It's been a good week here on the coast. Kids have been in a day camp for the first time. Might be the last. You spend your holiday answering to the needs and demands of teen councillors. What is wrong with that picture? Besides, getting them on the bus is too early. Why can't day camp be afternoon and evening camp?
But otherwise, what has been going on out there?
- Julian
Tavarez has to go:
After sending four rookies and a 40-year-old to the mound, the Red Sox sent Julian Tavarez, 33, out for the 11th inning. He surrendered a double to Jason Kendall and RBI singles to Bobby Kielty and Frank Thomas with two outs to give the A's the lead, with Kirk Saarloos closing out the game in the bottom half of the inning.
Why have a relief pitcher that is essentially a cry for help, proof of the team throwing in the towel? Surely the Jays would trade a good pitcher for him, someone who will play better than ever thought possible during his time in Toronto. And is it the Blue Jays or not anymore? Make up your mind. - Ah, the temporary sub-orbital arc of satellite
radio continues to ask the question "have I peaked yet?":
CSR generated revenue of $2.34-million in the quarter ended May 31, from subscriptions, activations , advertising and the sale of radios. But the company, which has been operating for less than a year, generated a loss of $20.4-million. CSR said it will boost its monthly subscription price to $14.99 from $12.99 on September 1. Current subscribers and those who sign on before September will stay at the old price for an additional year.
I am holding off untill the $3.99 special if only to get my hands on one of the radios before the satellite turns off. I listened to Bob Dylan's show the other day. It is good and he is funny but that is never getting me to drop fifteen bucks a month on the service. What would when I have NCPR to listen to? Local radio is so much better than the muzackification of all of art. - Roadfood as a guide to snacking is not panning out to be a god-send. The Maine Diner alone was worth the price of the book but Flo's hot dogs was nothing special. Bishop's Ice Cream in NH was definitely worth the stop but there is no mention of Beal's of Maine. But it is a hard gig and a book covering the national scene inevitably has gaps. What is needed is something like A Good Snack Shack blog with dedicated writers located in every state and province. But that is why the internet sucks because it would never happen.
- We have another Canadian hero. This guy deserves a medal of some sort and, hmm, maybe his own CBC radio show...but that would mean having someone from an aspect of the community just being on the radio. The CBC would required someone else as intermediary, not in that part of the community, running the show celebrating diversity. Can't just be diverse. We have to celebrate diversity instead.
- Steve is different. Steve is not going to do things the old way. No, he is not. No way. PS - Nelson is a very nice guy.
Comments
gr - July 14, 2006 10:14 am
Luckily (not!) temps predicted for the 90s and up. Maybe better to stay at the beach until September? I am reminded of the passenger you described last week as 'Rommel in the backseat', and of of course the real Rommel also raced across the North African dessert and.......
please travel safely and stop often for ice cream.
cm - July 14, 2006 10:28 am
I dated a Rommel once. Lovely young man...sigh...anyway...
The Good Snack Shop blog should have a sub-section devoted to ice cream.
Mike - July 14, 2006 11:20 am
I ate at the Maine Diner once, a nice greasy breakfast. No Rommels that I could see.
gr - July 14, 2006 2:51 pm
Alan tosses out some good bait but today no fish are biting? Could it be everyone is on vacation today?
cm-Paradise found, the other day, re: snack shop blog. Went to a creamery place and had homemade ice cream, sweet potato fries, and deep fried mac and cheese. New ways of ingesting grease.
My vacation this week is taking care of the neighbors cats. The fridge has lotsa beer, top shelf Scotch on the counter, lotsa movies, cool inside the house. This type vacation fits the budget.
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2006 3:07 pm
I would hesitate before calling for Mubin Shaikh to be given a CBC show. What the print version fails to mention, but the Radio One news story did not, is that he supports armed jihad in Iraq in Afghanistan -- just not here at home. In my books the heroes are generally the guys who do not advocate the killing of their own country's troops on foreign soil.
Alan - July 14, 2006 3:27 pm
Mr Taylor - you know the bloggy rule. Cite facts when you rely on them. Provide us a link, please.
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2006 3:30 pm
If I could provide attribution, I would. You can contact CBC Radio One's Toronto office and ask for a transcript of their news broadcast at approximately 0800. It was the news reader, not the man himself, who said that he supported jihad in Afghanistan and Iraq, but not at home. I don't normally record the news for the benefit of bloggy playback later.
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2006 3:31 pm
Although I suppose if it helps you to sleep at night imagining that a fevered Conservative mind dreamed up a fiendish slander against the Brown other, then you go right ahead and do so.
Alan - July 14, 2006 3:34 pm
No, I saw you posted this idea at Darcey's, too, but as long as the guy is a mole for the RCMP any statements made sympatheic to the cause he is a mole against likely are part of the window dressing. Elvis worked for J Edgar Hoover, too. I still like my <i>Blue Hawaii</i> lp.
Alan - July 14, 2006 3:39 pm
Is this the interview? Is this the quote? Hardly something that is going to have me wearing attends:<blockquote class="smalltext">And I remember specifically being at that stage where I was ready to go to Chechnya, I was ready to go to Afghanistan. I wanted to do some jihad-oriented thing, but I was lucky that I was exposed to people who, you know, who I could talk to, who could, you know, correct my understanding. </blockquote>Don't worry about me being worried about any Tory's views on fieds whether brown, yellow or green. I don't go for backhanded racism and I don't recommend to to anyone - though to be fair I am not sure that's what you meant so I pre-emptively apologize if I misunderstood.
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2006 3:47 pm
To hear him talk though, he sounds like a thoroughly ordinary Canadian Joe who had a thoroughly ordinary upbringing. Was a pothead in high school, popular, dated cheerleaders, etc. I was quite impressed with him after hearing Radio One's excerpts of the <i>Fifth Estate</i> interview -- until the newsreader mentioned right at the end, that Mr. Shaikh supported jihad in Afghanistan and Iraq, but not at home. They also mentioned that Andy Barrie was interviewing his dad later in the segment, but I had to jet for the office and could not stick around to listen to it all.
I'd like to root for the guy, honestly, and in a strictly pragmatic sense, I'd rather have the homegrown religious zealot who's okay will killing his countrymen overseas but not at home , than the homegrown religious zealot who's okay with killing his countrymen at home.
Good thing I preview -- no that is not the quote. The statement came from the CBC <i>newsreader</i>, whoever it was. I did not hear one word of *him* saying "kill the infidels" or anything remotely like it. The newsreader said something very very close to "Mr. Shaikh supports jihad in Afghanistan and Iraq, but not at home".
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2006 3:52 pm
Sorry I should have been clearer. YES that is the interview Radio One excerpted. NO I did not head Mr. Shaikh say anything about supporting jihad overseas -- that assertion was made entirely by the CBC newsreader, followed up by a comment that they were interviewing Shaikh's dad later on the radio show.
Alan - July 14, 2006 3:54 pm
See, I think you and I are joined at the hip by a distrust of CBC newsreaders.
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2006 4:02 pm
I have a generally high opinion of <i>Metro Morning</i> and Any Barrie's interviewing skills, whih is why I still bother to tune in now and again. And the <i>Fifth Estate</i> excerpts were top-rate. Like I said, I was all ready to be impressed with the fellow and then the newsreader dropped this bomb at the end. The reality is that I guess we'll never know what ended up on the cutting room floor, but ... if that little bit you highlighted was the basis of that particular impromptu editorialising, WTF did that come from?
Usually that kind of garbage does not start up until the Deep Throat guy does the intro for the Anna Maria Tremonti <i>Trumped-Up Hyperbolic Controversy Show</i>.
cm - July 14, 2006 4:40 pm
Deep fried mac and cheese. Good heavens.
Chris Taylor - July 14, 2006 6:43 pm
CTV news is repeating the jihad attribution, incidentally:
<i>Shaikh says he has learned to juggle his commitment to Islam and the secular values of Canadian society.
On one hand, he is an official at his west-end mosque, <b>supports jihad in Afghanistan and Iraq</b>, and was one of the most vocal advocates of the failed bid to introduce sharia law in Ontario, a set of Muslim rules to settle family law matters.
On the other hand, he is the multicultural chair for Liberal MP Alan Tonks' York South-Weston riding association.</i>
Emphasis mine. I wonder where CTV dug that little gem up, too.
gr - July 14, 2006 6:43 pm
cm-I know. What genius said 'I'll take a block of mac and cheese, bread it and deep fry it!'. This place also has s'mores ice cream--something about grahm crakers chocolate and marshmallows. Another genius!
http://www.cayugalakecreamery.com/
It is well after 5 on Friday, the grass is cut, the air is sultry, time for a cool one, eh?
gr - July 14, 2006 6:45 pm
Ooops, I'm no genius. Crackers, that's the ticket.
Arthur - July 14, 2006 8:01 pm
time for a cool one, eh?
Did you just say "eh" there, Gary??
gr - July 15, 2006 8:58 am
Is it a result of growing up on the Canadian border? Is it the accent rubbing off? Is it memories of Bob and Doug MacKenzie? Is he mocking the charming way Canadians speak? Eh?
gr - July 15, 2006 8:59 am
Could it be the Red Green show? The fabulous blog Bacon and Ehs? Eh?
cm - July 15, 2006 9:18 am
Face it, gr, you're being assimilated. Soon you will be one of us.
gr - July 15, 2006 10:59 am
Oh,yes, please! Canadians are the coolest people on earth....
(wait, is that a pun? more mockery?)
Arthur - July 15, 2006 11:31 pm
Face it, gr, you're being assimilated. Soon you will be one of us.
Not just yet: before he's being assimilated he first has to complete the following skill testing question:
(2 x 5) + 10 + (100 * 1) / 2
gr - July 16, 2006 8:42 am
My 40 year old brain is mush, but I'll give it a try: 60?
I didn't realize becoming Canadian would be so hard! I mean, I have listened to Alanis Morissette and Barenakedladies on the radio, isn't that enough?