Monthly Archives: May 2011
Friday Recommends: Those Guys Have All The Fun, James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales
x I (Ben) am two years older than ESPN, so it’s not an exaggeration to say that we grew up together. What began as a quixotic venture in 1979 — a Connecticut-based cabel channel that would focus exclusively on sports … Continue reading
Filed under books, Friday Recommends, sports
Scott Guldin Takes The Plunge.
Of all the voices chiming in at the Voreblog NBA Playoffs Readers Forum, one has been conspicuously absent: that of good friend and Chicago Bulls fan, Scott Guldin. There has been some playful banter back and forth between Ben and … Continue reading
Filed under friends, NBA, readers forum
Friday Recommends: Inside Job & The Big Short
HBO premieres Too Big To Fail, based on Andrew Ross Sorkin’s book of the same name about the 2008 financial crisis, on Monday night. Directed by Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile) and starring Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke, the … Continue reading
Odds & Ends
1. Sam is feeling much better. Thanks to all who have inquired about him over the past week. No ear infection, just your standard five-day virus. He is back to his usual eating/talking/sleeping/pooping routine. 2. Being that this blog’s name … Continue reading
Filed under Pittsburgh Pirates, Sam, sports, Utah Jazz
Friday Recommends: Easy A
Sharpening those pencils? Getting them nice and sharp? x Olive Pendergast (Emma Stone) begins Easy A by informing the viewer that “rumors of my promiscuity have been greatly exaggerated.” Olive is a bright, intelligent girl trapped in a dim, cruel world: … Continue reading
Filed under Friday Recommends, movies
Voreplay
We make nature make-out music. x We are not on Twitter, but for a little variety in your Voreplay this month, here are 140 character (or less) takes on the albums we’ve been spinning recently. x Adele, 21. Watching to … Continue reading
On Being The Parent Of A Sick Child
x Kids get sick all the time. Sam has been, by all accounts, an extremely healthy baby. No birth complications. No ER trips. Clean bill of health with every check-up. The occasional cold and one ear infection, but that’s it. … Continue reading
Filed under parenthood, Sam, things that make you sad
Andrei Kirilenko Has A Frightening Tattoo!
Yahoo’s Ball Don’t Lie has the picture. So this is what NBA players do when they miss the playoffs. Clearly, AK-47 is trying to get Denver to sign him this offseason. For more — if this is really the kind … Continue reading
Filed under NBA
Sam, Nine Months
Photo shoot? I’m not so sure about this. x Okay, I’m warming up. x There it is. xx Hey! When’s the man of the house gonna cut this grass? x And treat it? Seriously, there’s crabgrass everywhere. x And it … Continue reading
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