I predict that this kid will spend his sporting life frustrated and wishing for the “good old days.”
June 20, 2008
June 18, 2008
I’m a Bad Blogger
About a month ago, I went to Jon Lester’s no-hitter at Fenway with Rachel, Parker, and Parker’s brother. Perfect for a blog post, right? Except that I immediately called, texted, or emailed virtually everyone I know, and didn’t really get around to posting here about it. I had been trying to find someone to take the other two tickets for three weeks, so there were plenty of remorseful friends to torment…
So what does make me post? My current theory is that most of my blog material surfaces when I don’t have someone to talk to in real life. Take the last post: nobody I interact with on a daily basis is into robots or Sci-Fi movies, so I guess I just put it up there because I found it interesting and wanted to hear myself talk about it. Is that what blogging is all about?
May 16, 2008
Robosuit
May 14, 2008
Steinbeck
While we were in California we went down to visit Cannery Row and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. This was interesting in its own right (although I think the aquarium’s target demographic is somewhere in the 8-12 year-old range), but more importantly it prompted me to revisit Steinbeck.
I have a vague recollection of reading The Winter of Our Discontent as a high-school freshman, and a slightly more vivid memory of The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men as a senior, but none of it compares to what I have found in his short stories: The Pastures of Heaven, To a God Unknown, The Moon is Down, The Pearl, and of course Cannery Row. There is some combination of the author’s narrative style, understanding of (and tolerance for) human nature, as well as political and religious beliefs that seems to really speak to me.
The last writer I felt a great affinity for was Joseph Conrad (also in my senior year of high-school), and it makes me wonder how I’ve changed since then. Perhaps I should reread those favorites as well…
April 21, 2008
Not even close
The Bruins didn’t stand a chance tonight. ‘Nuff said.
Luckily, years of pre-Francona Red Sox rooting prepared me well for this.
The B’s are currently riding a decade-high wave of fan support, and want us all to go out and buy season tix for next year while we still feel good about hockey in the Hub. ‘Cause they know we won’t after they trade Bergeron in the off-season.
April 20, 2008
On to game 7
Another gutsy game last night, probably the best hockey game I’ve ever seen. If you missed it, the Sports of Boston folks have a nice writeup.
Worst moment? Higgins’ re-tying goal eleven seconds after Kessel’s go-ahead.
Best moment? Sturm’s game-winner with under 3:00 to play.
April 17, 2008
The Bruins survive
My underdog Bruins forced a game 6 in Boston by winning tonight in Montreal. Suddenly they are playing with heart, and Chara got a goal or two despite the fact that everyone knows about his rib injury now. It didn’t seem to be bothering him, although I’m sure he’s wearing a flak jacket under all that gear to protect himself.
I thought it was all over when Carey Price (OK, how did he survive in hockey? You’d think girly name + approx 12 years old would make for a rough life) made an incredible behind-the-back save in the first period, and I was mentally preparing a blog post to that effect. He subsequently made a costly turn-over and lost his cool to the tune of 5 goals. We can only hope that carries over to Saturday at the Garden. And hopefully no fans will be hurt this time.
Yosemite
We are just recently back from visiting my grandparents in California — a terrific week highlighted by a trip to Yosemite. During the spring the waterfalls are full and the crowds are relatively small: a perfect situation.
A couple photos:
Rachel posted many more to her Picassa account.
March 12, 2008
Multi-display Wallpapers
This absolutely blew my mind (and cost me 20 minutes of work): multi-display wallpapers! Of course it stands to reason that such a thing would exist, but those featured at mandolux are of an unbelievable quality. My favorites?
- Trajanic Period
- UFO/Flower
- Schilling
- Zen/Lichen/BW
- And a triptych Pedro V2
Now all I need is a couple more monitors on my desk…
March 10, 2008
Larry King visits Spring Training
Normally celebrity news isn’t interesting to me, but this line was too good to pass:
And worse, Larry King showed up at the Sox-Dodgers game with a fourteen-person entourage. In other words, Larry King travels with two more people than Jesus did. That’s more disturbing than any Red Sox woes.
From The Bostonist.
