On Sunday, we will see ads that amuse during the Super Bowl, but I saw one on four wheels the other day on the way to work.
How great is it to have the routine of your daily commute broken up with a great big grin? And how smart is it for a business to grab [...]
Archive for January, 2009
UPWARDLY MOBILE
Posted in Noticed, tagged fecalfairy.com, Meat Without Feet on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OH, TO BE HIM. OR HER.
Posted in Diatribes, Media, Noticed, People, Sports, tagged Bill Hicks, Boston Globe, Curt Schilling, Dan Shaughnessy, Gisele Bundchen, Tom Brady on January 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I hate to feed the fevered ego (thank you, Bill Hicks) of Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy, but today he truly mastered the art of taking up space.
Taking Tom to task for letting Gisele feed him by the pool. Really, Dan. (And if you have to ask who Tom and Gisele are, you’re in [...]
ADIEU INDEED
Posted in News, People, Sports, tagged Fenway Park, John Updike, Ted Williams on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
More snow is on the way, and if you need a little something to warm you up, here it is.
It has a memorable title. “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu.”
It coined the phrase used so many times since to describe Fenway Park: “a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark.”
It’s about the unforgettable Ted Williams. And it was [...]
THE HOUR I STOOD WITH THOSE WHO BELIEVE
Posted in It's all about me, Media, People on January 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Have I told you I’m mentioned on page 353 of Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The Hour I First Believed”? Yes, I believe I have.
I’m still shaking my head over the events of Sunday afternoon, mostly because it was so not me.
The local library booked Wally for a reading, and anticipating a large turnout, moved it to a community [...]
WHERE HAVE ALL THE SNOWMEN GONE?
Posted in Noticed, Weather, tagged snowman, Wallace Stevens on January 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
During the comings and goings of the weekend, I saw a snowman. And it occured to me that I just don’t see that many snowmen anymore. (Or do I just need to get out more often?)
If your child has never made a snowman, here are directions. (Honest to God. There are actual directions on how [...]
YOU’RE SO THAIN
Posted in Diatribes, News, People, tagged Bank of America, CNBC, Dennis Kozlowski, John Thain, Ken Lay, Kenneth Lewis, Merrill Lynch, Stan O'Neal on January 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
You probably think this post is about you. And it is, John Thain.
How could you? How does your head work? Can I screw the top off and look inside your brain? I really need to know.
Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis gave John Thain the boot this week. Thain used to be CEO of Merrill [...]
THE GREEDY & THE KINKY
Posted in Diatribes, Living in the Past, Noticed, People, Sports, tagged Ball Four, Dick Radatz, Jim Bouton, SI.com, Tom Verducci on January 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Every now and then as I’m reading something, I come across a line that freezes me. Such was the case reading Tom Verducci’s baseball column on SI.com. He was writing about the dim futures for some free agents (Nomah!) and the questionable decisions made by others, (Yo, ‘Tek!) when I came to this line:
One journeyman reliever, for instance, [...]
TAKE ME OUT TO THE…never mind
Posted in Media, Noticed, Sports, tagged Hartford Courant on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
More bad news from the ever-shrinking Hartford Courant. No more Red Sox beat reporter. Yankees and Mets fans already know what that means.
It used to be a two-cups-of-coffee newspaper. Now it’s a one cupper, heading toward a small glass of orange juice.
No glee from this TV guy. I feel for the survivors on Broad St., [...]
