My friend katerinfg sent this along to everyone in her circle of friends on LiveJournal. Looked like fun, so I went ahead and filled it out. Go ahead and check out my thoughts and, if you are so inclined, fill it out yourself.
1. Do you like bleu cheese? Yes, I do. But I try not to have it too often to keep my "ballerina" figure ;)
2. Have you ever smoked? Off and on for 15 years. Haven't smoked for the last 7. Won't smoke cigarettes again.
3. Do you own a gun? No. Too afraid of what I would use it for.
4. What flavor Kool-Aid was your favorite? Grape!!!
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? Not really. Then again, I'm always fidgety when waiting to see the doctor.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? There no damned good for you...but that doesn't mean that I don't absolutely love them every now and again.
7. Favorite Christmas movie? Either Scrooged or A Christmas Story.
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee. Black w/ a touch of Splenda and an ice cube.
9. Can you do push ups? Yes, but don't ask how many right now. Need to work toward getting back in condition.
10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? The Ol' Lady has all our jewelry. I don't have any. I guess I like her House of Blues Godwall necklace.
11. Favorite hobbies? Internet. Reading. Bicycling. Relaxing. Steelers Football. Indians Baseball. Ohio State Everything. NHL Hockey.
12. Do you have ADD? Probably, but not officially.
13. Do you wear glasses/contacts? No, but that doesn't mean that I don't need them. Damn getting older!
14. Middle name? Robert.
15. Name 3 thoughts at this moment. A cup of tea. My kitties. Jazz w/ Bela Fleck and Chick Corea.
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Black Coffee. Water. Constant Comment Tea.
17. Current worry? The state of the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line.
18. Current hate right now: No real place for hate in my life. But if I had to say, probably George W. Bush, the worst President in American history.
19. Favorite place to be? On a bar stool.
20. How did you bring in the New Year? Before the ball dropped: at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights with front row seats for the Dominic Farinacci Quartet. Then over to our friend's apartment for a glass of bubbly. After the ball dropped: at an utterly forgettable and loud bar with an obnoxious DJ and one too many drunken bar fights.
21. Where would you like to go? The maritime provinces of Canada. British Isles. The Pacific Coast. Australia. Greece. Japan.
22. Name three people who will complete this: Summer is one, but the others I can't be sure of.
23. Do you own slippers? Yes, but I never wear them. I have a pair of Crocs though that keep my feet surprisingly toasty.
24. What color shirt are you wearing? Hunter Green with "Cleveland State" printed across the front in yellow, outlined in white.
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Never tried to but I'd guess that they'd be too slippery to really be enjoyable.
26. Can you whistle? Yes. And pretty well if I do say so myself.
28. Would you be a pirate? On a ship, aye aye cap'n! On a baseball field, 3rd base for Pittsburgh has a certain appeal as long as I'm getting 5 years at about $5M to $10M/ year.
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't sing in the shower.
30. Favorite Girl's Name(s)? Margaret (my mother's name). Jennifer. Melissa. Theresa.
31. Favorite boy's name? Anthony. Nicholas.
32. What's in your pocket right now? Pockets are completely empty.
33. Last thing that made you laugh? Hanging out with the production crew from House of Blues.
34. What vehicle do you drive? A 1994 Olds Achieva.
35. What's the worst injury you've had? A broken collar bone from an automobile accident in 1991.
36. Do you love the town where you live? Yes I do.
37. How many TVs do you have in your house? Four.
- Location:Lakewood, Ohio
- Mood:
amused - Music:Chick Corea
Herb Score passed away this morning at the age of 75 after being in declining health for several years.
But, for me, Herb wasn't only a great Indians pitcher and even greater broadcaster and play-by-play announcer, he was a good a decent man.
I had the privilege to get to know Herb, his wife Nancy and the rest of his family when I worked for his daughter, Susan, at Our Lady of the Wayside, an agency which provides services to the mentally and physically challenged on Northeast Ohio. Susan had her share of problems. She was born with Down's Syndrome and had the full array of incumbent physical issues that went with that particular diagnosis. Nevertheless, she had an angelic spirit and was a truly beautiful human being.
Many families would allow the circumstance of having a disabled family member tear them apart. This never happened with the Score family and Susan's spirit was evident and transcended her family. But, I'll bet that spirit was a two way street all along. Even after Susan passed in 1994, the Score family was still very involved in the Our Lady of the Wayside community.
But the Herb Score that I knew best was obviously the one that many Clevelanders knew as the voice of the Indians. He was masterful and was a voice of reason in the frenzy commonly known as sports fandom. He was all about the home team, but was never a "homer" and always took great pains to avoid provincialism in his calling of a game. In the Terry Pluto book "The Curse of Rocky Colavito", he discussed his method of calling a game. Calling the home team "we" was verboten. So was second guessing the action on the field or the description of the action from the play-by-play booth. Herb believed in brevity and not adding too much description to the action, allowing the imagination of the scenario of the play on the field to be subject to the listener's discretion.(You can read a more detailed explanation of Herb Score's broadcast career in "The Curse of Rocky Colavito" by Terry Pluto, pages 176 to 188.)
Nevertheless, his description of the game was always engaging and many of Cleveland's finest sportcasters: Bob Neal, Joe Tait, Nev Chandler and Tom Hamilton had the opportunity to work with Herb. For Herb, he was gracious and thankful to work with these talented professionals while they endured his absence of graceful speech.
Herb was a great ambassador for the Indians. Just as the Tigers had Ernie Harwell. Or the Pirates Bob Prince. Or the Reds Joe Nuxhall. Or the Brewers Bob Uecker. The Indians had Herb Score and he was blessed to have the chance to serve in that role.
As we all get older, the distance from our youth grows longer. Today, mine got that much longer with the passing of Herb Score. He was a Cleveland original, a Legend, and a man for whom it will be hard to say goodbye.
Rest In Peace, Herb Score.
- Mood:
sad
Welcome the newest candidate for President of the United States...in 2012.
OMG!!!
...not HER god...or, whatever it is that tickles her innards.
I'm talking about MY god, who thinks she's out of her fucking mind.
She knows nothing about foreign policy. She knows nothing about domestic policy beyond the oil fields and military bases of Alaska. She was on a Presidential ballot before Hillary Clinton. To be honest, Hillary wasn't about to get my support in the last election. But Hillary would have gotten my vote every time over Bimbo Spice...did anyone bother to check Caribou Barbie for blonde roots?
The fear I have of any potential candidacy of hers...or anyone like her...is that she will be the tool for the Religious Wrong. If any movement in American politics has had the potential to divide this country like the agenda of the Religious Wrong, I haven't come across that movement yet.
Kids, we are NOT a so-called "Christian Nation". Personally, I take offense to the prospect of the Prince of Peace being used as a patriotic or political tool for ideological gain. If I may be so presumptuous, I believe that Jesus himself would take offense. Kind of like how the Jimbo character from "South Park" calls upon the help of God only to have Jesus sitting in the next seat telling Jimbo to "leave me alone".
This woman might not have cost John McCain election to the most powerful job in the world. But if I'm Sarah Palin's Jaysus,, I would politely tell her to "fuck off".
- Mood: amused
Studs Terkel was an American writer, historian and multi-purpose media personality. He was 96 years old. He is perhaps best known for his role playing writer Hugh Fullerton in the movie "Eight Men Out" and his interview in Ken Burns "Baseball". He also wrote the books "Hard Times" and "Working", which were oral histories of the Great Depression and working life in America, respectively.
Captain Tony Tarracino was best known as the proprietor of the legendary Captain Tony's Saloon in Key West. He passed at the age of 92 after a lengthy illness. Captain Tony was a fixture in Key West and once served as its mayor.
Both men were well known as raconteurs and master story tellers and two men that I, for one, would have loved to have drank a beer with.
That is especially true of Terkel, who was as interwoven into the fabric and lore of the city of Chicago as Mrs. O'Leary and her cow. A fair degree of his work dealt with Chicago and his love of the city of "Big Shoulders". But his was the voice of America and the voice of 20th Century American history. He gave voice to the struggle of the Great Depression, American working lives, war and recovery and the people who lived the 20th Century. He wrote of what he heard. He was the great American observer, and told her tale.
That spirit was also in evidence in life of Captain Tony, who escaped the gambling underworld of New Jersey in 1948 to arrive in Key West on board a milk truck. He would later buy a Key West bar and rename it Captain Tony's Saloon. In the 31 years he owned his bar, it would emerge as a Key West institution that, to this day, is as vital as ever and a must see destination at America's southernmost outpost on her mainland. He would sell his legacy to inherit the keys to his Key West when he became its mayor. His friend, Jimmy Buffett, would be the chair of his mayoral campaign and he immortalized Captain Tony in his song "Last Mango In Paris". Captain Tony embodied the warmth of Key West. His colorful life has now disappeared beyond the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, but his legacy remains.
A toast to two great American lives well and colorfully lived...to Studs Terkel and Capt. Tony
and R.I.P.Profile
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