more than you needed to know about the champions league final four which starts tomorrow. the first leg of the undercard juventus v real madrid starts at 245 while the main event between barcelona and bayern munich has the same start time on wednesday.

looks to be an interesting multi-arts festival in detroit.

really enjoyed the magnus nilsson episode of the chef's table docu-series on netflix. he runs faviken in the middle of nowhere sweden. dishes on the menu include warm marrowbone which is extracted from a cow's shinbone using a two-man saw in the middle of the dining room itself.

also good was the first one, on massimo bottura.

lets do the numbers

cutaway

wow. just flicked on an nba playoff game for the last 20 seconds. final score 120 - 66. thats like a blow out high school game. third largest playoff point differential.

i made the unfortunate error of being kind today. someones mail has been forwarded to my box for the last couple of days and i was able to track them down via google and twitter. now im sitting around waiting for a text and then ill have to deal with talking to someone for upwards to two minutes. that she is an attractive brasilian born actress only makes it more of an inconvenience. thankfully her imdb page only has one notable listing and that was as eye candy for a scene in an iron man movie. but really the worst part is that her spelling is atrocious which i guess can be forgiven considering her backround but misspelling instagram in your twitter header is just flat out negligent.

via Rachael

old timey southern pimento spread 
via adman

so experiencing some sort of aura at the moment. not nearly as vivid as the picture but im glad i was able to quickly identify it. it has mostly dissipated now but was a little discomfiting for about 15 minutes.

Judith miller on lopate today wnyc noon
 

the optimists creed
 

Watching turn: washington's spies. pretty good. rich with new englandal flair. 

McCollum
 

first they came for the almonds and i said nothing

then they came for the avocados....

portland's new baseball team announced their nickname today
the portland pickles
 

only one unique tree dweller....

Here's a write up I particularly like....

lot of backstory for these game of thrones eps that non-book readers like myself are missing.

tomorrow - timbers v nycfc @ yankee stadium

grazin tribeca

post mortems for the elmore leonard-adapted series justified which ended pretty satisfyingly last night. and a considered look at netflixs first marvel property, daredevil, which has outstripped the other marvel properties currently cluttering up the televisual landscape.

i just saw that the first four episodes of this seasons game of thrones leaked (four episodes were sent out to reviewers) although as far as i can see they are in standard def. can i resist? has anyone in the history of time faced a more fraught dilemma?

i havent read the whole article but i was struck by the infographic which delineates that the average republican congress critter today is to the right of reagan and gingrich. interesting also that barry goldwater, the original conservative standard bearer, was the most conservative presidential candidate until ted cruz.