POSTS BY HANK

  • THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES: #200 TO #101 . . .

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    * Each song’s previous rank is listed in parenthesis 200.  Ain’t Dead Yet / Sonia Leigh / 2011  (55) 199.  Hit Me With Your Best Shot / Pat Benatar / 1980  (200) 198.  Gimme Shelter / Rolling Stones / 1969  (123) 197.  It’s Only Love / Tina Turner & Bryan Adams / 1984  (114) 196.
  • THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS . . .

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    Love my selections or hate ’em, I wanna hear from you!  Just go down to the “Leave a Reply” blue bar at the bottom of this post, then type your remarks in the “Submit Comment” box.  Come on, @ahouseofpayne, @hairspray86, @mmleckie, @pmgau and all you other music wiseguys out there — have at it! * Each
  • OHMYGOD! THE TOP 300, REVISED

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    [Note from the Beagle Man:  Once a year we move doggie matters to the back burner and turn to my other obsession, rock-and-roll.  (Oh, yeah, there’s sports, too, of course.  That’s pretty much it . . . that’s my life.  A bit narrow, maybe . . . but works for me.)  What follows is the
  • CASE DISMISSED!

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    Let’s hear it for Officer Mike! Quick review:  Officer Mike was the one who gave Kemba/Kelly the off-leash ticket back on July 12.  When he and I walked to the sign at the public entrance, he saw that Kemba had every right to be on that beach at that time.  He said, “You’re absolutely right.
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR KEMBA . .

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    No, I didn’t forget to post on Kemba’s birthday Thursday.  My laptop got sunstroke or something out here at the beach, and has been spending the last few days at The Computer Shop on Main Street in Amagansett.  Since then, I’ve learned from Suzanne, my social media guru, that I could have actually posted from someone else’s
  • FRIENDS OF KEMBA, UNITE!

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    Two weeks ago, in his Roof Rack Report, Ricky exhorted everyone to stand up for Kemba’s “Freedom of Beach.”  Two weeks from now, Kemba has his day in court (see photo, bottom).  While I vowed in my last post that I’d fight this $100 ticket to the end, even if it cost me $1,000 in
  • THE STATE OF NEW YORK VS. KEMBA THE DUCK DOG

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    On Sunday, July 12, Kemba was arrested.  Well, actually, Kelly was arrested.  Well, not really arrested.  She got a ticket. So here’s what happened.  On a beautiful, peaceful, sunny Sunday afternoon, my daughter-in-law — I like saying that — came up to the house from the beach with Kemba, looking for her driver’s license.  “We
  • SHARING

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    Sharing is over-rated.  I’ve always said it.  Most guys I know feel the same way.  (I do think this is one of those male/female divides.)  I’m talking about sharing food, for the most part.  I’ll order a medium-sized cup of home-made soft ice cream at Bostwick’s, let’s say.  Carol will undoubtedly ask for a taste. 
  • KEMBA AND LUZ AND THE TULIP

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    I only heard about all this last week. Apparently Luz, who most of you know as Robby’s old baby-sitter and patron saint of Ricky, Kemba, and all dogs everywhere, had planted some tulip seeds two, maybe three years ago, in a pot in the kitchen.  And waited for it to flower.  And waited.  And waited.  […]
  • THE LION KING AND THE PEACEFUL PANDA

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    Patty, the youngest of my three nieces, and Teddy, her husband, have a four-and-a-half-year-old black Lab named Bruce.  Bruce might just be the nicest dog you’ll ever meet: mellow, friendly, good-natured, well-trained — and happy to do pretty much whatever.    Beagle Man followers first met Bruce back in 2012, during LA/XC-2, when Ricky the Beagle […]