I must confess that I'm not a fan of the most recent...

...tourism motto for the State of Connecticut, "Still Revolutionary," since it really is as far away from "The Land of Steady Habits" (i.e., the true Nutmeg State) as one can get.

That said, there's something I find very fitting about the newest iteration of the campaign (see below), which seems not unlike a commercial for some erectile dysfunction medication (you know, the kind that plays incessantly during broadcasts of professional golf). 

All they really need to do is to plop the couple down into adjacent outdoor bathtubs, with their backs to us, staring out at Long Island Sound, watching vintage Whalers footage, or maybe idling in their tubs in the stopped traffic of I-84.

 

 

 

But, then again, if this is our new tack, maybe it's just time for a different motto altogether:

 

Connecticut

We're here

when you're ready

 



Top Five Musical Highlights from M*A*SH, the television Show

5. "Some Enchanted Evening" sung by Captain Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) to a Korean family in their home, as he tried to stay awake after sustaining a head injury in a jeep accident

4. "Swimming with Bowlegged Women" sung by Colonel Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan) while shaving

3. "My Blue Heaven" performed by Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) under the direction of Lt. Colonel Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson)

2.  "Mississippi Mud" sung by the crazy (and racist) General Bartford Hamilton Steele (Harry Morgan, before he was Col. Potter)

1. "There's a Long, Long, Trail" sung by Col. Potter and Capts. Pierce and Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) in the Swamp at the end of Potter's first day of surgery at the 4077th

My Top 25+ All-Time Favorite Cincinnati Reds Players



29    Brandon Phillips

28    Jim Maloney

27    Ernie Lombardi

26    Barry Larkin

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25    Tommy Helms

24    Johnny Cueto

23    Ken Griffey

22    Jose Rijo

21    Tom Browning

20    Bernie Carbo

19     Aroldis Chapman

18     Cesar Geronimo

17     Joe Nuxhall

16     Davey Concepcion

15     Don Gullett

14     Lee May

13     Eric Davis

12     Vada Pinson

11     Chris Sabo

10     Johnny Vander Meer

9       Ted Kluszewski

8       Bobby Tolan

7       Joey Votto

6       George Foster

5       Frank Robinson

4       Joe Morgan

3       Tony Perez

2       Johnny Bench

1       Pete Rose


This list does not include Sparky Anderson (since he was a manager), Tom Seaver (since he'll always be a Met), Bronson Aroyo (since he'll always be a Red Sock), or Ken Griffey, Jr. (since he's still on my all-time injured reserve list) -- despite my liking them each very much. 

Active players are in bold.   (N.B.: Joey Votto has a viable shot to break well into the top 5 by the time his career comes to an end.)

Random facebook posts

Gilbert Gigliotti

is thinking of writing a satire of Connecticut, with the Bombeckian title, The Ella Grasso's Always Greener Over the Septic Tank.

is fiddling with prezi for the first time and is kinda gettin' seasick.

thinks, "Because, heaven knows, there's not one single funny woman capable of doing this job [late- night-talk-show]..." Really?

has decided to stop underestimating Christine McVie.

thinks Sergio Garcia has watched Tin Cup one too many times.

wonders if the host of HGTV's Income Property has ever told a nice couple about a bad house: "You'll never be able to rent it, but it would work nicely as a brothel."

What's in a name?

I was surprised, but pleased, to see this picture of Cecilia on the front page of the New Britain City Journal, as she sang the National Anthem at the opening ceremonies of the Fagan Little League season last Saturday. In attendance, New Britain Mayor Tim OBrien, CT Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty. On the day of the event, Cecilia was announced as "Alicia Gigliotti," but that is corrected in the paper, although still misspelled as "Cecillia." Who thought GIGLIOTTI would be the less problematic part of her name!?!

Among my top three M*A*S*H quotations

"I will not carry a gun, Frank. When I got thrown into this war I had a clear understanding with the Pentagon: no guns.  I'll carry your books, I'll carry a torch, I'll carry a tune, I'll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I'll even 'hari-kari,' if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun!"

Hawkeye Pierce
"Officer of the Day" (M*A*S*H, Episode 3, Season 3)

I have been surprised by all the "Boston Believe" signs...

...since I really didn't think there was any doubt about Boston's existence (although there is a part of me that's a bit unsure of Kokomo).

But it has gotten me thinking of great "believe" songs (like these):

 

 

 

 

And, for the record, my FAVORITE "Boston" song ever is: