Went to see Serenity last night, by myself because all of the people coming out to see have decided to wait until tonight. Fine. Unfortunately, the Tigers game got delayed ... and delayed ... and delayed ( Read more... )

... unless you win, of course.  Just ask Jim Leyland, manager of the newly crowned American League Champions, the Detroit Tigers.   Leyland is famous in baseball circles for his propensity for tears when he talks about how proud he is of his players or his staff or his fans.  Last night, even some of the players had tears in their eyes or lumps in ( Read more... )

This season has been a cornucopia of wonderful TV writing! From Studio 60 to Smith to Heroes of the new shows and then Bones to BSG to Grey's Anatomy for returning shows, I'm having a hard time figuring out what to drop. And I have to drop something, there aren't enough hours in the day!

Ugly Betty isn't helping. The most charming show I've ( Read more... )

Woke up 2 hours after I went to sleep, then couldn't get back to sleep for another 2 hours.  I was still not feeling particularly well upon awakening but thought maybe a run would help, so I did Park+2 in 23:49.  It wasn't my best run ever but it perked me up enough that I could get a little cleaning done ( Read more... )

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Compared to other people, I’m not a raving fan-atic. Hence the lackadaisicality of this post and others to follow.

But I like baseball and football (American-style only, thank you very much!), high school/college basketball, and most of the Olympic meaning never covered by SI or ESPN sports.

Here in the Detroit area we do ( Read more... )