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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 [...]

battle without honor or humanity

Hell. The Jets intrigued audiences in the preseason with their no-holds-barred, behind-the-scenes TV show, but it was the Ravens who grabbed the spotlight Monday night with a 10-9 victory. They held New York to 176 yards, six first downs, allowed Mark Sanchez just 74 yards passing and kept Rex Ryan’s crew out of the end [...]

I’ll pretend my ship’s not sinking

Oh, dear. Someone take Eli Manning’s last known photograph: EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning said he will play Saturday against the Baltimore Ravens. Manning will practice Monday afternoon but will wear a baseball cap instead of a helmet. The quarterback is not to be touched in the non-tackling practice. He [...]

the memories will linger on; the good old days, they’re long gone

I still sit in dumb amazement, sometimes, at the power music has over me. Standing in Johnny D’s on Saturday, watching the Ravens lose, Bobby pointed out a particular Beatles song that Beatlejuice was covering. It reminded him of the old shareware game Scorched Earth, which he used to play for hours with a friend [...]

we're so glad you could attend; come inside, come inside

Last September, I realized that I’d bought tickets to see three shows in three consecutive months: Psychedelic Furs in October, Girl Talk in November and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists in December. The monthly spacing hadn’t been deliberate; it was just one of those coincidences you read about. But I stay in Boston, or I [...]

tis here that truth is known

Professor Coldheart’s Keys to the Game Ravens games don’t usually get picked up by New England stations. I could go to a sports bar and ask someone to switch a TV over, but this doesn’t always go over well. Also, it ties me to that particular bar for three hours and twenty dollars worth of [...]

pressure gonn' drop on you

Go out of your way for your friends and it usually turns out to be worth your while. On Saturday, I drove to Bukowski Tavern – not a huge jaunt from my house, but farther than I might normally drive – to catch Heather C. on a rare trip to Boston. She spotted me before [...]

how young are you? how old am I? let's count the rings around my eyes

I don’t want to talk about it.* What I will talk about, instead, is Battlestar Galactica’s season 4.5 debut this past Friday. I will talk as circumspectly as possible, to avoid spoilers, but the ultra-sensitive may want to wait until Tuesday. BSG has always shined in characterization. This is an outstanding feat, given that BSG [...]

don't mess with the professor

I updated the “About” page (props to Marie for the link). # # # CVS occasionally spits out a coupon worth using, like five dollars off a purchase of $25 or more. Monday last week I decided to save myself a trip to Shaw’s and do my grocery shopping at CVS. I pushed a full-size [...]

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