And you, what do you seek? —Rene Daumal The love of books is for children who glimpse in them a life to come, but I have come to that life and feel uneasy with the love of books. This is my life, time islanded in poems of dwindled time. There is no other world. —Robert … Read more
Detroit Tigers 8, New York Yankees 3. Detroit wins ALDS three games to one. Trust me, I understand your pain. But today, after nearly twenty years, New York City is Mudville and Detroit celebrates. Briefly, for of course it ain’t over ’til it’s over.
Ah, Beyond The Crescent Moon. And it’s going to be a crisp, autumn (and full) one at that. And later on this weekend, from what I hear, there’ll be plenty of Little Miss Sunshine and even a little Surf Stomp to go along with it. But soon, soon enough… The Elevator to the Gallows (daylight … Read more
The Departed and Last King of Scotland. The Departed, 2006. Directed by Martin Scorsese, written by William Monahan. Starring Leonardo, Jack, Matt, Marky-Mark, Charlie Sheen’s Dad, Ray Winstone, one of the Baldwin brothers, Anthony Anderson, Kevin Corrigan, and the winsome Vera Farmiga. Now showing pretty much everywhere. Having failed to garner much in the way … Read more
The Immortal Story, 1968. Written and directed by Orson Welles, from a novella by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). Starring Jeanne Moreau, Roger Coggio, Norman Eshley, and Orson Welles. With our books and interviews, our videotapes and compact discs, we can try to reach back in time and speak with a dead man when we are … Read more
Somedays one can’t bring herself to write about the on-the-town junket she could and should be taking–in a perfect, more energized world. I am a woman, see, and so my universe is ruled by guilt. And it just feels really baaaaad sometimes, you know, to plug a show that I myself wouldn’t want to go … Read more
I think the gang at Lund’s has the right idea with their Food-E program. Having knowledgable food people in the store, existing only to answer questions and help customers is a great idea. But. I never see them when I need them. Or they’re in the front of the store and I don’t have anything … Read more
Inside-the-park homerun? An 0-2 wild pitch with a runner on third? All those half-assed at-bats in the seventh and eighth innings? The inability, time and again, to get a big two-out hit? Four runs in two games? S’Awright. I don’t know what else to tell you. Maybe God doesn’t work day games.
Eleven groundball outs through five, including six to the shortstop. And just as I finish typing those words, Michael Cuddyer launches a 411-foot homer into the left-field bleachers to cut Oakland’s lead to 2-1. …And Justin Morneau ties the game with an upperdeck blast to right. Adios, Estaban Loaiza. If I were Ken Macha I … Read more
First off all, it’s all already a blur, but were those really the Suburbs I saw playing “Rattle My Bones” out there on the field at the Dome before the game? I like that idea. I like that idea a lot. I also very much like the idea of the Twins taking an early lead … Read more