10-4 Princess. Is that where you keep the beer tent??

Well, on Saturday we will host NYSRC rugby playoffs at Burnett Park; right around the corner from the Toast's homebase. Three other teams will show up here in Syracuse for a great weekend for rugby. We play the Genessee Creamers on Saturday at noon followed by the Cortland Thundering Herd playing against the Rochester Colonials. The championship game will be played Sunday at noon. Hopefully it will be Syracuse against either Cortland or Rochester. It could get a little crazy this weekend with this many rugby teams gathered together. Plus, we have a bunch of events planned for the weekend, not to mention two rugby socials. Beers aplenty. I get to go back to my workin' in a bar days from college as I have to work the door for our aftergame party on Sunday. Like I could be an enforcer. I am 180 lbs of fury.


Hey, who's white Irish legs are those on the
ground in short shorts and a yellow jersey??

Word on the street is that one Javen Bohall and Thomas Craig O'Connor (Tucker) will be making there way into Syracuse this weekend. I am definitely looking forward to some getting together to hear bitching and incoherant rambling. Plus, Tucker is the world's most adorable and sometimes most uncoordinated individual. Except when he is playing basketball. If I had video footage of Tuck hula hooping from classic overbinge weekend in Chigago, throwing a frisbee (looked like he almost dislocated his shoulder), and playing basketball; there would be no way that you would think that it was the same person. It really is quite amazing and cannot be put into words. You have to witness it. You almost get the feeling you might get watching an injured and struggling animal caught in a bear trap, you just have to put it out of its misery. That's Tuck with the hula hoop. However, he is an animal on the court. Its rather amazing and the Toast is getting awful pumped!! More on this topic following what looks to be a great weekend.

It's like losing your virginity with a Yankee fan's hot girlfriend!!

Today's toastedblog title comes to us from a comment I heard while I was at my desk here at work listening to the Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio. The Sox have won the World Series!! They just went out and destroyed the "best" two teams in baseball in eight straight games. Watching the game the other night with good people you just knew that it was inevitable. I may not be the biggest Sox fan or obviously been in love with them the longest, but I had fallen in love with the them over the years and it is great to see the city of Boston and this organization celebrating. There has been so much on this subject over the past two days I can't really touch on anything new. Toast is just a happy camper amongst the millions in Red Sox Nation that are going crazy and loving every minute of it. Congrats!


V-Tek is a beast!

As usual, I'm sitting next to my dog friend Mr. Bojangles.

Well, the World Series is set. St. Louis is heading to Boston on Saturday and I am not going to make any predictions. However, I am a little nervous going into the series because of one thing, Albert Pujols. It doesn't help that he is hitting .500 for the playoffs and basically went homerun for homerun with Carlos Beltran. Its been told that Tim Wakefield is the game one starter for the Sox. Hopefully the knuckleball is working on Saturday. It's going to be fun to watch. Cards have a tremendously high powered offense and the Sox aren't too shabby in that category either. The pitching edge you think would have to go to the Sox with Pedro and Schilling however Schill is obviously dinged up and the Cardinals had one of the lowest E.R.A.'s in the league. Loveable characters, both teams have 'em. Papi, Man-Ram, Pedro, Christ in centerfield and a list of dudes like Tek, Trot, and Millar. But, the Cards are So Taguchi. As previously mentioned, its going to be fun to watch.


Mr. Bojangles is really a girl!! Javen??

Good buddy Javen has joined the blogging ranks, and what he says will surprise and shock you! Plus, look who's returned!!

Well, not too much going on in the relm of the Toast. Looking forward to the World Series and our final regular season rugby match down in Binghampton. My role in the "A" game should increase due to injuries to a few of our backs. Combine that with playing the entire "B" game and I have quite a bit of running around to do. Not to mention hurrying home to join the boys at the Change Of Pace for Game One. Maybe Javen will head in. Sometimes dreams do come true. Next week we head into the playoffs. We are still unsure who we play, all I know is that Syracuse has home field advantage so anyone we play has to come here.

Apparently Steinbrenner didn't spend enough money on this team!

What can I say?? What a week!! Now I am currently I am on the phone trying to get world series tickets but unfortunately things are not going my way. Busy signal upon busy signal The Sox are going to the World Series!!! My how it stings Yankees!!


Reverse Dang It!!

Alive.....It's Alive!......IT'S ALIVE!!!

Red Sox Nation is still in it!! We just have to "Keep the Faith". No, not that way!! This is what I'm talkin' about!! Keepin' the faith!! There has been so much going on these past few games that it is difficult to keep it all in focus. All I know is that they are not dead. Not yet!! After two of the greatest Sox games I have ever witnessed, only one thing can be said: Don't stop believing!! You know what, I won't. GO SOX!!!


Who's your Papi?

Oh Papi, Certainly doing it all aren't you. Makes you wonder if he also piloted the Red Sox Charter plane to New York last night. Speaking of doing it all, look what I just learned how to do. I posted that very picture above this sentence. Computer technology is no match for the Toast. Neither are chicken wings.

Finally we have Schilling. Tonight it all comes down to you my man. There isn't anyone else I'd rather see up there on the mound. We know you have that ankle thing, I just hope you give it your all. Red Sox Nation is behind you all the way.

Dear toastedblog audience, you may be asking, where have you been. So what have I been up to the past few days. I must say that despite my crazy manliness, even Toasts get sick. Toasts also have problems with wisdom teeth coming in underneath existing molars that recently lost a filling causing his jaw to hurt something fierce, thus requiring trips to Dr. Carpenter's office where he recommends that the tooth be pulled. So, to make a long and apparently third person story short, I was a little out of it last week and I am down one tooth, the driver's side rear molar. But don't you fret, my wisdom tooth will be coming in nicely and will makes its home in my newly formed vacant tooth spot. I'm sorry for the inactive toastedblog. However, I cannot make Portublog reappear. You'll have to appease Big Baby Jitters for that one. Just mention card sharks, modan-yo, Big-K, Ohio in any format, Googles (which doesn't exist, I don't care what you say), or Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed. OOOWWW!!!

In any event, I still was quite busy last week. The ALCS, rugby, dentists, painkillers, random bar trips. I was selected to the "A" side game for the first time this year as we played Lockport on Saturday. We continued our undefeated ways by beating them soundly and we played a Buffalo team in the second game, winning that one as well. No tries this week for me but had a few nice runs and plays. I hit one kid real well as he was running east-west on the field and looking in the opposite direction, then BAM!!! Never saw me coming. Good times. I even got a little fiesty when a Buffalo player grabbed my throat as his stiff arm. I fought through attemted push away and tackled him hard. For good measure I kneed him in the side of the head and punched him in the kidneys for his toast choking manuever. That was the first time I had done anything "dirty" since college hockey where I could have been perceived as a goon or a dirty player at times. Felt good.

Now that I mentioned hockey, that gets underway soon and as I suspected I play late on Wednesday nights, from 10:15 to 12:30. Woo!! No sleep for Toastie. I'm sorry to say Chump Phelps, but there will be candy bars for Toastie. Basketball starts next week too. The Change of Pace Sports Bar is our sponsor. Oh, such a magical place. Do we have a team name yet?? Suggestions shall be accepted. Word on the street is Jerseys are powder blue. You can't beat that with a stick. I can't wait till they see some white boys like us on the court, layups aplenty. I certainly hope our uniforms consist of short shorts, high socks, and chuck taylors, the way basketball was meant to be played. This should be interesting, more news on this as it arrives.

Welcome to Toastedblog, home of the world series of poker, and I'm Toastie, your Seven Card Stud.

While some of my fellow blogging audience has turned it down a notch with their posts, we here at toastedblog want it to stay HOT, so we keep bringing you the good stuff. Man, the hit's just keep comin' round here like a donkey chokin' on a waffle!! On with the show.

I have a giant bruise on my right ass cheek in the shape of a cleat. Is that the right way to start this?? Are there boundaries that we shouldn't cross?? No Way!!! This is toastedblog, no issue is too controversial!! No, I didn't get my ass kicked. I got trampled; there's a difference. While on the ground after being tackled, a few teammates immediately rucked over me to maintain possession of the ball. The only problem with situations like these is that your only defense is to cover your face and just deal with everything else, hence the dark purple cleat imprint on my booty. Upside is that we beat a very good Rochester team. They were a great group of guys as well. Usually at rugby socials after games there is an interaction between teams but never too much. On Saturday, we were all drinking together, sharing stories, playing drinking games, and the standard, golf ball in your cup so you gotta chug. I am looking forward to when they come play us here in a few weeks.

The majority of toasted attention is locked in on the ALCS, which starts tomorrow. Yanks vs. Sox, it doesn't get any better than this. Of course I would have like to see the Yankees out of it already but it wouldn't be the same if they didn't meet in the playoffs. Casey knows that playoff time is BYOB, bring your own BOO YA!! Did I want this series to happen?? You bet!! Am I nervous?? No way!! Am I looking forward to watching the Sox take on their hated rivals and sweep them in four straight games (knock on wood)?? Its go time!!! Oh, how my production at work will slip. To the NY Yankees, proudly giving expansion teams World Series Titles since 2001. This is going to be a great rest of the month.

"A lot of people doubted The Man, and I don't doubt The Man."

Pedro was back to looking like the Pedro Sox fans fell in love with by defeating the Angels last night. He wasn't dominant, but he was great. It was near vintage Pedro, even clocking in at 94 mph on his final pitch out of 116 on the night. Pedro was out there doing what the entire Red Sox Nation wanted him to do, be himself. Now, he wasn't the Pedro who came in out of the bullpen in Cleveland and threw six innings of no hit ball a few years back, but he did his job. The series is heading for a close in Fenway and the nation no longer doubts The Man. Better get ready New York.

Now, for a lighter, more tranquil side of toasted blog. I have had the sudden urge to just get in my car and drive. Where to you may ask?? Why, to Vermont, where else??!! For some reason I came up with this idea while sitting at my desk yesterday. A few years ago when I lived with Danny and Javen, a few of us would pile in Danny's car and just go for a drive. Those who know Danny Banazek realize some of his tendencies so these car rides were always quite relaxed, full of good (yet odd and random) conversation, good laughs, Simpson's quotes, nalgene bottles filled from the kegorator, and other things that cannot be mentioned here for the DEA could be reading. Barring any playoff complications and over the top soreness and pain from this Saturday's rugby match against Rochester, the Sunday drive trend may return. I just wanted to hop in my car with some coffee and the Giants game on the radio and take a nice scenic drive. Vermont came to mind because look at it outside; its beautiful. Trees are starting to change color, country roads that are secluded and wind through the forest and hills, plus, the clincher, Ben and Jerry's ice cream factory in Waterbury!! Should this idea actually take place will be a shock to Toast fans everywhere because you all know that ideas come and go in my head but few are fully realized. Hey, it could happen. I'll let you know if it does.



--Casey

"This is the worst looking hat I ever saw. I bet you buy a hat like this and you get a free bowl of soup! Oh, it looks good on you though."

A tribute to Rodney Dangerfield who died yesterday after complications following surgery for a heart valve transplant at the age of 82. He had been in a coma since August 25th. I feel that one of the best comedic performances I have ever seen was his portrayl of Real Estate Mogul Al Czervik in "Caddyshack". If you take a quick peek at my profile you will notice that it is listed as one of my favorite movies and there was not a moment where I hesitated to put this movie on a list so highly coveted. Always great with his brand of self depricating humor, toasted blog salutes Rodney Dangerfield with a tribute of some of his finer moments. "Ooof, did someone step on a duck??" Ok, here we go, enjoy.

-The Triple Lindy (Back to School)

-Leaves the sign that says Gone Drinkin' at Homer's desk in Simpson's episode as Mr. Burns' son.

-Homer and Larry Burns hide out from the police in a theatre showing "Too Many Grandmas", starring Olympia Dukakis and Bo Derek.

Thornton Mellon: "Bring us a pitcher of beer every seven minutes until somebody passes out. And then bring one every ten minutes."

Thornton Mellon: [in a commercial for his Tall and Fat clothing stores] "Are you fat? When you go jogging, do you leave potholes? When you make love, do you have to give directions? At the zoo, do the elephants throw you peanuts? Do you look at a menu and say 'OK!'?

Al Czervik: "I hear this place is restricted, Wang, so don't tell 'em you're Jewish, okay? Fine."

Al Czervik: "Wang, What's with the pictures; its a parking lot."

Al Czervik: "So what. So let's dance!!"

Al Czervik: "Oh, this your wife, huh? A lovely lady. Hey baby, you must've been something before electricity. Your a lot of woman, you know that? Yeah, wanna make 14 dollars the hard way?"

Al Czervik: "HEY WHITEY, Where's your hat?"

Al Czervik: "Hey Smails! My dinghy is bigger than your whole boat!"

Al Czervik: "Moose. Rocko. Help the Judge find his checkbook huh. HEY EVERYBODY, WE'RE ALL GONNA GET LAID!!"

I tell ya, I get no respect,

-When I was born, the doctor said to my father, " I'm sorry, we did everything we could but he still pulled thru".

-I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

-I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent back a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

-I was so depressed that I decided to jump from the tenth floor. They sent up a priest. He said " on your mark ......"

-It's tough to stay married. My wife says no because she's tired then stays up and reads her book.

-This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me.

-If it weren't for pick-pockets, I'd have no sex life at all.

-One night I asked a cabbie to take me where the action is, he took me to my house.

-Once in a restaurant I made a toast to my wife, "To the best woman a man ever had". The waiter joined me.

-When I was born the doctor slapped my mother.

And finally, perhaps one of the funniest, most random moments of the movie Caddyshack, and our number one Dangerfield quote of all-time: "Hey, that kangaroo stole my ball!" Ah, we will always have Caddyshack.

"This was a Pizza Hut, now its all covered in daisies."

Monday's toastedblog title comes from the mind of David Byrne. Mr. Byrne, thank you for your constant support of quirkiness in song. Without you, my total would be down one in my list of favorite song lyrics of all time. Thanks for letting Guster do some work with it as well!!

Here we stand, like an adam and an eve.
Waterfalls, the garden of eden
Two fools in love, so beautiful and strong
The birds in the trees, are smiling upon them
From the age of the dinosaurs cars have run on gasoline
Where, where have they gone? Now, it’s nothing but flowers

I also like the part when they sing about chocolate chip cookies. I must thoroughly suggest to you (audience) giving a listen to this song. I just find it extremely enjoyable. If you cannot obtain a copy, please feel free to let me know by inquiring within toastedblog and we'll work something out. I make some pretty sweet Casey's Mixes.

So, playoff baseball is just one day away and this fella couldn't be happier. Well I could be stuck with her. I have such a crush, and this has been going on for a few years. What is wrong with me?? Is it due to my love of music and her being a musician?? What would happen if I met her?? Would I just stare at the ground with my face turned all red kicking at the gound and mumbling quietly?? "So, ummmm, hello. Do you like.....stuff? I do. Do you want to, uhhh, go get a beer? Ok."

Anywho, back to baseball. Sox open the playoffs in Anaheim. This is an interesting matchup and the Angels have been one of the hotter teams in baseball of late. True, the Sox beat them pretty well last series they played but that was back when the Sox were ustoppable in August. We have Vlad vs. Manny, Glaus vs. Ortiz, Trot Nixon vs. the Bullpen, Rally Monkey vs. the Pedro's 28 inch tall friend!! This is when the season finally gets fun!! I'm going to have to fly home to catch as much of the first few innings a possible before rugby. What I am really looking forward to is watching Schilling in action again in the Postseason. It has only been a few years since Curt dominated the Yanks in 2001. It'd be nice to see it all over again. But first, have to worry about the Angels.

In other news, the writers here at Toastedblog are pretty pumped to inform you of the upcoming release of a new album from A Perfect Circle, called eMOTIVe, on election day (November 2, 2004). Shortly following this, a DVD entitled aMOTIOn will also be released. Dubya doesn't stand a chance.

Finally, we killed in rugby this past weekend. We played the Finger Lakes Vikings at home on a very sloppy and rain filled Saturday. They never had a chance. The score is almost too embarrassing to put up, but lets just say the game was called 10 minutes into the second half. Good thing Cornell showed up to play against us on the"B" side in the second game, which we also won. No tries for the Toast but made some key tackles and some nice runs. Had a penalty not been called during a play made by me the last statement would have been a little different. The blowout and the college team made the after game drink up the tops due to their lack of showing up. Because of this, a group of 26 guys had to put down 3 sheet pizzas, 250 wings, and 3 kegs of beer. Sunday morning....no thank you, Crazy Saturday night.....yes please!!!!

Hope all are doing well and this blog thing will continue giving you the finest in toasted info. I'm out!!


--casey

Day filled with Dang Its!!

The dang it. It's a less threatening version of damn it, far less threatening than "real" profanity; but mark my words, a dang it is not something that is to be looked on lightly. Today has been the day filled with dang its; hence the title. Lets delve into this a little deeper by listing out said dang its so y'all know what the Toast is talking about.

Dang It No. 1 - Last night I stepped in a divot in the field at rugby practice and rolled my ankle. Mind you, it is not sprained, twisted, or broken, but it still is sore. There's a dang it.

Dang It No. 2 - After rugby practice and trip to the bar, I came home and my evening got carried away with NFL 2k5. Because of this, only a few hours sleep; I am wicked tired.

Dang It No. 3 - I must have been grinding my teeth something fierce last night because my jaw was killing me this morning. I even took over the recommended amount of advil and followed that up with some extra strength motrin. No dice!! Over-the-counter drugs have no effect on me. Tremendous dang it.

Dang It No. 4 - Suprisingly enough, work has been unfulfilling today. Who knew??

Dang It No. 5 - Why do I continually go to chinese buffets. Mind you, this dang it I brought upon myself. I feel like I have been throwing up in my mouth all afternoon.

Dang It No. 6 - I have some sort of writer's block, that is why this blog is about my dang its.

Dang It No. 7 - When I went to my car this morning, I noticed that my passenger side window was down all evening, leaving a portion of my car soaked; excellent.

Dang It No. 8 - Yankees won last night, clinched the AL east, hearing about that from yankee fans, dang it. Sox not having home field advantage, tremendous dang it.

I have an action packed weekend of the usual, rugby, friends, football and whatever. Later.