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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Enough. In the He's Ready To Kick Ass Like Jennifer Lopez Sense.
Do you see this? It's called The Yankee Chicken Gets a Crazy Look In His Eye. Which has mostly been known to happen before something good happens. But right now he's feeling the other side of crazy. Like, the crazy side of crazy. Because he's just plum-tuckered when it comes to this winter and now alleged spring and he's about to lose his ever-loving mind if it rainsnows one more time or if the wind doesn't die the f*** down. He just wants Mother Nature to know he has a very formidable steak knife and he knows how to maneuver it, despite not having opposable thumbs.
Also, he has some other news to pass along... that is neither here nor there considering there will probably be a blizzard on Opening Day. Harumph.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Till the Postseason is Over
Friday, March 8, 2013
Musical Musings for March
Another survey snatched from Tumblr (again, I'm not into this whole "Ooh, everyone ask me these questions" thing when they are just sitting here for me to answer). This one about music. Forgive my 80s/classic rock leanings, but I am not embarrassed by them.
1: A song you like with a color in the title Green River, CCR. A great song about remembering where you come from and being able to come home again.
2: A song you like with a number in the title Just the Two of Us, Bill Withers. I don't know why, but when I would hear this song when I was a kid, I was like "This is what living in New York must sound like." I think it was all the NYC-based smooth jazz stations my mom listened to.
3: A song that reminds you of summertime Something About You, Level 42. This will never not remind me of going to Sandy Hook on summer Saturdays, circa 1986.
4: A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about What was Kevin Brown/Carl Pavano/Et. al's warm-up music? Because that.
5: A song that needs to be played LOUD Let's Go Crazy by Prince. Let's just say I think my best revenge ever on Sasquatch (remember Sasquatch?) was after a night of him partying till 4 a.m., and I forced myself awake at 8 a.m. and blasted the s*** out of this. Passive-aggressive? Yes. Hangover-aiding? Oh, hell no.
6: A song that makes you want to dance In the Stone, Earth Wind and Fire. I am chair boogeying just thinking about it
7: A song to drive to Take It Easy by the Eagles is pretty much made for being behind the wheel, is it not?
8: A song about drugs or alcohol Salesman by the Monkees is one of the jolliest songs about a drug dealer I've ever heard.
9: A song that makes you happy You Just May Be the One, The Monkees. It's the "ahs" on that bridge, man.
10: A song that makes you sad I don't think "sad" is the right word, but Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House always evokes a certain kind of melancholy.
11: A song that you never get tired of As, by Stevie Wonder. Perfection.
12: A song from your preteen years Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard. Ah, middle school dances.
13: One of your favorite 80’s songs I recently told Tonya I think Easy Lover by Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey is my fave 80s tune. She agreed. Because, really, how can you top the awesomeness of this pairing singing about a faithless hussy of a woman? I know.
14: A song that you would love played at your wedding I think the dude I marry has some say in this too?
15: A song that is a cover by another artist The Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova version of You Ain't Goin' Nowhere. I have no idea what this song means, Bob Dylan, but thanks for writing something so delightful.
16: One of your favorite classical songs Smetana's The Moldau. I had to remember it for a college music appreciation class and it was my favorite of the bunch of songs we had to memorize. Getting to hear it played in Prague, its birthplace, by a four-piece orchestra last year was pretty sweet.(See. I like more music than just 80s and classic rock)
17: A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke Oh, survey, you act as if I have never done karaoke before. But you are wrong. One of the best duets was Tonya and I doing Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror (not really a duet, but bear with me), and we got almost everyone in the room singing along, until the end when half the room broke off into the "gospel choir" part and it was just perfect.
18: A song from the year that you were born Best of My Love, by the Emotions. Disco was huge the year I was born and I embrace that. I don't think I could ever scorn something that was invented to make people dance. Do people even dance anymore outside of weddings and YouTube memes? That kind of blows.
19: A song that makes you think about life This is the weirdest "question". Don't all songs remind you of life in someway? At least your own life?
20: A song that has many meanings to you This is not really something I've ever thought about? I'm not about to scroll through my iPod to figure it out.
21: A favorite song with a person’s name in the title Lola, by the Kinks. Because I can summon it at almost anytime. I have witnesses.
22: A song that moves you forward Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Led Zeppelin. Best song about a dog ever. Also one of the best walking songs.
23: A song that you think everybody should listen to Just as I wouldn't want someone forcing their music on me, I wouldn't do it to someone else. I don't expect everyone to have the same taste as me.
24: A song by a band you wish were still together I've Got This Friend, The Civil Wars. Because when I finally get into a "current" group, they go on hiatus. Psh.
25: A song by an artist no longer living I Wish I Were In Love Again, Frank Sinatra. "The conversation with the flying plates" - he just sells the whole song.
26: A song that breaks your heart I don't know? I'm not into dwelling on songs that make me feel bad.
27: A song by an artist with a voice that you love Anything by Heart. Ann Wilson's voice is insane.
28: A song that you remember from your childhood Every Breath You Take by the Police. Because I used to think the lyrics "How my poor heart aches" were "I wanna pull her legs" when I was six, which I thought was hilarious.
29: A song that reminds you of yourself She Works Hard For the Money, Donna Summer. Because I do.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Because Someone's Gotta Protect These Klutzes from Themselves
With Granderson breaking his forearm and Thumper straining his forearm and Hughes hurting his back and Robertson sleeping funny on his arm and El Capitan still hobbled and Brian Cashman breaking his ankle (while skydiving, but still) and Ichiro in a freaking car accident, The Yankee Chicken thought it was time to take matters into his own hands and indulge in a little praying to St. George. He does what he can. And hopes it's all figured out in a months' time, because, you know.