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Joe

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About Me

I cook with garlic.

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My Interests

Poetry. History. The New York Times. The New York Football Giants. University of Louisville Cardinals. Cooking. Hiking.

I'd like to meet:

Craig Ferguson. Sara Silverman. Michael Strahan. Jim Harrison.

Music:

Rock n' Roll. Jazz. Things that make me cry with sadness or joy.

Movies:

Lena Wertmuller's SEVEN BEAUTIES. Scorcese's entire career.

Television:

The News Hour, Washington Week, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. .. ..

Books:

Whitman's LEAVES OF GRASS. Gibbon's THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. John Julius Norwich's three-volume history of BYZANTIUM. Jim Harrison's SAVING DAYLIGHT and AFTER IKYU.

Heroes:

Barak Obama if he's a more effective President than Jimmy Carter.

My Blog

BALLIN!!!

I dedicate this blog to my students at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who were able to educate me on local New York sporting custom. (If you are bored by my sports rants, go ahead and get yourse...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 08:44:00 PST

BON CHANCE METROPOLITANS!

Tonight is game 7of the NLCS with the New York Metropolitans hosting the Saint Louis Cardinals. This is just to declare my loyalty to the blue and orange and to wish them good luck. This series has be...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:19:00 PST

About Teaching

Teaching "developmental" writers can be agonizing sometimes. They sniff with indifference at readings and topics of discussion. They sleep in class. They mope. They drool. Some of them really are...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:54:00 PST

Football Notes

My comments about the upcoming New York Giants/ Atlanta Falcons game are posted on the Giant Fans group page. Check them out. Obnoxious comments by Cowboys fans and other vermin will be deleted accord...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:19:00 PST

UGLY BETTY

Last night my wife and I watched the premiere of a new show called "UGLY BETTY" on NBC. We both enjoyed it. I found it to be sweet hearted, socially aware, and also, just fanciful enough for Thursday ...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:54:00 PST

UGLY BETTY

Last night my wife and I watched the premiere of a new show called "UGLY BETTY" on NBC. We both enjoyed it. I found it to be sweet hearted, socially aware, and also, just fanciful enough for Thursday ...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:54:00 PST

Live Like a Suicide... or not

I would say that I'm sick of hearing about Terrell Owens, but I'm not. Anyone who says they don't like the T.O. soap opera is either a Dallas Cowboys fan (understandably) or someone who has been ...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:16:00 PST

Giants Football: Last Sunday's Debacle

If you follow football in the NFC East, you may have watched the pathetic unravelling of the New York Giants in the first half against Seattle, a team they almost beat last year if not for a kicker's ...
Posted by Joe on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:10:00 PST

My Very First Blog

I've finally done it. I am posting a blog. Like in the 1990s when I said I would never do cocaine, I am engaging in a questionable practice writing this damn thing. Blogging is obnoxious. Opinion...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:55:00 PST