fwiw, this was written by baseball stats guru, bill james:
"That's the thing about regulating conduct; there is always some conduct that doesn't get policed. When baseball effectively prohibited its players from defending their good names with physical threats and small weapons, this in essence required the players to put up with verbal abuse from fat, pimply guys whom they could have very easily beaten the grits out of. People say things in public all the time now for which, if you had said them 40 years ago, somebody would have kicked your ass. We've regulated the ass-kicking, so the rudeness is out of control, and we wind up with Keith Olbermann and Rush Limbaugh doing political commentary that falls in the same general class as drunken, shirtless bellowing."
Chocolate skulls
i feel like im on the back lot today as they shoot two scenes for now you see me outside my window. i very much appreciated the 15 minutes of unobstructed views the universe afforded me of a smiley isla fisher. now i can say i know how sasha baron cohen feels as he self satisfyingly stares down at his wife from the window in the second floor bathroom of their well appointed home as she sits by the pool amused by their guests, will ferrell and owen wilson.
not as revery inducing was the slightly obstructed view of woody harrelson's bald spot.
sounds like its a rap...
Field Guide to the Verizon/Specturmco/Cox deal. Doesn't sound good.
Just watched Game Change. Fucking terrifying.
There's no gentle way to put this, so I'll just say it: I think everyone who watched this unfold believed that they had just seen a player die. Muamba had had a heart attack, was the (correct, as it turned out) assumption. On Twitter, in forums, and I imagine in a thousand conversations, there was optimism, but it was mostly of the hoping-against-hope variety. Something to cling to when you know that no one's supposed to die on a sports field.
i moved the story for no good reason.
Kutsher's. Underwhelming, although the veal tongue was an exception. The pastrami is absolutely shamed by Katz's, although I guess most pastrami is. Not the worst meal I've ever had but I doubt I'll go back. There may possibly be a curse on the space (previously Mai House.)
oh nooes!
mondays this march on tcm are british new wave films. billy liar is on at 1030. its a good flick but watch it for no other reason than its julie christie's breakthrough role.
starbucks entering the juice game.
Been hoping for pics of the interior and back of this house.
DIY kale chips rock
I just watched Mon oncle Antoine on Hulu plus. Made in 1971, It's regarded as one of the best films to come out of Canada. Kind of a meandering plot but had me hooked immediately.
Due to my utter lack of knowledge on the subject of Quebec's Quiet Revolution, and a contemporary-looking coke sign that snuck past the production designer, I didn't realize it was a period piece, set in the late 1940's.
Due to my utter lack of knowledge on the subject of Quebec's Quiet Revolution, and a contemporary-looking coke sign that snuck past the production designer, I didn't realize it was a period piece, set in the late 1940's.
You can now go to Google, search for images, then drag an image to the space below the search bar, and you can get an answer if it is out there...
"pastries?"
Rothko show in Portland is wonderful, great year by year view of his work....
Serra where
By Tiffany Hsu
February 27, 2012, 12:32 p.m.
Restaurant visits have fallen across the country since the recession, and the bulk of those lost customers – 87% – abandoned independent eateries.
Americans ate out 60.6 billion times last year, according to research company the NPD Group. That’s down from 62.7 billion in 2008 and flat compared to 2010.
Of the 2.1 billion visits lost, 2 billion would have been to independent establishments.
Instead, consumers are patronizing larger restaurant chains, which have added 4,511 units since 2009. But from fall of 2008, more than 7,000 independent eateries have closed. Last year alone, visits to chain restaurants were up 1% while meals at standalone businesses slumped 4%.
Small restaurant operations now make up 27% of the U.S. restaurant industry after steadily losing market share to chains.
“Independent restaurant operators have neither the money nor resources that the chains have,” says Bonnie Riggs, an analyst with NPD in a statement. “They lacked the marketing power to drive traffic and the monetary buffer to get through the difficult times during the past several years.”
