Sports are supposed to be a pleasant diversion from the calamities of real life, no? Notre Dame out, Washington Football Team out. Wizards dead last in the NBA. And tonight I’ve got the most uninteresting championship game I’ll have seen … Continue reading
Wednesday evening was the first time this season I’d seen my local college basketball team, the Patriots of George Mason, play a home game on TV. Playing down the road from me in Fairfax, Virginia, the Patriots dropped their in-state … Continue reading
Remember the beginning of 2020? When we found out we now had to put the entire 2-0-2-0 when writing the date so that someone couldn’t go and add numbers to our 20? Yeah, I’ve been upset about that all year … Continue reading
Yes, Virginia, the Washington Football Team is headed to the playoffs. The new year is looking better already. … Continue reading
Walk tall, Dress neat, Be generous, Stay cool. … Continue reading
I was nervous about watching Amazon’s heavily-touted new film, Sylvie’s Love. Looked kinda like people trying to win Oscars and a musical version of The Help. I figured it would be patronizing and shallow and full of cliches. Yup, it is. … Continue reading
I’m on vacation. So permit me three bits of heresy. I watched the two movies “out” this weekend: Wonder Woman 1984 and Soul. According to the Internet Soul is the greatest movie ever made and WW84 is the worst. I disagree. After the … Continue reading
A little over a year ago I published my “Christmas List,” a list of things one must see and do between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Or else let’s face it, Christmas isn’t really here. There are TV specials and movies to … Continue reading
From Twitter: Happiness is a new book and an old pack of cards. … Continue reading
Even if you know nothing about jazz. Even if you don’t know who Dave Brubeck is. Even if you’ve been on another planet the past 60 years with your fingers in your ears… you’ve heard the standard “Take Five” and, … Continue reading