What's with the Rain??

So are you guys like me? I woke up this morning at about 7:00. I realize this is a bit late for some of you but please bare with me. Gillian had to get up and start getting ready for class, and the weather was already looking pretty bad. I did a few things around the aprtment and noticed as time went by tha the weather wa sonly getting worse. By 10:00, it was raining and thundering so hard that I thought for sure we would have no power ofr days. In addition, it wasso dark outside, I had truly no idea what time or day it was. How crazy is that? May G-d never send us rain like that again!!

NBA Finals

So the Miami Heat won the NBA Finals tonight. Ladi Freakin Dah!! I have to be honest, I didn't even realize there was a game tonight. Gillian and I watched a movie and when it ended, we turned on Sportcenter and found out the horrible news. I am pretty pissed off about it, but I am still a bit torn. I am not sure if it would have been better for us if they won or lost. On the one hand, we can say hey, at least we didn't lose to a sucky team. The did win the title. On the other hand, if they lost, we could say, thank you dallas for beating them for us. But then, we look like panzies for losing to a losing team. I don't know. I do know on ething, however, I am so glad this crap is over so we can all go back to focusing on the Pistons next year.

Sam's Club

So Gillian and I discovered the world of Sam's Club today. My father has a business account there and was able to add us on. The store really can save some serious dough if you can afford to shop in bulk. I mean these prices even beat out Meijer, a store I used to think was a G-dsent. Well, I just thought I would share this because it was so amazing.

Sticky Situation

Ok guys, I have a serious question/issue and I need some advice.

Recently, Gillian's great uncle past away. Even though he was Jewish, his body was cremated rather than having a funeral. Because there was never anything done, the family is haveing a "memorial" (get together) at Gillian's aunt's house this sunday. Here is the weird part. Gillian has class and is unable to go, but I don't have anything better to do that I can use as an excuse. Do you guys think I should go or will I feel like a moron with my in-law family?

HELP PLEASE!!!

Return

Hey friends, after quite an absence I am making my big return to the world of blogging. So did you all hear this crazy story about demitri young? Supposedly he beat some woman and he didn't want to go to court so he said he was sick but he couldn't prove so now there is a warrant out for his arrest. What crazy crap is that? Just thought I would throw that one out there.

Shaving

As many of you may have seen in the YIOP eupdate, today is both Rosh Chodesh and Erev Shabbos. According to the Mishna Brurah, because today is a double simcha day, not only is one allowed to shave, but if one normally shaves outside of Sfirah, he is encouraged to do so today. I know I shaved this morning as soon as I could and it was awesome. I have to admit I really was starting to oget itchy. Have a good Shabbos everyone.

Rent

So Rent came out on DVD this week and I am pretty excited about it. Have any of you guys seen it yet? I thought the play wa sway better. I have been seeing shows since I was a little kid so I guess you can say I am in to that stuff. Just thought I would tell you if you haven't seen it yet, get on that.

Tigers

Hey guys, does anyone think it would be worth while to get Tiger's tickets for the upcoming season? Le tme know if you think I am crazy.
Dan I

Question of the Day

Who do you think the fifth player shuould be to play with the four Piston starters on the floor atthe All-Star game?

$5 Refund Law

Hey all, as most of you know there is a $5 refund law in the state of Michigan. This law was put in place to ensure that stores are charging their customers apropriately. The law says that if you are oveercharged for an item, you are entitled to the difference plus 10 times the difference up to $5. For example, let's say you bought an item that was marked $1.19 and it rang up for $1.39, you would $.20 back plus 10 times that up to $5, so you would get back $2.20. Pretty cool huh?
Well, I had the privilege of having this happen to me today. I was at Office Max buying ink for a fax machine and the black ink was marked $12.89 and I was charged $14.49. In this case, the difference plus 10 times would exceed $5, so I was only entitled to my five dollars back, but the store people were nuts!! They first tried to tell me I was only going to get the difference back. Then they tried to give like $9 back. The whole thing was crazy and it took a while, but the important thin is I got my $5.

Question of the Day

Hey guys,
How many polocks does it take to nail in a board?

Question of the Day

Hey guys, I am going to try to pose a question of the day so everyone can answer and throw a little fun into their day. I will start with a simple one so everyone can get the hang of it.


Why did the chicken cross the road?

Breakaway Minyan

For all those who are interested, I am willing to host a breakway minyan for certain Shabbosim when certain people are laining. I think those who are interested would know who I am reffering to.
Daniel

Renting

Hey all, what is new? This post is going to be more of a vent but here it goes. Renting an apartment sux!!!! I know you don't have to worry about maintanence and all that, but it is the worst. I want to kill our neghbors. Some of you already know the story, but for those who don't, it is too long to repeat. The bottom line is they make a ton of noise and I have had it. I may even end up in jail, so if a few of you could help me out with the bail actually that would be great. Anywho, just had to get that off my chest.
Daniel

All Star Game

Hey all,
How rediculous is the NBA and the lack of respedct to the Detroit Pistons. It really isn't only the NBA, but rayther sports media in general. How is it that a team as good as the Pistons can be shown such disrespect and be trashed as much as they are. If any other team in the league was playing half as good as the Pistons are right now, they would be placed on the highest of pedistals. What's wrong, nobody likes it when guys just come out and work hard every night? It always has to be about the finesse and the Hollywood crap?
I have been searching all night to try to find out the full rosters for the All Star game in Houston later this month. Right now only the starters are finite, but the reserves are yet to be anounced. Some writers and experts are saying that both Rip and Chauncey should be the backups and others leave Rip out of the running. Listen to what we are talking about people!! We are discussing whether the BEST backcourt in all of basketball is worthy of playing in the All Star game. Are people completely out of their mind. This simply proves tha the balloting is a popularity contest and not based on the best players.
I admit it, Kobe and Nash are deserving of their honors. But, do we really think that Wade and Iverson come out every night and play as hard and carry their team every night like Rip and Mr. Big Shot? Since voting has been allowed on the internet is it any wonder that Yao gets the most votes? HELLO!!!!! China has the most people anywhere. I think the league and the fans owe the Pistons and its starting five an apology. Flip is already coaching - in my opinion, we should have a game of All Stars against the Pistons; is there any question who would win?

Update

Hey all,
Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. My life has been a little nuts. As most of you know by now, we are the proud parents of a new cat. We decided to name him Nemi. We did this because he is orange and looks a bit Tiger-like. The Hebrew word for Tiger is Namer and we got Nemi for short. He really is the cutest thing in the whole wide world. Unfortuantely, he is having surgery today and he will be at the vet until Sunday so we miss him very much.
Nothing much has really been going on. I am sick and tired of hearing about the Super Bowl but I do hope that the Steelers will kick some Tuchas!!!! Go steelers!!!!!!
That is all for now, see you all at BKC.
Dan

Florida

Hey all,
We have been in Florida now for about 10 days and we are happy to report we are having a wonderful time. The weather wasn't too great for the first week but since Friday it has been perfect. For our first few days we did a lot of hanging out and watching T.V. After the weather turned better, things really changed.
Friday was the first nice day and we were able to golf. I played ok considering I haven't touched a club since August. I even parred a hole. Shabbos we did a lot of laying around and we played go fish. There is a new Kosher restaurant/market by my in-laws place so we were able to get some good Israeli food to eat. When Shabbos was over we had a little bite to eat and we went to see The Producers. It was pretty good if you are in to Mel Brooks.
Sunday there wasn't much to do because of the big birthday so we had brunch at someone's house and then we went to see Munich after dinner. I thought the movie was pretty good considering the topic but it was a bit long (3 hours). Today was cool. We went down to the Everglades and took an airboat ride and we saw some alligators and some beautiful birds. It was cute because when we turned on the digital camera, the first picture was Jonah sleeping on our pillow chair. We thougth it was cute. Anyway, when we finished the ride we hopped over to Miami for lunch at Shem Tov's Pizza.
Now we are back home and waiting to have dinner. We just lit candles, don't forget to light number two. Happy Chanukah everyone. We miss you adn can't wait to see you all when we get home. Chow for now!!
Dan

Northwest Airlines

I had an amazing occurence with NWA yesterday and I felt I should share with all of you since, afterall, this blog is all about what happens to me, and also because I am sure we have all had bad experiences with airlines in the past and this positive one may help us all get bpast those trying times.

Last night, my sister-in-law flew from a small airport in New York to Detroit. From Detroit she was supposed to go on to Florida with a 3 hour layover at Metro. My wife and I decided we were going to pick her up and go out for a bit so we could see her before she had to board her next flight and go home.

As we picked her up, however, we noticed something wasn't right. She was very pale and she was shaking and she said she felt sick. We thought she was just shivering from the cold, bu we soon learned she really wasn't doing well. Thinking it wasn't a great idea for her to fly again last night, we made a few phone calls and decided we would try to get her on a flight this morning rather than have her fly when she wasn't feeling well.

So, I contacted NWA by phone (800-225-2525) and explained to the woman on the phone our situation. She explained, that because my sister-in-law was already checked in, we would have to talk to a ticket agent in the airport. I explained to the woman that what she told me made sense and I thnaked her and hung up the phone.

We proceeded to the airport and the place was fairly empty. I went up to the line and we were shown to counter #48, Edie's counter (pronounced like the ice cream). I explained to Edie our situation and she told me that we were advised on the phone that we would have to purchase a new ticket for one way from DTW to FLL for this morning. I calmly questioned her since the women on the phone said we may be able to get her on a flight by way of exception. Edie took another look and realized the note said the worst case scenario would be to buy a new ticket, but not that we would for sure have to. Within 30 seconds she issued a boarding pass for this mornings light at 9:10 and we were on our way back to Oak Park.

In short, I was impressed at how the airlines was so nice and courteous and how they helped us so quickly. After all, my sister-in-law was already checked in for last nights flight and went to the conter 5 minutes before they were starting to board. The only thing I thought was wierd or that I questioned, was they never checked her ID. All I showed the woman was the boarding pass for last night's flight and she used the information from there to issue the new pass. What if we had found that boarding pass in the baggage claim area and someone else was looking for it to get on their next flight to Florida? We could have simply picked up a free one way to the land of the sun. Of course that wasn't the case, and all is well.

Till next time all.
Peace

Blog Complaints

As many of you have noticed, I have not been able to post on my blog these last couple of weeks. Unfortunately, due to a busy schedule and some computer glitches, I was sidetracked in my blogging experience. However, for your viewing and reading excitement, I'm back.

I am sorry for all of you who have missed me these last coupe of weeks but I hope to enlighten your lives with my telling stories in these next few weeks and months.

Dan

Lions vs. Vikings

Hey all. It has been a few days since I have been able to post. It has been a crazy week. My father called me late last night and asked me if I was available to go with him to the Lions game this sunday. As many of you know, my father has season tickets to the Lions and I have been going to the games since I was alittle kid.

After some thought and consideration, I decided I would go with him to the game. I decided this based on a few different reasons. First of all, I don't get to spend a lot of quality time with my father and the games are a chance for us to go out and have a great time together by ourselves. I know it sounds sappy, but it is true, and we do have a lot of fun. Second, I was thinking about the all the changes the Lions have made this week, and how great it would be to see these changes up close and personal. I mean, who knows, the Lions may never lose again, and I want to be there for the the first victory if this record breaking streak.

The third reason, however, was the one that really put me over the peak. Earlier this season, around Sukkos time, my father and I, and my two siblings, all went to a Lions game together. It was week 6 - we lost to Carolina in a heartbreaker 21-20. The Friday before the game, my brothers and I all went out to buy jerseys. We bought one for my father as well. Now who do you think my father and I both got, Dre Bly. So it should all be coming together now. I want to be able to where my jersey one more time while Dre is still on the team. After all the comments that were made this week and all that is going on, I am thinking I may have made a very poor investment. Either way, I will still where the jersey proud, as I still do my McCarty jersey when rooting for the Red Wings.

With all this being said, I guess I somewhat look forward to ruining a perfectly good Sunday downtown at Ford Field. May your teams all win wherever you are from, except Minnesota. Peace for now.

Dan