When I was a kid I was a Yankees fan - I lived in NYC. My father was a NY Giants fan. We occasionally listened to games on the radio and I went with my father to several games at the Polo Grounds, Ebbets Field and the original Yankee Stadium. And to several more at Yankees games with a school friend. Then I lost interest ( Read more... )

TV watching should have more variety ( Read more... )

It's almost time for our bird watching expedition. We are about to observe a very special Superb Owl. I think the Owl is from China since it has a Chinese name: LI. I usually have trouble when I go bird watching because it is hard to see the little things up in trees, but I think this one will be easy to see. Its wing is a bit different, though ( Read more... )

Hiram Bingham is best known as the "discoverer" of Machu Picchu. He also was the Governor of Connecticut and then Senator from Connecticut ( Read more... )

I had been at a board meeting of Voice of the Turtle, a sephardic musical group, and when I got home (I'd walked so no c car radio and there weren't smart phones in this days) I asked rsc "What''s happening ( Read more... )

Last night we went to our next-to-last Red Sox game for the season ( Read more... )

We tuned in a bit before the game started to see Renée Fleming sing the National Anthem. Too showy, slow, and odd rhythm. She should stick to opera. I've occasionally argued that we need a constitutional amendment to protect the National Anthem. Stick to the melody, reasonable speed, and no acrobatics ( Read more... )

I just finished reading Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams. A delightful book (paperback is on the best sellers list) about Hiram Bingham, Machu Picchu and a lot of other information about the mystery of the Incas, and the controversy about Bingham's role. Adams is an author who decided to do some serious traveling to Peru; the book is a ( Read more... )

I just finished reading Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry. This is the story of the world's longest baseball game. It was a Minor League game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings in Pawtucket, RI and it took ~8 1/2 hours to play the 33 innings. For non-baseball cognoscenti or others a normal baseball game is 9 innings and takes ( Read more... )

One of the worst things about watching baseball on tv live is that you see the same bloody ads too many times.

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