INTERVIEW WITH ESPN MAGAZING 12:40pm TOMORROW!

Anyone out there with Sirius Radio, tune in to channel 121 at 12:40pm to hear my interview with Eric who runs the ESPN Magazine show from 12-2pm!

We've been asked to come on and talk about the Curse Breaking Ceremony I'll be conducting (successfully this time) on Thursday night in Times Square outside the ESPN Zone on 42nd and Broadway.

Should be cool. I'm excited. I hear the host is a fellow Jet fan/sufferer. Hopefully if we can continue to help each other out, connecting through this Jets Curse process as a kind of Jets Outreach Program, we can shed our collective blues and radiate some positive vibes into the world and team.

I know Jet nation, myself included, are naturally optimistic. Eternally hopeful. Many are rabid and sure of a Superbowl victory THIS YEAR. (no joke) But we ALL carry that dread inside us. That when things go well - from a 3-0 start with rookie QB/Coach, to any offensive drive with the game on the line - we're EXPECTING the other shoe to drop.

THAT FEELING that we carry deep within, that we smother with excuses, stats, and face-paint, is the negative splinter in our proverbial Jet-paw. (you know what I mean)

I don't know the exact remedy, but collective positivity and feeling more NEUTRAL about such worries when they arise, putting them in check instead of letting them seep from us, may be the key.

From the tens of thousands in the stands to the millions at home across the nation, not letting those feelings permeate the quantum field could do something to help this team while they battle their own uncertainty in the heat of battle.

Crazy you say? Madness? Maybe. But doing something is better than nothing. What's crazy is sitting back year after year and enduring this endless frustration.

TAKE ACTION. Get in the game, Jet Nation. What have we got to lose?

If we try and fail, that's one thing. Know what happens if we don't try? Nuthin'.

Join us Thursday December 3rd in Times Square outside ESPN Zone on 42nd and Broadway. Wear your Jet gear. Get ready to do the J! E! T! S! cheer 3 times in a row. (the full cheer three times, as per curse-breaking instructions), then come have a drink with us and watch the game. (Bar TBD)

GO JET FANS. HELP YOUR TEAM TO VICTORY OVER BUFFALO AND PUNCH THEIR WAY INTO THE 2009 PLAYOFFS.

Mark J. Williamson

DEEP FRIED VICTORY

I love the smell of deep fried Panther in the morning. Smells like...

VICTORY.

Sweet sweet victory after so long. And after an even longer drought at home.

Oh it feels so good. So OVER-DUE.

My dad and I watched the Jets beat the pants off the Carolina Panthers Sunday 17-6 at the stadium. Should have been 27-6 easy, but I won't get into that. A win's a win.

I tip my hat first to Mother Nature, who cooked up a Thanksgiving Day weekend Sunday that hit around 60 degrees, sported warm sunshine and not a cloud in the sky.

Next I send a HUGE thanks to Peter, Moe, Jimmy and the entire crew out at 16 G for allowing us to share their annual Thanksgiving Day celebration, complete with deep-fried 28 pound turkey.

I've never had deep fried turkey. Nor shallow fried. And MAN was it delicious. Moist, juicy, and bursting with turkey flavor. I'm thankful for you men sharing so much of your time and Jet stories with us, as well as your food and drink. Can NOT thank you enough.

We met old Jet friends and many new Jet fan friends as well, all with passionate tales of Jet life, like Declan and his wife in particular. Thanks for your time.

A great day all around, and more to come. With this victory, and our victory this coming Thursday against Buffalo after myself and 100 Jet fans (including YOU if you'll join me) break the apparent JET CURSE 6:16pm in Times Square @ 42nd Street and Broadway outside the ESPN Zone, the Jets will be well on their way to the winning ways of their first 3 games, and give us a playoff run none shall soon forget.

Some say I'm a dreamer.

But I'm not the only one.

I hope one day you will join us. And the Jet-world will cheer as one...

Mark J. Williamson

GO JETS. BEAT BUFFALO.

MY TURKEY BOWL 2 VICTORY

I had tons of fun yesterday playing in Turkey Bowl 2, a game I organize with old friends the day after Thanksgiving.

Despite a slight injury to my right heel bone (so if you see me limping tomorrow during tailgating, now you know) my team was victorious. As my team lost the first annual Turkey Bowl, to win this time was sweeter than canned cranberry-sauce.

I attribute my victory not just to my stellar skillz and play-making ability (I closed out the victory with a sack) but to the Jets gear I wore - the Jets baseball hat my dad got me for my birthday, and my #80 Chrebet jersey my dad bought me a million years ago.

And as I see the Jets are favored to win against the Panthers tomorrow, I feel that the victory of one individual on the field of battle in Jets gear will spark other individuals in Jets gear (the actual team), to victory.

And after I break the curse this coming Thursday to solidify victory over the Buffalo Bills, you'll see continued victories the rest of the year, and a triumphant end to this amazing (if not maddening) 2009.

(What Jet season hasn't been maddening in some way shape or form?)

Until next time...

GO JETS. BEAT CAROLINA SUMTHIN' FIERCE.

Mark J. Williamson

THANX GIVING

HAPPY THANXGIVING TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.

(unless you're a Giants fan. Man do THEY suck!)

So what am I thankful for this Thanksgiving?

• Being able to witness the deep-frying of a turkey at the Stadium this Sunday...
  
• That I'll be breaking the Jets Curse next Thursday at 6:15pm in Times Square...
• That I don't root for the Detroit Lions.
  

I had a great time with my family this holiday. Hope you all did too.

Until next time,

GO JETS. BEAT CAROLINA.

Mark J. Williamson

Video 15 - Tailgate Cooking

In honor of Thanksgiving we give you Moe and his low down on tailgate cooking.

I'm pretty sure I can do half (maybe) of the stuff he describes in a normal kitchen. The fact that he does this in a parking lot is more than amazing. Oh, yeah, and his challah french toast is that damn good.

Director/Producer
Wayne Earl

Video 14 - Lexa the Curse Expert

Mark meets with Lexa (www.lexarosean.com) the curse expert. A snippet of their conversation & some mystical answers to the Jets questions.

Director/Producer
Wayne Earl

JET FANS TAKE ACTION - DEC. 3rd

I'm tired of waiting around for the Jets to fix their (endless) problems. I'm excited to be taking the Jet by the horns and hitting Times Square December 3rd to battle this curse. (In case there IS an actual curse. There's certainly SOMETHING negative going on with this team. Debate THAT I challenge you...)

Sunday's 31-14 loss to the Evil Empire in New England proves more than ever that this team needs help.

When I conducted my first curse removal ceremony solo (with Wayne who had the camera) in Brooklyn on the banks of the East River October 4th, we were 3-1. We had suffered our first loss that day, to the New Orleans Saints after our remarkable 3-0 start to the season.

Since that night, when the Jet Curse put the smack-down on the attempt with 20 mile an hour winds that blew my candle out constantly, the Jets have gone 1-5. Lost games they CLEARLY should have won.

Is it MY fault?

Sure they lost to the Saints that day, but the Saints are 10-0 now. One of the best in the league. Loss forgiven. But the others? They should have won. They came CLOSE to winning (some of them).

SO IS IT ME? Did my failure to eradicate the curse then and there and not repeating it on the next full moon lead to the Jet Curse howling back with a vengeance???

Maybe it IS my fault. I'll take the blame, Jet Nation. And I'm sorry.

But I'm determined to do something about it. For all of us to get off our green butts and stop waiting for THEM to do something; to STOP throwing interceptions, throw a 3rd down pass LONGER than the amount you need for a 1st down, stop committing a FALSE START or HOLDING penalty AT THE START OF EVERY DANG DRIVE.

WE'VE got to take action. And we will.

6:15pm December 3rd, outside the ESPN Zone on 42nd and B'way in Times Square.

With our combined might and positive, loyal, tempered Jet love, we'll shock the vortex of negativity and doubt that have plagued this team my entire life - all our lives - into the stratosphere. Bringing balance to the Green Force and lifting the demons of despair from the shoulders of this team as they prep for battle in Toronto against the Buffalo Bills. The start of a proud, victorious drive to season's end.

JOIN ME. JOIN US. TAKE ACTION.

I'll conduct the simple ceremony with you and 100 others, then let's deliver a J! E! T! S! that shakes Manhattan Island. Fills the tourists with awe at our passion, the photos and memories of which they'll take with them to the four corners of the globe.

SEE YOU THERE. BRING FELLOW SUFFERING JET FANS WITH YOU, OR PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO THEM IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT. (You know who they are...)

GO JETS. BEAT CAROLINA.

Mark J. Williamson