Another Good One From The Twins
Carew, Killebrew, Oliva, and Hrbek as Jedi-like sages in the new Twins commercial. Pretty good.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Constant Contenders For Homers Of The Month
Tonight on WCCO-AM, the unintentional comedy act of Wally Shaver and Glen Sonmor wasted no time in getting on with their usual hijinks in tonight's Minnesota vs. Boston College game. About four minutes in after a penalty was called on the Gophers ...
Shaver: C'mon referree! It's a physical game!
Sonmor: Yeah! That was brutal!
Tonight on WCCO-AM, the unintentional comedy act of Wally Shaver and Glen Sonmor wasted no time in getting on with their usual hijinks in tonight's Minnesota vs. Boston College game. About four minutes in after a penalty was called on the Gophers ...
Shaver: C'mon referree! It's a physical game!
Sonmor: Yeah! That was brutal!
Madison Is A Badgers Town, Not A Hockey Town
The North Dakota vs. Princeton NCAA Midwest regional game this afternoon at the Kohl Center is sparsely attented. No doubt the building will be full tonight when Wisconsin faces Denver. I'm certain that folks had to buy a package that included tickets for all three games this weekend, so the National Communists Against Athletes (tip o' the pen to Brian Bosworth) will get what they want as far as ticket purchases. Too bad Mankato State had to get screwed as a result.
The North Dakota vs. Princeton NCAA Midwest regional game this afternoon at the Kohl Center is sparsely attented. No doubt the building will be full tonight when Wisconsin faces Denver. I'm certain that folks had to buy a package that included tickets for all three games this weekend, so the National Communists Against Athletes (tip o' the pen to Brian Bosworth) will get what they want as far as ticket purchases. Too bad Mankato State had to get screwed as a result.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Homer Of The Month?
(or)
Tuomala Tempts NCAA Regionals Fate By Mocking Gophers
I just submitted a nomination to Homersota.com for Homer of the Month for Strib Gopher hockey beat writer Roman Augustoviz.
Last Saturday he referred to a four-game winning streak by Minnesota in the WCHA playoffs as "wondrous, magical." Then today he bagged a three-quarters-of-a-page breakdown of said winning streak, without mentioning that the streak ended when the Gophers lost to Denver last Saturday.
In WCHA towns that actually have good teams, a four-game winning streak is simply called "consecutive weekends."
(or)
Tuomala Tempts NCAA Regionals Fate By Mocking Gophers
I just submitted a nomination to Homersota.com for Homer of the Month for Strib Gopher hockey beat writer Roman Augustoviz.
Last Saturday he referred to a four-game winning streak by Minnesota in the WCHA playoffs as "wondrous, magical." Then today he bagged a three-quarters-of-a-page breakdown of said winning streak, without mentioning that the streak ended when the Gophers lost to Denver last Saturday.
In WCHA towns that actually have good teams, a four-game winning streak is simply called "consecutive weekends."
Internet Finally Reaches Its Potential
If the only thing missing from your life is a message board dedicated to The White Shadow, now you are set with Carver Chat.
If the only thing missing from your life is a message board dedicated to The White Shadow, now you are set with Carver Chat.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Okay Google, You Win
I use my Google account to write thesegenius inspired witty brief blog entries and to do some calendar and documents stuff with a couple of accounting clients. But I used to always log out after doing my Google work as I didn't like the idea of the folks at Google having a log of what I searched for using their search engine.
But lately I noticed that when logged out, Google would continually turn my image search filtering preference to "safe." So in turn, I would continually have to go into my preferences and change it to "do not filter my search results." Last night I finally gave up and decided to always be logged into Google. Tonight I looked for photos of Katarina Witt and some of them are unfiltered in the very best way. Click, click, click ... hell, yeah! There goes that run for the Senate. Happy, Google??
I use my Google account to write these
But lately I noticed that when logged out, Google would continually turn my image search filtering preference to "safe." So in turn, I would continually have to go into my preferences and change it to "do not filter my search results." Last night I finally gave up and decided to always be logged into Google. Tonight I looked for photos of Katarina Witt and some of them are unfiltered in the very best way. Click, click, click ... hell, yeah! There goes that run for the Senate. Happy, Google??
I Love Stuff Like This
I'm reading Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets by David Simon. It was the real-life basis for the fictional Homicide television show and of course Simon went on the create The Wire.
One of the detectives in the book is Sergeant Jay Landsman, who is the basis for a character also named Jay Landsman in the fictional universe of The Wire. The real-life Jay Landsman has a role in the show, playing a uniformed lieutenant.
It gets better. John Munch from Homicide is based on the real Landsman and the character Munch appeared in whopping eight different TV series (I remember seeing him in The X-Files, but missed him in Arrested Development) ... including most recently in The Wire, lecturing a bartender on what it means to be a regular. So The Wire had: A character named Jay Landsman based on Jay Landsman, the real Jay Landsman portraying another character, and a cameo by a fictional character that was based on Jay Landsman. Yeah!
I'm reading Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets by David Simon. It was the real-life basis for the fictional Homicide television show and of course Simon went on the create The Wire.
One of the detectives in the book is Sergeant Jay Landsman, who is the basis for a character also named Jay Landsman in the fictional universe of The Wire. The real-life Jay Landsman has a role in the show, playing a uniformed lieutenant.
It gets better. John Munch from Homicide is based on the real Landsman and the character Munch appeared in whopping eight different TV series (I remember seeing him in The X-Files, but missed him in Arrested Development) ... including most recently in The Wire, lecturing a bartender on what it means to be a regular. So The Wire had: A character named Jay Landsman based on Jay Landsman, the real Jay Landsman portraying another character, and a cameo by a fictional character that was based on Jay Landsman. Yeah!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
"Ladies And Gentlemen, Look At That. You Can't See That, I'm On Radio."
I watched Slap Shot again last night and while this could have been a long post, I'll keep it to a couple of things.
1) This movie features three of the great character actors:
- Strother Martin, who you may also know as the captain in Cool Hand Luke, as Chiefs GM Joe McGrath.
- M. Emmet Walsh, who you may also know as Bryant in Blade Runner, as affable sportswriter Dickie Dunn.
- Paul Dooley, who you also may know as Cheryl's Dad in Curb Your Enthusiasm, as the Hyannisport announcer who utters the legendary lines: "The fans are standing up to them. The security guards are standing up to them. The peanut vendors are standing up to them! If I could get down there, I'd be standing up to them!" (His "you can't see that, I'm on radio" line is incorrectly referenced in the ESPN link below as being said by the Chiefs home radio voice.)
2) ESPN Page 2 has a great "reel life vs. real life" breakdown of the film, much of which was lifted from actual minor league occurrences.
I watched Slap Shot again last night and while this could have been a long post, I'll keep it to a couple of things.
1) This movie features three of the great character actors:
- Strother Martin, who you may also know as the captain in Cool Hand Luke, as Chiefs GM Joe McGrath.
- M. Emmet Walsh, who you may also know as Bryant in Blade Runner, as affable sportswriter Dickie Dunn.
- Paul Dooley, who you also may know as Cheryl's Dad in Curb Your Enthusiasm, as the Hyannisport announcer who utters the legendary lines: "The fans are standing up to them. The security guards are standing up to them. The peanut vendors are standing up to them! If I could get down there, I'd be standing up to them!" (His "you can't see that, I'm on radio" line is incorrectly referenced in the ESPN link below as being said by the Chiefs home radio voice.)
2) ESPN Page 2 has a great "reel life vs. real life" breakdown of the film, much of which was lifted from actual minor league occurrences.
Monday, March 17, 2008
As Always, My Face Is Radio Ready
Nowhere Band, the comic by Keith Pille mentioned here a couple of weeks ago, was featured on Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered program today. (Audio link at the top of that linked page.) They used a couple of my quotes from a brief phone interview this morning.
Congrats to Keith on the coverage.
Nowhere Band, the comic by Keith Pille mentioned here a couple of weeks ago, was featured on Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered program today. (Audio link at the top of that linked page.) They used a couple of my quotes from a brief phone interview this morning.
Congrats to Keith on the coverage.
The Top 30 Rock Books I Own: #7 Mystery Train
Title: Mystery Train
Author: Greil Marcus
Year Originally Published: 1975
Edition I Own: Penguin Group, Third Edition, 1990
What They Say: 1) The New York Times: "Should be read by anyone who cares about America or its music." (No link, this is on the back cover of my edition.) 2) The editors of The Rolling Stone Record Guide (the first red one): "A work of scholarship and passion ... the first book to fit rock into the currents of traditional American culture and thought."
Tuomala's Attempt At A Take: I'm pretty sure that this is the only book by Marcus where he doesn't mention the French Situationists.
Title: Mystery Train
Author: Greil Marcus
Year Originally Published: 1975
Edition I Own: Penguin Group, Third Edition, 1990
What They Say: 1) The New York Times: "Should be read by anyone who cares about America or its music." (No link, this is on the back cover of my edition.) 2) The editors of The Rolling Stone Record Guide (the first red one): "A work of scholarship and passion ... the first book to fit rock into the currents of traditional American culture and thought."
Tuomala's Attempt At A Take: I'm pretty sure that this is the only book by Marcus where he doesn't mention the French Situationists.
It's Funny Because It's True
Guinness has an online petition to make St. Patrick's Day an official holiday. Bad idea. Why? Because I'm not Irish and aside from the Irish wakes held for passed-on detectives on The Wire, I find Irish-American kitchiness rather boring. Rather we make election day an official holiday, right?
And the Onion nailed St. Patrick's Day perfectly back in '99.
Guinness has an online petition to make St. Patrick's Day an official holiday. Bad idea. Why? Because I'm not Irish and aside from the Irish wakes held for passed-on detectives on The Wire, I find Irish-American kitchiness rather boring. Rather we make election day an official holiday, right?
And the Onion nailed St. Patrick's Day perfectly back in '99.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Happy St. Urho's Day!
Tonight I celebrated St. Urho's Day with the traditional meal of General Tso's Chicken, fried rice, and an eggroll. Alas, I seemed to have lost my recipe for fish stew.
My favorite Finlander joke (courtesy of my Uncle Stan):
Did you know that George Custer was a Finlander? And that his boots were too small? Yep, his last words were: "Dese Siouxs are killin' me!"
Tonight I celebrated St. Urho's Day with the traditional meal of General Tso's Chicken, fried rice, and an eggroll. Alas, I seemed to have lost my recipe for fish stew.
My favorite Finlander joke (courtesy of my Uncle Stan):
Did you know that George Custer was a Finlander? And that his boots were too small? Yep, his last words were: "Dese Siouxs are killin' me!"
Sunday Hockey Can Be Depressing
The Sioux were absolutely Gophers-like tonight by blowing a two-goal lead against Michigan Tech and then losing in overtime. So now we'll have a series-deciding game on Sunday night. Do I drink during that game or not? I have a 11:00 a.m. meeting with a client on Monday morning, and 11:00 to me is like 9:00 (or 8:00, depending upon the spirits) for all you straight folks with real jobs. Decisions, decisions.
On a lighter note - instead of growing playoff beards, the Sioux are growing playoff mustaches. Yeah, pretty cheesy but better than the Gophers' move to dye their hair blonde last playoff season. There was an interview with UND's Matt Watkins in tonight's game and with a mustache he looks like the great Paul Giamatti!
Update: Opening face-off is seconds away and I'm starting the game off with some coffee. St. Urho's Day plus Sioux hockey = caffeine for some reason.
Update #2: Sioux squeak by Tech 2-1 to win the series and advance to the WCHA Final Five. I just cracked a Heineken, I haven't been so nervous during a Sioux game since last year's Frozen Four. T.J. Oshie scored both Sioux goals and TV color man Jimmy Scanlan quoted the legendary Gino Gasparini: "In a one-game playoff, you are only as good as your best player."
The Sioux were absolutely Gophers-like tonight by blowing a two-goal lead against Michigan Tech and then losing in overtime. So now we'll have a series-deciding game on Sunday night. Do I drink during that game or not? I have a 11:00 a.m. meeting with a client on Monday morning, and 11:00 to me is like 9:00 (or 8:00, depending upon the spirits) for all you straight folks with real jobs. Decisions, decisions.
On a lighter note - instead of growing playoff beards, the Sioux are growing playoff mustaches. Yeah, pretty cheesy but better than the Gophers' move to dye their hair blonde last playoff season. There was an interview with UND's Matt Watkins in tonight's game and with a mustache he looks like the great Paul Giamatti!
Update: Opening face-off is seconds away and I'm starting the game off with some coffee. St. Urho's Day plus Sioux hockey = caffeine for some reason.
Update #2: Sioux squeak by Tech 2-1 to win the series and advance to the WCHA Final Five. I just cracked a Heineken, I haven't been so nervous during a Sioux game since last year's Frozen Four. T.J. Oshie scored both Sioux goals and TV color man Jimmy Scanlan quoted the legendary Gino Gasparini: "In a one-game playoff, you are only as good as your best player."
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