"I'm a Star, a Star...a bright shining Star"....the Great Sam Bam...."World Trade Center"= grade A flick....etc.
1) Little League....Oh what a feelin': Portsmouth, NH gets into World Series, helped by a DQ "Win" over Vermont.
Vermont forgot to use one of its players and the NH "Coaches" caught it after NH fell behind in the last inning. So both teams were "coached" to try to lengthen/shorten the game. What a farce. Writers are criticizing the rule responsible for this joke. Rule? No....it's the "Coaches" of 11 and 12 year olds who instill in normal children the "win at all costs" mindset that gets 0.000001 percent of them into professional careers of indeterminate lengths.
And that "waac" attitude by youth "coaches" and parents is likely the main reason that the majority of teenagers give up competitive sports when they realize they won't make high school varsity teams.
2) saw the "Boogie Nights" DVD the other night....
....And still consider the 1997 release one of the great films of the last 15 years. Paul Thomas Anderson is supposed to be quite the handful to work with and for, but he certainly has made some outstanding films: "Hard Eight", "Boogie Nights", "Magnolia" and even the strangely fascinating "Punch-Drunk Love".
Who but Mark Wahlberg could play Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler/Brock Landers? Great choice of a then inexperienced Wahlberg by PTA. And John C. Reilly's gag reel is hilarious. This is a guy who needs to do more comedy (see "Talladega Nights").
PTA is working on a new film, a period piece that will be a new experience for him. Looking forward to "There will be Blood". And you know the music will be great. That's always a given with PTA's films.
3) Received "Turning of the Tide" in the mail today: a new book about the famous 1970 college football clash between an integrated and awesomely talented USC team and Bear Bryant's all white "Bama squad. The reason it hits home for me, partly, is the role played by the greatest Patriot running back of all: Sam "Bam" Cunningham. He ran roughshod over (and over and over) the tough but overmatched Alabama defense in 'SC's 42-21 victory. Cunningham is still a legend down South, as the opening chapter describes his return in 2003 to watch a USC-Auburn game. He was treated as a conquering hero by the taxi driver when Cunningham's friend told the driver he was carrying football royalty: a tour of Montgomery, where middle aged and older blacks told him how much that one game meant to them and their state. The same thing happened at his restaurant and hotel.
Pats fans remember Sam Bam's nine years with fondness. Despite being a West Coast guy through and through, Cunningham was a loyal Patriot through some thin and some fat years in Foxboro. No Super Bowls, but a legacy of class and greatness.
Looking forward to devouring what should be a tasty meal of a book...
4) Saw "World Trade Center" today. Terrific film.
Oliver Stone even had a couple of Marines come to the rescue of the trapped Port Authority cops. Marines. Guess he is over the whole "4th of July"/"Platoon"/"JFK" deal. Good to see him make a basic movie movie. No conspiracy stuff. Just an entertaining, moving flick that I recommend highly. And he even got a good performance out of Nic Cage, who seems to have jumped the shark (do I use that phrase a tad too often?) with his revolving marraiges and strange choice of roles (that mandolin film, the car thief one, etc.).
Definately a multiple hankie movie for both her and him.
5) Repeat after me: "The Red Sox are not dead....the Red Sox are not dead...the Red Sox are not dead."
Something good has to happen. It just has to. No way am I going to my grave with only one World Series Championship t-shirt on. I want multiple t's!
I always say that a baseball team is never as good as they look during a streak, good or bad. With about six weeks left in the regular season, there is still time for the pitching to somewhat right itself, though how Timlin, Beckett and others are going to regain or even gain a groove...I don't know. But Theo and John Henry bought themselves a lot of leeway with the 04 title, and deserve our support.
6) The most beautiful weather of the year awaits us. Take comfort in that, even if the Sox do sink.
The next two months; from mid August until mid October, see the most 65 to 80 degree, sunshiny days of the year. Time to drink it in if you can.
Vermont forgot to use one of its players and the NH "Coaches" caught it after NH fell behind in the last inning. So both teams were "coached" to try to lengthen/shorten the game. What a farce. Writers are criticizing the rule responsible for this joke. Rule? No....it's the "Coaches" of 11 and 12 year olds who instill in normal children the "win at all costs" mindset that gets 0.000001 percent of them into professional careers of indeterminate lengths.
And that "waac" attitude by youth "coaches" and parents is likely the main reason that the majority of teenagers give up competitive sports when they realize they won't make high school varsity teams.
2) saw the "Boogie Nights" DVD the other night....
....And still consider the 1997 release one of the great films of the last 15 years. Paul Thomas Anderson is supposed to be quite the handful to work with and for, but he certainly has made some outstanding films: "Hard Eight", "Boogie Nights", "Magnolia" and even the strangely fascinating "Punch-Drunk Love".
Who but Mark Wahlberg could play Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler/Brock Landers? Great choice of a then inexperienced Wahlberg by PTA. And John C. Reilly's gag reel is hilarious. This is a guy who needs to do more comedy (see "Talladega Nights").
PTA is working on a new film, a period piece that will be a new experience for him. Looking forward to "There will be Blood". And you know the music will be great. That's always a given with PTA's films.
3) Received "Turning of the Tide" in the mail today: a new book about the famous 1970 college football clash between an integrated and awesomely talented USC team and Bear Bryant's all white "Bama squad. The reason it hits home for me, partly, is the role played by the greatest Patriot running back of all: Sam "Bam" Cunningham. He ran roughshod over (and over and over) the tough but overmatched Alabama defense in 'SC's 42-21 victory. Cunningham is still a legend down South, as the opening chapter describes his return in 2003 to watch a USC-Auburn game. He was treated as a conquering hero by the taxi driver when Cunningham's friend told the driver he was carrying football royalty: a tour of Montgomery, where middle aged and older blacks told him how much that one game meant to them and their state. The same thing happened at his restaurant and hotel.
Pats fans remember Sam Bam's nine years with fondness. Despite being a West Coast guy through and through, Cunningham was a loyal Patriot through some thin and some fat years in Foxboro. No Super Bowls, but a legacy of class and greatness.
Looking forward to devouring what should be a tasty meal of a book...
4) Saw "World Trade Center" today. Terrific film.
Oliver Stone even had a couple of Marines come to the rescue of the trapped Port Authority cops. Marines. Guess he is over the whole "4th of July"/"Platoon"/"JFK" deal. Good to see him make a basic movie movie. No conspiracy stuff. Just an entertaining, moving flick that I recommend highly. And he even got a good performance out of Nic Cage, who seems to have jumped the shark (do I use that phrase a tad too often?) with his revolving marraiges and strange choice of roles (that mandolin film, the car thief one, etc.).
Definately a multiple hankie movie for both her and him.
5) Repeat after me: "The Red Sox are not dead....the Red Sox are not dead...the Red Sox are not dead."
Something good has to happen. It just has to. No way am I going to my grave with only one World Series Championship t-shirt on. I want multiple t's!
I always say that a baseball team is never as good as they look during a streak, good or bad. With about six weeks left in the regular season, there is still time for the pitching to somewhat right itself, though how Timlin, Beckett and others are going to regain or even gain a groove...I don't know. But Theo and John Henry bought themselves a lot of leeway with the 04 title, and deserve our support.
6) The most beautiful weather of the year awaits us. Take comfort in that, even if the Sox do sink.
The next two months; from mid August until mid October, see the most 65 to 80 degree, sunshiny days of the year. Time to drink it in if you can.
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