Anyone down for a little BASEBALL???
The Daily News
1 Vogey!
2 Scutaro!
3 It was sure fun watching the Cardinals last night.
4 Karma is best served cold.
5 Do I dare say that?
6 As one of my ex-students said so eloquently, “Why, SOITENLY!!!”
7 Hey Cards, you got any more fat-ass tractors that you would like to throw at Scutaro’s legs?
8 Those beotches need to go home with their tails between their sad-ass legs.
9 Giants’ fans, rise up.
10 Buster called a magnificent game, and Vogey brought the heat.
11 Hey America! The Cards can’t hit low fastballs!!! And they play dirty. And they have a bat-breaking pitcher named Rzepezynski. If he says his name backwards, he is hurled back to the fifth dimension.
12 One more. Just one more. Am I worried?
13 Why yes.
14 I did my ritual last night. Put on Sugar Magz, wore my Steal Your Base Grateful Dead shirt, poured me a tall glass of iced down Crystal Light, and settled in with some barbecue chips laced with pepper cheese.
15 And then blasted the Kingston Trio during the flyover. That, the crowd, the chips, the icy Crystal, and the Dead made for a great beginning to the game. Particles.
16 I’d like to thank the Raiders for being the set-up guys, even though I turned them off to make an all-baseball event in my own home.
17 One more.
18 They tell me this town ain’t got no heart.
19 But I can hear it beat out loud.
20 Go GIANTS!
21 Moving on, Part One: It helped considerably that my daughter Nicole brought her new puppy over to visit. His name is Rocket J. Dog, but we call him Rocky.
22 He’s clearly as feisty and goofy as a pugnacious Irishman, and thinks he can take on Phoebe.
23 She could eat him in one bite.
23 I didn’t take a pic or I’d share it, and I tried even to steal one off Facebook, but it wouldn’t let me.
24 That guy made my day. I was a complete slave to grading papes yesterday and Saturday. No weekend except sitting and grading and watching sports and old movies.
25 In all of that, the Rocket appeared. The Universe had lined up, beginning actually last week with that one guy breaking the sound barrier, and then some real outer space stuff hurtling to Earth and breaking the sound barrier.
26 And right in the middle of grading papers, I was reading some student’s response to this old short story by Guy de Maupassant, the French writer who wrote the sort of famous short story The Necklace.
27 Anyway, I had my students read that story and respond to it in writing. In the middle of reading this student’s response, I got bored and clicked on TCM.
28 A movie was just starting.
29 It was a film called The Diary of a Madman starring Vincent Price.
30 “Perfect!” I thought.
31 I kept reading the student’s response, looked up, and it said, “Based on a story by…Guy De Maupassant.”
32 Things are lined up. I gotta tellya.
33 On Friday I told you about the Beatles and the headline on Friday “Hard Day’s Night.”
34 These things are simply coincidences, right?
35 Moving on, Part the Second: Well, maybe.
36 Or maybe there just is something out there, some sort of particles that they just don’t have in St. Louis.
37 Whatever it is, it is out there and happening, and if you can feel it, so can I.
38 And I’m going to love it.
39 And so should you.
40 I don’t know about anyone else, but I am definitely down for a little more baseball.
41 I’m down for a LOT more baseball.
42 Moving on, Part the Thoid: On Friday, our awesome drama director David invited the English department to a preview of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which will play tomorrow. I’ve been too busy to get down there and enjoy our school’s first Shakespearean play, but I’m taking my classes to the preview. So I’m doing a mini-mini unit on Midsummer, which I suggested to David last year after he had finished Grease.
43 I actually suggested not only Midsummer, but a dream year of Midsummer in the Fall and Godspell in the Spring, my two favorite plays ever.
44 It’s a bit too into the 4 a.m. right now for me to dig it up, but I know that I mentioned that in a DN last Spring when we did Grease. At the time, I also suggested Godspell for the Spring musical.
45 Moving on, Part Four: There’s a great movie on right now starring Katharine Hepburn. It is called Quality Street by J.M. Barrie and directed by George Stevens.
46 Some of you might remember the coincidence last week of my writing “Nice hook!” on a student’s introductory paragraph of an essay I was grading.
47 The second I wrote the “H” on “hook” a freshman girl right in front of me said, “I LOVE Peter Pan!”. All ears, smiles, and braces. It came out of nowhere.
48 I had just talked about coincidences and Halloween and the Heidi stories and all. She broke into a huge grin. Goofy.
49 Katharine Hepburn plays the part of Phoebe Throssel, and is called “Miss Phoebe” all through the Quality Street. J.M. Barrie wrote Quality Street. J.M. Barrie also wrote Peter Pan. Hook is a film about Peter Pan and Captain Hook.
50 Quality Street also has two characters named Blore and Witherspoon, two characters from two of my past plays. Blore was a character in M is for the Million, and Witherspoon a character from Arsenic and Old Lace. I mentioned Phoebe earlier in this DN.
51 I’m smiling. The coincidences continue. The particles are in place.
52 Believe what you will. I just document this stuff. It is all true.
53 And I don’t know about you, but I’m down for a little baseball.
54 Who else is down?
55 Have a GREAT Monday, and GO GIANTS!!!!
56 Peace.
~H~
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The Daily News1 Vogey!2 Scutaro!3 It was sure fun watching the Cardinals last night.4 Karma is best served cold.5 Do I dare say that?6 As one of my ex-students said so eloquently, “Why, SOITENLY!!!”7 Hey Cards, you got any more fat-ass tractors that you would like to throw at Scutaro’s legs?8 Those beotches need to go home with their tails between their sad-ass legs.9 Giants’ fans, rise up.10 Buster called a magnificent game, and Vogey brought the heat.11 Hey America! The Cards can’t hit low fastballs!!! And they play dirty. And they have a bat-breaking pitcher named Rzepezynski. If he says his name backwards, he is hurled back to the fifth dimension.12 One more. Just one more. Am I worried?13 Why yes.14 I did my ritual last night. Put on Sugar Magz, wore my Steal Your Base Grateful Dead shirt, poured me a tall glass of iced down Crystal Light, and settled in with some barbecue chips laced with pepper cheese.15 And then blasted the Kingston Trio during the flyover. That, the crowd, the chips, the icy Crystal, and the Dead made for a great beginning to the game. Particles.16 I’d like to thank the Raiders for being the set-up guys, even though I turned them off to make an all-baseball event in my own home.17 One more.18 They tell me this town ain’t got no heart.19 But I can hear it beat out loud.20 Go GIANTS!21 Moving on, Part One: It helped considerably that my daughter Nicole brought her new puppy over to visit. His name is Rocket J. Dog, but we call him Rocky.22 He’s clearly as feisty and goofy as a pugnacious Irishman, and thinks he can take on Phoebe.23 She could eat him in one bite.23 I didn’t take a pic or I’d share it, and I tried even to steal one off Facebook, but it wouldn’t let me.24 That guy made my day. I was a complete slave to grading papes yesterday and Saturday. No weekend except sitting and grading and watching sports and old movies.25 In all of that, the Rocket appeared. The Universe had lined up, beginning actually last week with that one guy breaking the sound barrier, and then some real outer space stuff hurtling to Earth and breaking the sound barrier.26 And right in the middle of grading papers, I was reading some student’s response to this old short story by Guy de Maupassant, the French writer who wrote the sort of famous short story The Necklace.27 Anyway, I had my students read that story and respond to it in writing. In the middle of reading this student’s response, I got bored and clicked on TCM.28 A movie was just starting.29 It was a film called The Diary of a Madman starring Vincent Price.30 “Perfect!” I thought.31 I kept reading the student’s response, looked up, and it said, “Based on a story by…Guy De Maupassant.”32 Things are lined up. I gotta tellya.33 On Friday I told you about the Beatles and the headline on Friday “Hard Day’s Night.”34 These things are simply coincidences, right?35 Moving on, Part the Second: Well, maybe.36 Or maybe there just is something out there, some sort of particles that they just don’t have in St. Louis.37 Whatever it is, it is out there and happening, and if you can feel it, so can I.38 And I’m going to love it.39 And so should you.40 I don’t know about anyone else, but I am definitely down for a little more baseball.41 I’m down for a LOT more baseball.42 Moving on, Part the Thoid: On Friday, our awesome drama director David invited the English department to a preview of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which will play tomorrow. I’ve been too busy to get down there and enjoy our school’s first Shakespearean play, but I’m taking my classes to the preview. So I’m doing a mini-mini unit on Midsummer, which I suggested to David last year after he had finished Grease.43 I actually suggested not only Midsummer, but a dream year of Midsummer in the Fall and Godspell in the Spring, my two favorite plays ever.44 It’s a bit too into the 4 a.m. right now for me to dig it up, but I know that I mentioned that in a DN last Spring when we did Grease. At the time, I also suggested Godspell for the Spring musical.45 Moving on, Part Four: There’s a great movie on right now starring Katharine Hepburn. It is called Quality Street by J.M. Barrie and directed by George Stevens.46 Some of you might remember the coincidence last week of my writing “Nice hook!” on a student’s introductory paragraph of an essay I was grading.47 The second I wrote the “H” on “hook” a freshman girl right in front of me said, “I LOVE Peter Pan!”. All ears, smiles, and braces. It came out of nowhere.48 I had just talked about coincidences and Halloween and the Heidi stories and all. She broke into a huge grin. Goofy.49 Katharine Hepburn plays the part of Phoebe Throssel, and is called “Miss Phoebe” all through the Quality Street. J.M. Barrie wrote Quality Street. J.M. Barrie also wrote Peter Pan. Hook is a film about Peter Pan and Captain Hook.50 Quality Street also has two characters named Blore and Witherspoon, two characters from two of my past plays. Blore was a character in M is for the Million, and Witherspoon a character from Arsenic and Old Lace. I mentioned Phoebe earlier in this DN.51 I’m smiling. The coincidences continue. The particles are in place.52 Believe what you will. I just document this stuff. It is all true.53 And I don’t know about you, but I’m down for a little baseball.54 Who else is down?55 Have a GREAT Monday, and GO GIANTS!!!!56 Peace.~H~
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