Posted in Buggy Bill, Mom's pizza, Ray and Otto's, Red's Shoes, Sanders theater, Wetter's, tagged Blog, Crossword Puzzles, Gimme Shelter, Neighborhood, New York Times, The Rolling Stones, Trivia on January 30, 2009 | 33 Comments »
I was never any good at trivia games or crossword puzzles. (My wife is unreal at the NY Times crossword on Sunday) but give me a question about sports and I’m probably in the 90 percentile when it comes to being correct. (Hey, there’s always a golf question so I have to get some wrong).
Last [...]
Posted in Happy Days, Tommy Brick, tagged ABC, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, Television, The Fonz, Walt Whitman on January 29, 2009 | 20 Comments »
This morning, while watching television I was thinking back to some of my favorite shows growing up as a kid. One that came to mind was Happy Days, on ABC. Throughout the 1970’s and into the early 80’s I would always back sure I caught each episode whether it came on during the day or [...]
Posted in Acey-Deucey, Container Diaries, Elvis Costello, Friends, tagged Acey-Deucey, Baby Aspirin, Brooklyn, Container Diaries, Elvis Costello, Prospect Park West, Song, Stephen King on January 27, 2009 | 24 Comments »
Elvis Costello wrote a hit song; (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding. And it goes a little something like this…
As I walk through
This wicked world
Searchin for light in the darkness of insanity.
I ask myself
Is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery?
And each time I feel like this inside,
Theres one thing [...]
Posted in #2 Pencil, Holy Name, Miss Monzillo, tagged #2 Pencil, 7th grade, Classroom, Holy Name, OTB, Pencil, Sharpener on January 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Do you remember the pencil sharpeners in the classrooms at H.N.S.?
This afternoon we picked one up for Taylor at the local store. I thought those things were obsolete!
In our classroom, they were usually mounted on the side of the wall.
I always got out of my seat to sharpen my pencil…just to get out of my [...]
Posted in Father, Pool, Saturday Mornings, The Gooch, Timboos, tagged 5th avenue, 8 Ball, 9 Ball, 9th avenue, ABC, Billards, Breakfast, Cell phone, Coke, Deli, Diner, Fat Tom, Football, Ham, Hues Corporation, Marchiano Cherry, Members Only, Pool, Rock the Boat, Saturday Mornings, Scrambled Eggs, Televsion, The Cube Steak, Timboos on January 24, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Yeah when you call my name
I salivate like a pavlov dog
Yeah when you lay me out
My heart is bumpin’ louder than a big bass drum, alright
On Saturday mornings as a young kid, my poor excuse for a father would take me along with him to Timboo’s where he spent much of his time taking numbers [...]
Posted in FDNY, Holy Name, John Devaney on January 20, 2009 | 29 Comments »
20th Annual John P.Devaney Memorial Mass
This Year’s Mass will be the final Official Annual Memorial Mass that will be held at Holy Name Church.
Date: Saturday Feb. 7th, 2009
Time: 11:30AM
Place: Holy Name of Jesus, 240 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
A luncheon will immediately follow the mass and be held in the Church basement (Shepherd’s Hall). [...]
Posted in Holy Name, Martin Cottingham, Waffles, tagged Catholic School, Eggs, French Fries, French Toast, Katagiri Roshi, Log Cabin, Mrs. Butterworth, Neighbor, New York Times, Pancakes, Public School, Sausage, Waffle House, Waffles on January 18, 2009 | 56 Comments »
This blog entry is dedicated to my critics, yes I have a few, but I keep rolling. (And you know who you are) I appreciate all the feedback, at least I know someone other than my wife and kid read the blog.
Does anyone still use Log Cabin syrup?
This morning my wife cooked us up some [...]
Posted in Boiler, Holy Name, IHM, tagged Boots, Cold, Gloves, Hat, Scarf, School Merger, Winter Time on January 15, 2009 | 41 Comments »
It’s minus four this morning!
Damn it’s cold!
How come as kids we wouldn’t think twice about running out the door with the least amount of clothes as possible?
Gloves? Who needed gloves? You couldn’t dribble the ball in the schoolyard with gloves on. I would just lose mine anyways, my mother stopped buying them.
Scarf? You kidding, it’s [...]
Posted in Noreen Davis, The Circle, The Marx Brothers, Windsor Place, tagged Cranky, Friends, Fun, Hit by a Car, Job, Laughter, Mishap, Moody, Smile, The Marx Brothers on January 14, 2009 | 14 Comments »
It seems as of late everywhere I turn someone has a frown on their face or they appear to be in a bad mood.
I pick up a newspaper and someone is getting murdered.
The eleven o’clock news always starts off with something negative.
On the street, a driver gets right behind me, right on my ass wanting [...]
