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Sleep
February 13, 2025 – 1:18 PM | 10 Comments
Sleep

Whether it’s a noun, plus what to read if you can’t.

Bob & David & Pete & Donald
January 17, 2025 – 3:48 PM | 5 Comments
Bob & David & Pete & Donald

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 …

Order Of The Shallows: French Open 2018
June 4, 2018 – 1:07 PM | 3 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: French Open 2018

Mais oui, we’re back at Roland Garros!

Order Of The Shallows: The 22s Of MLB
May 22, 2018 – 8:20 AM | 2 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: The 22s Of MLB

Ranking the major-league gents wearing the double deuce.

Met-lediction: Is There A Curse Of Flushing?
April 13, 2018 – 10:37 AM | No Comment
Met-lediction: Is There A Curse Of Flushing?

Listen to my presentation from the 2018 Baseball In Literature And Culture conference!

MASTAS 91: Ranking The 91st Oscars’ Best Song Nominees
February 28, 2018 – 12:09 PM | No Comment
MASTAS 91: Ranking The 91st Oscars’ Best Song Nominees

Joe Reid joins Mark and Sarah for a ranking — and handicapping — of this year’s Best Song candidates.

Order Of The Shallows: Australian Open 2018
January 22, 2018 – 12:17 PM | 2 Comments
Order Of The Shallows: Australian Open 2018

New year, new rankings…new blood on the panel!

The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: Star Wars: A New Hope
December 15, 2017 – 12:17 PM | 11 Comments
The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: <em>Star Wars: A New Hope</em>

Stay on target…stay on target…

The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: Napoleon Dynamite
November 9, 2017 – 8:48 AM | 9 Comments
The Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: <em>Napoleon Dynamite</em>

Gosh!

Poppy-Fields Movies: The Couch Of Fame
November 9, 2017 – 5:03 AM | 109 Comments
Poppy-Fields Movies: The Couch Of Fame

6/5/17: Your objection to The Firm not being on the PFM Couch Of Fame…is sustained!