Best of Health to Ron Lundy

For readers of Bruce's Journal who are not radio enthuisasts, Ron Lundy was a radio personality who worked at WABC (1965-82) and WCBS-FM (1984-1997). There was a report today on the New York Radio Message Board that he is having health problems.

I certain wish Ron the best of health. I always remember him as being very friendly over the air. For most of his time at WCBS-FM he was on the air from 9 AM - 12 noon. I remember listening to his farewell show on September 18, 1997 a few days after my father passed away. He has spent his retirement years in Mississippi far away from the Big Apple. He has been interviewed a few times on oldies shows.

Some airchecks and photos from his last show may be found at http://www.musicradio77.com/ronlundy.html .

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Article about Facebook in Sunday's New York Times Business Section

I read the article Getting Older Without Getting Old on the way home from work. The author, Randall Stoss, predicts that Facebook is here to stay since many older users who tend to stay put are becoming members. There are now over 400 million users which is more than the population of the United States. I suggest that my readers check out this article and also go to http://allfacebook.com a site with Facebook related news and statistics.

Today's Basketball Notes

We likely saw our last game of the season as we went to the Pratt Recreation Center and saw Bridgeport defeat CW Post 70-61. This was the final game of the East Coast Conference tournament. Bridgeport now moves on to the Division II NCAA basketball tournament.

Last night I watched the HBO special on Larry Bird and Magic Johnson so luckily for me I missed seeing the Knicks to the New Jersey Nets 113-93. The Nets won their 7th game of the season (2 against the Knicks) and now have a good chance of obtaining the worst season record in NBA history. The Philadelphia 76ers were 9-73 in 1972-73.

LeBron James has applied to change his uniform number fror 23 to 6 for the Cleveland Cavaliers. This has fueled speculation that will he will stay in Cleveland and not sign with the Knicks. It seems that for two seasons Donnie Walsh, Knick President of Basketball Operations, has been trying to undo the fiasco of his predecessor Isiah Thomas. Walsh is dumping all contracts that don't expire so that he'll have enough money to sign several big free agents including LeBron James. If he doesn't, you will hear chants of "Fire Donny" in Madison Square Garden next season. Personally, I think everyone will be better off if the Dolans sell the team.

Crazy Heart

Since this movie was not playing at the local multiple we had to take a short drive over to the Bay Terrace theaters in Bayside to see it. For two weeks in a row we have seen films aimed at an older audience. Jeff Bridges was superb in his role as Bad Blake. Don't you think that Jeff looks like Kris Kristofferson? I highly recommend it to my readers.

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Jolly Green Giant by the Kingsmen

It is Friday night about 8 PM and my mind is just numb. I can't think of anything to write for Bruce's Journal. I thought of another "Green" song. Here is the video for Jolly Green Giant by the Kingsmen. Facebook friends can see it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUg6EVcCb0g

4 more Met games in 2010

There was a pre-sale for single game tickets for the Mets that started yesterday. I guess my sense of loyalty to the local team which I've followed since its inception in 1962 got the best of me. We bought tickets for 4 Saturday games. Now I have bought tickets for 10 games in 2010. This is less than the 15 in 2009, the inaugural season of Citifield. I am not very optimistic, but you never know.

Green Green by the New Christy Minstrels

It is one of those days when I just don't know what to write in my journal. I have one more green song before I move on to another color. It is Green Green by the New Christy Minstrels. Facebook friends can view the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqVffZYR7A0 .