tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9446974751656217172012-02-16T09:17:00.067-05:00*I miss the Forum*Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.comBlogger1081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-77304394266117293122009-01-10T11:57:00.003-05:002009-01-10T12:00:27.984-05:00

Found this video today on you tube, it's the best ending to a college hockey game I've covered.It was the conference semifinal game in 1999, Clarkson vs. Princeton in Lake Placid (yes the same rink where the U.S. beat the USSR in the 1980 Winter Olympics).Clarkson built a big lead early and gradually gave it away and Princeton tied the game with about 20 seconds left. I was getting ready for an

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Few interesting you tube clips I've found of Rose Bowl festivities (game, parade, pre-game, etc)Foreigners at Rose Bowl (have no idea what they are saying at the start, but the lady is wearing red so I hope they were USC fans. Shows some interesting footage outside the stadium before the game)Conquest (if you hear this after a game you know USC just won another - side trivia, when I was in

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You HAVE to watch this..it runs about an hour, I posted it in pieces (the first part doesn't seem to be lip-synched well).This show was called 'The Great American Fourth of July, and other disasters). It's the same author as 'A Christmas Story', Jean Shepherd, and it features the same characters. It's just set when Ralphie is now a teenager named Ralph.Matt Dillon (before he was very famous)

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-26279828107963365952008-12-30T22:52:00.002-05:002008-12-30T22:57:20.099-05:00

Yes, I'm back from vacation so you can all start checking here again:My resolutions for 20091. To remain zestfully clean2. Not to make fun of Michelle (at least on days that don't end with a y)3. Try to make it through all the Curious George books this year.4. To spoil myself and get my clothes martinized once a month (btw, what the hell is martinizing?)5. Will finally stop watching Mayberry RFD

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Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-18053992248580446242008-12-06T22:19:00.002-05:002008-12-06T22:21:02.759-05:00

USC beat UCLA 28-7 today to win the Pac 10 title for the seventh straight year! The Trojans also earned their fourth straight Rose Bowl bid and will play Penn State on New Year's Day!

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Neat USC video showing what goes on before games and practicesBTW, BEAT UCLA SATURDAY!!!!!!Did you know what UCLA actually stands for?UClownsLost Again

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This is the opening part of one of my favorite shows, which was dropped this year. It was called Trojan Rewind and they showed a half-hour highlights version of the previous weeks game. What I liked about it was they spent the first four or five minutes of every show giving you an example of what it was like to be at the game, the extra stuff. Here's the opening of the USC/UCLA game from 2005,

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That's right, UCLA may stink this year but there is still no better rivalry in college sports than USC/UCLA. Show me any other place where you have two schools of this caliber in the SAME TOWN!Here's some you tube stuff I found on the rivalry:This one I can't embed but it's funny

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YES!

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A few scenes from one of my favorite movies, Plains, Trains and Automobiles, a film I watch every Thanksgiving:

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As the title says, this is the 101st post on my 'new' blog. I figured it should have something to do with dalmations. (even Michelle should be able to figure out that!)

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Set in the late 70's, early 80's, a Ukranian hog expert, from Kyiv, is in Cincinnati and decides to defect to WKRPPart 1Part 2Part 3

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-18189632254040562008-11-22T23:28:00.001-05:002008-11-22T23:30:04.292-05:00

watching Everybody Loves Raymond, he's going through mid-life crisis and his wife catches him making a list of life goals. She's dismayed most of them are foods he wants to try, nothing serious.She says 'you are a writer, don't you want to write the great american novel?"His answer, "I don't even want to READ the great american novel"

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Brethren's season ended much the way it started:Brethren Christian falls on the road in first roundTWENTYNINE PALMS – Brethren Christian lost to Twentynine Palms, 63-22, on Friday night in the first round of the CIF-SS East Valley Division playoffs at Twentynine Palms High.Warriors quarterback Brad Hess got as much as he could out of the passing game by completing 12 of 24 passes for 272 yards

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Another of my favorite comedians..note how hard Harvey Korman is trying not to laugh during this scene:

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-89928701281530907992008-11-19T22:47:00.001-05:002008-11-19T22:49:22.133-05:00

I don't think I ever posted any Bob Newhart stuff yet, but lot of my personality and sense of humor is similar to his. This is a classic scene from the Bob Newhart Show where he plays a shrink who thinks he's going on a morning TV show to discuss advances in psychology.

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-733669965217029972008-11-17T11:52:00.001-05:002008-11-17T11:52:30.991-05:00

The bracket

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PBS has some new show that claims lot of the old testament is fairy tales, so to speak. Here is my favorite line in this stupid article:The entire Exodus story is debunked, as is the idea that the Israelites were monotheistic following the contract made between God and Abraham. It turns out idol worship was common through the reign of King David and right up to the Babylonian exile.NOW, I never

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-31772858750975068542008-11-16T19:36:00.001-05:002008-11-16T19:36:21.359-05:00

Nancy Pelosi Techno Chicken from wreckandsalvage on Vimeo.

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This is the first college football game I ever saw on TV and why I am a big USC fan to this day..It's November of 1974, USC is losing 24-0 to Notre Dame late in the first half...watch and see how it turns out (it's not that long)

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-8321974955500474972008-11-14T16:03:00.001-05:002008-11-14T16:04:36.406-05:00

Here's the drummers warming up before the on-campus pep rally. This is pretty impressive even for those who don't like hearing drum music by itself

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This win came on the road too!

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I told Michelle I'd post some typical atmosphere at a USC football game, since she's never been to one.First, it starts with the on-campus pep rally about 90-minutes before the game (this video I couldn't imbed, sorry)Making the short walk across the street to the Coliseum for the game:Then, before the game, the pre-game show (this is from the Rose Bowl when USC won the national title): This song

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-47114402764598094472008-11-13T02:43:00.004-05:002008-11-13T02:53:13.427-05:00

Shot of Long Beach's Blair Field...If you look just past third base you'll see the dugout where RichardJ spent the majority of time during his one glorious season of HS baseball.In the stands behind it you'll see where Michelle sat, trying to figure out the difference between a hit or an error or a wild pitch or passed ball.For a visual tour go to this siteSome other ballpark tours of note:Salt

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-83503320853748276442008-11-12T20:42:00.003-05:002008-11-12T20:43:45.083-05:00

I found this comic strip to be amusing today

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I found this on you tube, it's Richard's wedding reception from several years back..I'm also going to book this group if I ever get married for my reception:

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Is it too early to plan a Stanley Cup parade?

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Found this video on NHL.com, it's about a former Clarkson player I covered, Chris Clark (class of 98). He was always one of my favorite players to deal with, really great guy off the ice. On the ice, however, he's a goon!

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-55062166088504792552008-11-09T20:22:00.001-05:002008-11-09T20:23:21.025-05:00

From 1981 sketch comedy show Fridays (sorry picture is slightly blurry)

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Ok...so maybe they aren't, but the Kings did win another game!

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Pretty good short video I found on you tube of some of the best hits from Clarkson's two games with top-ranked Colorado College a few weeks ago...(it's hard to believe but these actually are very nice guys off the ice)

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Ok..this isn't as dramatic as the US beating the Soviets in Lake Placid, but BHS actually dominated a football game Friday night? I believe the 'mighty' Warriors are now 3-6 on the season.

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-62278062649815629632008-11-07T15:59:00.001-05:002008-11-07T16:00:43.220-05:00

Clip from 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' on HBO. Larry David comes home from shooting a movie in New York City to some surprising news:

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Good to see there are worse teams in the NHL than the Kings!

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One of my favorite Disney cartoon shorts from when I was a kid

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Glad to see my home state hasn't lost all common sense!

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At least a goal was scored in 60 minutes, that's better than my rate of seeing 3 goals in 410 minutes of HS soccer games.

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-72540322131419835512008-11-05T11:12:00.003-05:002008-11-05T11:18:02.969-05:00

It's the morning after, here are my thoughts for some 'depressed' Republicans...1. McCain would not have been a good president, had he won, it would certainly have led to a defeat in four years and then, shudder, we could have heard this phrase, "President Hillary Clinton".2. Remember 1994...This win puts ALL the pressure on the Democrats, who now have the house and senate as well. If Obama tries

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-30016776136746829752008-11-03T23:47:00.002-05:002008-11-03T23:48:49.335-05:00

Funny clip from the Daily Show's Election 2004 coverage on the stupidity of exit polling

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Is the season over yet? At least the Kings made the second game of the Hockey Night in Canada doubleheader

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One of USC coach Pete Carroll's traditions is some sort of stunt during practice the week of a Halloween game. Here's the latest:

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4-0 loss to Vancouver last night. Canucks defenseman Willie Mitchell had an assist. I remember Willie better as a Clarkson defenseman who used to like to try to sneak pieces of butter onto the shoes of his teammates at team dinners, while they weren't paying attention.

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A great clip from Everybody Loves Raymond...His mother is taking a sculpture class and comes up with, let's say, a rather unique design.

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OK..The election is less than a week away it's time for me to announce who I am supporting for president: television/movie actor Larry Storch.Why Larry you say? Well, Ronald Reagan was an actor and he made a pretty-good president, plus Storch was in one of my favorite movies of all time "The Great Race".Also, he played corporal Agarn on F-Troop, so he has some military experience and he's 85, so

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Thought I'd show everyone the nice, calm, professional manner of activity at the place I'm usually at for 3 of my 5 work days.(beware, this is in the student section and the video gets a little choppy, but you get a nice glimpse of what it's like at a typical Clarkson hockey game).

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Listen to this radio show he did in 2001, wanted to 'redistribute wealth'

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Few classic Reagan clips/commericalsMorning in AmericaBear in the WoodsGreat Debate linesAgeThere you go again.Are you better off?And, finally, outdoing Ford at the 1976 convention

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Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-54717245264953296282008-10-18T21:59:00.001-04:002008-10-18T22:02:22.601-04:00

Another clip from one of my favorite shows: Curb Your Enthusiasm

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I started a new blog early this month but had to get approval from work to make it public.It's not like this one, it's strictly about my main beat at work, the Clarkson men's hockey team. Feel free to check it out, but posting there is monitored by me because I don't want fans to use it as a place to bash people. Also please don't reference this blog there, this is my 'home life' so to speak,

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Who would have guessed the Kings would win more games this week than the Dodgers?

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First the US beat the USSR in 1980, now the Kings win a game!

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-38818179367817927532008-10-13T12:35:00.001-04:002008-10-13T12:36:31.415-04:00

Finally the truth has come outPart 1Part 2Part 3

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Home opener...No goals...five straight scoreless periods...80 more of these games to go!

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Two funny USC-related videos..First, a commercial for USC doctors starring football coach Pete CarrollThen, USC alum Will Farrell misunderstands a charity, thinks its to raise awareness for kids of sumo wrestlers:

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One of my new 'services' will provide highlights from LA Kings games:

Caphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00093453418075642396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944697475165621717.post-54853501316887465092008-10-11T00:47:00.002-04:002008-10-11T00:47:46.535-04:00

was watching a rerun of Curb Your Enthusiam tonight..had to find this scene on youtube to share. It's Larry David checking into a hotel in NYC and being a smartass with the bellboy.

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I look forward to this video every election season. It's funny regardless of what party you prefer!

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My most embarassing life truth...first concert I ever saw was this group (but NOT from the night this video was recorded)

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I like to steal ideas from other people and since RichardJ posted favorite songs of his kids I figured I'd post a REAL favorite song of mine. I posted a fake version of a favorite song on his comments page (I tend to be a smartass in case you didn't know).But this song I really do like and it's because it's funny. Yes, those are convicts in the audience in the video:

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Game one of the Dodgers/Phillies NLCS is Thursday night in Philadelphia...The teams had two memorable back-to-back series in 1977 and 1978 and I happened to realize today that two key infielders from those series happen to coach the OTHER side this time around.Here is the current Philadelphia Phillies first-base coach: Davey Lopes.And here is the current Los Angeles Dodgers third-base coach:

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I also noticed that our sr. year social studies teacher has aged considerably! (see what teaching people like Michelle and Richard for one year can do to the body?)

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I found former BHS football coach Ron Myers on the web. He's now the head coach of Soquel HS in Santa Cruz, California. I always liked him. He was my PE teacher in 8th grade and seemed like a nice man. I noticed after he left (after our sr year) that BHS football was in the doldrums for years!

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I asked around and was finally given police footage of Michelle the first week she had her driver's license backing up her car. Enjoy!

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Yes, we are having a 1970's flashback in the 2008 National League Championship Series.The Los Angeles Dodgers will be playing the Philadelphia Phillies. The teams met in three memorable LCS in the late 70's and early 80's.The Dodgers beat the Phillies in 1977.The Dodgers also beat the Phillies in 1978 (I had tickets for game five, which of course did not occur!).The Phillies got their turn in

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Found this picture today on a website..Dodger Stadium, in 1963, hosted a ski jumping competition. The photo included is the workers preparing the ramp!

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This was one of the funniest Tonight Show bits I ever saw..This in three parts..The first is what causes the 2nd and 3rd segments to happen. Basically, David Letterman used to live near Johnny Carson in Malibu. Johnny pulled a prank on him one night on the show. Then, months later, Letterman returned seeking damages and former People's Court Judge Wopner had to settle the issue!PART ONE (the

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Today I thought I'd share an image of a popular dish in parts of upstate NY, mostly Rochester, which is about 3 hours from me. It's called a garbage plate, and as you can tell by looking at the picture, it literally looks like they just take leftovers and put it all in a big pile on a plate for you. Its good though!Common ingredient in a typical garbage plate is putting macaroni salad and potato

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The White Sox won today forcing a one-game playoff tomorrow night for the AL Central title. Baseball has had many memorable playoff games or mini-series to determine division champions over the years. Here's footage from one of the best movies ever made, "Ken Burns Baseball" about the 1951 3-game playoff series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to determine who would win the NL

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Angels start the playoffs on Wednesday so remembering the 2002 World Championship season in this post with some you-tube videos shot from the standsFINAL OUT: GAME SEVENTIM SALMON HR IN GAME TWO, GO-AHEAD RUNS

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Well, techically the baseball season has possibly two more days to go, but I'm going to go ahead and compare my picks with what the computer formula made by Bill James in the 80's thinks.First let me explain the current situation. The NL is all set. The matchups are Dodgers vs. Cubs and Phillies vs. Brewers. We also know the Angels play the Red Sox in the AL. The Rays are also in the playoffs, we

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Two guys I used to cover are in this photo from a recent NHL exhibition game. The guy with the puck on the Sharks, No. 48, is Steve Zalewski, he was on Clarkson's team last year! The Ducks player, No. 40, is Kent Huskins, he graduated in 2001. Shows you can know me and overcome that obstacle and still make something of yourself!

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One of my favorite baseball writers is Bill James, a man who is famous for his ability to break down the game with interesting statistics. I found an old Baseball Abstract, a book he published in the 80's, that gives his formula for picking the winner of baseball playoff series. He said that it had a 70 pct accuracy rating.So, once all the division races are settled, and I know who plays who, I

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No offense to BHS alumnus Bruce Eien, but I feel it's time for a change in the head coaching position at BHS and I nominate classmate Robert Llizo!! He lives nearby, working at Biola, and he can't do any worse!Here's Brethren's latest score:Saddleback Valley Christian 76, Brethren 32 (that's NOT made up)Add to that a 46-6 loss to Riverside Christian to open the season followed by last week's 23-

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LA's baseball teams celebrating their respective division championshipsDodgersAngels

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Thanks to the Cardinals beating Arizona 12-3 this afternoon the Dodgers won the NL West before they even started their last home game. San Diego won that game 7-5, but it ended with a champagne party in the clubhouse.

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I like this commercial showing how Dodger manager Joe Torre is adjusting to life in LA after being in NYC since 1996.

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There are just four days left in the baseball season and there are still MANY things undecided! (Not every team is as fortunate as the Angels, who have been selling division champion hats, albeit very UGLY ones, for several weeks now).NL UPDATEThe Dodgers are 83-75 and Arizona is 79-79. That means the Dodgers have to lose FOUR straight games while Arizona wins four straight for their to be a

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Hate to put these in out of order, but the site I get them from posted them that way. Here's highlights of USC's season-opening win at Virginia:

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This was one of my favorite rides, especially back in the 'ticket' days when I had run out of them and needed to kill time. I remember once taking about 4 straight trips on this thing without getting off. Also was good way to rest feet which were tired from walking.

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Two rides at Disneyland, both songs you never get out of your head. You'll have to guess which song I think is the worst!

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Footage of Disneyland's Main Street Electrical parade...It was sort of cool, but after you saw it once or twice it was also a GREAT opportunity go get in line for rides like the Matterhorn that usually had long lines.

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The Yankees played their final game in Yankee Stadium last night. Even if you hate the Yankees, as I'm sure at least one of my readers does, you still have to admit this is THE baseball stadium. So much history has happened on this field, no other baseball stadium compared in that vein. I included a picture of what the NEW Yankee Stadium, which opens next season, will look like.

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Well, here are the last four BJ songs in my concert, my four favorite songs of his of all-time.No. 4 River of DreamsNo. 3 Scenes from an Italian RestaurantNo. 2 My LifeNo. 1 Summer, Highland Falls*Encore* Hey, every concert has an encore and this one needs a closing number!

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For fun I'm doing a little 'before and after' thing here. This song was No. 1 my senior year of HS. The first video is shot 'then' and the last one is from the current tour. (Note how cool David Lee Roth looked in 1984 as opposed to how nerdy he looks now, also that is Eddie Van Halen's kid playing bass. He was born SEVEN years after the music video was shot)

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Some footage shot Saturday of Olympic gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerry Walsh competing in the early rounds of the Manhattan Beach Open (the MOST prestigious beach volleyball tournament).NOTE: this is not some cheap attempt by me to get women in bikini's onto my blog!

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Former Angels coach Joe Maddon led the Tampa Bay Rays to their first playoff appearance Saturday. The team still is fighting to hold off the Boston Red Sox in the A.L. East, but their first playoff appearance is quite an achievement.The Rays remind me a bit of the 1969 Miracle Mets, who had never finished in the top half of the standings before winning a World Series.How bad have the Rays been?

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Um...I'm not sure this is the look I'd go for in an office, myself, but you have to admit it's rather intimidating to a guest. BTW, if McCain/Palin ticket wins she'd have the best legs of any VP since maybe Spiro Agnew!

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(part 2 of 3)No. 8 Root Beer RagNo. 7 Angry Young Man (this song actually used to open all his concerts, but I'm listing them by my favorites so it's in the middle)No. 6 Movin' Out (not to be confused with the Broadway musical by same name ;p )No. 5 The Stranger**concert concludes tomorrow with my four favorite songs..try to guess them**

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Stumbled on this nearly year-old footage today (NOTE: those who went here will see this school is still full of dorks)

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Getting off the sports theme...Those who know me know Billy Joel's my favorite singer. Through the magic of you tube I'll present my own BJ dream concert, i.e. my 12 favorite songs of his (all live versions) in three parts. (I would have picked a top 10 but that's so cliche). Here's 12-9 in reverse order. This I'll post one day at a time.No. 12 Say Goodbye to Hollywood (I listened to this in my

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Baseball season has just a little more than one week to go and one of 11 teams will wind up being World Champions in a little more than a month.Here's a brief update on how things stand with about 9 games left to play.AMERICAN LEAGUEWest - So far the Los Angeles Angels are the only AL team to clinch a playoff spot. The Angels are 94-59 and need to go 6-3 in their last nine games to win 100 games

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Got into the vintage baseball kick with this being the last week, starting Monday.Here's some actual TV broadcast footage from game seven of the 1952 World Series in Ebbets Field!

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Found this on youtube tonight, pretty cool. It's home movies of the Chicago Cubs. First 3 mins is opening day, 1930, at Wrigley Field and unveiling the NL champions banner. The last 3 mins is footage from first game of the 1929 World Series against the Philadelphia A's. (Wrigley Field looks exactly the same around the infield, but you'll notice there are no ivy-covered walls yet and no real

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This is a pretty amusing website I stumbled on that is anti-Obama. Has a daily cartoon news cast as well.Here's today's news update:

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Well, Fox Sports Net in LA cancelled one of my FAVORITE TV shows, Trojan Rewind, which used to show highlights of USC football games. Fortunately someone on You Tube is doing his own version of condensing the games. It's not quite the same but for any USC fan out of the country who wants to see last Saturday's game against Ohio State here it is condensed (BTW this team is just awesome to watch)!

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