Dear Hillary:
( Won't u come out to play?...)
CONSUL, n. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office
from the People is given one
by the Administration on condition that (s)he leave the country.
PS: CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesmen who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from
the Liberal,who wishes to replace them with others
THE DEVIL' S DICTIONARY (1881-1906)
PS: The segment "THE WORD" was inspired by this tome. Colbert read it soon after
the death of his father and two brothers in a plane crash. A relative gave it to him
thinking the boy needed 'cheering-up'.(i think it worked!)
PSS:Bierces' "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" remains the only award winning film shown on network television that did not contain dialogue. It was presented to the american audience
by Rod Serling thru the TWILIGHT ZONE brand.
PSSS: there is nothing wrong with a liberal that a few years' won't cure
Winnie the P.M.
Thanx Dar the Librarian
Monday, June 7, 2010
ANOTHER SHORT ASIDE
i had a nightmare last night. i was tied to the living room chair, wearing a broken crown
upon shortened hair. An endless loop was playing:
sarah jessica parker being interviewed on "inside the actor's studio"
i awoke in a cold sweat-gained my bearings-realized it was just a bad dream
HALLELUJAH!
upon shortened hair. An endless loop was playing:
sarah jessica parker being interviewed on "inside the actor's studio"
i awoke in a cold sweat-gained my bearings-realized it was just a bad dream
HALLELUJAH!
NO REGRETS
we are the product of all our experiences
Good Bad Indifferent
Positive Negative Neutral
Forgotten Remembered Embellished
to regret anything (supposedly) u did to someone else
or someone else (supposedly) did to you
is to deny the very fabric of your make up
(look in the mirror-is the answer now clearer?)
we are who we are
we be who we be
find peace
&
be
free
PS: i know-sampling previous writing is so uncool
(see robert plant)
PSS: Ryan-inspired
(Thanx for the kindred-spirit words)
((and beats..))
Good Bad Indifferent
Positive Negative Neutral
Forgotten Remembered Embellished
to regret anything (supposedly) u did to someone else
or someone else (supposedly) did to you
is to deny the very fabric of your make up
(look in the mirror-is the answer now clearer?)
we are who we are
we be who we be
find peace
&
be
free
PS: i know-sampling previous writing is so uncool
(see robert plant)
PSS: Ryan-inspired
(Thanx for the kindred-spirit words)
((and beats..))
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
THE IMPERFECT PERFECT GAME:
(-Gallaraga's lament-Joyce's regret- )
Armando Gallaraga got robbed the other night,(no this is not a Jimmy Breslin crime-story)
of Baseball infamy. On the 27th out of a so-far "Perfect Game"- umpire Jim Joyce(despite obvious visual evidence to the contrary) called
Luke Donald safe at 1st base on a bang-bang play. ((ironic that it was a flip from the 1st baseman to Gallaraga covering-wasn't it)) thus ending his quest to become the 21st pitcher in history to
record a perfect game.
{If Austin Jackson had not done his best impression of a young Willie Mays since Jim Edmonds 1 out earlier-i would not be writing this}
NY Sports Talk-Radio exploded. Fans and pundits, Hosts and most else joined in the feeding frenzy:
COMMISSIONER SELIG SHOULD OVERTURN THE BLOWN CALL AND DECLARE A
PERFECT GAME!
Say what?!?
Baseball rules allow a game to be protested on the terms that an umpire has misinterpreted
a rule. No rule has been misinterpreted here. The Commissioner has no authority, and no one
is protesting anyway( at least no one with gravitas; not the Tigers, the Indians or Gallaraga)
{ and if he were to do so-if i were the head of the MLB umpires' Association-i would take
my people off the field. It's a question of integrity.}
THIS IS THE WORST CALL IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME!
Say what?!? (again)
You evidently don't know your history-
1985 World Series.Game 6 Cardinals vs. Royals
Cardinals up 3-2 in the Series, and up 1 run in the 9th.
Ground ball by Jorge Orta-routine play-( a much less closer play than Wed. night)
We were ready to dance in the streets of St. Louis!
and umpire Don Denkinger signals -SAFE.
The rest is history. The Royals rally-Dane Iorg singles in the winning run-We are going to
a Game 7. John Tudor implodes-Royals Win! the Royals Win! Buddy Biancalana gets
his 15 minutes of Fame-and instead of celebrating in St. Louis the ump is hanging in effigy from the Arch, & they are dancing in the streets of
Kansas City
A bad call cost the St. Louis Cardinals a World Series Championship.
A bad call cost the kid a perfect game.
Place it on the scales of justice-the worst call ever?!?
ITS TIME FOR INSTANT REPLAY!
demands the fan.
NO-IT'LL RUIN THE GAME
remands the purist:" This is America's Pastime. It's the human element that makes the game.;
Have you never been to the Hall of Fame?"
Purist my Purist:i will listen to your argument if 1st you agree to:
Stop replay on Home Runs. Stop QWEST. Ban protective armor on batters.Abolish the D.H.
Outlaw artificial surfaces and indoor competition.Raise the mound. Have 1 division in each
league(no playoffs)
AL CHAMP vs. NL CHAMP
Best of 9-
and oh
All African-Americans & dark-skinned Latinos-sit out
or go play in your own backyards.
While we are at it:
Players must travel by train(no more games on foreign soil)and you Baseball writers':
no more Lap-Tops in the press box, bang on your old typewriter and send some copy boy
running to make a deadline(like Red Smith).
(have i covered all the bases?)
Don't worry, i'm not just dissing you Baseball guys-but...
Mr. Gammons, Frank DeFord,
George Will- take a chill Pill
Wake up and taste the peanuts & cracker jacks.
Do you want the naked-eye at the Kentucky
Derby to judge a photo-finish?
Why not a man to decide-did Michael Phelps really touch the
wall 1st?
Let's not have shot-clocks, coach's challenges or goalie masks.
Look-is this what you want?
Go watch Golf.
It's called progress, folks. Be like Paul Hewson sings and stay "stuck in a moment you can't
get out of"- or be more Billy Joel-"The good old days weren't always good & tomorrow aint'
as bad as it seems".
IT WILL INTERRUPT THE FLOW OF THE GAME!
The "flow of the game?"
Do you watch the game-or ESPN?
Batter Up!- not Mike Hargrove (the human rain delay) or Nomar's batting glove obsession
Play Ball!-not mound meetings behind glove -covered faces
((Lip-readers are watching))and then the catcher signals with nail-polished fingers-
Say what?(with redundancy)
Didn't you just have a conversation?
No- let's have the manager run on the field over a judgement call-Yell! Scream!-KickDirt!
(all to no avail other than an early exit- so he can expletive deliviate for 5 more expensive,expansive minutes)
Let's go to the Video-tape. It's Time.
i love Baseball-it's in my blood like holy wine-it's Time!
As to the kid-
Ask the purist: Name the 20 hurlers who threw a perfect game?
After 7 or 8- they stumble-running to their search engines...
In a strange way (Truth is stranger than fiction):
Armando Gallaraga will go down in Baseball Lore...( in the greatest game that Abner Doubleday
didn't invent) as the only man to pitch an imperfect perfect game.
PS : just opining from the cat-bird seat. It's a beautiful day...
Let's play 2!
PSS: David Halberstam-just rolled over
or maybe it was Shirley Povich
(i don't expect that they'll ever get back...)
PSSS: (i love these PS'S too much-don't u think?)
What do u do with an elephant with 3 balls?
You walk him and pitch to the giraffe. Are u kiddin' me! From the letters to the knees-
what piece of lumber is he going to swing. + the elephant?
he'll gum-up the bases worse than Jorge Posada
PS-(INFINITY):
It's ROOT! ROOT! ROOT! for the Home Team...
at the old ball game
Armando Gallaraga got robbed the other night,(no this is not a Jimmy Breslin crime-story)
of Baseball infamy. On the 27th out of a so-far "Perfect Game"- umpire Jim Joyce(despite obvious visual evidence to the contrary) called
Luke Donald safe at 1st base on a bang-bang play. ((ironic that it was a flip from the 1st baseman to Gallaraga covering-wasn't it)) thus ending his quest to become the 21st pitcher in history to
record a perfect game.
{If Austin Jackson had not done his best impression of a young Willie Mays since Jim Edmonds 1 out earlier-i would not be writing this}
NY Sports Talk-Radio exploded. Fans and pundits, Hosts and most else joined in the feeding frenzy:
COMMISSIONER SELIG SHOULD OVERTURN THE BLOWN CALL AND DECLARE A
PERFECT GAME!
Say what?!?
Baseball rules allow a game to be protested on the terms that an umpire has misinterpreted
a rule. No rule has been misinterpreted here. The Commissioner has no authority, and no one
is protesting anyway( at least no one with gravitas; not the Tigers, the Indians or Gallaraga)
{ and if he were to do so-if i were the head of the MLB umpires' Association-i would take
my people off the field. It's a question of integrity.}
THIS IS THE WORST CALL IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME!
Say what?!? (again)
You evidently don't know your history-
1985 World Series.Game 6 Cardinals vs. Royals
Cardinals up 3-2 in the Series, and up 1 run in the 9th.
Ground ball by Jorge Orta-routine play-( a much less closer play than Wed. night)
We were ready to dance in the streets of St. Louis!
and umpire Don Denkinger signals -SAFE.
The rest is history. The Royals rally-Dane Iorg singles in the winning run-We are going to
a Game 7. John Tudor implodes-Royals Win! the Royals Win! Buddy Biancalana gets
his 15 minutes of Fame-and instead of celebrating in St. Louis the ump is hanging in effigy from the Arch, & they are dancing in the streets of
Kansas City
A bad call cost the St. Louis Cardinals a World Series Championship.
A bad call cost the kid a perfect game.
Place it on the scales of justice-the worst call ever?!?
ITS TIME FOR INSTANT REPLAY!
demands the fan.
NO-IT'LL RUIN THE GAME
remands the purist:" This is America's Pastime. It's the human element that makes the game.;
Have you never been to the Hall of Fame?"
Purist my Purist:i will listen to your argument if 1st you agree to:
Stop replay on Home Runs. Stop QWEST. Ban protective armor on batters.Abolish the D.H.
Outlaw artificial surfaces and indoor competition.Raise the mound. Have 1 division in each
league(no playoffs)
AL CHAMP vs. NL CHAMP
Best of 9-
and oh
All African-Americans & dark-skinned Latinos-sit out
or go play in your own backyards.
While we are at it:
Players must travel by train(no more games on foreign soil)and you Baseball writers':
no more Lap-Tops in the press box, bang on your old typewriter and send some copy boy
running to make a deadline(like Red Smith).
(have i covered all the bases?)
Don't worry, i'm not just dissing you Baseball guys-but...
Mr. Gammons, Frank DeFord,
George Will- take a chill Pill
Wake up and taste the peanuts & cracker jacks.
Do you want the naked-eye at the Kentucky
Derby to judge a photo-finish?
Why not a man to decide-did Michael Phelps really touch the
wall 1st?
Let's not have shot-clocks, coach's challenges or goalie masks.
Look-is this what you want?
Go watch Golf.
It's called progress, folks. Be like Paul Hewson sings and stay "stuck in a moment you can't
get out of"- or be more Billy Joel-"The good old days weren't always good & tomorrow aint'
as bad as it seems".
IT WILL INTERRUPT THE FLOW OF THE GAME!
The "flow of the game?"
Do you watch the game-or ESPN?
Batter Up!- not Mike Hargrove (the human rain delay) or Nomar's batting glove obsession
Play Ball!-not mound meetings behind glove -covered faces
((Lip-readers are watching))and then the catcher signals with nail-polished fingers-
Say what?(with redundancy)
Didn't you just have a conversation?
No- let's have the manager run on the field over a judgement call-Yell! Scream!-KickDirt!
(all to no avail other than an early exit- so he can expletive deliviate for 5 more expensive,expansive minutes)
Let's go to the Video-tape. It's Time.
i love Baseball-it's in my blood like holy wine-it's Time!
As to the kid-
Ask the purist: Name the 20 hurlers who threw a perfect game?
After 7 or 8- they stumble-running to their search engines...
In a strange way (Truth is stranger than fiction):
Armando Gallaraga will go down in Baseball Lore...( in the greatest game that Abner Doubleday
didn't invent) as the only man to pitch an imperfect perfect game.
PS : just opining from the cat-bird seat. It's a beautiful day...
Let's play 2!
PSS: David Halberstam-just rolled over
or maybe it was Shirley Povich
(i don't expect that they'll ever get back...)
PSSS: (i love these PS'S too much-don't u think?)
What do u do with an elephant with 3 balls?
You walk him and pitch to the giraffe. Are u kiddin' me! From the letters to the knees-
what piece of lumber is he going to swing. + the elephant?
he'll gum-up the bases worse than Jorge Posada
PS-(INFINITY):
It's ROOT! ROOT! ROOT! for the Home Team...
at the old ball game
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Tied to the rearview-mirror
POPAS' CREED:
Better to keep your mouth shut &
be thought a fool
then to open it and
prove yourself 1
PS: if it's true that the greatest "fisher-of-men"
sits at the right-hand of the father
then POPA sits at the left:
and i can hear the debate;
Jesus says: it's where u cast your nets
POPA says: it's how u hold your mouth
Jesus Christ Almighty(Hey-Chief...)
Bring me a piece of Palm
PS:The sloop John B.
((god-bless Teddy Stevens ))
i am on the downeaster "Alexa"
i am exiting thru the "Port of Egypt"
we are trolling the graveyards
at the #'d buoy
of
Gardiner's Bay
What do u know, what do u say?
Oh, to be young (again)
and a
Yankee
fan
IN MEMORIAM: On behalf of Donald & Michael, Barbara and Christine-Billy, Elizabeth,Carol
John-Jessica-Xander-'Becca-Ryan-Stephan & Alexander Julian
Thank you, Alexander T. Nelson
Captain,my Captain
we are
and shall forever remain,
in your debt.
PSS: Thanx for not letting me fall
into the Shinnecock Canal.
i'd be down in the locks
with Davy Jones
Better to keep your mouth shut &
be thought a fool
then to open it and
prove yourself 1
PS: if it's true that the greatest "fisher-of-men"
sits at the right-hand of the father
then POPA sits at the left:
and i can hear the debate;
Jesus says: it's where u cast your nets
POPA says: it's how u hold your mouth
Jesus Christ Almighty(Hey-Chief...)
Bring me a piece of Palm
PS:The sloop John B.
((god-bless Teddy Stevens ))
i am on the downeaster "Alexa"
i am exiting thru the "Port of Egypt"
we are trolling the graveyards
at the #'d buoy
of
Gardiner's Bay
What do u know, what do u say?
Oh, to be young (again)
and a
Yankee
fan
IN MEMORIAM: On behalf of Donald & Michael, Barbara and Christine-Billy, Elizabeth,Carol
John-Jessica-Xander-'Becca-Ryan-Stephan & Alexander Julian
Thank you, Alexander T. Nelson
Captain,my Captain
we are
and shall forever remain,
in your debt.
PSS: Thanx for not letting me fall
into the Shinnecock Canal.
i'd be down in the locks
with Davy Jones
PROFILE THIS:
i've been asked: how come u have not created a profile?
i thought my writing would speak for itself; as to "my profile"
ok: (i am a man of no invisible means)
NAME:
me & i are Gemini
EDUCATION:
i am lettered in B.S.
MUSES:
SPORT
MUSIC
LITERATURE
GOALS:
i am waiting for Godot
HEROS:
MOM
pal o' mine
Palindrome
where u ares'
where i call home
(A man, a plan, a canal, Panama)
A Paradigm, wrapped in a Riddle-rolled in an Enigma...
{as are we all...}
i thought my writing would speak for itself; as to "my profile"
ok: (i am a man of no invisible means)
NAME:
me & i are Gemini
EDUCATION:
i am lettered in B.S.
MUSES:
SPORT
MUSIC
LITERATURE
GOALS:
i am waiting for Godot
HEROS:
MOM
pal o' mine
Palindrome
where u ares'
where i call home
(A man, a plan, a canal, Panama)
A Paradigm, wrapped in a Riddle-rolled in an Enigma...
{as are we all...}
TO ARTISTES' ONLY
( an ode to a talking head and my lady of the canyon)
i'm writing, i'm writing again
i'm writing, i'm writing again
i'm scrubbing
scrubbing my brain, clean
i'm painting, i'm painting again
i'm painting, i'm painting again
i'm scrubbing
scrubbing my palette, clean
i have no need to prove
that i am an artiste'
i have no need to prove
that i am an artiste'
all my visions
are there on parchment
don't need u here
inside this pup-tent
i am a lonely writer
i live in the dictionary
struggling
for the precise word
to describe the pictionary
in my minds' eye
i am a lonely painter
i live in a box of paints
struggling
for the precise hue
to depict the constraint
of my souls' sigh
i'm writing
i'm writing again
i'm painting
i'm painting again...
PS: to borrow is smart; to steal:genius
(Oscar Wilde)
i'm writing, i'm writing again
i'm writing, i'm writing again
i'm scrubbing
scrubbing my brain, clean
i'm painting, i'm painting again
i'm painting, i'm painting again
i'm scrubbing
scrubbing my palette, clean
i have no need to prove
that i am an artiste'
i have no need to prove
that i am an artiste'
all my visions
are there on parchment
don't need u here
inside this pup-tent
i am a lonely writer
i live in the dictionary
struggling
for the precise word
to describe the pictionary
in my minds' eye
i am a lonely painter
i live in a box of paints
struggling
for the precise hue
to depict the constraint
of my souls' sigh
i'm writing
i'm writing again
i'm painting
i'm painting again...
PS: to borrow is smart; to steal:genius
(Oscar Wilde)
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