rest in peace, brother Inouye US Senator from Hawaii Daniel Inouye died this week at age 88, after having been the longest serving member of the Senate since Robert Byrd’s passing in 2010. That means he was about 63 when…
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Sunday diversion / real live hero at 22, public servant until 88 edition
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Saturday diversion from hell
words failI don’t have the wisdom to say anything useful on this, still being numb from yesterday’s gun tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, so I will simply provide someone else’s wisdom about how to talk to young children about violence. This…
Sunday diversion: about last night …
live music is so alive (d’oh)In case you were looking for something to do last night and want to feel jealous about your choice, we went last night to Red Hot + Cuba at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the…
Sunday diversion: inconceivable ESPN football clip of unusual size, with no survivors
for aficionados onlyIf you are not already a huge fan of The Princess Bride, stop reading and go about your day. Unless you are a fan of ESPN NFL coverage and of the 3 guys in this video, linked by…
Sunday diversion / where's baseball and why is Tim M not missing?
my TV guide is brokenIf you can help me find Game 5 of the 2012 World Series on television, I’d appreciate it. I know I lost track a while back, but I figure it has to be on on some…
Sunday diversion / no joy in Mudville, or in Baltimore, Washington or Oakland
dreams die hardLet’s not talk about the League Championship Series yet, bad breaks and all. (I know that is difficult, fellow Yankee fans, but indulge me.) Focus instead on the glory of the Division Series, and tip your cap to…
Sunday diversion / big day in sports
all day screen festIt does not happen this way every Sunday, but for real fans today there are games to watch at noon, 3, 6 and 9, from the East Coast, to America’s so-called heartland, finishing on the West Coast.…
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Sunday diversion / a baseball cornucopia for geeks & sentimentalists
you have to start with Pythagorus and the OriolesWhen last seen on Manhattan Loft Guy, Pythagorus was waving his finger at the Baltimore Orioles, predicting doom, sooner or later (July 8, Sunday diversion: of Pythagorus and baseball odds). Since then,…
still, a sad day, remarkably so
so just a bunch of linksNice and short piece (especially nice, for being so short) in The Broadsheet Daily yesterday, heading a list of events that memorialize September 11, 2001. I hope he won’t mind me quoting the paragraph, in…
Happy 3rd Kidneyversary
life is good (pass it on)Long-time readers of Manhattan Loft Guy probably got the hint in yesterday’s diversion (September 3 , holiday diversion is a reprise), but there is no need to merely hint today: three years ago today my…
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