JAN 30TH 1862

THE USS MONITOR WAS LAUNCHED IN BROOKLYN. BUILT AT THE CONTINENTAL IRON WORKS IN THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. FOUGHT IN FIRST EVER IRONCLAD WARSHIP BATTLE VS CSS VIRGINIA ON 3/8-9/1862. A CIVIL WAR BATTLE. HERE MORE ON THIS WARSHIP ON MY TOUR. www.brooklynwalkingtour.com

LADIES BEWARE

THERE WAS A REPORT IN TODAY'S PAPER ABOUT A CAB DRIVER MOLESTING A PARK SLOPE WOMEN. BE CAREFUL THE SLOPE IS GREAT BUT STILL A FEW BAD SEEDS LINGERING. AREA VERY PRICEY,BUT YOU'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE.

PUT IT IN BROOKLYN

THE ROBINSON FOUNDATION IS IN THE MIDST OF A $25 MILLION FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN TO BUILD A JACKIE ROBINSON MUSEUM IN LOWER MANHATTAN. THIS MUSEUM SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN BROOKLYN. REMEMBER IT WAS NOT THE MANHATTAN DODGERS IT WAS THE BROOKLYN DODGERS.

DODGER PARTY PLACE 4 SALE

THE BOSSERT HOTEL IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS IS UP FOR SALE. THIS IS WHERE THE BROOKLYN DODGERS CELEBRATED THEIR 1955 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WIN OVER THE HATED RIVAL YANKEES. JEHOVAH WITNESSES SELLING MOST OF THEIR PROPERTY IN DUMBO AREA, LOOKING TO MOVE UPSTATE TO WALLKILL. THIS PLACE WILL PROBABLY GO FOR $80 MILLION. CAN YOU IMAGINE.

NO SUPRISE

A HUGE FLOCK OF DUCKS AND GEESE THAT USUALLY FLY SOUTH IN WINTER CAN BE SPOTTED EVERYDAY IN GRAVESEND BAY. WHICH IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 6 DUTCH TOWNS THAT FORMED BROOKLYN. I SEE HUNDREDS AS I DRIVE ON BELT PARKWAY. FORGET THE POLITICIANS, THE ANIMALS WILL TELL YOU ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING

JAN. 28TH 1975

OCEAN PARKWAY IN BROOKLYN WAS DESIGNATED A SCENIC HISTORICAL LANDMARK. I HAVE TAKEN OCEAN PARKWAY MANY TIMES TO GO TO BEACH. OR CONEY ISLAND.

GREAT STORE BUT.....

I WENT TO FAIRWAY IN REDHOOK WITH MY BUDDY ON SUNDAY.WRONG DAY TO GO. IS WAS LIKE BLACK FRIDAY.EVERY TIME MY PAL STOPPED TO BUY AN ITEM SOMEONE BEHIND HIM WANTED TO PASS.MY FRIEND SPENT $200 AND IF WE WEREN'T ASKED TO MOVE EVERY 3 SECONDS HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SPENT $300. WELL IF YOU KNOW ME I WAS LOOKING FOR THE MANAGER,WHO I TOLD A THING OR 3 TOO.GREAT STORE BUT I'LL STICK TO GOING DURING WEEK.

OH BABY!!!!!!!

BROOKLYN HAS MADE THE LIST OF TOP 100 MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES COMING IN AT 43RD IN 2007. MY COUSIN IN ARIZONA NAMED HIS DAUGHTER BROOKLYN IN 1989.

MADE IN BKLYN

NEIL DIAMOND WAS BORN IN CONEY ISLAND BROOKLYN ON JAN 24 TH 1941 MAKING HIM 67 TODAY.FROM BROOKLYN TO THE WORLD. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEIL.

JAN 24TH 1874

ARTHUR SCHOMBURG WAS BORN IN PUERTO RICO,MOVED TO BROOKLYN IN 1891 WERE A TEACHER TOLD HIM THAT BLACKS HAD NO HISTORY.SCHOMBURG WENT ON TO PROVE THE TEACHER WRONG BY COLLECTING BOOKS ON BLACK HISTORY.BY 1926 HE HAD COLLECTED OVER 10,000 OBJECTS WHICH IS NOW THE CORE OF THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE HOUSED IN HARLEM.DON'T EVER TELL A BROOKLYN KID HE HAS NO HISTORY.HE SHOWED EM.

FROG IN LETTUCE

A LITTLE GREEN FROG WAS FOUND IN A HEAD OF ORGANIC LETTUCE BOUGHT AT THE PARK SLOPE FOOD COOP. I'M NOT BLAMING THE FOOD COOP BUT I FIND IT FUNNY THAT THEY GO THERE TO GET SPECIAL ORGANIC FOOD,AND POSSIBLY END UP WITH A POISONOUS FROG IN THE SALAD. I'LL STICK WITH THE OLD STEADY KEYFOOD.

THEN AND SOON TO BE

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE FOR ANYONE WHO GREW UP NEAR THE GOWANUS CANAL.REPORTED IN TODAYS PAPER MAJOR DEVELOPERS PURCHASED THE LAND,AND ARE GETTING READY TO PUT UP CONDOS ALONG CANAL.WATER IS POLLUTED,BUT I FEEL WITH A MAJOR EFFORT IT CAN BE CLEANED UP.NATURE HAS A WAY OF RECLAIMING ITSELF AS LONG AS WE HUMANS LEAVE IT ALONE.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

RICHARD UPJOHN WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1802. HE CAME TO NY IN 1829 AT AGE OF 27 AND LIVED IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS. HE DESIGNED THE WORLD FAMOUS LANDMARK GOTHIC ARCH AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY.

TOUR SPOTS HOPPING

THE BROOKLYN LYCEUM IS HAVING A JAZZ SHOW ON SUNDAY THE 27TH@ 9PM AND 1030PM TICKETS ARE $10. THIS IS ALSO A STOP ON MY TOUR. THIS WAS PUBLIC BATHHOUSE # 7 WHERE PARK SLOPE RESIDENTS WHO DIDN'T HAVE HOT WATER IN EARLY 1900S WOULD GO TO TAKE BATHS.

7TH ANNUAL NIGHT OF MAGIC

FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8PM THERE WILL BE A MAGIC SHOW AT THE BROOKLYN SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CULTURE, THAT'S A STOP ON MY TOUR. THAT WAS WILLIAM CHILDS HOUSE BUILT IN 1900 BY WILLIAM TUBBY.MR. CHILDS MADE HIS FORTUNE WITH THE BON-AMI CLEANSING POWDER.53 PROSPECT PARK WEST.

SLICING IN THE SLOPE

THERE IS A COOL NEW SERVICE IN PARK SLOPE.REMEMBER THE GUY WITH THE TRUCK THAT WOULD SHARPEN YOUR KNIVES? WELL WE NOW HAVE A GUY WHO MAKES THE BEST HAND MADE CUTLERY IN NYC. ITS A PLACE CALLED "CUT BROOKLYN" LOCATED AT 75 10TH ST BETWEEN 2ND AVE AND GOWANUS CANAL.HIS KNIVES ARE LIKE A PIECE OF ART. http://www.cutbrooklyn.com/ CHECK IT OUT.

4TH AVE IS BOOMING

IN THE DAILY NEWS TODAY WAS MANY PHOTOS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN PARK SLOPE ON 4TH AVE. ALWAYS AN EYESORE AND THE START OF MY TOUR.NOW WITH THE REZONING OF THE AREA, PERMITTING BUILDINGS UP TO 12 STORIES, HOTELS AND LUXURY CONDOS ARE SPRINGING UP ALL ALONG 4TH AVE.GOOD NEWS FOR NABE AND BUSINESS.

BROOKLYN CHESS CHAMP

BOBBY FISHER WHO LIVED ABOVE A BROOKLYN CANDY STORE IN CROWN HEIGHTS, AND WENT ON TO BE A WORLD CHAMPION CHESS PLAYER HAS DIED. IN 1972 HE BEAT THE RUSSIAN CHAMPION WHEN IT MEANT SOMETHING TO BEAT THE RUSSIAN'S AT ANYTHING. ALTHOUGH HE TURNED INTO A RECLUSE AND DENOUNCED HIS HERITAGE AND COUNTRY IT'S CLEAR THIS MAN WAS MENTALLY ILL. RIP BOBBY. A BROOKLYN KID WILL GIVE GOD A RUN FOR HIS MONEY, ST. PETER GET THE CHESSBOARD.

CLEANERS CLOSING

THIS IS VERY DISTURBING, A DRY CLEANERS IS CLOSING ON COURT ST. AFTER 24 YRS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. RENT IS BEING RAISED TO $6500 FROM $2500. HOW CAN THEY DO THIS THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE? THE RESIDENTS ARE RALLYING,SIGNING A PETITION.HOPEFULLY SOME ACTION CAN BE TAKEN TO SAVE ANOTHER PIECE OF THE FABRIC THAT MAKES BROOKLYN WHAT IT IS.STAY TUNED...

AL CAPONE

THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS GANGSTER WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN ON THIS DAY IN 1899. TO LEARN MORE TAKE A TOUR WITH BIG RICK, http://www.brooklynwalkingtour.com/ HEAR THE WHOLE STORY AND MORE.....

BROOKLYN KNOWS WHAT TIME IT IS !!!!!!!!!!!

THE WILLIAMSBURG SAVING BANK CLOCK IS WORKING AGAIN, AFTER 2 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE BUILDING. IF YOU GREW UP IN AREA OF THE BUILDING THIS WAS YOUR CLOCK. ALL I HAD TO DO WAS LIFT MY HEAD OFF MY PILLOW AND SEE WHAT TIME IT WAS. PLAYING SPORTS ON THE STREETS MY BUDDIES AND I WOULD GO DEEP IN OUTFIELD TO CHECK TIME SO WE WOULD BE HOME FOR 5PM DINNER. AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY NEWSPAPERS THAT CLOCK NEVER WORKED, THE OLD TIMERS KNOW THAT THE CLOCK ALWAYS WORKED AND WAS A BEACON FOR US. I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES TODAY WHEN I SAW STORY THAT CLOCK WAS WORKING, THINKING BACK TO MY CHILDHOOD AND HOW THAT BUILDING IS LIKE FAMILY. ITS THE TALLEST BUILDING IN BROOKLYN AND SHOULD ALWAYS HOLD THE TITLE.I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. I DON'T CARE IF RATNER BUILDS 100 HIGH RISE TOWERS NOT ONE IS TO GO HIGHER THEN THE WILLIAMSBURG BANK.

BROOKLYN WATERFALL

A 120 FT HIGH WATERFALL IS BEING INSTALLED ALONG EAST RIVER AT FOOT OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. IT'S EXPECTED TO DRAW MANY TOURIST AND BOOST NYC ECONOMY BY $55 MILLION.GOOD NEWS FOR TOUR BUSINESS.

ST. ANN'S WAREHOUSE

ST. ANN'S WAREHOUSE HAS ANNOUNCED ITS 2008 SEASON OF EVENTS, SOME BIG ONES GOING ON. CHECK WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.

BAM OPENS 1861

ON JANUARY 15TH 1861 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC ( BAM ) OPENED ON MONTAGUE ST AND HAD ITS 1ST CONCERT.MOVED TO PRESENT LOCATION IN 1906.

COOL JAZZ IN SLOPE

PARLOR JAZZ AT 110 VANDERBUILT AVE IS A COOL SPOT FOR SOME SMOOTH JAZZ,HAVE A LISTEN.

1955 WORLD SERIES HERO DIES

JOHNNY PODRES WHO PITCHED GAME 7 OF THE 1955 WORLD SERIES FOR THE BROOKLYN DODGERS, BROOKLYN'S ONLY WORLD SERIES WIN EVER, HAS PASSED AWAY. JUST 3 WEEKS AFTER HIS OPPOSING PITCHER THAT DAY,TOMMY BYRNE, DIED IN DECEMBER.FUNNY HOW LIFE TIES PEOPLE TOGETHER.

TOUR NEWS

GOOD NEWS FOR TOUR BUSINESS AS NYC OFFICIALS ESTIMATED THAT 46 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED NYC IN 2007 UP 5% FROM 2006, AND SPENT 28 BILLION DOLLARS.I SOLD 1 TICKET FOR SUNDAY JAN 20TH.WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING.

SNOW JOB

AS I WAKE UP THIS MORNING I SEE WE HAVE ZERO SNOW. WHICH IS WHAT I EXPECTED. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT MONSTER STORM?ONCE AGAIN WEATHER MAN INCORRECT.

POLICE ACTIVITY

AT 2AM ON SUNDAY MORNING 6 POLICE CARS AND AN AMBULANCE WAS ON 3RD ST BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVES. ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? LOTS OF ROBBERIES IN SLOPE LATELY.

A GIANT WIN

I DIDN'T HAVE THE 1ST GAME CORRECT TODAY BUT I HAD GIANTS WINNING THIS GAME BY 4 PTS, CHECK OTHER POST.COWBOYS NOT AS GOOD AS ADVERTISED,AND GIANTS ON THE COME. THEY CAN TAKE THE PACK.... MORE NEXT WEEK

APOD

GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN APOD IT'S THE ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY. SOME REALLY GREAT PHOTOS FROM AND OF OUTER SPACE.MAKES GREAT WALLPAPER FOR PC SCREEN.ENJOY

G.E. # 7

AFTER FLUBBING A SHOT MY FRIEND SAID REASON WAS " THERE WAS A BUG ON MY BALL ".

THEY'RE BLUFFING

IN THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF RALPH KRAMDEN, WHO DIDN'T WANNA PAY THE $5 RENT INCREASE " THEY'RE BLUFFING ". WEATHER MAN CALLING FOR STORM OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT SUNDAY AND 3 MORE INCHES OF SNOW ON MONDAY THATS A TOTAL OF 9 INCHES . I'M BETTING WE DON'T GET EVEN HALF THAT.....TO BE CONT........

YANKS A LOT

I STARTED A YANKEE BLOG. THIS WAY I CAN JUST GEAR BLOGSLOPE TO PARK SLOPE,BROOKLYN AND TOUR NEWS. GOOGLE YANKSALOT ONE WORD AND IT SHOULD COME UP ON 1ST PAGE.

RICKY THE GREEK

AFTER PICKING BOTH WINNERS ON SAT I'LL GIVE YOU MY SUNDAY PICKS NICE AND EARLY.COLTS TO POUND INCONSISTENT CHARGERS 45 - 17. AND THE SURPRISE OF THE WEEKEND GIANTS TOP COWBOYS 24 - 20.

PACK & PATS

TWO BIG GAMES IN NFL TODAY,WITH TWO MORE BIG ONES TOMORROW,THIS IS THE BEST WEEKEND OR YEAR FOR NFL FOOTBALL. TODAY I'M TALKING THE PACKERS AND THE PATRIOTS BOTH AT HOME AND BOTH TO WIN AN COVER. GB 34 SEA. 21...... PATS 41 JAX 17......ENJOY THE GAMES.

G.E.# 6

AFTER MISSING A SHOT FROM THE FAIRWAY MY PAL TURNED TO ME AND SAID "THE SUN SCREEN GOT IN MY EYES".

DOLAN THE DOPE

NOW HE'S THINKING OF FIRING ISIAH? DOES HE EVEN HAVE A BRAIN? DOES HE KNOW HOW TO THINK? OR HE JUST PAYS? WE'RE 9-26 AND 21-1/2 GAMES OUT OF 1ST PLACE WITH OVER HALF OF THE SEASON LEFT. AT THIS RATE WE ONLY FINISH ABOUT 40 GAMES OUT. A TOTAL DISGRACE. BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH EVERY GAME. MY FRIENDS KNOW I'M A DIE HARD.

SLOPE SPREADING

A NEW FANCY FOODS MARKET IS OPENING ON 7TH AVE BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH ST. BEING FROM AREA, FOR MANY YEARS THERE WASN'T MUCH GOING ON PAST 9TH ST. 5TH AVE IS BOOMING.OLD NEIGHBORHOOD IS NEW HOT SPOT.10 STORY CONDOS GOING UP ALL ALONG 4TH AVE.DEVELOPERS EYEING GOWANUS CANAL WATERFRONT. WHERE WILL IT END ?

RUNS ON AIR

THERE IS A NEW CAR GOING INTO PRODUCTION NEXT YEAR IN INDIA THAT RUNS ON COMPRESSED AIR. IT WILL COST $2 TO FILL UP TANK,WHICH WILL RUN FOR 90 MILES WITH NO EMISSIONS. I'LL TAKE ONE. MY CAR USED TO COST $23 TO FILL UP NOW COST $45. MIGHT BE A LITTLE TROUBLE TO STOP FOR GAS EVERY 90 MILES BUT LOTS OF SAVINGS. AND BEST OF ALL ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY.

NEW YORKERS TO THE RESCUE

THIS GOT MY BLOOD BOILING. I READ ABOUT THE ELDERLY COUPLE WHO WERE TICKETED FOR DOUBLE PARKING. MAN WAS HELPING BLIND WIFE INTO DIALYSIS CLINIC.WELL OTHER PEOPLE SAW THIS IN PAPER AND VOLUNTEERED TO PAY TICKET,NEW YORK AT ITS FINEST.AS FOR THE TRAFFIC AGENT HE SHOULD BE DOCKED $115 THE AMOUNT OF THE TICKET,OR FIRED.DOES THE MAYOR READ THE PAPER? TEAR UP THE TICKET, HAVE A HEART.

WHAT A JOKE

I'VE BEEN HEARING PROMOS FOR THE ROY JONES VS FELIX TRINIDAD FIGHT ON JAN 19TH AT MSG. IN THE PROMOS THE GUY IS TALKING ALI/FRAZIER SAYING HOW THIS FIGHT IS GONNA MAKE HISTORY LIKE THAT ONE. WHEN ALI FOUGHT FRAZIER IN MSG EVERY SINGLE PERSON WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.IF YOUR NOT A BOXING FAN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THESE GUYS ARE FIGHTING.I JUST CHECKED AND RINGSIDE SEATS ARE STILL AVAILABLE ARE YOU KIDDING ME.ALI VS FRAZIER SOLD OUT IMMEDIATELY.

FUN OR GUN

I SEE ANOTHER PERSON WAS KILLED IN MANHATTAN'S CLUBLAND DISTRICT. LETS GET METAL DETECTOR'S AT ALL CLUBS AS PEOPLE SEEM THE NEED TO TAKE GUNS TO A NIGHTCLUB. ARE YOU GOING OUT TO HAVE FUN AND MEET LADIES? WHERE DOES THE GUN COME IN?YEAH THE LADIES WANT YOU PACKING BUT NOT A GUN.

G.E. # 5

ONE TIME AFTER MISSING A PUTT MY PALS EXCUSE WAS " THERE WAS A GUY WALKING BEHIND THE HOLE."IN THIS CASE DUFFY GADGETS. MAYBE IF HE WAS LOOKING AT HOLE AND NOT THE GUY HE WOULD HAVE SUNK IT. PUTTING WITH THE RITZ.

G.E. # 4

THE 12TH HOLE AT BROOKLYN'S DYKER BEACH GOLF COURSE IS A DOG-LEG LEFT. ON THIS DAY,RIGHT AT THE TURN INTO THE GREEN WAS A HUGE OAK TREE SPIT IN HALF BY A STORM THE NIGHT BEFORE.IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE TREE CAME CRASHING DOWN,CAUSING MY FRIEND TO MISS THE 2 FT PUTT.EXCUSE WAS " THE TREE FELL WHILE I WAS PUTTING". BET YOU NEVER HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE.I GUESS I TREE DOES MAKE NOISE WHEN IT FALLS IN A FOREST.

3 EMPTY YEARS

THREE YEARS AGO TODAY MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY.I'M HEADING TO THE CEMETERY. WANT TO AGAIN THANK ALL MY FRIENDS WHO WERE THERE FOR ME DURING THAT TOUGH TIME.

KNICKS BACK ON TRACK

AFTER WINNING LAST NIGHT KNICKS LOSE AT HOME TO ROCKETS.THAT'S 9 - 25 . NEXT UP RAPTORS ON FRIDAY. I STILL SAY THEY DON'T WIN 20 GAMES THIS YEAR.

BROOKLYN CHURCHILL CONNECTION

A BIT OF BROOKLYN HISTORY FOR YOU....ON JAN. 9TH 1854 WINSTON CHURCHILL'S MOTHER WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN AT 426 HENRY ST.

RABBIT PROOF FENCE

THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE. I LIKE OBSCURE MOVIES. THIS ONE IS ABOUT THREE YOUNG GIRLS RIPPED FROM THEIR MOTHERS ARMS AND PUT INTO AN ORPHANAGE.ONLY TO ESCAPE AND WALK 1500 MILES BACK HOME. IF THIS MOVIE DOESN'T PULL AT THE STRINGS IN YOUR HEART YOU DON'T HAVE ONE.

WEATHER OR WHETHER ?

THESE WEATHERMEN DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE COMING OR GOING. TODAY CALLED FOR RAIN ALL DAY. I ALMOST HAD TO GO TO THE SUN SCREEN.ITS THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN AN INCH OF SNOW YET. I DON'T NEED SCIENTIST TO TELL ME THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT. WEATHER PATTERNS CHANGING TOO RAPIDLY.NOT A GOOD THING.

THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM

TODAY I WENT TO THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM TO SEE A FEW EXHIBITS THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY TILL END OF JANUARY. THIS IS THE 2ND LARGEST MUSEUM IN NYC, AND ONE OF THE PREMIER ART INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORD.WITH A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF OVER ONE AND A HALF MILLION OBJECTS, RANGING FROM ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MASTERPIECES TO CONTEMPORARY ART. THIS PLACE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

G.E. # 3

ONE TIME I HAD MY TOWEL HANGING OUT OF MY BACK POCKET TO COMBAT THE EARLY MORNING DEW. AS THE SUN ROSE SHADOWS STARTED TO APPEAR. I PROCEEDED TO FLUB A SHOT ABOUT 10FT, TURNED TO MY PARTNER AND SAID " THE SHADOW OF THE TOWEL BETWEEN MY LEGS DISTRACTED ME" . FOR A SECOND THERE I THOUGHT THAT THING GREW SOME MORE. NO EXCUSE I TOOK TOWEL OUT OF POCKET AND FLUBBED THE NEXT SHOT.

SOMEONE REMEMBERED

LAST WEEK AT MY COUSINS WAKE SOME OLD FRIENDS WERE TALKING ABOUT OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE GUY BROUGHT UP ELECTION DAY FIRES, AND HOW HIS BROTHER ONCE POURED GAS DOWN THE TROLLEY TRACKS OF UNION ST FROM 5TH DOWN TO 4TH AND LIT IT. THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SOME SIGHT, A BLAZE IN MIDDLE OF UNION ST FROM 4TH AVE TO 5TH AVE.....

GOOSE GETS CALL RICE ON SIDE

GOOSE GOSSAGE WAS ELECTED TO BASEBALLS HALL OF FALL!!!! CONGRATULATIONS GOOSE. JIM RICE MUST WAIT ANOTHER YEAR, WHATS WRONG WITH THESE VOTERS? I'M A YANKEES FAN AND A RED SOX HATER BUT THIS GUY WAS THE REAL DEAL. FOR 10 YEARS WHEN HE WAS AT BAT YOU WERE SHAKING IN YOUR BOOTS.MAYBE SOME OF THE YOUNGER VOTERS DIDN'T SEE HIM PLAY.WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO SEE HIM AND GOOSE GO IN TOGETHER AFTER THE EPIC HEAD TO HEAD BATTLES THEY HAD IN THE LATE 70's.

WING WAGON

IF YOU WANT THE BEST WINGS IN THE WORLD,SERVED BY THE NICEST PEOPLE,GO TO WING WAGON. ITS ON FLATBUSH AVE NEAR PARK PL IN PARK SLOPE.MILD,MED OR HOT THIS IS THE SPOT.

G.E. # 2

WE PLAY THIS LITTLE PITCH AND PUTT AT RIIS PARK, AND AFTER MISSING A 10FT CHIP FROM CLOSE TO THE PARK HOUSE MY FRIEND TURNS TO ME AND SAYS " IT STINKS LIKE PISS OVER THERE ". DIDN'T KNOW THE SENSE OF SMELL WAS CONNECTED TO THE GOLF SWING.NAME LEFT OUT AS THIS PAL IS A LITTLE SENSITIVE.

OPEN DOORS FOR GOOSE

TODAY THEY VOTE ON THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2008.GOOSE GOSSAGE HAS JUST MISSED GOING IN LAST YEAR,IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HE DOMINATED. HE PITCHED WHEN RELIEVERS WOULD COME INTO GAME IN 7TH INNING WITH 2 MEN ON BASE AND FINISH INNING AND GAME. MANY TIMES GOING MORE THEN 2 INNING,TWICE HE CAME IN AND PITCHED 7 INNINGS.UNHEARD OF IN TODAYS GAME. WITH 124 WINS AND 310 SAVES GOOSE SHOULD BE IN.... TO BE CONT...

ROCKET SHUT UP

IS CLEMENS NUTS? PRESS CONFERENCE'S, LAW SUITS,TAPED PHONE CALLS. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AS YOUR DIGGING A DEEPER HOLE FOR YOURSELF. I WILL SAY THIS, I THOUGHT YOU WERE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. SEEMS NOT SO IN THIS CASE. IF HE DID DO IT, HE'S ONLY ONE OF MANY GUYS WHO HAVE. THERE LOOKS LIKE A WITCH HUNT GOING ON HERE.

G.E. # 1

" THE RABBITS GOT ME ALL FUCKED UP " AS WE LIKE TO PLAY EARLY WE SOMETIMES GET THE EARLIEST TEE TIME CALLED THE RABBIT WHERE YOU START ON 2ND HOLE SKIPPING 1ST HOLE, HENCE THE RABBIT. AFTER ABOUT SEVEN CONSECUTIVE MISSED DRIVES, CHIP'S AND PUTT'S MY COUSIN TURNED TO ME AND SAID THE RABBITS GOT ME ALL FUCKED UP. AFTER THAT ALL FOUR OF US WAS FUCKED UP AS WE LAUGHED TILL OUR FACES HURT... SORRY MARK YOUR #1.

GOLF EXCUSES

STARTING TODAY I WILL BE POSTING GOLF EXCUSES I HAVE HEARD ON THE COURSE. ONE A DAY. EVENTUALLY ALL THE EXCUSES WILL BE PUT INTO A BOOK. I HAVE HEARD MANY MANY REASONS FOR A BAD SWING OR BAD SHOT, SO IM NOT GONNA LIMIT THE NUMBER. LETS START TODAY AND SEE HOW MANY WE COME UP WITH. FEEL FREE TO TELL ME SOME THAT YOU HEARD AND I'LL POST THEM.YOU GUYS KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

OLD BROOKLYN

THIS SHOULD BE FUN TO CHECK OUT. " GOODBYE CONEY ISLAND " ITS AN EXHIBITION ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF CONEY ISLAND OVER THE PAST 125 YEARS.ITS AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM THROUGH APRIL 6TH 2008.

JUMBO - THE STABLE

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER JUMBO?HE WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD FRUIT MAN.HE WOULD GO FROM BLOCK TO BLOCK WITH HIS WHITE HORSE AND WAGON SELLING FRUIT. MY COUSIN JOANNE'S FAMILY OWNED THE STABLE ON PRESIDENT ST.JUMBO KEEP THE HORSE AND WAGON THERE.ON SUNDAY'S MY DAD WOULD TAKE ME TO STABLE TO SEE THE HORSES, AND AS WE WERE FAMILY WE GOT TO PET AND FEED THE HORSES.THEY USED TO BE LINED UP AGAINST THE BACK WALL IN STALLS.I COULD SMELL THEM AS I WRITE THIS.THE STABLE IS GONE BUT NOT THE MEMORIES.MY COUSIN LIVES IN THE HOUSE NOW WHICH WAS RENOVATED,BUT WHEN I GO THERE WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE STABLE.

TIN CURTAIN

I'M GLAD THE STEELERS LOST ON SATURDAY. THEY ARE A BUNCH OF BIG MOUTH SORE HEADS. TALKING TRASH ALL GAME. THEY WERE STONED ON 4 DOWNS FROM THE 1YD LINE. THEN GET THAT BULLSHIT PASS INTERFERENCE CALL ON 4TH AND GOAL THAT ENABLED THEM TO TAKE THE LEAD.NOW THEY CAN TALK ALL THE TRASH THEY WANT FROM THEIR COUCH NEXT WEEK, AT LEAST WE WONT HAVE TO HEAR OR SEE IT.

WASTE OF SPACE

KNICKS LOSE AGAIN,THAT'S 8-24 IF ANYONE IS STILL COUNTING OR CARES. I'M A LIFELONG KNICKS FAN SO I DO CARE.I BLOGGED A FEW WEEKS BACK THEY DON'T WIN 20 GAMES THIS YEAR, LOOKS LIKE NUMBER MIGHT BE LOWER.AT CHICAGO NEXT,CAN YOU SPELL 8 - 25.

A BRONX TALE

MY FRIENDS GRANDMOTHER IS 91 YEARS OLD TODAY. AND UP UNTIL THIS SUMMER SHE WAS STILL LIVING ON ARTHUR AVE IN THE BRONX. STILL HOLDING THE FORT IN THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.AFTER AN UNANSWERED CALL TO THE HOME THE FAMILY RUSHED OVER TO FIND THE APARTMENT EMPTY.POLICE CAME AND STARTED SEARCHING WITH NO LUCK.TOLD FAMILY TO CALL ALL THE HOSPITALS IN BRONX AND CHECK IF SHE WAS ADMITTED. THE FIRST HOSPITAL THAT THEY CALLED SAID YES SHE WAS THERE.APPARENTLY SHE HAD BECOME A LITTLE DISORIENTATED AND DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE SHE MAY HAVE BEEN ROBBED. WHO COULD DO THIS TO A 90 YEAR OLD LADY. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SICK SOUL. YOU SHOULD ROT IN HELL. AS A CHRISTIAN YOU'RE TAUGHT TO FORGIVE,BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GRANDMAS ALL BETS ARE OFF.SHE IS SINCE MOVED TO TO A FACILITY ON LONG ISLAND AND RESTING COMFORTABLY, YEARNING TO GO SHOPPING ON ARTHUR AVE AGAIN. THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TO....HAPPY 91ST BIRTHDAY.

VALIANT SKINS FALL

THUMBS UP TO THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS! ALTHOUGH THEY LOST TO SEATTLE ON SATURDAY,FOR A FEW MINUTES THERE IT LOOKED LIKE STRANGE FORCES WERE AT WORK. SCORING TWO QUICK TDS AND RECOVERING THE ENSUING FUMBLE ON THE KICKOFF. IN THE END SEATTLE WON THE GAME BUT THE SKINS SHOWED THE HEART OF CHAMPIONS IN THE FACE ADVERSITY, A LESSON FOR ALL OF US.

POPS

ANYONE REMEMBER LEVINE BROS. SPORTING GOODS ON 5TH AVE AND 5TH ST ? JACK WAS THE OWNER.AS KIDS WE USED TO BUY FOOTBALL'S,BASKETBALLS, BASEBALL GLOVE'S, STICKBALL BAT'S AND ALL OUR HOCKEY EQUIPMENT THERE. THIS IS FUNNY,ONE TIME WE NEEDED GOALIE PADS FOR THE BLOCKS TEAM AND NO ONE KID COULD AFFORD THEM AT $100. IF WE WOULD GET 10 GUYS TO CHIP IN $5 EACH.THAT'S ONLY $50 HERE'S THE FUNNY PART,WE WOULD GO TO JACK'S AND CHANGE THE PRICE OF THE PADS TO $50.I DON'T THINK JACK KNEW BUT HE LOVED US. AND HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN US THE PADS FOR FREE PROBABLY IF WE JUST ASKED.MANY TIMES YOU WERE SHORT A BUCK OR FIVE AND JACK GAVE YOU THE BALL OR ITEM YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THE BUILDING WAS SOLD AND JACK WAS FORCED TO CLOSE.I HAPPEN TO BE PASSING ON THE LAST WEEKEND AND WENT IN TO SEE IF HE REMEMBERED ME. HE MOST CERTAINLY DID,RATTLING OFF ALL MY OLD BUDDIES NAMES.WE THEN PROCEEDED TO TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES, HOW EVERYTHING CHANGES, SHORTLY AFTER JACK WAS IN TEARS WITH ME NOT FAR BEHIND. ANOTHER PLACE OF OUR CHILDHOOD CLOSED FOREVER.WHERE EVER YOU ARE JACK THE GANG FROM CARROLL ST LOVED YOU AND WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.

CELL HELL

THESE PEOPLE ON THEIR CELL PHONES ARE SO INCONSIDERATE OF OTHERS. TODAY AT THE BANK THIS GUY WAS TALKING LOUD ON PHONE WHILE BEING HELPED BY A TELLER. ARE YOU BANKING OR BULLSHITTING?I ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE DOESN'T CARE OR WANT TO HEAR YOUR BUSINESS,SO TALK LOWER OR DON'T TALK AT ALL.

MSG 3/8/71 FIGHT OF THE CENTURY

I AM WATCHING BOXING ALL MY LIFE AND I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO COME UP WITH A BETTER FIGHT THEN THIS ONE. ALI FRAZIER AT THE GARDEN MARCH 8TH 1971, 37 YEARS HAS GONE BY AND THIS FIGHT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. IT WAS TWO UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS. I WAS FOR SMOK'IN JOE AS THIS FIGHT DIVIDED AN ALL ITALIAN NEIGHBORHOOD.AFTER ALL THESE YEARS I RESPECT ALI AS HE WAS TRULY GREAT. IT WAS 15 GRUELING ROUNDS BUT ON THIS NIGHT FRAZIER BROKE ALI'S JAW,THAT'S WAS ONE WAY TO SHUT HIM UP. ALSO KNOCKED HIM DOWN IN 15TH ROUND.WINNER ON UNANIMOUS DECISION WAS JOE FRAZIER. THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY.

THE 4:30 MOVIE

CH. 7 WOULD HAVE A 4:30 MOVIE EVERYDAY DURING THE WEEK. USUALLY WITH A THEME FOR THE WEEK.EASTER WEEK WAS THE BEST WITH ALL THE BIBLICAL MOVIES." KING OF KINGS ", " BARABBAS ", " SPATACUS ", " BEN-HUR ". THOSE WERE CLASSICS.PUT ON CH 7 AND GET ME A TV DINNER.

TV DINNER'S AND SUPERMAN

REMEMBER PLAYING IN THE STREETS TILL 4:59 AS YOU HAD TO BE HOME AT 5PM FOR DINNER.ORDERING A TV DINNER EVEN THOUGH SOMETHING BETTER WAS AVAILABLE.THING WAS YOU COULD TAKE YOUR TV DINNER INTO LIVING ROOM, WE CALLED IT THE PARLOR WITH THE SNAP UP ALUMINUM TABLE YOU WERE READY FOR SUPERMAN.

BROOKLYN NETS? NOT TILL 2010-2011

IT WAS JUST REPORTED THAT THE NEW NETS ARENA, PART OF THE ATLANTIC YARDS PROJECT WILL NOT BE READY FOR THE 2009 SEASON.MAKING OCTOBER 2010 A MORE REALISTIC OPENING DAY. THAT'S ALMOST A FULL 3 YEARS FOR SLOPERS TO BATTLE RATNER AND PUT OUR STAMP ON THE LANDSCAPE.

BRONX KIDS NEED A HAND

I JUST READ THIS ARTICLE ABOUT A CITY DAY CARE CENTER IN THE BRONX SLATED TO CLOSE LEAVING 200 KIDS WITH NO WHERE TO GO.PARENTS WHO CAN BARELY MAKE ENDS MEET MUST NOW FIND MONEY FOR BABYSITTERS. HOW CAN THEY DO THIS? I KNOW IF GEORGE STEINBRENNER SEES THIS STORY HE WILL SEE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.LAST YEAR HE SAVED A BRONX SOUP KITCHEN.YANKEES GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY.

REAL ESTATE UPDATE

WHILE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS FEELING A NATIONWIDE SLUMP,MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN'S AVERAGE PRICE OF HOMES CONTINUES TO RISE.I GUESS THIS REAFFIRMS NEW YORK AS THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

JOE PA LIVES

TO THE TEXAS A&M YELL LEADER WHO COMMENTED" JOE PATERNO IS ON HIS DEATHBED,SOMEBODY FIND HIM A CASKET", AT THE ALAMO BOWL PEP RALLY.HE MIGHT BE 81 BUT WHEN YOU'RE FROM BROOKLYN YOU ONLY KNOW ONE WAY. LOYALTY AND FULL SPEED AHEAD TILL YOU'RE DEAD.58 YRS AT PENN ST. 42 AS HEAD COACH. EVEN AT 81 I'LL TAKE HIM IN MY FOX HOLE ANYTIME.PENN ST 24 MOUTH 17.BROOKLYN WINS AGAIN.

5 IN ROW

KNICK'S LOSE AGAIN,NOW GO ON A 3 GAME ROAD TRIP. THAT'S 8-22 AND COUNTING.KINGS WERE PLAYING WITHOUT TOP FOUR PLAYER'S.KNICK'S CANT BEAT ANYONE.52 GAMES TO GO AND THE TORTURE WILL BE OVER.

POLAR BEARS IN BROOKLYN

THE POLAR BEAR CLUB HAD ITS ANNUAL NEW YEARS DAY CHARITY SWIM IN THE FRIGID WATERS OF CONEY ISLAND YESTREDAY. RAISING OVER 50K FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH, THIS CLUB CONTINUES TO SHOW WHAT BROOKLYN IS ALL ABOUT, THEY GET COLD SO SICK KIDS COULD BE WARM.

TOILET BOWL NEXT ?

WHEN ARE THEY GONNA NAME ONE OF THESE BOWL GAMES THE TOILET BOWL? SOMETHING IS WRONG IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.NEW YEARS DAY WAS ALWAYS THE BIG BOWL DAY. I SEE THERE IS 5 BOWL GAMES LEFT WHICH MAKES 30 TOTAL. WITH STILL NO CLEAR NATIONAL CHAMPION.THE BCS GAME IS ON MONDAY WITH THE TEAMS NOT PLAYING FOR ALMOST A MONTH,SOME KIND OF TOURNAMENT NEEDS TO BE INSTITUTED. EVEN IF ITS JUST A FINAL 4 TYPE WITH WINNERS FACING OFF FOR CHAMPIONSHIP.MONEY WINS AGAIN!!!

CAN KNICKS WIN AGAIN THIS YEAR

THIS TEAM IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT A TEAM,IS MORE LIKE THE WASHINGTON GENERALS.THE OLD WHIPPING BOYS FOR THE GLOBETROTTERS. THIS IS SERIOUS,I WATCH EVERY GAME,I'M A FAN WHAT CAN I SAY.BUT NOW ITS NOT ONLY ISIAH,THE PLAYERS ARE NOT IN SYNC ONE IOTA.THEY DON'T PLAY DEFENSE,REBOUND OR MAKE SHOTS. EVEN LAYUPS ARE NOT LAYUPS ANYMORE.I'M SURE THEY WILL WIN A FEW MORE GAMES THIS YEAR BUT NOT MANY.THE WHOLE TEAM SUCKS.EVERYONE OF THEM.

ROBBERIES IN SLOPE

READ OF A FEW ROBBERIES IN SLOPE LATELY, THIS UPSETS ME! I'M NOT NAIVE AND I BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK ONCE OR TWICE.AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE THERE WILL BE CRIME,BUT WITH HOW MUCH CONDOS AND RENTS ARE GOING FOR,LETS SPEND A FEW BUCKS ON CAMERAS.MAYBE IT WILL DETER SOME OF THE MUGGINGS GOING ON.IN AN AREA WHERE ALMOST ALL HOMES ARE GOING FOR WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS,ITS A SHAME YOU HAVE TO BE AFRAID TO PUT OUT THE GARBAGE.

EVIL KNIEVEL

I JUST READ ABOUT THIS GUY WHO CLEARED A FOOTBALL FIELD 322 FT. ON A MOTORCYCLE.MADE ME THINK OF EVIL KNIEVEL WHO IN THE 70s WAS THE ORIGINAL.HE HELD ALL THE RECORDS JUMPING OVER CARS,BUSES,SHARKS.AND THE SNAKE RIVER CANYON JUMP IN THE ROCKET SHIP.LET ME SEE THIS NEW GUY TRY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. EVIL WHO PASSED IN 2007 IS STILL THE KING OF DAREDEVILS.