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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Now that it is finally almost here, what is the best thing about fall?

Yesterday's: It would just be wrong if I didn't give it to Nick. I'll give Nicole a runner-up because that's kind of like Nick.

Nick:
1. Nick Hornby - I can't wait to read Slam. My favorite author alive by a wide margin.

2. Nick Efstahiou - A colleague of mine in the Nashua Solid Waste Department. Nick is about 7-8 years older than me with a family. He's a book collector, a World War I buff and a former wild man (like a total druggie and drunk) who turned his life around and is married with kids, and still retains a healthy love of hard rock (we'd end up singing Misfits songs and shit like that...his 6-year-old daughter was obsessed with Rancid). A weird but awesome dude.

3. Nick Nolte - Because of the fucking mugshot picture, maybe the greatest picture ever taken by anyone anywhere.

4. Nick Boynton - He was a solid defenseman for the Bs, and a guy who was more than willing to drop the gloves and stick up for his teammates. I just wish he didn't suck now.

5. Dr. Nick Riviera - "HI EVERYBODY"
"Hi Dr. Nick"

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stepping on crunchy leaves. It's like that feeling you get after picking a scab, only way better.

Anonymous said...

Getting home from work, hanging out for an hour or so, then heading to Ts for a quick beer before you get to Agganis and watch the stands fill up and the teams warm up.

Sitting on the couch with a beer and watching college football on Saturdays and pro football on Sundays.

October baseball.

That in between, 60-65 degree weather where you can still get away with a shortsleeve with your jeans during the day, even knowing it's about to be 40 when the sun goes down.

Nicole Cammorata said...

After seven months, the heat, the sweat, the heartbreaking baseball games, the feelings of loss and sorrow, it is again: HOCKEY SEASON. Welcome crisp, stale rink air. Welcome adoring fans, cheering in unison, spilling your beer out of excitement. The first time I hear "He shoots... HE SCORES" every season always sends a chill up my spine. I LOVE HOCKEY SEASON!

Anonymous said...

The best thing about fall is that:

THERE'S ONLY ONE FALL CLASSIC!

THERE'S ONLY ONE WORLD SERIES!

THERE'S ONLY ONE OCTOBER!!!!!!!!!!

But seriously, hockey starting is great but the best thing about fall is far and away the World Series. Everyone knows that October hockey is meaningless, especially die-hard fans. It's like an extended preseason. I love it, but a Leafs-Bruins game doesn't get the juices flowing like tonights Sox-Indians game 7.