Friday, August 24, 2007
potpourri
Some waitresses at the big Copacabana Diner like to go across the street to the 7-11 during their breaks for ciggies or lottery tix or some beverage the diner doesn't have, or just to get out for a few minutes. The other evening, a tall, stocky, good-looking waitress - whatever's Spanish for zoftig maybe - was in there for a pack of Newports & a couple of scratchoffs. She paid for them out of a large wad of mostly singles she had jammed in the front pocket of her black apron. It was about 7:30, right after the supper rush. She walked like she had the sorest feet on the planet. The diner closes at midnight on weekdays, she still had a long way to walk.
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Excellent Mets win tonight, beat Dodgers 5-2, fine pitching by Oliver Perez but it was David Wright's game. homered & made two sharp plays at third base. What's with closer Billy Wagner? Almost threw another one away in the 9th, loading up the bases. Scott Proctor pitched the 8th for L.A. & he was as lousy as he was for Yankees before he got traded; 95 mph fastballs he can't put in the strike zone & curve balls that hang over the plate like the grapefruits the machines toss in the boardwalk batting cages. He's 30 years old & been in the big leagues three years, a big goofy likable guy from Florida & you want his control to be as good as his natural talent, but time's running out for you, Scott, & luckily you're still pitching for a contender.
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Ordered a couple of CDs. Real CDs with liner notes, both symphonies. Total cost was $10 & change. A symphony or any large scale classical work is worthwhile if you like it, because it takes many listens to become familiar with it, & many more before you think you really know it. Sometimes I'll listen to a new classical piece a couple of times, not get it, file it for awhile & come back later, or try something else by the same composer. You can focus on it completely or play it while you do something else & let it seep in. I give some thought to choosing symphonies, read reviews, keep a mental list of those I might like & eventually one or another shows up on Amazon deeply discounted new or used.
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Excellent Mets win tonight, beat Dodgers 5-2, fine pitching by Oliver Perez but it was David Wright's game. homered & made two sharp plays at third base. What's with closer Billy Wagner? Almost threw another one away in the 9th, loading up the bases. Scott Proctor pitched the 8th for L.A. & he was as lousy as he was for Yankees before he got traded; 95 mph fastballs he can't put in the strike zone & curve balls that hang over the plate like the grapefruits the machines toss in the boardwalk batting cages. He's 30 years old & been in the big leagues three years, a big goofy likable guy from Florida & you want his control to be as good as his natural talent, but time's running out for you, Scott, & luckily you're still pitching for a contender.
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Ordered a couple of CDs. Real CDs with liner notes, both symphonies. Total cost was $10 & change. A symphony or any large scale classical work is worthwhile if you like it, because it takes many listens to become familiar with it, & many more before you think you really know it. Sometimes I'll listen to a new classical piece a couple of times, not get it, file it for awhile & come back later, or try something else by the same composer. You can focus on it completely or play it while you do something else & let it seep in. I give some thought to choosing symphonies, read reviews, keep a mental list of those I might like & eventually one or another shows up on Amazon deeply discounted new or used.
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Fixed. Wish I'd accidentally typed Honus Wagner. Wagner's been reminding me of nutty old Yankee reliever Sparky Lyle, who couldn't seem to concentrate sometimes unless he had a runner dancing behind him on 2nd base. So if the bases were empty, he often put one there to make things interesting.
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