Wednesday, November 06, 2024

State of the ‘Union’

 

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That's all she wrote. 

Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Remains of the Day (11/05)








Caladon Books: A friend pointed me to "Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics" by the journalist Ernesto Londoรฑo, saying: "He is brilliant and fearless. It's amazing that a New York Times foreign (and domestic) correspondent can write a book these days about his experiences with depression and psychedelic drugs and casually talk about the many men he hooked up with on Grindr." Any of you read it? 




Hot Cat of the Day: All of us the next 24-48 hours 


Sitcom heaven: In memory of Bob Newhart, I've been watching his two short-lived '90s sitcoms -- "Bob" and "George & Leo" -- and marveling at just how gifted he was, regardless of the material. In the process, I took a liking to Darryl Theirse  -- who played Ambrose, a sharp-tongued clerk in the fictional Summer Street bookstore on the latter who holds his own with sitcom royalty Newhart and Judd Hirsch -- and was saddened to learn he'd been mysteriously found dead in his apartment in 2009 at just 42. If anyone knows what happened -- perhaps it's been figured out in the ensuing years -- I would love to hear from you. A true "gone too soon" figure. 

Song of the Day: 'Put a Little Love in Your Heart' by Jackie DeShannon


My friend just said he's "nauseously optimistic" -- and I've gone from wondering how I had never heard that one before to knowing exactly why it didn't come up until this exact moment.


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Tennis Tuesday


Looks like a love match to me! An earlier one HERE.

Election Day

 

Well, it's finally here. I hope everyone is doing OK. And whatever you do, please try not to be like the 80 million Americans who sat out in 2020. 


Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton writes: 
Here’s one of the most impactful things you can do in this election: 

Take a moment, right now, to text or call three friends and ask a simple question: “What’s your plan to vote?”

They can get all the info they need to make their voice heard at iwillvote(dot-com).

Monday, November 04, 2024

Weekend Tennis Roundup


Titles for Zverev, Shnaider, Golubic and Sonmez. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.