On The Corner

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Bring back Juan Guzman

Late August is now upon us, the time of year where I ironically yell "Go Jays, go!" and then laugh maniacally to myself as I check the standings to find out if this year's crop of sorry losers and has-beens have finished out of the cellar. This is the only time I check the baseball standings all season you see (I stopped caring about baseball after the '94 strike and have stopped caring about most pro sports in general after the hockey strike).

As an ex-fan from way back, I seem to relish how bad the Jays have been the past few years. Not sure why, but in honour of their current tough guy manager, here's a nice limerick written by myself:

There was once a manager named Gibbons
Who tore his players to ribbons
His steamy temper sure was hot
But alas, his ballclub was not
And he was last seen sleeping next to a bunch of pigeons

Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll Too Young To Die

What's the deal with classic bands having reunion tours? I just don't get it. It's the only profession where people can come back years after they've packed it in because they admitted they had become too old to do well at their job, and completely suck, yet people will be more thrilled than ever to pay $200 to see them. Imagine if fire fighters did that?
"Hi, we're here to put out your fire."

"Huh? But all of you are like 85 years old."

"Yep, we're the 1952 reunion squad. Remember when we put out that fire at the 54th street YMCA in 1947? What a doozie that was."

"Huh? I wasn't even born yet. Just hurry up with those hoses. My house is burning down here!"

"Oh, yeah, it is. Ok, guys bring the hose up...Oh? You can't manage to lift it. It's too heavy? Well, we'll just throw some buckets of water at the fire then. Anyone got a bucket without a hole in the bottom?...No one?"

"My house! My fucking house is burning down. Do something."

"Ok, that'll be $247.45 please."

"What's the $47.45 for?"

"That's the Ticketmaster service charge."

Birds of a feather

Anyone know what type of bird this is? I'm very bad with identifying bird breeds. I know I've never seen a bird like it before...

It lives with another smaller white bird (maybe a female?) near a pond that's full of Canadian Geese. The Canadian Geese don't seem to like it though and hiss when it comes to close to them. Got any ideas?

Note to self...

Until the LMA makes sense again, use these...
http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cat=Grateful%20Dead

http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree