I suppose like any sports team’s “you just have trouble with some teams you play.”  I’m sure the Blue and Gold will get it back on track for the rest of this season!

The BILLS at least had two electrifying plays against the NY GIANTS on Sunday, Fred Jackson’s 80-yard TD run, and Naaman Roosevelt’s 60-yard TD reception for his first NFL TD (picture above).  Even though it was an exciting game, The BILLS came up short 27-24 for their 2nd loss of the season…so now it’s on to the BUY week (that’s what the area Mall’s have told me)!

Buffalo human Fans weren’t the only ones happy Sunday!  Before the NFL Season began Football analyst Steve Young dubbed The Eagles THE DREAM Team with all of their off-season acquisitions.  I couldn’t be happier that The BILLS ruined their moniker and Michael Vick Sunday (maybe now all the national sports telecasts will give The Bills some “press” like they’ve been giving Michael Vick/The Eagles).  Let me be clear, The Eagles made some great plays…but just enough dumb plays for the Bills to be victorious…a SWEET win!

It wasn’t the Bills poor play by the offense and defense (especially in the 2nd half), or the REF’S bad calls, or the fact that The Bengals played poorly enough to LOSE (especially in the 1st half)…no, it was none of those reasons because it was the Sports Illustrated Cover JINX that the Team lost on Sunday!

I think that Drayton Florence (above) would still be at The Ralph if he could after Sunday’s “Miracle #3″ win over the Patriots. The only 3-0 Team in the AFC have good reason to celebrate, but as coach Gailey might remind us all, let’s concentrate on The Bengals (the Bills next foe) on Sunday!  GO BILLS!!!!

It looked like this a lot at The Ralph (picture above) Sunday as the Bills knocked off The Raiders in the Team’s home opener!  I must admit I thought the game was OVER for The Bills at halftime, but the 2nd half comeback was one for the ages (yes, I do remember the Houston game)!  So nice to start the season 2-0, and The PATS on Sunday…could you ask for more drama?

If you had told me the Bills/Chiefs game Sunday would be “over by half-time” I might have thought you would “be on something.”  In fact the game was basically over at the half (41-7 final score) and it’s nice to know the BILLS scored more points than any other team on Sunday!  Who is this Tight End Scott Chandler that GM Buddy Nix brought in from San Diego…I don’t really care as long as he keeps scoring TD’s like he did on Sunday!  The best TV shot of the day…all the vehicles leaving Arrowhead Stadium with over 7 minutes left in the game!

Since my last blog/rant I have found out the reason we don’t have 4G service in Western New York, and it’s not Verizon’s fault…it’s Toronto’s Rogers Communications fault!  From the various Verizon people that I have talked to (and they told me in no uncertain terms it is very HUSH HUSH) that Rogers in Toronto has control of all the 4G frequencies that would allow us here in WNY to have 4G!  Short of an international treaty we should not expect 4G service here until well into 2012 unless there is some Divine intervention, but the infrastructure/wiring for the service is all set to go in our area almost “at the flick of a switch” if it wasn’t for Rogers Communications…and the saga continues!

I’ve been a Verizon cell phone customer for many years, and have had a USB “air card” modem for some years for my laptop too.  A few month’s ago I upgraded to the 4G USB  air card because, as they state, of the “lightning” fast downloads.  It’s been very good so far, BUT we don’t have 4G service here in the Buffalo area?  I’ve called their tech support line a few times about this, it’s always connected to South Carolina and they’ve assured me that all NFL markets have 4G already but I tell them we have the Buffalo Bills and DON’T have 4G service…they don’t have an answer.  I’ve asked if they can tell when Buffalo will be connected with 4G service, they say “we’re not on the roll-out until sometime NEXT YEAR” and they can’t be specific when it will happen.  I had to laugh last week when Saratoga Springs got 4G Verizon Service, making New York City, Rochester, Elmira the 4G markets in New York State (by the way even Erie, PA has 4G service)?  The saga continues…thanks for letting me vent…I feel a whole lot better now!

If you’re bored with your ski chalet in Ellicottville you could always purchase JERRY SEINFELD’S ski lodge/home at 225 Raspberry Patch Road in Telluride, Colorado (not far from the Utah border)!  It’s a quaint 14,200 square feet, with 11 bedrooms, 12.5 bathrooms, and the lot size is 26.84 acres.  It’s listed at $18.25 million but I bet if you offered $18 million it could be yours!

Here’s a picture that Michelle Branch just posted of the sound check where she’ll be singing “God Bless America” during the 7th inning stretch at Major League Baseball’s 82nd All Star Game in Phoenix tonight.  You can catch it on FOX at 8pm.

I had to post this picture of my new BFF Michelle Branch who was not only stunning but also a superb performer at our STARRY NIGHT IN THE GARDEN.  Thanks to all who attended and enjoyed the music of Michelle, John Vessely/Secondhand Serenade, and our headliners Hanson on Wednesday night, we raised a lot of money for the Botanical Gardens (as always).  Looking forward to seeing you next year.

Some guy has owned an email address that starts with “TSwift” since 2006 and has been getting lots of unsolicited emails meant for the real Taylor Swift.  Instead of dropping the email address he’s started a website posting emails intended for Taylor…check it at http://taylorswiftfanmail.tumblr.com/

Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Michael Buble, Amy Winehouse, and John Mayer will all appear on Tony Bennett’s new DUETS II CD due out on September 20th (he’ll be celebrating his 85th birthday around that time too)!