There is a house in Vernon C. T.
They call the house of beer
It’s been ruin of many a chicken wing
And God I know I’m one
Not trying to copy Pauly’s weekly challenge but rather taking a shot
at myself. I have always had tremendous pride in my ribs. But this past Sunday when we decided to tailgate in the driveways,
I decided to make my own hot-wings. Well I guess I ruined many a chicken wing and will stick to the old Tyson from now on.
I think these wings ended up hot enough to sauté Nostra’s mushrooms after he had ingested them. (Maybe I should have
had some onions on the side for him as well.)
For two weeks in a row, the Giants took care of business as was expected
and predicted. The defense continues to be the source of our victories not only by stopping the opponent but putting most
of our points up on the board. The stats do not always reflect that, but let’s face it, when Señor Pierce intercepts
a ball and runs it back to the 5 yard line, then my crippled grandmother should be able to punch it in for a touchdown. The
defense continues to sack, intercept, recover fumbles, and sometimes even cover a receiver.
The offense has very brief moments of glory. Yes they are getting more
consistent, and Eli is given many more chances to throw off the right foot, but why all the interceptions? Mrs. Shockey has
had one “Bavaroesque” play in every game so far but not that many. Hell why shouldn’t he be blocking most
of the time, he drops more than he catches and gives us his version of T.O. In reality, the offense has benefited more from
the rules of the SFL. (We should congratulate Mr. “It’s not a” Toomer for his team record for most touchdown
catches breaking the old Kyle Rote record.)
Speaking on the topic of enlightenment, young Nostra sent a copy of an
article from Fox Sports News’ web site. Very interesting perspective from a black American writer about some of the
black American athletes in the SFL. He mentions primarily T.O. and Chad Johnson, plus a number of others, how they are hurting
both the SFL as well as the earned stature of black American athletes in the SFL. He talked about how Jim Brown and others
worked through adversity but worked with the team to be winners and champions. Now these new clowns (my word here) are the
anti-team and cause distractions, dissention, and ultimately loosing teams. He goes on to say that because of these guys,
we should not be surprised that the Patriots and Colts are now more than 50% white American players and do not have the problems
that Cowboys and Bengal’s have. My personal view on this is it is not related or confined to any one race or color.
Every team sport has to endure some of this. Heck we the Giants have Shockey.
The real point is that the true greats go out give a Hall of Fame performance
every time and do it with passion. And as with all of us, do their job and support the rest of the team. Like Pauly points
out, how many of us pound our chest and point to the heavens every time we actually do our job correctly?
Recalling a line from the movie “A Knights Tale”, I have been
found wanting. That’s right; I finally saw and spoke with Papa Jim for the first time in about 2 weeks. After this brief
conversation (he needed to get the lawn mowed) I wanted. Yes, I have always said that I would love to retire as early as possible
and early enough to enjoy it. Well let us review. Papa Jim retired from a very successful teaching career in his mid-50’s.
Upon retiring he continued his summer job of painting and wallpapering. He now does this at his convenience. Well now you
may ask why you would be jealous. Well let us review briefly the conversation. Where have you been Papa? Well we were at the
Cape (that’s Cod for our non-New England readers). I have been working on a little job that I need to get done because
I am leaving for the Cape again with 7 other guys for a weekend long golf outing. I’m kinda uncomfortable because I
usually like to work on Monday’s but instead I’ll be golfing. The pressure will really be on because we are heading
down to Florida to visit my young lad and family so I can go Trick-or-Treating with the grandkids. Let me sum this up by quoting
the Mamas and Papas, “Go where you wanna go and do what you wanna do”.
I wanted to welcome to new subscribers to our weekly report, Big Red from
Brooklyn, a very old friend of mine. In fact we went to both grammar school and high school together and have kept in touch
since. Then there is Christian Diana from work. I think she just wants to read this every week to test her skills at rejecting
Satan. Good luck Diana.
Another note of mention is the Birthday of Fr. Swiss. Happy birthday. Also
in celebration it is rumored that there was a free concert in Fr. Swiss’ honor up on “The Hill”. Congratulations and we all wish you many many more.
