I’ve had an ad up on Craigslist for a couple days now, but I thought I’d link to it here because I’m hoping there’s a reader out there who will want one of the items. I’m selling my kitchen table and chairs, desk and chair, and kitchen cart, and I’m hoping to do so before the weekend. Prices and sizes and other details (including pictures) can be found here. Please let me know if you’re interested. Thanks.
Some people like him and some people hate him, but I’m in the group that is upset about today’s news regarding longtime channel 4 sportscaster Bob Lobel, who, along with Scott Wahle and entertainment reporter Joyce Kulhawik, was let go by the station. I’m not going to get all mushy and teary-eyed about his departure, but I did always enjoy Bob’s good humor and his knowledgeable reporting. Lobel was a fun guy to watch, and I’ll miss seeing him on the air.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: you’ve gotta love George Clooney. Nearly everything the guy does is classic and cool, not to mention totally retro. The way he dresses, the way he interacts with the press and the public, and especially the choices he makes in terms of movies — it’s all a throwback to a way things used to be.
His first two directorial efforts, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck were informed by a classic sensibility and took place in an earlier time. Now, with Leatherheads, Clooney’s third film behind the lens, it’s clear he’s not quite done with the past. And I’m not complaining.
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If you saw a front-page newspaper headline blaring “Honey, I Duct-Taped the Kids!” and were given the page number where you’d find the story about how a mother bound her kids to chairs and then posted the pics on MySpace, what would you expect to find there?
Pictures, right?
Not if you read the Boston Herald today. There are no pictures to be found. Bummer. I mean, not that I endorse this behavior at all. I find it reprehensible, as I’m sure everyone does.
But that part of me that’s fond of the salacious and unsavory behavior of people with no brains wanted to see the pics. Continue reading
Now that Opening Day is here and more teams than just the Red Sox are playing baseball games that count, I think that makes it official: Spring is here!
Forget Christmastime — but just for a minute. This is the most wonderful time of the year. Baseball is back! Hooray!
Don’t watch this if you’re SHOMER SHABBOS! Especially not if you’re SHOMER F’ING SHABBOS!
Funny thing about closings: They’re pretty anti-climactic.
The hard work and discussion and heavy lifting had all taken place earlier as the process moved along.
All that was left was for me to hand over some money and sign lots and lots of documents.
So, I sat there at the table on Thursday signing page after page, initialing here, giving my full name there.
Meanwhile, my broker and my lending agent just sat and watched.
The whole thing took about a half hour and was really no big deal. We laughed, we joked.
It was actually fun.
And then, without warning, my lawyer stopped passing documents my way and I actually had to ask him, “Is that it?”
And that was it.
Without fanfare or a marking of the significance, I became a homeowner.
Just like that.
Not that I expected trumpets or balloons or even confetti, but, you know, this is a pretty big deal and it pretty much just passed. Continue reading
Good news: The Boston Phoenix again left me off their list of the 100 unsexiest men of the year, instead choosing to give the distinction to folks like Mike Huckabee, Project Runway winner Christian Siriano, and Bret Michaels. But I’m confused. The Phoenix thinks I’m not unsexy, and People thinks I’m not sexy enough. Does that make me just average?
‘Twas the night before closing
And all through my place,
The boxes are sitting here
Taking up space.
They’re all in the way,
There’s nothing inside.
“You’ve got to start packing!”
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I must really be tapping into something here. Yesterday Boston.com and UniversalHub.com linked to me, driving more than 500 hits to this very blog. Now today, Globe critic Ty Burr is linking here from his own blog on Boston.com. I guess I must be doing something right. And thanks to someone named Brian Keaney for alerting Ty about my post.
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