Friday, January 10, 2003
The legend of Hamhock Jones
Very few people know the story of that great Negro-League Ball player Hamhock Jones. Had he not managed to do what he did nobody would have even known about it. Hamhock Jones played for the New York Cubans back in the day I believe he was a shortstop and a good one at that. One day, however, Hamhock was at the plate ready to swing and managed to steal all 4 bases in one at bat!!! Impossible you say? you would be right... My friend Al told me that story one of the last times I saw him. Al was found yesterday on the subway tracks and is no longer with us and all I can think about today is his infectuous laugh and good nature. The last time I saw him we had proceeded to invent another one of these baseball stories but I don't remember how it went...
So long Al you'll always be in our hearts and remember I'm down I'm with it....
Very few people know the story of that great Negro-League Ball player Hamhock Jones. Had he not managed to do what he did nobody would have even known about it. Hamhock Jones played for the New York Cubans back in the day I believe he was a shortstop and a good one at that. One day, however, Hamhock was at the plate ready to swing and managed to steal all 4 bases in one at bat!!! Impossible you say? you would be right... My friend Al told me that story one of the last times I saw him. Al was found yesterday on the subway tracks and is no longer with us and all I can think about today is his infectuous laugh and good nature. The last time I saw him we had proceeded to invent another one of these baseball stories but I don't remember how it went...
So long Al you'll always be in our hearts and remember I'm down I'm with it....
Thursday, January 09, 2003
I drink no more than a sponge. Francis Rabelais
I'm stealing this from the NY Post
BOSTON - More good news for drinkers - frequent drinkers of beer, wine or even spirits lowers a man's risk of heart attack, and it appears to be how often, not how much, that is important.
Regular drinkers cut their risk of heart attack by about one-third compared to nondrinkers, according to the study released yesterday.
The study, which tracked the drinking habits of more than 38,000 men over 12 years, provides an important clue to how alcohol helps guard against coronary heart disease, and suggests that routine drinking of alcoholic drinks is key.
"Even relatively modest amounts of alcohol may be protective if consumed frequently," said Kenneth Mukamal of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, the chief author of the study.
But the New England Journal of Medicine, where the study appears, warned the research should not be used as an excuse for heavy drinking.
GOTTA LOVE THOSE IRISH RESEARCHERS!!!!!
I'm stealing this from the NY Post
BOSTON - More good news for drinkers - frequent drinkers of beer, wine or even spirits lowers a man's risk of heart attack, and it appears to be how often, not how much, that is important.
Regular drinkers cut their risk of heart attack by about one-third compared to nondrinkers, according to the study released yesterday.
The study, which tracked the drinking habits of more than 38,000 men over 12 years, provides an important clue to how alcohol helps guard against coronary heart disease, and suggests that routine drinking of alcoholic drinks is key.
"Even relatively modest amounts of alcohol may be protective if consumed frequently," said Kenneth Mukamal of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, the chief author of the study.
But the New England Journal of Medicine, where the study appears, warned the research should not be used as an excuse for heavy drinking.
GOTTA LOVE THOSE IRISH RESEARCHERS!!!!!
Never eat more than you can lift. Miss Piggy
Last night PBS aired a show on sandwiches... now I'm not one to watch PBS that much but this show struck me as interesting... I found out that the French dip originated in Los Angeles and I found out about a little restaurant in Buffalo that does not serve wings (GASP!) it's called Schwabl's and it is the home of the Beef on a Weck sandwich.. that is a roast beef sandwich on a rock salted seeded roll (the Kummelweck)... oh it looked soooo delicious... my peeve today though (cause there has to be a peeve or else it would just be an informational post) is this... throughout the program people were talking about the au jus.. now au jus is french for with juice (in this case gravy from the roast) so people kept saying here's our secret recipe for the au jus and I kept thinking here's the secret recipe for with juice/gravy? can't you peeps just get it right for once? please? oh and the other thing was apparently there's a companion book to the show which lists all the lovely places portrayed in it .. the only way to get it? become a PBS member and fork over 75 american dollars!!!! gee do I smell ripoff au jus?
Last night PBS aired a show on sandwiches... now I'm not one to watch PBS that much but this show struck me as interesting... I found out that the French dip originated in Los Angeles and I found out about a little restaurant in Buffalo that does not serve wings (GASP!) it's called Schwabl's and it is the home of the Beef on a Weck sandwich.. that is a roast beef sandwich on a rock salted seeded roll (the Kummelweck)... oh it looked soooo delicious... my peeve today though (cause there has to be a peeve or else it would just be an informational post) is this... throughout the program people were talking about the au jus.. now au jus is french for with juice (in this case gravy from the roast) so people kept saying here's our secret recipe for the au jus and I kept thinking here's the secret recipe for with juice/gravy? can't you peeps just get it right for once? please? oh and the other thing was apparently there's a companion book to the show which lists all the lovely places portrayed in it .. the only way to get it? become a PBS member and fork over 75 american dollars!!!! gee do I smell ripoff au jus?
Tuesday, January 07, 2003
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. Samuel Butler
i'd like to welcome a new reader to the Blog. Back at the beginniing of all this mayhem I mentiond Pogo as one of my favorite sites.. I'd go and play games with a bunch of people... over the months I developed some acquaintances with a lot of individuals... one of them is Chewy. Chewy is an EMT from Iowa (I know Iowa? where the hell is that?), Mother of I forget how many children and owner of a puppy named freedom (she called him that 'cause she freed him get it?) and we had lost touch for a while... I ran into her online the other day and told her about the blog so she said I should post something about her ... so there you go Chewy welcome to my idiosyncratic world.... and you other 3 people reading give her a round of applause
i'd like to welcome a new reader to the Blog. Back at the beginniing of all this mayhem I mentiond Pogo as one of my favorite sites.. I'd go and play games with a bunch of people... over the months I developed some acquaintances with a lot of individuals... one of them is Chewy. Chewy is an EMT from Iowa (I know Iowa? where the hell is that?), Mother of I forget how many children and owner of a puppy named freedom (she called him that 'cause she freed him get it?) and we had lost touch for a while... I ran into her online the other day and told her about the blog so she said I should post something about her ... so there you go Chewy welcome to my idiosyncratic world.... and you other 3 people reading give her a round of applause
Please be kind, Rewind! Blockbuster
do you all remember the old age of VHS? before DVD's we had to sometimes pay a penalty upon returning tapes that were not rewound. Remember that? Blockbuster started adding a sticker on every possible side of the tape asking you to do so. Remember?
The other day I rented a DVD of Saturday Night Live's 25th anniversary show.A DVD mind you. I opened the box, a regualr DVD box, and on one side there were not one but TWO please be kind rewind stickers!!!! Now can someone explain to me how am I supposed to rewind an 8 inch disc? Please be kind and let me know
do you all remember the old age of VHS? before DVD's we had to sometimes pay a penalty upon returning tapes that were not rewound. Remember that? Blockbuster started adding a sticker on every possible side of the tape asking you to do so. Remember?
The other day I rented a DVD of Saturday Night Live's 25th anniversary show.A DVD mind you. I opened the box, a regualr DVD box, and on one side there were not one but TWO please be kind rewind stickers!!!! Now can someone explain to me how am I supposed to rewind an 8 inch disc? Please be kind and let me know
