“Sometimes you just have to make the leap and build your wings on the way down….”
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Summer House
The Hunt For new Music. First in a series of playlists for the summer. Play it loud and play it often. Notes on the selections. 1. Because it’s summer. 2. The right title (lots of us are at the beach) and it involves “Mr. Summer”, Jimmy Buffett. 3. Great song that can be perceived …
DRAFT:How to Watch the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Racing.This weekend is the 92nd running of The 24 Hours of Le Mans, the greatest endurance race in the world. Le Mans has been held every year since 1923; ten years the race was not held, once because of a labor strike and the other 9 times due to WWII and the recovery from that …
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What’s Noo?
Paying attention: Once everyone wanted to get fuzzy, dizzy and out of it. Now, the trend is to be sharper, hyperfocused, and intellectually both agile and creative. In addition to exercise (which has long been noted for the stellar intellectual enhancement a good workout produces), the new trend is to nootropic drugs: pharmaceuticals and supplements designed …
What's Noo?
Paying attention: Once everyone wanted to get fuzzy, dizzy and out of it. Now, the trend is to be sharper, hyperfocused, and intellectually both agile and creative. In addition to exercise (which has long been noted for the stellar intellectual enhancement a good workout produces), the new trend is to nootropic drugs: pharmaceuticals and supplements designed …
The Model for Music Videos
From Style.com comes this nice survey (complete with all the videos) on the Top 25 Music Videos that used models (super and otherwise) to the musical story. While we agree with most of the picks, we’re puzzled about why the ground-breaking Terence Donovan video of Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love” was left out of the survey. …
Clay Court Clinic: Nadal and Djokovic 2
Deep Background. The second of two features on the classic rivalry between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, a Shakespearean drama played on the terre batu at the French. All you need to know about how to play and win on clay can be found in this and the preceding video. It’s listed as “the most …
Clay Court Clinic: Nadal and Djokovic
Deep Background: Nadal and Djokovic was projected to be the match of the tournament in 2015. In many ways, it was, but it came in the quarters, not the semis or the finals. Djokovic finally took Nadal out at The French and he did it by playing to win, not by playing not to lose. …
Clay Court Clinic: Nadal
Deep Background: Nadal was going for his 10th French Open title this year (2015). He didn’t make it. Djokovic (who had lost to Nadal the last 3 times they met in the French) finally took down the King of Clay. Although Nadal is out of the French this year, he’s probably the very best clay court player of …
Clay Court Clinic: How to Play on Clay
Deep Background. This is part two of our posts on playing the clay court game. It’s a totally different game but you enter with the same tools you enter any tennis match: groundies, court coverage, service and return, volleys off both wings. But one more element comes into play on clay: strategy. Clay court tennis …