Is There A Doctor In The House?:

The Jake 17 (2008) champion is going through some challenging shit health-wise right now...

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Hello,

Sorry for not being in touch but things have been interesting to say the least for me since New Years Eve.. It started with facial numbness and head numbness (no really), and the symptoms have progressed.. In and out of testing and hospitals weekly since. I have been through about 10 different tests to rule out stoke, mini strokes, blood circulation issues and brain tumors. One test for Lyme has come back negative (2 too go) and a no go on diabetes( I do need to get retested).

Right now, I have numbness mostly on my left side (hand, foot, face, neck and head) the fun part is every day is a new adventure. The hand and foot are back to normal but my stomach is the new thing today.

I am off to a neurologist and neurosurgeon in the next few weeks and looking forward to getting to the bottom of things. Outside of the numbness, its just fatigue and short term memory loss depending on the day.

The next big thing to rule out are Lyme, MS, ALS and a few other cell, food allergy related diseases.

I just wanted to reach out to everyone and kinda catch up. Would like a boy's night out soon if feasible and hope everyone and family is well.

So far everything that I could have is treatable or manageable except for ALS.
One day at a time and deal with what ever is happening for the day. Its has helped put things back in perspective and I need make a better effort to stay in the loop. Our house is 95% done which is freeing up a lot more time for me.

If no one has taken the reigns of Jake Day this year I would like to throw my name in the ring. Hope all is well and I am wondering why we choose to live in the Artic

Doctor

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Dancer and I are running Jake 18 this year but you are more than welcome to run #19 in 2010.

We all hope everything works itself out and you get yourself back to healthy as soon as possible. Golf season is fast approaching after all.

4-Legged Jake:

Heff sent me this picture of Squirrel's new dog. He named him Jake which is a beautiful thing. I'll put a link from Squirrel's bio to this post for easy access to the picture.

Good looking pooch Squirrel - good luck with him. You know what they say dogs can be chick magnets... I'll refrain from making a pithy and/or humorous statement about Heff and why he doesn't have a dog yet but I'm sure you all can think of one on your own.

Heff:

The final installment of our high school pictures as you can see we have Heff. It's obvious he joined the prom committee as a means of having all the chicks suck up to him in the hopes that he would vote favorably for them as prom queen. Those who know we went to an all boys school should find that last sentence amusing. Lastly we come to the quote... We all know what an avid golf enthusiast he is and this quote sums up part of why he is an above average playa. Golf is Heff's 2nd favorite activity and we all know what his 1st is...

I hope everyone has enjoyed the High School portion of our show and if anyone tracks down other high school pictures of other members (i.e. TP, Dee) or incidental participants, I would hope y'all will forward them to me for submission.

The Last Hurrah Card Game:

Sunday night Dancer will be hosting the "Last Hurrah Card Game" at his parents recently sold house.

It will be just like the olden days when his parents went away to Canada and half the nare-do-wells and hooligans of our hometown descended on the abode like "Caddy-day at Bushwood".

It won't be quite the same as those days at Scum House but it should be a load of fun.

All Set Thanks:

The Chag-stress has these wonderful little gel thingys that she puts on the windows for each season/holiday. The other day after one of our storms I came in from shoveling and was looking at it in disgust (over a hot chocolate). I looked at it for a good long time thinking...

I guess I don't have to tell you what I did next...

Rosco will certainly agree with me as we all remember fondly the poem he sent me last year regarding this very subject.

A "Good Jake":

Gentlemen,
We've all heard about the tragic death of a local firefighter recently.

This is an article that the Chag-stress showed me the other day and said you should put that on the blog.

The last paragraph of the article talks about what firefighters call each other when they are the best of the best (a.k.a. quality cats).

If you're not up to reading the entire article here is the last paragraph:

"We have a term in the Fire Department, and it's not used for everyone," Mitchell said. "It's given by the guys who were in the trenches with you. It says, yeah, he knows what he's doing, he'll take care of me, he'll come for me if I'm trapped. The term is simply, 'He's a good Jake.' And I'm telling you: He was a good Jake."

This reminds me of those great last lines of the movie Good Fellas:

"You know, we always called each other good fellas. Like you said to, uh, somebody,: You're gonna like this guy. He's all right. He's a good fella. He's one of us"

A good Jake indeed.

Also, check out this website to purchase 'Good Jake' apparel including hats, t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets etc. I'll have to check with my co-coordinator but we may have a requirement at this year's Jake to dawn at least one of the items these guys sell (women's underwear does not count Heff!).

Mr. Roarke - Out the House

He's gone to a better place my brothers. A place where fine rich Corinthian leather flows like water...

Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as Mr. Roarke in TV's "Fantasy Island," died Wednesday morning at age 88.

The Mere Cog In The Machine

This was sent to me from Dancer and is quite the blast from the past. Written by Matt Groening the creator of The Simpsons way back when they were popular (that was like the 50's or something wasn't it?). Anyway, we (Dancer and I) worked with a good many of the characters depicted here back in the day. Our favorite was always the little guy who is dead center on the page "The Mere Cog In The Machine". The real name of the "Mere Cog" at our place of employment was Shakat and he had an unpronounceable last name with no less than 18 straight consonants.

You'll have to click on the picture to be able to read them.

JAKE HIGH-LIGHTS & LOW-LIGHTS:

This is a walk through Jake history and it will be updated on a continual basis through the years. It will detail the Highs & Lows of each Jake. Anyone is welcome to author an add to this post - simply let me know privately and I'll put it up here. I've put a link on the right hand column called 'JAKE HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS' under the 'ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW' heading.

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1992 JAKE #1 (Dancer):
HIGH: Squirrel matching up the Old Grand-Dad label with Jake himself @ D-side.
HIGH: Breakfast at Howard Johnson's.
HIGH: Golf at Sag - picture on 9th green.
HIGH: Boat ride.
HIGH: Ticket from Sag.
1993 JAKE #2 (no idea):
HIGH: A bunch of us getting paid to leave Tia's.
HIGH: Heff dropping a glass and Chief falling over at Durgin.
HIGH: Golf at Uni.
1994 JAKE #3 (no idea):
HIGH: Breakfast at Denny's.
HIGH: Stalkfleet sleeping on the cement park bench.
HIGH: A bunch of us sitting people at the K-sale.
HIGH: Golf at Uni.
1995 JAKE #4 (no idea):
HIGH: Cheeseburger & shrimp incident.
HIGH: Heff tossing the guy's tie in the water at the Loft.
1996 JAKE #5 (no idea):
HIGH: Golf at New Meadows.
HIGH: Birth of the "crusty bench"
1997 JAKE #6 (no idea):
HIGH: Golf at H-view.
HIGH: TP's first Jake showing.
1998 JAKE #7 (Doc):
HIGH: Golf at T-brook (breakfast at the course).
HIGH: Jake golf tees - trinket.
1999 JAKE #8 (Dancer):
HIGH: Breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts.
HIGH: Golf at H-view.
HIGH: Jake underwear - trinket.
2000 JAKE #9 (Rosco):
HIGH: 1st breakfast at the old Persy's.
2001 JAKE #10 (Heff):
HIGH: Hub asking "Do you know who I am"?
HIGH: "Jimmy PC" crawling out of the Crab after being thrown out. Then Hub scoring a lobster salad sandwich that he later shared with the group while we all watched Jimmy, the drunkin mess, with delight. (Also see Incidental Participants and Hub's bio posts).
HIGH: Golf at Middleton.
HIGH: Jake Golf balls - trinket.
2002 JAKE #11 (Stubby):
LOW: Rosco killing the Canadian goose on the 2nd hole of the Nicklaus course.
HIGH: Breakfast at Persy's.
2003 JAKE #12 (Chag):
HIGH: Cool Chief paying for everyone's breakfast.
HIGH: Heff finally doin’ some work with Cincinnati.
2004 JAKE #13 (Rosco):
HIGH: Breakfast at Queen Anne's.
HIGH: Golf at Easton CC.
2005 JAKE #14 (Cool Chief & TP):
HIGH: Rosco's faking that Doc was withdrawing the day before Jake Day.
HIGH: Slut at the Crab "Eat your fish"!
HIGH: F1 Racing. LOW: Dee not feeling well after F1 and out for the rest of the day.
LOW: Squirrel - no show.
HIGH: Jake Trophy unveiled for the 1st time ever.
LOW: Not going to the Chapeau.
HIGH: Rosco, TP & Stalkfleet winning scramble.
HIGH: Heff winning F1 Racing.
LOW: Vin Deisel dry-humping that fat guy at Tia's (this may be in the high category if you're Heff).
HIGH: Stubby bringing nips of Old Grand-Dad for us to 'do' at lunch.
2006 JAKE #15 (Lt. Stalkfleet):
HIGH: Cool Chief: (at breakfast) "What do you have for cold cereal?" Waitress Betty: "None".
LOW: Squirrel mixin' it up with Keith K. at the BT Pub & The K-sale & The Chapeau...
HIGH: Keith & Dee winning the scramble.
LOW: Stubby cutting the day short because of his ailing throat.
HIGH: Shots, shots & more shots.
HIGH: Chag bringing the bottle of Old Grand-Dad.
LOW: TP, Tuck, Dee, Hub & Squirrel not showing up for breakfast.
HIGH: Jake beer glass - trinket.
2007 JAKE #16 (Hub):
LOW: The friggin' staff and expecially the starter at Waverly.
HIGH: 100 years at the Chapeau - Beautiful stuff.
HIGH: Mr. Hub doing the cooking at the apre' golf venue.
LOW: Hub, disappearing into the night prior to Heff's birthday shot.
LOW: Squirrel - no show for 2nd time in 3 years.
HIGH: Ashcan joining us all the way from Indiana - solid cat.
HIGH: The scramble ending up in a 3-way tie - trophy hanging in the balance...
HIGH: Chag & Lt. Stalkfleet winning the 3 hole tie breaker for their team (Chag, Dancer, Lt. Stalkfleet & Ashcan).
HIGH: Jake shirt - trinket.
2008 JAKE #17 (Stubby & Heff):
LOW: No Jake – again… Something needs to be done about this.
HIGH: Doc wins the trophy.
HIGH: Dancer’s golfing prowess.
LOW: Golf venue hangs in the balance at 5:40pm the day before (Squirrel Run).
HIGH: Ashcan’s performance and graciousness.
LOW: No beers in a cooler at the softball field.
HIGH: Chag – HOF #1 unnecessary and unexpected.
HIGH: Kings – great place, great atmosphere & a big ass bowling pin.
LOW: Cool Chief Rocker’s unwillingness to put down the only OGD shot all day.
HIGH: Stubby & Hub drop the “we’re expecting” bomb.
LOW: TP whining about the foul ball “homerun”.
LOW: Chapeau not even given a thought – not even a tip of the hat.
2009 Jake 18 (Dancer & Chag):
LOW: Mother Nature is a douche bag (there I said it, now what bitch).
HIGH: Hub’s prowess on the basketball court from beyond the arc.
LOW: Barking Crab not getting us a table we could all sit at in a timely fashion (i.e. inside 1-1/2 hours).
HIGH: Lt. Stalkfleet, fooling virtually no one, save for Doc, by attending all the way from NC.
LOW: Total Package missing breakfast is simply off the charts wrong. An announcement is pending on his official Jake Status.
HIGH: Turtle at the golf course just minding his own business gets swept up in the mayhem that is Jake.
LOW: Rosco’s car doesn’t start causing him to trek back to the friendly confines of the hotel.
HIGH: Drinks at basketball much needed and a good call (the ‘sleeves’ served their purpose)
HIGH: DeeKal sucking down more crawfish than that broad but narrowly misses the crown by only a couple of critters.
LOW: Wiffleball in the rain is not as much fun as you would think.
HIGH: Chag & DeeKal taking the trophy in the blind draw.
LOW: No Chapeau again, maybe it wasn't as good as we thought it was.
HIGH: Ashcan yelling “go back to work” to the DPW driver on Atlantic Ave.
OBSERVATION: If Baggo/Cornhole was invented in the late 80’s we would have had an entirely different ‘in town’ experience.
2010 JAKE 19 (Rosco & Doc):
Good luck gentlemen.