"3" One Man. One Sport. One Nation

Barry Pepper stars as Dale...Saturday, December 11 at 9:00pm

Bingo ! Pats win 29-6

Wide receiver-turned-cornerback Troy Brown (80) can't contain his excitment after coming up with an interception in the fourth quarter.
(Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)

Pilatus Cam

Weather camera. View from the top of Mount Pilatus.

I can't believe I'm still here to see it snow again !!

What I'm reading...1984, Orwell

...or trying at least. Might be a tough one to get through.

In 1984, Winston Smith lives in London which is part of the country Oceania. The world is divided into three countries that include the entire globe: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania, and both of the others, is a totalitarian society led by Big Brother, which censors everyone’s behavior, even their thoughts.

So that's what happens when the lights go out in Georgia

59-Year-Old Set to Give Birth to Twins

The news was even more shocking considering Harris — the mother of five, grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of six — had her tubes tied 33 years ago after the birth of her youngest child.

Po Bronson - Writer

For Veterans...past and present.

Thank you.

God Bless America
by Irving Berlin

God bless America,
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above;
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.

NASCAR lifts ban on liquor sponsorship

Does this mean they'll be doing shots in the Winner's Circle ??

I can see it now..."I tell you what, this Jack Daniels and Coke Chevy team was juiced today and put me in a position to win..."

Pictures in Pictures

This will make your eyes cross...thankfully answers are provided if you can't find them.

Ecco Domani

The Merlot grape has been cultivated in Trentino, Italy since 1870 with exceptional results particularly on the hillside areas near Trento City and in the Vallagarina Valley

Daffy, Bugs, Wyle E, etc etc etc

In case you missed it, Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Two was just released. This would look wonderful sitting under the tree this Christmas (hint, hint) for the boys of course.

(Rated G, suitable for all ages: cartoon violence)

That'll leave a mark

Largest ever field of impact craters uncovered

Walk this way

It turns out that whether a stroll is taken uphill or down, the cardiovascular system benefits, a finding that researchers predicted yesterday could yield important clues in the nation's increasingly urgent quest to slow twin epidemics of heart disease and obesity. -Stephen Smith, Boston Globe

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.
        Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

10/5/04 - Looking out my window

A November gale blows the branch
And shakes the last leaves free.
It warns us not to fight the journey
And to embrace whatever will be.

Snow on Main Street

First snow in Millinocket...let's hope it doesn't head South any time soon !

2005 Stamps

Stamp a Muppet in 2005

http://www.unhooked.com/sep/writers.htm

"Yet the link between alcoholism and creativity remains unproven. Many of the most notable American writers managed to stay away from the bottle. The list includes Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Mary McCarthy, Upton Sinclair, Emily Dickinson, Henry Thoreau, Zane Gray, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Saul Bellow, William Golding, Robert Frost, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, James Michener, Lillian Hellman, Tom Wolfe and Flannery O'Connor."

Cornhole

I knew I should of started to market/brand this when I saw it being played in a Maine campground in 2001.

I guess folks in the midwest didn't watch Beavis and Butthead before choosing the name of the game.

"Cincinnati is the hotbed of a popular game played with a beanbag filled with corn"

A good book, I'm told...The Romance of Boston Bay

Signed...for a good deed.

Boston, 1944 . 1st. 319 pp. With laid in map of Boston Bay. Come with the author on a journey to the most romantic and historical sea coast in America, that of Boston Bay. In his usual entertaining style, Mr. Snow tells of the countless lighthouses, islands and forts of the area. Facts and unusual stories of the Boston Bay area fill this interesting account.

Frontline breaks down the candidates

On November 2nd, Americans will vote in the first wartime election since Vietnam. Like that earlier war, the war in Iraq has exposed deep divisions in how Americans see this country and its place in the world. It has also exposed major differences between the two candidates, George W. Bush and John F. Kerry.

1,000 Words 

3 Things

There are three things that you cannot take back:
the spoken word, the unkind thought, the misused hour - Anonymous

A pretty good reason for a Road Trip this summer

Hall of Fame receives bonanza of Red Sox artifacts.

Why Not Us ?? The Red Sox are World Series Champs !! Bye Bye Babe, Bucky and Boone!! 

WS thoughts

I really wish they had updated that Nike commercial last night after the Sox won it all.

What the heck was Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore doing on the field !!??

Does Manny really get to go to DisneyWorld ? Or is that just the NFL ?

Why do reporters have to ask about next year?

I can't believe they really did it. (And had fun doing it too...)

10/27/04 - "It was destination"

8:33 -- Here comes Foulke, who's been lights-out all month, prompting McCarver to gush, "It has been a post-season ... where ordinary Foulke ... has become extraordinary Foulke." Somewhere, Jim Nantz is nodding in approval.

Ahhh....youth. 

The Choice - The New Yorker Magazine

Apparently, the New Yorker has never previously endorsed a candidate in any American election...until now.

World's Oldest Man Cheering for Red Sox

Reminded that researchers regard him as the world's oldest man, he said, "I don't believe it. And I ain't going to die just to satisfy them."

World Series balls

I'm waiting until the final out...but this is a must have if they win it all !

Celebrate the Red Sox’s appearance in the 2004 World Series with this special TWO-BALL set including an official Rawlings 2004 World Series official game baseball.

Volunteers Hunt Produce to Feed Hungry

GOLDEN, Texas - Volunteers fanned across Texas farm fields to pick up sweet potatoes missed by mechanical harvesters, joining a national network to feed the poor with produce that might otherwise go to waste, from California oranges to Indiana beans and Florida squash.

http://www.photographytips.com/

 

Clearly, the slap was on pur - PURSE ! 

There's a football game this weekend too

"Heidi, hi," I said.
"Heidi low," she replied.

Subterranean Homesick Blues

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows...

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles

Bob Dylan -Copyright © 1965

The Fall of the House of Yankee

Poetic justice...

"What is left is a team of over-priced and under-performing fat cats. A team of poorly constructed all-or-nothing home run hitters who swing from the heels and think from the hip."

I could read these headlines all day long...actually, I have ! 

This is the year !!! 

1918 - 2004 Just Do It

I have to admit, I got a little misty when this came on after the Sox game last night.

I wonder what the Yankees version looked like ?

Bill Simmons - Red Sox Independence Day

This guy gets it...always has

"The top of the ninth yielded another insurance run of Gordon, who will be covered in blankets, duct-taped and thrown off one of Steinbrenner's yachts some time this winter. "

Imagery...Country style

She left the suds in the bucket, and the clothes hangin' out on the line.

Schilling's Gutty Comeback Sets Up a Game 7 for the Ages

"With the Knights trailing by two runs in the bottom of the ninth, Roy Hobbs, bleeding from a bullet wound, grimaces through pain as he steps into the batters box. We see a closeup of the blood on his uniform. Then we see close-ups of his teammates on the bases, Pop Fisher in the dugout, Iris Gaines praying in the stands, the relief pitcher Youngberry, the catcher and Hobbs. The crowd roar builds. Youngberry rears back and fires...

Hobbs swings and hits a long fly to right -- it's going, it's going, it's . . . a foul ball. The crowd slumps in disappointment. Dejected, Hobbs turns around and starts to trot back to home plate." - final scene of The Natural as reported on ESPN.com

You know what happens next.

SCHILLING'S PERFORMANCE WAS EVEN BETTER !!!!

Voteforsomething.com

Quick and easy way to see which way you should likely vote in November.

We ain't pretty...but we don't quit ! 

I wish I were like you...easily amused

Time, hooah...what is it good for ? Absolutely, whatever you decide to do with it

See how Americans spend their days....funny, hellish commutes aren't included.

Volcanocam

Mount St. Helens live

Ain't it pretty ?

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

"But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time."

Game 1 - (10-7 Yanks) could've been worse

Call me crazy, but the loss last night by Sox was not as bad as it seemed. I mean, our pitcher could barely walk and we almost won the game. And that was by far the best Yankee pitcher on the roster. In other words, that was our worst possible outing and their best possible outing and it still came down to the final few outs.

The game would have been even closer if you take away a few "Manny Plays" in left...

Hopefully, Pedro can get it going tonight. I think he needs to plunk someone in the first inning just to get his juices going !

Greg Gagne featured on Advisor Today

Anyone else want to be "famous" ?

http://www.affinityinvestmentgroup.com

Three wishes

Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to
change those things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.

NBC adds 5-second delay to NASCAR coverage

The moral of the story...if you win the race, don't say sh*t.

Seems kind of silly to me to expect that I guy that just risked his life for 3 hours driving 150 MPH won't be a little emotional after getting out the car. If they didn't jam a camera in their faces the second the safety net drops from the window, they wouldn't have this problem.

With all that's wrong with the world...and broadcast on TV, does a little slip like this even matter ?

Let's Go Red Sox !

I just have a good feeling about how these guys are playing. They seem
loose and having fun...of course winning helps that too. Let's take the
game tonight and let the Twins and Yanks beat themselves up for the next
week or so.

NY Times Circuits

One of these days, I'll get one of my clients in this section !!

Look at the Grass fly !! Thanks for the trim Phil. Hope you like your new toy. 

Buzzzzz....seen flying through my garden. 

Happy 90th Grampa !! As they say..."may the good Lord bless you..." 

Alan loves Birthday Cake !! 

The Business Side of Stern

Howard Stern will be moving his broadcasting antics over to Sirius Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) once his deal with Viacom (NYSE: VIA) is complete at the end of next year.

Jim Davis - Boston Globe sports photographer

Some great shots here...lots of other great photos too.

What I'm reading...The Art of Breaking Glass

I'd seen this on the bookshelf at work for 4 years before I remembered to pick it up and take it home. I was always intriqued by the title. It reminded me of the scene in The Wall where the guys smashes up his room and then puts all the broken pieces together into some strange pattern.

Just started it a few nights ago...pretty good so far.

DAY TRIPS; Kerouac's Trail Before He Hit the Road

Free registration required:

NIGHT descends on the crumbling storefronts and tenements, falling in the space between buildings and shedding gloom over the rooftops. Beside the whirring traffic, the volunteer tour guide, Paul Marion, stands on the corner, holding a copy of Jack Kerouac's novel ''Dr. Sax.'' In a soft voice, Mr. Marion reads: ''The other night I had a dream that I was sitting on the sidewalk on Moody Street, Pawtucketville, Lowell, Mass., with a pencil and paper in my hand saying to myself 'Describe the wrinkly tar of this sidewalk.' ''

As economy improves, job dissatisfaction is on the rise

A man, his car, 15 years and counting...

It's the journey, not the destination. You're almost there Den !

WebShots

Some great looking photos here for purchase. Buy a few frames and call them your own !

Harvest Moon

Full Harvest Moon tonight, one of my favorite nights of the year. It's
almost as bright as day at 10:00pm at night. Too bad its raining out right
now and probably will be cloudy all night !!

Got Oil ?

This is how they find it.

Sweat....Gatorade Sports Science Institute

Is it in you ?

Da dum....da dum...da dum, da dum, da dum

Great white shark patrols Cape Cod...

An apple a day

Here's a great place to pick them !!

Mr Rogers posse'

See if you can match the characters with people that you work with....I can't get over a Lady Elaine Fairchilde look alike, sound alike here at SCI. It's spooky.

While I'm on the "When I was a kid" rant...

Aerosmith's "Greatest Hits" album was released in 1980 !!

Dream On
Same Old Song And Dance
Sweet Emotion
Walk This Way
Last Child
Back In The Saddle
Draw The Line
Kings And Queens
Come Together
Remember (Walking In The Sand)

I'm sure the producers (and the band) had no idea that they'd still be
around (and relevant) almost 25 years later.

Can you put out an Anniversary Edition of a Greatest Hits album ?

20 years since Lake Minnetonka

Purple Rain just was released as a 20th Anniversary DVD

Seems like only yesterday I took my 25 cents, hopped on the T to Dedham
Cinemas and watched this on the matinee.

Don't go away mad, just...

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
-Oscar Wilde

Jimi page....not to be confused with Jimmy Page

Amazing Race !

The Amazing Race finished last night...at least it didn't come down to a cab ride this time. I just think that's silly when you travel around the world and then lose because your cabbie took a wrong turn. I just couldn't stop watching this one, it's really put together pretty well. I also like that there isn't a "lot" of product placement and other commercial crap like there is on Survivor now.

The only disappointment was the location of the ending. It looked like just some random field in the middle of Dallas. Couldn't they have picked a place a little more extravigent or exciting....I mean they have 2 Emmy awards now, time to shell out some cash for the big finish.

I would like to see the behind the scenes stuff or somehow capture what the film crew has to go through to try and get all this stuff on camera. I'd also like to have them keep track of the days that they are away so we can identify with how long they are out there. Can't wait until next season, though ! I think Michelle and I would do well on this show....

All about birds

Cheep, tweet, caw...

What I'm reading...Caravans by James Michener

This is a really good book. I can't believe that it was written almost 50 years ago and it surprised me to read about so many things in Afganistan that are still happening today. I've realized that the way things are done over there are not likely to change anytime soon...especially by U.S. "help". - TK

"In this romantic adventure of wild Afghanistan, master storyteller James Michener mixes the allure of the past with the dangers of today. After an impetuous American girl, Ellen Jasper, marries a young Afghan engineer, her parents hear no word from her. Although she wants freedom to do as she wishes, not even she is sure what that means. In the meantime, she is as good as lost in that wild land, perhaps forever...."An extraordinary novel....Brilliant."THE NEW YORK TIMES "

Stadiums of the NFL...past present and future

New from Maine - Spud booze

Mainers hope to turn potatoes into vodka
By David Sharp, Associated Press Writer September 20, 2004
FREEPORT, Maine -- A farmer looking to add value to his low-priced potato crop has launched a business partnership in hopes of turning humble Maine spuds into high-priced premium vodka.

Black and White subway photographer

This guy needs to get out more. Interesting pics though...

Ocktoberfest starts in Munich

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - International squads of beer drinkers, leather-clad Bavarians and devotees of excess young and old converged in Munich on Saturday for the start of the planet's biggest beer festival, the Oktoberfest.

Milinocket based artist

If you've been to our house, you've seen some of her work.

Congrats guys....where you gonna put that trophy ? 

Members Only

Grey day in Waltham.

Just rode down an elevator with a guy wearing a Members Only jacket....didn't think there were still members out there.

Vitamin B works for me

Vitamin B
During World War II, soldiers were shipped off to battle with vitamin packets along with their rations. Researchers argued that workers taking vitamin B seemed calmer and were less likely to go on strike.

You know, I think they're right. It's just not the same day without my multi vitamin...

Cree makes LEDs in North Carolina

This is one of my clients...they make tiny silicon based lights called LEDs. Kind of like the thing that lights up on the front of your remote control, but 1,000 times brighter.

Someday, they say, these little wonders will make the everday lightbulb obsolete....

Today, they are the things that make your cell phone light up, the flash on your camera phone and the video screens at the Patriots games.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Nice catch ! 

Are you ready for some football ??!!!

Go Pats !!

No ! Try it...

The Power of No
It's an unanticipated legacy of the affluent '90s: parents who can't, or won't, set limits. Now a growing number of psychologists are warning of the dangers of overindulgence and teaching how—and where—to draw the line

Happy Birthday Alan !!

IF SEPTEMBER 9 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: . . . you have recently begun a new project that is likely to pay off by the end of the year, but the cosmos should shower you with opportunities and allow you to take giant leaps forward in February and March, too. Expect to enter a more romantic phase next April, May and June when important people could enter your life. A fresh outlook will restore your youthful vitality, and you have a promise that the coming year will be free of worries.

Nothing Doing

Sept 2nd Red Sox vs Anaheim

What a great night we had a Sox game on Thursday night !!

D-Lowe had his stuff working, we had great seats and the weather was
fantastic for watching the game!! It's amazing how fast the money goes when
you get there, though. Five bucks for a hot dog, six bucks for a beer,
five bucks for WATER...after "spending" $300 on tickets (alright, we got
these ones for free, but still...) you'd think they give everyone a free
ball or something. Lowell Spinners (or Portland Sea Dogs) here we come !!

Wind for sale

Wind from hurricane for sale on eBay
By Rachel La Corte, Associated Press Writer September 7, 2004

MIAMI -- For anyone who didn't get enough of Hurricane Frances as it blew through Florida, remnants of the storm are for sale. More than 170 items were listed on eBay's Internet auction site Monday, a day after the eye of the Category 2 storm came ashore.

The starting bid for Tupperware filled with wind was a penny. Photos showed Broward County residents running around with the containers "catching" the wind. Surprisingly, someone had already bid $10 for one of the four containers.

Work

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt

SmarTraveller

Don't leave home without it. *1 on Verizon Wireless cell phone.

Gibbet Hill Grill

Mmmmm....angus !

Indians Rout Yankees 22-0 in Epic Defeat

It's a beautiful thing !! "It wasn't just a rout, it was an epic defeat, the most one-sided in the 101-year history of the New York Yankees."