tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-153299732009-07-11T15:45:22.546-04:00Serving the public need for obvious jokes, maudlin sentimentality, and self-righteous claptrap, since 1957.Suldoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684suldog@aol.comBlogger683125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329973.post-14906798752917491812009-07-07T13:03:00.003-04:002009-07-07T13:37:39.200-04:00

... and you will see that I have changed the title of this blog. Why? Because I'm sick of being listed so far down on the sidebars of those of you who choose to list folks alphabetically, that's why. I figure I'm missing out on whole scads of readers because of that.(Now, if I was as egotistical a jerk as I make myself out to be in what follows, I would have said, "I figure whole scads of readers

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It looks like one, but we'll all pretend it isn't, OK?I'm still on vacation from blogging. However, when one becomes the subject of great satire, one (meaning ME) must acknowledge the same.Go HERE.Soon, with more better stuff.(Well, not really, but if I didn't say it now, the satire would appear weaker.)(Oh! Just so your trip here shouldn't be a total waste [aside from the trip you're about to

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[I usually put this at the end of these things, but this is a long one and some of you might not get there before you curse me out and leave. I truly and sincerely appreciate it when someone thinks enough of me to give me an award. Most of the insults herein are in jest - yes, even the ones concerning Eddie Bluelights. I will proudly display these awards with all of the others I have been given,

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I love old ballplayers. My heroes are the guys who get past age 40, which is the demarcation for "ancient" in most sports, but who keep on going.Today – Saturday – I’ve been watching 42-year-old Tim Wakefield, of the Boston Red Sox, throw six shutout innings against the Atlanta Braves before being removed for a pinch-hitter. Wake is a hero of mine, anyway, due to his charity work, but the fact

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How could you NOT be intrigued by a title like that?If you want to find out what the hell it means - and have a couple of good laughs - please go to my other blog, The Talkback Button. Be sure to hit all of the links (so my boss sees how much traffic I'm generating) and leave a nice comment (so my boss knows what an amazingly talented individual I am!)Soon, with more better stuff.

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It’s amazing how much of a jumble of crap is floating around in my head concerning racial prejudice. Here’s where I let some of it out.(If you didn’t read the first part of this, Juneteenth, last Friday, please do so now. Really, please do. If you don’t read that, this will be even more embarrassing to me than it already is. In any case, if you don’t read part one and then you make a comment here

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No fun my babe no funNo fun my babe no funNo fun to hang aroundFeeling that same old wayNo fun to hang aroundFreaked out for another day - Iggy Pop, "No Fun"It’s Saturday morning. As usual, I’m up early on the weekend. I love the morning on days when I don’t have to go to work.I get up on Saturday, type a little, and then go do the grocery shopping. On Sunday, I get up, put on my uniform, and

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MDGF (which stands for "My Darker Gray Friend", which is what I call Michelle Hickman, much as she calls me "MLGF", which stands for "My Lighter Gray Friend", which goes back to a comment Michelle once made concerning race relations and how it would be so much nicer if, instead of black and white, we thought of skins in terms of varying shades of gray, and... Hmmmmmm. It seems my parenthetical

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I truly love my swell pal Donatello. Whenever I'm bereft of original ideas...(No, I have to re-phrase that. I'm almost always bereft of original ideas.)Whenever I'm willing to admit that I'm bereft of original ideas, he allows me to publish some of his wonderful stuff. Sooner or later, he's going to glom onto the fact that I'm using him unmercifully. Until then, I'm making hay while the sun

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I know, I know. That’s a provocative question, and not one that’s usually asked in polite company. However, I need your honest answer. Don’t be shy! We’re all friends here. Nobody’s going to laugh at you if you say that your applesauce is a different color from everybody else’s applesauce.So, what color is your applesauce?Really, think about it – or, since it’s not really the type of question

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Johnny Most always used to open his radio broadcasts of Boston Celtics basketball by saying, "This is Johnny Most, high above courtside at The Boston Garden, where The Boston Celtics are getting set to do basketball battle with [fill in the opposing team.]"(In those olden days, Most sat in an overhang jutting out from the first row of the balcony at the old Garden. You had to have no fear of

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I was given an award by Alpha Buttonpusher. Problem is, I received that award already. So, I told her, in her comments, that she was very lucky. As Hillary so succinctly stated it, giving me an award is like feeding a gremlin after midnight.However, I then got to thinking. If someone gives me an award I've already been given, why can't I just rerun the piece I originally wrote upon receiving the

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So, enough about softball. Let's talk baseball.On Monday evening, MY WIFE and I attended the Pitching In For Kids gala at Faneuil Hall. Pitching In For Kids is a wonderful organization that helps children and teens in the New England region. Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek, of the Boston Red Sox, were the sportsmen behind the evening's endeavors.I suppose, in the interest of full disclosure, I

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Well, that’s enough of that. And that. And especially that. Back to serious stuff – softball and horse racing.Three weeks ago, my softball team, the Bombers, faced their most serious test of the season. We played the Titans, overwhelming favorites to win the league title almost every year I’ve been in the league. In the Preakness Stakes, Mine That Bird faced Rachel Alexandra, with the filly the

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Hello! It's Friday! Yay!I'm going to send you to two places for entertainment, but if you stick around for a bit, I have something for you to read here, too.First, go to The Boomer Chronicles. Rhea just celebrated her 51st birthday. For her present, I am directing a few folks her way. If you'd be kind enough to wish her a happy birthday, that would be nice. Of course, her place has all sorts of

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That's not the original title of this. When I originally published it, I gave it the idiotic title of... well, why should I tell you that and ruin what little reputation I have left? Suffice to say, it was dumb.Yes, this is a reprint. Coming on the heels of yesterday's revelations concerning drug usage and drug dealing, it feels right to me to put this out here again. I mentioned yesterday that

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I expect this one may generate a few comments. Feel free, but all unapologetic polemics will be answered with both barrels.Many times in the past, I've written bits about my former drug usage. I'm not especially proud of it, but neither am I ashamed of most of it. It was just something that occurred, much of it seeming not out of the ordinary for the time period and the neighborhood. If I said I

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That’s a blurry picture of me, post-game, taking a big bite of a Fuck-The-Man Tuna Salad submarine sandwich, with tomatoes. It was my reward for having a perfect day. And it was damn good. Thanks, Donatello!What constitutes a perfect day? Four singles and three walks in seven plate appearances. It was as good a day as I’ve had swinging the bat (and, three times, not swinging it) in… well, since I

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Time once again for a visit from my swell pal, Donatello. No, that's not him above. That's Charlie The Tuna, noted suicidal maniac. What does Charlie have to do with Donatello? Read on.(If you missed Donatello's previous appearances, you shouldn't have. Find them HERE and HERE.)Before we get to the meat of the matter, however, it's possible you're wondering why I give Donatello's stuff so much

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(I don't know if I should have used quite so many exclamation points, but I'm psyched and I figured I'd err on the side of exuberance.)On Monday evening, June 8th, MY WIFE and I will be attending a benefit being put on by Pitching In For Kids. This is a great non-profit organization that provides grants to improve the lives of children across the New England region.While MY WIFE and I like to

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If there was actually a latin phrase, "dium rare" - perhaps meaning "a day unlike most others" - then I'd have a pretty good pun for a title. There isn't, however, so all it is is dumb wordplay.Speaking of dumb wordplay, David McMahon made the hideous mistake of having me for the subject of his "Sunday Roast" this week.(Now do you get it? Me, Dium Rare? Medium Rare? Har-De-Har-Har.)You can get

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William Robert CaddyI grew up on Caddy Road in the Lower Mills section of Dorchester (a neighborhood of Boston.) Caddy Road is a small side street off of a side street off of yet another side street.One year, as a child, I noticed that our street signs were decorated with small American flags as Memorial Day approached. Until that time, I had never given much thought to the name of our street. It

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Sometimes, a thing turns out to be much better than you thought it would, as well as better than you were willing to believe when YOUR WIFE told you it would be good. This is a story about that sort of thing.MY WIFE and I went to see Jerry Springer, The Opera. I had resisted it for quite some time. This was because I abhor television shows such as Jerry Springer. I consider them the nadir of...

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One of the things I've had to do on occasion, as a voice artist, is audition for a client. This is a relatively painless procedure - until they tell me that I'm not right for the part, at which point I break down in tears and contemplate suicide.Just kidding. If there's one thing you need, as a performer of any sort, it's thick skin. If you can't take rejection - and sometimes for no apparent

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As I write this, it is Saturday afternoon. Tomorrow morning, I get to find out if the Bombers – my team for the past 15 years – will get an early leg up on the rest of the league. We sit at 2 and 0, and so do our opponents for the day, the Titans. If one of these teams sweeps the scheduled doubleheader, it should go a long way towards deciding who sits in the winner’s circle at season’s end.(

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