I think Mikey did it.

The kid from the old Quaker Oats commercials?

I think you may be right. I read that he grew up to be a cereal killer.

See how creative Throggs Neck denizens can be when they try!

I've had it with the sniping from both ends of the political spectrum. I'm an Independent now. FDR himself couldn't draw me back into the Democratic camp. And Lincoln couldn't make me a Republican. I've had it.

Nah, I'm just getting old. You probably have to be fifty to remember that kid .

PB, your photo is gone. May I ask who it was a picture of? I cannot place it.

This is exactly how I feel about the whole political game. I am a registered democrat because, well, I live in the northeast and support unions. But, as I get older, I have very little patience for anything outside of how politics directly affect our economic bottom line.

I am tired of giving shit away when I am struggling to keep what I have. But, I can't have the fucking republicans telling me what I am doing wrong, moraly, and economically.

Back in the 1930s, people would travel for miles if a guy like Roosevelt was visiting; nowadays, with our infastructure and ability to move seamlessly around the country, 9 of 10 middle class people go the other direction if they learn a politician, let alone the president is visiting within 50 miles of them.

I am very patriotic, but we really need to wake up. We are ruining ourselves.

You must be a young'un. That's Coach from "Cheers."

Of course. But i was asking about the old avatar.

Oh, same time frame, though (1984). That was a publicity still of Mickey Rourke in "The Pope of Greenwich Village." One of the great New York street films .

Yeah, I think Rourke's lineage is half-Irish on his Father's side, and a United Kingdom mixture on his Mother's side. But back in the '80s he easily could have passed for half-Italian.

I say this as a man secure in his own heterosexuality, but Mickey Rourke was a pretty good looking guy back then. It's a shame what he did to himself with the plastic surgery. But that's Hollywood for you.

I knew Mickey Rouke in the 1980's. Nice guy very quit he was a good looking guy. I think his face got fucked up because of the boxing. His defense was blocking the punches with his face.

At that time a lot of celebrities went to Cafe Central when it was on 10 ave. I went there a lot I met a lot of celebrities in that place. Also had an apartment at the Mayflower hotel on Central park west celebrities were always staying their. Everyone was doing a lot of coke back then including me.

The guy who was the meeter & greeter in Cafe Central was Paul Herman. From his job there he got a ton of movie parts.

He was in the Pope of Greenich village played one of the stickball players.

He was in goodfellas the Pittsburg drug connection, soprano beansy and a lot of other movies.

I've checked out Mickey's plastic surgery and you know what? I've seen worse. Yes he does look a tad like a science experiment, but there are far worse specimens out there walking around.

Oh, yeah. It's not like he looks like the the famous Cat Lady here in Manhattan. And he's been fortunate because he was able to reverse the worst of it with his most recent operations. He should just leave it alone now.

I like Mickey (hence the old avatar). But generally speaking I have no sympathy for Hollywood types who ruin themselves with plastic surgery. They have all the money in the world and it's still not enough. Their sense of entitlement has grown to include that they shouldn't age like everybody else.

Its interesting to see all the wreckage from this German airliner that crashed into the Alps this week. There parts of the plane everywhere - however, there was basically nothing except a huge hole after flight 93 crashed into a field in Pennsylvania? That does seem strange...