Category: Entertainment
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As a middle-schooler, I used to have a poster like this one hanging on the wall of my bedroom. This is Spud Webb. He is a few inches over 5 1/2 feet tall. That’s just ridiculous. It’s sick what he could do. He is holding the ball a good foot above the rim in this…
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In honor of Celebrate the Banjo Week (note: I don’t think there is such a thing, but the Chinese don’t know this. Shhh, don’t tell ’em,) I am listening to mostly Iron and Wine, Sufjan Stevens, and Travis (ok, not a lot of banjo in Travis, but there is this one song…) this week. (Oh…
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Watched this movie, Babel, last night. I thought it was very well-done and engaging. It reminded me of movies like Traffic and Crash on an international level (where seemingly unrelated characters and plotlines eventually converge, i.e. wreck, with often tragic consequences.) I just had a few (probably obvious) observations while watching: At first, because of…
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I started my life in the era before the prominence of VCRs and cable TV. Before my family bit the bullet and bought cable, I remember that you could only catch cartoons (or children’s programming) in the afternoons usually sandwiched between reruns of Gilligan’s Island and (ugh) Andy Griffith. (Note: In the 1980s, if the…
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What do I know about baseball: Then there is St. Louis. I know they aren’t in the World Series yet, but I think they have the advantage at this point (being up 2-1 to the Mets after Billy Wagner imploded the other night in the 9th inning and Trachsel imploded today in the first/second innings. …
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I know I’ve been talking a lot about baseball lately, but it is October so I guess it’s justfied. This post-season gets stranger every day. Consider the two contenders who have the advantage right now. First Detroit. They started the season VERY strong, but petered out in the last month of regular season and blew…
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Every year that I get to see pictures like this… …of Pay-Rod, Giambi, Jeter, and the $200 million payroll crew, with tears in their eyes and dumb-founded looks on their faces, the more I enjoy the sport of baseball. It’s just priceless. I started following baseball in 2001 and in those 5 beautfiul years the…
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This is the man who made my Saturday morning bright–the 41 year-old, anger management poster boy, the Gambler himself, Kenny Rogers. How did he bring a smile to my face? By blanking the ever-hated New York Yankees in game 3 of the ALDS. With today’s 6-0 stellar performance, Rogers lead the Detroit Tigers to a…
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As you can see I’ve been on a bit of a Delirious? kick lately with my music listening. I think I speak for the whole family when I say the last few weeks have been a somewhat emotional time in our cross-cultural journey. It almost feels like a second wave of culture shock. There is…
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It was bound to happen, but still it’s hard to believe… The Seattle Mariners traded Jamie Moyer today. I think he was the second to last remaining player (Ichiro being the last) from the spectacular 2001 Mariner team that won 116 games. I have to say I’m a little sad to see him go even…
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