the longest mile

shadows of a sailor forming,
winds both foul and fair all swarm.

June 10th 1985 i took that long walk off a short pier.
I left my home and my family...no more than a boy as Paul Simon would say.
I took that long walk from 554 76th street to 86th and 7th...the
United States Military recruitment center where i surrendered my freedom and my
life for the next 4 years. accompanied by Steve Mcevoy, Donn Hoffman and "Who Shot JR Ryan and the Rhine River".....as they drunkenly navigated 5th ave in the Monday morning dawn, i nervously strolled, secretly hoping for an earthquake or natural disaster that would delay my departure for the Great Lakes Bootcamp facility......as each street of my youth passed under my feet and immediately into a distant memory...my life was changing before my eyes....i had no idea what changes lay in store, but could sense they would be dramatic and swift , and i was right..........weddings, funerals, births , defections did rain from the skies onto bayridge in the 4 nomadic years i spent in the service of Uncle Sam....with each return trip i felt more detached and isolated on the gang plank of life.....sink or swim.....i dropped anchor for 10 years in Brooklyn upon my return to civilian life in 1989 , but it was never quite the same.....the buildings remained, but it was a like a bad movie sequel, they had B list actors playing the parts of your favorite characters......i will never forget that walk....and i am glad to say that even then on that very morning, 30 years ago tomorrow....I knew the Gravity of my actions.....i said goodbye to my pal Snoopy, and hello to the very special insanity that was the UNITED STATES NAVY !

And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels in rhyme

I wouldn't pay it any mind.

Don't turn to your television or local newspaper if you want to know what's happening in the world..... Buried deep beneath the waves , behind Caitlin Jenner, the tony awards and all the general nonsense of the day lies a STORY OF HOPE.....the Turkish people have voted, and against all odds , have taken the  majority AWAY from American Hating Recep Erdogan........obamas pal and confidant.

In case you haven't been following.... Erdogans' party was hoping for 400 seats in Turkeys Parliament..... This would allow for an unchallenged national referendum that would pave the way for him to change the constitution and strengthen power for generations to come.

Under Erdogans' leadership..... This NATO ally ( laughable contradiction) has denied the U.S. use of Turkeys airspace in the wars against IRAQ and ISIS , and has sent boats with weapons disguised as humanitarian aid to challenge Isreals blockade of GAZA.

Erdogan has been on a personal mission to erase national hero ATTA TURK from the history books and to discredit his contributions to Turkish Independence.

To sum it up , this is a west & democracy hating scumbag and a very dangerous man.... No surprise he is pals with Barry Hussein Obama.

With 99% reporting......Erdogans' party AKP , is going to fall way short of a majority.... Instead of the 400 seats he hoped for, they will only control approximately 265.

Finally some good news on the world stage....let's make sure word doesn't get out before the Espys.

My good friend Siebel from O'Hara's jersey city is probably dancing in the streets with her Turkish countrymen.

Pharoah shutout

Thats what I'm feeling this morning...
...I am going all in with Frosted and boxing the Gray Ghost with materiality and tale of verve......I am dying to toss a few sheckles on the mike smith/nick zito frammento..... But will not...... Every last Euro i can find goes on Frosted...... I've been waiting 20 years for a Baffert triple crown, and when it finally comes along I abandon it like unicorns on Noah's ark.

Rumor control

No truth to the rumor that Zuccarello was in the same speech therapy classes as one of sweater nights own 2 time MVPs.......who himself is recovering from multiple brain injuries over the past 50 years.....no. Not higgins

Gad Zoooks

Did you hear what Zuccarella said after he took that slapshot to the head ?

"..... - -- - - ogggggg ........"

Total fucking silence and gurgulations...... Just like rick nashs game....He lost the ability to speak for 3 days....obviously he's not a North American born player or else he would have been back on the ice and let his game do the talking.

Anyway blueshirts will be fine next year.....keep Nash around for another year....he is a good regular season player.....we need more grit.....but we already have it......we need Hayes to get Nastier and Krieder to throw his size around too.....Stepan is an all-star and Miller is headed that way......either handle or Boyle need to go.....obviously st Louis is done.......we don't need a goal scorer, we need a stick handling playmaker to help setup our scorers........but then again.....as zooks would

" unga bunga bunga , bunga binga banga bunga "

On to Belmont

Well, with another hockey season faded into the rear view mirror we are reminded again just how special the 94 lads were......the Graveys. Messiers, Matteau's, leetchies , Buek, Tikanen , Richter and all......this current group is too soft. No grit, princess Henrietta has to go, same too Nash, st Louis , yandle, Boyle etc.....

We are also reminded that the Belmont stakes is this Saturday..... And I'm gonna shock ya......I'll wait for post positions, but I am eyeballing FROSTED, MATERIALITY and another horse TBD to close out my triple....not the Pharoah......

So in other words....we are guaranteed to see a triple crown.

Baltimore

In the month since those peaceful protesters took the streets in support of Freddy gray there have been 38 homicides in Baltimore...... Maybe black lives don't matter after all.

what a day

So on the bird queens big 50th birthday we kick things off with a shotgun start at dyker at 8:00 , and 12 hours later we drop the puck for game 7.

seven again

What can you say about the new York hockey rangers that hasn't already been said about nervous breakdowns, heart attacks, paranoia and schizophrenia ?

And so we go once again to game 7 , with a trip to the finals on the line.....be still my pounding heart.

call me the professor

So......Prof Hough and I share some points of view with regards to blacks and Asians....but he will probably be fired for his honesty.....Duke has already apologized.... Won't be long now.

He is right if course......if we are ever going to solve the centuries old problem of negroe failure, they need to stop playing the victim and start being held accountable for ALL their actions fm an early age.......we should look To the asians, or the Polish or the Irish and Italians for that matter........all minorities and immigrants that want to assimilate and succeed do so by providing their children greater opportunities than they themselves had.......how do they do that ? They are willing to work 2 or 3 jobs.....sometimes lousy jobs.....so.etimes dangerous jobs.....all for the benefit of their children........so should we start calling out blacks who impregnate various baby mamas and offer no support to their kids ??

To do so would risk being labeled as a racist.... But it's the only hope for change.

Duke professor: Blacks riot because they’re lazier than Asians and have ‘strange’ un-American names

Duke professor: Blacks riot because they’re lazier than Asians and have ‘strange’ un-American names

shame

Can't remember the last time the phone rang or a text came to alert me that some scumbag or maggot was killed or dropped dead too young
......its always the good guys......

Rest in peace Brian Monaghan.

mad men conclusion

I was wrong.....nobody jumped out a window and became the falling man.....but I felt the ending was perfect.... It restored my faith in the show.... It didn't cop out.  And it didn't try to say that the 7 years invested in the show were not a waste...... Don Draper is back..... On a high note.....he dipped his toe into the hippie movement and exploited it and created one of the must successful commercials of all time....I'd like to buy the world a Coke......perfect ending.... All is well on Madison Avenue..... It's the real thing.

Preakness

Only 1 bet today..... No birthday Exactas....no superfecta........ Just a $50win and place on Dortmund.........yes I did have the Pharoah and Firing Line in Churchill. But I think Dortmund and his odds , cannot be overlooked.... Time to make some coin.


Alas I have been wrong before

mad men finale spolier alert

Don Draper is the Falling Man......he goes back to his pent house appt......contemplates Betty having cancer and the future road ahead......And Jumps.

Or does roger sterling throw himself out of a window of the old building ?

stay classy Yanks

Always a role model for class , the Yankees invited Jim "I'll have another" Leyritz back for old timers day.....and also announced that they would be placing a memorial plaque in Monument park for the young waitress he killed while driving under the influence...... Wow, tears will be flowing that day.....another made for Steiner Sports moment compliments of the Yankees.

Side note......my cell phone must've been out of order on Tuesday, as I didn't get a single call or text about Golf at Dyker with the Vodka Clubs.......lots of one way streets in this world.

take a look around ya boys

Its bound to scare ya boys....

The climate on the street has changed for the negative.... I hope I am wrong , but I can feel a major black on white attack coming.....there is no fear of repercussions.... The aggressive panhandling in NYC and Jersey City is sign one......the traveling in packs if thugs....and open marijuana smoking is part 2......the animals are restless.... And its heating up......a major incident with mass rioting is coming soon to a street corner near you.

if your memory serves you well

How many times in an elimination game did Mark Messier limp off the ice to the dressing room ?  Once, twice ?  How bout fucking NEVER........ You never leave the bench and let them see your hurt.....toughen up mcdonagh .....or take off the damm C.


Krieder keeping us in this singlehandedly..... Henrik played well....but should never give up 3.

im baffled

as dano would say....this friggin guy says its a Hockey blog, yet he never mentions hockey....wtf ?

well i shall speak........henrik lundquist is playing well enough to win.......thats a ringing endorsement from me........Nash = useless........St Louis = finished, a shell of his former self.......Mcdonagh = not a captain, in over his head, playing like a deer in headlights.....that game winner was ALL STEPAN............Kreider = best player on team along with Stepan...........so is there a little life left on Ol Broadway ? you better fukin believe it.........back to the Nations capitol we go......1 game at a time lads.

Derby Rant 141

Mr. Z was earlier than usual when he strode into the El Kabeir Public House and Lounge and ordered shots of Frammento over Keen Ice for all....how many exactly ? demanded the Dortmund behind the bar...OCHOOCHOOCHO screamed the Upstart newcomer.....and i of course being the Materiality kind of guy that I am pulled out a Tencendur to pay for everyone........Mubtaahij i shouted after tasting these delicious drinks.....itsaknockout the congregation did agree, your an International Star i told the bartender, a modern day American Pharaoh i continued....he then poured more shots of Bolo and set mine down to the far right , in the shadow of the Danzig Moon and at that moment i realized it was time to Carpe  Diem .....no more WarStory......and if you put me on the Firing Line I will tell you

it's FROSTED......all the way to the BANK.....


and the big bets for me center on Frosted and Firing line.....with the Pahaoh, Carpe Diem and Dortmund rounding out exotics.....

alas....ive been wrong before.