What can I say on this cool gray morning here in the City by the Bay? Our natural aircon is working full time and is turned on high this morning. I don't mind this during the work week but it should be turned down to low or off on weekends.
Every wonder how much you could stuff into a fridge? Well, read on.
NEW YORK - Ever wonder how many hot dogs the Fridge can hold? Well you'll find out this summer as William "The Refrigerator" Perry, the 400-pound-plus ex-NFL star, participates in the annual July 4th hot dog eating contest in Coney Island.
Over the weekend, Perry earned a berth in the competition, sponsored by Nathan's Famous, by winning a qualifying contest despite an unimpressive total of just 12 franks in 12 minutes.
Contest spokesman Richard Shea says Perry now has the chance to follow in the footsteps of other two-sport stars like Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders.
Perry has his work cut out for him. The two-time defending champ, Takeru Kobayashi, won last year's competition with a record 50-and-a-half hot dogs in 12 minutes, establishing a new world record.
Kobayashi weighs in at 130 pounds.
Where in the world does Takeru Kobayashi put them. I weigh 145 and would have a difficult time with 25 of them, or even ten for that matter.
It is nice that the clock at the Ferry Building is working once again. The sound of the chimes has been greatly missed however I guess the local chapter of the AGO is sticking with their hair-brained scheme of installing the old pipe organ from the Civic Auditorium in a new bandshell planned for a very small park across the street. Even in the quieter Baboa Park in San Diego, their outdoor organ in the music concourse is problematical at best. In this noisy environment here on the waterfront, it would be impossible. A far better space would be on the second floor of the Ferry Building Concourse. There is or was space at either end for the installation of the pipes and the highly reverberant space would turn it into another cathedral like atmosphere. I guess it is too late for that so the old organ will just fade away into nothingness in the high humidity and damp conditions of the outdoor setting where little can be heard over the sounds of buses, cars, trucks, trolleys, ferry horns, etc., etc. What a shame!
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