Straight from the "You cannot make this $hit up Department

Any Damn fool that happens to be walking and or running down the road can be "attacked" or chased by a dog,,,, but it takes a "special" kind of person to be chased by a Deer !!!

I am just past the firehouse on Townsend Blvd,,, headed out for my midday 7 miler - Out and back,, what everyone at the REC calls "doin the DEADEND". I look to the left and here is this smallish deer ,, a Buck - spike horn, cept he has one broken spike,,,, standing in the Driveway of a house. I pay no mind,,, then I look up ahead and here he has not moved away, but come up to the guardrail,,, I swing out into the road and across the street,,,, I pass him,,,, I hear a clunk,,, and turn-around,,, the clunk must have been his hoof hitting the Rail as he jumped over it and is right behind me about 25 feet!! Ok, WHAT is Going ON ??? I stop,,, HE Stops.... I walk ,,, HE walks ,, but now he's getting closer to me. I start to run,,, HE STARTS TO RUN . I Stop,,, HE STOPS,,, I walk Backwards,,, HE FOLLOWS ME,,, now so close I could touch his head !! WTF !!! A car comes and her runs into the woods,,,, The guy stops,, "have you ever seen that before??" No the guy says,,, and "the Car chased him off" ,,, I say ,,, I don't think so,, as I look past the Car HERE HE IS , lookin at me from behind a bush,,,, the car leaves ,,, he runs off again,,, then returns,,,, I jog along,,, lookin back ,,, HE FOLLOWS me for another 50 yards , then loses interest,,,,

I tell this story to my Technician (he a big hunter guy),,, "Have you ever heard of that, a deer following someone like that ? " ,, no he says but some one else told him about that same story two weeks ago,,, and sure enough,,, I check that out and it seems Bambi's cousin has been doin this - following runners near there - for about a month!! Nice,,, so now I have a Story, when it comes to the CAN YOU TOP THIS game,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Halloween Postings,,,

Greeting Fellow readers of this BLOG,, I like tp pretend that someone else is looking at this crap otherwise its kinda like talkin to my self,,,, What the Point !>!>!

I thought that I would throw these up a few days early for YOU (ahhhh me) to enjoy,,, and YUP I got a ROCK !!! Thanks to Kimberly for finding this one !!



and of course ,,,,,,,,,, the worst thing about Halloween is,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a word about Hairy Gorillas..................

With what must have been 3 plus inches of Rain Saturday night,,, the Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon day of Sunday broke out a bit foggy on the drive up,,,and a little slow as I found my way to the John Boyd Thacher State park,,a little South and West of Albany,,,http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=125


Greeted in the parking lot by Screams, and yelling Halloween like sounds coming from huge speakers up near the Start line,,, was just the beginning,,, Many folks in costumes,,, the Hairy Gorilla him/her self,, a few Tin men,, a Scarecrow or two,,, and Geico lizards,, a Pirate , AKA Jack Sparrow,,, ,,, the Race announcement were short and sweet,,, "The Course is a mess,,, Wet and Muddy,,, don't even try to stay Dry !" He was not kidding,,, a half mile in we are "running" through water up to mid calf,, and it just got better from there, Crossing a stream - at least that washed off the mud - plodding thru hundreds of yards of 6 inch deep mud,,, running ?? not possible,,, just had to walk,,, same with many of the Up hill, and down hills,,, way too slippery to even Jog,,, had to more or less slide down,The folks there said that this was by a 100 factor - the worst that the course has ever been,,, Well - we finished in about 2 and 1/2 hours, collected out Little stuffed Hairy Gorilla "medals" ,, and were a MUD MESS !! Washed off our legs in a clean puddle near the Parking lot,, donned some dry clothes - Gee the Warm dry socks actually felt weird.. We were able to secure the last two pieces of lasagna, along with some Taco Salad,,,, The State park is beautiful , and the race was unique to say the least, and very well organized by the Albany Running exchange. Certainly an event to add to the running calendar for next year,,,,


Other runners crossing the creek,,,if you look real close in the background you can see us (Annette and me) ,,,



What a Beautiful State park !!

Frantic Friday !!

Greetings,,,, Here are TWO Friday videos for ya....

I picked up the DVD/CD "Trinity Sessions Revisited". This was a redux of the Junkies CD "Trinity Sessions" that was recorded in Trinity Church in Toronto, the Revisited DVD has Natalie, Vic Chestnut, and Brian Adams,, check it out ..

I now have a new Love of Both Natalie, and Margo....

Then the 10,000 Maniacs , with Rhinecliff resident Natalie Merchant. (is anyone prettier than her??) and Michael Stipe, I MUST get me one of those HATS !!!



TO SIR WITH LOVE..................

Mr. Mantle

Happy Birthday to Mickey Mantle - he would have been 77 years old today,,,, Seems like an appropriate Birthday for number "7"..... I certainly remember - as a child - going to the stadium with my family,, my Aunt Kathy would get tickets , she worked for a rich guy in Westchester,, and he could get seats,,,, anyway,,, It was nearing the end of the Mick's career,,, so you would always wonder of he would be in the line up.... and if your seat was behind one of those old steel girders that held up the roof ............. Those were simpler days that I remember fondly, but can never go back to,.,,

2008's Road race results and Schedule

Date Race Distance Time Overall place Age Place
01/11/09 Disney World Marathon 26.2 Miles
11/27/08 Turkey Trot 25K / 15.5 Miles
10/26/08 Hairy Gorilla 1/2 13.1 Miles 2:39.. Course was underwater !
10/19/08 Billy Goat 5K 25:16 51 of 123 7 of 15
10/05/08 Putnam County 1/2 13.1 Miles 01:49:27 21 of 44 6 of 11
09/10/08 Fishkool 5k 5k 23:28 31 of 151
09/01/08 Mad Dash 10k 47:55 97 of 232 19 of 46
06/21/08 Summer Solstice 15k 01:15:00 97 of 196
05/26/08 Woodstock Memorial day 15k 1:19:45 61 of 135
04/20/08 Kingston Classic 10k 51:55 216 of 463 35 of 73

A little Broadway,,,

From Les Miserables..................it's Master of the House..... I love the line ,,,,,,,,,,, "Charge you for the Lice, extra for the Mice,,, two percent for looking in the Mirror twice" !!

This is Alun Armstrong as Thénardier....

A Thursday of Disney .................

You ain't NEVER had a Friend like me...............................




And of Course ,,,,,,,,,, the Circle of life,,,, If you have not see the Lion King show at the Animal Kingdom,,,, you SHOULD !!!

Great Show !!!

Greeting to ALL you readers . yea right,,,,, well just in case there is someone,,,,,,,,,,,

The Fund Raiser for John Hall for Congress campaign
at the Bardavon was great !!




http://www.johnhallforcongress.com/

John Sebastian opened,,,with about a 1/2 hour set - 6 song set ,,, topped off with John Hall joining him on electric guitar for that very old - 1966 - Lovin Spoonful song (written by John Sebastian) "Did you ever have to make up your mind".......

Nanci Griffith was next ,,,, she played for nearly an hour,,,,and featured "Trouble in the Fields", "It's a Hard Life wherever you go" "Love at the Five and Dime", and "From a Distance" a song made more famous by Bette Midler than Nanci. She had only an accompanying Guitar/Background vocal guy....

After a short - huh - discussion of Legislative business by the Congressman,,, It was Bonnie Raitt,,,,, She played from just before 9pm to 10:30pm,,, and was of course amazing,, Opened with "Love me like a Man" John Sebastian played the Harp with her,,, followed by "Dimming of the Day", Randy Newman's "Political Science" , "Thing called love" , "Give 'em something to talk about" - as she said - "ah - so much for the Acoustic show" and YES, she can really play that Electric Slide Guitar ,,,. John Hall played Electric guitar with her on "Thing, and Talk about" , she closed with John Prine's "Angel from Montgomery" with everyone , Nanci,John,John, etc joining her. For the 2nd Encore, Pete Seeger - who got a huge Standing ovation, joined the group and sang "Where have all the Flowers gone , & If I had a Hammer" Pete does not have much voice left at 89,,, but that did not stop the Audience from singing along !!

John Hall closed the show with everyone remaining on stage , he did Little Steven VanZandt's
"I am a Patriot"

I have seen Bonnie Raitt play 3 times now,,, She joined Orleans on stage at the Chance back in the ahhhhhhhhh late 70's,,,, We saw her with Jackson Browne at Jones Beach - this was THE Best, or nearly the best concert that I have ever been to. Jackson started that show with just an acoustic guitar, but was quickly joined by Bonnie, and her Band for and hour and a half set, then Bonnie was back playing her songs, with Jackson on the piano, and Guitar for another 2 hours !! She is an amazing musician that is not to be missed if you ever get the chance to see her,,,

Ok,,,, Say that Three times FAST !! Just the FACTS !!

tis the Season...................

The Candy Corn rant from Lewis Black,,,, skip to the one monute mark for the start of the Halloween rant,,,

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=7264713

Ok,, One more for a Tuesday,,,,,

Shwshank Redemption was taken from the Stephen King book.. Different Seasons,,,,,

The 4 Stories were..
Hope Springs eternal,, "Rita Hayworth and Shwshank Redemption",
Summer of Corruption - "Apt Pupil,
Fall from Innocence - "The Body (that movie was Stand by Me..)
The Winters's Tale,,, "The Breathing Method"


The Scene from Shawshank Redemption,,,, when Red is reading the Letter from Andy,,,,,

Geology is the study of pressure & time. That's all
it takes, really.Pressure and time. well,,,
that & a big Damn Poster..

In 1966 Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank Prison.

All they found of him was a muddy set of prison
clothes, a bar of soap,and an old rock-hammer
damn near worn down to the nub. I remember
thinking it would take a man six hundred years
to tunnel through the wall with it.

Andy did it in less than twenty...................

More Tea anyone ????

Nice,,, the Short Scene from Red October when Sean Cannery tells the Crew there is no turning Back,,,,,,,, "I give us,........................ one chance in Three"

God is Gonna Cut you Down.......... and Bill (W.C.) Fields ..............

Ok,,,,, so ,,, how many of the folks in the this Video can you name ????

The list is below,,,, well ,,,one of the names on the list is NOT in the Video !! Which one??

Iggy Pop Kanye West Chris Martin , Kris Kristofferson ,Patti Smith,

Terrence Howard , Flea, Q-Tip , Adam Levine,Chris Rock,Justin Timberlake

Kate Moss,Sir Peter Blake,Sheryl Crow,Dennis Hopper,Woody Harrelson

Amy Lee ,,Tommy Lee,Dixie Chicks,Mick Jones,Sharon Stone,Bono

Shelby Lynne,Anthony Kiedis,Travis Barker,Lisa Marie Presley

Kid Rock,Jay Z,Keith Richards,Billy Gibbons,Corinne Bailey Rae

Johnny Depp,Brandon Flowers,Graham Nash,Brian Wilson

Rick Rubin,Owen Wilson,

This is W.C. Fields - in About 1935 - 1940 ..... In those days you needed actual talent .... So give this a look,,,, he did all this himself,,, at least fast forward to the Cigar Boxes at ~2:50 ....

A few Quotes from Fields:

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.

I like children - fried.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

Women are like elephants. I like to look at 'em, but I wouldn't want to own one.

From Sunday's Poughkeepsie Journal

From Letters to the Editor,,..................

Sally's story should inspire visits to shelter

Everyone in Dutchess County and beyond has heard of Sally, the dog, left to die by some person(s) that deserve to have the full measure of the humane law book heaved at them - several times, if possible. However, along with finding and punishing those responsible, we, as concerned citizens, need to take additional action. Everyone that read the stories and felt for that dog should:

Go to the shelter and visit the animals. You just might find your "best friend" has been waiting for you.

Adopt a dog or cat. We have six - four are shelter cats.

Volunteer to be a dog walker, a cat petter, or whatever else you can do to assist the dedicated staff at the SPCA shelter.

Donate something. Time, money, food, blankets, etc. Visit their Web site or call them to see what they need.

Outraged by the Inhumane treatment of Sally? Now is the time for you to take action.

Mark Hoban
Staatsburg

Dutchess County SPCA

Greetings,,,, While I assume that no one actually reads this BLOG; If you do, you can help the SPCA here is Dutchess County,,,, Go to the Animal Rescue Site,,, the link is attached and Vote for the Dutchess County SPCA,,,, you can vote everyday !! So Vote Early and Vote often,,,

If we get more votes than anyone else, the shelter gets a $25,000 Grant to help the Animals,,, SO ,, why are you still reading,,,, Click the Link,,,,

If you need extra convincing,,, watch the Video,,,if you can get through that without a tear in your eye, you have bigger problems,, ,, go see a doctor,as you have Icewater instead of Blood.,.............

Thanks,,,


http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_shelterchallenge_from_home_sidetabs