J’s Notes

The understated emphasis of the greatness of Jay.

Shaun Alexander’s a Redskin

The Redskins have signed former MVP Shaun Alexander.  Which leads me to wonder: who got hurt?

The Millions: Haruki Murakami

The Millions has a great wrapup of Haruki Murakami in Berkley, CA.  Murakami is the author of such great works as Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and seems to give fascinating discussions.  One thing he said that stands out to me:
On his next novel: He finished it [...]

Ask Me Something

It’s Wednesday and at another site I used to do this thing where I’d ask the audience to ask me a question that I would then answer.  It helps create a little bit of interaction between I the writer and you the reader as well as give me something to do in the middle of [...]

On The Banner

Matt asks:
Where’s the header in your blog template from? Anything famous or just something you scrounged up? Was it a pain photoshop’ing yourself into it?
The banner is Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” (which you can read an interesting history of here). I’m not really big into art, but I’ve always dug Hopper’s work and he is the [...]

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LA vs. Philly

Brian asks:
Will the Phillies put away the Dodgers tonight?
I hope not.  I’m rooting for the Dodgers, not only because they were my first favorite baseball team (1988-1989) but because I want Joe Torre to do well (and maybe those former Red Sox player too).
But I think Philly will pull it off and lose to Tampa [...]