"The Penguin" absolutely lives up to its billing. Colin Farrell might as well be a voiceover given the prosthetics required to make him Oswald Cobb, but he's in there - you can see it in the gestures and hear it in the timing and inflections. Even so, Oz isn't the most interesting character in the series. That honor goes to Cristin Milioti's Sophia Falcone. Equal parts psychopath and coquette, the daughter of a slain mob boss father and murdered brother burns with furious, all-consuming vengeance. The eyes, man. The eyes. Let's not sleep on Rhenzy Feliz, who plays Oz's dragooned sidekick. HBO Max is doling out episodes one per week, just like the olden days. Appointment viewing.
Different genre, closer to home, FOG:TB Barry Privett and Carbon Leaf just released their 15th studio album, "Time Is The Playground". The Leaf cognoscenti in your midst didn't love the first single, "Backmask 1983", deeming it a bit poppy for our taste. But we do dig a lot of the other tunes, including the title track.
And one more, much further afield. Somehow, I started following an Instagram account called Cheeky Golf Club. On a whim, three brothers from England set out on a quest to see how long it would take for one of them to play 18 holes of golf without making a bogey. When they started, 230ish days ago, Tim (the brother who plays the golf) was a 13 handicap. He's down to a 9.5, but he's only managed to make 8 straight pars or better to start a round. The boys are cheery and light, and they just surpassed 100,000 followers. Here's to 18 pars.
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Milioti has a bit of the of Hoffs eyes
oooh, yes.
i mean, um, your point is well taken.
went on a hike with some friends today. did maryland heights, which overlooks harper's ferry. to get to the trailhead, one crosses the potomac river on a pedestrian bridge along railroad tracks. the stairs down from the bridge are open metal. so our dog wouldn't budge. so i had to carry a 70-pound dog down three flights of stairs. and then, after a great hike, i had to carry a 70-pound dog up three flights of stairs. that beast is lucky i love her. i earned the beers we drank at harper's ferry brewing.
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Fuck UCF. Let’s go Cal!
vandy students carried the goalpost nearly two miles from the stadium to broadway after they beat alabama last night. exceptional effort.
Eagerly await JoJo Vol. 2 with illustrations of Rob schlepping her around Harper's Ferry.
Mets got beaten by a damn good team today. But man… our guys fought. Back at it Tuesday.
I had read that the Wizards might step it up this year. I think I read a lie.
Was it perhaps referring to having a step troop perform at halftime?
My reading comprehension is definitely suspect.
mark and danny, looks like another potentially tough weather week for you and yours. stay safe.
thanks rob - should be okay over here on the east coast, relatively speaking. not so much for tampa and other west siders.
Schools closed Wed-Fri in St. Johns County
I'm with Dan. We're in much better shape on the east coast. It could get real, real bad on the west coast. I do think we'll still see a Cat 1 or 2 storm by the time it reaches my shores and we've had a ton of rain the past two days so that could prove problematic in some areas that traditionally flood during storms (some areas of Orlando are always flooding during storms). My kid gets out of school early tomorrow and then is off Wednesday and Thursday. I was originally supposed to fly out to Indiana tomorrow night to meet a colleague at a conference but I canceled my trip this morning just to be on the safe side and be with my family.
And agree that Penguin is really good and enjoyable as well as the thoughts on Miloti.
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