I went out at Astor place to a deli and got a roast beef sandwich with mayo, lett, tom and American cheese.

Not good, very red - but I still ate it.

And I had cheese 'Dipsy Doodles'

And I had Animal Crackers ($2.00)

(I paid for all the of above)

AND I ATE FAST!


POST LUNCH WRAP:
Not happy with my choices

Started a new job at MTV today. Very excited.
Somehow they switch the cubicles around and I am now stuck with a "clunker" (what the floor computer guy called it) for a computer.

Yes, for all you geeks out there, it is a DELL (Optiplex GX1)

INTEL
PENTIUM... II

****Bonus points to anybody that knows when Pentium IIs first came out.

I think it was 1996.

NOT A HAPPY CAMPER!
While going to the bathroom a few moments ago at NBC SPORTS, some 'funny guy' thought he'd play a joke on me and SHUT the lights off while I was... going potty.

FYI: I didn't find it funny.
(see photo)

Happy to be working here with my buddy Barry (see photo).


I am working hard (no joke).

(free food)
They had noodles and white sauce today and... strips of bacon. My friend Pete told me to put the bacon in the noodles and... it was actually pretty good like that.

(free beverage)
And I am currently drinking Diet Sprite and Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit juice mixed. It's got a great taste.

GO HERE!

Ms Peretti's complete coverage of her trip to visit me in HOBOKEN and get an ITALIAN TUNA SANDWICH!

Which one of these guys is Adam's brother Matt?

SUNDAY NIGHT
MARCH 13th
SPEAKEASY @
Spoken Words Cafe
226 4th Ave
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Show starts at 7pm
$5
N/R to Union Street Station

Featuring:
Sherry Weaver
James Braly
Andy Christie,
Andrew Lederer
Joe Limone
and more!

MY co-worker Lisa lost her cell-phone. Good luck finding it/getting a new one Lisa

I am working hard (of course)! Just had a grilled chicken sandwich - thanks Arnie, Dan and Anna!

My buddy Barry is working today. Barry is the best!!!!!!!!!

My friend Chelsea came to try the Italian Tuna.

Movie clips and photos coming soon.

FYI: She loved the Italian Tuna!!!!!

Needless to say, it was a great parade!!!

Stay Tune to this blog all next week for St. Pat's Coverage with highlights from last weeks Hoboken St. Pat's parade.

THE #2 RANKED DARTBOARD PLAYER IN HOBOKEN!

Cheers Pat. Have a great day!

You are a good man.

And a decent dart player

Look at this corn beef and cabage!

On rye!

Oh yes.

MMMMMMMMMMMMM!

(eaten at 10th and Park, Hoboken)

Not only is Matt Wade the best brother in the world, he is probably the most faithful fan the Boston Red Sox could ever have. (He is also gets mistaken for Howie Long)





Let's look at the Red Sox and Yankee's LFs:

LF- Boston's Manny Ramirez hit .308 last year, with a league-leading 43
HR's, and had 130 RBI. Hideki Matsui hit .298 last season with 31 HR's,
and had 108 RBI. In the last two years, Ramirez has 80 HR's. Matsui has
47. In the last two seasons, Ramirez has 234 RBI. Matsui has 214. In
2003, Matsui hit .287 to Ramirez's .325. Matsui had a .522 SLG and a
.390 OBP. Ramirez had a .613 SLG (91 points better) and a .397 OBP.
(very close to Matsui) Granted Matsui had a great season, but Manny is a
better outfielder and is a better hitter. Manny is ranked #4 for
outfielders and Matsui is #8.-----Edge: RAMIREZ over Matsui

SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Two words:

ITALIAN


TUNA!


Two more words:

FIORE'S


HOBOKEN!

Really enjoying this Brita thing!
Wow!

Great tasting water.

Since I bought it I've been drinking a lot more water.

Water is good for you.

My days of lugging around jugs of water from delis are over.

First of all I want to thank Ms. Chelsea Peretti for telling me about the Clipper White Tea (Peppermint Flavor).

I have been very excited to try this tea.

She knew that I had looked around the bowels of Hoboken for this particular tea and wound up empty handed. She showed me the way... to 'The Holy Grail' of markets along the streets of St. Marks Place in New York City. And when we got to the counter, guess who bought the tea for me. (I am getting very emotional right now, yep, CP!). Following a few minutes of conversation about filing Income Taxes with the cashier in the background, we left the place and soon enough I was back in my Hoboken apartment making myself some REAL tea.

And guess what..? it was AWESOME!

!

HERE IS A 2 MINUTE MINI DOCUMENTARY ON THE BEST BROTHER IN THE WORLD, MATT WADE!

Matty is the best!
When things get tough, I always seem to get a phone call from him or a text message and of course I have no choice but to smile.






Thanks Matty.

Hello good people.

Thanks for the overwhelming participation on the past 2 INTERACTIVE BLOG sessions. Now here is #4.

Please come up with a caption that you think best represents this photo.

A Winner will named this Monday.
Good luck!

How cool is this guy?

VERY COOL!
Walter is the man.

Today has been a tough day for me, AND it's snowing real bad out, too.


HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH THE TOUGH DAY?
I just bought a Brita!

Neil Young's experimental musical opus is the score to Jim Jarmusch's film Dead Man (1995). If you are a die hard fan of Young, you will love this album. Some feedback, and distortion but mainly several haunting renditions of one riff. An added bonus is audio of Johnny Depp reading William Blake poems.

This album is perfect for the iPod especially if you have it on shuffle. Let yourself be suprised.

The preferred time to listen to this album (if there is one), is on a long car-ride or train-ride. It's dark out and of course it's raining. It will complete the mood.

Like a fine Scotch. You may need an acquired taste to this, but... ahhh well worth it.

A gem you keep hidden for particular times and particular moods.

Listen to samples of 'DEAD MAN' here.


WADE GETS PERSONAL:
I bought this album my sophomore year in college after my brother mailed me a newspaper review of it. I was president of my school's film society and we had the movie playing there in the Spring (where I got to see it free- hey, I was the prez).

I loved both the movie and the soundtrack. Had the movie poster on my wall through my senior year.

Many details to come today!

Right now I am stuck in the dubroom (the 21st century's copy room).

But it was a magnificent night and I went home with... some PEPPERMINT WHITE TEA!!!!

(THAT IN ITSELF IS INCREDIBLE!)

...Ups and Downs. - George Tag

WADE'S HERO OF THE WEEK AWARD GOES TO:

Manny the elevator guy at Wade's Work.

Manny always says 'hi' to me and we always talk about the weather. He sings alot. He seems to like the Bee Gees the best. If there's a Bee Gee's song on the elevator he does a little dance too!

Manny doesn't like baseball but LOVES football (soccer).

Manny has 12 kids and 22 grandkids.

Manny calls me 'Little Billy' for no reason that I know of.

Manny, congrats on being the WADE'S HERO OF THE WEEK.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED THE PAST 3 WEEKS!!!!
Keep up the great work.

(STAY TUNED FOR THE INTERACTIVE BLOG #4 THIS WEDNESDAY!)

Here's the captions people came up with a caption that best represents this photo.

3 WINNERS (yes, 3 way tie)
1) Lumpy soon realized that just because he was a midget, didn't mean he couldn't thrive at marbles. -Ed Shirak

2) It's official Mavis. I've discovered the world's largest dingleberry." - Lonny

3) Dotty didn't have the heart to tell poor Lamar that most yo-yos have string. -Ed Shirak Jr.


BEST ANTI-YANKEE ENTRY:
A-Rod in sixty years reenacting the slap in game six of the 2004 ALCS. "I thought it was a good, smart play on my part." -seanpdean

HONORABLE MENTION:
"I've got to see a doctor about these kidney stones." -Julie

The staff at Elderville Retirement Villa had no idea the effect a viewing of "Footloose" would have on the residents. -matt sears

"On your mark, get set...you won't beat me this time, Ball!" -Flanders

Yep. It's a sunny day here in NYC. About 50 degrees. I love it! I love it!

Working hard as usual and I am actually going to purchase a couple of PAPER SHREDDARS today. How can things possibly get any better? (But they will, right?)

I went to Johnny's Diner on 25th today and had me a plain bagel with grape jelly and a cup of coffee (strong). It was $1.35 and I left 2 bucks on the counter. I am one kind fellow.

WADE WORKING HARD AS USUAL! ARENA FOOTBALL, FEEL THE ACTION

Busy day!
My buddy Barry is here! Barry is the best (see photo)!
(Haven't had the chance to talk to him - I am that busy!)

Fred from Hoboken is doing the lights today. He does great work.
Of course Seth is here, he's excited about the Yankees.

Not much for lunch, a couple pieces of raisin toast, and potato chips.

And a cup of hot chocolate, ALL FREE OF COURSE.

We might be getting pizza later too.

I was 'looking over' all his bottles of Pepsi

I read this thing on-line on 'METHODSHOP.COM' about how Pepsi is giving away free songs from iTunes in some of their bottles of Pepsi (under the caps), and how you can tell which bottles are winners.

The deli guy didn't seem too happy with me taking 15 Pepsi bottles out of the his cooler and carefully examining them.

I WOULD LOVE TO DO THIS IN 10-15 YEARS.
Forget a sportscar or a new young hot wife.

THIS IS WHAT I WANT!!!!!!

And only if my brother Matt does it with me.

Flanders do you got game, too?
What about SEANPDEAN?
Lonny?
GTP?
The Ed Shiraks?

(note: mom and dad if you are reading this, it isn't a real car)

Yep, I bought a car, finally, MY FIRST CAR!

I just bought my first car and guess what?

It only cost $110.

This isn't a typo. I actually paid $110 for it.

I can't wait to take it out for a spin around Hoboken.

Look out ladies! Seriously, look out. I don't got breaks.

BEEP BEEP!

At Starbucks in NYC (everyday) it is $4.29 for a GRANDE MOCHA LATTE!

At Fiore's in Hoboken (only on Fridays) it is $4.25 for an Italian Tuna Sandwich!

Do the math folks.

DEGRASSI JUNIOR HIGH SEASON ONE NOW ON DVD

This show is the best (bless Seth from NBC SPORTS for loaning me the DVD).

I have instant nostalgia because I used to watch this at my grandmother and great Aunt Arety's on Saturday nights in elementary school and junior high, plus my own junior high school memories.

The show is not a SITCOM, it's actually more like an afterschool special (the type of content), but more REAL! As the viewer, you are interested in these characters, they are not prototypes, but seem more genuine and that's what really makes the show special. The camera work and total production is very low-rate but it works. No this isn't 'THE BICYCLE THIEF' but then again it's not 'Growing Pains' but it is very cinema verte'-esque in some ways. I'd compare it with both Bruce Paltrow's shows 'The White Shadow' and 'St. Elsewhere'.

I watched an episode two nights ago dealing with teens shoplifting and when the friends who got caught, realized what they did was wrong and looked and smiled at each other (yes, now they are friends again and will do homework together) I got a bit teary eyed.

AWE WADE! Seriously, you gotta check it out.

ANOTHER FRIDAY WITHOUT MY BELOVED ITALIAN TUNA MY MOST FAVORITE SANDWICH IN THE WORLD -FROM FIORE'S DELI IN HOBOKEN, NJ


Love Hurts
Nazareth lyrics by Roy "the boy" Orbison

Love hurts, Love scars, Love wounds and mars
Any heart not tough or strong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud, it holds a lot of rain
Love hurts, Ooo-oo Love hurts

I'm young, I know, But even so
I know a thing or two - I learned from you
I really learned a lot, really learned a lot
Love is like a flame It burns you when it's hot
Love hurts, Ooo-oo Love hurts

Some fools think of happiness, blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves, I guess
They're not foolin' me
I know it isn't true I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie made to make you blue
Love hurts, Ooo-oo Love hurts

I know it isn't true I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie made to make you blue
Love hurts, Ooo-oo Love hurts
Ooo-oo, Love hurts Ooo-oo

No joke! This is my date. I will be spending all night with my friend's dog, Brandi.
Brandi is a fine dog, honestly!

WADE EXCLUSIVE

YES, it's true.

Yesterday I started back up on green tea.

I put an UNNAMED artificial sweetener (though I was told it is bad for me, right here on the site)

I am only drinking one cup of coffee a day. That's it!

WHITE TEA?:
All in good time.

HERE IS WHY:

GO TO GOOGLE.com search engine

(click 'image' search)

then type:

DAYTIME EMMYS

This will be the third image to appear.

You know breakfast is gonna be good.

Meet Antonette, she is the waitress at Diana's in Hoboken. She is taking my order which at this particular date was:

THE SPECIAL
-2 eggs over easy
-toast
-pancakes
-homefries
-juice
-coffee

5 stars = service
5 stars = food

One of the loyal visitors to this site (The dear Jasmine) was thrown for a loop.

Why?

When my webmaster buddy Jonny combined all my sites to 'ADAMWADE.COM' we forgot to have one last post on the old blog to redirect people to the NEW CURRENT site.

Once we realized this... it was too late. There's no way of going back.


So people keep going to the old site and have noticed it hasn't been updated since Feb 19th, 2005.

Hopefully, others who have been thrown for a loop will somehow find my new home.


Once again, I am sorry!

THERE'S A BOWLING TEAM AT MY WORK CONSISTING OF ONLY WOMEN!

I can't believe this. So, so, so, so unfair.

They never asked any of the guys in the office to be a part of their 'team'.

They named their team THE DYNAMITE TOADS.

I wanted to start an ALL-MENS team in our office but all the guys here are married with children (they can't stay out on a weeknight and drink and bowl).

(Top row l-r: Candy, Dallas, Tiffany
Bottom Row: Jordan and Sasha)

Since I put a couple quotes on my site yesterday, I've been getting FLOODED with emails and suggestions.

Here is a great quote sent in by Eric D.

"Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else."

James M. Barrie
Scottish dramatist & novelist (1860 - 1937)

So true.

Hello good people.

Thanks for the overwhelming participation on the past 2 INTERACTIVE BLOG sessions. Now here is #3.

Please come up with a caption that you think best represents this photo.

A Winner will named this Monday.
Good luck!

WALKING OUT OF 'BUY BUY BABY' baby toy store in Chelsea

Yeah, I had just gotten my raisin bagel with jelly (no butter) and coffee (the green tea days are over for now), at my new favorite NYC diner (Johnny's - home of the 'Sloppy Johnny') and BAM! There he was in his bow tie with a big bag containing something he just bought.

I said, "Yo Bud!"

He looked a little surprised.

"30 Luv," I then yelled. (he is a tennis TV guy - that's a tennis term)

He looked at me confused.

"ACE!" I yelled, and just kept walking.

He just stood there VERY confused.

"A room without a book is like a body without a soul"
- Cicero


Think about this


"A day without Wade is a wasted day."
- WADE


or

"A day without Wade is like a day without sunshine!"

- WADE


BONUS QUOTE

"I know my looks don't gleem, you can't have it all when you're the sunbeam!"
- WADE

Not only is Matt Wade the best brother in the world, he is probably the most faithful fan the Boston Red Sox could ever have. (He is also gets mistaken for Kurt Russell)

Matty writes a sports column blog.

This is Matty's first of the year:

IT APPEARS THE RED SOX ARE A BETTER TEAM THAN THE $200 MILLION YANKEES
IN 2005

(Today: Positions 2, 3, and 4)

By: Matt Wade

CATCHING: Jason Varitek vs. Jorge Posada. Varitek hit .296 last year.
Posada hit .272 (that's 24 points). Both catchers played in 137 games.
Varitek had 137 hits, Posada had 122 hits. Varitek had 10 stolen bases.
Posada had 1. Varitek had 223 total bases. Posada had 216. Posada's
average fell 9 points from 2003. Varitek's increased by 23 points.
'Sports Weekly' stated recently about Posada "he may be the next guy to
reach that age where everyone wonders if he's close to losing it."
Edge: BOSTON.



1ST BASE: Kevin Millar vs. Jason Giambi. Let's start with Giambi. He had
a press conference a few weeks ago with manager Joe Torre by his side,
and didn't mention the word 'steroid' once. Giambi played in a whopping
80 games last year, hit .208 (Tony Clark had a better year), hit 12
HR's, and had only 40 RBI. He had 264 at-bats and had 55 hits. He
managed to get 0.688 hits per-game last year. Could become possible
trade bait. Millar hit a solid .297 in 2004 (89 points higher than
Giambi), had 151 hits, 74 RBI's, and 18 HR's. Millar had a .383 OBP.
Giambi's OBP was .342. Millar improved his average by 21 points from
2003; Giambi went down 42 points. Edge: BOSTON

2ND BASE: Please. Tony Womack hit .226 in 2003 with 2 home runs and 22
RBI's for Arizona, Colorado, and Chicago (NL). Last year in St. Louis he
hit .307, with 5 HR's, and 38 RBI's. He had a .349 OBP. Mark Bellhorn
hit .264 last year, but Bellhorn is hitting 9th in the line-up for
Boston and Womack is expected to hit lead-off. Bellhorn had 82 RBI's
(and batted #2 for many games), had a .373 OBP, finished with a .444
SLG, while Womack had a .385 SLG. Bellhorn had 232 total-bases, while
Womack had 213. Bellhorn had a lot more power than Womack. When the game
is on the line or your team is down by a run, who would you rather have
at the plate. Womack hit a home run less than once a month. Bellhorn
almost took down the right-field foul pole at Yankee stadium in the
ALCS---biiinnnnnggggggg! In 2002, Bellhorn had 27 HR's, Womack had 5.
Last season Bellhorn had 37 doubles. Womack had 22. Edge: BOSTON

(next column: 5, 6, 7 player positions)

When I was a junior in college, during my winter break, my dad and I talked about how I wasn't really helping out around the house (like doing the laundry, doing the dishwasher, shoveling snow etc), but I WAS driving his car all over the place and not putting any gas in it.

So one afternoon in January (about a week after our spat), I was driving his motor vehicle and filled up his gas tank (on my dime!). It made me feel good about myself.

I then... decided his 'ride' deserved a little carwash since all the salt from the ground made it look dirty. Plus, there wasn't a line at the carwash, I was in and out just like that. Hey, what can I say, I love my dad.

I drove home and went into the house feeling REAL good about myself.

We (the WADE family) were all sitting around eating dinner and I told him what I did to his car and he...

FLIPPED! "Are you crazy? It's 20 below zero and you got it washed. The.. water... freeze... the engine.. no... why? Why did you do this?"

I looked at him and said, "I... just wanted to contribute to the family, that's all."

He shook his head and went and looked out the window, and then grabbed his camera and took this photo.

I hate the snow! Really! Enough!

Slush, wet, yuck!

If you told me I could go sledding and get paid for it today...

Well, then I would LOVE the snow!

Or

Build a snowman and get paid for it...
Yes, please, I am up for that.

But...

I don't want to work and mope around NYC in this weather.