Monday, February 28, 2011
Criminal Genius of the Day
Washington D.C. - msnbc.com: "Before leaving the scene of the crime, he put on the winter coat and posed with the cash for a photo he took of himself. He then posted his “loot” photo on Fisher’s son’s Facebook page, . . ."
Huh?
Viewpoints, Outlook | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Some things are too important to be left to those motivated by profit.
Some services, only government should provide. Crime - and the punishment thereof - ought to be at the top of the list."
Some services, only government should provide. Crime - and the punishment thereof - ought to be at the top of the list."
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Duke Snider, R. I. P.
Another of my childhood heroes gone.
His death was announced by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In the 1950s, the golden age of New York baseball, the World Series almost always meant red, white and blue bunting at Ebbets Field, Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds. October afternoons provided a national showcase for baseball’s premier center fielders — Snider of the Dodgers, Mickey Mantle of the Yankees and Willie Mays of the Giants."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Every Shallow Cut -- Tom Piccirilli
Every Shallow Cut is new novella by Tom Piccirilli, and it's a harrowing tale of a man who's lost pretty much everything: his house, his wife, his writing career (such as it was), his self-respect. About all he has left is Churchill, his bulldog. And then things start to go downhill.In a way, this is something of a road novel, as the narrator's traveling across country to his brother's home, where he thinks he might find . . . something. But when he gets there, there's nothing. There's nothing anywhere for him and maybe not for anyone else, either. The novella is a cry of rage, anguish, and hopelessness, guaranteed to bring you down. It's blunt, compelling, and moving in a way that's hard to explain. You'll just have to experience it for yourself. You can read it quickly, but you'll remember it for a long time to come.
PaperBack
Nick Carter (Bill Crider & Jack Davis), The Coyote Connection, Jove, 1981.Notice the plot description. Jack and I were ahead of the curve.
Nostalgia Corner
Back in the olden days (1957, in this case) newspapers used to run serialized versions of crime and western novels. Here's a sample.
Finland Leads the Way
Check out Helsinki’s underground shadow city | Grist: "From the country that brought you the world's spookiest children's series, please meet the underground city. Helsinki, Finland's capital, has decided to defeat sprawl by building down instead of out. Incised into the city's bedrock are a swimming pool, a shopping area, a church, a hockey rink, and a data center, not to mention 'parking caverns' and a bunch of the city's necessary municipal doodads. An underground shadow city!"
No Comment Department
National - NZ Herald News: "A Canterbury schoolgirl has faced death threats and public loathing after publicly boasting of looting icecreams after the quake.
Amy Knowles, 16, later used her Facebook page to taunt survivors who had been left without electricity and running water."
Amy Knowles, 16, later used her Facebook page to taunt survivors who had been left without electricity and running water."
Vulgar language at the link.
And Stay off His Lawn!
RN-T.com - Report 82 year old man arrested for assaulting police officer: "A Rome man was arrested Saturday afternoon, Feb. 26, after police said he was drunk and swearing at a woman, reports stated."
No Comment Department
'The King's Speech' to get a PG-13 re-release | Inside Movies | EW.com: "The MPAA announced today that The King’s Speech will be re-released by the Weinstein Company with a PG-13 rating. The film had famously received an R rating for a scene in which Geoffrey Rush’s character encourages Colin Firth’s King George VI to curse like a commoner in order to help him get over his stutter."
Okay, wait, I do have a comment. Or a question. Suppose the film wins the Oscar for "best picture." The version that people will now pay to see won't be the picture that won, now will it?
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