The Joy of Baseball
Isaac on the Run 4 Tickets to Mets vs. Braves @ Shea Stadium: $40 Parking & Tolls: $23 Chicken Tenders & French Fries: $7.75 Isaac looking through the Mets calendar to find the next Mets vs. Marlins game: Priceless! Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Spontaneous Drinking Network
John Barleycorn In an effort to streamline the “Hey, let’s go have a drink tonight!” process, I’ve created the Spontaneous Drinking Network(TM), a group of friends’ cell phone numbers in my address book to whom I can send a text message whenever I’m in the mood for a drink with others who have demonstrated the ability to handle their
If it ain’t a pleasure, it ain’t a poem!
Spoken Word Revolution Redux Mark Eleveld That’s a great line from the United States of Poetry CD, but I don’t remember from whom. It came to mind because I stopped by 13 last night for the first time in several months to catch the first semi-final slam of the season and Marc Smith’s feature set, having never seen
I like the sound of it: “Coach”
Isaac at the Bat Yesterday was the Pee Wee Marlins’ first game — Isaac’s first experience with organized sports, and my first time coaching an organized team in something non-poetry related. 15 kids (one didn’t show up), all 5 and 6-year olds, most of whom were playing tee ball for the first time. It was a
Never Say Never; It Can’t Stop With Imus
Jackie Robinson Many to take part in honoring Robinson LOS ANGELES — For the first time in Major League Baseball history, Commissioner Bud Selig has decreed that any uniformed personnel — player, coach or manager — can wear Jackie Robinson’s famous No. 42 as the sport celebrates on Sunday the 60th anniversary of Robinson breaking
My American Idol
Jordin Sparks Haley Scarnato was just voted off of American Idol, a couple of weeks sooner than I expected as she’s actually been finding her groove while a couple of presumed front-runners have been slipping. I was emailing a friend of mine about the show last week, and my take on the remaining singers entertainers contestants became fodder for this post as
Location, Location, Location
FIT One of the many appealing aspects about the new job is the significantly shorter commute, cutting at least 20 minutes off my old tip-of-Manhattan adventures on a good day; as much as 40 minutes when things really get bogged down (aka, a typical day!). I can now leave home as late as 8:15am and still
Play Ball!
Retirement Plan Baseball season starts tonight, and it promises to be an exciting season as the Mets march to their third World Series title, defeating the Yankees in 6 games. That’s right; I’m calling it in writing! I bought one of the cheapo Value Packs this year, 2 nosebleed seats for 5 random games, and a huge group
4 years, 1 month, 8 days…
Gomez, Me Friday was my last day at the Floundering Yo-Yo Publisher as it will be known from now on — 3 positions (officially), 4 reorganizations, 6 bosses — after 4 years, 1 month and 8 days of working there, and as much as I’ll miss some of the people, the place itself can’t disappear in my rearview mirror fast
Guild Wars: Nightfall Owns My Soul!
[x-posted from http://www.popcultureshock.com/guild-wars-nightfall-owns-my-soul/41256/] Nightfall Casa Gonzalez got a computer upgrade a couple of weekends ago, replacing our spyware-hobbled, Windows XP-powered, ABS tower (circa 2001) with a spiffy new Windows Vista-powered HP Pavillion. It’s not a fancy rig by any means, but it’s got 2GB of RAM and a Core 2 Duo processor, the latter