saratoga jay

[peainthepod]

i'll be enjoying the book over the holidays.

Sj give up the name
of Hardwood's book
i still have room on my xmas list

pea

it's killer! you'll be singing...
"Fly Santa Fly,
On the road to the library"

or you could do the right thing,
and get it for Christmas.
then enjoy reading,
after wrapping,
and placing under tree.

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Changers-Gre ... 412&sr=8-1

Bednarik's hit on Frank Gifford
has to be in the Top 5

thanks

[saratoga jay]

i'll be enjoying the book over the holidays.

Sj give up the name
of Hardwood's book
i still have room on my xmas list

pea

it's killer! you'll be singing...
"Fly Santa Fly,
On the road to the library"

or you could do the right thing,
and get it for Christmas.
then enjoy reading,
after wrapping,
and placing under tree.

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Changers-Gre ... 412&sr=8-1

[peainthepod]

i'll be enjoying the book over the holidays.

Sj give up the name
of Hardwood's book
i still have room on my xmas list

pea

[saratoga jay]

my pleasure.
it was nice seeing you again.
debating the skills and beauty of one Sera Cahoone
is always cool! (i think she's great!)
thanks for your time.
i'll be enjoying the book over the holidays.

[hardwood floor]

dude! great seeing ya tonight, thanks for stopping by!

we killed it tonight

[Long Slow Fade]

Go geek now!

[Alexa]

From the website "High Definition Dictionary":

The word "geek" is a fairly recent Americanism, derived from the Middle Low German "geck," which was supposed to a sound crazy people made.

"Geck" became "gek" in Dutch, meaning madman or fool. It found its way into American slang as "geek," a guy who does really gross and disgusting things in the side show at the carnival. The classic act for the carnival geek was to bite the head off of a chicken.

Eventually the word was used to refer to anyone who was gross or undesirable, be it through lack of hygiene, lack of social skills, or some other repulsiveness.

Recently it's come to imply a certain bookishness or braininess as well, in keeping with the American anti-intellectual tradition. Opinions vary as to whether the braininess causes the repulsiveness or vice versa.

Very recently -- in the 90's -- the repulsive connotation has receded and the brainy factor has come to the fore. One often hears the word "geek" used in ironic and even complimentary fashion to connote knowledgeability and expertise.

My note: Sorry for the copy and paste; I can't think for myself today.

Re: the above ideas, I tend to disfavor the repulsive definition, for obvious reasons.

[saratoga jay]

Well, what's your definition of a "geek"?

[Alexa]

Saratoga Jay, are you a geek?

I thought I was the only geek on this board.

[saratoga jay]

You are certainly right about the bars in BSpa. Not my type of scene for sure.

Maybe someday I'll open my own bar in BSpa.....The Tupelo Tavern or The Son Volt Bar and Grill sound good.

[dt]

not too, too much. A good buddy of mine moved up there about 5 years ago and lived on spring street, right across from congress park on corner of circular. then him and his wife bought a place in Ballston Spa about a year ago. I've been to most of the bars, Dwyer's most often, up there over the years and had hit the last 4 Traver's prior to this year. recently went to some BS joints, High Spirits and the Blue something er rather, total townie bars, much different from what's in S. Springs

[saratoga jay]

Oh yeah. I actually bought a house there, plus I lived there from nursery school-2nd grade before moving to Saratoga. How do you so much about this neck of the woods?

[dt]

Jay- great list...

You know any cats from Ballston Spa?

[saratoga jay]

We should really saddle up for a beer sometime!!!

All right, Jay, top 5 Saratoga bars. I've spent some time up there so I'll go first:
5- tie. Gaffney's/Peabodys
4. Desperate Annie's
3. La La's (RIP) they had david allen coe on the juke!)
2. Icehouse(?) not sure of the name, it looks like, no it is, an old garage.
1. E. O'Dwyer's. hands down without question, #1 bar in Saratoga for many reasons

HM- to the now defunct Aiko's , the 1st saratoga bar I was ever in when my buddy moved up there. and Clancy's, PBR cans in the cooler!

1. E. O'Dwyer's. was the same grade as the owner Tommy, known him sonce jr high. good darts, good cd selection, love seeing bands upstairs. too many stories...
2. Peabody's. tv's everywhere, great bar for sports, especially football, nice outdoor patio. but did I mention they have tv's everywhere with all the games?
3. Gaffney's. nothing beats the outdoor garden in the summer, as long as its not too crowded. one of those places started going to a tad too young. funniest was seeing t cruise& n kidman inside eating, buying gerry cooney a drink in there and the whole bar booing ex-giants qb dave brown out of the place into caroline street.
4. Brew Pub. old school Trattoria building home of the infamous skidmore saturday night. ugly. but many old, friendly faces on any given night.
5. Siro's- only open during the track and the derby. you got go at least once. what a mix, rich poor gamblers and whores. whitey upon request for some.

ice house is now owned by sean, the owner of peabody's, changing a bit(for the better)
lala's was never my thing, but i've been to the new place, stadium cafe
clancy's i've been to but don't remember much from those nights.

rip!
aiko's for sure. i'll never forget being at a party and someone turning to the spice channel and a dude was banging wearing an aiko's dead-logo t-shirt! funny as hell

metro was one of my faves. saw joan osborne and francis dunnery twice, among many others upstairs and tons others downstairs.

hon mention
tin and lint ranks for its history with don macclean and the college stickers

[saratoga jay]