The Survivor 47 Season Finale is tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing who outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted everybody to claim the title of Sole Survivor
I practice Transcendental Meditation (TM). Below is some news and link for those who may be interested
Bestselling Author Bob Roth to Appear on Good Morning America Tomorrow, Tuesday, December 17
We’re thrilled to share the good news that Bob Roth, CEO of the David Lynch Foundation and bestselling author of Strength in Stillness, will appear on ABC’s Good Morning America this Tuesday, December 17, at 8:30 AM ET* along with co-anchors Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos.
Bob will talk about the benefits of Transcendental Meditation® and the exciting launch of Meditate America—a nationwide initiative aimed at making the TM® program accessible to everyone.
We invite you to share this news with friends and family who may be interested.
Wishing you a happy holiday season and a healthy New Year!
Finally, here is a poem from the group meditation from this morning. I found it very moving
The Mountain
If the mountain seems too big today then climb a hill instead; If morning brings you sadness it’s okay to stay in bed. If the day ahead feels heavy and your plans feel like a curse, There’s no shame in rearranging, don’t make yourself feel worse. If a shower stings like needles and a bath feels like you’ll drown; If you haven’t washed your hair for days, don’t throw away your crown! A day is not a lifetime. A rest is not defeat. Don’t think of it as failure, Just a quiet, kind retreat. It’s okay to take a moment From an anxious, fractured mind. The world will not stop turning While you get realigned! The mountain will still be there When you want to try again You can climb it in your own time, Just love yourself till then!
Where did the time go? As I wrote last Friday, I was on a role and was looking forward to continuing to write here each day of December. The next thing I know its Monday morning, and I have not written anything here the past 2 days. It’s not like I sat around all weekend trying to convince myself to go into my office and write. I went on a few walks (Listening to “Against The Rules”, Season 4, an interesting pod-cast on sports gambling), I watched a few movies (more on this below), went out to dinner, went grocery shopping, and went to Starbucks and Barnes & Nobel, where I spent some time reading my current book) I did spend some time watching the NJ Giants lose again (The lifelong fan in me makes me watch each week, even though they are awful and have lost 9 in a row. (They are now 2-12 on the season)
All this time, I am still working on finding a new job, which has been tough. Being an older white person (I’m 58 years old), I’m struggling to decide exactly how I want to spend the rest of my working years. Do I want to go back to the corporate world, and continue as an IT Specialist, or find a more enjoyable job, most likely for less pay). By the end of this week, I hope to have a solid plan and be able to relax and enjoy the Christmas Holiday Season before going full force to start the new year
Before I write, I want to acknowledge the passing of Roxanne Toser of Harrisburg PA. A pioneer in the Non-Sports Card Industry, Roxanne, her husband Marlon, and son Harris were responsible for running the Philly Non-Sports Card Show – The premier event for non-sport and entertainment trading card collectors for over 40 years. I enjoyed seeing and talking to her at the shows and the enthusiasm she brought to the hobby. RIP Roxanne – She will be missed #PEACE
On with the show
I watched the new Netflix film “Carry-On” on Friday night. I will say, that while most of these Netflix action movies are just OK, I really enjoyed a lot of this one and thought it was very good. Then near the end, it fell into the pattern of a lot of action movies, where the super smart, well-prepared bad guy and his partners all of a sudden become some of the dumbest people alive. They do things that feel like the complete opposite of what they were doing the entire movie. After showing no remorse, and simply killing people throughout the movie, when they then have the opportunity to kill the hero and his girlfriend, they hesitate and let them get away. Then they fall for the switched suitcase trick and are shocked when they go to finish their mission and the suitcase is empty. This could have been a really good movie, but they blew the ending. Ending these types of movies (as well as TV shows) is hard to do in a way that feels real.
On Saturday night, I ended up watching “This Ends With Us” which just became available for streaming. I liked this movie, but it felt kind of forced. I have not read the book, so maybe there was some things lost in translation. I never felt that the lead man was as bad a person as they portrayed him to be. The subject matter of abuse was understood, but I feel they needed to make him even more abusive for the movie to really work.
On Sunday night, I watched the final 2 episodes of “The Day of The Jackyl“. I really liked this series, although at some points they did go a little overboard and made the show feel like “24” where a guy can be shot, stabbed, and tortured in the morning, be chased as he flies from country to country in the afternoon, and then be totally fine with no issues by the evening. But Eddie Redmayne did such a great job that it wasn’t totally crazy. Without spoiling things, they set things up for a new season which should be a fun watch.
I also completed the NetFlix Original 6 Episode Thriller “Black Doves“. Starring Keira Knightley, it was a really good series. Liked the mix of action, suspense, and even some comedy. Another sereies that set things up for a 2nd season
Switching gears, not much to say about the New York Giants. They are in the worst spot a team can be. They are currently irrelevant to the local market and looked upon as being and inept and clueless organization
*** Lunch Break ***
Got a test that the latest episode of “Mediocre Movie Majors” was released. This is my daughter and boyfriends’ PodCast where they watch and rate movies. They both have Filmmaking Degrees and its interesting to see their perspective on movies. Give it a watch, a like, and a thumbs up
And finaly, here are some pictures I took over the last week. I like taking random photos (Wish I was better at it)I am going to try to take more as I see things that interest me (Think I am going to watch some YouTube Videos on iPhone Photography to see what cool things I can do)
Along the South Branch of the Raritan RiverAndy’s SoapMoonUp in the SkyThrough the TreesRound ValleyRound ValleyKeep OutKahn SoapWorlds best Goldfish GrahamsEifel tower made of Chocloate (Screen Shot)
In History – 74 years ago, one of the all-time great Bugs Bunny episodes “The Rabbit of Seville” was released. Still holds up after all these years
And as they end most Looney Tunes episodes, “Thats All Folks”
I owe you something from yesterday and today (Friday the 13th). I hope that by letting you know I plan to write every day, I can put pressure on myself to do it. I have missed a few days, but it’s annoying me, and hopefully, it forces me to find at least a few minutes to write
Here is a quick note for yesterday (Day 12)
Completed watching the NetFlix Series “Black Doves” starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw. Thought it was really good. It was the perfect length of 6 episodes to tell the story. They did leave things open for another season, but if not, It left me satasfied.
Also, I did find some time to meet a friend who was laid off along with me back in October. It was good to just hand out, and talk about how things are going with the job search.
As for today (Day 13)
I was kind of shocked listening to Boomer and Gio this morning while driving to the coffee shop. Though they purposely brought up politics and were leaning toward the right. To me, some of the stuff they were talking about felt a bit opinionated, which I had not heard before. I will check in next week to see if this was just a strange day, or if they are purposely making a decision to try and change the makeup of their audience. Hopefully not, and hopefully it is not a station mandate. Sports Radio is one of the places that kept politics out of the picture and was able to simply mostly focus on sports.
The world is getting more complicated each day, and it’s getting tougher and tougher to separate real and fake news and opinions. Everybody seems to have an opinion on everything. Throw in conspiracy theories and we are haading for so strange times
Here in New Jersey, we have people freaked out over large groups of drones flying around at night (So far nothing over my place). Nobody seems willing to talk about where they are coming from and who is flying them on the local, state, and federal levels. (Let the conspiracy theories fly)
Then there are people questioning everything about the cold-blooded shooting of CEO Brian Thompson. Did the police get the right guy? Did they plant evidence? (Again, let the conspiracy theories fly)
On top of this, we have a President-Elect who is hell-bent on letting everybody know how bad everyone and everything is
*** Note – I had seen a picture/post of a Trump post on his Truth Social Network. Was going to comment on it, but decided to check things 1st, and according to a quick search, the post may be fake, so no comments from me will be made ***
This is what really scares me. It’s getting tougher and tougher to trust anything, and it really starts playing on your mind and emotions. You basically need to ignore everything you read and hear or you will just drive yourself crazy
Have to run — Donating Blood to help those in need
May write again later today, but definalty will be back tomorrow
Thanks for reading
AverageAndy @AverageAndy2
#PEACE
#NeverToOldForSurvivor #GiveMeAChance #Season49
#Marillion — A Better Way of Life — Give them a listent
I just finished watching the first part of the 2-part Survivor Finale. Andy and Genevieve were voted off, leaving a final four of Rachel, Sam, Sue, and Teeny. It’s been an excellent season, and the 4 players left deserver to be there. Of them, I think Rachel has played the best game. She always seemed to be aware of what was going on. I know Sue was able to keep her Idol secret for most of the season (She found it before the merge), but I don’t feel she really did much with it, and wish she had used it to make a bold move. It would have been great if she played it on Genevieve at the end and sent Sam packing. That would have scored her mega points. Looking forward to next week’s finale (It is only 2 hours, so should be action-packed)
Lots of crazy stuff going on in the news these days. I like to stay informed and keep up with things, but I am getting overloaded, to the point where I’m ready to disconnect, stop watching, listening, and surfing the internet for a bit just to clear my head. Going to take some time to listen to music, watch some shows on Apple+ and NetFlix, and try to read a lot while avoiding anything mainstream
I might try to put together a short casting video for Survivor and submit it as a 2nd application. Every week Jeff comes on and asks “If your ready for an adventure, and think you can you handle Survivor, then go ahead apply“. I applied in August, but maybe after Jeff and the Producers see somebody like Sue make the final 4, they will realize older people can compete with the best of them and do well.
Finally, I have a folder of random pictures I have saved over the years (for lots of different reasons) I added a few new ones tonight, and here is a random selection just for fun
AirplaneOh GodHerman MunsterNed RyersonMcLovinMr Hand
As promised, I re-watched Tim Urban’s TED Talk on procrastination. He excels at explaining complex concepts through simple explanations and drawings. I highly recommend checking out his website, “Wait But Why,” for his unique take on various topics. I also found his book, “What’s Our Problem?” very thought-provoking and engaging. Hopefully, he will write another book in the future.
After watching Tim’s TED Talk (and before I started writing this), I came across another TED Talk by Randall Munroe titled “Comics That Ask ‘What If?” I found it extremely interesting and will definitely follow his work going forward. I plan to check out his books as well, so be sure to visit his website xkcd,
In the spirit of these TED Talks, I have decided to write some of my own Questions and Answers.
Question: If you were a close friend of George Clooney, and went to see the movie “Ticket to Paradise”, would you be honest with him and tell him the movie was terrible.
Answer: I would have to be honest, but instead of just blurting out that the movie was awful, I would kind of deflect, and say “Looks like you had a lot of fun while filming the movie “Ticket to Paradise”, was the island really as nice as it looked” He has to know himself that the movie was not that good, so no use piling on
Question: If you went to Bobby Flay’s house for lunch, and he told you he was making turkey sandwiches, would you be upset if he used sliced deli meats, store-bought bread, and Hellmanns mayonnaise.
Answer: I don’t think that Bobby goes all out for every meal. I definitely would not expect him to pull out some sliced deli meats, but I’m sure he would use freshly baked bread from a local bakery. He may try to make a spread for the sandwiches, but it wouldn’t upset me if he used a store-bought jar of mayonnaise. The plus is that he would probably use fresh vegetables and also prepare a nice side.
Question: If you were mistakenly given change for 20.00 when you paid with 10.00, would you let the cashier know, or pocket the extra 10.00
Answer: I tend to think of myself as an upstanding citizen and would mention to the cashier that I gave them a 10 and got the wrong change. But if I was having a tough day, or the cashier was really rude and unfriendly, I may take the money. Also depends on where this occurred, and If I knew the cashier would get in trouble at the end of the day.
Question: Why do you want to be a contestant on the CBS show Survivor
Answer: The concept of the show has always fascinated me. Today, after 20 years, and 57 Seasons, after every episode, I find myself asking if that is how I would act or react? I never go a day without Survivor or Survor-related pops into my head. Example: While getting my laptop set up at Starbucks this morning, I pulled out my old wired headphones, which were tangled up. As I untangled them, I imagined being on a Survivor challenge and tried to go as fast as I could but also remain calm.
I also like to see ordinary people get opportunities to step out of their comfort zone for the chance of adventure. While I don’t mind the occasional actor, athlete, or other famous people on the show, the core of the show is the relationships that are formed between contestants, and the fact that everyday average people are given the same chance as everybody else to come out on top.
Truthfully, since the show premiered back in 2000, and I started applying, it has never been about the money or the fame. I never looked at it as a way to get seen on TV, or later on, to promote my brand. I do admit, that I sometimes think it would be cool to go back to my High School, or College reunions as a Survivor contestant (Hopefully as the winner) I hope it would not change me that much as a person, and I would be able to still act the same when talking to my family and friends.
I will be back again tomorrow with another entry. If there is anybody out there who reads this and has a question you want me to answer, or any topics you want me to address, let me know. Even at 58 years old, I am always looking for ways to expand my knowledge and mind
Also, I am still looking for a new job/opportunity. If anybody knows anybody who is looking for a NetBackup / System / DataCenter Administrator, feel free to send them my way. Resume and References can be provided
Realizing I have some sort of phobia about writing to this blog from home. Both Satuday and Sunday, I told myself I would find time to write, and both days, I came up with excuses — Don’t want to write to early, don’t want to write to late, I write befor watching football or basketball, I’ll write after watching TV. There was plenty of time to write, but I just procrastinated. It did make me think of a great TED Talk Video I saw a while back. I am going to re-watch it later this evening (You can quote me on this)
Since I didnt write, here is a quick overview of my weekend, before I get into today
Saturday Morning — Headed out to the bagel shop and Starbucks and finished reading “The Wager”. Solid book and highly recomended
Saturday Evening – Met some friends at a local Brew Pub for beers. Had on my Lehigh Sweatshirt, and there were 2 guys who saw mem and had also gone to Lehigh (A few years older than me).
Saturday Later Evenig — Whatche the BCS Play-Off Game between Lehigh and Idaho. Lehigh hung tough but was simply overmatch by a bigger and better team. Still, it was fun to make it to the 2nd round of the play-offs and the future looks bright for Lehigh Mountain Hawk Football.
Sunday Morning – When for a walk, and listened to a interesting podcast (Against the Rules by Michael Lewis) — This season is on Sports / The Fans / Sports Gamabling. Very interesting and will definatly try to get through it over the next week.
Sunday – Late Morning — Took a drive to a local Big Chicken to grab lunch before the NY Giants game. Its a new store, and they do a great job. Very nice and friendly, and the food (Chicken Wings and Chicken Sandwiches) is really good. I also got a free Bithday Ice Cream Sundae which was a bonus. Highly Recomended #BIGChicken #BIGChickenBridgwater
Sunday Afternoon — Tourchered myself again by watching the NY Giants. This has been one of the toughest seasons for me to watch. I never want them to loose, and am always looking at the bright side of things. But for some reason, Head Coach Brian Daboll really irks me. I think it started with the way he acted on Hard Knocks before the season. Just cane across as an aragent jerk. Add the fact that the team has been terible for the past several years (The play-off run of 2022 is looking more and more like an outlier) and its just hard to care. Plus GM Joe Schoen seems lost, not sure of what direction he and the team want to go. With 4 games left, the posibily of going 0-4 and 2-15 on the year is looking like a pretty good posibility. It is the NFL and they will probably find a way to wind a few games despite the fact that there is no upside. Never a fan of tanking for draft picks (Draft is a crapshoot), but I can see the Giants winning a few games, and then pumping themselves up and saying they didnt quit, and played hard for the coach, and that they are really close, so give us a few more years is frighenting.
Sunday Evening — Watched 60 Minutes (some cool stories) and then the latest episode of the Silo
That brings us to now (Monday)
Sitting at a local coffe shop after running some errands, and thinking what to write about. I think I am one of the few who am not jumping for joy over the NY Mets signing Juan Soto for 765 Million Dollars over 15 years. These long term deals rarly work out, and more often than not, people will be yelling about how bad the deal is, and that we are stuck with him since nobody wants to take on even a portion of his contract. Somebody did ask what would the NY Mets, and the fans consider a good return for there invetmane over the next 15 years. Is it 1, 2, 3, or more World Series Titles. Is it 10 or more playoff apperiences. Does Soto need to hit 40+ home runs each of the next 5 seasons. Call me old fasioned, or call me strange, but I feel it would be so much more satisfying to win as an under-dog then to just buy your way to the top.
This is also shows one of the problmes with MLB and other sports as well. A lot of time, getting big long term contracts is note really based on your value, but of who is considered the best free agent avalible in a given year. Good players like Manny Machado, Xander Bogarts, and Anthony Rodon were able to cash in due to being at the right place at the right time. The book is still out on some of the others (Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, Aaron Judge and Garret Cole) have helped their new teams get to the play-offs, but have unable to get over the hump. Others like Mike Trout, Jacob DeGromm, Max Scherzer, and Justin Verlander have been injured so not been able to present there true value.
Hope everybody is having a great day, and getting into the holiday spirit. Since Thankgiving was so late this year, Christmas will be here before you know it
One of the advantages of being unemployed is the free time you finally have to get things done that you kept putting off. On the other hand, one of the disadvantages is the feeling of dread having to start working on things you needed to get done but kept putting off. It’s a similar feeling I had when one of my previous jobs, like many others, started allowing people to work from home. While working from home I felt bad that I wasn’t getting things done. The dishes need cleaning, the lawn needs to be mowed, and I need to put in another load of laundry. But it also didn’t seem fair to the company to be doing non-work-related things while on the clock. So, things would wait until my workday was over, but then I would procrastinate and put things off, causing a giant loop.
I told myself things would be different this time. While unemployed, I have tried to keep some kind of schedule. I get up and do my Transcendental Meditation (TM) most days. I also have been going for walks to keep myself active. I have realized that I have a hard time concentrating on things (including putting time in job hunting) when home, so I have been going out to places like Starbucks and other local coffee shops where I can take some time to read (Really enjoying “The Wager” by David Grann), and I have a bunch more books on my list that I want to get to. Letting myself take some time to read has been a bit stressful, but I am getting past this and starting to feel calm and at peace
I have also met some of my former coworkers just to hang out and catch up with how everybody’s job search is going. It helps to filter out all the noise and focus on things. While the free time is nice, it can get a bit boring. I have applied to a few things and will continue to look for positions and companies tat may be a good fit going forward.
Here are few other things:
Hopeing the Mets do not break the bank and sign Juan Soto. The long term contracts have never worked out, and more often than not, people will be complaing in a few years that they want to get rid of him, but nobody is willing to take on his salary so we are stuck. The team had some gooc chemesty last season that got them into the play-offs. Why mess things up
What a crazy epesodo of Survivor 47 on Wednesday. Its been a really good season, and its interesting how the producers have been editing things. I feel that they use to try and tease you on who might be the one voted off. This season, they seem to be going more direct. Here is a plan the players have come up with, here they are discussing things at camp and at Tribal Council, and here is the vote exaclty like we told you it would be. This week expacially. They could have made you guess which way the plan that Andy, Sam, and Genevieve came up with was going to go, but instead they basicly laid it out, showed the others being fooled, and showed Caroline getting voted out like was planned. It was like we were in on the plan.
Not sure if this way of telling the story is better or worse. By making you feel you were part of the plan, and new what is going to happen, you feel special and incuded. But some of the classic blindsides, where you felt like you were on the side of the player getting voted off, the feeling, the feeling hit you hard when the votes were read. Imaging if they edited things from Carolines point of view. She supposidly felt so safe she told Sue not to use her idol on her. Also would like to see if there was any discussion with Rachael to use her block-a-vote to help keep the four girls safe. The feeling you would have had when the last voste was read would have been devistating.
I know its hindsiget, but when Andy was at the Sanctuary, the four women had to at least discuss the posibilty of Andy flipping. This would have at least had them thinking more about not splitting the votes, and other ways to play things
Only 2 more episodes left and Season 47 will be in the books.
The world is crazy — A person gets gunned down in the middle of Manhattan in New York City, and people are celebrating and saying he deserves this because of his job. While I simply ignore all the yahoos on social media who (if they are even real) hide behind their screens and spew these idiotic thoughts, it’s really the big media companies that allow this to be published under the misguided use and belief of Free Speach that is the issue. While the rule of free spreach gives you right to say whatever you want, to whoever you want, whenever you want, it does not mean that there should not be any repercusions. By not imediatly shutting all this noise down, Twitter, FaceBook, Fox News, and all other major news outlests see complicent. Nobody deserves to be publicy assisnated no how horiable a person they are. We have a judicial system that is desigend to punish those that do bad things. When Dopy Idiotic Donald Trump states that the movie “The Purge” sounds like a good idea in reall life, we are setting things up for a disaster.
We live in the real world, where when bad things happen, you cannot simply hit reset and then everything goes back to how it was. We are going down a dangerous path, and while most of America (most liley 346,000,000 out of 346,214,827) people just want to live there lives in peace and harmony, its the small group of arrogent and missguided idiots who are going to destry things for everybody.
While only 35% of people over the age of 25 have a College Degree, and only 13.4% of people have a Masters Degree, everybody seems to think they are experts in everything. While I have a Bachelor of Science Degree from a highly ranked Institution, I know that there is lots of things that I dont know and will never know. This is true with everybody. But when something happens, do we turn the the people who have high level degrees and years of experience, for there opinions? No, they are elietest and have agendas, andare out of touch with the true americans. Instead we run to social media sites and see what people we dont’t know anything about have to say.
Its crazy that people will beleve anything they see on Facebook. Twitter, Insteagram TickTick, and the internet in general that agrees with them, but will not beleve anything that even slightly differs from there own thoughts. Ther are pleny of resources that will let you know the top people in Econimics, Finance, Politics, Science. and otheres. These are people wh have dedicated their life to there fields. Why do we not go to them for information. Is it because they are to smart for the masses. Most people would’nt know what they were even talking about. So its easier to find somebody at you own level who makes you feel smart regardless if they know what they are saying
I know I am not the best writer, and ramble on a bit to much, and dont always stay on point. Hopefully by writing each day of December, I get better. The goal is to be able to better articulate and focus on what I have to say, and hopefully entertain and enlighten anybody out there who stumbles acress my blog and finds it interesting
More to come
PS — This was written on the fly while at Starbucks. No AI was used to improve or enhance anything. If I do use AI, I will make sure it is clearly noted
AverageAndy
#PEACE
#Survivor #Survivor47 #JeffProbst
#Marillion – A Better Way of Life #Iron Maiden – Up the Irons #Bob Dylan
Going to try and write something each day during the month of December. Since today is already the 4th, you will get 4 things today.
1. Big win for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks over Richmond last Saturday. This team is having a special year and hopefully things continue as Lehigh takes on the #8 ranked Idaho Vandals Saturday night in the next round of the FCS Playoffs
2. The NY Football Giants are in a tough spot. They are not good and have no identity, and the game against Dallas on Thanksgiving was hard to watch. As a lifelong fan, it’s very frustrating. I never want to root for the Giants to lose, but even I have to admit, winning any more games this year can really hurt the team going forward. They need to get a new quarterback (either through the draft or through a trade). Right now, it looks like they will have a top 3 draft pick, which give them lots of options. But if they win a few games, they could end up dropping out of the top 5. No idea what they would do at that point. They could draft the top QB left; they could trade up (which is going to cost a lot); They could trade for a QB (which would be kind of a bridge, and also would cost a lot), or they could start Tommy DeVito (since he is the only QB they have under contract for next year). What a mess
3. When for a nice walk yesterday, and since it was chilly out, I used my Bose Headphones. Have to admit they sounded great. Started with some Bob Dylan (Really looking forward to the new movie of him staring Timothée Chalamet). I had Apple Music create a station, and here are the songs that were played
You’re a Big Girl Now – Bob Dylan Yesterday – The Beatles Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be Alright) – Elton John You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones Over the Hills and Far Away – Led Zeppelin (Thanks for letting it play all the way to the end) Landslide – Fleetwood Mac My Hometown – Bruce Springsteen Leaving On a Jet Plane – Peter, Paul, and Marry Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan Days Like This – The Great Van Morrison America – Simon & Garfunkel Farwell, Angelina – Joan Baez You’re a Big Girl Now – Bob Dylan In My Life – The Beatles
Really Good stuff. Do yourself a favor, get a good set of headphones, and just listen to the musicians and instruments on these songs.
4. As I currently sit in the waiting room, waiting for service on my car, I am really looking forward to the final 3 episodes of Survivor 47. It’s been a good season and will be interesting to see how things play out. If you’re on “X”, check me out at @AverageAndy2. I have been posting the names of all Survivor Contestants in order of their eviction, starting with Sonja Christopher being the 1st person voted off in Season 1. It’s been a long time, and I am now up to the final 3 contestants left in Survivor Cook Islands.
Also be sure to check out #NeverToOldForSurvivor and #GiveMeAChance as post things related to how as a 58-year-old, I still have the passion and desire to be a contestant on an upcoming season of Survivor, and would love the opportunity to show that its possible for anybody to follow their dream
Turkey day is coming and I am looking forward to meeting up with long time friends as usual on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Been getting together for over 25 years and its always great to catch up with some of my best friends of all time. There will be some sadness this year as we lost our dear friend Kelly O’Connor back in March, an a friends dad passed away in August. Just goes to show that life is short and we should take time to cherish the time and friends we have.
As for the New York Football Giants, there is really nothing good to say. The team is a disaster and unless things are changed, this team will continue to be one of the worst teams in the NFL for years to come. Just for reference – here are the total wins / losses of NFL Teams the past 10 years.
I just don’t thing that coach Brian Daboll has this in him. I wasn’t his biggest fan, but after his first 2 years I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and see what he could do going forward. But after watching the way he went about things on Hard Knocks on HBO, I came away thinking this is never going to work. And it looks like I was right as the team is awful, and now the players are turning on him. He is not the future of the team, and I were the owner, I would move on sooner than later and see if the can bring in somebody who can turn things around.
The Giants used to have an identity. They would play great defense, and had a tough QBs who you trusted in big games. Now they are just blah. They have no identity, and seem to be just going through the motions.
I’ll end my rant with a quote from Malik Nabers after yesterdays loss — “The Giants have been playing soft as fuck”
Hope everybody has a safe and happy Thanksgiving Holiday and spend time with family and friends. With Thanksgiving be so late this year, Christmas is just around the corner and will come faster then you think
AverageAndy 