September 2008
29 posts
Strength of Schedule
Remember all the strength of schedule talk before the season started? Some of it has proven out — NFC East isn’t just full of tough playoff contenders, it may have the best three teams in the NFL. Some of it hasn’t — AFC South is struggling due to injuries, but I still don’t call them easy outs.
Well, the Brownies originally had the third toughest schedule based on...
Tom's Essay @ New York Times Blog →
If it’s any consolation, Suzanne, I bought Days Of The Open Hand strictly because of the remix, never having owned Solitude Standing (except the song as a Napsterized MP3).
Professor
This article puts me in mind of a kid I knew in high school, Dean Nigel Woods.
WatchTriumph v. Nader @ Hulu
Not funny, instead rather sad, and Smigel has BIG BRASS BALLS to sit across from Nader and destroy him like this. Nader obviously has no handlers. At the Best Western.
WatchDid you ever wonder? (via)
Blind masseurs jump from bridge @ CNN.com →
Everything about this is crazy. No injuries reported??
Arrr...
One of the coolest things we got for our wedding was wrapped pirate-style.
So it was booty.
I Have Concerns @ YIJY →
Not sure that I believe Eaton shouldn’t look after its bottom line, but also not sure this is a bottom line decision.
Guest eulogy
My pal Jeff spent more time than I responding to the DFW news.
Probably a lot of you have read a lot of his stuff, but if you haven’t, you should. There are a great many things you can find on the Internet, and several collections of essays and short stories you can buy that are more than worth the ten bucks. I don’t believe there’s been another author with his ability to make...
His own personal eschatology
More obituary. DFW!
I’ve read Infinite Jest a couple times, and while I’ve never fully teased out the plot it should be a testament to how much I love his prose and even the obvious themes that I tackled a book over 800 pages plus 300+ of endnotes more than once. Don Gately is one of the best literary heroes I’ve ever read and a poignant and vivid scene with him is the only time...
Murray Saul & John Gorman event →
Andy Baio over at Waxy.org did an analysis of the new Girl Talk album.
This is interesting for a number of reasons:
Greg Gillis went to the college I went to. No one “famous” does that.
The raw data — 264 samples made into 9 new tracks — is pretty interesting aesthetically
and legally.
The use of Google Spreadsheets to share the data is cool, but in the words of the...
Tony Kornheiser Must Be Stopped @ Open Salon →
100% agreement.
It’s ok to have someone teasing out a storyline from the game as it unfolds, but talking about things besides the game or some predetermined hook is just ridiculous.
Also, put Jaws on the sideline a la Spielman at last week’s OSU game, with frequent throws to him for game nuggets.
Visit to Spain
In preparation for our trip to the Iberian Peninsula (and across the straight to Africa), we begged and pleaded our way into Light Bistro’s first wine-tasting/tapas event last night (begged and pleaded because it had already sold out). It was fun getting a taste of a range of Spanish vintages, white and red, and the food was varied and plentiful. A great deal for $25, and the tables were set...
crop bistro happenings @ cleveland foodie →
One of my favorite restaurants has a few events upcoming. I need to get back there soon, I’m sure the menu has completely changed.
Adorable Sawyer →
Why do _I_, a recently married practicing heterosexual, think Chef Sawyer is adorable? Last time we were at Bar Cento he stopped by our table with a melon fresh from the Northern Union Farmer’s Market for us to smell, and told us to save room for dessert. He took that insanely fresh melon (the cantaloupe hadn’t been opened but was as sweet and musky one split), grilled it with spices...
Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins dies at 78 @ SI.com →
Man, seems like I post a lot of obituaries.
Haskins is an icon in El Paso, where I did a stint ‘87-‘91. Go Miners!
Chris Spielman on the sideline of the OSU-OU game today was the best innovation in sports broadcasting in years. Putting a savvy ex-player there, who doesn’t get lighting, make-up and hairspray — in fact he barely bothered to turn away from the field to give his reports — was just great. He was insightful and informative and kept the game prominent. Injuries, celebrities, and...
Dead Alive @ Cleveland Cinemas →
O man. This movie made me physically gag. I say that to praise its visceral effectiveness. It’s early Peter Jackson, and hilariously twisted.
Come tailgate on the Comedy Jitney! →
I’ve been a Bakay fan since Night After Night (with Allan Havey).
Bill Gates does a Dave Thomas
Wow… Bill and Jerry Seinfeld. Amusing… could reinforce MS as a smart place where lots of smart peeps make smart things… but it ain’t gonna get me to try Vista.
Pork-be-gone
Michael Symon cooked kosher on the last Dinner: Impossible, and it was fun to watch him struggle with those ancient strictures.
I would like to proudly point out that when we hosted our first Seder this year I also made a zabaglione over berries for desert. I’m good.
Also of note, the competition in the “kugel-off” was Sheila Herschman, mother of local chef Michael Herschman. A...
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get... →
In a world... without Mr. In-a-World @ CNN.com →