July 2010
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Oh, How This Makes Me Miss "Fire Joe Morgan".
Astros: "We want Montero for Berkman."
Yankees: "How about we give you nothing and you give us four million dollars and Berkman."
Astros: "Even better!"
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Yankees: "I will trade you negative four million dollars for Lance Berkman."
Astros: "Deal!"
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Yankees: "We want Berkman."
Astros: "Okay."
Yankees: "But you pay him."
Astros: "Okay."
Yankees: "In return, we'll give you a pile of cat vomit."
Astros: "Okay."
Yankees: "Now gimme your car."
Astros: "Okay."
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** Courtesy of @KenTremendous (twitter.com/KenTremendous)
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I never saw the east coast ‘til I moved to the west…
– Tom Waits
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Yet another example of why Bill Murray is one of the greatest people in the universe. (Also, see if you can spot The Wife — and my unborn child! — in this one.)
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The Arcade Fire are coming to MSG, and judging from this trailer, they’re going to be streaming one of their concerts (directed by a well-known yet unnamed individual), live over YouTube.
I do believe I will have to check it out.
UPDATE: Looks like Terry Gilliam will be directing!
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‘Kung Fu Hustle’ is the supreme achievement of the modern age in...
– Bill Murray (GQ Interview)
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In less depressing video news, my pal Larry put up a teaser for his short film. You can donate to it here.
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning. →
Everyone needs to read this article — it does a great job of explaining what to look for when someone is drowning.( If you think it looks anything like the movies, you’re wrong.)
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Steinbrenner is a boor and a buccaneer, overflowing with the animal spirits that...
– George Will on George Steinbrenner, 1990 (via newsweek)
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Gone Viral.
Sometimes, even I, a daily web user, miss out on hilarious internet phenomena. It would seem “GIANT DOUBLE RAINBOW” guy (now with over two million hits) is one of those things. Here is a collection of other enjoyable tidbits, in case you missed out on them, too.
Missy The Lost Cat (from Jeff)
Peter Gabriel Sings Tom Waits
Big Bang Big Boom, incredible wall painted animation
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Ice Hockey by Larry Cohen. →
If you dig New Jersey, and you dig hockey — especially Devils’ hockey (which, I happen to know, a few of you out there do) — then check out this project a pal of mine is putting together. If you’ve got five bucks to spare, he could use it.
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I’ve been playing this game for so long and I have never seen anything like this...
– David Ortiz, realizing he’s basically playing with a bunch of guys from AAA and AA now.
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June 2010
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How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters. →
Yankee or not, this is an excellent feature on Mariano’s pitches from the New York Times. Great stuff.
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The littlest man in uniform has three bombs, and the Red Sox lead it thirteen to...
– Rockies broadcaster Drew Goodman, on Dustin Pedroia (via mightyflynn)
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The moment.
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"AMERICA: F--K YEAH!!! A HISTORIC WIN." →
It is always irrational to get happy and sad and disappointed and ecstatic over strangers playing a game over which we have no influence, but such is the magic of sports that it does this to us. Did I really just write “magic of sports”? I did. I’m sorry. I’m emotional. And I don’t know how else to describe it. I shouldn’t care and yet I couldn’t care...
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Song For The Moment
“Darling, It’s Alright” by Francis and the Lights
Wanted to put this special video SFTM up for a few reasons:
A.) The singer sounds uncannily like Peter Gabriel, which (to me) is a good thing. I think the song itself would fit right in with anything on Us or So (again, a good thing).
B.) The video is a “single-take live performance, edited with...
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