Jeopardy Contestant Test

The Jeopardy online contestant test was very difficulty.  There were 50 questions, each of which had to be answered within 15 seconds.  I assume that thousands of people took the test and that maybe 100 will eventually appear on the show.  I doubt very  much if I will make the cut.

Why is this man annoyed?

99.9 % of the population of New York and New Jersey will be watching the Superbowl on Sunday while this poor guy will have to work at the NJIT Library.  No Joke, It's True!  NJIT's biggest football fan will have to work behind the circulation desk on Sunday night.  He says he's been lurking here, but maybe  he will motivated to make a comment.

Tired this weekend

Let me quote John Lennon and Paul McCartney for today's entry.  I'm So Tired from the White Album.
I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink
I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink
I wonder should I get up and fix myself a drink
No,no,no.

I'm so tired I don't know what to do
I'm so tired my mind is set on you
I wonder should I call you but I know what you'd do

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
for a little peace of mind

I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset
Although I'm so tired I'll have another cigarette [I don't smoke]
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid get.

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
for a little peace of mind
I'd got for a little peace of mind
I'd got for a little peace of mind

The New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center

Last night we went to the new Prudential Arena in Newark to see the New Jersey Devils play the Montreal Canadians.  I was never a big hockey fan, but I wanted to see the new arena which is pretty close to NJIT.  I saw my very first hockey game at the old Madison Square Garden in late 1963 shortly after the Kennedy assassination. Hockey has a reputation of being a cult sport.  There was a saying that the same 17,000 people at a Ranger game would be there every night.  In last night’s game the Devils were led 3-1 after 2 periods but lost 4-3.  It is a small world since Stewart Bodner, a colleague at the New York Public Library (NYPL), was sitting in the row behind me.  I left NYPL is 1990, but I have encountered Stewart a number of times over the years.

 

Karen and Lee finally experienced my miserable commute from Queens to Newark.  They met me at the train station at 5:30 PM.  We ate dinner and walked over to the arena.  The game ended at 9:30 and we arrived home at 11:15.  I hope they understand what I have to go through to travel to work each day.  I have done this miserable commute for 15 1/2 years now.  I have grappled many times with the option of moving to New Jersey, but elected to stay in Queens.  Either decision would have its consequences.

The Knicks lost for us today

It seems that it is a Martin Luther King Day tradition that I go to the Knick game at Madison Square Garden.  Today the Knicks lost to the Boston Celtics 109-93.  For details please go to http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280121018

The Knicks reach the half way point in the season at 13-28 which is pretty poor considering all the money that the players get.  This will be the only Knick game we go to this season.  It is $45/ticket to sit in the 300 level to watch a losing team.  It turns out that the Distinguished Professor of Saturday Night Oldies was also at the game.  he dropped by our seats and chatted for a while.

 

The Giants and Joe McCoy

Joe McCoy appeared on the WCBS-FM Radio Greats show last night from 7 - 10 PM.  Joe's claim to fame was being the stations program director from the early 1980s until 2004? (I don't know the precise dates)  He made WCBS-FM into America's premier oldies station.  I especially enjoyed the specialty shows that he created on the station.  He hired some fantastic DJs who became legends in their own time.  I had the pleasure of meeting Joe last summer in his secret identity.  Right now Joe consults for the Breeze, a radio station on the Jersey shore.  So last night I was watching the Giants on TV while listening to Joe on my Sony Walkman.

 

 

Met Joe Causi of WCBS-FM

Today Joe Causi of WCBS-FM appeared at the opening of a Verizon Cell Phone store in Bayside, a 10 minute ride from where I live.  They were giving out bumper stickers, magnets, key chains and other promotional items.  We took about 6 pictures which can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/Bigtownman/WCBSFMBayside