Technically, tweet of the day, but who’s counting?
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— Josh Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) January 7, 2015
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Quote of the day.
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015The Shipping News.
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015Hmmmm. Hmmmm. Hmmmm. Why, indeed, did “The Last Ship” fail (and cost the show’s producers their entire $15 million investment), even though Sting himself joined the cast?
Could this be…a clue?
Obit watch: January 5, 2015.
Monday, January 5th, 2015Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945, television personality, and political figure, passed away on December 14th, though her death was not widely reported until today.
“a pernicious confirmation of the values of a morally bankrupt middle class.”
Friday, January 2nd, 2015Confession: I have not read all of this yet, but I am linking it here. I think some people will be interested in it.
New Yorker discussion of Michael Moorcock, “The Anti-Tolkien”. The title of this post is a direct quote from Moorcock, as is this:
Obit watch: January 2, 2015.
Friday, January 2nd, 2015Not this crap again.
Wednesday, December 31st, 2014…
Because of the quantity of meat stolen, [APD Detective Ricky] Jones said it was a safe assumption that Avery was selling the meat to a restaurant.
“I have yet to know a person who could eat that much meat in that short of a time,” Jones said.
I was going to offer to introduce Detective Jones to Lawrence, but “that much meat”, in this case, is entire shopping carts full. I can honestly say I have never seen Lawrence eat an entire shopping cart full of meat.
When he is successful, Avery would make off with upwards of $900 in meat in each theft, Jones said.
Previously on WCD. When they catch Avery, I will be interested in seeing if APD manages to track down his customers. Granted, it doesn’t seem like this is pants meat, but I’m sure the restaurants in question had no idea how long Avery and company were driving around with their stolen briskets.
Edited to add 1/5/2015: Avery is now in custody. The briskets are safe.
Down to the sea.
Wednesday, December 31st, 2014I hope all my readers are either enjoying a day off, or a quiet day at work if they have to work.
To fill time, I offer this long but fascinating piece from the NYT, “The Wreck of the Kulluk“.
The Kulluk was a drilling rig that Shell bought for use in the Arctic. Things did not go well at first. Then they started going badly. Then things got really bad.
There are times when I think it’d be interesting to become a seaman. Then I read things like this or Wired‘s story about the Cougar Ace and I remember why I didn’t choose that career.
Obit watch: December 31, 2014.
Wednesday, December 31st, 2014I’ve seen coverage of this elsewhere, but I wanted to note it here.
Christine Cavanaugh, noted voice actress, passed away on the 22nd, though her death wasn’t widely reported until yesterday. Her major credits included the voice of “Babe” in the first movie, the voice of Marty Sherman on “The Critic”, and the voice of Dexter in “Dexter’s Laboratory”.
ETA: A/V Club.
More obit watch.
Tuesday, December 30th, 2014The LAT is reporting the death of Luise Rainer at the age of 104.
I’d never heard of Ms. Rainer until I read her obit, but she’s one of those interesting Hollywood stories. She started out acting on the stage in Germany, was signed by MGM and came to Hollywood in 1935, won two consecutive Academy Awards (Best Actress, 1936, “The Great Ziegfeld”, and Best Actress, 1937, “The Good Earth”)…
…and then pretty much disappeared from Hollywood.
She was unhappily married to Clifford Odets for a time.
Edited to add: Very nice McFadden obit from the NYT.
Obit watch: December 30, 2014.
Tuesday, December 30th, 2014Mr. Dowd was the NYPD detective who led the task force that caught David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz.
This brought a smile to my face:
Ms. Begg [Mr. Dowd’s daughter – DB] said in an interview on Monday that her father had disdained television dramas about the police because they were unrealistic about police work — all except one, she said: “Columbo.” That series, especially popular in the 1970s, starred Peter Falk as an untidy, seemingly distracted detective in Los Angeles who solved cases by poking around in a practiced but random fashion and stumbling in the direction of a solution.
“That’s how it’s done,” she said her father explained to her.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (part 3)
Monday, December 29th, 2014Bloody Monday.
Monday, December 29th, 2014This is your official NFL firings thread, which will be updated through the day as more people get the axe.
Jim Harbaugh was well reported yesterday (I was out and about). Technically, they’re making noises like it wasn’t a firing, but I still count it as one.
Rex Ryan and John Idzik (the general manager) are confirmed out at the Jets. No great shock.
Mike Smith is out at Atlanta: the press conference is at 11 AM Eastern, but ESPN has the press release.
Marc Trestman and Phil Emery (the general manager) are both out in Chicago, according to “sources”.