tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75264686981788765712024-02-02T16:34:16.507-05:00George Weber....The news guyWHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-45514876713842839462009-03-20T08:21:00.007-04:002009-03-20T09:21:32.912-04:00NYC'S BED BUG ATTACKMany of you know, I have had two bouts with bed bugs in my over ten years at this location in Carroll Gardens, so my radar is always on when it comes to the blood sucking bastards that made my life hell. I'll never forget those sleepless nights of waking up to find red bumps all over my body, very much like what you're seeing in this photo. Just thinking of them makes me itch! Happily, and WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-90281314813110055032009-03-20T04:43:00.008-04:002009-03-20T05:19:17.663-04:00MY TAKE ON THE A.I.G. BONUS MESSFirst off, I'm appalled that these bonuses were handed out, nearly 170 million dollars worth this past weekend to the top executives at American International Group (AIG). The bonuses come as AIG reports billions of dollars in lost revenue during the fourth quarter and worse yet, it follows a multi billion dollar U.S. bailout of the struggling insurance giant. Despite that, there's not much the WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-4923248656121716552009-03-19T07:16:00.002-04:002009-03-19T07:16:58.648-04:00PICTURE OF THE WEEK: BATHROOM DECORYou're looking inside a restroom at an unnamed bar in New York City. The graffiti has been growing inside here for the past few months. It has that graffiti style, so I'm guessing some of the inner-city kids have placed their mark on the walls, but there's no evidence of gang signs per se, rather it's just random thoughts and comments about their love life and where they hail from. One scribblingWHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-22687981186833585702009-03-18T05:38:00.005-04:002009-03-18T06:05:23.599-04:00ST. PATRICK'S DAY: A Tale of Two BarsAs it turns out, I celebrated St. Patrick's Day at two locations, at the Blarney Rock Pub in Manhattan and at Angry Wades in Brooklyn, the first to soak in the flavor of the parade just a few blocks away and the second to chow down on some traditional Irish food.I strolled into a packed Blarney Rock around noon, nudged myself into a corner seat where a few of the regulars were hanging out and WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-48588022676120235812009-03-17T09:23:00.003-04:002009-03-17T09:38:57.652-04:00For some reason people seem to think "Erin Go Bragh" is Gaelic for "Happy St. Patrick's Day." It's not. It basically means "Ireland Forever." So on this day recognizing Ireland's patron saint, millions of people worldwide will play, drink and eat. For Roman Catholics in Ireland, however, it's a holy day of obligation.It's still early, so I haven't decided if I will partake in the merriment. I'veWHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-78653623602903765742009-03-17T09:21:00.002-04:002009-03-17T09:21:53.567-04:00I JUST LOVE THESE SCAM EMAIL LETTERSI wrote about this in length some time ago, but I still marvel at how popular these scam letters have become. Some people must be biting, otherwise they wouldn't be so prevalent. Basically, these are poor folks in African countries who concoct a story in hopes of convincing you that in return for some cash to take care of incidentals, they'll bestow upon you a boat load of money from a dead WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-38083677662123998012009-03-16T09:09:00.001-04:002009-03-16T09:10:22.434-04:00MEMORIES: DUCK AND COVERI was a kid of the 60's and 70's so I don't remember the government warning me to "Duck and Cover." However, this is what millions of school children in the 50's and early 60's were urged to do when they "see the bright flash." That flash, of course, would have been a nuclear warhead and although none had been used since World War II, the U.S and Russia were in the midst of a Cold War. The WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-11998315658930008572009-03-15T01:41:00.004-04:002009-03-15T01:51:01.798-04:00IT'S A BOTTLE, BUT IT'S NOT!Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Anheuser Busch has released a limited-edition run on these cute bottles of Bud-Light. I asked the friendly bartender at the Blarney Rock to snatch one from the carton before Tuesday's unveiling at the big St. Patrick's Day party. It's a cool green bottle, it's not a bottle. It's made out of a very thick aluminum, so it has the feel of a glass bottle. In fact, WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-29719323623351203362009-03-14T01:37:00.001-04:002009-03-14T01:38:22.194-04:00RANDOM, WANDERING THOUGHTS: PART II* I've been listening a lot to Scott and Todd on WPLJ these days. I always liked them, but, after a long listen, you know something, they are two of the most talented broadcasters on the air. They're worth every penny.* To answer my friend Frank's question: No, I have not seen Slumdog Millionaire yet!Instead, I spent $5.00 on a bootleg DVD of "The Wrestler." No, I haven't watched that yet, WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-49666855968272624852009-03-13T12:56:00.002-04:002009-03-13T12:56:29.551-04:00THE BUILDING THAT WILL NEVER BE BUILTFor well over a year, perhaps two, and before America woke up to realize we were in the middle of a recession, a building at the corner of Smith and Douglass Streets in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn was razed. It's been so long, I can't remember what the hell was there a few years ago. But, as you can see in this Google Map "street view", the now empty lot is surrounded by plywood barriers. Nothing has WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-42439702400339846502009-03-13T01:24:00.004-04:002009-03-13T01:26:45.717-04:00PICTURE OF THE WEEK: "PLUMBING THAT WORKS"I often wonder how people come up with names for their businesses. Take the folks who run "Effective Plumbing," seen here emblazoned on the back of a pick-up truck spotted in midtown Manhattan. Did they think that most people look at plumbers as "ineffective." Because, for goodness sakes, you wouldn't want to hire a company called "Ineffective Plumbing."WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-53130285998200956832009-03-12T08:12:00.008-04:002009-03-12T08:41:06.923-04:00JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BUCKJimmy says his business isn't going so well these days. His work takes him around the country, but the people he's scalping tickets to just don't have the cash to spend. Every year about this time, I see the slightly plump fellow hawking his wares outside the Blarney Rock Pub on 33rd street in Manhattan. It's March madness and college basketball teams are competing just a half block away at WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-50211364653197763422009-03-11T18:30:00.007-04:002009-03-12T00:54:53.809-04:00SCOOP: MAURY POVICH GOES UPSCALEMy sources are telling me the "Maury Povich Show" is wrapping up production at it's studios inside the Hotel Pennsylvania, across the street from Penn Station in Manhattan. They've been there for about four years now, but in a cost cutting move, the show is packing up its bags and moving into a newly redesigned facility in, ready, Stanford, Connecticut.They'll share studios with several other WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-54843100515700997812009-03-11T08:31:00.006-04:002009-03-11T09:05:59.022-04:00MY UNCLAIMED MONEYThe other day I'm reading a story about all of the unclaimed money sitting in the state of New York's bank that could be mine. The state Treasury department's website notes that "billions of dollars" in unclaimed funds are available to their rightful owners. Each state has an "Unclaimed Funds" division. It's coffers are loaded with money from closed bank accounts, unclaimed payroll checks, WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-69440707185735297552009-03-10T07:43:00.002-04:002009-03-10T07:43:27.983-04:00"HEY CHIEF!"My name is George. It's not Dude, Chief, Buddy, Pal, Boss, Yo or Nigga. Yet, I'm called one of these names everyday. When I walk down the street, I hear it, too. Some of these people are talking to each other like they're good friends, which makes me wonder, Do they really know that guys name?I've heard women referred to as Hun, Honey and Sweetie, yet the people calling them these names are WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-23268626918553016282009-03-09T18:56:00.001-04:002009-03-09T18:57:07.622-04:00MEMORIES: "CONJUNCTION JUNCTION"When I was growing up, I remember Slinky's, Christopher Glenn's "In The News" on Saturday mornings, a college professor showing 1950's civil defense films and School House Rock's "Conjunction Junction" on ABC. These are just a few of some great childhood memories and periodically, I'll be sharing them with you. But, hey, you can do the same. If there's something you remember from your childhoodWHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-28773799384723805802009-03-09T00:16:00.008-04:002009-03-09T00:35:54.366-04:00IF YOU DON'T SMOKE YOU WON'T CARE ABOUT THIS!I'm not going to bellyache about this. I'm just pointing it out. I was aghast at what they were charging at the West End Super at 65th and West End Avenue in Manhattan for a pack of cigarettes the other day.Just two weeks ago, I was in sticker shock when they announced a pack of 20 smokes was going for $11.25. I just figured, it's the Upper West Side. But, just two blocks away on Columbus or WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-59743598793345639022009-03-08T01:38:00.002-05:002009-03-08T01:39:30.804-05:00LOST IN CARROLL GARDENS: AN ENVELOPE STUFFED WITH $100 BILLSSome guy is walking down the street in Carroll Gardens and drops an envelope containing, as the poster indicates, "lots of consecutive $100 bills." He says it's to pay for his wedding, which means "lots" of bills is probably more like thousands of dollars in $100 bills. But, it does raise the question" Who goes walking around with a wad of $100 bills, "consecutive," no less? GEORGE WEBER THE WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-36236648583334008242009-03-07T01:15:00.001-05:002009-03-07T01:16:23.842-05:00"JACK GOES BOATING" IN CARROLL GARDENS"Jack Goes Boating" is actually a movie in the making, an adaptation of an Off-Broadway play of the same name. Philip Seymour Hoffman directs and stars in the flick which began filming a few weeks ago in downtown Brooklyn and along trendy Montague street in Brooklyn Heights.For the past few days, the cast and crew have been filming at the Guido Funeral Home at the corner of Clinton and Carroll WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-72180907576814342492009-03-06T08:29:00.008-05:002009-03-06T08:47:52.796-05:00EXCLUSIVE: THE MTA SLEEPING ON THE JOB The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is considering dramatic transit cuts and another increase in bus and subway fares, complaining they're running out of money. Year after year, they bellyache over huge deficits and year after year, they seem to find millions of dollars stuffed in the sofa of some corporate suite, after raising fares and cutting service.We keep paying and riding, yetWHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-80491754184307715082009-03-05T10:09:00.006-05:002009-03-05T10:14:40.321-05:00THE 76TH PRECINCT'S FIRST MURDER OF 2009 IS A DOOSEYFrom the Brooklyn Paper:A woman’s mutilated body was discovered outside a Degraw Street apartment building on Feb. 27, the first murder this year in the 76th Precinct.The 24-year-old woman’s body, with multiple stab wounds to her torso, was discovered on the sidewalk between Columbia and Van Brunt streets at 6:36 am. Emergency responders said the victim, who lived in Coney Island, was dead on WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-91955117047904986962009-03-05T08:29:00.003-05:002009-03-05T08:33:58.743-05:00VIDEO OF THE WEEK: SLEEPWALKING DOG!I'd like you to meet Bizket, the sleepwalking dog. I first caught this video on WABC TV here in New York. Little guy seems content enough. He's in a deep sleep. Rapid Eye Movement (REM) is setting in. He's dreaming, dreaming. Then, he's running, running, faster and faster, running. Up he goes, running and running.... See for yourself.WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-54667259213014661612009-03-05T07:32:00.003-05:002009-03-05T07:34:35.035-05:00A BROOKLYN TALE......PART III'd like to thank an alert reader for bringing to my attention something he saw at FINSLIPPY, a blog published in Northern New Jersey by writer Alice Bradley. You see, she and her family have lived in the Montclair area of New Jersey for three years, but now, she's had it. Done! Earlier, I told you of two friends who decided to ditch their long-time home of Brooklyn for greener pastures in WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-34017246409139342802009-03-04T08:07:00.004-05:002009-03-05T07:40:29.627-05:00RANDOM, WANDERING THOUGHTS.....* It's frickin freezing outside this morning. 12 degrees here in Brooklyn. I'm waiting for the weekend. 50's and 60's in the forecast.* I'm so broke, I've stopped buying cups of coffee. A 13OZ can of Folger's was on sale in the neighborhood for $2.29. That' ll save me, ready......over $1,500 a year!* If you have Verizon Wireless. Don't ever get the DARE touch-screen phone. Looks nice, but WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526468698178876571.post-67141067746019893312009-03-04T07:15:00.004-05:002009-03-04T07:22:58.359-05:00911 CALL: "MC DONALDS DIDN'T GIVE ME MY CHICKEN MCNUGGETS!"Latreasa Goodman claims she ordered -- and paid -- for a box of Chicken McNuggets and small fries at a McDonalds in Fort Pierce, Florida last week. She claims the clerk told her they ran out, and would substitute it with something else. Goodman reportedly yelled, "I don't want a McDouble and small fry." That's when she called emergency 911 dispatchers-----three times! This is hilarious, so WHO AM I?http://www.blogger.com/profile/16275887640401290804noreply@blogger.com0