Only 80 Wins to Go!
So, yeah, it was nice that the ol' Buccos won their Opener. This could be the year that they finally get back to .500!
Also, I just finished reading Eugene O'Neill's Long Days Journey into Night, which is a rather cynical read, perhaps made even more dark by the knowledge that its autobiographical. The only other play of O'Neill's that I've read was the Hairy Ape, and that was back in high school, so it was good to read another of his plays (thanks Jack, for giving me the book as a gift (and also, seems like I've read more books recommended by you than anyone else recently, what's up with that?)). Very sharply written though - doesn't waste anything in either the dialogue or the stage notes (or whatever they're called). Nothing quite like good ol' fashioned American cynicism.
Also, I just finished reading Eugene O'Neill's Long Days Journey into Night, which is a rather cynical read, perhaps made even more dark by the knowledge that its autobiographical. The only other play of O'Neill's that I've read was the Hairy Ape, and that was back in high school, so it was good to read another of his plays (thanks Jack, for giving me the book as a gift (and also, seems like I've read more books recommended by you than anyone else recently, what's up with that?)). Very sharply written though - doesn't waste anything in either the dialogue or the stage notes (or whatever they're called). Nothing quite like good ol' fashioned American cynicism.
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As I type this I've got the game on that radio station from Cumberland that Nate told us about. Sounds like Snell's on tonight; 6 strikeouts through the third inning.
Bob Walk on the Astros' Brad Ausmus: "Looks like Brad Ausmus and his Dartmouth education got caught thinking too hard about that called third strike. [chuckle] . . . Where is Dartmouth, anyway?"
I agree with Nate that religious radio commercials are unsettling. It's also odd when a church advertisement promising "a total focus on Jesus Christ" is followed immediately by a similar southern-siding voice saying "All the signs of Easter are there, right on top of a delicious Dairy Queen sundae."
Yeah, its nice to see the Pirates get off to their best start since... (checking) 2003! 2-0!
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