Sportsmen Can Cook

Now and then I have shared game recipes and prattled on about delicious feasts of meat harvested with a shotgun. Sometimes I attack more simple fare.
The family and friends we see in the Adirondacks are incredibly gracious and generous hosts for several of the nights we are in the North Country. Traditionally I like to let the matriarch get a break and make dinner for the crew. I have done duck gumbo and wild boar ragu and jambalaya as a few examples. Rarely is the head count less than 12. This year I went with a simple menu but a crowd pleaser: Homemade meatballs and pasta with Caesar salad and garlic bread. Simple, but when done with care and attention from scratch...a treat.
For you clothing blog types I am sporting an Orvis pullover in Nantucket red, Levi's jeans and a Rolex GMT II. Behind me is a kick ass Viking range with 6 burners, 2 ovens and a flat-top. It is easy to roll out dinner for 15 when you have the right equipment.

T-Bone Court Update

T-Bone went to court on Aug 6^thin the hope of getting a trial and proving his innocence. Still refusing to go to trial, the prosecutor requested a continuance. During the hearing, the judge set a new trial date of Oct 7^th and a motion hearing on Oct 4^th. T-Bone’s public defender asked for an exclusion of time in June, and the judge granted that without T-Bone’s permission.  T-Bone’s last date for a trial should have been in June. Every time T-Bone goes to court, legal tricks are played on him. It looks like he is going to be in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jail for months yet.  It is bad, but he is taking it OK.  He has become the spiritual leader of the unsentenced prisoners. He is a real comfort and inspiration to the men awaiting trial in that hellhole of a jail.

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Shaun Attwood

Sorry Charlie

 He was a mediocre manager who was handed a team full of serious talent. He won a World Series in 2008 and went back in 2009 to lose to the hated Yankees.

 As his talented team aged, so did his winning percentage plummet. Injuries played a role. So did some bad management from front office and some equally puzzling day to day moves from the dug-out.

Charlie had the southern twang and country demeanor that left one feeling like you just had a wad of Mailpouch by the woodstove at a North Carolina general store.He never sounded too bright during his press conferences. Whereas Yogi's malaprops and mixed metaphors were kind of charming, "Cholly" stated the obvious with a Country attempt at wit  and could not articulate much insight into the game of baseball for the fans or listeners. To me he always sounded like a befuddled old guy that they let manage the barns on the backstretch of a Country racetrack 'cause he had been kicked in the head by a horse and everyone liked him and felt sorry for him. Nevertheless, he has a World Series ring and was the skipper of my beloved Phil's and was at the helm when the Championship parade flowed by my Center City office that day in October. The city wishes him well...but we really wish the Phil's did not suck this Summer.

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Jailhouse Cockroaches

The cockroaches star in my jail memoir Hard Time.

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Yahoo! Published My Mum's Story Today

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Cocktail Hour

Appleton's Estate VX Jamaican rum. Schweppe's  tonic.Commercial grade ice from distilled water. A large wedge of fresh lime. Quality crystal glass with evergreens etched on the side.  Vintage wicker furniture on a screened porch.A view of Lake Colby in the Adirondack mountains. Evening sun lighting the birch and hemlock.