Twitter is abuzz this morning as news hit ofBill Simmons departure from ESPN. What happens over the next few months will go a long way to determine if ESPN built Saturday Night Live or was content to employ Johnny Carson. In a quick survey, sentiment is leaning heavily toward Simmons being...
Monday, February 11th, 2013 13.14 - Dunno but today seems kinda odd I woke up this morning with "an enormous sense of well-being." Maybe not the best way to describe it, but I felt... effective, rather than ineffectual and hopeless. Like: Hey, let's actually try to get stuff done...
I noticed on Friday morning that LBC (London’s Biggest Conversation, radio) was doing a slot on the (failed) “citizen’s arrest” of Tony Blair. James O’Brien (twitter handle @mrjamesob) was at the helm. It still surprises me how quite a few broadcasters and even some printed journ...
On the other end of things, I am so geeked to use my time off to get breakfast from the market in the morning. Nothing compares to good old fashioned Nicaraguan gallo pinto. I can’t think of much else to say. Spanish classes are going well. I used some of the new verbs I’m ...
napping and Sun I'm sending her Tally bestie to do a safety check - Monday, I end up in the ICU with a bunch of friends, watching Clarence die, while simultaneously providing phone support to my nephew Wolfgang because his best local friend in New Orleans shot himself THE SAME MORNING. ...
It seems January is the peak time for this optimistic attitude, with, according to the good old Morning Advertiser, numbers up by over 50%. As the MA puts it,“New year, new me. Martin found another critical factor in the sucess of a pub in these troubled times – brownness – as ...
Well, if you really want to know, this is the sort of vile sprew that society faced when it woke on Monday morning: I respect the importance of linking beer back to its agriculture—in fact this is something I feel personally invested in—but this is not the same thing as terroir. ...
Or you wake up in the morning pretty clear on what needs to happen, but for whatever reason you don't do the things you know you need to do. Procrastination happens to literally every single person And here's the interesting part… ...
10. If you were to thank someone today, who would you thank?I would thank the six random kids who came up to me this morning and hugged me. It was really neat. And I love hugs. Kwizgiver music super dog A Calvert woman claims her 2-year-old golden retriever saved her life Friday...
I was walking near Copley Square one recent morning when I made a profound mistake. I stopped to appreciate the scenery. Here’s what I expected: Urban beauty in the form of the grand dame of a hotel, the Fairmont Copley Plaza, and the contrast between Trinity Church and the Hancock Towe...