Billi Pod Says==>Happy Saturday Everyone!!

Happy Saturday to all of my loyal and faithful readers.

It was 29º @ 8:00am this morning in The Big Apple, The Greatest City In The World ... but you know what ... it was actually colder down in Atlanta.

While I haven’t been outside yet it appears as if the wind has died down and that makes all the difference in the world from where I live ... just blocks away from The Hudson River. The wind is like a knife coming off the river.

So ... why don’t we get right to the important things and stuff ... like ...

Billi Pod’s report card on last night’s first preview performance of INSTINCT, about four cohabiting epidemiologists fighting to contain a potentially devastating virus while trying to keep their personal relationships from unraveling==>C+.

You know, I really wanted to like it much better than I did but there was way-too-much yelling and screaming plus a mostly unbelievable story line that attempts to equate personal relationship problems with dealing with a potentially devastating SARS outbreak. Also, at least 10 minutes needs to be trimmed from the 90 minute running time.

The acting was adequate. It will be interesting to see what the critics ultimately say.

Today’s entertainment event is ...

3:00==>PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS - “A comedy that tells the story of two marriages at points of acute crisis. One couple has just broken up after five years together. The other has not been able to come to terms in one day of wedlock. Both couples are going through a 'period of adjustment,' and the phrase is tinged with irony.” (Off Broadway - $9.00 TDF ticket).

Somehow I get the feeling that there will be a lot of anger, frustration and yelling since this is, after all, a Tennessee Williams creation. Yes ... I know ... it has the word “comedy” in the press blurb ... but we will see.

The nice thing is ... it is playing at a theater only 2 short blocks from PHC so I won’t have to worry about the cold weather.

As previously posted ... tonight Billi Pod will settle into the cozy and warm confines of PHC to watch the BRONCOS/PATRIOTS game at 8:00pm. The Patriots are favored by 13.5 points.

You know ... it is simply amazing to me what a lightening rod Timmy has become and how he has become, personally, the subject of so much media generated bile and hatred. For example, the internet is buzzing with postings about his sexuality, among other things.

All Billi Pod can say is==>HE STILL BELIEVES!!

BREAKING NEWS==>The Yankees made their first major move of the off-season, shipping rookie Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to Seattle for right-hander Michael Pineda. They also signed former Dodgers right-hander Hiroki Kuroda.

This is a major boost to our pitching staff although Billi Pod is sorry that it required trading Montero, who had become a crowd favorite at the end of last season. Oh well ... that’s how it works in the major leagues.

OK ... let me close this posting with a heads-up reminder to you loyal and faithful readers==>SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE tonight at 11:30pm is gonna be hosted by Daniel Radcliffe, who has just finished his highly acclaimed run in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.

I think this will fall into the “must-see” category so if you can’t stay awake ... then just TiVO it. It Is So Ordered!!

GO GINA! GO ARMY GUY!! GO SAYLOR!!!

Billi Pod

“Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.”

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