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I Was On an Island
I was on an island. But don't worry, I kept up with all unfolding Manny Ramírez news. Lucchino says Manny has "issues with Boston and privacy." Was his unhappiness partially due to the Globe's refusal to spell his name correctly? If so, the paper's recent reformation was not enough to keep him in town. For deluxe, exclusive details on the ( Read more... ) -
Had To Ask a Straight Man What "Notorious Homer" Meant
Dear Boston Phoenix,
Thanks a lot for validating the homophobia and misogyny of the local sports scene. "Raped-and-pillaged farm system"? "Gay-rod" and "Jeter eats corn the long way"? Those would be offensive enough if you didn't include a sexual slur against Suzyn Waldman, who, as her official biography on the YES Network site points out, "has ( Read more... ) -
Pour That Concrete!
I was feeling a bit worked up about my personal life, so I went to see “Dark Water.” This film, starring Jennifer Connelly along with a fat-faced child with pupilless black eyes and the little girl from “Kill Bill, Vol. 2,” is a searing indictment of the 1960s Brutalist school of architecture and social utopianism. I got married in Boston City ( Read more... ) -
I and the Void Speak of Accents
The Globe continues its suddenly friendly approach to Spanish names in the sports section. Ramírez now has his accent. Evidently Ortiz doesn't use one. Even players on other teams get the culturally sensitive treatment ( Read more... ) -
Return of the Accent Aigu
So Monday morning I was reading the Red Sox Notebook in the Globe, and came across the following:
Manny Ramírez also received a day off yesterday after being hit in the left ankle by a Dave Williams fastball the night before.
''He was hurting [Saturday] night," said manager Terry Francona, who reasoned, based upon Ramírez's track record, that he ( Read more... ) -
The Knee Jerks Some More
The other day Senator Richard Durbin (D [naturally]-Ill.) made the following comments about Guantánamo Bay on the Senate floor:
When you read some of the graphic descriptions of what has occurred here -- I almost hesitate to put them in the record, and yet they have to be added to this debate. Let me read to you what one FBI agent saw. And I quote ( Read more... ) -
In Which I Once Again Call Alison Bechdel By Her First Name
Am I a groupie? I am a groupie. In mitigation, I can only point to the fact that I did not attend the Boston Dyke March where Alison was speaking. I couldn't be arsed.
Anyway, wisely or not, I have written her thus:
Like you (per your Dyke March entry), I wouldn't have chosen marriage to be "my issue." But the conservatives picked this ( Read more... ) -
Tag, I'm It!
Recent entries perhaps not, but tags yes!
Go Sox! for all things Soxified.
Snake in the Toilet, which is a very bad thing.
In the Dark for bullshitty movie reviews.
Kick Pleats for the personal and/or frivolous.
Media Ho, whoring celebrities and media critics since 2003.
Love That Dirty Water for things Boston and foot-stamping about Chinatown, ( Read more... )
