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…
Tag: Diversion
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,…
on its best days, Manhattan Loft Guy meets this (lofty!) standard of criticism
this is not really a diversion from lofts (sorry if this disturbs your Sunday routine)But it will be short …. Polymath Andrew Sullivan gets the hat tip for flagging a piece about written criticism that I take to heart. The…
holiday diversion is a reprise
do some good, y’allYes, it is Labor Day, which deserves its own post. But I am dipping into the Manhattan Loft Guy archives today for this post from June 18, 2011, weekend diversion / feel-good edition, with a link to…
Sunday diversion / reading the Psalms for medical clues (and rap music)
connectionsTalk about a diversion from Manhattan lofts! Start at a neuroscience blog about Psalm 137, before visiting a (the?) famous Jewish rapper… Mindhacks notes that the fearsome text of Psalm 137 reads like a description of stroke symptoms, and that…
a diversion of a VERY different kind: imagine a city in which no one moves for a minute
I had no idea this was an annual eventClear your mind and expectations, as this is not a typical Manhattan Loft Guy diversion. On August 1, at 5 PM, the city of Warsaw comes to a stop for 60 seconds…
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