tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post6770674334183311132..comments2024-03-28T14:36:38.125-04:00Comments on IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS... caught.: At Newsday, it's still all about A-Rod's womenStanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-88984651848960395132013-02-05T20:05:05.488-05:002013-02-05T20:05:05.488-05:00Sure wish Raoul Duke was around to make some sense...Sure wish Raoul Duke was around to make some sense out of this story. joe de pastrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-21237738653758064102013-02-04T14:46:51.620-05:002013-02-04T14:46:51.620-05:00John, you are on to something with Mr. Creaky ther...John, you are on to something with Mr. Creaky there. With A-Rod, it's his pathological need to be perfect. He doesn't have an I-Don't-Care-What-You-Think switch, and he desperately needs one. That's part of why he always comes across as a great, big phony.Parson Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312179928176617912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-400307272607878232013-02-03T17:41:59.270-05:002013-02-03T17:41:59.270-05:00OK, this really isn't a great analogy, but for...OK, this really isn't a great analogy, but for some reason I read this post and thought of that scene in Jason and the Argonauts. You know, where they're on this island and there's this gigantic, metal warrior who doesn't like that they're trying to steal Aunt Sophie's jewelry or something. Anyway, if you recall, what they did was very cagey. Jason ran around behind this towering, creaking giant and pulled a plug out of his heel, and all this stuff came pouring out. I think it was some kind of powder, but I haven't seen that movie in a while and even when I did, I wasn't exactly in normal consciousness. The stuff flows out of Mr. Creaky and he starts to stagger and falls, face first, never to rise again.<br /><br />It was like Achilles' heel, but he wasn't Achilles. A-Rod's Achilles have never been a problem, of course, it's his hips, but the guy seems to have a lot of metaphorical Achilles' heels, and that's really his problem.<br /><br />I'd love to get together with you guys sometime and shoot the breeze in a local watering hole. Are you in Syracuse? I'm in New York, but I still have family up near Albany. It's not that far-fetched. Maybe when the tundra thaws we could work something out. I lost the email address you put up in the comments once, but mine is jmalecki@nyc.rr.com.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.com