There are moments when my participation in pop culture is involuntary. I spent a few hours yesterday evening fixed to the tube, butterflies in the belly. At the end I had to go to bed, earphoned with WTIC 1080 am in Hartford fading in and out with my #5 t-shirt on, supplicated entirely to the will of the moment, not wanting to do anything that would be not what was required. Two out in the ninth, men on second and third. I fell asleep - a few minutes later I woke to Garciaparra being interview after the win. I am not a freak. During El Presidente's perfect game, I - alone at the home of friends - did take out his original Harry Belafonte lp of Day-o and play if over and over for inning after inning without lifting the needle scratching it back to the beginning each time to ensure he achieved the moment. It worked. It worked in 1987 when Canada needed me to turn off the TV and just wait for then listen to the neighbourhood roar after Mario's goal against the Soviets. Not a freak at all. Nope.
Canada's Favorite Blog
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Articles
- Articles for the sister station, A Good Beer Blog.
- Pick any day's tunes as heard on CBC Ottawa's All in a Day hosted by my personal emailing buddy, Brent Bambury. You won't find a better music selection on radio anywhere - certainly not on the deeply dowdy CBC.
- Another plume catches my eye.
- Stuff less serious than Stuff.
- From Jan to March 2006, I tried a group humour blog with others on the subject of Canadian politics. It did not last but the posts were worth keeping. #16 was banned. There were no comments. It was at www.shadowcabinet.ca.
- Some writings and other junk of little real interest unless you like law or are a Crow.
A display of hideous graphics focused on the goal of figuring out where the smokestack I can see to the south is sitting.
Comments
Wayne - October 7, 2003 12:41 PM
I sat in the same seat I sat in the night before, and had natchos and pop at the bottom of the 7th, as I did during the Cubs/Braves game. (I usually ignore the National League during their ch'ship games)I would like to think I had a part to play in the Beantown victory. The curse is gonna be a challenge over the next few weeks, however.
Alan - October 7, 2003 12:52 PM
Reverse boogie curse on you, Wayne. I am voting for a Sox v. Cubs seven game series after a seven games Sox and Yankees. Nice to see the Braves lose. Otherwise I was neutral, except I love Felipe Alou, the greatest Canadian ever to be involved in baseball.
Wayne - October 7, 2003 1:53 PM
I thought he was "from away("Porto Rico)? He did manage the Expos, but was he canuck? Fergie Jenkins was probably the best *real* Canadian...
I am just glad to see the teams from the wrong coast lose, to keep the primetime games at a reasonable hour...
Any American League team for me. But, Boston over damn Yankees, for sure.
Alan - October 7, 2003 2:15 PM
You are confusing being Canadian from being born in Canada - the word "real" is fairly obnoxious but not unexpected given your other views about acceptance.
Wayne - October 7, 2003 2:54 PM
You are right, it was obnoxious...lack of intent is no excuse. Playful comments in the political ly correct world we live in are like smoking,and drinking a few ales while out for a drive in the country...no longer acceptable. And, rightfully so...just ask Arnold. However wrong the word *real* was, it had nothing to do with acceptance. Just a bad choice of words in determining ones origins, in my opinion.
He is from away(not that there is anything wrong with that)...but does he hold Canadian citizenship?
Wayne - October 7, 2003 3:15 PM
I actually based my comment about *real* in regards to the question as to whether or not he was just a coach of a canadian professional team or an actual citizen. It is hard to properly interpret meaning behind some comments that appear only in text.
Alan - October 7, 2003 3:17 PM
Don't blame the world for your grasp of the language. "From away" also does not translate. But I do accept your explanation. I judge all around here from a very high seat.
This was on the CBC's Inside Track a few years ago - but no longer shown on their highlights page. He is Canadian because he was so well received through his years with the Expos that he got his citizenship. He is The Montrealer third closest to God according to this guy and well loved before being gracelessly fired.
Wayne - October 7, 2003 3:33 PM
In self-defense - as a reason, and not as an excuse - it would seem to me that grasping the language in todays world is difficult for even the most astute, especially when delivered in textual format.
Alan - October 7, 2003 3:40 PM
Fooey!