the top 10 WORST dressed...

posh spice tops blackwell's list this year, and this picture isn't helping her case...

the entire rundown of those should not be dressing themselves can be seen here.

not too much going on...

it ended up being a convienient day to stroll in a little tardy to the bht world headquarters, as there isn't too much going on - period. after throwing in a 15-hour haul yesterday, working on a top-secret project that we hope to announce later in the week, i decided to simply take it easy and catch a little shut eye before tonight's show.

but what really happened? for starters, no sheep were counted. i ended up with a nap at best. i didn't mind too much, because my sleep schedule spoils me these days compared to my ruckus college schedule. also - there's excellent morning tv. i flip between the today show, morning joe, and mike & mike. as if my attention span wasn't tested enough, i also called the gf, keeping her company while en route to her job.

later in the day i finally mustered up strength to jog throughout downtown wilkes-barre. there certainly was no lack of motivation - besides my usual reasons of staying slim and healthy, weather.com informed me that we were approaching a new high today. at the time of my jog, downtown clocked in at a balmy 65 degrees.

for once - my four mile run was uneventful. whenever i sprint through public square and over the market street bridge, i encounter atleast one heckler. "NICE SHORTS!" "WOOOOOOO!" and of course, who can forget the original, "RUN FOREST RUN!"

it doesn't bother me. when you work in entertainment, you develop relatively tough skin (despite everyone commenting on my soft hands). still, it doesn't go unnoticed or unnoted.

but you really couldn't ask for a better january 8... no hecklers, no snow, and i still have a job.

not that i'm in jeopardy of losing it - but hey, it's the entertainment business right?

happy birthday screech.

the former child star-turned pornographer is 31.

tonight on the ralphie radio show...

7pm - pa lottery tickets!

7:30 - dr. phil sets the record straight on his hospital visit to a troubled britney spears over the weekend...

8pm - the gallery of sound top 8 @ 8

8:30 - $25 gift card to the shoppes at montage!

8:45 - miley cyrus tells a radio station in new york that she's not happy about the leakage of these photos... hear for yourself tonight...

9pm - a new segment - "metro monday's" ... how do you feel about guys who straighten their hair?

10pm - more free pa lottery tickets...

10:30 - the death of a comedic legend...

the.ralphie.radio.show.with.ralphie.aversa. weeknights 7-12a. online @ 97bht.com.

hillary clinton needs to be informed that...

THERE'S NO CRYING IN POLITICS!

you can find la lohan in da aisle.

not da club. lindsay picks up groceries for what could presumably be her entire nuclear and extended family yesterday.

maybe they were celebrating the orthodox christmas?

holy heidi montag.

lc is in cali somewhere crying her eyes out! heidi will grace the covers of this month's maxim.

dr. phil on britney...

boy he sure is getting some mileage out of this...

according to the new york post - new years eve saw "the king of crunk" dethrone "the mother-fuggin princess"...

"PUNK starlet Avril Lavigne was on the verge of tears New Year's Eve when she lost the spotlight to 'Lil Jon. The rude rapper was deejaying a countdown party at Prive, where Lavigne was slated to call the countdown. But before the stroke of midnight, onlookers saw 'Lil Jon "grab his own mike and steal the show" from Lavigne by "holding his own coundown." The pop princess was said to be "visibly upset" and clung to her hubby Deryck Whibley, crying "I wanted to do the countdown!" Only when servers brought out Dom Perignon did she calm down."

who couldn't picture lavigne crying and whining about this? but more importantly - would you have flipped a lid if lil jon stole your spotlight?

britney spears = psycho, literally.

i'm so over this chick. if you still care, tmz covers the popwreck like no other, so ch-ch-check it out...

spanky shops at walmart.

tmz discovered this... it's travis tedford, aka "spanky" of "little rascals" fame. why just save at wal-mart when you can also work there?

wal-mart: home to falling prices and failing careers...

here's an idea for the backstreet boys...

instead of releasing music to make money, why not just endorse a makeup line?

mischa gets her prayer on...

if only we could hear what god's response was... here's barton leaving a church in lala land...

she sure cleans up nice...

tonight on the ralphie radio show.

michael hundgen from tmz tonight - just before 8 and around 9:30 - with the latest on lindsay lohan's relapse and britney's court appearance...

club x guest list just after 7!

the gallery of sound top 8 @ 8!

and... why did i fight last night with a friday's waitress? find out during the countdown...

the ralphie radio show w. ralphie aversa. 7-12a est - online at 97bht.com.

how i spent my new year's...

BIG thanks to the radisson, coors light, tink's and bht!

yeaaaahhh buffalo (and chad michael murray)

wait, a sabres logo on tmz.com? it's my fellow western new yorker chad michael murray, with 19-year old fiancee in tow, watching our buffalo sabres lose to the penguins on new year's day.

murray grew up about forty minutes away from me, in good 'ole wny. holler.

ps - what a downgrade from sophia bush!

fergie went south on the new years...

the "fergalicious" singer and fiance josh duhamel rung in 2008 on the beach in cabo san lucas...

a new year's eve to die for, sopranos style...

my last sign-off of the year inside the bht world headquarters came just before 3 in the afternoon on the 30th. after unplugging my headphones and scampering down the back steps, i hopped in my car and headed off to scenic stamford, ct to spend a night with the girlfriend. upopn arrival, i b-lined to the kitchen. three dishes of homemade sauce and pasta later, and i was 24 hours away from the new year.

my girlfriend is an early riser - she usually leaves for work around 8. many would be surprised, but there were no issues in waking up with her to leave. as she headed to the office, i drove to new jersey. with the day off, i decided it'd be an opportune time to visit my friend patrice in wayne. patrice and i worked endlessly on launching "msnbc on campus" at syracuse university. anywho, she received a couple new gadgets for christmas that i would help her become accustomed to. plus her dad promised homemade italian omlets.

after stuffing our faces and configuring the electronics, patrice and i set off north to partake in a little sightseeing - sopranos style. as you might know, i adore the sopranos. as you may not know, pretty much all of the scenes filmed throughout the series were on location at real-life jersey hotspots - or atleast as hot as one's spot could become in the dirty jerz. we only had a few hours, but three key locations were only a half-hour away. off we went, digital cameras and appetites in hand.

first stop - pizzaland in north arlington. the pizzeria is shown in the opening credits for the show - only garnering a couple seconds of camera time. despite this, fans flock to the pizza shop on a weekly basis. the owner, al, informed me that to this day, he still ships pies across the globe to sopranos supporters. another interesting tidbit - the owner said that he shut down the store front for two days leading up to the finale, due to the volume of orders he received.

mama mia. after all of this though, the guy was nice enough to chat for a half hour and offer patrice and i slices on the house. we obliged and were delighted. the pizza is homemade, from the dough to the toppings, and cooked to perfection inside an oven. the crust contains the perfect amount of thinness, and the slice sizes lend themselves to one-hand devouring.

as if we hadn't eaten enough, our next stop brought us to one of the more infamous soprano landmarks - holsten's brookdale confectionery in bloomfield. garden state residents knew the diner for it's chocolate cake, not it's onion rings - until this past summer.

yes, the diner that meadow couldn't quite park in front of, and tony didn't quite get wacked in, really does exist. patrice and i avoided the spots in front and parked around the corner, walking inside without the anxiety that we held while watching cast members and extras enter during that last episode.

THE booth was already inhabited by a couple of regular patrons, so we settled on a spot directly across, two rows to the right. as if we needed a menu? an order of onion rings went to the back, and we waited while checking out the surroundings with our wide eyes.

i can safely say that until the food reached our table, the only impressive trait of the diner was the intangible - that the final scene of the sopranos was filmed there. take that away, and there's no way i would've driven a half hour for breaded circles of a vegetable that i despise.

the onion rings were satisfying, as were the milkshakes we ordered for no other reason than we were craving milkshakes. after paying the bill we spoke with the owner, who says that he still gets sopranos tours coming through the diner atleast twice a week - the busses stopped daily during the week between christmas and new years. in the interest of the people waiting behind us to pay and leave, we said our goodbyes and headed to the final desitination of this impromtu trek across sopranos-friendly real estate.

come to find out, one of patrice's friends in cedar grove knows the exact location of the house that "tony soprano" called home. joey, patrice, and i sped up this mountain and cedar grove, passing the houses of wendy williams, wyclef jean, and goodness knows who else on the way. finally we arrived, that all-to-familiar winding driveway, the house perched up above lots of green, and the endless woods that tony scampered through while attempting to evade the feds at the end of season five.

of course i snapped a few pictures. i wish i had brought the new white robe the gf gave me for christmas, along with a copy of the star-ledger... i could've reenacted a scene very familiar to sopranos fans - tony waking up, throwing on the robe while half asleep, and stumbling down the drive in an effort to retrieve the paper.

the day of adventure had come to an end, so patrice and i retreated back to her house. i jumped back in my car and drove back to wilkes barre, where i would meet my lurver and commence the new year's celebration.

nonetheless, i finally experienced jersey first hand, and it really isn't as bad as one would think, or for that matter, as one would witness on television.

welcome to the new year!

i feel like i've been on vacation all of december.

for me this is a lot of time off in one short period - i took my actual vacation from the 20-26, worked the 27 and 28, off the 29, worked the 30, and siesta'd these last two days.

not complaining at all though. the rest came at a great time, after an assiduous year. i finished up classes at syracuse university, called four different locations in three different cities "home," - made multiple appearances on national tv, and landed my first full-time gig (or atleast, full-time gig that paid full-time money).

nonetheless, it's great to be back, and welcome to 2008.

new years eve saw me travel through four states in less than 12 hours. the photographic and first-hand account is on the way...

ralphie.

here are your plans for new years...

The BIGGEST New Year's Eve Party happens at Tink's Entertainment Complex in Downtown Scranton! $15 gets you unlimited drinks (beer and middle shelf), a hot buffet, and a champagne toast at midnight! Plus live music downstairs!