Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
Hey Yankees...
Here's what we Red Sox fans think of you and your stoopid Giambi mustaches going in to the All Star Game at the House that Ruth Built and Steinbrenner condemned. Pedroia is good.Bye.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Dirty Secrets (version 1.0)
OK, so some people say bloggers just do this to talk about themselves and draw attention to certain aspects of their life. I'll say I don't totally disagree if it's a personal type thingy like mine but will add that blogging - like painting, singing and dancing - is a form of self-expression. To take it a step farther though, I'm happy to personalize things a bit more herein as I unveil the first of what I hope will become a somewhat regular column that I'll simply call "Dirty Secrets." Enjoy. Then share yours with me....
I like beer and wine as recovery drinks.
Given the choice of going to the bathroom indoors or outdoors, I’ll go ______ whenever possible.
When it comes to something like spending extra $ a month on Netflix, I am cheap but I’ll drop $$$ on things I don’t need pretty regularly.
Even when I’m 90, I think I’ll still eat cereals like Fruit Loops and Captain Crunch for breakfast because they make me start my day feeling like I’m 12.
I’m not sure I can even spell empathie let alone feel it.
I cannot resist chocolate. Ever. Any time.
I love old school rap even though I’m no Beastie Boy and I fantasize about freestyling in da club but know I’d suck at it and get laughed off stage worse than the bad acts on Showtime at the Apollo.
I think the people who wrote movies like Office Space, Sixteen Candles, Napoleon Dynamite and Superbad are the real geniuses. Seriously, how cool and creative are the people come up with someone like "Long Duc Dong" and get paid for it?
I have never even sipped coffee or had one puff of a cigarette in my life.
Some times I buy things I shouldn’t and justify it by saying my life is brutal, the "Man" is keeping me down and I’m worth it.
I never train enough.
I am too judgmental.
I like to procrastinate then feel the pressure of a deadline…
…and then afterwards complain about never having enough time (like right now).
I wish my hair was still sandy blonde like it was when I was a kid growing up on the beach in the summer.
In fact, I’m not sure I will ever grow up nor do I think I want to. Blonde hair or not.
When I see kids on skateboards I get jealous because I could barely balance on one as a kid.
I loved Dawson’s Creek and am still pissed it is over and that Katie Holmes turned out to be a weirdo in real life. I wish I could still pass as a 21 year old just to enjoy nickel beer nights without being called “Sir.”
I have way too much crap.
I love to sit in first class and especially feel proud when I don’t have to pay for it.
I go back and forth about liking Nicholas Cage as an actor and think Michelle Pfeiffer can do no wrong.
Given the chance, I would eat a whole bag of Cape Cod potato chips.
I want to smack the people who smoke in front of their kids.
I absolutely LOVE staying in nice hotels - and I love airports – and going places in cars - being in motion is much better than not.
Au revoir.
I like beer and wine as recovery drinks.
Given the choice of going to the bathroom indoors or outdoors, I’ll go ______ whenever possible.
When it comes to something like spending extra $ a month on Netflix, I am cheap but I’ll drop $$$ on things I don’t need pretty regularly.
Even when I’m 90, I think I’ll still eat cereals like Fruit Loops and Captain Crunch for breakfast because they make me start my day feeling like I’m 12.
I’m not sure I can even spell empathie let alone feel it.
I cannot resist chocolate. Ever. Any time.
I love old school rap even though I’m no Beastie Boy and I fantasize about freestyling in da club but know I’d suck at it and get laughed off stage worse than the bad acts on Showtime at the Apollo.
I think the people who wrote movies like Office Space, Sixteen Candles, Napoleon Dynamite and Superbad are the real geniuses. Seriously, how cool and creative are the people come up with someone like "Long Duc Dong" and get paid for it?
I have never even sipped coffee or had one puff of a cigarette in my life.
Some times I buy things I shouldn’t and justify it by saying my life is brutal, the "Man" is keeping me down and I’m worth it.
I never train enough.
I am too judgmental.
I like to procrastinate then feel the pressure of a deadline…
…and then afterwards complain about never having enough time (like right now).
I wish my hair was still sandy blonde like it was when I was a kid growing up on the beach in the summer.
In fact, I’m not sure I will ever grow up nor do I think I want to. Blonde hair or not.
When I see kids on skateboards I get jealous because I could barely balance on one as a kid.
I loved Dawson’s Creek and am still pissed it is over and that Katie Holmes turned out to be a weirdo in real life. I wish I could still pass as a 21 year old just to enjoy nickel beer nights without being called “Sir.”
I have way too much crap.
I love to sit in first class and especially feel proud when I don’t have to pay for it.
I go back and forth about liking Nicholas Cage as an actor and think Michelle Pfeiffer can do no wrong.
Given the chance, I would eat a whole bag of Cape Cod potato chips.
I want to smack the people who smoke in front of their kids.
I absolutely LOVE staying in nice hotels - and I love airports – and going places in cars - being in motion is much better than not.
Au revoir.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
This Polish kid is wicked smart! (But not smart enough for MIT)
from The New York Post ---
A ONE-MAN IVY LEAGUE
WHIZ KID WOOED BY ALL PICKS HARVARD
By YOAV GONEN, Education Reporter
ACCEPTABLE: Brooklyn's New Utrecht HS valedictorian, Lukasz Zbylut, yesterday shows acceptance letters from 18 top colleges — thanks to his 104.7 weighted grade average.
June 17, 2008
Not many teenagers get the chance to say "no" to Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, Georgetown, Stanford or NYU.
But New Utrecht HS valedictorian Lukasz Zbylut denied offers from all of them this year - he's going to Harvard. Despite entering one of the most competitive college-application seasons ever at top institutions, the 18-year-old Brooklyn brainiac got accepted into 18 selective schools - including all seven Ivy League colleges he applied to.
"Each time the fat [acceptance] envelope rolled in, I stared at it with an open mouth," said Lukasz, whose family emigrated from Poland five years ago.
"I applied to all these great colleges thinking, 'Why not?' I took a shot in the dark, and apparently, I hit the jackpot."
Although his record wasn't quite perfect - he was denied by Boston's MIT - Lukasz's supporters said his feat wasn't bad for a kid who started his New York education at the end of seventh grade.
In his four years at New Utrecht, he served as co-captain of the model UN team, captain and founder of the debate team, president of the mock-trial team, editor of the school newspaper and in a host of other positions.
He also found time to play soccer and volunteer in his Dyker Heights neighborhood.
Next week, Lukasz is graduating at the top of a class of 575 students - with a 104.7 average due to weighting of grades - before moving on to study politics, philosophy and law as a Harvard Faculty Scholarship recipient.
"I think what really sets Lukasz apart is that he's very, very motivated, very independent and determined to succeed," said Annette Magrino, a guidance counselor at New Utrecht.
While acceptance rates at colleges have stayed relatively stable over the years, the elite colleges have gotten more fickle of late, according to the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
The percentage of students accepted at Harvard, Stanford, Brown and Columbia all hit record lows this year.
The association attributed the uptick in rejections to a jump in the number of high-school graduates who, like Lukasz, are also applying to more colleges.
"You have schools like Yale, Columbia and Harvard dropping down their acceptance rates to single digits," said Desiree Jones, director of college guidance at LEDA scholars, a college-access program that Lukasz attended.
"To get into all of these schools is exceptional," she said.
While Magrino noted the sacrifices the tenacious teen made in giving his summers over to academic pursuits, Lukasz said it was his parents who had made the real sacrifice.
His father, Miroslaw, traded in a cushy desk job as a factory director in Poland in order to support his wife and three kids as a construction worker in Brooklyn.
His mother, Barbara, has been taking care of the household after leaving a successful career at an insurance company back home.
"We're very proud of him," said his mom. "We believe one day he'll change the world."
A ONE-MAN IVY LEAGUE
WHIZ KID WOOED BY ALL PICKS HARVARD
By YOAV GONEN, Education Reporter
ACCEPTABLE: Brooklyn's New Utrecht HS valedictorian, Lukasz Zbylut, yesterday shows acceptance letters from 18 top colleges — thanks to his 104.7 weighted grade average.
June 17, 2008
Not many teenagers get the chance to say "no" to Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Penn, Georgetown, Stanford or NYU.
But New Utrecht HS valedictorian Lukasz Zbylut denied offers from all of them this year - he's going to Harvard. Despite entering one of the most competitive college-application seasons ever at top institutions, the 18-year-old Brooklyn brainiac got accepted into 18 selective schools - including all seven Ivy League colleges he applied to.
"Each time the fat [acceptance] envelope rolled in, I stared at it with an open mouth," said Lukasz, whose family emigrated from Poland five years ago.
"I applied to all these great colleges thinking, 'Why not?' I took a shot in the dark, and apparently, I hit the jackpot."
Although his record wasn't quite perfect - he was denied by Boston's MIT - Lukasz's supporters said his feat wasn't bad for a kid who started his New York education at the end of seventh grade.
In his four years at New Utrecht, he served as co-captain of the model UN team, captain and founder of the debate team, president of the mock-trial team, editor of the school newspaper and in a host of other positions.
He also found time to play soccer and volunteer in his Dyker Heights neighborhood.
Next week, Lukasz is graduating at the top of a class of 575 students - with a 104.7 average due to weighting of grades - before moving on to study politics, philosophy and law as a Harvard Faculty Scholarship recipient.
"I think what really sets Lukasz apart is that he's very, very motivated, very independent and determined to succeed," said Annette Magrino, a guidance counselor at New Utrecht.
While acceptance rates at colleges have stayed relatively stable over the years, the elite colleges have gotten more fickle of late, according to the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
The percentage of students accepted at Harvard, Stanford, Brown and Columbia all hit record lows this year.
The association attributed the uptick in rejections to a jump in the number of high-school graduates who, like Lukasz, are also applying to more colleges.
"You have schools like Yale, Columbia and Harvard dropping down their acceptance rates to single digits," said Desiree Jones, director of college guidance at LEDA scholars, a college-access program that Lukasz attended.
"To get into all of these schools is exceptional," she said.
While Magrino noted the sacrifices the tenacious teen made in giving his summers over to academic pursuits, Lukasz said it was his parents who had made the real sacrifice.
His father, Miroslaw, traded in a cushy desk job as a factory director in Poland in order to support his wife and three kids as a construction worker in Brooklyn.
His mother, Barbara, has been taking care of the household after leaving a successful career at an insurance company back home.
"We're very proud of him," said his mom. "We believe one day he'll change the world."
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