Monthly Archives: December 2007

More on the Writers Guild Strike

12/14/2007 – 9:46 am

More on the writers’ strike. I received this from the brother of a good friend of mine who is a writer, and I’m posting it here to show my support for the writers’ cause. Consider the below call to action as an open invitation, even if it’s just to show your disgust at the corrupt [...]

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No Country

12/13/2007 – 1:09 pm

Right, so for those of you who know me well realize that when I find something I like, I tend to squeeze the life out of it—kind of like Lennie. Apropos to this, I took an extended study break to see the Cohen brothers’ adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy book No Country For Old Men. [...]

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All the Pretty Horses

12/12/2007 – 5:22 pm

In an exercise to avoid writing my paper on Ulysses I’ll make some general comments about listening to Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, which I am almost done with. * I ‘ve decided I like McCarthy quite a bit, enough to continue reading (or listening) to his work. The Crossing in the next book [...]

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Footie – Session 15

12/12/2007 – 3:34 pm

Recap: A very solid day all around. The number of players fluctuated from 16 to 21 (all guys), the play was fast-paced, and the teams were very even. Health Report: Fine, but more soreness. I arrived a bit late and didn’t get a chance to stretch which always has consequences the day after. Performance: A [...]

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Footie – Session 14

12/10/2007 – 11:52 pm

Recap: In the neighborhood of 24 players today (two fields, no subs) including two women. The quality of play started very high when there were only 12 players, then diluted as more people arrived. On our field, I was playing on the far superior team. Health Report: Nothing to report except requisite aches and pains [...]

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Good Coachin’

12/9/2007 – 7:46 pm

Right, so up to this point I haven’t been a very big Mike McCarthy fan. I thought the Packers were eeking out games they had no business winning and I put their one home loss squarely at McCarthy’s feet. Turns out, this team has gotten progressively better and better. They kicked the ever lovin’ out [...]

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Never Again

12/7/2007 – 4:16 pm

That title? My stance on cats. Our cat Heineken of 11 years has ramped up his pissing outside the box. For anyone who has ever gotten a whiff of cat piss, you know this is a Big Problem. In his history, the cat has sprayed wee on three couches, two chairs, our basement carpet, countless [...]

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Footie – Session 13

12/7/2007 – 4:11 pm

Recap: A very full day—most of the afternoon featured 40 (!) guys, which means four subs on four teams, which is about 8 too many. Play wasn’t that great on either field, but rumor had it that I was on the field with the slightly older, slower game. Health Report: Warming up is hard when [...]

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I Don’t Wanna Hear About What the Rich Are Doing

12/6/2007 – 9:17 pm

Right, so tooling around stations looking for some dinner entertainment (and I use that term loosely) we came across one of the more asinine shows in recent memory, some tripe called Keeping Up With the Kardasians, which appears to be of the same ilk as other crap shows such as The Simple Life and Growing [...]

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Footie – Session 12

12/5/2007 – 4:48 pm

Recap: There were between 14 and 16 players, all guys and of widely varying skill levels and ages. I was on the far lazier of the two teams. Health Report: Fine. Nothing to mention. Performance: Not great. Possibly the most frustrating day of pickup I’ve had at this place. I wasn’t on my A game [...]

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