Whoa Boy - one of the Boss's is out for a few weeks ,,,,, So today starts my "short" stint (I hope) as the Admin fill in guy for the Paperwork / Computer entry / Administrivia ........
Wednesday (Noon - 8pm) and Thursday's (6:30am - 2PM) its only me @ Norrie Point Marina ,,,,, sure hope I can handle it....
The Redsox have clinched a post season spot,, and at this point they will win the Division.. The Yankees are now 7 games to the Plus side of the Wild Card with the Twins next and the Angels 1 game behind them..... so I see the Yankees hosting the Wildcard ONE GAME playoff,,,, against one of those two teams... as of today the Indians have the best Record,, so NY would play them and Houston would play the RedSox,,, either of those outcomes I believe has an ALCS of Houston .vs the Tribe.....
D backs in the NL are in a similar position to the Yanks,, they are leading eh Wildcard by 5 games, with Rockies and Brewers fighting for the other spot. The Wildcard winner there will likely play the Dodgers , leaving the Cubs and the Nats as the other series.... I think that will leave the Cubs and Dodgers for the NLCS..... Gotta love PLAYOFF Baseball...
I now apply a 6mg patch of NEUPRO to an area on my right shoulder every days,, I don't use the left as thats is where my absolutely great (my opinion) Tree Tattoo is.... no matter.... this patch is prescribed to most people to limit the affects of Parkinson's - at lest that is when my Neuor MD tells me - as it is just occurring to me that I have never googled it to see what it actually treats. In me it think it is to treat the Terminal Case of DUMB Ass that I tend to exhibit on a daily basis.... one of the Side effects it has on me is Wildly explicit dreams - I have been locked in a Rock Jail and tried to climb out when the walls were falling apart until someone showed me a secret passage that led to me coming out thru the old Thesis Bar in New Paltz... I have ridden my bike thru an post apocalyptic world that although the world was completely destroyed,, the Rail trail was unharmed.... and OK,, last may have been the oddest ....
I am fussing with my Ipod on the couch - don't remember what app I was looking at,,, but my wife (just a voice really) says "hey they are Back". I get up and go thru the Front Screen door,, (not my house) out onto a big porch and start down the 3 stairs to the yard... in the Distance - like from home plate to center field there is an old woman in a skirt , blouse , and Straw hat a Man dressed like a farmer - Jeans and red plaid shirt and ballcap,,,, and Three HUGE - say human size Squirrels ...... yep Squirrels and these animals are dropping work gloves all over the yard,,, those Blue and gray tough work gloves,,, not new ones ,, used ones,,, I start to pick them up and try to carry them out to them,,, and I am shouting that they need to get back and clean the yard up and not come back again and drop these gloves !! That's when I woke up.. Maybe I will Goggle this later to see what the Dream experts (HOW the F we even have dream experts in not explainable ) But I will let you know what I find out..
HEY - I did the Pleasant Valley Day Bike ride yesterday morning - 25 miles - starting from the ACME store parking lot - North thru some back roads and then Quaker lane up up thru Clinton Corners to the Schultzville store - back down Center road to Salt point Turnpike and back into Pleasant valley.... now I have ridden the NYC bike tour that gets ten thousand riders,,, the Orange County ride with the Camels that have 300- 400 riders on 4 different mileage, and oven the ulster Co bike tour that garnishes say 200 riders,,,, The PV day bike ride has 2 rides - the 25 miler and a Family Friendly 10 mile loop.... you have to make a donation of $20 to get a t shirt which is ok with me,,,, so I show up at 8:30 for the 9am kick off,,,, and while not many riders in the parking lot at that time. they offered Bananas and bottled water at the start ,, I am thinkin more will show up,, and they did... guess how many went on the 25 mile route,,,, I counted 9 - NINE,,, not 90 .... NINE.... one more than 8 ,,,, 2 more than 7 ,,,,, you get it,.. No idea how many they had on the 10 miler.... the course was fair,,, a few big hills out in clinton Corners,,, and the turns were well marked with Orange paint - well except for the last 2 turns that I guess were obvious that they were right hand turns,,,, now to why I think there were 9 riders on a lions club, and PV bike shop sponsored event. Nothing on the course,,, no Mileage markers, No water, no bananas, no bagels, no nothing... and If there was anything at the end , I missed it completely - even after being directed to the small carnival behind the town hall... where they were setting up for the days activities,,... I saw no one - no Lions - no women that were at the Table in the Parking lot - nothing... Here is what I do know,,, I have enough shirts , and I can ride 25 miles on the rail trail any day I want,,,, bet you can guess how many riders will be at next years PV day 25 mile Bike tour,,,, EIGHT !!
We won front row seats to the Willie Nelson show at the Mid Hudson Civic center- and even though the Civic center is on my "Permanently banned for life list" - I made a one time exception fro the Front row seats !! he was really good,,, played an hour and half ,, - doin all the Willie favorites - the man is 84 remember - he wa joined by Garth Hudson of the Band for the encore of Will the Circle be unbroken,,,,
I am getting back into my car at Mill Mansion park,,,, just came from a short jog thru the State park over toward Norrie and back.... The radio is dialed up to WFAN - but it's Don Imus and his "Imus in the Morning" Show...... but today he has Warner Wolf on and Warner is on the Phone from his Apartment in Tribeca - he is describing to Imus a Terrible accident that a plane has just hit the World Trade Center,'s North Tower,,,,, it's just before 9:00AM,,, and Imus is saying that they are NOT going to the Sports update at the top of the hour,, they are going to to stay with Warner Wolf .... Before I can get out of the Park and Back home,,,,,, Warner tells Imus that another plane just hit the South Tower - it is as we would know later on 9:02AM
Terror is immediately known that this is no accident, America is under Attack ! -
You know the Story from there,..... as for everyone - it is a morning that I will never forget.....
Ok,, where the hell have you been,... you missed a lot - that'll teach you to stay away so long....
1st and foremost.... my daughter is engaged !! .... to maybe the best guy we could have even hoped for for her. From my point of view he is a stabilizing force in her life. You have to kinda wonder how a vegetarian , RD... ends up with a guy who eats Hamburgers and Drives half an hour for Ice cream , almost on a daily basis........... I think they will be happy together for many years,,, you just get that feeling,,,
2nd - My Daugher-In-Law is pregnant with our 3rd Grandson !!! I personally am just as excited about this one as the other two,,, can';t wait till january to see him.
What did I tell you - you missed a lot,,,
Let me not miss out on a tRump moment - only Dick heard that shows up in Houston - devastated by torrential rains like Noah did not see and his comments are about - the Victims ?? come on - no fucking way - they are about himself and how big the crowd was that showed up to see him. No surprise here,,,,
He has sided with neo nazi's , white supremests and other hate groups,,,, this all I found especially offensive as my father, and several uncles - and maybe your fathers - Fought actual Nazi;s from taking over the world ,, unless we have forgotten that. Any way - Dick head again...
Retirement is going along well,, I DO NOT miss my old job ! I really enjoy working at the Marina,, there is a little of everything,, I get to be a carpenter, electrician, dock repairer, boat rescuer, community relations , learning a little of the computer entry for the revenue of the golf course, camp ground and of course marina, we are preparing some of the Ice eaters for installation in November, i think the guys are realizing that they can count on me for coverage if they need a day or hours off - I can work almost any time ... the bonus of seeing Eagles, Osprey, King Fishers, Beavers, ducks, Turtles, etc - I attached a few pictures from yesterday below - on a daily basis and I work on the most beautiful river in the world is all part of it. I am wondering what will happen in the winter - I am "seasonal" help after all and should be out of work Mid november,,, but that is still not decided,,, If so - I am thinking Williams lumber, or Home Depot, or Davies hardware as possibilities - so stay tuned we will just see .....
There seems to be this weird sleep cycle going,, that every 2 or 3 days - like today - I wake up at 1 30 - 2am, and cannot go back to sleep. Then the other days I am so exhausted - that I fall asleep at 8pm , and wake up at 7am,,,, not sure what's driving that. So we have 3 building Projects going on ,,,, we redecked and repaired a Deck in Poughkeepsie, noce 5/4 Pressure Treated , along with new 4x4 posts , stairs, and some new rails,,, we are waiting for the Pressure treated wood to dry out a bit before we go back and Stain.... I am building toy boxes for the Grandson's toys,,, two bins are 22 x 36 x 20 and two will be 22 x 20 x 20 - these have casters that the boys can push around the room and pick up their toys, and all those will get tucked under a shelf that will eventually have a cushion on it,,, and will be broken up by some fixed storage in the center,,, all stained the same Grey as the Barn door and Dutch door I build , and trimmed in White.... nice,, and we will be building a ground up deck in Hyde park,,, 16 x 9 on an existing slab,,, that will include embedded stains and Built in Seating - I am hoping that that project leads to some additional work in that neighborhood..
As much as the Yankees keep losing late inning games , they look like they will win the Wild card and get the one game playoff ,,, against the Twins or Angels,,,, I don't think they can beat either of those teams , especially the Angels. The good news is that the Bosox will get the Indians who look to be on a mission to get back to the World Series,,,,
I leave you with Gregg Allman's final CD - Southern Blood, released this week - 4 months after his death,,,, and this song My Only True Friend,,, You remember that Gregg was diagnosed with Cancer 5 years ago - this time Liver Cancer (he had been treated for other Cancers and heart issues) - given 8 - 18 months to live (he started Kemo , but stopped when it made him too weak to perform)... and lived out his last 5 YEARS - guess the Dr's got that wrong, performing with the Allman Brothers and on his own,,, and left us with this last terrific piece of music,,, kudo's to Don Was for Production.....
While the likes of Mike Pence as the POTUS does not thrill me,,, he has many Ideas and political beliefs that I totally do not agree with,,, I do not think him Insane or Morally unhinged as I do tRump.
I have read 2 stories in the past week ,, that tRump is developing an Exit Strategy... that it will lay the blame for the lack of any accomplishments on the Democrats, but also on the GOP leadership. and that for the good of the Country and the with himself taking none of the responsibility (exactly like he never has) he will resign the Presidency and let Mike P continue to be the GOP standard bearer. If this is even close to true,, I hope he does it sooner than Later.
This last outburst blaming people that are standing up to Nazi's , white supremacy groups , the Aryan nation etc is to me - Just so far over the edge that it seems indefensible,, yet I hear people that agree with this out look... And I can't believe that in this day we are still fighting the same old wars..... that a person of some or other skin color is less of an American and in many of their eyes less of a person because of it... I don't know where we these people ,, but there seems to be no lack of them....
I firmly believe what MLK said years ago "
“It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say nothing"
I always like the Song verse from "Livin on the Edge"
There's somethin' wrong with the world today
I don't know what it is
Something's wrong with our eyes
We're seein' things in a different way
And God knows it ain't his
It sure ain't no surprise
There's somethin' wrong with the world today
The light bulb's gettin dim
There's meltdown in the sky
If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister you're a better man than I
NO - I do not mean Human races,,, I meant BASEBALL Races...
Ok,, There are about 47-48 games to play , dependant on rainouts and schedules..... let's look at where we are with a bit over 6 weeks to go
Start with the NL -
The East - National's are 14.5 games ahead of the Marlins - OVER
and the Marlins are like 10 out of the Wildcard...
The Central - ok - here we have a race..the Cubs and Cardinals are tied - although St Louis is 1 game back on the loss side,,, and the Brewers are 2 games behind them,...
The West - The Dodgers have a 17 - yup thats not a mistype - 17 game lead over Colorado - this race has been OVER for a while....
Wild Card - The Rockies and the d-Backs are tied , with the Cubs and Cardinals 4.5 games behind them,,,
So - Today - the Rockies and the d-Backs would be your Wildcards teams - with a one game playoff , Winner meeting the Nationals... and the Cubs/Cardinal winner playing the Dodgers
On to the American League....
The East - The Red Sox are 4.5 games ahead of the Yankees and they will be playing NY one more game today then a weekend series at Fenway - unless the Yankees can get back on a winning track starting today, The AL East Belongs to the Bosox...
The Central - the Indians are 4.5 games up on the Twins, and 5 on the Royals, and I do not see either of them mounting a serious challenge...
The West - The Astros are 12 game up on the Angels - OVER
Wild Card - now this is sorta wide open,,, the Yankees are 2.5 games ahead of the LA Angels... then the Twins a 1/2 game back from LA,,, then there are Twins, Mariners , Rays, Royals, Orioles within 2.5 game of the Top spot....
So - Today would be the Yankees hosting the Wild Card game against the Angels (who the Yanks can never beat ) IF NY wins they get the 'Stros and Boston plays Cleveland - IF LA wins they get Boston and the Astros play the Indians.... but this Wild card ain't over....
