Thursday, August 31, 2006

Happy 61st, Van Morrison.

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I'll never forget the first time I heard you, as I was having lunch - roast beef on a bulkie with Russian dressing - in a little sandwic...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Blogbirthday.

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Take back this pudding. It has no theme. - attributed to Winston Churchill One year ago tonight I started this blog. I did it because a gr...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Eisenhower Lock revisited.

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About a year ago, I posted about a visit to Eisenhower Lock, on the St. Lawrence Seaway at Massena, New York. What I didn't do then wa...
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New dino species found in Brazil.

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South America seems to be the hot spot these days for dinosaur discoveries. At 39 feet and nine tons, Maxakalisaurus topai isn't parti...
Saturday, August 26, 2006

Riding Amtrak's Adirondack.

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Amtrak's Adirondack runs daily, both ways, between New York City's Penn Station and Montreal. The northbound and southbound trains ...
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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Clyde Tombaugh: a distinguished life in astronomy.

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The decision by a council of astronomers meeting in Prague to demote Pluto to "dwarf planet" status brings to mind the remarkable...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

A Brooklyn blog well worth a visit.

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Through the medium of the excellent and useful Brooklyn Heights Blog , I've discovered a unique blog called runs brooklyn/brooklyn runs ...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Good news for the Mets.

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It now appears that Tom Glavine will be able to pitch again soon. Nevertheless, it's still an open question whether either he or Pedro...
Monday, August 21, 2006

Out of the frying pan ... ?

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As seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, on the hot, hazy afternoon of July 30, a Saudi ro-ro/container ship sails from the Red Hook ter...
Thursday, August 17, 2006

An apology to my non-Fray readers.

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I know there are one or two of you. If the last two posts seemed incomprehensible to you, please bear with me. We're about to go back ...
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Mets 7, Phillies 2

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No, it wasn't a never-ending death spiral, just a phase. Right, topazz ?
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Oopsnosity

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There. That should put this buggy in the fast lane . A big thank-you to Hipparchia , and a friendly shout to our neighbours up north , with...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Narrow gauge in Portland, Maine (cont'd).

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As noted at the close of my previous post on this subject, Maine's narrow gauge railroads had rails only two feet apart. This, I believ...
Monday, August 14, 2006

Sometimes, pessimism works.

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Especially when you've gotten to the point of discounting it. Could Pedro Martinez be like The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay ? After all, ...
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Saturday, August 12, 2006

Narrow gauge in Portland, Maine.

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The State of Maine once had an extensive system of narrow gauge railroads; many of them, as in the Pacific Northwest, serving the logging i...

Postscript to "When good things ... "

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The suggestion in Fred Kaplan's Slate article, to which I linked a couple of posts below, that the blanket refusal of the current admin...
Friday, August 11, 2006

Brooklyn Heights sunset.

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Top this, Key West.

The Curse explained.

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Back at the All-Star break, I bemoaned the appearance of five Mets on the cover of Sports Illustrated , predicting "dire consequences....
Thursday, August 10, 2006

When good things happen because of bad people.

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There's an interesting article by Fred Kaplan in yesterday's Slate that reveals the source of at least much of the information Bri...
Monday, July 31, 2006

Pessimism never works.

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That's the slogan on a t-shirt I'm thinking of buying. Yes, I was convinced that the Mets would go to Atlanta carefree and cocky, a...
Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Little Toot goes psychedelic.

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While walking along the Battery Park Esplanade, I saw this unusually decorated tug sailing past Ellis Island.
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Monday, July 24, 2006

"[T]ruly, deeply, tragically inconvenient."

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I've been loath to post about the Middle East. I tell myself this is because I'm no expert, but I know it's really because, wha...

Walter Benjamin on Proust

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"He is filled with the insight that none of us has time to to live the true dramas of the life that we are destined for. This is what ...
Friday, July 21, 2006

John Maine pitches a complete game shutout.

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Okay, maybe I was wrong . I'm glad. But I'm still worried about that series in Atlanta next week.
Monday, July 17, 2006

Postcard from Maine

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Portland Head Light was commissioned by President Washington to guide mariners entering Portland harbor, and was put into service in 1791. ...
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Friday, July 14, 2006

Curses!

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Five Mets on the cover of Sports Illustrated ! I foresee dire consequences. And I'm usually right about these things. Dammit!
Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Whoa, David!

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I read somewhere that, before the All-Star Game, David Wright said it was to determine whether the Mets would get home field advantage in th...
Thursday, June 29, 2006

Sox sweep Mets

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I'll rerain from complaining, if only to ensure domestic tranquility. After all, the Mets could afford to lose three, and every Sox win...
Sunday, June 25, 2006

iPod log 2

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I had to visit the office this afternoon to take care of some unfinished business, and on the way there and back I heard the following: 1. ...

The final suburb.

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A few weeks ago, my wife took a tour of Woodlawn Cemetery, where many of New York's prominent citizens of yore are interred. Woodlawn i...