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Weenie of the Week

November 7, 2005 |

The Weenie of the Week award goes to…..

Terrell Owens of the Philadelphia Eagles:

He was suspended yesterday because he complained that the Eagles’ didn’t publicly recognize his 100th touchdown. Honestly, I don’t know what you do with this … Read More

November 6, 2005 |

A couple of things:

1) I love the decorations for Christmas here in the East Village. It reminds me of small towns like in Star Junction, Pa where my dad is from:

But it’s the beginning of November! You’d … Read More

Call Me A Cab

November 3, 2005 | | 1 Comment

I just saw this on Gothamist. It’s great! It’s the blog of a cab driver. She’s female which is unusual too.

She settles an oft-wondered question too. How much to tip a cab driver? She says it should be like … Read More

Energy Hogs and Breaking Up Without A Word

November 2, 2005 |

Two things.

First is, I was reading Rolling Stone and there was a mention of this silly game that the Department of Energy had put on their website. It’s called Energy Hog. Basically, you have to do things like caulk … Read More

Dogs Like To Dress Up Too

November 1, 2005 |

Sunday, I went to Tompkins Square Park to watch the dogs get all gussied up for Halloween. I took some snaps. But my battery went dead, and so there weren’t so many shots to choose from. But here is a … Read More

Weenie of The Week

October 31, 2005 |

Last week’s weenie was:

The friggin’ dude who slapped Craig Biggio’s wife!

How is this something that pops into anyone’s head at a World Series game? Yes, I want to slap this woman. That’ll show them! The misbehavers at all … Read More

The Top Five Scary Stories Of All Time

October 31, 2005 | | 11 Comments

It is Halloween. Sam Hain’s day. So, I thought I would put down some thoughts about scary stories. These are the camp fire stories. The ones you tell after dark to scare yourselves. It’s important when you tell these stories … Read More

Oscar Wilde & the bon mot

October 28, 2005 | | 1 Comment

I watched An Ideal Husband last night. And I was amused at just how witty Oscar Wilde was. And I remembered how in an essay I had read(in the back of a John Irving book) that John Irving had … Read More

Goober Peas

October 27, 2005 |

Siobhan and I were just reminiscing about that old song “Goober Peas”. And I was realizing, hey, wait a second—what the hell are goober peas?

I had to look it up. Any guesses? It’s peanuts!

Weird. But then I thought … Read More

The Greatest (read Longest) Game Ever Played

October 26, 2005 |

Did you stay up? Could you do it?

Every year, and I mean EVERY year, there are some games like this. These games were they are just getting started at midnight. And when you are thinking oh, I should just … Read More