January 2012
3 posts
Billy Cundiff and the art of manning up
The other night, more than 25 million people watched the NFL AFC championship game end in infamy as the New England Patriots narrowly defeated the Baltimore Ravens.
Did the game end with a triumph of sporting brilliance? A testament to human willpower? A staggering display of athletic prowess?
No. Sadly, it was mostly decided because one guy made a lousy kick.
It was the kind of kick we’ve...
Your soulmate isn't who you think it is
We all have our own romanticized notions of what it will be like when we find true love. How it’ll go. What it’ll feel like. What he or she will look like, sound like, act like. Even kiss like. And every once in a while, we actually meet that person. There they are! In the bar standing next to us! Or down the hall at work! Or in the line at the bookstore! They’re perfect. Everything we imagined....
Why the world needs more Teds than Barneys
I’ll admit, I’m a huge TV fan these days. Not the reality-show garbage, but the ones with genuinely well-crafted writing. The last few years, I think you could make the case that there’s better writing on TV than on film, and actors like Alec Baldwin, Keifer Sutherland, Glenn Close, Steve Buscemi and Holly Hunter seem to agree, based on the roles they’re choosing. Here, the human condition is...
