Celebrating the 2nd Generation of Benvenuto RageTumblr (3.0; @sonofragingjoe)http://sonofragingjoe.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l83df94UoG1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l83df94UoG1qzzs82o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>I just shattered the glass on a straight away two handed alley oop dunk attempt…</span></p> <p><span>Brian threw me a sweet pass off the backboard, I went up, and once I came down on the rim, it popped like a balloon, glass went everywhere… it was a crazy scene</span></p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1050232935http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1050232935Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:33:09 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14545645&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14545645&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14545645&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Lansdowne RFC Paintball Outing: August 28th, 2010</p> <p>This is uncut footage of a match between Team Gavin & Team Austin, being played on the WWII field. The footage shows our war party trying to take out Austin, who is hunkered down in a trench. After Gavin’s gun malfunctioned it was up to me to out flank Austin and catch him by surprise. The plan worked perfectly, and we took the match.</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1037014357http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1037014357Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:30:24 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7s4n3KFlk1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Found another treat attached to my door today, a huge piece of homade Whole Wheat Focaccia. I’m eating it now as I drive to rugby practice, it’s amazing. Thank you Adrienne :)</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1016200074http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1016200074Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:48:50 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7rolssTsw1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So my buddy Jeff came over last night, and he’s talking about how he’s a ticket broker on the side and how he’s been re-newing his season tickets for various teams, and he mentions an email he got from the Phoenix Suns, a team who he had owned a set of season tickets for a few years back. It contained an offer to purchase playoff tickets for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, and the going rate for a single ticket to game 1 of their first series was $3 (which includes a free t-shirt as well!).</p> <p>Now this just reaffirms that the WNBA is a massive joke… The Mercury are defending champs, with one of the greatest female basketball players of all time leading their squad (Diana Taurasi) and they still have to charge $3 in order to try and get people to come to this game.</p> <p>Why does this league exist again?</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1014801636http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1014801636Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:03:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr7oaza2pq1qzo0w4o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://herooftheproletariat.com/post/207764045/the-granny-smith-is-the-filet-mignon-of-the-apple" target="_blank">herooftheproletariat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Granny Smith is the Filet Mignon of the apple game.</p> <p>F’ing love a good crispy GS Apple.</p> </blockquote> <p>I’m enjoying one right now, couldn’t agree more buddy</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1009780809http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1009780809Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:57:31 -0400<a href="http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Digital_Point_Shoot/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=A2571227&dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=566643&acd=10550055-1225267-u0t0f0fp38327c0s441">Kodak Zx1 HD 720p Pocket Video Camera for $34.99</a>: <h4>I’ve got this camera, I’ve been using it the past year to film all the SORJ video blogs. It’s a great little camera, shots great video (in either 30fps or 60fps), very durable (I’ve dropped it many times and its even been submerged in water), and easy to use.</h4> <p>I highly recomend it, and at $35 you can’t go wrong…</p> <p><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-camcorders/kodak-zx1-hd-pocket/4505-6500_7-33496177.html" target="_blank">CNET Review</a></p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1003924840http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/1003924840Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:57:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7gzg8vQHe1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Found this little package attached to my door when I got home from work today. Homemade banana, chocolate, & macadamia nuts cookies from my bff Adrienne</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/984073628http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/984073628Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:23:41 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7get7fkWv1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7get7fkWv1qzzs82o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Last night at rugby practice, our player/coach Gavin announced he would be heading back to his home country of South Africa in a month to pursue a new job opportunity. during one of our drills I said to him, “Hey Gavin, you know with all the stress of moving, why don’t you give me your jersey, that way you won’t have to worry about packing it and lugging it all the way back to South Africa…” I said it to him in jest, and we had a laugh about it and continued on with our training. At the end of practice, he walked up to me a tossed the jersey he had been wearing to me (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oaiV8MQH7s&feature=fvw" target="_blank">Mean Joe Greene style</a>) and said, “here you go, it’s yours.” I tried to give it back to him, seeing as it was a really nice jersey and I’m sure it had some special meaning to him, but he wouldn’t accept it back. It was an incredible gesture, and I’ll wear it with great pride. Thanks Gavin, and best of luck on your move back home.</span></p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/982457008http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/982457008Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:58:19 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7geb2siPX1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7geb2siPX1qzzs82o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Mo sent me this “postcard” a few weeks ago, she wrote on a piece of bark taken from a tree on Mt. Major in New Hampshire. I’ve got the best sister ever, what a great idea.</p> <p>Thanks Mo!</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/982422553http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/982422553Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:47:25 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7d3rjvW2s1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stopped to soak up a little bit of the Appalachian Trail at a road crossing outside Vernon, NJ on Saturday following a visit to Mountain Creek Water Park. The photo on the left was taken on August 15th, 2005 during my SOBO Thru-Hike of the AT, on the right is an older & wiser SORJ one day shy of five years after the original photo was taken (picture on the right was taken August 14th, 2010).</p> <p>…click on photo for a larger view</p> <p>For more of SORJ on the Appalachian Trail, go to <a href="http://maine2georgia.com/" target="_blank">Maine2Georgia.com</a></p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/973175066http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/973175066Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:06:00 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://sonofragingjoe.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/967872691/tumblr_l7b853O1b71qzzs82&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>A little tune to get you through the day…</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/967872691http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/967872691Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:46:15 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NDx3uLl26Vw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NDx3uLl26Vw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Tom Z. in my office told me to watch this trailer, describing it as “the worst movie ever.” After watching the trailer, I couldn’t be more excited, this movie looks awesome… and I’ll tell you why:</p> <ul> <li>Paul Walker is always solid, ex. Fast and Furious</li> <li>Charles from The Office is in it</li> <li>Chris Brown seems to play some sort of Pakur guy?!?</li> <li>T.I. is in it, playing a guy who just got out of jail… he’s a natural for that role</li> <li>Hayden Christensen aka Anaken Skywalker, as the cool guy</li> <li>The Black guy from Flash Forward, as the super skeptical guy</li> <li>Matt Dillon… where did they dig him up from? can’t wait to see him mix it up as the lead cop</li> <li>And you toss in<span> Jay Hernandez, the guy from Friday Night Lights as the other cop… winner!</span> </li> <li><span>Oh and one more toss in character, Zoe Saldana, the hot chick from Star Trek… thank you!</span></li> </ul> <p><span>So now that we’ve got this killer cast, you toss in a Heat style storyline packed with wild bank heists, street side shoot outs, car chases, etc… this movie can’t lose</span></p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/943243675http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/943243675Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:43:46 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13943899&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13943899&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13943899&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>SORJ vs. Food</p> <p><span>I made the foolish decision to take on the Pete & Elda’s Bar Pizza Challenge. To eat an entire extra-extra large thin crust pie all by myself. I did complete it, but barely…</span></p> <p><span>(and if anyone has any music suggestions for this video, to be played during the eating segments, please let me know, I’ve had trouble finding something that fit)</span></p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913971307http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913971307Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:00:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qx1sENw31qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I made a really great lunch on Wednesday: Grilled Chicken and Tomato Salad.</p> <p><span>I took a breast of grilled chicken leftover from the night before and shredded it over a simple mix of tomato, parsley, garlic, a sprinkle of mozzarella cheese, olive oil, vinegar, and hot sauce. It was light, but filled my afternoon appetite.</span></p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913885779http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913885779Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:34:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qwypUwLc1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Went into Jersey City on Saturday night, after attending Dan’s Roof-Top Pool Party. We went drinking at the Zeppelin Hall Beer Garden, which is across the street from his apartment. We all had a great time…until this guy with a fake mustache walked up and started talking about how bad he needed “an Original Coors.” So to shut him up, I made my own mustache from a french fry and started to aggressively mock him until he left.</p> <p>(<a href="http://www.zeppelinhall.com/" target="_blank">Link to Zeppelin Hall Beer Garden</a>)</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913878154http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913878154Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:32:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qwtmz61O1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cheshire High School, home of Champions</p> <p>(snapped this picture on my way to the 7’s Rugby Tournament)</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913866426http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913866426Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:29:45 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qwqfPtS61qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qwqfPtS61qzzs82o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Tomato Update: I’ve got a bunch of good looking tomato’s, can’t wait until they’re ready</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913859243http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913859243Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:27:51 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qwmf9L1m1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Futuristic Urinal at a bar in NYC</p> <p><span>It felt like I was going to the bathroom on the Star Ship Enterprise…</span></p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913849968http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913849968Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:25:00 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qwe5WxUM1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qwe5WxUM1qzzs82o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This was my Lakers / Celtics Game 7 meal: grilled chicken, grilled red bell peppers, and a 6 pack of Tecate.</p> <p>Can’t imagine a better meal to enjoy as my Lakers finished of the Celtics, winning back-to-back NBA Titles</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913830821http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/913830821Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:20:29 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6jjgr8sEu1qzzs82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Me, Devin, and Blake at the 7’s Rugby Tournament in Cheshire on Saturday. Devin called us up to play along side him on the Cheshire High Alumni Team. It was a great day, and it meant a lot that Devin invited me to play, and it was a great moment to see him and Blake on the pitch together.</p>http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/894438654http://sonofragingjoe.com/post/894438654Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:58:00 -0400