‘Daily items’ Category

  1. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012

    May 18, 2012 by Brian Smith

    Progress report…

    THE VOICE has made his picks for the Preakness…  read his insights and other predictions… go to Sports Picks… or just click (here)…

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  2. MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012

    May 14, 2012 by Brian Smith

    WE WERE A BIT LATE ON PUBLISHING THIS WEEKEND…

    SO… please enjoy the writings of THE VOICE on his page while we get the office cleaned up after the remodeling…

    READ THE VOICE… and his sports predictions and insight… (nothing has been changed, so the predictions were as he made them earlier in the weekend..)… click (here)…

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  3. SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012

    May 6, 2012 by Brian Smith

    It can’t be May already… but at least it is the weekend…

    Here is this week’s contribution from … THE VOICE… not the singing competition NBC tv show… not the guy on the commercial for Verizon… but the original, sports-predicting, insightful original, THE VOICE… click (here)…

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  4. MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012

    April 30, 2012 by Brian Smith

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of (the former)  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR… his (former) solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM, and (the once) host announcer for the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball and the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and now part of the team at FM NEWS NEW YORK 101.9FM… you can email him at:

    THE VOICE has submitted his update for your perusal… things have been going pretty smooth lately at The Prognosticator Grill and Cafe… too smooth.  Without Charles Barkley stopping by lately… and Manny Rodriguez overdue for his visit as celebrity bartender, there has been no brawling and no news coverage… THE VOICE is now looking to Europe to get some trouble-making soccer players to stop by to hang out… and if you remember the German players who almost burned down the East Hall of the Prognosticator a few years ago, I hope THE VOICE has paid his insurance in full for this year… read the latest predictions and inside wisdon from THE VOICE.. and catch up on the Yankees, the Mets, the Knicks… hockey… arena football.. and the cheerleaders… go to the Sports Picks page, or just click (here)…

    I’ve been spending a lot of time on the Metro-North train… going back and forth to NYC… and I’ve made the trips a lot easier by looking at the train as if it were a stage for a continuing off-Broadway stage… kind of like the participation theater you are in when you go on a murder mystery cruise or one of those Italian Wedding Party plays… I’m going to start keeping track of the oddball events and characters and writing them up here… if you have any stories like that… train… cab… subway… send ‘em if you got ‘em… my email is up above…

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  5. SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2012

    April 22, 2012 by Brian Smith

    Good Sunday to you…

    Just a quick note… THE VOICE has checked in with his predictions for the week…  check out the SPORTS PICKS PAGE…. or just click (here)…

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  6. SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2012

    April 15, 2012 by Brian Smith

    April 15th?  Already?

    I suppose I should start getting my tax stuff together, if I can find it.

    When I think of the kind of nail-gnawing horror that tax accountants have to go through this time of year, I’m glad I checked the career choice box that said “anything but tax accounting”.  Knowing the stories I get my accountant and from friends who dare to work in that occupation, I would not handle someone like me in the dignified, respectable manner I’ve come to expect from such a group of such unsedated, sober professionals.

    In fact, I’m sure some accountants dream of a modern day version of tar-and-feathering their clients, which would be restaurant receipts-and-rubber cementing…  Then again, if THAT were an option for handling a client, I would have chosen that career choice box for “tax accountant”.

    THE VOICE has checked in for this week…  Yankees… Mets… Arena Football… and wisdom you can’t find anywhere… even at the bar where all the accountants hang out on April 16th…  just go to SPORTS PICKS, or even easier, throw away your 1099′s and your W-2′s, and just click (here)…

     

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  7. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012

    April 6, 2012 by Brian Smith

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of (the former)  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR… his (former) solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM, and (the once) host announcer for the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball and the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and now part of the team at FM NEWS NEW YORK 101.9FM… you can email him at:

    THE VOICE has brought Easter Bunni back from her “vacation” in Los Angeles to be a bartender this weekend at The Prognosticator Grill and Cafe.. if you remember, she and a certain shortstop for a certain New York baseball team got caught together in the Barkley Room… and she was wearing  skimpy Red Sox gear and taking pictures… she’s been living a life of labor-free luxury in California for the past year and a half, and those pictures have been deleted and hard drives burned and crushed… although word is, THE VOICE has a CD he hides away that may or may not still have some remembrances of that night… and then you know why he gets front-row behind-the-backstop tickets to all the home games… check out this week’s collection of predictions and sports insider pix and opinions from THE VOICE… go to SPORTS PICKS… or just click (here)…

    VIDEO: Just a quickie this week… and it still has me questioning reality… damned internet… it’s a guy… playing “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”… on… well.. an instrument made of squeeze-toy kittens… OH NO, Brian, you say… the internet may have ruined our privacy, dignity, and social skills, but it’s not THAT crazy!..  and I say.. it has, and it is, and just click (here)… from YouTube…

    Have a good weekend… drive safely… and thanks for listening… -Brian

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  8. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012

    March 30, 2012 by Brian Smith

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of (the former)  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR… his (former) solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM, and (the once) host announcer for the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball and the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and now part of the team at FM NEWS NEW YORK 101.9FM… you can email him at:

    BACK UP YOUR STUFF. Here’s a handy reminder if you have your own website.  BACK UP YOUR STUFF.  You can buy an external hard drive cheaper than a case of Everclear… and if you have a back-up of your stuff, you won’t need the case of Everclear.  So, BACK UP YOUR STUFF and save your liver.

    Everclear, by the way, is a cheap grain alcohol.

    An external hard drive is something I will be using to back up this website from now on.  The magic place where the internet is stored is very unforgiving, and somewhat opportunistically sadistic… which is why I’m still putting things back together here…  my thanks to BrianSmithRadio initiator Pete Sachs for investigating the website wipeout.  And again, thanks to Dan for finding a lot of the old material online.

    THE VOICE was in Florida this week, meeting with players and giving them some tips on everything from putting more sink into their fastballs to where to rent the best mansions in the NYC/CT/Long Island (and New Jersey) area… he also got a few of the Yankees, Phillies, and Red Sox to agree to stop by for the Thursday night Arm Wrestling league at The Prognosticator Grill and Cafe this summer.  He politely asked all the Mets players to take the year off and focus on their turf game…  except Pelfrey.  THE VOICE says it can only make him better.  THE VOICE has sent along his inside look at MLB… THE NFL… pictures of Tim Tebow with the Jets… Arena Football… Tennis in France… THE NBA… and the CHEERLEADERS… and more… go to Sports Picks at BrianSmithRadio.com, or just click (here)…

    AND NOW…

    HURRICANE WINDOW TAPING… experts say putting that masking tape “X” over your windows before a storm does no good… and may cause more damage… think BIGGER pieces of glass flying all over your home or business… and if you have a business with big “X’s” in the windows, people are going to think you are selling Moonshine or adult magazines… read the article from CBS News, click (here)… (and hello to my cousin Erin in North Carolina)…

    THE CARS OF CUBA… in Cuba, the shipments of cars from the United States ended in 1960… so their world of cars is completely different than ours… cars on their roads are from the 40′s and 50′s, continuously restored (with artistic ingenuity and a welding torch)… and are handed down like heirlooms from one generation to the next… Visitors to Cuba can make a lot of friends and make a lot of deals with a handful of new spark plugs as currency…  check out some pictures and the story from Hagerty.com, click (here)…

    FROM NASA… THE SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE… click the big START button, and then move the slider on the bottom of the page back and forth… you will go from objects smaller to microbes… through the sizes of sand grains… humans… buildings… planets… galaxies and beyond…  it’s fun, educational, and better than work… from NASA, click (here)…

    Have a good weekend… drive safely… and if you are on Long Island, please… please… please… pay attention to which way your are heading on the highways… thanks for listening… -Brian

     

     

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  9. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012

    March 24, 2012 by Brian Smith

    THE VOICE checks in this week with a look at the week in sports… and what’s coming up…  incredible predictions about BASEBALL… THE NFL… ARENA FOOTBALL…  TIM TEBOW GOING TO THE JETS (just as THE VOICE predicted)… CHEERLEADERS..  and more…  go to SPORTS PICKS, or even easier for your convenience… just click (here)…

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  10. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012

    March 16, 2012 by Brian Smith

    BRIAN SMITH is the same Brian Smith of  SMITH AND BARBER, THE MORNING SHOW on WPLR… his solo afternoon talk show on WICC 600AM, and host announcer for the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball and the Fairfield University Stags basketball games at Harbor Yard… and now part of the team at FM NEWS NEW YORK 101.9FM… you can email him at:

    THE VOICE flew was back from his island tour this week…  he’s working on the Baseball Wing of The Prognosticator Grille and Cafe… there is going to be a Cuban page to the menu this year… THE VOICE is upset about the upheaval at BrianSmithRadio.com… I told him it was just the way the internet works… stuff “get’s lost” sometimes…

    We’re still working on the restoration process…. a big thanks to Dan for scouring the web for past material…

    THE VOICE is looking into the Payton Manning saga again this week… also, a look at ARENA FOOTBALL… an inside look at MLB SPRING TRAINING… TENNIS… NFL… and, yes.. more CHEERLEADERS… to check out this weeks contribution from THE VOICE… go to the SPORTS PICKS PAGE… or just click (here)…

    Happy Friday… here’s some… stuff… and somehow… it’s all car-related things… it must be spring…

    10 CARS THAT REFUSE TO DIE… look around on the road… (not now!)… and you are probably going to see at least one of these long-lasting models… cars that seem to go forever and then some… and owners who keep them that long… (I would add the Toyota Camry to this list… )… from Kiplinger’s, click (here)…

    10 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME... I had a few of these… including a Vega… but my cousin Sue gave it to me, and that made it excellent… and it was perfect for hauling rock band equipment around when I was doing that… unfortunately, I was better at moving amplifiers than playing the instruments involved… anyway, check out the 10 worst (arguably) cars ever… if you think of others, let me know… from The Street, click (here)…

    VIDEO: INVISIBLE MERCEDES… the Mercedes engineers took an SUV… covered one side with LEDs… the kind you would have in a television… and on the other side.. they placed video cameras looking out… the result?… a pretty good version of an invisible vehicle.. the car is in that picture on the left… see the commercial on YouTube,  click (here)…

    Just a few this week… enjoy the spring weather in the CT/NYC/Long Island area… and good luck with your NCAA brackets… thanks for listening.., and check out FM News New York 101.9 fm…  -Brian

     

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