May 21
One of my son’s namesakes, Nigel Mansell, was recently feature by ESPN as one of the Top 25 Racers of all time. Mansell falls in at number 24. It was nice to see another Formula One star along with him in the first five of the series (Niki Lauda). I remember Mansell as being rather brash, but backing it up on the track. He never let down. It was great watching him compete, and very hard, against his teammate Nelson Piquet (another fave of mine) when both were driving for Williams in the mid 80’s.
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My brother Todd,...
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Mar 19
Sometime last week I stumbled across Blender Magazine’s “50 Worst Things Ever to Happen to Music” list. I found one of them very amusing.
31. Jazz fusion
It’s a rule of thumb that any music that uses “jazz” as a prefix will make you want to saw your head off in boredom (see also: jazz-funk, jazz rap, jazz house). But none is as wearying as the genre that thought what rock really needed was month-long bass solos and time signatures Stephen Hawking wouldn’t understand.
Yes sir! Very funny. But I still like jazz fusion.
Oct 04
Some of you may have seen this already, but I saw it brought up at a sports forum and made me want to post it. It is something that I find very interesting.
After the New York Mets lost their last game of the season, eliminating themselves from the playoffs, the media talked to Tom Glavine, the starting pitcher for the Mets who officially only pitched one third of the first inning, giving up 5 runs while on the mound, and getting credit for two more earned runs after being pulled. It was the first time since 1989 (no typo) that Glavine hadn’t made it out of the first inning. As well, he is contemplating retirement, and it may have been the last game of his career.
A reporter/journalist asked him if he was devastated...
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May 31
“I haven’t screamed that hard since the US hockey team beat the Russians.”
— Jenna Elfman as Anna Riley in “Keeping the Faith”
May 15
“Yes folks, behind every great man there’s a woman rolling her eyes.”
— Jim Carey as Bruce Nolan in “Bruce Almighty”
May 10
Like is my habit, I recently watched “Major League” which aired on some cable station a couple of weekends ago. I just can’t get enough of baseball movies. “Field of Dreams”, “The Natural”, “Bull Durham”, “Major League”, “Eight Men Out”, “A League of Their Own”, etc. And they provide some of the best movie quotes that I have heard. (It helps being a fan of the game.)
When watching “Major League” I was reminded of a scene that I hadn’t watched in a while between Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) and Eddie Harris (Chelcie Ross). It is when the team finds out about Cerrano’s voodoo worship with him asking Jobu to help him...
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Apr 05
“It’s a dog eat dog world, and I’m wearing Milkbone underwear.”
— George Wendt as Norm Peterson in an episode of “Cheers”
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“The restaurant was really nice, up until the attempted whacking!”
— Lisa Kudrow as Laura Sobel in “Analyze That”
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“No, sir! I didn’t see you playing with your dolls again.”
— George Wyner as Colonel Sandurz in “Spaceballs”
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“I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions,...
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Aug 01
“You framed an Asia poster? How hard did the people of the frame store laugh at you when you brought this in?”
— Seth Rogan as Cal in “The 40 Year Old Virgin”
May 01
Here are a couple of quotes … OK, so one is a song lyric, that I came across today.
The percentage you’re paying is too high-priced
While you’re living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he’s made on your dreams
— lyrics from the song “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” by Traffic
Thinking about this, it is what many of may be doing these days. Heck, we are all paying TOO MUCH for gas right now. Anyway, someone at work had this song was a mp3 file, so I have been listening to it.
And the second:
What happened to you? You look in worse...
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Feb 03
Poor Blackhawks’ Fans
Even with teams like the St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Washington Capitals doing worse, the Chicago Blackhawks continue to be the butt of most hockey jokes. It continued with Terry Frei’s ARTICLE today. It is an interesting and humorous look at the idea of having one game to decide the winner of the Stanley Cup ala the Super Bowl.
I’ve often wondered what it would be like if we had a similar phenomenon in the NHL, if the Stanley Cup was a one-and-out tournament — now that’s pressure — with a one-week lead-in to the championship...
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