The Mets & The Eddie Kranepool Society
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in New York Mets | 1 Comment »If you are a visitor from Steve Keane's great New York Mets blog, The Eddie Kranepool Society, thanks for coming. You might be feeling temporarily disoriented, in a Where am I? sort of way. I advise you to click here ...
Stand By Me . . . Around the World
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Fun Clips, Music | 3 Comments »I don't know how I found this remarkable video, which in its way is reminiscent of the viral Where's Matt? clip, but I'm glad I did. It's five minutes -- and who's got five minutes? -- but play it anyway ...
Shea Memory, Childhood Illness, and Six Innings
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in New York Mets, Six Innings | 1 Comment »As these photos taken by Joe MacDonald show, the destruction of Shea Stadium continues into winter. Come spring, our attention will turn to the new home of the New York Mets, Citi Field, with its beautiful Jackie Robinson Rotunda, and ...
Doodle in Obama’s White House Gains Momentum, Becomes Movement, Receives Both Praise and Scorn!
Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Around the Web | 1 Comment »Real quickly: In helping my dog, Daisy, with her research for the "Open Letter to President-Elect Obama," I found a good website dedicated to Labradoodles and Goldendoodles. Well-organized, well-written, informative. So I sent along a quick hello and received ...
Americanisms
Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »This week's theme with A.Word.A.Day is Americanisms. What a fun bunch of words: hornswoggle, flummadiddle, discombobulate, absquatulate, and skedaddle. As Anu Garg wrote when he kicked off the week: "Use these words to bring a certain earthy flavor to your discourse. But ...
My Mitzy Kafka Story
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in Fun Clips, the writing process | No Comments »In my interview with Ellen Miles, we traded a few war stories from the trenches, odd jobs we've done over the years as "writers for hire." I mentioned a pen name I twice used, Mitzy Kafka. Someone remarked on it ...
An Open Letter to President-Elect Obama
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Around the Web, Family, Greatest Hits | 10 Comments »Dear President-Elect Obama: It is with some difficulty that I type this, as I am a dog and not really a Mac person. I’ll try to be brief. My name is Daisy. You probably receive thousands of letters each week from dignitaries, ...