We're taking bets that this is why I love pugs...

Three Confused Pugs @ Yahoo! Video

We're taking bets that Top Seven Reasons why Christmas is awesome for Greg...

8. Christmas Story all day long!
7. Three of my favorite people birthdays on Christmas Day (Mom, Ian, & Jesus)
6. The inevitable mishearing of a statement that my mother makes which turns a story hilarious.
5. Seeing my entire family together.
4. Wrapping presents. I really enjoy this.
3. Not being able to sleep on Christmas Eve.
2. Hearing my parents sing at Midnight Mass.
1. Laughing with my entire family over something that would not make sense to anyone else.

We're taking bets it is time to start tracking Santa...

This is my favorite site for Christmas Eve/Christmas Day.

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html

NORAD SANTA TRACKER 2008.

Don't miss him!!!

WTBT Volume 44 Series 2008...

We're taking bets that...

* if you haven't said Happy Hanakkuh to your Jewish friends you are already late.
* sometimes I like to lean.
* watching your mother sleep through a movie is fun especially when she says she really wants to see this one.
* stomping on the Steelers Terrible Towel is going to backfire on the Titans.
* it has been a good year for me in fantasy football.
* Alaskans forget what it is like to have fun at the holidays.
* it kind of makes you wonder what Sarah Palin thinks.
* the New England Patriots will get the luck they need to help them into the play-offs.
* you can't make some of this stuff up.
* the restaurant that served the bad food is screwed.
* Rick Warren at Obama's inauguration makes me more upset every day.
* you might be scared, but the Vatican is starting to embrace techonology.
* meeting nice people that you will never see again is always something that makes me happy.
* if you are bored you should find a group singing Christmas carols and join them.

We're taking bets that Christmas just won't be the same...

I am off to South Carolina today to spend Christmas with my parents and siblings.  It is just not going to be the same, but at least I will be with family. Keep checking the blog as I will be updating everyday. Not much else to do. :)

We're taking bets that TV is good again...

It is time for my Top Twenty TV shows of 2008. They have changed quite a bit from 2007 and 2006.

Hopefully at some point 24 will actually make it back to the list. I just hope there is not another strike.

Honorable Mention: Deadliest Catch; America's Toughest Jobs; Fringe; Scrubs, Friday Night Lights, SNL, Life on Mars, 24: Redemption

20. Pushing Daisies - It had a rough return from the strike, but had really come into its own and I hope somehow it can be saved.

19. Eli Stone - ABC could you please stop putting on shows that I enjoy with characters that I like and then not give them enough time to grow. You kept According to Jim on for years!!!

18. My Name is Earl - Still a great show that has some of the best laugh out loud moments.

17. Battlestar Galactica - I cannot wait for the last few episodes. What happened to Earth?

16. Heroes - It really has lost something. I still enjoy it, but I really hope that it can make a comeback with this next chapter.

15. CSI - Still compelling television, but losing Warrick and Grissom will be really tough. Laurence Fisherburne might be okay.

14. CSI Miami - Horatio isn't dead because much like Chuck Norris nothing hurts Horatio Caine.

13. Top Chef - It just keeps getting better. I love Fab and the Rainbow group this year.

12. The Daily Show with John Stewart - Election coverage was super awesome. You cannot beat a John Stewart interview.

11. Sanctuary - This Sci-Fi show just keeps getting better. Last week's episode was incredible especially from a TV reporter point of view.

10. The Mentalist - Great new show with a lot of humor and good cases to solve. Plus Simon Baker is a looker. :)

9. House - #13 is just one of the great reasons to watch this always entertaining show. Miracle birth anyone? 

8. NCIS - What a great show!!  It is so much fun and it starts each new scene in a really cool way.

7. 30 Rock - I know it is the Emmy winner, but it still isn't the funniest show on TV to me. Gotta love Kenneth though.

6. How I Met Your Mother - Who the hell is the mother? What is with the goat?  Consistently funny.

5. Life - This might be the best show people are not watching.  Who shot Crews? What is going on with Reese?  I think I am going to become a little zen.

4. The Office - Some weeks it is the best show on television.  Too much weird stuff with Angela and Dwight.  Can't Dwight just be himself every week?

3. Chuck - Nerdy spy with a super hot handler.  Fun situations every week and character that are really funny.

2. Big Bang Theory - If you are not watching this show you are wasting your Monday nights. It is absolutely hysterical every single week.

1. LOST - Holy Crap I cannot wait for this show to start again.  Going back to the island. Maybe back in time. How will they get there. What is going to happen? Who knows, but I will be there on January 21st!!!

THE FIRST BIG SNOW OF THE YEAR IS HERE!!!

We're taking bets that Hottie of the Year...

The Hottie of 2008 has talent and beauty all rolled into one. Rihanna!!! She was all over the place in 2008 and you cannot really doubt her beauty. Plus she spent some time with Chris Brown and he seems to know hot women. She is going to be on the radio forever.

WTBT Volume 43 Series 2008...

We're taking bets that...

* it is going to be pretty hard to top "doing a Blagojevich" as a bonehead move in 2009.

* you are glad the US is trying to protect some penguins from extinction.

* you should watch the following six holiday movies every year if you celebrate Christmas:

- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

- Christmas Story

- The Year without a Santa Claus

- A Charlie Brown Christmas

- Frosty the Snowman

- Love Actually

* Mark Texiera would look great in a Red Sox uniform.

* more pilots should watch out for cows when landing.

* the cow didn't even know what hit her.

* only an idiot in the US names his son Adolf Hitler.

* uniqueness is nota good excuse.

* the Boston Celtics are not going to lose again until 2009.

* it is scary when you see a mother with a thicker mustache than her teenage son.

* Aretha Franklin will rock the house when she sings at Obama's inauguration.

* inauguration will be the most misspelled word in the next month.

We're taking bets that these were the best music makers this year...

Top 20 Albums of 2008 as rated by Greg Madrid

20. Circus - Britney Spears
19. One of the Boys - Katy Perry
17. Fearless - Taylor Swift
16. Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo
15. Harps and Angels - Randy Newman
14. Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw
13. Evolver - John Legend
12. The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
11. Blame It on Gravity - Old 97's
10. Keep It Simple - Van Morrison
9. Funhouse - Pink
8. Rockferry - Duffy
7. We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things - Jason Mraz
6. Viva La Vida - Coldplay
5. A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol
4. Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live - John Mayer
3. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
2. Dear Science - TV on the Radio
1. Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne