Well,, it started !

It did not take long to get going,,,, a yield sign, that might not have been there,,,,, oh,, and hey once you blow through that,, yes,,, might as well go ahead and cross right into the Outside lane,,,, and then a few miles down the road,,,, another BLACK FRIDAY shopper ,,, taking a U Turn , sorta,,, as he is heading into the Mall,,, whoops,,, nope not that entrance (well just cause it's an EXIT) and then whoops again,,, lets just do a 360 turn, and head back South ,,, Cross all three lanes, and get back into the REAL turn lane headed North ,, and maybe this time try ,,,, now try I say ,, not crossing that Darn Median that always seems to get in the way !

Tis the Season,,, I guess,,,

I will be glad for Tomorrow Morning at 4am,,, when I get Route 9 Back ...ALL or Mostly ALL to my self ...

wonder what the TOP gifts are this year ?? Cabbage patch dolls??? Tickle Me Elmo... ?? Nah,,, those are years gone by,,, Talkin Dinos... Alphie Robots,, ? Back yard Bouncers,,, Play set Kitchens,,, what ever it is,,,, I know Parents are already stressed that they might not find it,,, and that the child will be disappointed,,,, Can;t tell 'em that Santa's elves did not get to Walmart on time,,,!!!

WTF !

FROM MLB . COM

Cashman continued to respond on Tuesday, telling ESPN New York, "We understand his contributions to the franchise and our offer has taken them into account. We've encouraged him to test the market and see if there's something he would prefer other than this. If he can, fine. That's the way it works."

Are these guys NUTS ! This is NOT the WAY IT WORKS . WE are talking about the YANKEE CAPTAIN! The Face of the Franchise ! The MOST respected player in BASEBALL !!! This is Mantle, DImaggio, Munson, Mattingly ,,,

Ok,, he did not have a great year .... SO friggin what, he has EARNED THIS !
They spend millions on Pavano - pitched what 7 innings over 3 years for 45 Millions,, Javier Vazquez - TWICE !
Anyone remember Kai Igawa - makin 14 mill a year Pitchin in Scranton ! AJ burnett - 80 million,,, and you were afraid to pitch him in the play offs ! Mike Witt could not pitch in NY ! Nick Johnson - 5 million ! This list goes on and on..................

AND THIS IS the guy that we are are gonna say,,, noooooooooooooooo we can't spend that money !

You been to game ??? Are there 20 -30 thousand JETER Jersey's and shirts in the stands !

And is this Hank , and Hal,,,,, They can't stand that Derek is a bigger in NY than they are ? George had no problem with it ,,

Can you see Jeter gettin hit #3000 in an other uniform ?!?!?! OMG !

Both sides need to work this out.... Jeter is better off as a Yankee and the Yankees are better off signing him !

Let me be clear,,,,, if they F this up and Jeter signs elsewhere (I still doubt that that happens) WE or I will be attending NO games this year ! Now that may not hurt the Yankees in the long run..... but it will be while before I feel the same about this team ! And I really think the Backlash from the Fans will be something that they have never seen !

Just in case you want to sing Along !!

Alice's Restaurant
By Arlo Guthrie

This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and 
it's about Alice, and the
restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant,
that's just the name of the song, and that's why I called the song Alice's
Restaurant.

You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant

Now it all started two Thanksgivings ago, was on - two years ago on
Thanksgiving, when my friend and I went up to visit Alice at the
restaurant, but Alice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the
church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with her husband Ray and
Fasha the dog. And livin' in the bell tower like that, they got a lot of
room downstairs where the pews used to be in.  Havin' all that room,
seein' as how they took out all the pews, they decided that they didn't
have to take out their garbage for a long time.

We got up there, we found all the garbage in there, and we decided it'd be
a friendly gesture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump.  So
we took the half a ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW
microbus, took shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed
on toward the city dump.

Well we got there and there was a big sign and a chain across across the
dump saying, "Closed on Thanksgiving."  And we had never heard of a dump
closed on Thanksgiving before, and with tears in our eyes we drove off
into the sunset looking for another place to put the garbage.

We didn't find one. Until we came to a side road, and off the side of the
side road there was another fifteen foot cliff and at the bottom of the
cliff there was another pile of garbage. And we decided that one big pile
is better than two little piles, and rather than bring that one up we
decided to throw our's down.

That's what we did, and drove back to the church, had a thanksgiving
dinner that couldn't be beat, went to sleep and didn't get up until the
next morning, when we got a phone call from officer Obie.  He said, "Kid,
we found your name on an envelope at the bottom of a half a ton of
garbage, and just wanted to know if you had any information about it." And
I said, "Yes, sir, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie, I put that envelope
under that garbage."

After speaking to Obie for about fourty-five minutes on the telephone we
finally arrived at the truth of the matter and said that we had to go down
and pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and speak to him at the
police officer's station.  So we got in the red VW microbus with the
shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on toward the
police officer's station.

Now friends, there was only one or two things that Obie coulda done at
the police station, and the first was he could have given us a medal for
being so brave and honest on the telephone, which wasn't very likely, and
we didn't expect it, and the other thing was he could have bawled us out
and told us never to be see driving garbage around the vicinity again,
which is what we expected, but when we got to the police officer's station
there was a third possibility that we hadn't even counted upon, and we was
both immediately arrested.  Handcuffed.  And I said "Obie, I don't think I
can pick up the garbage with these handcuffs on."  He said, "Shut up, kid.
Get in the back of the patrol car."

And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the
quote Scene of the Crime unquote. I want tell you about the town of
Stockbridge, Massachusets, where this happened here, they got three stop
signs, two police officers, and one police car, but when we got to the
Scene of the Crime there was five police officers and three police cars,
being the biggest crime of the last fifty years, and everybody wanted to
get in the newspaper story about it. And they was using up all kinds of
cop equipment that they had hanging around the police officer's station.
They was taking plaster tire tracks, foot prints, dog smelling prints, and
they took twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy photographs with circles
and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each
one was to be used as evidence against us.  Took pictures of the approach,
the getaway, the northwest corner the southwest corner and that's not to
mention the aerial photography.

After the ordeal, we went back to the jail.  Obie said he was going to put
us in the cell.  Said, "Kid, I'm going to put you in the cell, I want your
wallet and your belt."  And I said, "Obie, I can understand you wanting my
wallet so I don't have any money to spend in the cell, but what do you
want my belt for?"  And he said, "Kid, we don't want any hangings."  I
said, "Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?"
Obie said he was making sure, and friends Obie was, cause he took out the
toilet seat so I couldn't hit myself over the head and drown, and he took
out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the bars roll out the - roll the
toilet paper out the window, slide down the roll and have an escape.  Obie
was making sure, and it was about four or five hours later that Alice
(remember Alice? It's a song about Alice), Alice came by and with a few
nasty words to Obie on the side, bailed us out of jail, and we went back
to the church, had a another thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat,
and didn't get up until the next morning, when we all had to go to court.

We walked in, sat down, Obie came in with the twenty seven eight-by-ten
colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back
of each one, sat down.  Man came in said, "All rise."  We all stood up,
and Obie stood up with the twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy
pictures, and the judge walked in sat down with a seeing eye dog, and he
sat down, we sat down. Obie looked at the seeing eye dog, and then at the
twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows
and a paragraph on the back of each one, and looked at the seeing eye dog.
And then at twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles
and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one and began to cry,
'cause Obie came to the realization that it was a typical case of American
blind justice, and there wasn't nothing he could do about it, and the
judge wasn't going to look at the twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy
pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each
one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us.  And
we was fined $50 and had to pick up the garbage in the snow, but thats not
what I came to tell you about.

Came to talk about the draft.

They got a building down New York City, it's called Whitehall Street,
where you walk in, you get injected, inspected, detected, infected,
neglected and selected.  I went down to get my physical examination one
day, and I walked in, I sat down, got good and drunk the night before, so
I looked and felt my best when I went in that morning.  `Cause I wanted to
look like the all-American kid from New York City, man I wanted, I wanted
to feel like the all-, I wanted to be the all American kid from New York,
and I walked in, sat down, I was hung down, brung down, hung up, and all
kinds o' mean nasty ugly things. And I waked in and sat down and they gave
me a piece of paper, said, "Kid, see the phsychiatrist, room 604."

And I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill.  I mean, I wanna, I
wanna kill.  Kill.  I wanna, I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and
guts and veins in my teeth.  Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill, Kill,
KILL, KILL."  And I started jumpin up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL," and
he started jumpin up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down
yelling, "KILL, KILL."  And the sargent came over, pinned a medal on me,
sent me down the hall, said, "You're our boy."

Didn't feel too good about it.

Proceeded on down the hall gettin more injections, inspections,
detections, neglections and all kinds of stuff that they was doin' to me
at the thing there, and I was there for two hours, three hours, four
hours, I was there for a long time going through all kinds of mean nasty
ugly things and I was just having a tough time there, and they was
inspecting, injecting every single part of me, and they was leaving no
part untouched.  Proceeded through, and when I finally came to the see the
last man, I walked in, walked in sat down after a whole big thing there,
and I walked up and said, "What do you want?"  He said, "Kid, we only got
one question. Have you ever been arrested?"

And I proceeded to tell him the story of the Alice's Restaurant Massacre,
with full orchestration and five part harmony and stuff like that and all
the phenome... - and he stopped me right there and said, "Kid, did you ever
go to court?"

And I proceeded to tell him the story of the twenty seven eight-by-ten
colour glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and the paragraph on
the back of each one, and he stopped me right there and said, "Kid, I want
you to go and sit down on that bench that says Group W .... NOW kid!!"

And I, I walked over to the, to the bench there, and there is, Group W's
where they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the army after
committing your special crime, and there was all kinds of mean nasty ugly
looking people on the bench there.  Mother rapers.  Father stabbers.  Father
rapers!  Father rapers sitting right there on the bench next to me!  And
they was mean and nasty and ugly and horrible crime-type guys sitting on the
bench next to me. And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one, the meanest
father raper of them all, was coming over to me and he was mean 'n' ugly
'n' nasty 'n' horrible and all kind of things and he sat down next to me
and said, "Kid, whad'ya get?"  I said, "I didn't get nothing, I had to pay
$50 and pick up the garbage."  He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?"
And I said, "Littering."  And they all moved away from me on the bench
there, and the hairy eyeball and all kinds of mean nasty things, till I
said, "And creating a nuisance."  And they all came back, shook my hand,
and we had a great time on the bench, talkin about crime, mother stabbing,
father raping, all kinds of groovy things that we was talking about on the
bench.  And everything was fine, we was smoking cigarettes and all kinds of
things, until the Sargeant came over, had some paper in his hand, held it
up and said.

"Kids, this-piece-of-paper's-got-47-words-37-sentences-58-words-we-wanna-
know-details-of-the-crime-time-of-the-crime-and-any-other-kind-of-thing-
you-gotta-say-pertaining-to-and-about-the-crime-I-want-to-know-arresting-
officer's-name-and-any-other-kind-of-thing-you-gotta-say", and talked for
forty-five minutes and nobody understood a word that he said, but we had
fun filling out the forms and playing with the pencils on the bench there,
and I filled out the massacre with the four part harmony, and wrote it
down there, just like it was, and everything was fine and I put down the
pencil, and I turned over the piece of paper, and there, there on the
other side, in the middle of the other side, away from everything else on
the other side, in parentheses, capital letters, quotated, read the
following words:

("KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED YOURSELF?")

I went over to the sargent, said, "Sargeant, you got a lot a damn gall to
ask me if I've rehabilitated myself, I mean, I mean, I mean that just, I'm
sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench
'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough join the army, burn women,
kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug."  He looked at me and
said, "Kid, we don't like your kind, and we're gonna send you fingerprints
off to Washington."

And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a
study in black and white of my fingerprints.  And the only reason I'm
singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar
situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a
situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into
the shrink wherever you are ,just walk in say "Shrink, You can get
anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.".  And walk out.  You know, if
one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
they won't take him.  And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
organization.  And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out.  And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and
all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the
guitar.

With feeling.  So we'll wait for it to come around on the guitar, here and
sing it when it does.  Here it comes.

You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant

That was horrible.  If you want to end war and stuff you got to sing loud.
I've been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it
for another twenty five minutes.  I'm not proud... or tired.

So we'll wait till it comes around again, and this time with four part
harmony and feeling.

We're just waitin' for it to come around is what we're doing.

All right now.

You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant
Excepting Alice
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant
Walk right in it's around the back
Just a half a mile from the railroad track
You can get anything you want, at Alice's Restaurant

Da da da da da da da dum
At Alice's Restaurant

Coffee Meulsiling

I can not help myself, when I see this stuff I have to share it with you....or else i will go INSANE !

Setting... today at the Deli whilst awaiting my breakfast order of B.E.C. - here is what I seen,,,,,

One large cup,,,, one small cup,,,, the small is full to the top with coffee,,,,
Milk and Sugar are put into the Large cup,,,,,
a Bit of liquid is transferred from Small Cup to Large cup.
Swish it around in the large cup ,,,
Taste
Pour More from Small to Large,,,,
Taste
Swish it around in the large cup ,,,
Taste
Now all the coffee from Small to Large,,,,
Taste,,,,
Put more Milk and Sugar into the Small cup.
a Bit of liquid is transferred from Large to Small.
Taste
Pour More from Large to small,,,
Taste
Swish it around in the Small cup ,,,
Taste..
EVEN MORE Milk and Sugar are put into the Large cup,,,,,
a Bit of liquid is transferred from Small Cup to Large cup.
Swish it around in the large cup ,,,
Taste
Pour More from Small to Large,,,,
TASTE
Now ,,,,, with the Small in one hand and Large in the Other,,,,
Quickly pour the Coffee back and forth from Small to Large, Large to Small,,,, and Back again, and Again, and again, and Again,and again, and Again,, and Again, Like you had a Slinky in your hands and were moving the coil from hand to hand,....

TASTE from the Large CUP....
Now transfer all the Coffee / Milk / Sugar mixture that will fit into the Small Cup.
Pour the Remains of the Large cup into the Garbage. (oh yea,,, next to the Sign that says,,"Please DO NOT pour coffee into the Trash)
Discard the Large cup into same Can that the coffee just ended up in,,

Place Lid on Small Cup,,,
Pay ,, and Exit !

IF I AM LYING ,,, I'M Dying !

WHY Wait ??

Look ,,, I understand the holiday spirit,,,, the religious attachment, and the Financial impact of the Holiday.,... but really it's November 14th,,, and a Local Radio station is playing nothing but Christmas music !! and I understand tht they have been since After Halloween ! Really? is that necessary...

The Holiday has taken a life of it's own,,, The Depot by me has had their Christmas stuff out since Mid October,,, I mean what's next ,,,, July 4th .??? hey it would be nice to put the lights on the house when its warm !! I do see several homes with decorations up,, and the TV commercials have already started,,, plus an article in last weeks NY Times said that retailers were dropping prices to the BLACK FRIDAY level now,,, in order to generate business early ! and here I thought that we were in a depression.....

I ,, in no way think there is an answer for all this,,,, but perhaps we can catch our collective breath a minute, and A) Remember what the Holiday was to be about,,, and B) even if you are NOT the religious sort (I am raising my hand) you can at least be charitable at this time of the year,,,

The Idea that we need Months to celebrate ONE day,,, and that it CLEARLY - I don't care what ya say - has completely turned into a RETAIL celebration - should at some level be embarrassing to us. That we are led down this path every year by Retail America - and fooled into thinkin that we show our "LOVE" and feeling for others by BUYING them stuff,,, thats a bunch of BULL,,,, Ok,, ready name 3 things that you recived last year, and who you got them from,,,,, quick ! -ahhhhhhhhh - times up,,,, see unless someone gave you a CAR ,,, or a USED Sneaker,,, bet ya did not remember,,,

Let the kids have the Holiday,,,,

Give to others,,, especially the ONES that really need it ,,,

Celebrate with your Friends & Families.

Play Holiday Music in the week Before the Holiday,

Don't get caught in the Retail vortex.

Taken a turn

As we approach the end of the year , and think about gathering together with families,, and friends to celebrate the holidays, it's easy to lose sight that there are those - and too many of those - in the community that need a hand,,, And I am not talking about the Cheats that get Food stamps that should not,, or that person in the food line that buys their food with a WIC check, and then the Cigarettes, and beer with a $100 bill.... I mean the REAL people in our communities that DO NOT have food for Thanksgiving,,, or Gifts for their children on Christmas Morning,

And I'm not pumpin us up or looking for ANY recognition,,,, As I really believe that the True Charitable act,, or Volunteer effort is done in anonymity,,,

Someone told me a story last week about helping a friend of theirs deliver 50 meals to a homeless shelter in town,,,, and they were astonished that there were 50 men and women,,, that the agency picked up off the street or woods , or near railroad tracks,,, (I do not know where 50 human beings live when they have no where to live) they drive 'em back to a shelter and serve them a hot meal... 50 people,,, and I bet that's not all of them,,, I guarantee that there are others that do not come, out of embarrassment of their situation or whatever,,,,,

Where the hell am I going with this,,,, Work with your church,, or if you don't have church,, stop and ask at one,, I bet that there are families that need your help with a Turkey and fixing for Thanksgiving, and a list of Things that their children want for the Holiday..... and in Our experience although some ask for toys, and games,,, Most ask for FOOD and CLOTHES !

FOOD and CLOTHES for Christ Sakes !

I won't go onto the Harry Chapin line about ,,,ok so we give 'em food for Thanksgiving,,,, exactly what are they eating the day AFTER Thanksgiving, and the week after that,,,while most of us are worried about what time the Mall opens for the BLACK FRIDAY SALES,,,,,,,

SO - Donate something,,, Volunteer somewhere, Help out SOMEONE this year,,,, while we are Bitchin that we can't afford the "This" and the "That" think about those who need your help .... and to quote a line,,,,

"You have to do something. You have to take a chance and get involved. There are people that don't have enough to eat and who are cold. You can go and greet these people. Take an old blanket out to them or make a sandwich and say, "Here." "I get it NOW " and

"For a couple of hours out of the whole year..." GO be "the people that we always hoped we would be!"

2011 Yankees

Ok,, before we take off for the winter,,,, let's look at 2011 in Yankee land...

Out Field.... I am sticking with my guys,,,,if you can get Carl Crawford fine,,, but no one else,,, and some one better have a chat with MR Crawford.... this is Yankee land,,we don;t trot to 1st base,, we don't play the outfield with a this lack-a dazeical attitude,.. we play hard, we run hard,,, go see the Captain of you have question,,, otherwise,, I am ok with Gardener,,Granderson, and Swish,....

The infield is still one of the best in baseball,.,,, Tex,, , Cano,,, Jeter,,, and A-rod,,,, There are no free agents out there that would make you think differently.,...

Catchers,,, I want to see Jesus Montero catch at least 1/2 the games,,,, unless he really falls apart at the plate... Let Jorge play the other 1/2 ,,,package Cervellie in a deal ... Look to 2012,,,, you really have no role for Posada (I think he might retire) and you have Monteo as a Full time catcher... and go get any back up for him

Pitchers,,, you GOT AJ, CC, ANDREW (I HOPE! ) Hughes,,, add Cliff Lee or I like Brandon Webb,,,, and that's the starters... let's say WHO NOT to get ,.... Erik Bedard (slacker)

Bullpen,,, Trade JOBA... I know... but you ruined this kid,, he has no Idea who or what his is ,.,,starter, Closer,, 8th inning guy,... send him and Cervellie somewhere, for someone,,,

you got,, MO.... Robertson, Aceves,, build around those guy,,, get a lefty (NO Daniel BOONE LOGAN) and lets go !

to Jeet or not to Jeet

let's make this CLEAR !!

Are YOU F'ing kidding me !

PAY Jeter the Money that he deserves for being the "FACE " of the Yankee franchise for years now,,, and he will be in the future ! You wanna lace the $22 Million a year with incentives,,, and no you can't make 'em performance related like all you dunderheads are sayin..,.

Would you have let Donnie Baseballl leave,,, Mantle, Dimaggio ! NO,.,, and they won't let Derek...

Wanna review the options,,,, not like we have not paid a bunch of losers millions, while Jeter has done nothing but WON,,, - aka Carl PAvano,,,,for 15 million a year,, Mike Witt,, Javier Vazquez, Kai Igaua ! I could go on... Give the man the money ,, put him at short next year,,, Move him to 3rd in 2012,,, and let A-rod DH most of the time ,.... there will be a 1/2 dozen more options in the next 2 or three years ...

SO,, please HAL, HANK , Brian,,, Pay Jeet what he has already earned for your Team !

More of the Gorilla !!!!

Rangers CEO criticizes Yankees fans

Rangers CEO criticizes Yankees fans - SO ..on the EVE of his Team losing the World Series,,,this BOZO is worried about the Yankees Fans behavior,, gee how nice.. ,,, Well we appreciate the Thoughts and Now I will watch and Cheer when the GIANTS KICK YOUR ASS !!

"I think our fans have been great," Greenberg said on the "Ben and Skin Show" on 103.3 KESN. "I think particularly in Game 3 of the World Series they just blew away anything I've seen in any venue during the postseason. I thought Yankee fans, frankly, were awful. They were either violent or apathetic, neither of which is good. So I thought Yankee fans were by far the worst of any I've seen in the postseason. I thought they were an embarrassment."



And other Thoughts,,,,
http://espn.go.com/new-york/polls?id=5706685

Take the Pole and see what you thinks,.... IF this is just Yankee fans,, I guess they need to get a DOG,,, Name it CLUE,.,,,then they will have one ! Assholes...

Let';s see,,,,

3% think that CANO has to go !

17% think Alex has to go,.... hummm What about that 25 million a year for the next nearly a decade ! oh ,not to mention a no trade .

8% Tex is a gonner,,, Oh yea - a Gold glove 1st baseman that hits 30 homers, and 100+ RBI's - Nah don't need him - .,..What about that 25 million a year for the next nearly a decade ! oh ,not to mention a no trade ..

CC Sabathia ,,,, hummm I believe he is also under a contract

While I would agree about AJ .... he is also signed for 2 more year,,, and unless YOU are ready to EAT 17 Million per,,, he is your 3rrd or 4th Starter,, in 2011 and 2012