I got fat

Many Americans have at one time or another believed when it came to their weight, they are thinner than they really are, even when the scales are shouting otherwise, a new poll finds. I for one was certainly in the column of people who never thought all those cheeseburgers I was eating were going straight to my waistline, but let me tell you they were in a big way.


We as a country love to eat big and large and it only is getting worse and worse. Value meals keep getting bigger, all you can eat buffets are popping up everywhere and our ice cream cones at the ice cream parlor are getting extra scoops added to them. America is getting bigger and bigger and bigger waistlines because we are not just eating too much-but also sitting our ever expanding buttocks’ on the couch and watching too much rotten uninspiring television or playing video games until our eyes hurt. Drunk, fat and lazy is what we are all getting.

I have bad knees and it is absolutely no secret that my football and rugby days have beaten the hell out of my body. When my son was incubating, I had knee surgery to repair a torn ACL and MCL. I tried to hold off the surgery as long as I could, until I was not even able to get my ever expanding waistline across the street. You see, I love food and I love to eat and eat and eat, however when you were glued to a gym for as many years as I was you had no worries about gaining weight. At forty one, your metabolism just doesn’t work like it used to when you were eighteen. You eat badly and those calories stick right to you.

When I got really fat, I was travelling a whole bunch and I was getting treated by my vendors to the finest restaurants in the world for breakfast, lunch and dinner. How many ex-football players eat salads at the best restaurants in the world? You are right, our survey as predicted said absolutely zero. Good food also meant some really good alcoholic beverages to wash down the steaks, lobsters, fried chicken, etc.; the best restaurants in the world also ironically enough serve the best booze in the world. Alcohol slows down your metabolism folks.

In December of 2008 I found out that my eating and drinking, well made me like a pig on a spigot. I started to feel like I was light headed all the time and I could not pass a bathroom without going in. I went to the doctor and I found out that I was a Type II diabetic. It scared me straighter than an arrow. I started to work out like I did when I was in college and I dropped eighty pounds of pure lard. I was so nervous that I would never see my son grow up that I started eating correctly and stopped all the Grey Goose and Cranberry Juice. I shed the fat clothes and went back to my skinny clothes.

I am proud to say I am in great shape and I have stopped all of the medicines I was on for my diabetes. I feel great, however I do have those urges to eat the whole dollar menu at McDonalds.

I wish more people would stop and think before they eat that double cheese burger with a side of fries and a shake to wash it down. Eating correctly makes you feel better and it obviously makes you much healthier.


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For the Love of My Locks

I have decided to grow my hair for Locks of Love. I really want to do this regardless of how painful it will be for me, the “mullet man” is back comments will be flowing, even still it is the right thing to do on so many different levels. When you are forty one and still have hair that is a minor miracle in itself, however the real miracle here is giving something to someone who needs it so badly.

To us who are not inflicted with a disease or a treatment regimen that takes our hair, we spend an inordinate amount of time washing, conditioning, and coloring our beautiful locks. Unless we suffer from thinning hair (half of the men in the college class of 1991), we all just want to look good walking out the door every morning.

Bad hair days are a joke to some of us; however to others, they wish they could have that bad hair day. Children especially have a tough time adjusting to hair loss. The stigmatism associated with it at a young age causes all kinds of social issues. While children are generally more acceptable of things than adults, it only takes one person to make a crude remark and to hurt a child’s or even an adult’s feelings.

I was a young child in the nineteen seventies and my father was petrified of having a son with long hair. You see, my dad graduated high school in nineteen fifty six; he was of the crew cut generation and he did not want his first born son to be a hippie. Every three weeks, dear old dad would send me up the street to the beauty parlor no less, to get my magnificent hair chopped off. Well I say magnificent anyway, but what can you really get out of three weeks of growth? My friends thought I was in the military because of how many haircuts I used to get. Dad would proudly give me five dollars after every haircut I received as an, “allowance.” I know back then that five dollars every three weeks was pretty good allowance money and I took it with a big smile on my face, until I looked in the mirror of course.

In the mid eighties my hair made me look like a character out of the movie the Wedding Singer. I was known in my family as “mullet boy”. Everyone on my football team could be seen with their hair flowing out of their football helmets. Yes indeed, we were part of that mullet generation. It was the decade of no style. We all looked like the guy from the Flock of Seagulls. What on earth were we thinking?

Like the stock market the late eighties into the nineties proved to be a market correction or as we so here, a hair correction. My dad’s favorite haircut was back, the crew cut! Man was he ever happy about that. This time around I was not getting five dollars to cut my hair from dear dad, but I could tell he would have if I had asked for it.

I have literally kept the same style for twenty years. My hair is short, cropped, and it makes me pretty dashingly handsome to say the least. Ok, maybe not, but I am the writer of this column and I can dream I look good, right?

A few people I know, both male and female, have without fanfare have grown their hair to that ten inch mark to donate it to Locks of Love. I am so proud of them and I hope that their efforts will put a smile on someone’s face. I am sharing my experience in the hope that I can bring attention to this wonderful cause, even though I am returning to my eighties “mullet boy” persona. Hey, maybe I can get a part in The Wedding Singer II.
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New England Patriot Football

I will be writing a New England Patriots Column each week during the National Football League season. As a long time football palyer, fan and season ticket holder I believe I will be giving you a different perspective than the average sports writer. Here is a brief history on the Patriots.


Professional football arrived in New England on Nov. 16, 1959, when a group of local businessmen, led by former public relations executive William H. "Billy" Sullivan Jr. was awarded the eighth and final franchise in the new American Football League. One week later, Northwestern University running back Ron Burton was selected as the franchise's first draft choice and Syracuse running back Gerhardt Schwedes was selected as the team's first territorial choice.

Three key personnel decisions were made in the winter of 1960. First, former Boston College head coach Mike Holovak was named director of player personnel. Ed McKeever was hired as the team's first general manager and he selected Lou Saban as the team's first head coach.

One of the first orders of business of the management group was giving the franchise a name and that was accomplished through a public contest. Thousands of entries were submitted to name the team and 74 fans suggested the winning name, the Boston Patriots. Shortly after the franchise name was chosen, Boston Globe artist Phil Bissell drew a cartoon of a Minuteman preparing to snap a football and owner Sullivan liked the drawing so much that he selected "Pat Patriot" as the team logo. On April 1, 1960, Boston University Field - the former home of the Boston Braves - was selected as the first home of the Boston Patriots.

The organization's first training camp opened on July 4, 1960 at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Approximately 350 players reported to the opening of camp, including a large contingent from Boston College. This group would be trimmed to 35 for the start of the regular season. The team's first preseason game was held on July 30 and the Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills 28-7 at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo. Patriots defensive end Bob Dee recovered a fumble during the game and scored the AFL's first touchdown. The first "home" game was held two weeks later before 11,000 fans at Harvard Stadium and the Patriots lost 24-14 to the Dallas Texans. The team's regular season home opener came on Sept. 9 and 21,597 fans at Boston University field watched the team lose to the Denver Broncos 13-10.

The 1963 season saw the Patriots move to Fenway Park for home games, where they claimed their first division crown with a 7-6-1 record. The team lost the AFL title game, 51-10, to the San Diego Chargers. A number of Patriots players emerged as stars in the AFL during the 1960s, including wide receiver and kicker Gino Cappelletti, running back Jim Nance, quarterback Babe Parilli, linebacker Nick Buoniconti, defensive linemen Houston Antwine, Bob Dee, Larry Eisenhauer and Jim Lee Hunt and center Jon Morris.

In 1970, after a decade of playing at four different sites, including Boston University Field, Harvard Stadium, Fenway Park and Boston College Alumni Stadium, the Patriots selected Foxborough as the new home of the team. In March 1971, the team was renamed the New England Patriots. On Aug. 15, 1971, the Patriots played their first game at Schaefer Stadium in Foxborough, defeating the New York Giants 20-14 before a crowd of 60,423 in a preseason contest.

In 1976, the Patriots earned a wild-card playoff berth, but lost to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Oakland Raiders, 24-21. In 1978, the Patriots won their first outright division title in franchise history, but lost to the Houston Oilers on Dec. 31, 31-14, in the franchise's first home playoff game. During the 1970s, several Patriots were regarded to be among the most outstanding players in the league at their positions, including offensive tackle John Hannah, cornerback Mike Haynes and tight end Russ Francis.

In 1982, Schaefer Stadium was renamed Sullivan Stadium. In 1985, the Patriots gained a wild-card berth in the playoffs and went on to defeat the New York Jets, Los Angeles Raiders and the Miami Dolphins on the road to win their first AFC Championship and a trip to Super Bowl XX. Unfortunately, the Patriots faced one of the dominant teams of the '80s as the Chicago Bears rolled to a 46-10 Super Bowl victory. Following that season, Patriot greats John Hannah and Julius Adams retired.

On July 28, 1988, Remington Products, Inc. CEO Victor Kiam purchased the Patriots from the Sullivan family and retained the team for four years. On Nov. 23, 1988, Robert Kraft purchased Sullivan Stadium out of bankruptcy court.

In 1990, Sullivan Stadium was renamed Foxboro Stadium and the following season natural grass was installed in the stadium for the first time. On July 27 1991, Hannah became the first Patriot to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

In 1992, St. Louis businessman James B. Orthwein purchased controlling interest of the Patriots and made some dramatic changes, both on and off the field. In 1993, he hired former New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells and a new coaching staff. In addition, he also made some cosmetic changes that spring with the unveiling of a new Patriots logo and the change of primary color from red to blue.

On Jan. 21, 1994, Robert K. Kraft became the franchise's fourth owner when he purchased the team from Orthwein, saving the team from an impending move. That season, the Patriots closed out the season with a seven-game winning streak to qualify for their first playoff berth since 1985. In 1995, the Patriots became the first professional sports team to launch their own Web site - www.patriots.com.

The Patriots continued their rise during a memorable 1996 season, winning the AFC Championship and returning to the Super Bowl for the second time in team history. The Patriots finished 11-5 and scored two home playoff wins, 28-3 vs. Pittsburgh and 20-6 vs. Jacksonville, winning the AFC Championship in front of a sold out Foxboro Stadium crowd. The Patriots were defeated by the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI, 35-21.

In 1997, the Patriots defended their AFC East division title with a 7-1 record in the division and a 10-6 overall record. It was the first time in team history that New England won back-to-back division titles.

The Patriots finished 9-7 in 1998 and qualified for the playoffs, marking the third consecutive season they qualified for the postseason - a team record.

A new era began in Patriots history in 2000 when the team unveiled designs for their new stadium. The new 68,436-seat facility opened in May, 2002 and celebrated its Grand Opening on Sept. 9, 2002.

When Kraft purchased the Patriots, he promised the fans of New England that he would bring home a championship, and in his first 10 years of ownership, he delivered not just one, but two titles to New England.

The Patriots began the most prosperous era in team history when Kraft hired Bill Belichick as the club's 14th head coach on Jan. 27, 2000. After taking a year to implement his system, Belichick molded the Patriots into one of the NFL's elite teams. He has led the Patriots to the best record in the league over a four-year span from 2001-04 (57-16), en route to winning three Super Bowl titles in those four seasons.

The Patriots capped off an 11-5 regular season in 2001 with three playoff wins for the ages and the first Super Bowl title in team history. In the divisional round of the playoffs, the Patriots defeated the Oakland Raiders 16-13 in overtime in a driving snowstorm in the final game at Foxboro Stadium. Adam Vinatieri kicked a 45-yard field goal to tie the game late in regulation and then added a 23-yard kick in overtime to win, 16-13. The following week in Pittsburgh, the Patriots defeated the favored Steelers 24-17 in the AFC Championship Game to advance to their third Super Bowl.

In Super Bowl XXXVI at the Superdome in New Orleans on Feb. 3, 2002, the Patriots defeated the St. Louis Rams, 20-17, in one of the most dramatic Super Bowl finishes in history. After the Patriots took a 17-3 lead into the fourth quarter, St. Louis rallied to tie the game at 17. But quarterback Tom Brady marched the Patriots into Vinatieri's field goal range and his 48-yard kick sailed through the uprights as time expired to give New England its first NFL Championship. The Patriots were welcomed home with a rally in Boston attended by nearly 1.5 million people and took the Lombardi Trophy to rallies in all of the New England states.

In 2002, the Patriots celebrated the opening of their world-class new home, Gillette Stadium. In the Grand Opening on Sept. 9, the Super Bowl XXXVI banner was unveiled as the Patriots defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, 30-14, before a national audience on Monday Night Football.

In 2003, just two seasons after winning its first Super Bowl, New England put together one of the finest seasons in pro football history, finishing with a 17-2 record and a victory in Super Bowl XXXVIII. After posting a 2-2 record in September, the Patriots became the first NFL team in 31 years to close the season with 15 consecutive wins, including three playoff victories. After fighting through a rash of injuries and finishing the regular-season with a franchisebest and league-leading 14-2 record, the Patriots produced another memorable three-game playoff run culminating in a championship.

In the divisional round of the 2003 playoffs, the Patriots defeated the Tennessee Titans 17-14 in the first playoff game at Gillette Stadium in the coldest game in team history (four degrees at kickoff). The next week, New England hosted the AFC Championship Game for the second time in team history and dispatched the Indianapolis Colts and league co-MVP Peyton Manning, 24-14, to claim their third conference title in eight years and advance to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in team history.

Two years after winning Super Bowl XXXVI in dramatic fashion, the Patriots saw fit to thrill their fans in a similar way with a 32-29 win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII on Feb. 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston Texas. In the game, New England built a 21-10 fourth-quarter lead, but Carolina rallied to take a 22-21 lead, then answered the Patriots' counterpunch by tying the game at 29 with just 1:08 left in the game. But Brady once again showed grace under pressure in driving the Patriots down the field and Vinatieri's clutch 41-yard boot with four seconds left gave the Patriots a 32-29 victory and their second title in three seasons.

The 2004 Patriots made history by becoming just the second team in NFL history to win three Super Bowls in a four-year span. New England remained in the spotlight throughout the year, beginning with the unveiling of the Super Bowl XXXVIII banner in front of a prime-time audience prior to the Patriots' season-opening victory over the Colts. The Patriots built on their 2003 season-ending 15-game winning streak with a six-game run to begin the 2004 season, setting the all-time pro football record with 21 consecutive wins, including playoff games. New England kept its focus down the stretch and continued its winning ways, finishing the regular season at 14-2 for the second consecutive year.

In their first two playoff games, the Patriots shut down the NFL's top scoring offense and solved the league's top ranked defense. In the divisional round, New England held Indianpolis' explosive offense to just a field goal in a 20-3 victory at Gillette Stadium, while in the AFC Championship Game the Patriots set a team playoff record with 41 points on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers' previously impregnable defense.

New England entered historic territory with its 24-21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The Patriots joined the Dallas Cowboys as the only teams to win three Super Bowls in a four-year span and became the seventh franchise to win back-to-back Super Bowls. With their third title, the Patriots now trail only Dallas (5), San Francisco (5) and Pittsburgh (4) for the most Super Bowl victories in history. New England's performance from 2003-04 constituted the most successful two-year run in the history of the NFL, with its 34 total victories setting an all-time NFL record.

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Weekly Thought Bonanza August 17th

On Sunday/Monday, I produce a column called “The Weekly Thought Bonanza”. The column is based on all of the random thoughts that run through my head all week, and trust me there are a plethora of them. I will try to share as many of these thoughts as I can, so each one of my readers can think just a little bit extra over the coming week.


There are so many reality television shows in the summer that I think maybe I will think of one myself and send it to the networks. I cannot do any worse.

A mosque on the 9/11 site in New York is like having the Taliban running an elementary school in the suburbs.

Ronald Reagan is starting to get traction to get on Mount Rushmore. I for one strongly urge the Congress to give this some serious thought. Reagan was the last president to unite both parties and it was not an easy task in this day and age.

The United States has decided to loosen the travel restrictions to Cuba. I probably should say that it is President Obama who wants to loosen the restrictions. This is one time I agree with President Obama. Real change in Cuba will only come when the Cuban people decide to stand up for themselves. Americans in Cuba can do more than anything or anyone to start the inroads to a free and prosperous Cuban people.

The infamous former Governor Blogojevich was convicted of only one charge, of lying to the FBI, and the other 23 counts ended in a hung jury. Anytime the government needs to retry a case it is a waste of tax payer’s money. Give it a rest already.

Brett Favre is back again this season after a long drawn out “recruitment”. I am probably the only person who actually loves the drama. I do not know how he is still playing in the first place. When your body breaks down everything seems to go all at once. Just ask older athletes. Wait a minute, Brett Favre never gets hurt. Way to go Brett! Ok, I have a man crush on the quarterback and future Hall of Famer. We are the same age and I can barely walk across the street on my achy knees.

If you’re a sports fan, following the sports beat writers can really add to your sports knowledge on a minute by minute basis.

Iran’s nuclear reactor goes online this week, yikes!!!

Anyone have any idea what will be the hottest Christmas gift this year? Wait a minute; am I losing my mind thinking of Christmas already?

I baked cookies for my sons today and I actually ate ten of them. They were a bit on the small side, so I probably only ate five. I have to tell you it was so easy that even a non baker can do it. Open package, put it on a cookie sheet two inches apart, and then bake it four hundred degrees. It is as easy as pie. Maybe that is next.

Why is gold such an important mineral? Does it have any real use besides earrings and bracelets.

The moronic mother of a baby who appeared to be smoking a bong told a detective she thought it was hilarious that her eleven month old son put the marijuana pipe into his mouth and looked like he was smoking pot, according to superior court documents released Thursday. Rachel Stieringer, 19, was arrested on several charges including; possession of drug paraphernalia following the infamous photograph that was posted on u-tube that has attracted so much attention on the Internet. She might just make my yearly list of people who are just plain old dumb.

You can never go wrong with a good Chianti at a restaurant. The price is never extravagant and it is always a good bang for the buck.

The Weekly Thought Bonanza thought of the week; A Texas mayor decided to do a rap video to supposedly support his town, Corpus Christi. The mayor’s aides have proclaimed that they did not know the extent the rapper was going to swear in the video. It is a rap video you turkey, what were you thinking?









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Weekly Thought Bonanza August 8th

On Sunday/Monday, I produce a column called “The Weekly Thought Bonanza”. The column is based on all of the random thoughts that run through my head all week, and trust me there are a plethora of them. I will try to share as many of these thoughts as I can, so each one of my readers can think just a little bit extra over the coming week.


There have been an unusual amount of no hitters in Major League Baseball this season. The last few years the batters have had the better of the pitchers, but not this year. Baseball is a game that changes every few years, and I for one love good pitching and defense.

I watched a coyote eat a rabbit in my yard this week. I have to tell you it scared me to death. I know living in the woods on a lake brings out some of natures creatures, but this hit way too close to home.

Rosie O’donnell just got a new talk show on Oprah’s new network and I for one can’t wait till it gets on air. Why you ask? I want it to get cancelled sooner rather than later. She is one vile human being with conspiracy theories that make your skin crawl.

Entourage on HBO is still going strong. I love that show.

How does Taco Bell sell tacos for sixty eight cents? Are they using real meat? When I buy tacos at the grocery store it costs me at least thirty dollars to make twelve with all the fixings, but then again salmonella poisoning does not happen at my house when I make my tacos. Interesting, very interesting.

In case you are wondering I am still up to my arms in poop. What a crappy week.

Hyundai will out sell Toyota this year by a wide margin. Will Toyota ever recover from their break pad fiasco or is Hyundai just making better cars?

All these insurance companies have all this money to make commercials that are actually pretty good, however I remember that they took bailout money. These commercials are not that good.

When you take a prescription drug and the literature tells you not to operate heavy machinery while taking the drug; what does that really mean? I cannot believe someone would pop a Viagra pill then go run a crane.

Nice to see the Obama’s take a million dollar vacation during the midst of all the economic problems we have at home. Maybe his vacation is supposed to stimulate the economy with all of the wasteful spending Michelle is doing in Europe. We are closing libraries and doctors have decided to not take new Medicare patients and we have King Obama and Queen Michelle playing Camelot, nice!

When did there become five hundred brands of Tequila?

Direct Television allows you to watch eight National Football League games at one time with its Sunday Ticket Football package. How cool is that? I had it last year and it blew me away. Maybe I am just a little obsessed with it.

A Staten Island father butchered his family with a knife before turning it on himself. Again, I have said this before and I will say it again, please use the knife or weapon on yourself first.

If you read the bible daily like I do, the website YouVersion is an absolute must see. I started one of their reading programs and it is fantastic.

California needs to be broken up into four states. When one state has the fourth largest economy in the world, you are just way too big. Make that five states, because Hollyweird needs a state of its own.

I love ice cream. That is enough said there!

My son has a bear that is bigger than me and actually talks. Maybe I should put that outside to keep the coyote away.

The Weekly Thought Bonanza thought of the week; Why does everything need to include a lime in it now? Whether it’s a beer, or a soda, or even a taco, limes are taking over the world. Please tell me why?



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Pooped because of Poop

How much poop can a six week old child actually deliver to his diaper in a week? How much can my sixteen month old deliver? This week, I am pooped from changing poop, aka an infant bowel movement for those of you who want to make it sound a bit more elegant. To top it all off, I spent two days trying everything I could to get my new born just to poop.


The average child uses over three thousand diapers in one year. Consider that a child has a poop (infant bowel movement) at least once a day and you do not have to do the math, well that is a lot of poop. I can only imagine what it is like if you have multiples. Kate plus eight has gone up just a bit in my book.

My newborn son had the same problems this week as my son did when he was about the same age. Newborns have a problem at first with constipation. I tried everything I could to get my oldest through it. I added Karo Syrup to his bottle, I gave him warm baths, and I took his little legs and made a bicycle motion with them; heck I would have given him Fiber One Cereal if he could have eaten it. I tried everything the pediatrician told me to do to help his little belly. When he finally was able to go, man what a chocolate surprise he left me! Never in my life did I ever believe I would be cheering on poop. Their little smiles after was worth all of the nastiness I had to endure.

I have told anyone that was willing to listen over the past year that I pride myself on how fast I change a diaper. I have become so methodical at it; I smile just thinking about my infant bowel movement skills. I know what you are thinking, he must be nuts.

I literally ordered a small dumpster because I have more dirty diapers than I know what to do with. I ask myself over and over again are these diapers biodegradable? The simple answer to this quite simply is no. Diapers contain so many chemicals that break down so slowly in landfills it is not environmentally friendly. Many websites and environmental groups advocate cloth diapers as an alternative. All in all it is probably the way to go, however it certainly is not practical.

I guess that brings me to why I am pooped. Diapers need to be changed more than I need to look in the mirror and that is a lot (I only look to see how bad the bags under my eyes are). It seems like my boys eat it, and then poop it as quickly as they eat it. It happens almost every three hours with the little one. Three hour sleep sessions do not work for us older folks. Every poop seems to wake up the little guys almost instantaneously. Great, huh?

Supposedly if your baby is breastfed expect a lot of poop, at least in the beginning. Since my boys are bottle fed, that does not apply to me since my ducts are all dried up. Please do not make me explain that joke. Breastfed babies often have a bowel movement after every feeding for the first few weeks; again thank god my ducts are dried up.

If your baby is a formula-fed baby, he will poop a lot in the beginning too, which totally applies to me for obvious reasons. Formula-fed babies do not have as many bowel movements and you can enter your own joke here, but generally, as breastfed babies but you can expect four or five poops a day in the first few weeks the experts say. Where were these experts when I had to add Karo Syrup to my son’s bottle to get him to flow like a river? Picture the chocolate river like the one at Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. When you have that image in your head then you have an idea of what Karo Syrup does.

Every now and then the notorious green poop has shown up in the boy’s diapers. I just take a look at it and I ask myself “how’d that get there?” I am told that there are many different causes for green poop. More than likely, if your baby has green poop, it’s nothing to worry about, but a few of the endless possibilities are milk imbalance, iron fortified formula, and the infamous Irish Leprechaun visits.

No matter how many diapers I change everyday it will never bother me one bit. I have more creams and lotions at my disposal than they have at CVS. Changing diapers is nothing more than bringing out the parenting skills that you have. It stinks, literally; however, it needs to be done.




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