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Today was nuts and I prefer not to write about it. It's not halfway interesting either. I keep promising interesting LiveJournal entries, but the list of topics I want to write about keeps getting longer and longer. So I'll get a quick two out of the way.
Red Sox
So the Red Sox were down 3-1 and at last night's game were facing elimination from the post-season. Now, I know most of you don't care much for baseball but this story is short and fairly funny. Our ace pitcher Josh Beckett, who has been the only pitcher on the Red Sox who's pitching made Cleveland lose their only game. Okay, boring right? Well, as it turns out Josh Beckett's ex-girlfriend sang the National Anthem to open last night's game.
Cleveland of course claims this was a total coincidence, but let's be serious. Beckett was announced in the rotation days earlier and Cleveland knew well he was coming and the media discovered the connection the day before the game. It just seems entirely too convenient that this would be and then with ample notice still go on. Be serious Cleveland, you knew but even that didn't help you nor did the criminally bad call in your favor that reduced what should have been a home run into a single. The Red Sox have an uphill battle to win the next two games to clinch the series. If the Indians take just one more game the Sox are golfing. Only ten teams in the history of baseball have come back to a 3-1 hole and the Red Sox are looking to be number 11 with things now at 3-2. Just like in 2004. Boston hasn't felt this alive in years.
An Apology to the Affleck Brothers
Okay, so I was pretty nasty towards the Affleck brothers making their new movie Gone Baby Gone. Partly because I thought it looked precisely and sounded like Mystic River only without a twitchy Tim Robbins and a oleaginous Sean Penn. Also, because I despise Ben Affleck and his poky brother. So apparently totally doesn't suck™, and is actually very good. At the time of writing it had over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes and people are going so far as to say it represents the redemption of Ben Affleck's Hollywood street cred. The consensus seems to be the movie turns out to heavily distance itself from the traditions of the cop drama genre and ventures deeply into moral ambiguity:
“We Own the Night”, released last week, painted a picture of cops and criminals as angels and demons fighting a holy war on an epic stage. In “Gone Baby Gone”, the angels turn out to be demons, and they skirmish in the shadows. - The Metro
Okay, Affleck so your directorial debut doesn't suck. I'll put that up to beginner's luck. At least I don't have to listen to your Boston accent.
Finally, there is just so many reasons to be excited by the very concept of Earl Grey brownies and with a recipe courtesy of the Boston Globe that becomes a delicious reality.
Red Sox
So the Red Sox were down 3-1 and at last night's game were facing elimination from the post-season. Now, I know most of you don't care much for baseball but this story is short and fairly funny. Our ace pitcher Josh Beckett, who has been the only pitcher on the Red Sox who's pitching made Cleveland lose their only game. Okay, boring right? Well, as it turns out Josh Beckett's ex-girlfriend sang the National Anthem to open last night's game.
Cleveland of course claims this was a total coincidence, but let's be serious. Beckett was announced in the rotation days earlier and Cleveland knew well he was coming and the media discovered the connection the day before the game. It just seems entirely too convenient that this would be and then with ample notice still go on. Be serious Cleveland, you knew but even that didn't help you nor did the criminally bad call in your favor that reduced what should have been a home run into a single. The Red Sox have an uphill battle to win the next two games to clinch the series. If the Indians take just one more game the Sox are golfing. Only ten teams in the history of baseball have come back to a 3-1 hole and the Red Sox are looking to be number 11 with things now at 3-2. Just like in 2004. Boston hasn't felt this alive in years.
An Apology to the Affleck Brothers
Okay, so I was pretty nasty towards the Affleck brothers making their new movie Gone Baby Gone. Partly because I thought it looked precisely and sounded like Mystic River only without a twitchy Tim Robbins and a oleaginous Sean Penn. Also, because I despise Ben Affleck and his poky brother. So apparently totally doesn't suck™, and is actually very good. At the time of writing it had over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes and people are going so far as to say it represents the redemption of Ben Affleck's Hollywood street cred. The consensus seems to be the movie turns out to heavily distance itself from the traditions of the cop drama genre and ventures deeply into moral ambiguity:
“We Own the Night”, released last week, painted a picture of cops and criminals as angels and demons fighting a holy war on an epic stage. In “Gone Baby Gone”, the angels turn out to be demons, and they skirmish in the shadows. - The Metro
Okay, Affleck so your directorial debut doesn't suck. I'll put that up to beginner's luck. At least I don't have to listen to your Boston accent.
Finally, there is just so many reasons to be excited by the very concept of Earl Grey brownies and with a recipe courtesy of the Boston Globe that becomes a delicious reality.