The LuLac Edition #2360, February 16th, 2013

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MAYBE I’M AMAZED

MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that LAG Towing is now suing the city of Wilkes Barre (or threatening to) for who knows what. It is astounding to me that LAG is actually making Bob Kadluboski, even at his most confrontational with Mayor Namey seem like a choir boy. How can a company that benefited from a contract that was operated without question until recently bite the hand that has been feeding it? 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED………that it wasn’t a big shock to me when the storybook saga of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius came to a screeching halt with a murder charge. I respected so much his tenacity and battle to overcome adversity as well as dealing with those arm chair slobs who said he would have an unfair advantage because of his artificial limbs Surely they couldn’t realize or achieve what he did athletically. That said though, in every interview I saw, I witnessed in him a type of angry chip on his shoulder that could have manifested itself in trouble. Don’t know why I had that feeling but I did. Let’s hope we get some clarity in this as to the whys and hows of this tragic situation. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED………….that the latest reincarnation of the TV show Dallas is just as dramatic and full of suspense as the early original series on CBS in the late 70s and early 80s. With Larry Hagman’s death last year, the series will stage a funeral for J.R. as a way to write out the character Hagman played. You’ll remember when the series was jumping the shark toward the end of its run, J.R. committed suicide, was buried, then reappeared a few episodes later. This time, dead is dead. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED………that more people in the deep south are more prone to strokes than any area in the country. The two biggest factor are deep fried foods and lack of preventative health care options on the part of many residents who just want to put their fate “in the hands of the good Lord”. God may be your Lord and Savior but he isn’t going to help you with that medical bill you leave to your family. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…………..that bacon has become the new Tobacco Chew for males in this century. Let me explain. In the 80s, almost every guy I knew chewed tobacco. (Not all but more than a few). It ranged from teenagers to old men taking a pinch and taking a chew. Now it seems most every guy I know is into bacon. Bacon on pizza, bacon in ice cream at Burger King, bacon on burgers, bacon on bacon. I like bacon but maybe once every two months if I’m lucky and never, ever on a burger. But hey, to each his own. I just find it interesting that some guys have moved on from “The Chew” to “Porky and Friends”. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…………that mountain goats aren’t actually goats but in fact antelopes. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…………that my latest TV addiction seems to be with the 1960s series “Naked City”. The show aired way past my bedtime when it was on and like other boomer adults, I am watching a lot of “ME TV” on Fox. I am struck by the literacy in the stories as well as the plethora of actors who later made their marks in movies and TV later on. To be sure some of the shows were clunkers but others were masterpieces. Plus most of the series was filmed on location in New York City which gives you the sense of what Gotham was like in the early 60s. The show airs at 1AM Monday mornings. You can DVR or Hopper it. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……….that the guy with the crazy afro and red cheeks (actor Jesse Heiman) who was kissing super model Bar Refaeli turned up on an episode the other night on “The Big Bang Theory”. He was in a group shot toward the end of the show but he stood out.in the crowd. He'll be around more with his new fame. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED………..that cats can make 100 sounds. Dogs can make about ten. But dogs are more fun. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED………that for the second time, the Topps Chewing Gum Company has retired the card number, (7) of Mickey Mantle. Topps did it after he died. Then ten years later entered into an agreement with the Mantle family to produce the #7 card in its new set every year. That 7 year contract is now over and Mantle’s two surviving sons, Danny and David are asking a fortune for Topps to renew. If the impasse remains, (Tops is balking) the Mantle card will once again be retired and Topps will not be selling Mickey Mantle cards in 2013. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……….that today is the birthday of the late Otis Blackwell. Blackwell was a songwriter who composed “Fever”, “All Shook Up” and “Don’t Be Cruel”. Here he is performing that big Elvis and Cheap Trick hit on Letterman in 1987.