Weekly Mail February 19,2017

Happy President's Weekend:

So I'm sure it's just a preview, but what awesome weather we had this weekend! Just a week after getting slammed with a foot of snow, we had a weekend of spring like weather. I spent most of Sunday afternoon playing basketball and hanging out at Oceanside Park with Timmy. A little sunshine was good for the soul. Yes I'm sure it's going to get cold again soon, and that 70 degree days in February are more a sign of climate change than a sign of good times ahead, but hey, it was nice while it lasts.

Onto the week that was....



PORNOGRAPHY: Welcome Back, Playboy!

From Weekly Mail, October 18, 2015....

News Item: Is nothing sacred?

        This week, Hugh Hefner announced that Playboy Magazine will no longer publish photos of naked women. Is it just me, or is this a bit like McDonalds not serving cheeseburgers anymore?


Horndogs rejoice! This week Cooper Hefner, the son of Playboy's legendary founder, announced that after a year of covering up, the magazine is going back to showing women in their birthday suits.

"I'll be the first to admit that the way in which the magazine portrayed nudity was dated," the younger Hefner tweeted, "but removing it entirely was a mistake."

Oh, Happy Day!!!

But there's more!

Cooper Hefner is also bringing back the jokes section, plus a political/cultural column that has been out of the mag for a long time. (Memo to Mr. Hefner-I'm available and I'm relatively inexpensive) And an all new Heritage section, which I have to admit I'm curious about. Is this going to be like a Where Are They Now? sort of thing? Will they do a yesterday and today split?

The new nudie mag will hit newsstands February 28. Get your paper bags ready!



VERMIN: Rats wreak havoc.

This story itself is sad. Three people in the Melrose section of the Bronx took ill this week when they contracted a disease caused by rat urine, with one of the people dying.

The three Bronx residents contracted leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread by animal urine, mainly rat urine. I never like to make light of someone dying, and this is about as disgusting a way to die as I can possibly think of. Rat piss? yeeeeuck!

I'm bringing it up though because at the risk of sounding like a member of the Trump administration, I have a complaint about the coverage of the story. All the coverage, both in print, on line and on TV, were accompanied by photos and videos of rats, like we needed to see what a rat looked like to appreciate the story. This was particularly galling if one was trying to eat breakfast while reading the story, as yours truly was the other day.

Folks, we don't need to see a picture of a rat, or video of a rat creeping through the streets of NY to understand the severity of this. We got it, OK? A better use of resources would be to splatter the picture of the slumlord who allowed these deplorable conditions to happen all over the place. Let the world see what a real sc-mbag looks like. In this day and age, nobody in this country should die because of a f-cking rat.


SPORTS: The February Blues?

Mike Francesa did it again this week.

Mr. Happy, as my friend Scott Breger refers to him, proposed that the NFL add an extra bye week so that the football season can be extended to President's Day Weekend. Why the hell would anyone want to do that?

Francesa wants to do that because the only sports he wants to talk about are baseball and football. He'll occasionally talk Knicks, but rarely the Nets, and he refuses to talk hockey until the playoffs and then only in limited doses.

I think February is fine for sports just as it is. I realize the Knicks and Nets are awful, but there is some good NBA story lines to follow. It's also a swell time to catch a college basketball game or two, so you don't feel like you're walking into a college final having not opened a book all semester when you go to fill out your bracket for March Madness.

And then of course there are my beloved Rangers, and those annoying Brooklyn (late of Long Island) Islanders, who once again opened up a can of whoopa$$ on us last Thursday. The Isles replaced their coach last month and have been playing well for their new coach, former Ranger and US Olympian Doug Weight. Still, I feel like we have a better team. It drives me nuts when we lose to them.

Francesa says he doesn't follow hockey enough to be able to carry a show, but he screws up the sports he claims to be an expert on, so what the hell? Instead of bitching about how there are no sports to cover, cover the sports you have.

He says he's leaving the FAN in December. We'll see. Why do I listen to him if he drives me so crazy you ask? Force of habit I suppose.



If you happen to be off this week, enjoy!

Everyone Else
Have a Great Week!