Tim – football and haircut

Wel it is football season and Tim is playing super-well in the football Little League. As an eighth grader he’s on the Ossining 7th and 8th grade team. Has to play on the line due to the weight restrictions – he’s about 167 lb’s. Sunday they played Hillcrest (in Yonkers) and won, 22-0. The second win … Read more

Another posthumous Medal of Honor awarded.

Sgt. Robert Miller, a Green Beret, in Afghanistan Survivors of the ambush say the 24-year-old was shot two times but continued to throw grenades and fire his weapon to help save the lives of those he fought with, according to The Associated Press. The situation was tense. "We were fish in a barrel," Sgt. James … Read more

New exercise regimen for people over fifty

This was sent to me by my friend Karen, the wife of my college roommate Mike. Here she is – the young woman without the wine in her hand. The wine drinker is Marissa (formerly) Novotny, at her own wedding this past spring.   Here’s Karen’s breakthrough workout: Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where … Read more

A quick Tim football video

Against White Plains a couple of weeks ago. Here's what I wrote in the description on youtube – Tim posted this very short vid (which I shot), AND added the music. He clotheslines the WP tailback in the backfield. Game played September 12th. It was the first game of the season, Ossining vs White Plains … Read more

George Blanda

One of my idols. At 83, "after a brief illness." And he didn't just play football. He had 11 children. Got married in 1949, only had one wife. Blanda was known as the Ageless Wonder because he didn't retire until he was just short of his 49th birthday. And some of his best work came … Read more

9/11. Nine years.

Hard to believe. I lifted this from last year's 9/11 date. Tom, I miss you. I knew seven people who died eight years ago today. And one of them Tommy Knox, I knew quite well  My friend, Tom Knox, having coached him for more than five years at the North Jersey Rugby club.

Poll: 62% say no matter how bad things are, Congress can make them worse

Ha! From Rasmussen – But also, in a case of true blind faith, 19% say Congress can make things better … This level of skepticism is shared by a majority of just about every partisan and demographic group, including 53% of Democrats whose party currently controls both houses of Congress The only exception is the nation's … Read more