This book charmed me, even though the writing wasn’t anything incredible. It’s just hard not to love Bill Murray. “There’s a charming assholeness to Bill, and it’s how really has gotten through life,” remembered Betty Thomas…”That was how I thought of him, as this charming, always seducing, assholey kind of guy. But asshole in the old fashioned sense of asshole. Like, a jerk willing to make a fool of himself — willing to do anything to get the girl. And there’s something admirable about that, […]
Serious Dedication
A memoir. Written by a woman. About soccer. I’m surprised my local book store didn’t just automatically set it aside for me. This shit is my jam. If you aren’t a fan of women’s soccer (and if you enjoy sports, you should check it out), you probably hadn’t heard of Carli Lloyd before last summer. She’s been playing for the US Women’s National Team since the early 2000s, but she stepped hard into the spotlight during the World Cup in Canada last year, when she […]
Keeping up with the Kennedys … or what happens when you can’t
A few years ago Cracked wrote an article titled “Five Real Life Horror Movies Deleted From You History Books” that brought Rosemary Kennedy to my attention. Rosemary was intentionally hidden away from the public by her family after the lobotomy secured for her by her father failed spectacularly. The Kennedy family benefited from this tragedy happening before the Internet. Rose Fitzgerald, a staunch Catholic, married Joe Kennedy, an American business man with political aspirations, in 1914. The couple welcomed two sons, Joe Jr and John, […]
You Will End Up Reading this in Sue’s Voice
While most people have probably heard of Sue Perkins due to her long-running stint on “The Great British Bake-off” which is now a show I’m now adding to my Netflix and Chill schedule, I first fell in love with Sue’s fantastic wit and delightful humor on “The Supersizers Eat…” If you haven’t seen “The Supersizers Eat…” on Hulu, go there right now and binge watch the season. It’s totally worth your Netflix and Chill time. Sue and restaurant critic, Giles Coren, dress in period costumes […]
After a While You Get Used to Mediocre Memoirs
I would guess I’ve read almost two dozen memoirs this year alone; it’s one of my favorite genres because it’s so varied and even when they aren’t very good they’re usually pretty quick to get through. After a While You Just Get Used to It falls into the category of “well, it didn’t take very long to read…” I applied my Dr Pepper lip gloss and pulled on my deflated Nike airs, watching Mom give John a hug before saying her world-famous line, ‘Well, excuse our […]
“I did not become a runner to lose weight, I did it to escape my computer”
I love Matthew Inman — if you’ve never checked out his comics, do so right now! “Running a race assigns a point to a sport that often feels very pointless. It’s an exuberant payoff to months of tedium. It’s a way of crafting an end boss for a particularly cumbersome video game. It’s a fun, monstrous reason to keep putting one foot in front of the other. So, do yourself a favor: go build a monster.” Inman writes a lot about his running on his website, […]
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