Yeah, yeah, we all knew it was coming. We did the ninja, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the next one will be the rockstar. It takes some of the fun out of it for me knowing that you readers out there expect these now, so stop harassing me about [...]
Entries from May 2007
May 18, 2007
Do They All Die?: “Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity”
Mina Shum’s Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002) may have been the film that got Sandra Oh cast in Sideways which may have been the role that got her cast on Grey’s Anatomy which may very well be the reason that her face is plastered on the Earth. I was reading one of these many [...]
May 17, 2007
Sine Macula – Hunky Dory
In 1970, David Bowie was dropped from his label after the sales of The Man Who Sold the World and David Bowie were less than desirable. So he took his recordings for his next album, and, upon hearing the tapes in early 1971, RCA immediately signed Bowie to a record deal, releasing the album only [...]
May 16, 2007
How Sour the Sound
Okay, hopefully the above video is working, but if it isn’t, click here to watch it. And watch it all the way through, I promise you it’s worth your time.
May 16, 2007
Tossing the Game
As I’m sure you’ve realized from the Amazon-like river of posts about basketball, we, the member of the Curious Mechanism, are huge fans.
Okay, maybe not, but I think we’ve all got a cursory sort of interest in it. We watch plenty of college ball, and a fair amount of NBA games, with a bit more [...]
May 15, 2007
Fact or Fiction
The Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)- AIDS theory….that’s an incredibly contentious issue. I don’t pretend to be a biologist or epidemiologist, but I do have to say that I find the theory interesting. Recently, I finished reading The River by Edward Hooper after two years of trying to get through it. College kept getting in the [...]
May 15, 2007
It’s That Time of Year
Every year, our favorite baseball writer, JoePo, writes up his “The Season Is Over!” column, and a few minutes are spent pondering the despair of fans a thousand miles away.
Well, that column arrived on Sunday. Sorry Royals fans.
Here’s a highlight, with Joe talking about the various aspects of the Kansas City last place standing:
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May 14, 2007
GoodEnough: One Up and One Over
GoodEnough for Me is an on-going analysis of the rookie pitchers during the 2007 baseball season. The series was inspired by, and serves as companion piece to, The Extrapolater’s Smells Like Pujols series, which is taking a look at some of the top rookie position players. You can find Smells Like Pujols HERE.
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