DECEMBER 30,2011

                        Next year is a Leap Year.  We gain a day.  People born February 29th gain four years.  It's Sadie Hawkins' Day.  On that day in Appalachia. a woman can propose to a man.  Usually there is a dance where at last a woman can ask a man to dance if not marry.  So 2012 will be a long year.
                         We started New Year's early withao buffet dinner at Pumpernickels.  I had sauerbraten and potatoe dumplings in a dark gravy.  Bill had everything except dumplings from the Thursday night German buffet including sauerkraut,knockwurst,polish sausage,wiener schnitzel both pork and chicken, goulasch, red cabbage,spaetzle and German fried potatoes plus potato pancakes,apple sauce and sour cream.  So the New year's has begun.  It will be low key at home with lasagna and salad plus tira misu to ring in the New Year.
                             We have an extra day in 2012 to lose all the weight we gained in 2011.  hopefully we will go to Bithlo to the stock car races.  Then all my 2011 goals will be fulfilled.  If not we'll do it in 2012 on one of the extra days.  That's legal in a Leap Year.  So the Floridaze rolls on into the New Year.  

The Swamp Sleigh Ride

Midway Airboat Rides-St. John's River-Rte. 50 Christmas,Florida

NEW MOON

                              It came upon a midnight clear
                              That wonderous story of old

                                 It's dark with no moonlight just after the winter solstice.  So it was and more so without electricity 2011 years ago.  Wise Men follow the star.

MIAMI BOUND

                                 ANTHONY BOURDAIN TOLD HIS FAVORITE EATING ESTABLISHMENTS IN MIAMI A COUPLE OF MONDAYS AGO ON PBS"S LAYOVER SHOW.  Tony always stays at the Raleigh Hotel and gets a tattoo at MICHAELS GENUINE across from MAC'S CLUB DEUCE, A BAR FOR REAL DRINKERS NOT AMATEURS.  Bourdain will eat an ethnic variation on the traditional hot dog wherever he can in Miami including Colombian hot dogs.  He gets his Cuban sandwich at LAS OLAS and his fish at GARCIAS SEAFOOD. Downtown Bourdain goes to the S&S DINER.  A trip to Miami would not be complete without a visit to PUB BELLY.
                    Finally Bourdain's true New Yorker came out when he had bagels,cream cheese and lox at his RALEIGH HOTEL.   Miami is where all New York Jews go to die and fry.   It is  the sun and fun capital of the world as Jackie Gleason said every week on 1950's tv.  The lox was Bourdain's homage to the old Miami before all the other immigrants from Asia,Africa,South America and the Caribbean moved in.  Miami is a melting pot now.  Put on that sun tan lotion.
                          

GOOD NEWS

                                    TITUSVILLE WILL SOON HAVE A NEW MALL TO REPLACE THE MIRACLE CITY MALL  WHERE CROWDS SAT IN ITS PARKING LOT WATCHING  THE FIRST ROCKETS TO THE MOON BLAST OFF FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER  IN THE 1960'S.  A BOCA RATON COMPANY WILL HAVE A NEW MALL BUILT BY OCTOBER 2012.  NOW THAT'S GOOD NEWS.  THE OLD ONE HAD BECOME AN EYESORE.  AFTER THE 2004 HURRICANES THE ROOF LEAKED SO MUCH,THERE WERE TUBES HANGING FROM THE CEILING INTO GARBAGE CANS IN JC PENNEY DRAINING THE WATER LEAKS.  FINALLY THE MIRACLE CITY MALL WILL BE TORN DOWN AND A NEW ONE RESURRECTED ON ITS ASHES.  SO EXPECT MIRACLES EVEN IF IT DID TAKE 7 YEARS OF TAX DEPRECIATION WRITE OFFS FOR WHOMEVER OWNED THE MALL. 
                                      HOPEFULLY NEXT WILL BE THE SEARS MALL WHICH IS FULLY OCCUPIED BUT REALLY RUNDOWN.  SOME PAINT AND LANDSCAPING WOULD HELP IT A LOT.  A FEW OF THE PALM TREES PLANTED EVERY 5 FEET ON THE NEW PINEDA EXPRESSWAY EXTENSION WOULD HELP THIS MALL AND TITUSVILLE.  I GUESS WALMART,HOME DEPOT AND LOWES CAN'T AFFORD TO LANDSCAPE THEIR PROPERTIES EITHER.  BREVARD COUNTY NEEDS TO REMEMBER TITUSVILLE IS IN THE COUNTY AND COULD USE SOME LANDSCAPING JUST LIKE THEY DO TO VIERA.

MIRACLE CITY ROCKET-IF THEY CAN SEND MEN TO THE MOON, THEY CAN FIX THE TOWN NEXT TO THE LAUNCH PAD

                                   SO HANG ON TO YOUR CONFEDERATE DOLLARS,TITUSVILLE WILL RISE AGAIN.  ESPECIALLY IF SOME OF OUR COUNTY TAX MONEY WERE SPENT HERE.  ALSO STATE AND FEDERAL MONEY IS NEEDED.    WE HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE FIGHTING FOR US.  IT'S PRACTICALLY TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.

9TH HOUSE OF ADVENTURE

                                      FULL MOON TONIGHT.   IT'S CLOUDY.  I  DOUBT WE'LL SEE IT.  BUT MY MOON IS IN MY NINTH HOUSE OF ADVENTURE.  I CAN PLAN TO TRAVEL BUT I SHOULDN'T GO FAR NOW. 
                                       WE SAW A TUNA CHRISTMAS AT THE  TITUSVILLE PLAYHOUSE.  IT WAS HILARIOUS.  TWO ACTORS PLAYED 10 OR MORE RESIDENTS OF TUNA,TEXAS AT CHRISTMAS TIME.  THE ACTING WAS SUPERB.  EACH CHARACTER WAS DEFINED BY THE QUIRKS AND COSTUMES THE ACTORS USED TO PLAY THE DIFFERENT PARTS.   THEY PLAYED OLD, YOUNG, MALE AND FEMALE.   THEY WOULD SAY DING A LING DING A LING FOR THE PHONE TO RING.  IT ALWAYS BROUGHT A LAUGH.  

                                       AT THE END THE TWO MALE ACTORS ONE DRESSED AS AN OLDER WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND IS OUT GALIVANTING AND THE OTHER PORTRAYING THE DIVORCED TALK SHOW HOST ON THE LOCAL OKKK RADIO STATION DANCE TOGETHER TO  "HAVE YOURSELF A  MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS."  SHE'S A BAPTIST WHO DOESN'T DANCE OR DRINK.  BUT FOR THAT NIGHT, THEY BOTH DECIDE TO ACT LIKE METHODISTS AND LIVE IT UP A LITTLE.  TUNA,TEXAS IS A STUDY IN THE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES IN THE USA.    CHRISTMAS IS NOT THE PICTURE PERFECT CELEBRATION OF OLD MOVIES BUT A COLLECTION OF MISFITS INCLUDING SONS ON PROBATION DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE AT THE LOCAL THEATER, GAY THEATER DIRECTORS,PROMISCUOUS DAUGHTERS, STRAYING EX-CON HUSBANDS, MIDGETS, FEMALE GUN SHOP OWNERS WHO LOOK AND SOUND LIKE A MAN AND FUSSY NEIGHBORS WHO WIN THE HOUSE DECORATING CONTEST EVERY YEAR.  A PHANTOM IS TRYING TO SABOTAGE THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.  THE LOCAL UFO SIGHTER TAKES OFF IN A FLYING SAUCER.  ONE OF THE TWO MALE ACTORS LOOKED GREAT IN HEELS AND A MINI SKIRT.  PATRICK SULLIVAN PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR TITUSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO LSU.  HE'S BEEN IN SEVERAL MUSICALS ON BROADWAY.  HE'S AN EXCELLENT ACTOR TOO.  STEPHEN HEARON THE OTHER ACTOR IS THE HEAD OF THE TITUSVILLE PLAYHOUSE IN ADDITION TO BEING A CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR A LARGE CRUISE LINE IN PORT CANAVERAL.  HIS COMEDIC ACTING AND  COSTUMES INCLUDING BOUNCING BREASTS WERE BEYOND FUNNY. 
                          SO HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
                           MAKE THE SEASON BRIGHT
                                    GOD BLESS EVERYONE AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

WARM

PLAYALINDA BEACH-CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE

                        WARM WOULD BE FINE IF I COULD GO TO THE BEACH.  IT'S TOO FAR FOR ME TO VENTURE ALONE SINCE I'VE BEEN GETTING THE VAPORS WHEN I DRIVE.  I MOVED HERE SO I COULD GO DAILY TO THE 25 MILES OF  UNSPOILED BEACH IN THE CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE.  I DID THAT FOR A YEAR OR TWO UNTIL I DEVELOPED THE VAPORS ONCE ON THE WAY BACK.  I HAD TO STOP AT THE 7-ELEVEN FOR COLD SODA AND FOOD.  I ATE IT AT THE CEMETERY ON GARDEN STREET UNDER A TREE.  I RECOVERED AND MADE IT  HOME.  ANOTHER TIME I HAD TO CALL MY HUSBAND BECAUSE I WAS TOTALLY DIZZY AFTER A DRIVE IN THE HEAT.  HE BEGRUDGINGLY CAME AND GOT ME.  I'VE BEEN TO A ZILLION DOCTORS BUT STILL HAVE THESE SPELLS EVEN AFTER A HYPOGLYCEMIA DIAGNOSIS.  I'LL GO FOR MORE BLOOD TESTS SOON.
                          IT'S 17 MILES  ROUND TRIP TO THE BEACH.  YOU HAVE TO DRIVE 6 MILES THROUGH THE WILDLIFE PRESERVE BEFORE YOU GET TO THE SEASHORE.  YOU CROSS TWO ISLANDS BEFORE YOU REACH THE BARRIER ISLAND BEACH.   I HAVE TO PUT THE TOP DOWN ON MY MIATA BECAUSSE THE AC DOESN'T WORK.  EVEN WITH THE TOP DOWN I CAN BARELY DRIVE OVER THE NEW BRIDGE.  SOMETIMES I TAKE THE LONG WAY VIA US 1 BUT I CAN BARELY DO THAT WITHOUT BLACKING OUT. 

THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER LAUNCH PAD AS SEEN FROM CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE

                        SO THAT'S THE SAGA.
                              
                          

THE BABY WILL FALL

                                       A TINY SQUIRREL WAS LYING ON HIS BACK ON OUR PATIO TODAY.  I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD.  I TOLD MY HUSBAND.  HE WOULDN'T COME AND LOOK.  HE WAS WATCHING A GOLF TOURNAMENT.  I COULD SEE THAT THE BABY SQUIRREL'S HEART WAS BEATING.  I COULD HEAR WHIMPERING OR MOANING.  SUDDENLY THE BABY SQUIRREL WHO WAS NO BIGGER THAN YOUR HAND,TURNED OVER ON HIS STOMACH.  SOON HE WAS LIFTING HIS HEAD AND STRETCHING HIS FRONT PAWS.  ONE HUNDRED FEET ABOVE HIM STRETCHED A GIGANTIC OAK TREE THAT IS HIGHER THAN OUR TWO STORY TOWNHOUSE ON THE GOLF COURSE'S SIXTH GREEN.  ON ONE OF THE LOWER BRANCHES, THE SQUIRREL'S MOTHER WHIMPERED AND MOANED.  QUICKLY SHE RAN DOWN THE TREE TRUNK PICKED THE BABY SQUIRREL UP IN HER TEETH BY THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND RAN BACK UP THE TREE WITH HIM.    I HEARD HER COOING AND MOANING OVER HIM.  HOPEFULLY THE BABY WILL LIVE AND GROW TO HOP AND SWING AND SCURRY AMONG THE BRANCHES OF THE GIANT OAK.  IT'S A BUMPER CROP OF ACORNS THIS YEAR,SO THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF FOOD THE SQUIRREL FAMILY LIVING IN THE HIGH RISE ABOVE THIS CENTRAL FLORIDA GOLF COURSE.
                               I TOLD MY GOLF WATCHING HUSBAND ALL ABOUT THE SQUIRREL'S RESCUE.  HE NEVER STOPPED WATCHING TIGER PUTT AT A GOLF COURSE IN A THOUSAND OAKS,CALIFORNIA.  WILD WORLD OF SPORTS IS HIS THING NOT WILD KINGDOM.  I'M GLAD THE BABY LIVED.  HIS HEART WAS BEATING SO HARD.  AT MY OTHER HOUSE I'M PAYING ANOTHER $250 TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONCERNED COMPANY REMOVE SQUIRRELS WHO HAVE INVADED THE ATTIC AND WALLS OF THE HOUSE THAT I'M RENTING OUT.  IT'S THE SECOND TIME THE HUMANE EXTERMINATOR HAS REMOVED SQUIRRELS FROM MY HOUSE AND SEALED UP THEIR ENTRANCE HOLE.  TWO SQUIRRELS HAVE LIVED OVER THERE FOR YEARS.  IT'S  ONLY THIS YEAR THAT THEY STARTED CHEWING INTO THE HOUSE.  TERMITES HAVE DECIDED TO START CHOMPING ON THE WOOD PANELS ON THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.  I RENTED THIS POOL HOME TO A SINGLE MAN.  NOW HIS SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW AND THREE CHILDREN UNDER AGE 5 ARE LIVING THERE.  IT MAKES ME NERVOUS BECAUSE OF THE POOL.  THEY HAVE A BARRICADE SEPARATING THE POOL FROM THE HOUSE BUT IT IS LOW.

TOWNHOUSE,6TH GREEN,AND LARGE OAK TREE

SIXTH GREEN BEHIND MY TOWNHOUSE

                              IT'S THE YEAR OF THE SQUIRREL FOR ME.  AS YOU CAN SEE MY HUSBAND JUST SITS IN HIS LAZY BOY AND WATCHES TV.  I HAVE TO DO IT ALL.  OH NUTS!  LUCKILY THE RENTAL AGENT AT $250 A SHOT IS BATTLING THE SQUIRREL INVASION AT MY RENTAL PROPERTY,

ROCKETS RED GLARE FROM TITUSVILLE AND OUR SPACE PROGRAM IS STILL THERE

MARS OR BUST

A REAL BLAST

THE SPACE PROGRAM STILL EXISTS.  WE'RE HEADING TO MARS WITH A  VW SIZED ROVER  THAT COST $2 BILLION.  IT WILL SAMPLE THE SURFACE OF MARS AND DETERMINE IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF LIVING THINGS PAST OR PRESENT.  THE VW "CURIOSITY" WILL REACH MARS NEXT AUGUST 2012.  THE ATLAS ROCKET BLASTED OFF FROMCAMAVERAL AIR STATION ACROSS FROM TITUSVILLE,FLORIDA AT 10:02 AM ON NOVEMBER 26,2011 RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.

BEACHED

                        THE BITCH BEACHED FOR AN HOUR OR TWO ALONG THE ATLANTIC.  IT WAS GLORIOUS AT AN HOUR BEFORE SUNSET.  IT'S HOT AT HOME YOU NEED AC ONE WEEK FROM THANKSGIVING IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.  THE OCEAN IS COOL BUT STILL YOU CAN SWIM.  THE WAVES WERE ROLLING PERFECTLY-NOT TOO FAST AND NOT TOO SLOW. THE SEA OATS ON THE LOW DUNES GAVE AN ETHEREAL SOFT QUALITY TO THE SCENE.  THE SAND WAS VERY SOLID LIKE DAYTONA BEACH AND PERFECT FOR WALKING OR DRIVING IN A CORVETTE WITH JACK NICHOLSON  LIKE SHIRLEY MCLANE IN TERMS OF ENDEARMENT.   AS WE DROVE BACK ACROSS THE MOSQUITO LAGOON, THE SUN WAS EATEN UP GRADUALLY BY A CLOUD.

Arising At 10 AM On A Sunday Morning Like In The Old Days

SUNRISE OVER THE 4TH HOLE IN TITUSVILLE,FL.  I MISSED IT BY 4 HOURS TODAY

                     It's noon.  I'm still not awake after arising at 10 on a Sunday morning.  I haven't done this in years.  What precipitated this I don't really know.  Maybe it was an enjoyable trek around the Brevard Zoo in Viera on a beautiful day or food poisoning at Moe's Southwestern Grill in Viera or watching vulgar demeaning especially to women teenage boy movies on tv on a Saturday night or avoiding the other choice which was Penn State wearing blue at the football game in respect for the victims raped as young boys in the state college locker room by the former defensive coordinator who they still let in the locker room after he retired in spite of numerous complaints to the university authorities or that it was a cool night and I could close the windows so I never heard any golf  course lawnmowers at sunrise or leaf blowers.   OR MAYBE IT WAS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I WOULD WRITE THE LONGEST MOST RAMBLING RUN ON SENTENCE IN THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE WHEN I WOKE UP.  It makes James Joyce's ULLYSES seem easily  intelligible.

                      So that's all folks.  I'm still waking up and it's approaching 1p.m..

DARK SKINNED MAN WITH GOLD TEETH AND A MOHAWK HAIRCUT

PARADISE LOST

                                        A MAN IN DAYTONA FOUND A STRAY PIT BULL.  HE BROUGHT IT TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER.  ON WEEKENDS ,THERE ARE SELF SERVICE CAGES FOR STRAYS.  AS THE MAN WAS FILLING IN THE INFORMATION.A DARK SKINNED MAN WITH GOLD TEETH AND A MOHAWK HAIRCUT IS SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OPENING THE CAGE AND PUTTING THE PIT BULL'S HEAD INTO A BURLAP BAG.  NEXT THEY PUT THE PIT BULL IN THEIR CHEVY MALIBU AND DRIVE AWAY.  ALL WHILE THE GOOD SAMARITAN WATCHES IN SHOCK AFRAID TO CONFRONT THE DANGEROUS LOOKING MAN.  HE DID LEAVE A NOTE FOR THE SHELTER THAT SOMEONE HAD STOLEN THE DOG HE WAS TRYING TO PUT IN THE CAGE.  THE DOG WOULD PROBABLY BE USED FOR BAIT IN A DOG FIGHTING RING.  BAIT IS DESIGNED TO GET THE DOG TO START FIGHTING.  THE BAIT DOG IS REMOVED AND THE COMPETITIVE DOG IS PUT IN THE RING.  PLACE YOUR BETS,GENTLEMEN. 
                   A MAN IN PALM BAY WAS CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA STEALING AN I-PHONE FROM THE COOK'S FIVE YEAR OLD SON IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT.  THE THIEF WAS A CUSTOMER.  FORTUNE COOKIES AREN'T ENOUGH NOW A DAYS TO KEEP A CUSTOMER HAPPY IN PALM BAY,FLORIDA. THE THIEF WAS CAUGHT A FEW DAYS LATER BUT THE PHONE HAD BEEN SOLD OR HOCKED.  THE COOK WANTED IT BACK BECAUSE OF ALL THE PICTURES IT CONTAINED.
                     IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF CHARLES DICKENS' OLIVER BUT IT'S FLORIDA IN 2011.  AMAZING!

LIFE'S A BEACH

THAT'S WHERE I WENT FOR MY 67TH BDAY.  IT WAS GRAY,WARM,PEACEFUL,EMPTY AND VAST GOING THE LENGTH OF FLORIDA.  YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE ATLANTIC TODAY.  IT WAS ROLLING IN WITH A CONSTANT ROAR.  THE LACK OF SUN MADE IT BEARABLE.   YOU CAN;T WATUSI WITH A SUN BURN ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.  WE  FOUND A PORT CANAVERAL RESTAURANT THAT SERVES CRABS.    DO YOU SERVE CRABS?  WE ASKED.  THE HOSTESS SAID:  WE SERVE ANYONE AND SEATED US BY A WINDOW.  WE ORDERED UP SOME CRAB CAKES AND OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER EVEN THOUGH I'M A DEMOCRAT.  THEY SERVE SWEET HUSH PUPPIES WITH SWEET CINNAMON BUTTER.  SO WE DIDN'T NEED DESSERT.
                        SO
                           IT
                               WAS
                                   A
                                       HAPPY
                                          BIRTHDAY
                                             FOR
                                                 SHORE1

LOST

I'M READY TO EXPLODE

THIS IS A FED UP YANKEE FAN AFTER THEY LOST IN THE PLAYOFFS AND MISSED THE WORLD SERIES.  HE'S READY TO EXPLODE.  SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE.  TORRE THAT IS.

NOW IT'S THE HOMERDOME-  THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU.  BUT WATCH OUT THE CARDINALS' PITCHING COACH,MARK MCGWIRE HAS BEEN PUTTING A LITTLE SOMETHING INTO HIS SLUGGERS' GATORADE.    

POSADA GETS HITS BUT NOT A-ROD=YANKEES LOSE 5 GAME PLAYOFF TO TIGERS

CONFIDENT FANS IN THE BRONX BEFORE THE TIGER GAME

                                 THE BASES WERE LOADED A ZILLION TIMES FOR THE YANKEES.  PITCHERS WERE CHANGED BY JOE GIRARDI A ZIILION TIMES.  NOVA GAVE UP BACK TO BACK HOMERUNS IN THE FIRST.  AROD COULDN'T EVEN BAT IN A SACRIFICE RUN.  HE STRUCK OUT TO VALVERDE IN THE 9TH ENDING THE YANKEES HOPES FOR A LONGER POST SEASON.  NO WORLD SERIES FOR THE YANKEES.  THEY COULDN'T HOLD THOSE TIGERS. 
                                 WE'VE SEEN THE ENEMY AND ITS US.  THEY BENCHED POSADA EARLY IN 2011.  THERE WAS TALK THAT HE WOULDN'T BE IN THE PLAYOFFS.  HE WAS.  HE HIT.  AROD AND THE OTHER BIG BOYS DIDN'T.  NO ONE BENCHED THEM OR PUT THEM IN ANOTHER PLACE IN THE BATTING ORDER.  IT WAS A MISMANAGED GAME SCRIPTED BY MLB SO THAT THE YANKEES WOULD LOSE.  SOME OTHER MARKET NEEDS A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME MONEY AND KEEP THEIR FANS. 

WHERE ARE YOU JOE DIMAGGIO?

                              WE BAILED OUT THE CAR INDUSTRY IN DETROIT AND LAST NIGHT WE HAD TO BAILOUT THEIR BASEBALL TEAM.  IT WAS ANOTHER STIMULUS PACKAGE THIS TIME FROM WEALTHY AROD AND TEXIERA.  PATHETIC.

TAKING UP THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN

                         HE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO FIGHT THE VIET CONG AT AGE 18 FOR HIS COUNTRY.  HE HAD TO TELL HIS MEN TO GIVE COVER SO THAT THE US SOLDIERS WOULDN'T BE KILLED.  ONE FELLOW COWERED IN A CORNER FRIGHTENED.  HE TOLD HIM TO FIGHT YOU BABY.  THEY'RE GONNA DIE.
                         HE'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO WALK THE STREETS OF HIS COUNTRY WITHOUT GLARING EYES ON HIM.  HE'S THIS.  HE'S THAT.  I PREFER NOT TO RENT TO THEM.  THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.  HE TOLD THEM:  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU DIE.
                        I HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE HERE,BE PRESIDENT OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU REDNECKS THINK BELONGS ONLY FOR YOU.  I WAS 18 AND DODGED BULLETS IN VIET NAM FOR Y OUR FREEDOM.    I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU DIE.
                          YOU ARE NOT BETTER THAN ME.  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  WHOSE THE COWARD HERE?  YOU WHO HIDES BEHIND YOUR WHITE SUPERIORITY BELITTLING ME?   OR ME -THE MAN WHO DIDN'T LET YOU DIE.
                           I FOUGHT FOR YOU AND ME.  I FOUGHT.  WHAT HAVE YOU DONE COWARD BESIDES SPEW PREJUDICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW?  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  HOW ABOUT A LITTLE RESPECT?  THANKS? HONOR? 
                           WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF ME?  I FOUGHT FOR YOU.  I WASN'T AFRAID.  I DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.  MY BLOOD IS RED JUST LIKE YOURS.  I DIDN'T SAY THEY'RE NO GOOD .  I WON'T HELP THEM.  HOW DO YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO SPOUT THAT RACIST DRIVEL?  BOY?

HOME OF THE BRAVE-OTHERS NEED NOT APPLY

                                 THE ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE WIND

PAWTUCKET VS. SCRANTON

                      PAWTUCKET WON AT YANKEE STADIUM IN THE LAST YANKEE - RED SOX GAME OF THE 2011 SEASON.  IT TOOK 14 INNINGS AND EVERY PLAYER CALLED UP RECENTLY ON EITHER TEAM GOT TO PLAY.  FINALLY ELLSBURY, A FORMER CAPE COD LEAGUE PLAYER IN FALMOUTH,MA SCORED AND THE TIE WAS BROKEN AND THE GAME WAS OVER.  IT WAS OVER AND SO LONG AND DISTRESSING THAT THE FAT LADY DIDN'T WAIT TO SING "SWEET CAROLINE."  THEN THE BOYS OF SUMMER HAD TO HEAD FOR TAMPA AND BALTIMORE.  IT WAS EXCRUTIATING AND ONLY A TEAM WITH A NEAL (BOY AM I DEPRESSED AND DEPRESSING) DIAMOND THEME SONG COULD PERPETUATE SUCH AGONY.  IT WAS LIKE WAITING FOR WET PAINT TO DRY.

                   FINALLY SCRANTON THREW IN THE TOWEL AND ALLOWED PAWTUCKET OT GET A  RUN.  I GUESS THE AIRPORTS WERE CLOSING OR FOG WAS SETTING IN OR SOMETHING.  SO IF THE YANKEES BEAT THE DEVIL RAYS,IT WILL HELP THEIR ARCH ENEMY GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS OR IF THE RED SOX CAN BEAT BALTIMORE OR SOME OTHER SCENARIO COOKED UP FOR THE CABLE TV MONEY AND ADVERTISING DOLLARS TO KEEP ON FLOWING UNTIL THEYE SQUEEZE EVERY PENNY OUT OF THEIR INVESTMENT.  SO IT'S ONE MORE GAME OR TWO OF MONEY BALL BEFORE THE FAT LADY SINGS " SWEET CAROLINE" OR FRANKY SINGS "NY,NY."

WHERE ARE YOU TED WILLIAMS?  MAYBE IT'S TIME TO DEFROST HIM AND CLONE HIM  8 OR 9 TIMES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WATCH TRIPLE A BASEBALL AT THE END OF THE SEASON

                           THESE LITTLE TOWN BLUES ARE GETTING ME DOWN.   ROGER MARIS AND MICKEY MANTLE MUST BE TURNING OVER IN THEIR GRAVES.  THE BIG LEAGUES HAVE SO MANY TEAMS AND GAMES THAT IT'S TURNED INTO LITTLE LEAGUE AT THE END OF THE SEASON. 

PUT JESUS IN

THE NEW YANKEE STADIUM-THE HOUSE THAT JESUS BUILT

                      THAT'S WHAT THE YANKEES DID ON ONE OF THE FIRST FULL DAYS OF FALL VERSUS THE RED SOX AT YANKEE STADIUM.  JESUS MONTERO ALMOST WENT FOR THE CYCLE.  HE DIDN 'T GET A TRIPLE.  JESUS AND THE BOYS(DISCIPLES) GOT EIGHT RUNS IN THE SECOND OFF LESTER.  THE RED SOX DROPPED THE BALL A FEW TIMES IN THAT INNING.  THE GAME MOVED ALONG QUICKLY EVEN THOUGH BOTH TEAMS TRIED OUT EVERY BENCH PLAYER THEY HAD.  THE RED SOX USED A YALE GRADUATE TO HIT IN THE NINTH WITH A PLAYOFF BERTH ON THE LINE.  A JESUS HE WAS NOT AND COULDN'T GET A RUN.  SO THE YANKKES BEAT THE SOX AT THE STADIUM A WEEK BEFORE THE SEASON ENDS.  THE YANKEES ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS GUARANTEED ALREADY.          
                      SO FOX AND THE MAFIA CONTROLLERS OF CABLE TV MOVED THE GAME ALONG QUICKLY SO IT WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH FOOTBALL OR CAR RACING OR BOXING OR SOME OTHER FOX RED NECK FAVORITE.  BUT JESUS AND THE 8 BASEBALL PLAYING DISCIPLES WON.  WWJJD?  NEXT TIME PUT MARY IN-MAGDALENE THAT IS.  SHE WAS A SWITCH HITTER.

SUNNY AND COOL

                                 I SLEPT UNTIL 10.  YES THAT'S HOW RETIREMENT IS.  AH THE TRUTH IS OUT.  I WENT TO THE BANK AND THE LIBRARY AND DID A LITTLE SHOPPING IN A TOWN WITH A PAUL REVERE BELL IN ITS CHURCH TOWER.  THE TRIP HOME WAS WITH THE TOP DOWN AS I DROVE ALONG THE COAST.  THEN I BIKED AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. FALL BEGINS NEXT WEEK.

ELEVEN

FALMOUTH REMEMBERS TEN YEARS LATER-SEPTEMBER 11TH

NYPD BLUE

                                  NEW YORK IS A MASSIVE BELCHING PLACE.  IT EXPLAINS AMERICA TO THE WORLD.  NEW YORKERS ARE CONSTANTLY REINVENTING THEMSELVES AND THEN SPREADING OUT TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

GROUND ZERO-THE HOME OF THE HERO

                               AMERICA NEEDS NY.  NY REPRESENTS THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE.  THERE IS A PLACE IN THE USA WHERE WE CAN REACH OUR FULL POTENTIAL.  THAT PLACE IS NEW YORK. 

SEPTEMBER 11,2011



9/11
2011
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
A DAY THAT WILL LEAVE IN INFAMY
REMEMBER 9/11/2001

HALLOWED STEEL GIRDERS FASHIONED INTO A CROSS-GROUND ZERO-NYC

GROUND ZERO-NYC

MIDTOWN FD-NYC

TIMES SQUARE-NYC

3000+ US FLAGS-KENYONS MARKET EAST FALMOUTH,MA