Monday, November 12, 2007
potpourri
Headed out for a late walk to supermarket, but I felt rain lurking in the air & I'm going that direction tomorrow to Home Depot, so turned around & came home.
From the elite Magnum Photo Agency, Six Decades in Twelve Images. Swell.
An environmental disaster on The Black Sea.
TV/mega preacher Creflo Dollar's Church of the Almighty Dollar took in $69 million last year. Creflo doesn't buy his suits off the rack. Bible in one hand, spreadsheet in the other.
A new article, brief history of carousels in Seaside Heights NJ, by Dr. Floyd Moreland, fowarded by a fellow Prince of Bennies, Jeff Jotz. The dearth of great carousels in Jersey is sad, given how many we've had on boardwalks & in amusement parks. It must be great to have a carousel named for you, like Dr. Moreland - more affection in it than a school or airport. I remember the night I was hanging out at Casino Pier listening to the band organ, & it played "Obla Di Obla Da" by the Beatles, someone had taken the time to program the song , it worked perfectly as a carousel tune & seemed the pinnacle of songwriting success, a minor Beatles song in a ideal context.
Lady Scarlet Knights lost their home opener last night on a questionable call with 1/10th second remaining & two free throws by Stanford All-American Candace Wiggins. Rutgers was ranked #3 & Stanford #7 in a meaningless preseason poll, it's hardly accurate to call it an "upset" but for giving up the home court advantage. Rutgers has only two big goals this season: Win the next game & win the National Championship come March. After last season's run to the NCAA Tournament Finals & the publicity of the Imus thing, Rutgers is drawing attention as a program on the same level with Tennessee, LSU, Duke, UConn, so the team will be measured & judged accordingly. Coach Stringer doesn't believe in scheduling a bunch of creampuff opponents to fatten up on early season wins. Top teams cruelly expose weaknesses when there's still time to correct them, as Rutgers learned from a horrendous home loss to Duke last fall. Months later they beat Duke when they had to win or the season would be over. We can be certain Stringer was absolutely livid afterward in the RAC locker room, with praise only for Candace Wiggins.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
From the elite Magnum Photo Agency, Six Decades in Twelve Images. Swell.
An environmental disaster on The Black Sea.
TV/mega preacher Creflo Dollar's Church of the Almighty Dollar took in $69 million last year. Creflo doesn't buy his suits off the rack. Bible in one hand, spreadsheet in the other.
A new article, brief history of carousels in Seaside Heights NJ, by Dr. Floyd Moreland, fowarded by a fellow Prince of Bennies, Jeff Jotz. The dearth of great carousels in Jersey is sad, given how many we've had on boardwalks & in amusement parks. It must be great to have a carousel named for you, like Dr. Moreland - more affection in it than a school or airport. I remember the night I was hanging out at Casino Pier listening to the band organ, & it played "Obla Di Obla Da" by the Beatles, someone had taken the time to program the song , it worked perfectly as a carousel tune & seemed the pinnacle of songwriting success, a minor Beatles song in a ideal context.
Lady Scarlet Knights lost their home opener last night on a questionable call with 1/10th second remaining & two free throws by Stanford All-American Candace Wiggins. Rutgers was ranked #3 & Stanford #7 in a meaningless preseason poll, it's hardly accurate to call it an "upset" but for giving up the home court advantage. Rutgers has only two big goals this season: Win the next game & win the National Championship come March. After last season's run to the NCAA Tournament Finals & the publicity of the Imus thing, Rutgers is drawing attention as a program on the same level with Tennessee, LSU, Duke, UConn, so the team will be measured & judged accordingly. Coach Stringer doesn't believe in scheduling a bunch of creampuff opponents to fatten up on early season wins. Top teams cruelly expose weaknesses when there's still time to correct them, as Rutgers learned from a horrendous home loss to Duke last fall. Months later they beat Duke when they had to win or the season would be over. We can be certain Stringer was absolutely livid afterward in the RAC locker room, with praise only for Candace Wiggins.
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