::Sigh::
Ok, where to start.
Devaluing Mendenhall because he's 'injury prone' ...you have Westbrook and Palmer, nuff said. Omg but he has a bruised knee?!...he's a Running Back in the NFL, he practiced fully, he's fine. But he only avg'd 14.5 per week! ('only' being the operative word there). Thats more than your RB's are avging per week combined, i'll take that all day Mr. Burner.
Breaston, is he a true #3? he has more yards and fantasy points than Boldin, who is constantly banged up and has yet to practice this week because of a high ankle sprain. I like Breaston better than Boldin right now in a high octane passing offense.
--INTERMISSION-- Excuse me while i sift through all the failed attempts at humor in your enormous post, i need to find more stats to poke holes in.
OK, back folks...ah yes...7 catches in 6 games, 1.16875463 RPG yada yada...but wait! i thought we agreed that in those first 3 games he barely saw the field? you trickster you, that 1.16 RPG is SKEWED!!!!..lets keep our stats in context ok?
I put some heavy research (certainly not as heavy as yours) into this groundbreaking trend you refer to as "buying low, and selling high"...after being thoroughly confused for hours i think i finally got the hang of it. But, well, frankly i don't think Slaton for Forte fits that mold, i think you just traded a good RB for a shittier one.
Now, on a more serious note. By having a less than stellar draft (throwing away 5th and 6th round picks on Cutler and LJ) i put myself in a tough spot, and made a tough decision to let Randy go for an RB who i believe has a chance of finishing in the top 10 and making my team a little more stable. So Mr. Commissioner, know that i understand your bitterness stems from being ranked 7th overall and 3rd in your division with a 3-3 record, after trying desperately to fix your situation with a whopping 31 personnel moves. And hey, combine that with a dismal track record in your own league over the past few years (according to reliable sources)... and the constant updating of your Smack Talk as if it were a Twitter account starts to make a little more sense. So seeing how i have already proven that I am the better fantasy manager (SEE AP Football 2009; Week 1), I am going to hang the gloves up for now.
And as far as my dear friend Anthony DelCioppo's facial expressions are concerned, I'm just glad I had the opportunity to put a smile there, thats what friends are for right?
P.S. I was very impressed by the statistics and specific quotations in your first rebuttle, but seeing as it was not in MLA format nor was there a Works Cited page included, I'm forced to deem those quotes and stats as unsubstantiated.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
IT
Overhead shot of a newspaper on a coffee table inside a quaint middle-lower class house in Derry, Maine. Camera slowly zooms in on the paper while rotating slightly, it is a local newspaper and the front page is advertising the annual town fair. Very subtle eerie music is playing softly in the background, when the camera zooms enough so that the coffee table is taking up the whole shot, the eerie music suddenly stops and a giggling boy’s hand snatches the paper off of the table.
It’s a gray day outside and it is raining moderately, the mood is very pleasant and comfortable like a nice lazy rainy day.
The camera follows the giddy 6 year old (paper in hand) into his older brothers room (around 10 yrs old) who is bed-ridden with a nasty cough.
Bill Densbrough (Stuttering Bill)- 10year old brother, very smart, bad stuttering problem.
George Densbrough (Georgie)- 6year old brother.
Bill is showing George how to make a newspaper boat because George wants to go play with it out in the rain. The mood is very light and there needs to be a few scenes showing how close the brothers are, they exchange some laughs over some childhood jokes. The boys make the boat, and Bill tells George to go to the basement to get the tub of wax (they need it melt wax over the boat so it stays waterproof).
Camera follows George through the hallway to the basement door which is located in the kitchen.
When G arrives at the door it gets eerily silent, he is apprehensive about going down to the dark basement as all kids are. He reaches for the knob and slowly pushes the door open…
At this point the camera is directly behind george, and it is peering over his head, you would see George from behind, his shoulders and head occupying the bottom center of the shot, most of the shot is fixated on the slowly opening door. The door slowly swings open and it is complete blackness, you cant even see the stairs leading down to the basement. Still in the kitchen, it is totally silent except for the raindrops hitting a nearby window, the camera never moves.
George slowly leans into the darkness and stretches out his left arm to search for the light switch which is placed on the wall. He keeps reaching in further and further, taking a step or two down the stairs in his search for the switch.
Maybe some suspenseful building strings in the background.
The camera goes on a very slow zoom into the basement doorway where George is reaching.
At suspense climax George’s mother says off-screen “George?! What are you doing going down there?” Some dialogue here about the boat, then the mom turns on the light for George so he can go downstairs to get the wax.
On cue with the mothers voice, the camera position switches. It is now turned 90 degrees to the right, this way both the mother and George are in the shot, audience breaths a sigh of relief. The camera shows George getting the wax and bringing it back to his older brothers room.
It’s a gray day outside and it is raining moderately, the mood is very pleasant and comfortable like a nice lazy rainy day.
The camera follows the giddy 6 year old (paper in hand) into his older brothers room (around 10 yrs old) who is bed-ridden with a nasty cough.
Bill Densbrough (Stuttering Bill)- 10year old brother, very smart, bad stuttering problem.
George Densbrough (Georgie)- 6year old brother.
Bill is showing George how to make a newspaper boat because George wants to go play with it out in the rain. The mood is very light and there needs to be a few scenes showing how close the brothers are, they exchange some laughs over some childhood jokes. The boys make the boat, and Bill tells George to go to the basement to get the tub of wax (they need it melt wax over the boat so it stays waterproof).
Camera follows George through the hallway to the basement door which is located in the kitchen.
When G arrives at the door it gets eerily silent, he is apprehensive about going down to the dark basement as all kids are. He reaches for the knob and slowly pushes the door open…
At this point the camera is directly behind george, and it is peering over his head, you would see George from behind, his shoulders and head occupying the bottom center of the shot, most of the shot is fixated on the slowly opening door. The door slowly swings open and it is complete blackness, you cant even see the stairs leading down to the basement. Still in the kitchen, it is totally silent except for the raindrops hitting a nearby window, the camera never moves.
George slowly leans into the darkness and stretches out his left arm to search for the light switch which is placed on the wall. He keeps reaching in further and further, taking a step or two down the stairs in his search for the switch.
Maybe some suspenseful building strings in the background.
The camera goes on a very slow zoom into the basement doorway where George is reaching.
At suspense climax George’s mother says off-screen “George?! What are you doing going down there?” Some dialogue here about the boat, then the mom turns on the light for George so he can go downstairs to get the wax.
On cue with the mothers voice, the camera position switches. It is now turned 90 degrees to the right, this way both the mother and George are in the shot, audience breaths a sigh of relief. The camera shows George getting the wax and bringing it back to his older brothers room.
Gore's Movie
Global Warming has been one of the most talked about issues of the past few years. There are people on the far left who scream “Armageddon”, saying humanity is single handedly facilitating the destruction of Planet Earth as we know it, and there are people on the far right who say its nothing more than a fairy tale and nothing we do affects our planet whatsoever. Then there are people who I like to refer to as “rationalists”, who try to take every fact and idea into account (even ideas from the extreme ends of the spectrum), analyze it and make logically and educated decisions. I don’t think I need to say which is the most desirable group of the three. I know that An Inconvenient Truth presents a lot of material that cannot be argued, and I agree that global warming is a problem, and I want to say first that I do agree with the overall message of this movie. I agree that to some degree we are helping to facilitate global warming, what I am skeptical about is how large of a role we actually play, and on top of that I think we are dealing with the problem in the wrong way.
I will be the first to admit that I am a skeptical and cynical person by nature. So when I see movies like this, especially ones made by politicians, I am VERY skeptical about its true intent. The facts are all there, and you cant argue with facts, however you need to keep in mind that Al Gore has a purpose, a goal in mind. He wants to scare people into action, he wants the shock value, and rightfully so. He is an intelligent man, he knows that unless someone lights a fire under our asses nobody is going to take action. So to me it was funny how all the different graphs he used had different timelines, some went back only 50 years, others went back 650,000 years. I’m not saying he was hiding something, but I can tell that some of his graphs and facts were tailored to have the hardest and most surprising impact on the viewers. For instance, he has a graph showing the fluctuation of CO2 and Temperature dating back 650,000 years. Along this graph you can see that temperature and CO2 levels rise and fall almost identically. At the end of this graph is a projection of the CO2 levels in 50 years, it is almost double of what it is today. Now, knowing that the temperature is going to follow the CO2 levels, this means he is insinuating that the average temperature of the earth will nearly double…in 50 years. Maybe this fact is true, but I just find it hard to believe that we are capable of doubling the average planet temperature in only 50 years, that means that in 2055 the average temperature of the earth will be 116 degrees. The graph proves a valid point, but something about just did not seem right.
Now all my skepticism aside, it certainly is an extremely important movie. His tactics on simplifying everything so everyone can understand it is phenomenal. And the way he uses his own life to really drive points home on a personal level is equally as admirable. Global warming is a huge problem and we are making it much worse. I do not deny the fact that our current practices are hurting our planet and that change is MUCH needed. There are loads of undeniable evidence in this movie that shows us we are in big trouble, Mt. Kilimanjaro’s snowcaps are receding and almost gone, and glaciers around the world are receding rapidly. This glacier problem is especially serious because so many people worldwide rely on glacier run-off as there drinking water. Another dangerous effect of global warming is the warming of the oceans. It is the ocean and wind currents which circulate heat around the globe, and for the ocean to do its part it relies on a balance between hot and cold currents. If the ocean is heated up too much these currents will shift in unpredictable ways. On top of that, warmer oceans give way to stronger storms, warm water is what feeds hurricanes, and not only have hurricanes become stronger, but they also are showing up in places around the globe where we thought it wasn’t possible (Coast of Brazil). According to the film we have set a tornado record in 2005, and Japan set a typhoon record in the same year. These are only a few of the side effects of global warming, so any argument against it’s presence at this point is pretty much moot. However, in the introduction I stated that I thought we were dealing with the problem the wrong way, and what I mean by that is I think its high time we start funneling funds and attention in to ways of COPING with this problem rather then preventing it.
I will be the first to admit that I am a skeptical and cynical person by nature. So when I see movies like this, especially ones made by politicians, I am VERY skeptical about its true intent. The facts are all there, and you cant argue with facts, however you need to keep in mind that Al Gore has a purpose, a goal in mind. He wants to scare people into action, he wants the shock value, and rightfully so. He is an intelligent man, he knows that unless someone lights a fire under our asses nobody is going to take action. So to me it was funny how all the different graphs he used had different timelines, some went back only 50 years, others went back 650,000 years. I’m not saying he was hiding something, but I can tell that some of his graphs and facts were tailored to have the hardest and most surprising impact on the viewers. For instance, he has a graph showing the fluctuation of CO2 and Temperature dating back 650,000 years. Along this graph you can see that temperature and CO2 levels rise and fall almost identically. At the end of this graph is a projection of the CO2 levels in 50 years, it is almost double of what it is today. Now, knowing that the temperature is going to follow the CO2 levels, this means he is insinuating that the average temperature of the earth will nearly double…in 50 years. Maybe this fact is true, but I just find it hard to believe that we are capable of doubling the average planet temperature in only 50 years, that means that in 2055 the average temperature of the earth will be 116 degrees. The graph proves a valid point, but something about just did not seem right.
Now all my skepticism aside, it certainly is an extremely important movie. His tactics on simplifying everything so everyone can understand it is phenomenal. And the way he uses his own life to really drive points home on a personal level is equally as admirable. Global warming is a huge problem and we are making it much worse. I do not deny the fact that our current practices are hurting our planet and that change is MUCH needed. There are loads of undeniable evidence in this movie that shows us we are in big trouble, Mt. Kilimanjaro’s snowcaps are receding and almost gone, and glaciers around the world are receding rapidly. This glacier problem is especially serious because so many people worldwide rely on glacier run-off as there drinking water. Another dangerous effect of global warming is the warming of the oceans. It is the ocean and wind currents which circulate heat around the globe, and for the ocean to do its part it relies on a balance between hot and cold currents. If the ocean is heated up too much these currents will shift in unpredictable ways. On top of that, warmer oceans give way to stronger storms, warm water is what feeds hurricanes, and not only have hurricanes become stronger, but they also are showing up in places around the globe where we thought it wasn’t possible (Coast of Brazil). According to the film we have set a tornado record in 2005, and Japan set a typhoon record in the same year. These are only a few of the side effects of global warming, so any argument against it’s presence at this point is pretty much moot. However, in the introduction I stated that I thought we were dealing with the problem the wrong way, and what I mean by that is I think its high time we start funneling funds and attention in to ways of COPING with this problem rather then preventing it.
The Road Not Taken
The third stanza deals with our coping of a decision once it’s been made. Take line 13, “Oh, I kept the first for another day!” The exclamation point is important here because it portrays excitement and an interesting optimistic approach to the situation. This line is the narrator’s way of comforting his own uneasy feeling about the situation. The narrator has made his choice, but still has no idea what the consequence of it will be, and as a comforting thought he decides that he can always come back and try the other path in the future, thereby avoiding any consequences of having to stick with an uneducated choice. Clearly this is a comparison to problems we face in decision making every day. A decision is not so hard if you know you can always come back to try the alternative, however as the narrator knows, this is not always an option. If it were always an option than life would lose its unpredictable excitement, and the narrator acknowledges this in the following lines, “Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.” The last two lines are that little voice inside us saying “you know your stuck with this decision, better make the best of it.” By not clearly showing regret, uncertainty, or excitement Frost speaks volumes on the human psyche.
Confucionism
Zhu Xi is given credit as the man who really gave way to the widest and most important spread of Confucianism. It is obvious that Confucianism was a widespread idea before the appearance of Zhu Xi, but it’s because of his huge push to really convert the Chinese way of thought in the direction of Confucianism that gave it its common notoriety even in today’s world. He met a lot of resistance during his lifetime, but years after his death (specifically in the Yuan dynasty) his efforts led to the over-whelming acceptance and enforcement of the books of Confucius. It is said that during the Song dynasty there was a renaissance-like movement, as well as education reform in the direction of Confucian teachings. To give the Confucian movement total credit for the appearance of this renaissance is not justifiable. However I believe that it is fair to say that Confucian thought certainly fueled the presence of this renaissance.
Confucian teachings focus on attributes such as filial piety, obedience, contributions to the group, and knowing one’s role in the society. These are not qualities that usually lead to a renaissance movement. For things like economics and culture to flourish you need emphasis on the individual. Culture is defined by expression, new and original ideas in areas like art and music usually come from individual achievement, people need to be able to free there minds and explore their deepest thoughts. If one is caught up in the frenzy of filial piety, civil obedience, and doing things for the good of the group it usually comes at a cost of their individuality and sense of creativity. On the other hand, Confucianism encourages the flourishing of intellectuals, and this is such a key ingredient to the recipe of a renaissance that it overshadows all the other drawbacks Confucianism might bring. The reason why Confucianism was not linked to a renaissance in earlier times was because the Chinese were still under dictators, who controlled everything. Military force was of the utmost importance in those times, and even Confucian thinking was closely watched by the over-bearing political powers. In those times Confucianism was exploited in a way, with huge emphasis on the obedience portion of it, and less emphasis on the free-thinking portion.
Confucian teachings focus on attributes such as filial piety, obedience, contributions to the group, and knowing one’s role in the society. These are not qualities that usually lead to a renaissance movement. For things like economics and culture to flourish you need emphasis on the individual. Culture is defined by expression, new and original ideas in areas like art and music usually come from individual achievement, people need to be able to free there minds and explore their deepest thoughts. If one is caught up in the frenzy of filial piety, civil obedience, and doing things for the good of the group it usually comes at a cost of their individuality and sense of creativity. On the other hand, Confucianism encourages the flourishing of intellectuals, and this is such a key ingredient to the recipe of a renaissance that it overshadows all the other drawbacks Confucianism might bring. The reason why Confucianism was not linked to a renaissance in earlier times was because the Chinese were still under dictators, who controlled everything. Military force was of the utmost importance in those times, and even Confucian thinking was closely watched by the over-bearing political powers. In those times Confucianism was exploited in a way, with huge emphasis on the obedience portion of it, and less emphasis on the free-thinking portion.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
San Diego contd.
So after the bloody mary was put down it was time for the beach. We payed for our meals and made our way through the maze of tables and out onto the street. Whatever clouds covered the sun a few hours earlier were completely gone now, the sun was blazing and the breeze was beautiful. We walked passed tattoo shops and beach restaurants until we arrived at the roller coast and carnival area. I needed to be a tourist for a little while and I felt like dressing like one, so we stopped at a t-shirt stand to get some San Diego apparel. The owner of the shop was a smoking hot mexican girl in her mid twenties. She knew it and wasn't afraid to exploit it as she began flirting with us immediately. I picked out a black tshirt that had "SAN" in hot pink and "DIEGO" right under it in electric green.
"If this isn't touristy I don't know what is" I said as put it next to the register. The girl giggled and asked if that was my plan to meet San Diego women, act like a tourist. I smiled and told her she nailed it on the head, after all that was our plan.
After the tshirt stand we went over to a bar right on the shore call "Michael's", walking into the front doors the placed looked like...nothing. The floor and walls were black and there was no bar, no people and a stage with no band, just microphone stands. We looked around at the bouncer who just pointed to the stairs without saying a word. It was a completely different story upstairs, it wasnt a second floor as much as it was just the roof of the bar. The bar had a straw "tikki" styled roof and all the tables had huge straw umbrellas. We immediately opened up a tab and sat at a table overlooking the ocean.
At less than a hundred yards away, the ocean looked incredible. Both it and the beach were flooded with people surfing, fishing, jogging, playing volleyball, but mostly drinking and tanning. I might as well have been in Cancun on spring break. After 4 or 5 beers we decided to leave our tab open but run downstairs and charge the ocean. So we hopped off our stools and sprinted down the staircase, across the two lane pedestrian walk and over and around a maze of bodies. Diving into the ocean drunk was an odd feeling to say the least. The cold water didn't hit me for a few seconds and I barely noticed as i was pummeled by wave after wave. Whatever lowered sensibility i had from beign drunk seemed to channel itself into addrenaline. We wrestled around and rode waves until the dehydration was crippling, then we limped out of the ocean as if we had just finished the last leg of a triatholon, probably not the smartest move in hindsight. Then it was back to the open tab...
"If this isn't touristy I don't know what is" I said as put it next to the register. The girl giggled and asked if that was my plan to meet San Diego women, act like a tourist. I smiled and told her she nailed it on the head, after all that was our plan.
After the tshirt stand we went over to a bar right on the shore call "Michael's", walking into the front doors the placed looked like...nothing. The floor and walls were black and there was no bar, no people and a stage with no band, just microphone stands. We looked around at the bouncer who just pointed to the stairs without saying a word. It was a completely different story upstairs, it wasnt a second floor as much as it was just the roof of the bar. The bar had a straw "tikki" styled roof and all the tables had huge straw umbrellas. We immediately opened up a tab and sat at a table overlooking the ocean.
At less than a hundred yards away, the ocean looked incredible. Both it and the beach were flooded with people surfing, fishing, jogging, playing volleyball, but mostly drinking and tanning. I might as well have been in Cancun on spring break. After 4 or 5 beers we decided to leave our tab open but run downstairs and charge the ocean. So we hopped off our stools and sprinted down the staircase, across the two lane pedestrian walk and over and around a maze of bodies. Diving into the ocean drunk was an odd feeling to say the least. The cold water didn't hit me for a few seconds and I barely noticed as i was pummeled by wave after wave. Whatever lowered sensibility i had from beign drunk seemed to channel itself into addrenaline. We wrestled around and rode waves until the dehydration was crippling, then we limped out of the ocean as if we had just finished the last leg of a triatholon, probably not the smartest move in hindsight. Then it was back to the open tab...
documentary
I thought the film did a very good job at staying balanced in it's representation of the townspeople vs. the film crews. I don't think any of us would argue that Hobert was justified in murder because he absolutely wasn't, but it is easy to get caught up in the shooting while ignoring the importance of the East Kentucky Poverty event as a whole. I thought that most of the interviewees had a very healthy viewpoint on the situation, especially O'Connor's daughter. It is important to see that this was a very unfortunate clash of culture and not just a shooting by a murderous lunatic. That being said, Hobert deserved to be convicted of first degree murder based on the evidence provided by the documentary. One of the most admirable parts of the documentary was the fact that O'Connor's daughter was able to have such a clear understanding of the situation, instead of showcasing blind rage towards Hobert. This event showed us the dangers that can be involved in documentary filmmaking, and certain arrogant filmmakers could learn a lesson here. One of the filmmakers being interviewed seemed to be surprised that the East Kentucky residents thought he was so much different than them, well, the truth is the documentors and the townfolk were worlds apart, thinking you have the capacity to understand another way of life without having LIVED it is both ignorant and dangerous.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Easy Solution for Marriage
In the constitution of the United States, the very first amendment in fact, it is stated clearly that there should be a firm separation between Church and State. There are an unlimited number of reasons why this is a necessary state of affairs, but of course, for reasons beyond any thinking person's grasp, our country fails miserably in upholding this simple rule. The 10 commandments are still being etched into stone at public schools while senators and presidents still make it very clear which religions agenda they will be pushing. And much of the resistance facing gay marriage comes from "christian politics", how can the church possibly weasel its way into political issues is beyond me. There is a very simple solution, erase the ambiguity between the state and churches role in recognizing marriage. Now if there are social objections to gay marriage, fine, those can be dealt with. But it is overwhelmingly obvious that the main conflict here is the Christians vs the Gays.
The way marriage should work here in the US is very simple, there should be two completely separate "marriage" ceremonies. Any given couple should be consummated separately by the church and state. If a couple wishes to have a christian marriage in Arizona there should be no law against it, but there is no reason that the State of Arizona should recognize it. The same couple can be spiritually satisfied that under the eyes of God they are merged as one family and their marriage is religiously mandated, however to be recognized by the state there should be a completely separate "ceremony" or "event". If the couple does not complete the state ceremony, then legally they are not married. States will have their own marital laws, and if they conflict with the religious ones than the state wins. If a given religion allows a man to marry his 8 year old daughter that's fine, but the state of Arizona doesn't have to allow it, that man is free to move to an area that allows that type of thing. Moral and Ethical codes have to outweigh Religious ones. Religion is helpful to billions around the world but it is a poison to any efforts in advancing government and social norms.
The way marriage should work here in the US is very simple, there should be two completely separate "marriage" ceremonies. Any given couple should be consummated separately by the church and state. If a couple wishes to have a christian marriage in Arizona there should be no law against it, but there is no reason that the State of Arizona should recognize it. The same couple can be spiritually satisfied that under the eyes of God they are merged as one family and their marriage is religiously mandated, however to be recognized by the state there should be a completely separate "ceremony" or "event". If the couple does not complete the state ceremony, then legally they are not married. States will have their own marital laws, and if they conflict with the religious ones than the state wins. If a given religion allows a man to marry his 8 year old daughter that's fine, but the state of Arizona doesn't have to allow it, that man is free to move to an area that allows that type of thing. Moral and Ethical codes have to outweigh Religious ones. Religion is helpful to billions around the world but it is a poison to any efforts in advancing government and social norms.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Clamming
After completing a rigorous summer minor program at the University i was allows a 10 day break at the end of August, I used this break to go back home to Long Island NY and catch up with some people who i hadn't seen since Christmas. On my first full day back I went clamming with my friends Mikey and Jay, I had never been clamming all my years living on the shore and I'm glad i didn't let any more time pass by before trying it.
It was 10 AM and we took Jay's boat out from the dock behind his house. After making our way through the channel behind his house (5 MPH speed limit) we reached the mouth of the bay and he opened the engine up. Mikey and I sat in the front of the boat and held on to our Heinikens for dear life, the boat was bouncing over waves and with the wind blasting past our ears attempting any conversation was just a waste of time.
We reached our destination directly under the Robert Moses Causeway Bridge and anchored the boat. Even though we were a few hundred yards offshore the water was only chest deep so we put Dave Matthews in the boats cd player, grabbed a bucket and a few beers and hopped in the luke warm water.
Clamming is a little awkward at first, while walking around the murky water you have to dig in the mud-like sand with your feet and feel for the clams. At first it feels kind of nasty, especially when you hit a patch of seaweed but once you find your first clam all you think about is getting the next one. We basked in the sunlight all afternoon drinking and clamming, catching about 100 clams in all. Once dusk came we hopped back on the boat and shot back to my friends house.
That night we shucked all the clams and cut them into little pieces, saving the shells. One trip to Walbaum's and we had bacon bits, paremsean, garlic, butter, pepper and bread crumbs. We threw all the ingredients in a giant bowl, then threw the clams in, mixed it all around and redistributed the new concoction back into the open shells. Then they were tossed in the over, the exact recipe we used is a little fuzzy because we werent exactly sober, but our homemade baked clams could have won us a spot on Top Chef, thats for sure.
It was 10 AM and we took Jay's boat out from the dock behind his house. After making our way through the channel behind his house (5 MPH speed limit) we reached the mouth of the bay and he opened the engine up. Mikey and I sat in the front of the boat and held on to our Heinikens for dear life, the boat was bouncing over waves and with the wind blasting past our ears attempting any conversation was just a waste of time.
We reached our destination directly under the Robert Moses Causeway Bridge and anchored the boat. Even though we were a few hundred yards offshore the water was only chest deep so we put Dave Matthews in the boats cd player, grabbed a bucket and a few beers and hopped in the luke warm water.
Clamming is a little awkward at first, while walking around the murky water you have to dig in the mud-like sand with your feet and feel for the clams. At first it feels kind of nasty, especially when you hit a patch of seaweed but once you find your first clam all you think about is getting the next one. We basked in the sunlight all afternoon drinking and clamming, catching about 100 clams in all. Once dusk came we hopped back on the boat and shot back to my friends house.
That night we shucked all the clams and cut them into little pieces, saving the shells. One trip to Walbaum's and we had bacon bits, paremsean, garlic, butter, pepper and bread crumbs. We threw all the ingredients in a giant bowl, then threw the clams in, mixed it all around and redistributed the new concoction back into the open shells. Then they were tossed in the over, the exact recipe we used is a little fuzzy because we werent exactly sober, but our homemade baked clams could have won us a spot on Top Chef, thats for sure.
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