October 13, 2017

Paraskevidekatriaphobia !



Let's go Yankees ! Never thought they would go this deep.

October 7, 2015

No Victory beer. Better season than expected but they ran out of gas by the last month. Will keep tabs on the Mets but will not have the rooting interest.



William Gibson from his Paris Review interview: "When I’m writing a book I get up at seven. I check my e-mail and do Internet ablutions, as we do these days. I have a cup of coffee."

The above pictured quote was from the same interview.

Internet ablutions, great line. I do it every morning, checking news, finances and stupid stuff I follow.

October 19, 2012

RIP Yankees. Great season, fantastic ALDS, horrible ALCS. Same thing as last year, Detroit silences the Yankees' bats. Swisher, A-Rod and Granderson must go.



Waiting in Emergency Rooms and Hospitals. Nothing to read, and I found Stephen King's Duma Key. I always liked him and this is good so far.

October 12, 2012

Yankees are the ALDS winners.

October 11, 2012

Wow ! That one last night goes down as one for the ages. Yesterday, I listened to the FAN, Mike Francesca was lambasting a caller for saying "Bench A-Rod, and play Ibanez." His reply was something along the lines of you don't replace a Superstar with a bench player. He treated the caller as something of an idiot. Hope he apologizes today, but I won't hold my breath.

August 17, 2012

The plaques were sculpted in bronze by Gregg LeFevre and were dedicated in 2002.



Flowers still a big part of the Greenmarket.



Nothing else on, so even though the Yankees are 12 and 1/2 games ahead, I'll still watch it.



End of Staycation brews are Coronas, with twists of Lime.



The Pura Vida Boat had Mako Shark at $11.99 a pound. Pan-fried with tomato, onion and garlic. A little Tequila for body. Delicious.

October 20, 2010

Well, I had a long-awaited Victory beer thanks to C.C. (Carsten Charles ) Sabathia.



J.D. Salinger published a lot of Short Stories in magazines which were never re-published in anthologies. Most of them can be found on the Internet. I am currently reading Hapworth 16, 1924 which was originally publihed in the New Yorker on
June 19, 1965.

October 17, 2010

In today's NYT Crossword: Sunday, October 17, 2010 34D "Dies ___" (hymn)

IRAE used 78 times since November, 1993.



The Missa pro defunctis, the Mass for the dead.

A day of wrath; that day,
it will dissolve the world into glowing ashes,
as attested by David together with the Sibyl.

What trembling will there be,
when the Judge shall come
to examine everything in strict justice.



Book review in today's Newsday. I never realized that their reviews come from elsewhere, in this case: The Washington Post.


Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

Today's Op-Ed piece by Maureen Dowd titled Playing All the Angles is pretty damn funny.



As people in the financial field say: Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results. Let's go Yankees !



Reviewed in the Washington Post.



Very hot on the club circuit according to my son. Yolanda Be Cool is derived from a line in Pulp Fiction - Jules: "Yolanda, I thought you said you were gonna be cool. Now when you yell at me, it makes me nervous. And when I get nervous, I get scared. And when motherfuckers get scared, that's when motherfuckers accidentally get shot."



Watched Godfather III. Some good scenes and Eli Wallach.



Guys could dance.

October 16, 2010

Cold , crisp, sunny day. Went to P.E. and D.D. Seafood, will make a Lobster, Squid, and Scallop concoction.



Not too crowded at 9:00 a.m.



Lots of color all around.



Mums.



Don't know what these flowers are. I like the colors.



Gourds and Pumpkins.



Abe in the shade.



Let's go Yankees. The S.F. / Philly game looks good too.

October 15, 2010

A little Liquid Gold to watch the Yankees / Rangers game. Let's go C.C. !


Barton Silverman/The New York Times

Well, C.C. didn't have it , but Yankees take it anyway. A great come-back win.

October 10, 2010

Interesting day for numerology.


Associated Press

Yankees take the American League Division Series. Lets go Rays, keep Texas engaged.



Good segment on CBS Sunday Morning featuring Eli Wallach.



R.I.P. Solomon Burke.



Yankees don't play until Friday, time to stock up on reading material. This one looks good.



Took a chance on this, it will be great or lousy.



This one got great reviews. I'm already making a CD to listen to while plowing through it.

October 6, 2010

The Rangers won, Halladay is working on a perfect game. Now is the time to step up, go CC !
****Post-Script: Yankees win;Roy Halladay pitches no-hitter, one walk.****



The Village Voice has a piece on the best dive bars, at the top:
Nancy Whiskey. A great establishment.



Nancy Whiskey - Shane MacGowan & The Popes.



The Clancy Brothers version. Isn't it Grand Boys is still jarring.

September 29, 2010

The Yankees are in the Playoffs.



Survivor Nicaragua is on my viewing schedule. I like watching this Psychological experiment. It is like watching intelligent Lab Rats.



The New Yorker has an interesting piece by Malcolm Gladwell entitled Small Change.

He argues that real Social change will not come about from the likes of Twitter or Facebook. “Strong-tie” v. "weak-tie" connections and the difference between networks, which are the opposite, in structure and character, of hierarchies , make change that people will fight for difficult in the new Social Networks. Worth reading.

September 26, 2010

Georges Seurat's painting,"A Sunday on La Grande Jatte," and a re-creation.



Well, it isn't time to jump off the ship yet. Just a win today and another afterwards and we're in.



Go Giants ! Will miss the game on TV, I will be on the road. Giants games can always be heard on WFAN (660 AM) in New York.

November 7, 2009

Way to go Yankees !



Both my boys went to the parade and took some
pictures. The MVP Hideki Matsui and others.



The trophy and that's Manager Joe Girardi
holding one of his children.



A-Rod. A recent answer in the NYT crossword:
31d 11/06/09 - Baseball nickname that's a
portmanteau.



This was in the camera along with lots of
poses with gals in Yankee hats.



Cold sunny morning. Not too crowded.



Radishes in the sun.



Sun on purple Kale.