Finally something good at the Savvis Center

One bright star in an otherwise HORRIFIC season so far.
Blues to retire Macinnis' number

Another worthy addition to the honor roll.
At least the stands "Should" be full that night.

Remember the Watanabe's?

Ah the good old days.
Walking to shul Shabbos morning and hearing the sweet sounds of classical music coming from their house.
Why am I bringing this up you ask?
They say "It's a small world".
Last Motzei Shabbos I got another reminder of just how small it is.


I was invited to attend a Melava Malka. My chavrusa was making a siyum on a masechta we learned together and didn't want to be mesayim unless I attended. So I obliged. He asked me during the previous week if I played any musical instruments. I started thinking to myself, "What have I gotten myself into". Nope, I told him. Sorry, the lady with huge knuckles from CASA and her black Russian and cream cheese sandwiches scared me off piano. The guitar lessons from that music store in the loop never lasted. "It's OK" he said, we have some guys coming. One plays a guitar one plays the clarinet.
This was gonna be a siyum to remember. In short, the melava malka was really nice. As I was sitting there during a break in the action, he went around the room and introduced me to everyone. It turns out, I am sitting 2 seats away from a guy who grew up on Berick, went to U City High, jammed with the Watanabe kids, and whose father plays viola in the St Louis Symphony a row behind Haruka Watanabe.

Small World.......Wouldn't wanna paint it.

The High School Dilemna

The time is now upon us. We have to start applying for high school for
Akiva.I know that some of you may be falling off your chairs as you realize how old you must be now.

This is not gonna be easy. There are really two choices for us for the coming year. To keep him in TA or to send him to Ner. There are pros and cons at both schools. We have already discussed this with Akiva and he has made some very valid points about the types of boys and the things they are "in to" at each of the schools.

Credit to the Mrs. on this one, she has honed him into a keen observer and one who is sensitive to what is appropriate conduct and what is not.
This is gonna be a long ardous task of meetings, visitations, and endless hours of discussion to make a choice. To coin a phrase

"We'll keep you posted".

Worst Losing Streak in Franchise History

They have done it again. This is a milestone we can do without. 9 game losing streak, worst in history. Great job boys.
Game Recap
Well if nothing else, at least we are making sure that every subsequent loss is a historical event !

Gotta love those Blues!

One of my vices has always been the Blues.
Every year without fail (I think even during the lockout) they succeed in getting me to pull more hair that I cannot part with, out of my head. Now here we site, 14 games into the season and at 2-9-3 they are almost mathematically out of the playoffs!
Lalime with a 3.99 GAA is gonna get us nowhere fast. Who is Jeff Woywitka anyways. I was almost out of high school before this guy was born. Not that it matters, but I'd prefer to see Sidney Crosby in the "Bluenote" uniform. Well at least there IS hockey this year. I guess as always, we will wait it out and see how they fare towards the middle and end of the season. The only thing good out of being a fan of this team for so long was that when the Cardinals lost the to Houston, I was already used to getting bounced before the final round

Welcome to The Family Zone

I have been thinking for a while about doing this.
There are many of us, all over the place. It might be a great place to keep each other posted on what's going on in life.
Here we can drop by, post thoughts, announcements, even pictures.

So come back often, I hope this idea gets off the ground and we can all benefit from being in touch more often.
Regards,

Manny