Rugby: Essex RFC, “The Story of ’76”
Ahhh, 40 years ago – June fifth, 1976. In Downing Stadium, a Rugby Festival with four games. After three New York teams all get steamrolled by English sides, the England Champions Gosforth take on the NY champions – and my club – Essex. Along with Colin Kiley, I was co-captain of the team – in … Read more
Memorial Day this Monday; Walt Whitman on remembering the dead and suffering …
Whitman was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. A short excerpt below the link. How and Why We Remember the Dead: A Memorial Day Lesson from Walt Whitman Whitman particularly felt the urgent need to recall the soldiers who suffered and died in the military hospitals, which he called “the Untold and Unwritten History … Read more
Pipeline protestors establish themselves in a shipping container “home”
Interesting protest idea. According to the article below the police cut open the container and arrested them. Protests over a planned gas pipeline took an interesting turn Wednesday when two people locked themselves inside a shipping container blocking the construction site on the Peekskill-Buchanan border. According to a press release from ResistAIM, the protesters had … Read more
Health Update
I hardly ever do these anymore – thank God! Saw lymphoma guru Dr. Zelenetz last Friday, along with bloodwork and a CAT scan. Everything done in East Harrison, at the very large satellite offices of Memorial Sloan Kettering – a quite nice space. Everything looks fine. Will only be having a CAT scan every other … Read more
How dirty is your gym’s equipment?
Really, really dirty. Free weights 362 times more bacteria than a toilet seat!? Um, this gym staple has more bacteria than your toilet seat "Every time you pick up a weight or grab an exercise bike handle, you could be putting yourself at risk for an illness or infection," states the report. More than 70% … Read more
Yankees (finally!) back to .500
Yankees reach key benchmark behind untouchable Eovaldi With a 6-0 win over the Blue Jays in The Bronx, the Yankees got back to .500 (22-22) for the first time since April 14, when they were 4-4. All it took was six straight wins, a string that began with Tuesday night’s starter, Nathan Eovaldi, on the … Read more
Kimmel: Pink Performs “White Rabbit”
Pretty good – what would Grace Slick think? I still give the edge to Jefferson Airplane. And who is Pink? Whoever she is, she's making a lot of money.
WW II soldier’s remains recovered, Id’d, and returned to New Orleans
A bittersweet story. More than seven decades after being killed during World War II, Pvt. Earl Joseph Keating is finally coming home to his native New Orleans after his remains were discovered on the Pacific island where he died in 1942. Pvt. Keating will actually be buried in two places. Some of his remains were so intertwined … Read more
Rugby: London 7’s final day
Fiji wins the overall World Series Championship, based on all 12 tournament results. The USA finished 6th in the world, ahead of all the European countries.