Finally, the parade began.  I turned around to look behind me, and the entire 50 foot space between our fence and the road was completely filled with screaming New Yorkers.  In front of me, nothing but the wide open expanse of street.  And a grandmother and her granddaughter that I let in front of me.  But they were so much shorter than me that their presence didn't affect me in any way, except to show that I was obviously not from New York City.

Not much to tell you about the actual parade, except that it was a great experience.  We "talked" to several players.  Here's a typical example:

*Float comes down the street with El Duque on it*

Us: "El Duque!  Yeah, El Duque!  El Duque!!!"
El Duque: "Hey, everyone!  Go Yankees!"
Us: "Yeah, El Duque!"
El Duque: "Hi Steve!  How's life?"
Me: "Good, and you?"
El Duque: "Great!  You coming over tonight?"
Me: "You bet, buddy!"
El Duque: "See you then!"

This was pretty much the rule, rather than the exception.  However, I may have misinterpreted a few words due to crowd noise.  Understandable, if not excusable.

The other highlights consisted of the screaming guy behind me who was incensed to violent rage when Mayor Giuliani ("You better beepin' keep the Yankees in New York, you beepin' beeper..."), George Steinbrenner
("Steinbrenner, you beeper, if you don't beepin' keep the beepin' Yankees in the Bronx, I'll come to your house and..."), and Bernie Williams ("Bernie, you no good beeper, you better stay with the Yankees, you money-hungry beeper...") came by.

But it was a lot of fun.  We saw pretty much all the players and we were close enough to both be heard by them and hear them.  It was an amazing experience.

And then it was over.

But this is far from over.

-- TO BE CONTINUED --

Part Ten

NHS Speech

"My View" Editorial

The October Surprise
|  Round 1 |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |
|   6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |
|  11  |  12  |  Final Bell  |

Journey to Jersey II
|  Intro  |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |
|   6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |
|  12  |  13  |  14  |  15  |

Journey to Jersey I
|  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |   6  |  7  |  8  |
|  9  |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14  |
|  15  |  16  |  17  |  18  |  19  |  20  |

An Epic Saga
|  Act  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |
|   6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |
|  12  |  13  |  14  |  15  |  16  |

Christian Rock Email

Freshman Room Draw
|  Part One  |  Two  |
|  Three  |  Four  |  Five  |