Penn became the first team to clinch an NCAA Tournament berth this season with its win over Columbia on Saturday. I was glad to be there, and we had a great time celebrating afterwards...
02.28.05 @ 3:57 PM EST [Click For More...]
I have tickets to the final Knicks game of the season. The way things are going, I may need some help figuring out what to wear.
02.26.05 @ 12:40 AM EST [Click For More...]
So, after a nice afternoon nap, and I click onto ESPN.com to find that the Knicks have made a couple of deals at the NBA trade deadline.
Good, I think... maybe they're finally getting serious about rebuilding. Maybe they got rid of some big, stupid contracts. Maybe...
Wait a minute, Isiah Thomas is still in charge.
02.24.05 @ 5:14 PM EST [Click For More...]
Turns out there is Bugs Bunny on TV. The Boomerang Channel features Looney Tunes a few times a day, so it's now in my fake TiVo lineup. This morning I got to watch "Baseball Bugs," in which Bugs Bunny plays all nine positions against the Gas-House Gorillas. It's an absolute classic. Final score: Bugs Bunny 96, Gas-House Gorillas 95.
My apologies to anyone who read yesterday's entry and felt moved to write their Congressional representative to protest the lack of Bugs Bunny on our airwaves. It was not my intention to waste your time, your postage or the time of your elected officials.
02.24.05 @ 9:44 AM EST [Link]
The never-ending chain of prohibition continues...
3rd Avenue, Manhattan
02.23.05 @ 5:17 PM EST [Click For More...]
I've been battling a total nuisance of a head cold. Tissues help my runny nose. The Internet helps my runny brain...
02.23.05 @ 11:32 AM EST [Click For More...]
Farley Post Office, 8th Avenue, Manhattan
I just thought it looked cool when I turned around on my way to the subway.
02.21.05 @ 2:22 AM EST [Link]
Pitchers and catchers reported this week, the first sign that the long, dull winter is finally coming to a close. I went up to Yankee Stadium to cash in on a rain check from last season. Soon enough, the place will be hopping, but it'll still be a little wait until then...
02.18.05 @ 4:03 PM EST [Click For More...]
This is the Yankee Stadium edition of the "No" series. If you thought The Man was prohibitive, just get a look at Steinbrenner's kingdom in the Bronx...
02.18.05 @ 3:55 PM EST [Click For More...]
St. Paul's Church in Mount Vernon has a long history that I won't repeat in its entirety, but which is really interesting -- it served as an active church for over 300 years, and the graveyard is still in use, the final resting place of Hessian soldiers and late 20th century parishioners alike.
There was a lot to see, so I took a lot of pictures.
This sign is in the Bronx, which was part of Westchester County when the church was set up. I believe that the whole thing was the Town of Eastchester, which helps explain why there's not much demarcation between today's Bronx and Mount Vernon.
02.18.05 @ 1:36 AM EST [Click For More...]
Tuesday was the most beautiful day we've had in the northeast in what felt like years after a mucky, often rainy winter. It was sunny with temperatures at near-springlike levels. I thought about conducting the Great Brooklyn Cow Search (more on this at a later date), but flipped through my map of New York City and found something just north of the Bronx that I wanted to investigate -- St. Paul's Church National Historic Site.
So, I trekked up to the end of the line on the 5 train at Dyre Avenue in the Eastchester section of the Bronx, checking off five more subway stops on my way to having toured the whole system. Then it was a quick walk out of the city to Mount Vernon. I'd never walked out of the city before, which made it a little more interesting for me -- the sudden change in fire hydrants and street signs was the only way to tell I was out of the Bronx.
East 233rd Street, Eastchester
This is just interesting because of the disclaimer at the bottom. The dollar menu is only available in the Bronx? Who is McDonald's trying to fool?
02.17.05 @ 4:58 PM EST [Click For More...]
Greenpoint Avenue
I don't know what Leviton is, don't know what goes on in this building, don't really care. I just thought it looked cool. I also liked the fact that as I walked by it, I crossed Jewel Street (not so exciting) and Newel Street (what is a newel?), which made me laugh out loud. Fortunately, there was nobody around to see me in the role of crazy person laughing to himself on the street.
02.17.05 @ 9:57 AM EST [Click For More...]
About two weeks ago, the weather was beautiful, so I took a long walk. By the time it was over, I had gone about five miles, from Astoria to Williamsburg. I also took some pictures along the way, feeling rather like a stranger in a strange land. It's often like that when you walk through an industrial area, especially for the first time. This was my first time crossing over Newtown Creek, which divides Queens and Brooklyn at their westernmost points, on foot.
Newtown Creek (Queens on the left, Brooklyn on the right)
02.16.05 @ 8:57 PM EST [Click For More...]
My next few entries will probably be all pictures, but I figured I'd start with some that don't fit the mold for those upcoming sets.
Shea Stadium, from across the Grand Central Parkway
02.16.05 @ 2:07 PM EST [Click For More...]
3rd Avenue, Manhattan
"As many as 37 or more." So, there could be 33? Or 40? Or 5? Or 698? Who knows?! Why be so specific, anyway? This is the kind of thing that drives me absolutely bats, especially when an identical sign at a building a couple of blocks down advises visitors that they may be taped by "as many as 28 or more" cameras.
And you "may" be taped? There's a possibility that you won't be taped at all. Basically, what they're telling you is that they have some cameras, and you could be taped by 28 or 37 or maybe even more than that or possibly zero and what does it matter anyway if the guy watching the monitors has stepped out for a cup of coffee.
A better sign would be "Welcome to New York City. Odds are you're on camera."
02.15.05 @ 9:54 AM EST [Link]
Time to step back about 60 feet, 6 inches and finish looking at the 2000 Yankees and 2005 Yankees on the pitching mound to finally see which team looks better, at least on paper.
02.13.05 @ 9:00 PM EST [Click For More...]
With pitchers and catchers now just two days away from reporting to spring training (finally!), I thought I’d take some time to examine whether, at least on paper, the Yankees are better now than when they won their last World Series in 2000, taking a look position by position. I’ll use the Yankees who played in that Series (plus Randy Choate and Jason Grimsley to get the roster to 25 since I can’t remember exactly who the two guys were that didn’t play), and my best guess at the 2005 lineup.
Of course, the 2000 Yankees went 87-74, just 13 games over .500 – their fewest games over the break-even mark since going 76-86 in 1992. While I’m not totally looking at the team that struggled through much of the regular season, a Yankee fan would have to hope that this season’s team is better.
At least mentally, this exercise should bring me back to the good old days…
02.13.05 @ 12:10 AM EST [Click For More...]
There wasn't a place to put this when I wrote about Penn-Princeton, but I'm glad that I went to a city that wasn't holding a parade on Tuesday.
30th Street Station, Philadelphia
02.11.05 @ 2:28 AM EST [Link]
I walked through Penn Station after getting out of work and was struck by what a ghost town it was. City that never sleeps, eh? Well, the LIRR part was still buzzing, but most of it was, as it often is when I walk through after work, like this...
02.11.05 @ 2:26 AM EST [Click For More...]
I still don't believe I saw this.
02.09.05 @ 11:38 AM EST [Click For More...]
Yesterday was a sort of annual pilgrimage for me, a trip to the Palestra for the Penn-Princeton basketball game. It's hard to believe that I've now seen the Quakers and Tigers face each other for seven straight years at college basketball's most historic gym.
I met Haggs and Rod at 30th Street Station in the afternoon and we made another holy visit to the three-way intersection of 9th, Wharton and Passyunk in South Philly for chessesteaks. Then it was on to Mad 4 Mex, where most of the group got together for chips, salsa, wings and the always popular $6 "Big Azz" margaritas during happy hour.
02.09.05 @ 10:09 AM EST [Click For More...]
OK, this has nothing to do with Billy Madison and you can really take off the "O."
When I first got to Astoria and walked around, I noticed a bar that had a familiar cousin. Indeed, when you get off the train in Philadelphia, it's right there. So, here's to a happy family reunion!
02.09.05 @ 9:49 AM EST [Click For More...]
Just as an aside, I'd like the five "No!"s above to be called out in your mind the way that Spanish baseball announcer does it for ESPN Deportes. You've heard him by now... "NOOOO! NO! NO! NO! NOOOO!"
Steinway Street, Astoria
02.07.05 @ 12:44 PM EST [Click For More...]
When I was in fifth grade, I had a very vivid dream that I still remember, even though I only had it once.
I was on the Giants, in a key game against the Cowboys. I was the quarterback and threw for the winning touchdown as time expired. The next thing I knew, I was kissing the girl that I had a crush on at the time.
Yes, that was the moment I knew.
02.07.05 @ 4:43 AM EST [Click For More...]
For the fourth edition of the "No" pictures, I've taken four pictures from the subway...
MetroCard Vending Machine, Penn Station, Manhattan
02.06.05 @ 2:47 AM EST [Click For More...]
Super what now?
As of this afternoon, I recognize only one kind of football, and it's played across the Atlantic Ocean.
I care infinitely more about the travails of Sunderland than I do about the Patriots or Eagles.
02.04.05 @ 8:39 PM EST [Click For More...]
Broadway, Astoria
02.04.05 @ 12:05 PM EST [Link]
Every so often, a slip of the fingers will lead you to something particularly strange.
When I was looking for a job, I made myself a directory of bookmarks to various job search sites. I just clicked onto one accidentally, the Iowa Newspaper Association.
I decided to read it for kicks... I'm not interested in leaving New York.
02.03.05 @ 4:51 PM EST [Click For More...]
Another post with a number, but one I haven't done in a while... the vacuum cleaner for my brain -- Random Thoughts!
Speaking of vacuum cleaners, I received one as a Chanukah present in December. I still haven't opened the box. I don't live in squalor or anything, but I can't motivate myself to vacuum. It'll happen eventually, I guess, but not today, probably not tomorrow and I already know that I'm planning to do something else the next day.
02.02.05 @ 10:53 AM EST [Click For More...]
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