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† RIP Renfield  # 638 – Cold, Cold STAY Away †

January 7, 2012

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I’M THINKING I’VE

TURNED-A-CORNER !

Things might be looking up !

There’s been some ‘excitement’ at work…

TWICE NOW !

and, for the first time maybe ever…

I’M NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT !!!

It does not involve me at all !
(somehow I usually end up being the focal point)

YA KNOW WHAT ?

It’s kinda fun when someone else
has their ‘feet-to-the-fire’ !

I give full-credit for MY mood elevation,
& MY world-altering view to…

SUSAN (suzie) LUCKEY

I’ve been ‘a-glow’ ever since receiving her letter,
and autograph, back on December 27th…
THE WORLD IS A WONDERFUL PLACE THESE DAYS !
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(I hope my muse, being miserable, isn’t necessary)
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R.I.P

Bowling great Don Carter

Don Carter was the bowling great with the unorthodox style who flourished
as a genuine sports celebrity during the game’s golden age on TV.
He had a style all his own as he took his steps to the line.
Stooped shoulders & cocked elbow, and a deep knee bend ball release.

Carter, known as “Mr. Bowling,” was the game’s original superstar.
Carter was a charter member of the PBA Hall of Fame,
and his sport’s most recognizable name.

He ruled the lanes with the likes of Dick Weber, Ray Bluth, Pat Patterson,
Carmen Salvino and Billy Welu. But Carter was clearly at another level.
He wasn’t as ‘lauded’ as Mickey Mantle, Johnny Unitas
or Arnold Palmer, but it was close.

He became the first athlete in American sports history to sign a $1 million
endorsement contract.  It was with a bowling ball manufacturer.

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Governor Christie of New Jersey
should think of the repercussions
from some of his ‘blustery’ thoughts…

(by the way, why is he out west ’stumping’ for presidential candidates
for weeks at-a-time, instead of here, running New Jersey ?)

Re: his posturing for voters,

calling pay-outs for un-used ‘leave’ not right ?
Something should be done about it,
but wasn’t offering or mandating, a solution…

HE JUST GOT WORKERS ANT-SY !

Because of conerns about losing SAVED time pay-outs,
one-third of the Elmwood Park Police Department
put in their papers for their retirements !
Workers who may have been content to stay,
leave at random times, keep their experience
on-the-street and share it with younger officers…
GOT OUT WHILE THE GETTING WAS GOOD !
(before the benefit could be taken away)

OH… THE LEAVE WILL COST THE CITY $1.2 MILLION !
(all at once, not one retirement here, one there…)

In addition, the overtime will be quite costly to the city
while they maintain police coverage,
and spend more in the search to replenish their ‘force’
with inexperienced rookie cops !

WILL MORE PUBLIC WORKERS FOLLOW SUIT ?
THIS COULD JUST BE THE BEGINNING !

THANK YOU GOVERNOR CHRISTIE !

You should have ‘fixed-it’ quietly
instead of grand-standing for the tv cameras !

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ANOTHER report of  TV weatherman

AL  ROKER being a ‘dick’ !

This jerk is writing checks his ‘minor’ celebrity
just can’t cash !!!  He has a very high opinion of himself.

We’d probably not hear about this if done
to a regular person, but…
the drummer from Van Halen was travelling
with his wife and had the mis-fortune of having
Roker in the middle seat between husband & wife.
I can’t think of ANY scenario where the middle seat
is preferable to a window or aisle seat !

HE WAS BEING A DICK ! (again)

The couple WAS able to trade seats with more
reasonable people, but I hope not TOO reasonable.

I’m hoping ROKER had a horrible, long flight !
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Jeff Spiccoli gave Roker HIS opinion
as he passed Roker by…

” YOU DICK ! “

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7zfnbdyAW8

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STUPIDITY IS NOT RESERVED JUST FOR NJ…

A tv news report (nothing better to report?)…
showed film of NY bus drivers playing cards
and board games on-the-clock !

It seems the city drastically cuts bus & train service
during the ‘tweener’ holiday week regularly…
So the drivers show up & get paid for being there.

THE CITY JUST DIDN’T PROVIDE WORK FOR THEM !

It would be the perfect time for necessary paperwork,
or training, or charm school, whatever…
to make it look like the workers are ’slough-ing-off’
is not fair to the workers !
Seems NYC was content to pay them to do nothing !
THEY WERE WILLING, THE CITY DROPPED THE BALL !
(just run the damn bus-es if it’s an issue)
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the union said the city screwed-up…
it could have been handled better…
there’s speculation that it was done purposely
during contract negotiations as a negative PR move
against the union by USING ‘certain’ news outlets !
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and speaking of FAIR or NOT FAIR ?
Have you ever noticed how
it’s only FAIR in ONE direction ?
(when it’s against you)

I was recently the victim of FAIR…

Funny how FAIR was NEVER a consideration before,
NEVER in their vocabulary for decades,
until it was used at my expense !

They bent-me-over-and-gave-me-FAIR !
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My SUSAN LUCKEY story of the week…

for the set-up…
When I found SL’s address,
I also found her phone number…
(too creepy to ever use)
but my kid knows I have it…

At which point my daughter’s jaw has dropped,
and as I hold the phone out to her…
she’s backing away and is saying (shocked)…
” NO… NO… NO-oooo”

I FINALLY LAUGHED & SAID…

” KNOWING ME, YOU JUST COULDN’T BE SURE, COULD YOU? ”

I’m not sure if she was in awe of who it might be,
or what a creep I was for bothering a ’stranger’ !

Sure would be nice if I could, one day
in the far-off future, make that call, & chit-chat…
(yeah, like that’s gonna happen without the FBI involved)
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Geez… damn postage !

I bought a gift item from a great place…
www.NOVICA.com – artsy & reasonable !

It was a late xmas gift for a friend in Brazil.

I know it should have been something typically NY-USA,
but came up blank…  After the purchase,
I found out the item was being shipped from Peru !
So it would be sent from Peru to New Jersey, USA
and from me, back to South America, to Brazil !

The company had a special on shipping…
1/2 off, so the 2 1/2 pound package cost me $3,
friggin’ great.. just about FREE shipping !

Now, I go to mail it…
I figure it’ll be around $15-20

I WISH !!!

It was nearly $25, almost the cost of the item !
I should have inquired about shipping it direct,
or just ‘drop’ $50 on her… it would be cheaper !

BUT THE JADE OBELISK WAS JUST TOO COOL !

Not meant to be ‘phallic’… it stands for ‘prosperity’…
and it’s enormous… so either way… it’s PUL-LENTY !
(her girlfriends will probably get a giggle from speculation)
(no romance, but I hope she ‘goes-with-it’ & gets some ‘props’)

MAYBE SHE CAN RE-CREATE THE SCENE FROM GODFATHER…
WHERE SONNY’S WIFE USES THE SPREAD OF HER HANDS
TO DESCRIBE THE SIZE OF SONNY’S EQUIPMENT !!!
(to the delight of the girls)
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Although, at one time, scandalous & libel-ous…

IS BEING ACCUSED OF BEING GAY
ACTION-ABLE ?
LIKE THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT ?

If it is, someone is playing BOTH sides…

wrong & right !

Some TWILIGHT actor who some think gay
was the victim(?) of a Twitter ‘prank’ !
Someone created a believe-able
PEOPLE MAGAZINE cover out-ing him !!!

The woman newscaster reporting this
brought up the idea of sue-ing for libel !
(it’s probably sue-able, but NOT for libel)

AREN’T WE SUPPOSED TO BE PAST
GAY-NESS AS SOMETHING BAD or WRONG ?
(would YOU dis-own your kid? or just love him anyway)

Me?  I don’t give a rat’s ass…

I got enough trouble getting thru the day as a hetero-sexual !

SOMEBODY SHOULD GIVE THAT NEWSCASTER
A TALKING TO… WORDS DON’T ALWAYS EQUAL COURT !

And the actor involved ?  His response should be a shrug !
(his publicity people may have even planted it)
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I’m getting a bit more antsy about MY illness…

It seems that whenever I get something half-way serious,
it’s the ‘illness-du-joir’ and all over the place…
(I’m told I just have more awareness… BUT…)

First there was that Football Giant’s guy
who’s season was ended by the DVT-PE.

Last week HEAVY D died of MY illness.

Today, some hip-hop artist(?) DIED
as as result of the same DVT-PE !

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON ?

I swear I’ve NEVER heard those initials
on the news (re:death) in my life !!!

HAVE  YOU ???

WILL THERE BE MORE DEATHS SOON ?

(hopefully not mine)
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FEELING NOSTALGIC ?

I perused some of my earliest efforts
(from 12-13 years ago)
when developing RIP Renfield into what it is today !

And I felt a kin-ship to WALT DISNEY !

My crude, early attemps at presentation
were like Walt’s pre-STEAMBOAT WILLIE
Mickey Mouse incarnation !

My early ‘product’ was by email subscription,
not posted on the internet for ALL time !
Walt’s  ‘pimples’ are there for all to see !

FOREVER !!!
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the New Year’s TWILIGHT ZONE marathon
reminded me of…

The time, when my daughter was very young,
that we got her a TALKING TINA doll…
She loved the damn thing…
but we had to get rid of it
when it started wanting to kill me !

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I’D LIKE TO PRAISE MY WIFE

FOR HER RESTRAINT !!!

(my head would have been exploding)

Several days after Christmas,
one where she treated me exceptionally well
for the ’small’ xmas we planned,
I found, under the tree, one of her gifts…
2 small boxes filled with a dozen CADBURY candy bars.
(she says for what it costs, she enjoys them more than Godiva)
I called to her that she left her candy under the tree.
(un-opened)
She didn’t know what I was talking about…
The boxes I re-used were for strings of xmas lights,
and for a reason I can’t explain,
she thought I had gotten her Xmas Lights as a gift !

I’m sorry she didn’t mention it when she un-wrapped,
and didn’t look inside, but after a gift like THAT ?
I was STILL treated to a very nice Christmas !!!

WHATTA-WOMAN !!!
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I’m pushing my cart thru the supermarket,

stopped in the veggie section…

and right behind me I hear a woman
doing ‘baby-talk’ coo-ing…

” Yes, I got carrots, you love carrots, don’t you?
‘nummy’, ‘nummy’, ‘nummy’…”

I turn to her and say conspiratorily…

” C’mon… not in the store…”

Then looking awkwardly in her cart,
see-ing the baby, and saying…

” Sorry, thought you were talking to me ! ”

IF THEY LAUGH INSTEAD OF SLAPPING YOU…

You still got it !!!
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http://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/

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SOMEBODY HAD A GOOD LAUGH…

I was in the car with my kid.
I had the mp3 player hooked into the car ’system’
and was showing off a new playlist…
A song came on that moves me deeply…
(this particular version)
I’m not a fan of hers, & him?
first album yes, a few hits… don’t love him…
but the one song was always a favorite…

THUNDER  ROAD

from an accoustic ‘UN-PLUGGED’ with
Melissa Etheridge duet-ing with Bruce Springsteen…

I had it on the nite before, full blast,

staying in the car to sing along…

really into it… nearly tear-ing up !

Like I did years ago the first time I heard it,

Bee-yoo-ti-ful !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQpyxh3xpv8

SEE WHAT I MEAN ?

and I mention to her how much the song,
and that version affected, & moved, me…
much in the same way as
GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER
when it catches me just right !
(snoopy christmas song too)

Many minutes later, I thought her continuous laughing
was for my singing or my ‘butchering’ of the lyrics…

I ask, and I hear (between laughs)…
“GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER !  HA HA HA ”
(Hey… I’m sentimental)

AND I WASN’T TRYING TO BE FUNNY !

Sometimes a song just ‘reaches’ you !
The imagery from THUNDER ROAD blows me away.
and ” as for me and grandpa, we believe…”

addendum…

Later that nite, I ’schooled’ my daughter musically,
by ’skipping’ thru the hard drive for ‘gems’ new to her…
(we had a good time)
She also ‘raided’ the playlist she heard earlier for HER mp3 player !
Just like her old man, she isn’t limited to ONE era…
She requested … Nat King Cole’s – SMILE
(THAT song goes back to Charlie Chaplin – instrumental)
(she took the TONY BENNETT version too)

She not only knows, but appreciates…
It’ll take a long time before most kids fill the playlist
(today & historical) on the ‘hard-drive’ in their heads.
I have a feeling that even alot of old-sters don’t realize
how far back some of their ‘rock’ & ‘pop’ songs go.
Covering & updating hits from the 20’s, 30’s, & 40’s
isn’t all that un-common in the music business.

IE -  Hey, so you love ELVIS ! (or the Beatles, or Rolling Stones)
Doesn’t mean that’s all there is !

WHY PIGEON-HOLE YOURSELF ?

It very much surprised me when during an old 1930’s movie
someone started singing… I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
(in the ‘o-vodeo-do’, mega-phone style)
I’m partial to the ukelele version JOE BROWN did
at the GEORGE HARRISON TRIBUTE…

Talk about ‘warm & fuzzy’…

check out the hugs between the surviving
Beatle ‘family’ members at the end of the video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-U-qdPB8t0

BACK TO THE OLD MOVIE VERSION…
The movie version took me by surprise !
I didn’t think the song new, but wasn’t thinking the 1920’s !!!

SEE ?

One of the most beloved and popular songs of its day,
“I’ll See You in My Dreams” was written by Isham Jones,
with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was published in 1924.
Originally recorded by Isham Jones and The Ray Miller Orchestra,
it was charted for 16 weeks during 1925, seven weeks at number 1.
Popular recordings of it were made by many leading artists including
Marion Harris (1924), Louis Armstrong, Pat Boone, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald,
Mario Lanza, Tony Martin, Anita O’Day, Ezio Pinza, Sue Raney,
Jerry Lee Lewis (1958, instrumental) and Andy Williams.
A “Texas Swing” version was recorded by Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys.

LASTLY ?

My kid conceded that the SNOOPY (red baron) CHRISTMAS song
was as sentimental & as warm & ‘drippy’ as I said it was !
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Well… that’s all I got this issue…

Looks like I can ‘maintain’
even when I’m ‘walking-on-air’ !

Capt. Kirk wouldn’t let Spock’s brother
(HALF-BROTHER)
take away his pain, like he did for McCoy & others…

AND LIKE KIRK (and me)…

DON’T TAKE AWAY MY ‘PAIN’
I NEED MY ‘PAIN’
MY ‘PAIN’ IS WHO I AM !!!

I guess I better start being someone else…
my ‘pain’ has been lifted…

FOR HOW LONG ? I DON’T KNOW…

and with the weather co-operating…

(Jan.7  2012 ? – shirt sleeve weather)

I MIGHT JUST GO OUTSIDE

(shudder)

AND SMELL THE ROSES !!

(my god, I’ve lost my mind !)
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