Had a Real Costanza Moment at Strand

But I swear I bought the book first! See look it's hot the little bookmark up there!!

P.S. One of the last things I did before the pandemic broke out--stretching "last things" to mean "around a month before"--was go to Coogan's after working the Millrose Games.

I do remember Elle Purrier bringing the Wanamaker Mile trophy into the bar, although, no word on if she or any other pros enjoyed any cold ones out of it (I wasn't about to peer over to where the pros were hanging out--gotta keep the stagehands separate from the stars).

Also bought this one, because I was a big The Hush Sound fan in high school and college (and then a Gold Motel fan, and then a Springtime Carnivore fan).

Didn't Give a Full Ocular Pat down, and It Cost Me

Today at lunch I walked past a guy wearing a T-shirt that said:

Two things I'll always be...honest and in some Nikes

But by the time I had read the shirt, it was too late to look all the way down to tell if he was a liar.

Are There Rules Around What You Can Name a Street/Road/Etc.?

I'm sure there are, but King Arthur Ct was right there!

Is That How You Clean It?

So I'm getting out of the subway and I see a guy carrying his dry cleaning--and right in the middle of all the hangers is a hockey jersey. 

And I had to wonder, is that how you're supposed to clean them? It's been a while since I've used any athletic department laundry facilities, but I feel like the staff at Conte Forum just...threw them in the washer with everyone else's gear? 

Whether dry cleaning is or is not the right way to wash a hockey jersey, what's more important is that it was a rangers jersey, so either way, he's not gonna need that one for a few months! (Let's go Devils, clap, clap, clap clap clap, Marty's better, and so on and so forth.)

This is Either the Best Hat or the Worst Hat

...for going to see Eephus.

Best because it's a vintage-looking baseball hat, so a e s t h e t i c a l l y it fits in.

Worst because it's a Yankees hat, and the film takes place in Massachusetts, so I'mma bet most of the characters would hate the Bronx Bombers.

(Third opinion: Wearing any brimmed hat in a movie theater is the worst, because you could be blocking the view for the person behind you.)

📝🤾‍♂️🗑️

There has to be some possibility that somewhere out there--maybe at a periodical like the Post--that a sportswriter had a pre-written article for if the Mets did not re-sign their first baseman, and they look at their screen today and, with a mix of sadness and joy, delete the headline:

ALONSO MOURNING

(Sadness that they didn't get to print the headline, joy that he's back, back in the New York groove)

Take a Knee

It's a real trip going from watching Kneecap to checking the scores of the college football championship -- from supporting the Irish to hoping they get crushed in a span of about 10 minutes.