Fate of The Office

When watching Conan O'Brien rip apart NBC the last few days I have realized that no matter what he does he will really only damage the Tonight Show (if anything.) When you think about it people do not watch any major network because they support the network, they do it because they like whatever TV show, sporting event or movie they are watching. It comes down to the fact that most people are only activists until it starts to negatively effect their personal life. My example was no matter how much people like/support Conan if you are a fan of The Office you will not stop watching it. This was the only example of NBC programming (other then sports) that my friends and I all said we watched.

Now their is a chance that may be coming to an end.

On Thursday NBC played their first new episode of the Office since the holiday episode on December 10th...if you want to call it a new episode. The majority of the episode involved clips of the past six seasons. The editors did a great job incorporating funny stunts, side characters, love affairs, and multiple montages that were great (with the exception of not having enough Andy.)

This does worry me though because it may mean that the Office writers are out of steam or the show may be on its way out. It is hard to see that show lasting much longer at its current caliber regardless of whether or not this show was aired. The main character (Jim) has already married Pam (main love interest of the show) and they are going to have a baby before the end of the season. It has also already gone six seasons (this one being the worst in my opinion) and have to pay for stars at the caliber of Steve Carrell.

In addition to these reasons that I believe the Office is either on its way out or on its way to being the next "Saved By the Bell: The New Class" their are two more interesting "coincidences." And this many coincidences only happens on the show Lost or when they are not really coincidences.

One- Ricky Gervais is rumored to appear on an episode of The Office before the end of the season. Ricky is the original Michael Scott as well as a writer and director of the original series on the U.K. This would be his first appearance on the show and something they may have wanted to do before the series had ended.

Two- Situations surrounding Steve Carrell. The first of which is how the character Michael Scott handled "The Banker" who was coming to see how everything was at Dunder Mifflin Scranton. He continuously made pleas that everything was okay and ends the episode by saying "I think the future is very bright" but the episode seemed to me like a plea to continue the show. In addition if NBC is thinking about cancelling them it makes sense that Steve Carrell has been confirmed as a special guest on the last episode of the Tonight Show with Conan at 11:35 which should be an event that is both "a lot of fun" and bashes NBC's decision to move Conan's time.

...Or maybe NBC had scheduling conflicts/wanted to save some time or money...who knows?

Top 10 Nintendo Games

This list is clearly pre-Gamecube and in no particular order...

Super Mario 64 (N64)

Super Mario World (SNES)

Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)

Turtles in Time (SNES)

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)

Blitz 2000(N64)

Tony Hawk Pro Skater (N64)

Zelda (SNES)

Mario Kart (N64&SNES)

Honorable mention is the rollerskating fighting game for NES I do not remember the title of...

This is also solely my opinion...Please feel free to debate/be nostalgic/suggest others

On Underdogs

I think the best part about being in high school is being a freshman. My favorite beer pong matches are against people who take it like a sport and play often. The best feeling is doing something you have no idea what to do and succeeding. This is why being a Jets fan is a lot more fun then being a Yankee fan.

I used to say in high school that i envied freshman and believe that being a freshman is the best year of your life. When asked about this I explained that if a freshman loses a fight they will still be looked up to for trying and if they win they are a God. The Jets are in this position right now as the NFL season comes to an end and only four teams remain.

Even if I did not like the Jets all year long, I would still be pulling for them because of their positive and determined attitude despite being considered not only the worst team in the playoffs but many people did not think they deserved to be there. Rex Ryan and his crew have proved that they did deserve the playoff spot and I hope they kick the Colts ass like a Freaks and Geeks star would kick Freddie Prince Jr's ass in high school.

It is great to be a fan of a team like the Jets when you are used to being a Yankee fan.

Things Every Guy Should Know

This is a list inspired by Lauren Leto's blog Things Every Women Should Know How to do. Her blog is definitly worth a read.

1) When you get into an argument with a women, they don't handle it the same way a guy does. When a guy argues it takes three minutes to become a joke, women do not like joking about what they were mad about. Trust me.

2) Making the most noise with your car muffler does not mean you are cool, it simply means you are destroying your car trying to be cool.

3) The shot girls are not going home with you so go to the bar and buy real drinks.

4) Do not be nice to girls you are never going to see again because you think they are hot. This will just make them more stuck up and bitchy. Then you will complain why hot girls are stuck up and bitchy. It is our fault.

5) Johnny Depp, Kevin Smith and Jim Halpert are cooler then any jock. Choose your idol accordingly.

6) If your favorite character on Lost is Jack, your favorite TMNT was Leonardo or your favorite power ranger was the red one you are a tool. Re-evaluate your life or enroll in tool academy (if you considered enrolling you have lost all hope.)

7) Only defend the girl you are dating if she is at least half right. If she cheats on your she did a lot more harm to you then the random guy did. Don't just hit him to feel cool (actually don't hit anyone to feel cool, its not.)

8) If you are completely nice all the time you will get burned. Don't say I didn't warn you.

9) Always look before you say a girl looks good. And say something specific so they believe they are not just being yessed to death.

10) As a guy you do not have to be clean...that does not mean be disgusting.

11) Do not have two earrings the size of a ring. Its weird.

Atlantic City 1/?

I could conceivably write at least five blogs about my trip to Atlantic City. This probably will not happen due to my apathy, my assumption of your apathy and my laziness...but I want to keep it open in case boredom beats all three of those things. But seriously...Atlantic city? What the hell?

First of all the hotels are gorgeous and the electric bill in probably insanely high because there are lights everywhere...everywhere. Then they give people free rooms and other free stuff. This is because most people lose money when they go there. Most people who go don't even know what they should do (probability-wise) to win. Every game in the casino people have less then a fifty percent chance of winning. On top of that people go to slots and spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on a game that drives a majority of the casino profits. This is not only all true but people get excited to go to a place where most people (not regulars) expect to lose a minimum of a few hundred dollars.

None of what I have written so far includes what I thought was interesting to blog about, my trip was the silly part. Who loses all their money in Atlantic City on Boardwalk-Carney games...This Guy!

So have you ever played those ball and bucket games. The idea of the game is all you need to do is make consecutive shots into a bucket at a specific angle. This is possible but highly unlikely. The operator will try and convince you it is easy and give you a lot of free shots so that you believe you can do it (the free shots allow you to make 1/10 but still see it is possible.)

The SCAM...

The person who was running this specific carnival game saw us coming. He told us it was his last day open and if we won a prize (PS3) he really wanted it so would buy it back from us for $300. He then told us he gave us more shots than he usually does and allowed us to play on teams. He continued to not heckle us but explain how easy it is and constantly remind us how close we were. Collectively we left $110 poorer.

We also had Sucker written on our foreheads from partying the night before.

In other news... Their is a cat man in Atlantic City who feeds cats (we saw at least 8) under the boardwalk. He may be homeless because he spends rent money on cat food

Yellow Alert

I was driving through the center of Yorktown , NY and I remembered that after 9/11 the firehouse had a scrolling alert with the weather regarding what our terror threat level was. Whenever I noticed this I always remember thinking if I was in another person's town, especially in the mid-west, I would think this idea is crazy and the people their were brainwashed. How am i supposed to change my daily life because of some terror alert posted at my firehouse.

So many thoughts and don't even know where to start.

More on this later

On Gambling

I am pretty sure winning money is not a difficult thing to do. I think about this because in about 1-2 hours I will be leaving for Atlantic City with just enough money to play a couple of rounds of roulette or hands of blackjack and I can only hope for the best but this would not be true if I had a lot of money.

The last time I was in Atlantic City before checking out I talked to a women in her mid to late 30s who said she had been going to the casino every week for about three months. She explained that a lot of the same people return and one specific person she played Blackjack with had a unique strategy and she had never seen him walk away from a table down from what he started with.

The player would sit down with no less then 5,000 dollars in chips and place a $25 - $50 bet. If he lost he would instantly double the bet. If he lost he would double it again etc, etc. This means that unless he lost enough time in a row to lose 5,000 dollars when he won a hand he would brake even. He could do this until he won a few hands in a row and then he could set a new limit that he wanted to continue to reach and every time he failed he could use the same strategy.

This really seems almost flawless. The key is if he lost that 5,000 dollars he has the ability to continue to play or lose this one day because he clearly had made a substantial amount of money and was well off. I am not as skilled as to try this with a skill game but I believe it would work if I tried it on Roulette. I have about $100 to spend this time around so I will not be able to try it, but damn if you have money its a lot easier to make money.

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

The video below is Ben Folds explaining how when he needed money to get started he got nothing but now that hes rich he gets free coffee...this is a crazy world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrEpqyrHiY8

PS... Holler Vancouver! get at me if you read this...

Maps?

So I got my second GPS for Christmas (the first one mysteriously disappeared, their may be a correlation between me not locking my car and the GPS missing.) For the record I still refuse to lock my car.

I digress...so I used my GPS like three or four times and I thought two things... 1)This device will make everyone dumber because they will not learn directions and depend on it. 2) The next generation of people will not be able to comprehend life before the GPS. This is like we have trouble remembering how people lived without the internet and cell phones.

Then I thought about how people got directions before the GPS...this is simple mapquest.com (or more recently the improved maps.google.com.)

But what about before mapquest?

I lived at least 7-8 years of my life with no computer and no internet and I can not imagine how directions were done without mapquest. I understand going around town and semi locally but it amazes me that people used maps and memorized directions for all trips. I can even vaguely remember my aunt giving us an hour of directions over the phone.

The world was a lot different, its interesting to see where its going.

I dont think this post makes any sense.