“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.
Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.
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I liked it, although I usually find Annette Bening maddening for some reason; she doesn’t have much range and she’s often too whiny for me. I’d have preferred to see a movie all about the Lilly character, though. (8/26/05)
Thanks to Reader Gretchen, I have more Bob Uecker-iana than some Brewers fans: multiple bobbles, a Uecker Magic 8 Ball, and an old-school alarm clock that ticks so loudly I had to banish it from …
I’ve (re-)discovered a few things over the course of the recent Days Of Rage. Some of them are great!
Pizza, TV, a lunatic Frenchman in ballet slippers, and a makeshift cake. “Welcome Back,” indeed.
Dear Sars,
I was surprised and delighted to learn that there’s new Vine material when I checked in recently for the annual 9/11 essay. Yay! I used to LIVE for Vine day. You have no idea. …
