0 Bachelor Season 17, Episode 4 Recap

Episode 4 starts out with a Chris Harrison sighting. Little known fact: Chris is starting his own clothing line Tierra must have missed the memo about him showing up as she looked like she just woke up. Alternatively it's par for the course with the first Sean sighting; shirtless and boxer briefs along with a rear shot of him getting dressed. In a couple more episodes he is just going to stroll around naked.  Selma has the girls out for the date and Sean is taking them all in. I wish I knew how to screen capture because I would love to make a gif out of him staring down her shirt. She is all over Sean, just throwing her body on him...

0 Lupa review

Some friends of Siobhan were in town last night and one of them always goes to eat at the same place, a Mario Batali owned restaurant in the heart of Greenwich Village called Lupa, whenever she is in town. We met up with them for dinner at 745. The space is relatively small, a front room with a bar and a larger back room with larger tables for bigger parties. We showed up a little early and had to wait uncomfortably by the bar where there was not enough room for us. Not a lot of places in NYC have large waiting areas, especially downtown where space is at a premium already. We got seated at our table and ordered a bottle of wine to...

8 Best Movies of 2004

The longest ongoing feature on JDC is back and better than ever with colored fonts to make reading easier.  Here we go with the discussion for the great year of 2004. As always feel free to add to the discussion with your two or three cents at the end... Ed F.: 2004... This is where I abandon all pretense of selecting the "best" movie of the year.  On a certain level, I feel capable of exhibiting at least some degree of objectivity.  I can look at a movie and evaluate performance, technique, pacing, etc.  I can examine a director's choices and try to understand his vision and intent.  But on another, more personal level,...

0 The NCAA

The NCAA has been getting a lot of heat (and rightfully so) for their bungling of the Miami investigation. To sum it up, Nevin Shapiro was acting as a whistleblower for the NCAA; he was concurrently involved in a bankruptcy case. Somehow, someway, his lawyer for his bankruptcy case (which is handled under federal law and involved civil and possible criminal liabilities) got involved with the NCAA case and sent a bill to the NCAA for services. This meant that the NCAA was using the threat of civil and criminal liabilities as a hammer to coax testimony. The NCAA does not have this power. No private entity does. Only the government can compel such...

1 Look who's back...

After years off from the song game, Justin Timberlake is back.  I guess being: one of the best hosts in recent SNL history...  being a great guest on Jimmy Fallon... making movies... and marrying Jessica Biel... weren't enough for the man, so he had to make a new album.  I couldn't be more excited.  FutureSex/LoveSounds was one of the best albums of the 00's, he brought sexy back and he ruined Britney Spears for years with the devastating Cry Me a River.   Basically, a new album from Timberlake is much, much long overdue.  And I'm certainly not alone 'cause the new single broke records for most plays....

2 Bachelor Episode 3 recap

This episode starts out with a staple Sean shirtless shot. Working out and getting a run in, sans shirt. Totally natural and not staged at all. Chris Harrison brings the first date card, and the man with the easiest job in in all media does not disappoint. Lesley M has a one on one date with Sean. She seems like one of the more normal girls on the show. They head to the Guinness Book of World Records Museum. God. Sean is horribly boring. Even his responses seem like canned bullshit. Sidenote: Sean's dad seems much more interesting than Sean. Not an easy task. My dad likes singing (badly) Italian opera and eating at chain restaurants....

2 Best Movies of 2003

Here we are with next in the very thrilling Best Movies of the 2000's series.  This time we have a new twist because super fan, super commentator and movie aficionado Ed F. has been included in the original babbling... Marty: 2003 wasn't a great year if you look at Oscar nominations and of course Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won best film.1   But if you look deeper, 2003 has tons of depth.  Look at what we got, the Matrix sequels, Michael Bay at his car blowing up best in Bad Boys II, Johnny Depp being ridiculous in the first Pirates of the Caribbean, a solid holiday film in Elf,  Tarantino being his ridiculous...

0 NFL Conference Championship Picks

Coming off our mediocre success last week of each being 2-2, we are back with even more NFL picks.  Like always, these picks are for entertainment purposes only.  Besides, you really wouldn’t want to listen to our advice anyways.   NFL Conference Championship Picks Ravens (-8) at Patriots Marty: So while in sunny Cancun on Saturday, I walked into the “Sports Bar” at my all inclusive resort when there was 40 seconds to go in the Ravens-Broncos game.  The many Denver fans there were already celebrating.  Then somehow the miraculous happens and the Ravens get a long TD.  The Broncos fans got really quiet and never...

1 Bachelor Season 17, week 2 recap

Well this episode starts out exactly how you would expect it. At least 3 shots of Sean shirtless, including one of him working out. You know what's gross? Working out without a shirt. It's a good way to get scabies or a staph infection. Hope they burned that bench afterwards!  The first date is Sean picking up Sarah in a helicopter, like it's something special. The Bachelor and Bachelorette tv shows have made helicopter rides like hopping on the subway. They just keep helicopters on retainer. (Side note: I think Sarah ends every sentence mentioning her only having one arm. She's like the drummer from Def Leppard. Also, Sarah's voice is...

0 Week 2 NFL Playoff Picks

Week 2 NFL Playoff PicksGambling on NFL games is one of the main reasons why the league is so popular.  People love betting on games and playing Fantasy Football.  We really should have been doing a picks column more often.  But without further ado here are our very uninformed picks for this weeks NFL playoff games:1 Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers (-2.5)Marty:  Aaron Rodger is playing some of his best football of his career.  The Niners have a great D and the actual good Harbaugh coaching brother.  I read a stat a couple days ago that the Packers are ridiculously bad when they don’t force turnovers.  Lucky...

0 Bachelor Recap, Season 17, episode 1

I would imagine every episode of this season we will see a pool, a river, a lake, an ocean or a fjord which requires Sean (great name!) to take off his shirt for the television cameras. The gratuitous workout scene was just that, gratuitous. Sean (there's that name again!) used to be a college football player, so of course he's in great shape. Those of us who sit on our couch drinking beer don't need to be reminded of this.  The producers kept the women in the house much longer this time and they fed them much more alcohol. Ashley H came off like a soft core porn star, Ashley P was a train wreck who has cat lady written...

1 New Year's Resolutions

It's still January so there is still time to put my resolutions down on paper or in this case posted. I figure if I actually post my resolutions, then it will be more likely that I give the resolutions a good college try.1 1.  Read the 10 Greatest books of all time.  In the past, I've set lofty literary goals such as reading every Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction. However, I've failed each time.  I think having a list of about 50 novels to read is a bit daunting.  Instead, for 2013, I'm going to read the following list of the 10 greatest books of all time according to a survey of all the top authors in the world:2 Anna...

8 Best Movies of 2002

Now that the Holidays are over.  We can get back to the important thing in life, like discussing movies from over 10 years ago... Sean: There were some interesting movies in 2002. The main movies that stand out in my mind are a couple of action films, which, considering my age and maturity level, makes a degree of sense. But there were some other movies with depth and layers as well. Blackhawk Down was a college dorm room staple. Viewed solely for people shooting guns and blowing shit up. A dependable  if unremarkable action film about an event that I was not really old enough to comprehend when it first happened.  The...