A couple basketball thoughts

Celts are up by a game, going into Game 6 in Detroit. I won’t be watching game 6, I’ll be up opening up camp. I might be listening to the radio, assuming I can get any reception at all, but we often can’t, so I might very well not know who wins the game until [...]

Not your average blowup doll

Lars and the Real Girl (2007) has been advertised as a movie about a guy in love with a sex doll. And, to a certain point, it is. I mean, there is a sex doll. And Lars, the main character, definitely believes he is in love with her.

Celts/Pistons Game 2

Well.
I guess the Celtics will have to win on the road, after all.
Not a lot of mystery to this game, the Celtics just got out played. Despite decent (but despite some reports, not great) efforts from Pierce/Garnett/Allen, the Pistons were pretty much in control of the game from the middle of the second quarter on.

Great Movies: Amelie

Amelie, 2001
The plot of Amelie basically goes like this: Girl sees boy, girl likes boy, girl acts wacky, girl meets boy. This is the plot of roughly a bazillion movies, almost of which I hate. What makes Amelie stand out, what makes All great movies stand out, is how they go about their business.
Amelie stars [...]

Celts/Pistons Game 1

I’m not sure when this became a primarily Celtics blog, but apparently, it did. I swear I have some other things coming soon, but for now, with Celtics games on every other day, I really don’t have much time for too many of my other obsessions.
Last night’s game was one of the weirder games I [...]

Celts/Cavs

I missed the game almost entirely on Friday, and from what I could see, I didn’t miss much. Sunday, despite some misgivings, I sat down to watch the whole game, with my loyal (and sound asleep) animal at my side. I really didn’t have a good feeling about this game. It just seemed like the [...]

Celts/Cavs Game 5

Real, real quick thoughts on game 5, as I try to get out the door on my way to desecrating my temple at Hendo’s bachelor party…

I bet if you told the Cav’s that in order to win, the Celtics would need two threes from Rondo, they’s have taken those odds.
Still, great game from Rondo, 42 [...]

A melancholy day for the little’s

It’s a sad day for newspaper fans, and a sadder day for fans of Tony Kornheiser’s writing.
Yesterday, Tony Kornheiser accepted a buyout from the Washington Post. It had been a little while since he wrote, really, but personally, I always held hope that he would come back to the paper, and back to his Style [...]

The Pleasure of My Company

The Pleasure of My Company, by Steve Martin
When I picked up this book the other day at the library, I wasn’t looking for anything in particular. I’d read a few graphic novels in a row, followed by a couple start/stops of books that didn’t really work for me. Basically, I just wanted something interesting.

Celts/Cavs Game 4

So the series is all tied up now, and predictably, the Boston Media, and the national media, are in an uproar.
From SI: To state the obvious: These Boston Celtics are not a championship team.
From the Boston Globe: It’s hard to see the Celtics as anything other than front-runners. Nobody looks better when they have it [...]