The LuLac Edition #1096, Feb. 13th, 2010

PHOTO INDEX: 13 QUESTIONS LOGO.

13 QUESTIONS

1. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE FOCUS ON THE FAMILY AD WITH TIM TEBOW AND HIS MOM?

I THOUGHT IT WAS BRILLIANT, UPSETTING AND STRANGE. BRILLIANT BECAUSE THE LEAD UP TO IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS. UPSETTING BECAUSE HIS MOM BEING TACKLED WAS INAPPROPRIATE AT LEAST BY MY STANDARDS. STRANGE BECAUSE IT WAS A AD THAT SEEMED PRETTY DISJOINTED. YOU HAD TO KNOW THE TEBOW STORY TO GET IT. BUT I THINK IT ACCOMPLISHED WHAT IT NEEDED TO DO, TO DRIVE PEOPLE TO THE FOCUS ON THE FAMILY WEB SITE.

2. WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THE SAINTS WIN?

YEAH A LITTLE BIT. BUT I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOM JACKSON FROM ESPN THAT PARALLELED SEAN PAYTON WITH HANK STRAM . HE SAID STRAM OUT COACHED THE VIKINGS WITH HIS CHIEFS BY DOING DIFFERENT PLAYS AND KEEPING THE MINNESOTA OFFENSE AND JOE KAPP AT BAY. TURNED OUT THE SAINTS COACH DID THE SAME THING. GOOD PREDICTION. HAPPY FOR THE SAINTS AND THE TOWN.

3. SNOW OR RAIN?

RAIN. ALWAYS.

4. FUTURE SUPERBOWL ENTERTAINERS? YOUR THOUGHTS?

DEFINITELY THINK CAROLE KING WOULD BE A REAL HIT. SHE TURNED 68 THIS WEEK BUT I THINK TEAMING HER UP WITH JAMES TAYLOR OR HIS BROTHER MIGHT BE A GOOD SHOW.

5. WILL IT BE HARD FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO REPLACE ED RENDELL?

BIG TIME. RENDELL IS A HUGE PRESENCE AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE IS A VOID AMONG THE DEMOCRATIC CONTENDERS. I MEAN LOOK AT THE LAST GUYS STANDING. ONORATO, WAGNER AND HOEFFEL. I LIKE WAGNER PERSONALLY BUT NONE HAS BIG ED’S STAR POWER OR CHARISMA.

6. WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A LOGICAL SUCCESSOR TO ROBERT MELLOW?

DOHERTY BECAUSE HE HAS THE ORGANIZATION IN PLACE. BUT DON’T COUNT OUT JOE CORCORAN WHO CAN COUNT ON A GREAT DEAL OF MID VALLEY SUPPORT FROM HIS OLD COMMISSIONER COHORT RAY ALBARIEGI.

7. ON THE MELLOW SEAT, WAS HIS QUITTING A BIG SURPRISE TO YOU?

NOT ENTIRELY. WHEN HE WAS MAKING THE SOUNDINGS FOR GOVERNOR I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF TELLING. BUT I THINK HE THOUGHT 40 YEARS WAS QUITE ENOUGH. MAYBE HE CAN GET BACK TO BASKETBALL OFFICIATING AGAIN IN HIS SPARE TIME.

8. LATEST PERSON TO FALL IN THE COURTHOUSE SCANDAL?

WELL, LOOK FOR A CERTAIN ROW OFFICER TO BE HAVING SOME MAJOR, MAJOR PROBLEMS. THIS PARTICULAR OFFICE HOLDER HAS CONNECTIONS TO THOSE ALREADY CHARGED. THE WORD I HEAR IS THAT IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.

9. AS A COKE MAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PEPSI THROWBACK DRINK?

LOVE IT. BRINGS ME BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

10. WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF YOUR GRADE SCHOOL COMPLETE AND YOUR BOYHOOD CHURCH ENTIRELY DEMOLISHED, HOW CAN YOU AS A ROMAN CATHOLIC KEEP ON GOING TO CHURCH EVERY WEEK AFTER THIS BETRAYAL?

I WISH I KNEW, I CAN’T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.

11. PEROGIES. YOUR FAVORITE WAY TO EAT THEM?

WELL THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS AND YOU CAN'T EAT THEM THE SAME WAY. WITH CABBAGE OR SAUERKRAUT ONES I MAKE A COOPER CHEESE SAUCE AND BOIL, THEN BROIL AND BROWN THE ‘ROGIES. THEN SERVE THEM WITH THE CHEESE SAUCE. THE JALAPENO ONES I BOIL AND BROIL, NO BUTTER, WITH COLD BEER. AND THE POTATOES AND CHEESE, BUTTER AND ONIONS. MY MOTHER IN LAWS RELATIVES FROM POLAND MAKE SOME WITH FRUIT A FEW YEARS BACK. MY DAD LOVED PRUNE PEROGIES. I TEND TO EAT THOSE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. SOME PEOPLE EVEN PUT POWDERED SUGAR ON THEM BUT I DON’T.

12. WILL THE KENNEDY FAMILY EVER SERVE AGAIN IN PUBLIC OFFICE?

YES, LOOK FOR ROBERT KENNEDY’S SONS, JOSEPH III AND RFK JUNIOR TO MAKE RUNS IN THE FUTURE.

13. WHAT WAS THE SUPERBOWL MENU AT THE LULAC HOUSEHOLD LAST WEEKEND?

WELL UNLIKE LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS FINISHING UP CHEMO, THIS YEAR I COULD DRINK SOME COLD DRINKS. SO I DRANK A FEW SHASTA ORANGE DIETS, 1 AQUAFINA, HAD SABRETTS HOTDOGS ON MARTIN ROLLS WITH KOSHER HEBREW NATIONAL MUSTARD AND A KLONDIKE BAR FOR DESSERT.