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h.o.v.a., gold bottles and that ace of spades

Friday wasn’t my first time to the Liberty Hotel, but it was the first time I got to marvel at how the owners have redesigned the interior. Having Sylvia on my arm helped: she has an eye for design and spent a lot of the evening calling out little details. Me, I admired the redesign [...]

little pink houses for you and me

Country’s largest banks are foreclosing on people without mortgages; no legal recourse but to sue (AP): People have always loved to complain about their banks. The push-button circus that passes for customer service. The larding on of fees. But the false foreclosure cases are hardly the usual complaints. These homeowners paid their mortgages — or [...]

it might just be fantastic; don’t get me wrong

Getting a smartphone has made me realize how little I want to stay in touch with the rest of the world. One of the first things I did, after figuring out the 3G, was to sync my various webmail accounts with my Blackberry inbox. I undid this step less than 12 hours later, since it [...]

songs of innocence and experience

New post on Overthinking It about Season One of Boardwalk Empire. Some minor spoilers for the finale – and substantial spoilers for the season as a whole, of course – so read with care. By telling a story from your past, you tell the listener: I have been there. Speaking from experience gives your words [...]

hidden in the writing on the wall: many are the beauties of the fall

Well, so much for my attempts to predict football. I was right about the Ravens vaulting the line and drawing first blood, though I had the wrong jersey: it was Haloti Ngata who smacked Roethlisberger in the face mask and broke his nose. The Ravens had everything going for them: an injured opposing quarterback, leading [...]

everybody touch this illa fifth dynamite

Hey there, former Baltimore Ravens head coach Brian Billick! How is Ben Roethlisberger keeping his strained ankle safe in the week leading up to Sunday’s game? Good to know: In a follow up report to our story on Monday about Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and his sprained right foot, word now has it that [...]

on your knees; I want you on your knees

(ring ring ring) “Y’hello?” “Hey, it’s Henry over at Captain Morgan. Got a minute?” “Of course!” “Listen – just got the thumbnails from that Marisa Miller photoshoot. Very hot. Exactly what we’re looking for. The leather and lace thing, the occasional cutlass. Sultry without being slutty.” “Ri-i-ght, but …” “You know there’s a ‘but’, right?” [...]

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