Uncle!

Tonight the something annual Academy Awards are being held at the Kodak Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Dresses, tuxes, limos and horrible champagne (yes, I mean 'Cristal') will occupy the screen. Everyone will be debating wether 'Avatar' or 'Up!' should win the award for best film, two of the nominees for best supporting actress come from the same movie and Alec Baldwin is co-hosting with Steve Martin, which I think will be worth the price of admissions itself.

As I have not seen all of the movies on the list, here are some totally awesome and unfounded predictions:

The Hurt Locker for Best film
George Clooney for Best Actor
James cameron for Best Director

Also, first day of the year barbequeing.

Leo! LEEEEOOOOOO!

Saw 'Shutter Island' this evening, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as federal Marshall Teddy Daniels in a pretty exciting thriller. The trailer for the movie is not at all descriptive of the actual plot, but the movie itself is very good. Lot of plot twists. Surprising ending.

Sorry for the short post.

Big Seven-Five

I do believe the Patriots showed Vince Wilfork the money this evening, as he signed a 5-year, $40 million extension with twenty-five of those millions guaranteed, ESPNBoston.com reports. This makes Wilfork the highest paid 3-4 nose tackle in history, and it also keeps a vital piece of that 30 front intact. Scouts and coaches alike always rave on about the importance of a good nose in the 3-4, and Wilfork is among the top 5 in the NFL.

Let's see if the Pats can keep this up.

Show me the money!

Free agency is underway, and for geeks like myself, this is just as exciting as training camp or the pre-season. Looking at free agent, possible landing spots and hoping to some higher power that the Patriots do something right this year. Giddy with everything!

Peppers to Bears, Cromartie to Jets, TBC re-signed by the Pats. So far.

Relic from the Cold War

I think I passed Andy Warhol on campus today.

Hi, I'm Tom Tucker

As promised, I have news:

I am as of last Wednesday the vice president for the Eastern Connecticut State University Tackle Football Club, or as we hope to call it; Warrior Football. There are still some budgetary issues, so donations would be welcome! But finally there's football at Eastern!

British Columbia

Favorite parts of the closing ceremony, except for the Norwegian national anthem: Michael J. Fox receiving a standing ovation and looking better than ever having a short monologue, the Russian choir singing their national anthem in anticipation for the 2014 games and Neil Young performing underneath the Olympic fire. All in all a solid closing ceremony where they even managed to make fun of themselves for not having everything working on the opening night.

Now, I have to go to bed, as there is work in the morning and afternoon. Good night!