We’ve Moved

We picked up our stakes, and moved to greener pastures (who says the Real Estate Market is tough?).

Please forward all your comments, and your two eyes to our new home:  Squirrelman’s Nutzy World

Holloween (SIC)

Why does Halloween feel Hollow to me?  Perhaps because all the witches, warlocks, and goblins have been flying around for the last few months, and next Friday can’t be any scarier than what we’ve been going through recently.

Between Wall Street, Corporate America greed, Bailouts, the Presidential election, how much more can we take?  Probably quite a bit more it seems.  What can change?  How will it change?  Who can lead us through this morass.  Where’s our compass?  Our guiding light?  Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?  Our nation turns it’s lonely eyes to you.  Boo hoo hoo.

History though has shown that when things seem the bleakest, and popular sentiment has all moved to one side of the scale, the scale starts to move… the OTHER way.  Let’s see.  I think the end is near.  One way or the other.

Is it possible then that there’s a treat in store for us?  I think it might be.  Hmmm, that’s more like it.  The old optimistic self is starting to resurface.  Yes, Charlie Brown, perhaps there is a great Pumpkin after all.  Only time will tell.  Six more days to be precise.  Keep your gardens watered and frost-free.

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The Inside Story

I just took a position as an undercover reporter.  No, the hiring company isn’t aware of my role, nor is my employer.  In fact I didn’t know what my true role was until I started posting this blog entry when I had nothing else on my mind to post about.  So, I’m conjuring up a tale, and I’m going to run with it for a while and see if it leads anywhere.

I’ll be taking copious notes on a nightly basis, and from that material I hope to uncover the true underpinnings of how corporate America truly operates.  I know others such as Michael Moore, and the Super Size Me guy have done similar.  But, I’m going to be different.  For one, I’m not them.  Hence an immediate difference.  The differences will become more apparent as I start distinguishing myself (at least in my own eyes and mind).  My notes with either be the basis of periodic blog entries or, if they’re really good I will horde them and compile a national best seller whilst retaining movie rights and promotional/gift royalties.  I have a sneaking suspicion that the action figures are going to be totally awesome.  This could be the must-have holiday gift item for the 2009 season.  Start pre-ordering now.  As soon as I set up my Swiss Bank Account, I will post the links on a website (URL to be determined) so you can place your orders today for guaranteed delivery by December 15, 2009.  All packages will be mailed in unmarked plain brown wrapping so as not to ruin the surprise for all of your little boys and girls.  This item will not be appropriate for Dogs, Cats, and other extre-terrestrial beings.

If you’re interested in pre-ordering a copy of the first printing, I’m afraid you’re going to have to wait a wee bit longer.  As mentioned, I don’t have the routing number yet for my Swiss Bank Account…  Nor do I have the account set up yet.  And, there’s that minor little detail that a) I haven’t even written a thing yet, nor b) I haven’t been picked up by a Publisher yet.  Why they’re waiting I have no idea.  In a few months they’ll be kicking each other for not moving sooner.  I can’t wait to watch that!

Stay tuned!  The fun is just about to begin.

A Break From The Game

Whew!  No baseball for a while.  I think we all needed a break.  That last series was very emotional.  I think the whole nation has rallied around the Rays.  But, honestly, enough baseball for a while.

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NOT The Indians; NOT the Yankees

No.  It took the no longer lowly TAMPA BAY RAYS to slay the Evil Red Sox.

There is a Baseball God afterall!

This is what dreams are made of.

YAY RAYS!!

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

Some of YOU Let US Down

Obviously you all didn’t get on the bandwagon.  We’re talking Boston Red Sox.  How can you NOT be backing the Tampa Rays??

Did you not get out your lucky charms (not the cereal)?

Did you not get our your Kevin Youkailis voodoo dolls?  Get our your Big Papi doll too (we have to pull out all the plugs).

Did you chant the fight song?  Tonight, you MUST open the window as you chant.  Don’t tell me it’s cold outside.  The Rays are in Florida.  Suck it up.  This is HUGE.

We don’t get another chance after tonight.

You just know what’s going to happen should the Rays falter tonight.  I can’t even say it.  But, the writing is on the wall.

Do NOT let this happen to us.

It’s bad enough we’re in a financial crisis, we can NOT afford to add insult to our injuries.

GO RAYS!!

Go Rays!

Get your rally caps on, your voodoo dolls, your good luck charms, your rabbits foot (or, perhaps feet), eat your favorite dinner, and have on hand your favorite libation, wear the same outfit, including underwear and socks, that you wore on Wednesday night.  Instant karma.  The game time is late (as usual in these stupid days where the networks and advertisers call the shots), so if you need, take an afternoon nap.

Oh, and if you have any Yankees memorabilia, get those out too.  Make sure the Red Sox can see everything when they look out in to your living room, den, bar, or wherever you’re going to watch the game.

What you need to know:

LEARN THE FIGHT SONG: Yes, the Rays have a fight song. It’s set to rock music, and all you have to memorize is “Feel [pause] the Heat [pause] Rays.”

ENEMY NO. 1: Red Sox OF Coco Crisp is Rays enemy No..1 for confrontations with several Rays players and eventually charging the mound after Tampa Bay pitcher James Shields hit him during a series earlier this month.

WHERE’S RAYMOND?: The Rays have a furry blue mascot who wanders around Tropicana Field entertaining fans. You may not know what it is, but do not worry – neither does anyone else.

All together now, “Feel… the Heat… Rays”  (repeat ad infinitum)

Effin’ Boston Red Sox

Lemme tell you this, if the Red Sox come all the way back and beat the Tampa Bay Rays in this series… The Yankee/Red Sox rivalry has just ratcheted up another level.

When I read the news today, oh boy, that the Red Sox came back from a 7-0 deficit to the Rays, it just stoked all those really bad bad memories of recent years.  As much as I’ve tried to bury the thoughts of the way the Red Sox came back from a three games to none deficit in 2004 against our vaunted New York Yankees, this has just caused them to resurface yet again.

From this day forward (at least through this weekend), I’m truly blue Tampa Bay Ray.  They had better not let me down.  The thought of the Boston / Philadelphia World Series might be just too much to bear.  BTW, Mets fans, is there a team that YOU despise more than the Philadelphia Phillies?  Especially what they’ve done to you the last two years — Ok, truth be told, the wounds were self-inflicted.  But, still I’m sure you need/want/prefer to have a scapegoat.

Can next season please come soon again?  I say we put it to a vote.  We skip winter, and start right up with the Spring again.  Are you with me?

C’mon Rays!  Does anyone know their fight song?  Do they have one?  Do they have a team song?  A chant?  A lucky hanky?  Geez, they didn’t even have real fans until now.  And, now they’ve got me.  GO RAYS!!!

Debates

What if we used the debate format to address all personal interactions?

For example, we walk in to a store, and we debate how much we should pay for an item.  We’d argue quality, utility, value.  I think that eventually we’d agree upon a mutually agreeable price.  Or, we’d be forced to watch a few more Presidential Debates.

How about if we were to approach utility companies and debate what the appropriate fees we should pay for their services.  I’m sure we would come away with a clearer understanding of the costs to deliver the utilities, but they would also know that they’re serving OUR needs, and shouldn’t be in this for profit.  And, if their exorbitant charges aren’t profiting the Utilities, then there’s a serious problem with their Accounting and Bookkeeping.

I’d love to go debate with the IRS about the total amount of taxes that I pay each year… and whether I’m getting a fair share of the revenue in return.  I want the return to come to me, my family, my children, my community FIRST.  Let this be equitable and fair to us and not to politicians, lobbyists, and greedy corporations.  I’m not promoting socialism, but democracy as it’s ideally defined.

Who wants to argue?  Umm, debate these points?

So Much to Post About

What’s the opposite of writers cramp?  ADD?  I must have started four posts in the last two days, and never got past typing in the title when another brilliant idea for a post popped in to my head.  And, as I went off on that tangent, yet another.  This repeated four more times in perfect three-part harmony, until I came back around to my first topic which I had already forgotten (I should have at least saved the title), and then moved along to the second, and third, and finally the fourth great idea, with the same results as the first, and ended up with nothing posted.

So here I sit, fearing that the pattern will repeat itself, again in three-part harmony, so with the song playing in my head, this is about a blog.  You remember my blog, don’t you?  The one you’ve been ignoring all this time.  And, no I’m not talking about you   So, back to my blog and realizing now that I hadn’t posted anything in a few days even though I really had these great, insightful, profound things to post about (I remember that much ), I came to the realization that I better start randomly hitting the keys on my computer keyboard, and if anything remotely coherent came out that I would just submit that and hope that will jar my ADDing ways back in line and I can start posting about more meaningful things rather than posting about why I’m not posting.

At least I’m not singing out loud the song that’s playing in my head.  I have much more respect for my readers than that