michael Allegretti, 31, is a climate lobbyist (focusing on “clean energy”). He’s also running against Staten Island Rep. Mike McMahon as a Republican.

Fun fact: Allegretti’s family runs Bayside Fuel Oil, which has been cited for “a string of [oil] spills” in the Gowanus Canal. Michael owns a stake in the company.

Good luck, Michael!

Mandrea!

She just can’t stop attacking Eliot Spitzer for his sexual indiscretions (U’NIQUE ATTITUDE ON ‘OK’ CHEATING).

Apparently, Mo’Nique has an open relationship with her husband. “If Mo’Nique and Eliot are cool with open marriages, and Silda [Spitzer, Eliot's wife] isn’t thwacking her hub with a golf club, should we care? Oh, right. Prostitution is illegal.”

And Ashley Dupre is your co-worker.

ABC took out another full-page ad (on page 27) urging people to switch from Cablevision to FiOS, DirecTV or AT&T’s U-verse.

I can’t wait to hear the details of last night’s ABC-Cablevision settlement.

Adam Brodsky writes my new least-favorite op-ed piece of all time, Hike MTA Fares Now.

Why? Because if straphangers have to pay more, then they might finally pressure the MTA to stop awarding outrageously expensive contracts to companies that have repeatedly proven that they won’t/can’t do what they’re being paid to do.

Shut up, Adam Brodsky.

CORRECTION: In the comments section a few days ago, I mentioned that Ted Williams’ lifetime batting average was .406. That is incorrect. He hit .406 in 1941, but his lifetime average was .344. He is, however, the last player to break .400.

I regret the error and beg your forgiveness.

The Yankees are now 1-4. The Mets are 5-2.

In a related story, up is down and left is right.

A new episode of House tonight? Yay!

Hopefully it’s back for a while and won’t be followed by three weeks of repeats.

If you are hungry in Park Slope, I highly recommend Belleville. The folks took me and the Mrs. there last night and it was one of the best meals we’ve had in a while (not that we’ve been lacking for good food; it’s just that Belleville is incredibly good).

Turkey got hit by a 6.0 earthquake.

Haiti, Chile, Taiwan, Turkey.

Which two seven-letter countries are next?

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