I never said I was a good editor.
And, speaking of nuns, I won't come back until I have redeemed myself.
-JDE2
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Friday, October 24, 2008
Please forgive Mr. Enright
Editor that he is -- he made a nasty boo-boo in a recent post.
"Matt and I's friend"? What the hell grammar book did you read to come up with that, Sparky? How's about "Matt's friend and mine"? Even "Matt and my friend" would have been better.
And you claim you were taught by nuns. Pshaw!!! I'm rapping your knuckles next time I see you.
-- MJM
"Matt and I's friend"? What the hell grammar book did you read to come up with that, Sparky? How's about "Matt's friend and mine"? Even "Matt and my friend" would have been better.
And you claim you were taught by nuns. Pshaw!!! I'm rapping your knuckles next time I see you.
-- MJM
I did not know that
Fascinating stuff you pick up while having the History channel on for background noise as you do things: Portland, Ore.'s name was decided by a coin toss. The two guys who wanted to name it wanted to do so after their hometowns. Thus, Portland, Maine, beat Boston, Mass.
Speaking of Portland, here's a look at my friend Ben McLeod's 52 IPAs blog (mmmm. . . . beer). Ben, who just moved out to Portland this year, has set a goal of sampling and photographing 52 IPAs this year. Hey, you gotta strive for something. Wish I had his ambitions.
And if nothing else, this blogging has given Matt and I's friend Maureen an outlet for her opinions. Her blog can be found here.
-JDE2
Speaking of Portland, here's a look at my friend Ben McLeod's 52 IPAs blog (mmmm. . . . beer). Ben, who just moved out to Portland this year, has set a goal of sampling and photographing 52 IPAs this year. Hey, you gotta strive for something. Wish I had his ambitions.
And if nothing else, this blogging has given Matt and I's friend Maureen an outlet for her opinions. Her blog can be found here.
-JDE2
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Re: Buckner
Does Rep. Yarmuth not know that Bill Buckner threw out the first pitch at this year's Fenway opener, in one of the nicer (and far more overdue) moments in baseball this or any other year?
How about the fact that Buckner received a deserving, not to mention lengthy, standing O from the Fenway fans when he hustled his butt off to make the team out of spring training in 1990? Less than four freakin' years since the error, and a decade and a half before the 2004 title!
How about the fact that Game 6 was lost long before Mookie Wilson came to bat? Let's start with John McNamara yanking the best pitcher in baseball for a rookie pinch-hitter. McNamara says Roger Clemens asked out, but why did Clemens grab a bat and helmet and was in the on-deck circle when he was pulled? Not in the dugout. The ON-DECK CIRCLE!
How about the fact that Boston fans have buried any animosity toward him or others who committed famous gaffes (Mike Torrez in 1978. Bill Lee in 1975. The list goes on. 2004 atoned for a lot of sins)? And true Red Sox fans are embarassed that Buckner felt he had to move to Idaho or Montana or wherever to escape his notoriety.
How about the fact that Johnny Pesky, still considered the "goat" of the 1946 World Series for allegedly holding a relay throw for too long, is now a beloved elder statesman of the team (since long before the 2004 title) who got to hoist the 2004 championship banner at Fenway? And if Buckner were to come back as, say, a hitting coach, he would be welcome with open arms? Especially if he straightened out Varitek. . . .
The fact of the matter is, ESPN and FOX have gotten far more mileage out of the video of that error (quote Vin Scully with me now: "slow roller down to first . . . . behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight, and the Mets win it!") than the one of Keith Foulke tossing the ball to Doug Mientkiewicz at first for the 2004 title. And even though it's had an 18-year head start, the error will continue to be played more than the putout. Sad but true.
So let's get this straight: Boston does not hate Buckner. The national media thinks it does.
-JDE2
How about the fact that Buckner received a deserving, not to mention lengthy, standing O from the Fenway fans when he hustled his butt off to make the team out of spring training in 1990? Less than four freakin' years since the error, and a decade and a half before the 2004 title!
How about the fact that Game 6 was lost long before Mookie Wilson came to bat? Let's start with John McNamara yanking the best pitcher in baseball for a rookie pinch-hitter. McNamara says Roger Clemens asked out, but why did Clemens grab a bat and helmet and was in the on-deck circle when he was pulled? Not in the dugout. The ON-DECK CIRCLE!
How about the fact that Boston fans have buried any animosity toward him or others who committed famous gaffes (Mike Torrez in 1978. Bill Lee in 1975. The list goes on. 2004 atoned for a lot of sins)? And true Red Sox fans are embarassed that Buckner felt he had to move to Idaho or Montana or wherever to escape his notoriety.
How about the fact that Johnny Pesky, still considered the "goat" of the 1946 World Series for allegedly holding a relay throw for too long, is now a beloved elder statesman of the team (since long before the 2004 title) who got to hoist the 2004 championship banner at Fenway? And if Buckner were to come back as, say, a hitting coach, he would be welcome with open arms? Especially if he straightened out Varitek. . . .
The fact of the matter is, ESPN and FOX have gotten far more mileage out of the video of that error (quote Vin Scully with me now: "slow roller down to first . . . . behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight, and the Mets win it!") than the one of Keith Foulke tossing the ball to Doug Mientkiewicz at first for the 2004 title. And even though it's had an 18-year head start, the error will continue to be played more than the putout. Sad but true.
So let's get this straight: Boston does not hate Buckner. The national media thinks it does.
-JDE2
Remember "Candlepins for Cash"?
I sure do. I loved that show as a young kid back in the '70s. I can even still remember its mega-cheesy local TV theme song. I even used to set up plastic bowling pins in the hallway and play my own games of Candlepins for Cash, with me being both the contestants and the host, Bob Gamere.
Oh, where have you gone, Bob Gamere?
The Boston Globe tells us where today, and it's not pretty.
By Globe Staff
Robert Gamere, the former host of the local TV show "Candlepins for Cash," has been arrested on charges of transporting and possessing child pornography.
Gamere, 69, of Brookline, is charged in a three-count indictment with transporting child pornography videos on two separate dates last year and with possessing child pornography on his home computer, the US attorney's office said in a statement.
Federal agents who executed a search warrant at Gamere's residence also allegedly found printed-out images in a locked drawer in Gamere's bedroom.
Prosecutors said Gamere had sent multiple people emails with child pornography videos attached.
Documents unsealed in federal court today showed that the case began when an undercover agent received an email with a child pornography video attached. The agent was able to determine that the video file had been sent previously by someone with the screen name "GreatGamere." That screen name was subsequently traced to Robert Gamere, prosecutors said in a statement.
Gamere is to be arraigned this afternoon in US District Court. If convicted, he faces a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 years on the transportation counts, and a maximum of 10 years on the possession count.
Gamere, a veteran sportscaster who worked at a number of local TV and radio stations, told the Globe a year ago that he was "semi-retired," though he had been doing some announcing at Boston University track meets and was until recently calling horse races at the Brockton Fair.
Gamere said he still got stopped on the street by people who appeared on Candlepins, which ran from 1973 to 1980.
-- MJM
Oh, where have you gone, Bob Gamere?
The Boston Globe tells us where today, and it's not pretty.
By Globe Staff
Robert Gamere, the former host of the local TV show "Candlepins for Cash," has been arrested on charges of transporting and possessing child pornography.
Gamere, 69, of Brookline, is charged in a three-count indictment with transporting child pornography videos on two separate dates last year and with possessing child pornography on his home computer, the US attorney's office said in a statement.
Federal agents who executed a search warrant at Gamere's residence also allegedly found printed-out images in a locked drawer in Gamere's bedroom.
Prosecutors said Gamere had sent multiple people emails with child pornography videos attached.
Documents unsealed in federal court today showed that the case began when an undercover agent received an email with a child pornography video attached. The agent was able to determine that the video file had been sent previously by someone with the screen name "GreatGamere." That screen name was subsequently traced to Robert Gamere, prosecutors said in a statement.
Gamere is to be arraigned this afternoon in US District Court. If convicted, he faces a minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 years on the transportation counts, and a maximum of 10 years on the possession count.
Gamere, a veteran sportscaster who worked at a number of local TV and radio stations, told the Globe a year ago that he was "semi-retired," though he had been doing some announcing at Boston University track meets and was until recently calling horse races at the Brockton Fair.
Gamere said he still got stopped on the street by people who appeared on Candlepins, which ran from 1973 to 1980.
-- MJM
Leave Bill Buckner Alone!
It's been 22 years and two World Series championships, but poor Bill Buckner still can't catch a break.
The following is from a Bloomberg News Service story about former Fed charman Alan Greenspan's testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today. SEC chairman Christopher Cox former Treasury Secretary John Snow also tesified. (And, yes, don't be so surprised that the simpleton sports goons know who these three guys are. We have failing 401(k)s too, you know!!!")
"Addressing the trio that oversaw the U.S. financial markets as the housing bubble developed, Representative John Yarmuth, a Democrat from Kentucky, characterized them as "three Bill Buckners,'' referring to the Boston Red Sox first baseman whose fielding error some fans blame for the team's loss in the 1986 World Series."
Enough with the Bill Buckner already!!! Let the man live in peace!!!
-- MJM
The following is from a Bloomberg News Service story about former Fed charman Alan Greenspan's testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today. SEC chairman Christopher Cox former Treasury Secretary John Snow also tesified. (And, yes, don't be so surprised that the simpleton sports goons know who these three guys are. We have failing 401(k)s too, you know!!!")
"Addressing the trio that oversaw the U.S. financial markets as the housing bubble developed, Representative John Yarmuth, a Democrat from Kentucky, characterized them as "three Bill Buckners,'' referring to the Boston Red Sox first baseman whose fielding error some fans blame for the team's loss in the 1986 World Series."
Enough with the Bill Buckner already!!! Let the man live in peace!!!
-- MJM
Random B's thought
If this keeps up, the Bruins' slogan for the 2008-09 season will be, "Playing for the Point." I know it's early, but c'mon guys. . . .
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