June 14, 2012:
Jim, today's your 15th Wedding Anniversary.
Buy the good roses. -Thanks, Jim.
May 22, 2012
JEERS to the yearly playoff reminder of how the NBA died over 20 years ago with the departure of Magic & Bird, after-which "Air Jordan" proceeded to legalize palming and traveling in the midst of incompetence, and here we are today: 3-point line shortened, zone defense allowed, traveling rampant, flopping actors and bricks galore heaved my unskilled players, the most dangerous ironically named "World Peace". RIP NBA, the most embarrassing and unwatchable of all the major sports.
May 13, 2012
RIP to legendary bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn at the age of 70.
May 7, 2012
RIP to actor George "Goober" Lindsey at the age of 83.
April 19, 2012
RIP to the legendary drummer for The Band, Levon Helm, at the age of 71.
April 18, 2012
RIP to the legendary Dick Clark at the age of 82. He will be missed, yet always remembered.
Mr. Clark autographed this backstage at my "Donny & Marie Show" taping in February, 1999.
March 6, 2012
RIP John Belushi on the 30th Anniversary of your passing away far too soon
at the age of 33.
March 2, 2012
CHEERS to the 50th Anniversary of Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game!
February 29, 2012
RIP Davy Jones of the Monkees at the age of 66.
February 25, 2012
CONGRATS to the 10-year anniversary of the Office Manager for one
of the finest churches in SJ since retiring from the
Foodservice Management industry in 2000 after 25 illustrious years.
Gone is the "secretary" title with its nail files, gossip and novels.
Now are the ever-demanding Quickbooks, JavaScript, Webmastering, and Office package skills necessary for this 6-figure salary job (well, if you add up the
last 10 years combined). Truly the most peaceful decade of this Manualist's life.
There were however, some areas of concern of the past decade:
-Declining attendance and the consolodation/reduction of churches.
-The growing number of lawsuits involving the priest abuse sex scandals nationwide.
-Statistics showing <25% Catholic school families actually attend and support their church.
-Statistics showing widows are 5-10 times more generous to the church than doctors. Very sad. Does the $5 weekly "tithe" really indicate yearly net earnings of $2,600? Doc shoulda been a dishwasher! Wrong calling!
February 12, 2012
Grammy Award-winning gospel diva marries rapper, becomes drug addict trainwreck, dies broke at 48. Sad, but predictable.
February 5, 2012
HORROR OF HORRORS...a 9-7 team whose coach was nearly fired this year has won the Super Bowl. A predictable ending to a year that started out with a lockout.
CHEERS to the 4th Super Bowl loss for the Patriots, well done!
MADONNA & I finally have something in common--neither of us has sung at the Super Bowl!
February 2, 2012
RIP legendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee at the age of 90.
JEERS to 74 dead in Egypt after a another soccer match riot.
February 1, 2012
Katholic Kervorkian Kaper? 10 days after death silences Joe Pa, death now silences Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua one day after a judge declared him competent to testify on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia priest sex scandal with 60+ priests and 500+ children left hanging. Next court appearance still on though: The Great White Throne Judgement.
January 22, 2012
RIP Joe Paterno at the age of 85.
JEERS to a memorable day in sports history with the term "goat"
re-defined in Frisco via 2 muffed punt returns and in Frisco with a dropped TD pass and a missed 31-yard chip-shot field goal.
January 18, 2012
Obvious JEERS from today's Inquirer:
December 25, 2011: Santa Claus has the right idea...visit people once a year.
An annual December cliche...Merry Christmas Greetings from the Four Squeezins novelty supergroup!
Christmas Medley 1
Christmas Medley 2
December 14, 2011
CHEERS to the NTSB calling for a complete ban on cell phone use in CARS, whether yakking or texting or bluetooth.
It's about time. You may now resume texting behind home plate at Yankee Stadium.
You won't miss a thing!
December 9, 2011
JEERS to the ongoing Shawshank Scandal in the Philadelphia School District as yet another top HR official, Estelle G. Matthews, was escorted out of her office for inappropriately awarding raises to "certain individuals" while the district was laying off
employees and contemplating further academic cuts.
How many more cockroaches will be uncovered?
December 8, 2011
CHEERS to a Phillies-Angels World Series in 2012 via $331 million spent by the Angels in less than 2 hours!
CHEERS to Tim McGarver on his induction into Baseball's Hall of Fame as a broadcaster. Well done!
RIP Harry Morgan, of M*A*S*H and Dragnet fame, at the age of 96.
December 5, 2011
RIP Alan Sues of "Laugh-In" fame at the age of 85.
CONGRATS to Tiger Woods on his first PGA win in over 2 years
since violating the penal code repeatedly for a number of years with a
number of different bee-otches. Wonder if Herman Cain will ever recover from
his penal violations?
December 2, 2011
RIP fellow comic
Marilyn Martinez at the age of 52.
RIP to the 4-8 Philadelphia Eagles, "dream team" turned nightmare.
RIP to ex-Eagle QB Donovan McNabb's career, just waived by the 2-9 Vikings.
CONGRATS to Arlene Ackerman, officially voted "Weasel of the Week" by Philly's WIP Sportstalk radio.
November 30, 2011
JEERS to Arlene Ackerman, fired Superintendent of Philadelphia Schools, who just applied for Unemployment Benefits after receiving a $1 million buyout in August. She'll now rake in $573 per week in accordance with the $348,000 salary she once had. Makes one wonder about the other Philly rejects that have sought refuge in NJ. Power to the broads! You've come a long way baby, to get where you got to today. You've got your own cigarette now baby, you've come a long, long way!
November 28, 2011
JEERS once again to the city of Camden, NJ, formerly voted the #1 most dangerous city in the country, still a top 10 yearly slum. Last month 2 folks were robbed at gunpoint during a "peace walk" in Camden going from church to church. Currently they can't decorate the main streets with holiday lights due to 30+ lamp posts either destroyed, removed, or have had the copper gutted for money. Wonderful, Jersey's darn proud of you.
November 20, 2011
CHEERS to the 0-10 Colts who didn't lose this weekend! They were bye.
November 18, 2011
CHEERS & BEST WISHES to the legendary Regis Philbin, retiring today after a magnificent career!
November 17, 2011
CONGRATS to the Rays' Joe Maddon & D-Backs' Kirk Gibson on being named AL & NL Managers of the Year!
November 16, 2011
CHEERS to finally losing the Pennsauken Schools webmaster account. Food tastes better, air is fresher, Inbox much cleaner.
This year alone Pennsauken has bid farewell to their Mayor, Superintendent of Schools, Personnel Director, Business Manager, newspaper editor, and now yours truly in an effort to solidify their goal of being "Camden with lawns".
On my end, they've since gone to a microscopic black & white website with a zillion broken links and 1x1 photos, but the customer is always right. Right?
BTW, my yearly stipend was less than what the new Super makes in 6 days!
November 10, 2011
ADIOS Bad Samaritan Joe Paterno whose legacy is now buried under the Good Samaritan Law (see last Seinfeld episode).
PSU's Beaver Stadium will now be called Dick Trickle Stadium (retired Nascar star) to fit the bill.
November 8, 2011
RIP former Heavyweight Champion Smokin' Joe Frazier at the age of 67.
RIP 2011 overpaid & poorly coached Philadelphia Eagles, a 3-5 "Dream Team".
RIP Penn State's Athletic Program. Coaching young men, molesting young boys. Congrats, you've outdone the Vatican.
October 28, 2011
CHEERS to Day 120 of the NBA Lockout, the best thing to happen to American sports since their last lockout!
October 28, 2011
RIP Texas Rangers: 1 strike away TWICE & 3 blown saves in Game 6 against the Charlie Manual-enabled Cardinals.
2 World Series' lost in a row. Well done, have a nice winter Cowgirl fans!
October 25, 2011
CHEERS to the 6-year anniversary of CREAM's reunion at Madison Square Garden. Shared the event with, among others, David Letterman, Paul Schaefer,
Sheryl Crow and Larry David.
October 22. 2011
JEERS to Albert Poo-Holes, master of swinging-for-the-fences-but-don't-start-running-until-you-admire-the-possibility-of-a-home run, thus he leads the league in singles off the wall. Elects not to speak to the media if he has a bad game...someday the Roid investigation will discredit all his bloated numbers...and head...and neck. But he'll remain overpaid.
October 7, 2011
RIP 2011 Phillies, a wall-to-wall $178million bust. Fond memories of those
2008 $90million Phils who won it all with a pitching rotation of Hamels, Meyers, Blanton & Moyer. Hamels was the only "ace" not to lose in the 2011 playoffs.
October 6, 2011
RIP 2011 Yankees, just one championship purchased in the last 11 years despite spending over $2 billion. Atsa shame.
September 29, 2011
CHEERS to arguably the most exciting night in the history of Major League Baseball with the nail-biting eliminations of the Bosox (record 9-game blown lead in Sept. by going 7-20), and the Braves (8 1/2 game blown lead in Sept.) Here's a timeline of the night.
JEERS to jose reyes of the Muts for removing himself from the lineup after a cheap bunt single to secure the NL batting title by 4 percentage points. Woe to the team who picks up this weasel free agent next season. BUSH...LEAGUE.
September 23, 2011
RIP Dolores Hope at the age of 102 (2 more than Bob lived to).
JEERS to the Fading Phils, losers of 6 straight and counting, as they limp into the playoffs. J-Roll, Victorino & Utley combined to go 0-36 against the mighty Washington Nationals this week. Too bad they're not paid on commissions.
September 20, 2011
JEERS to and enough of the stupid Air Shows already with 2 more accidents this past weekend. One killed 9 spectators in Reno, the other just the pilot in West Virginia. WHEN will we learn?
September 17, 2011
RIP actress Frances Bay, 92, best known as Happy Gilmore's grandmother and the "Marble Rye Lady" on Seinfeld.
September 6, 2011
RIP former NHL veteran & Philadelphia Flyer Brad McCrimmon at the age of 52 who died with 42 others (the Russian hockey team he coached) in a tragic plane crash.
September 4, 2011
JEERS to MLB umpire Joe West for illegally turning a double into an out using MLB's "home run only" instant replay rule in a Phillies' loss to the Marlins.
JEERS also to MLB for having no explanation.
August 31, 2011
CHEERS to all who will benefit from Michael Vick's $100 million contract:
August 25, 2011
JEERS to the process of ordering a sprinkler system. Ordered it June 30th, the day before the hottest month in the history of Philly, took 5 weeks to get a permit, finally installed August 25 at the end of the wettest month in the history of Philly topped off by Hurricane Irene. We'll see how it works next June...
August 23, 2011
CHEERS to the East Coast Earthquake, a "whopping" 5.8 centered somewhere in Virginia. Good to be reminded of the good ole days in Southern CA where I endured at least 2 dozen in 20 years.
August 16, 2011
CHEERS to Dave Mason, Mark Farner, Rick Derringer, Felix Cavaliere & Gary Wright for a tremendous HippieFest 2011 performance at the Keswick Theater in Glenside, PA. That was me 3rd row left.
August 15, 2011
CHEERS to MLB slugger Jim Thome on hitting his 600th home run, becoming only the 5th non-steroid user to reach this remarkable plateau behind Aaron, Ruth, Mays and Griffey, Jr.. Next stop Cooperstown, congrats Jim!
August 3, 2011
RIP Baltimore Colts football great and actor Bubba Smith at the age of 66.
August 2, 2011
JEERS once again to professional liar A-ROID, now involved in an illegal
poker game complete with piles of cocaine and violence! This actually
HELPS his reputation for steroid usage. Well done dillweed, typical New York product.
July 24, 2011
CHEERS to Bert "Be Home" Blyleven, finally inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in his 14th year of eligibility.
July 22, 2011
RIP to the 92 victims of the cowardly terrorist attack in Norway.
July 12, 2011
JEERS to JETER, MLB's over-rated sacred cow for going 5 for 5 Saturday and opting out of the All-Star game and appearance by dissing the fans who voted him in at the tune of a 1/2 million dollar bonus as he was "exhausted". Jeter, Rivera and Sabathia have declared themselves "bigger than the game". Well done classless chumps. And what about the guy who gave Jeter the 3,000th hit ball and getting nothing in return but $44,000 worth of Yankee tickets, a bat, and an IRS tax on said gifts to add on to his already $100,000 college debt! Steinbrenner would be proud.
July 7, 2011
RIP Hall of Fame tight end of the Baltimore Colts John Mackey at the age of 69
RIP Hall of Fame manager of the Oakland A's Dick Williams at the age of 82
June 30, 2011
CHEERS to Phils' pitcher Cliff Lee, who in the month of June went 5-0 with a .21 era and currently has a 32-inning scoreless streak going (27 behind Oral Herscheiser's record from 1988).
June 12, 2011
CHEERS to Dirk, the 2 Jasons and the NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks, a class organization, a solid 10-man team who prevailed over the classless, immature, and puffed up 3-boy team, aka the miami heat. Grow up LeFraud.
June 10, 2011
CHEERS to the NBA refs for FINALLY calling traveling and double dribbles
on LeFraud James in a league that literally died decades ago with the
retirements of Magic and Bird. 11 points in five NBA Finals 4th quarters...true colors.
June 3, 2011
JEERS to another crooked politician...Weiner's predickament.
May 25, 2011
CHEERS to Phillies utility man Wilson Valdez who became to first position player to be the winning pitcher in a game in which he started the game in the field in the Phils' 19-inning, 6hr & 8 minute 5-4 victory over the Reds. The last time this happened: October 1, 1921 by somebody named Babe Ruth.
May 17, 2011
RIP Hall of Fame slugger Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins at the age of 74. Killebrew hit 573 home runs during his 22-year career, 11th-most in major league history. His eight seasons with 40 or more homers still is tied for second in league history to Babe Ruth. Tovar, Carew, Allison and Killebrew, those were the days...
May 2, 2011
ROT IN HELL Osama bin Laden...it's about freakin' time.
April 12, 2011
JEERS to the chief of chumps, Manny Ramirez, who retired in disgrace before being issued a 100-game suspension for violating MLB's steroid policy AGAIN. Below he's been inducted in a special place for baseball's top liars & cheats:
March 30, 2011
CHEERS & HAPPY 66th BIRTHDAY to Eric Clapton, the greatest and most influential guitarist to walk the Earth. Below is the birthday bash at my place with Sir Eric, Sheryl Crow and Yvonne Elliman:
March 20, 2011
RIP Conor Clapton, son of Eric, who tragically died 20 years ago today at the age of 4 1/2.
March 17, 2011
CHEERS!
March 15, 2011
CHEERS to the rejuvenated Denver Nuggets who are 8-2 since getting rid of Carmelo Anthony and his huge ego and salary. Amazing what happens when the rest of the team gets introduced to THE BALL.
February 17, 2011
RIP Len Lesser at the age of 88, who played Uncle Leo in 15 Seinfeld episodes. "Jerry, Hello!".
February 7, 2011
CHEERS to a class organization, the Green Bay Packers, for their victory in Super Bowl XLV.
BEWARE ladies, steelers qb ben the bum is hitting the bars again.
JEERS to the Star Mangled Banner by the queen of the excessive syllables.
CHEERS to the Cleveland Cavaliers, rewriting history with 25 straight losses!
February 6, 2011
CHEERS to 95-year old Ed Sabol, founder of NFL Films, for his selection to be inducted into Football's Hall of Fame with "those other 6 guys". Question: Should a hotdog named "primetime", employed by FIVE teams in a 14-year career, be inducted? The standards have obviously been lowered just like bringing in the 3-point shot line in the NBA. What's next....T-ball?
February 1, 2011
RIP fitness guru Jack LaLanne 96, comic Charlie Callas 83, impressionist David Frye 77, and rock pioneer Don Kirshner at the age of 76. CHEERS to being excused from Jury Duty today in the deplorable city of Camden, NJ!
January 25, 2011
JEERS to the lazy Snow Idiot below.
Bad enough we've got to deal with snow and icy conditions,
now we've got to avoid idiots like this in the Northeast:
January 20, 2011
JEERS to the great Philly oxymoron, "Sixers Basketball", having blown a 5-point lead with 24 seconds last night to the Magic, providing the Magic with TWO FOUR-POINT plays, one at the end of regulation and one in overtime. Seriously, how often do you see a 4-point play? I witnessed 2 within 10 minutes in losing 99-98. Is it baseball season yet?
January 10, 2011
JEERS to the poorly coached Philadelphia Eagles who ended their season with 3 straight losses AT HOME in a span of 12 days. Reid's ongoing theme: "We gotta do a better job..." Vick and the youngsters made it a memorable season. Poor coaching, red zone defense and special teams made it forgettable. Dillweeds!
January 7, 2011
CHEERS to Bert "Be Home" Blyleven for finally being elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame after 14 years of elibility. He'll be inducted along with Roberto "Hock a Loogie at the Umpire's Face" Alomar.
January 1, 2011
CHEERS to launching the New Year with Twilight Zone & Three Stooges Marathons courtesy of the SyFy & AMC channels, pure black & white heaven for those who can't tolerate parades and college football!
December 20, 2010
CHEERS to Philly's Amazing Week in Sports:
12/19/10: Eagles stun Giants 38-31 after trailing 31-10 with less than 8 minutes left
12/18/10: Flyers over Rangers 4-1, Sixers upset Magic 97-89
12/15/10: Flyers over Canadiens 5-3, Sixers over Clippers 105-91
12/14/10: Flyers over Penguins 3-2, Sixers over Nets 82-77
12/13/10: Phillies sign Cliff Lee, the 4th Ace of their pitching staff
12/12/10: Eagles defeat Cowboys 30-27 in Dallas
Heckuva week, sure beats living in Cleveland!
Merry Cliffmas, Happy Halladay, a joyous reason for rhymin's
Lee, Halladay, Oswalt & Hamels, the Phils now have 4 Aces of Diamonds!
December 14, 2010
CHEERS to Cliff Lee for rejoining the Phillies and spurning the Evil Empire of Yankeeville...speaks volumes, probably due to the idiots in ny who spit on his wife during the 2010 playoffs as the yanks lost to the Rangers. "Once again, the forces of good have triumphed over the forces of evil and rottenness." -Maxwell Smart, Secret Agent 86 of Control.
December 7, 2010
CHEERS to former Phillies GM Pat Gillick on his election into Baseball's Hall of Fame whilst george steinbrenner was snubbed--and rightfully so! JEERS to Jayson Werth for choosing $126 million from the chronically last place NATS instead of settling for less on a competitive team. Guess there is an "I" in team afterall. RIP Dandy Don Meredith at the age of 72.
November 28, 2010
RIP to the wonderful and legendary actor Leslie Nielsen at the age of 84.
Once a dramatic actor, Leslie along with the Zucker Brothers re-defined comedy and have raised the bar the past 30 years with gems like "Airplane!", "Police Squad" and the "Naked Gun" trilogy. He will Shirley be missed.
November 22, 2010
CHEERS to Camden, NJ, 2008's "Most Dangerous City in America", has now improved to #2 behind #1 St. Louis in 2009's results. Guess they're not as good shooting as they once were. Way to go Camden! (somebody, please send dynamite).
November 17, 2010
CHEERS to another shutout by Phillies' ace Roy "Doc" Halladay on another Cy Young award, receiving all 32 first place votes. CHEERS also to Michael VICKADELPHIA receiving the NFC offensive player of the week award for 2 straight weeks, currently the NFL's top rated QB. JEERS however to Redskins DB LaRon Landry for instigating a near brawl before MNF Nov. 15, mocking DeSean Jackson's concussion, then getting burned by Vick/Jackson on the very first play from scrimmage for an 88-yard TD pass, then spitting on Eagles' center Mike McGlynn twice and now faces discipline.
November 12, 2010
JEERS to former mental midget president gw bush on the release of a new book in which he states that the Kanye West outburst accusing bush of not supporting black people was the "low point of his presidency". Mr. 26% Approval Rating is still clueless of the nearly million people killed in a senseless war against the wrong country and weapons never found.
November 7, 2010
JEERS to even more horrific refereeing that darn near cost the Eagles their 26-24 victory over St. Peyton Manning and the Colts. The Birds survived 2 phantom helmet contact calls and 14 overall penalties in what's becoming the National Powder Puff League. CHEERS: Packers 45, Cowgirls 7 improving the Super Bowl bound Dallas team of schmucks to 1-7.
November 2, 2010
CHEERS to the World Champion SF Giants in winning their first ever title since moving to Frisco in 1958. Outstanding pitching coupled with a team of no-name misfits. The $97 million Giants outscored the $55 million Rangers 29-12 in the series after the Rangers outscored the $210 million Yankees 38-19....hmm, what's that say about the Yankees?
October 31, 2010
How 'bout them 1-6 Cowboys? Love it.
October 24, 2010
RIP 2010 Phillies...No hits, no series, no Three-Peat. How fitting their 25 million dollar man Ryan Howard looked at strike three to end the series just as the wankees' A-Roid did the night before. Ryan: If Barry Bonds is going to continue as your mentor, insist he supply the Balco Juice along with the lessons. You ended the season with nearly 60 ABs without a homer and went RBI-less in the playoffs. Kindly give back a percentage of your salary, cork your bat with Viagra and we'll see you in the Spring.
October 23, 2010
CHEERS to the $55 million Rangers for trashing the $210 million Evil Empire
to win their very first AL Pennant, outscoring the wanks 38-19.
Maybe someday the wankees will be able to afford sewing their last names on their jerseys. The casual fan has no idea who they are, and the only recognizable ones are the horse-face pitcher, the big-eared catcher who calls 47 timeouts per game, the half-breed womanizer shortstop, and of course the $32 million dollar cheater A-Rod, aka A-Hole, aka A-Roid. Pay your dues boys and be sure to visit the "boss" in Hell during the off-season.
October 22, 2010
STILL ALIVE are the Phightin' Phils, now down 3-2 in the NLCS. This DL-riddled team was written off in July in second place 7 games behind the Braves and somehow ended up with a MLB leading 97 victories despite Utley's hip, J-Roll's hamstring, Polanco's elbow, and endless hitting droughts. No RIP just yet, stay tuned.
JEERS to MLB, FOX and the SF Giants organization for disrespecting America by
having this drag queen sing "God Bless America" at the 7th inning stretch during Game 5 of the Phillies-Giants NLCS.
JEERS also to TBS for over-promoting no-talent record scratcher Kid Rock for the past 3 weeks of the MLB postseason telecasts. AWFUL. Would have been better off sanctioning William Hung.
October 20, 2010
CHEERS to the underdog/upstart Rangers & Giants, closing in on a ratings-nightmare World Series faceoff. JEERS to the Phillies who are quickly turning into the yankees...No hits, No series. BTW, so I'm asleep on the couch, wake up, it's 7-3 Rangers in the 7th with nobody in the seats behind home plate at yankee stadium...was I watching an exhibition game? CHEERS to the 300 yankee faithful who stayed to watch the blowout. Atsa shame. RIP Mr. C.
October 19, 2010
Two fine works of art:
October 18, 2010
October 17, 2010
CHEERS to Roy Story 2, Oswalt evening the NLCS at 1 game apiece between the Phils and Giants. The Phightin' Phils are trying to become the first NL team
in 66 years to appear in 3 straight World Series', quite a feat.
October 17, 2010
JEERS to Gomer "The Dweeb" Romeo and his 1-4 football team. How bout them Cowboys!
October 14, 2010
RIP Barbara Billingsley, aka June Cleaver, the mother on "Leave it to Beaver".
Another memorable role was in 1980's "Airplane!" as she tranlated jive from
two Black passengers for
the stewardess.
October 9, 2010
RIP AJ (18) & Stephen (12), two former Comp Ed students of mine.
They're now in Paradise with their Savior.
October 8, 2010
JEERS to the "best fielding team" in 2010, the Bobble-Reds.
4 errors, 3 HBP's, much appreciated in Philly, thanx.
Aren't they also the "best hitting team" in 2010 who just got no-hit
2 nights ago?
October 7, 2010
JEERS to another MLB postseason of incompetent umpires making more news than
ever. Solution: Give managers 2 challenges per game...if it fails, they lose
an out. We have the technology dillweeds.
October 6, 2010
CHEERS to RED DOCTOBER as Roy Halladay
pitches the 2nd No-Hitter in the history of the MLB playoffs
against the "top offensive team of 2010", the Cincinnati Reds.
CHEERS also to his catcher Carlos Ruiz who called another brilliant game.
Halliday only shook of 1 of the 104 pitches called by Ruiz. Class pitcher,
class organization.
RIP to Gloria Stuart, 100, of Titanic fame, NFL Great George Blanda, 83,
James Winner, 81, inventor of The Club who died in a PA car crash, Leonard Skinner, 77, the gym teacher
Van Zandt named his band after, and Jimi Heselden, 62, owner of the Segway
Company who died in a Segway accident. "Irony can be pretty ironic." -Ted Striker
September 26, 2010
CHEERS to 123 straight Phillies' sellouts including every game this year totaling over 3.6 million!
CHEERS to 4 straight NL East Division Titles
for the Phils, a top-notch roid-free class organization.
CHEERS to VICKADELPHIA, another sizzling performance in a 28-3 thrashing of the Jaguars. In 10 quarters Michael Vick has produced 11 TDs and has only settled
for 1 FG, a dramatic change to the 3-4 David Akers FGs average the past decade.
The "Holier than Thou" rights groups continue to protest, refuse to sing
"Amazing Grace" because it was written by a prisoner, and they've
boycotted 2/3 of the New Testament that was written by Paul, formerly Saul,
chief executioner of the early Christians, the self-proclaimed "chief of
all sinners".
September 23, 2010
JEERS to the Evil Empire.
Bigger than Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle?
Once again Baseball Blasphemy in the Bronx.
The new yankee stadium: land of empty premium seats, excessive ads and broken-bat homers.
September 22, 2010
CHEERS to Eagles' coach Andy Reid for making the right decision.
JEERS to the Daily News for their immature bad taste in front covers.
Talk about a short leash on Eagles' QB Kevin Kolb.
September 21, 2010
CHEERS to the Phillies 3-headed pitching monster Halladay, Hamels & Oswalt (H2O)
who became the first threesome to have sub 3.00 ERA's since Oswalt did it in 2005 (as an Astro)
with Juicers Roger "I mis-remembered" Clemens and Andy "ok I did it" Pettitte.
August 30, 2010
CHEERS to Japan who won the Little League World Series.
JEERS to Team Mexico, 80% of whom named A-Roid as their favorite player.
They all wore this emblem on their jerseys. Are they that oblivious?
August 4, 2010
JEERS to A-Roid as he hits the most uncelebrated 600th homer in MLB history.
I guess by now you sense our distaste for the Evil Empire.
If $240 million buys another championship, will anyone really care? No, of course not.
Put Jeter in the Orioles lineup for the past 15 years and what do you have? Cal Ripken--without the broads.
Heck, I could hit .300 in that lineup with my wing tips on. Case in point: Swisher was a 2010 All-Star. Ouch!
Someday soon the salary cap will fix these chumps, level the playing field, and bring dignity back to the game.
July 14, 2010
CHEERS to the State of New Jersey for cracking down on cell phone idiots behind the wheel.
Details
Bottom line: HANG UP AND DRIVE.
JEERS to the idiots in the ballparks
waving endlessly behind 1st, 3rd and home plate. When their not waving,
they're looking down texting blah blah blah in their $180 seat.
What ever happened to actually watching a game?
July 8, 2010
JEERS to LeChump for the low class manner in which to announce his "decision".
CHEERS to Green Lawnger Turfpaint in responding to the drought of 2010.
Conserve water, save money. Before & After shots below:
JEERS to the Summer of 2010 - Philly received a record of 54 days of over 90 degrees
thus restoring the reality of global warming...
CHEERS to the Winter of 2009 - Philly received a record of over 72 inches of snow
thus removing any thoughts of global warming...
JEERS to Tiger on making the news Thanksgiving, 2009
October 29, 2008
CHEERS to the 2008 World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies!
September 11, 2001
"Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord." -Romans 12:19
February 15, 2001
Keanu Reeves swept by me backstage moments before I appeared
on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with The Three Tendons. Unfortunately, Keanu was promoting
his worst film ever, "November Rain".
3rd Week of February 1999
Appeared on the "Donny & Marie Show" with Smokey Robinson and "Good Day Philadelphia".
This would be the first and last time I've been televised twice in one week, just amazing.
June 14, 1997
Married Janice on Flag Day. Had Filet Mignon & Halibut, but
missed out on the Pigs in a Blanket during cocktail hour.
October 22, 1988
CHEERS to being Gonged on the Gong Show!
This would be the first of 2 dozen tv appearances for this Manualist.
August 9, 1988
CHEERS to the LA Kings for signing Wayne Gretsky, the greatest hockey player in the history of the sport.
July 13, 1985
CHEERS to Live Aid, one of the finest days of music known to mankind.
October 21, 1980
CHEERS to the World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies!
May 16, 1980
CHEERS to the NBA World Champion LA Lakers, the first of FIVE titles
in the 80's!
August 14, 1975
CHEERS to my first Clapton concert, the "Legendary L.A. Forum Show" with Keith Moon, Joe Cocker & Carlos Santana.
July 22, 1975
CHEERS to my first concert, floor seats to see Ambrosia open for Stephen Stills:
May 27, 1975
CHEERS to the Stanley Cup Champion Philadelphia Flyers, 2 years in a row!
May 19, 1974
The Flyers win the Stanley Cup! The Flyers win the Stanley Cup!
July 2, 1970
DAY OF INFAMY: Moved from NJ to Orange County, CA and stayed there 20 years and 3 days.
Sometime in 1958
The World's first Comic/Manualist/Tire Pumpist combination is born.
October 29, 1929
JEERS to the beginning of The Great Depression. Ah yes, I remember it well.
December 25, 0001
CHEERS to the birth of the Savior of the world (though most likely born in the Spring).
