Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Tennis Tuesday

 

Owen's looking for a partner. 


More HERE.

Monday, January 12, 2026

Remains of the Day (01/12)








EW: Can we please STOP with purity tests and absolutism -- and the corresponding vilification -- and accept that sometimes good people may have opinions that other good people don't agree with? It's a HUGE turnoff to centrist voters, but apparently losing all three branches of government has taught us nothing.










Hot Cat of the Day: Another day of cuddles

Weekend Tennis Roundup


Medvedev, Bublik, Sabalenka and Svitolina won titles; Poland captured the United Cup; Milos Ranoic announced his retirement and Flavio and Carlos heat things up Down Under. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.



Friday, January 09, 2026

Remains of the Day (01/09)





Saturday 'StacheTom Blyth 10 times


85 Candles: Here's wishing Joan Baez a very happy birthday! I finally caught the "I Am a Noise" documentary about the legendary folk singer/civil rights activist and I must say I almost wish I hadn't. While I enjoyed hearing about her early career, learning that she and her sister had fallen prey to the "repressed memory therapy" fad of the late '80s and '90s really broke my heart.




The Randy Report: None of THIS would be happening if even just the people who know better would vote blue every year in every election instead of suppressing turnout by bitching and both-sidesing about Democrats, which can be done AFTER they're in power





Speedo Sunday: Orange or blue?




Thursday, January 08, 2026

This Reader's Digiest


I so unexpectedly enjoyed Jennifer Otter Bickerdike's "Eternal Flame" that it relit my reading light, and I've since finished Chrissy Amphlett's "Pleasure and Pain" (only for hardcore fans), Woody Allen's "Apropos of Nothing" (thoroughly enjoyable and pulls no punches about Mia Farrow and the false allegations), and Sheila Weller's "Girls Like Us," which I had bought for the flight to Argentina in 2019 but never finished. If you're a Carole-Joni-Carly queen, you'll enjoy it. Like the Bangles biography, I didn't think there was anything more I could learn about Jesse's girl, but boy was I wrong! 


What are you reading? 


UPDATE: My literary agent friend told me he's been enjoying audiobooks of late -- and I'm wondering if anyone else has feelings about them, too. In addition to my post-Covid attention-span problem with reading, I've noticed that even with my up-to-date glasses, I find it hard to see sometimes, especially in bed. (Those clip-on lights are dreadfully cumbersome.) I'm thinking about giving my old high-school pal Sal Paradise a try! 

Our Tree Means Business

 

I don’t think either of us expected to see our Christmas tree again when we took it out to the sidewalk on Three Kings’ Day. So perhaps it’s not completely surprising -- if still a little cute -- that Damian and I individually snapped photos and sent them to each other when we spotted it on our block today!