Maybe it’s the idea of the soap opera that I’ll mourn more than the soap opera themselves. By design, the basest form of television escapism – poor production value, hammy acting, preposterous storylines. At one point in my teenage life I watched All My Children, I think because it took presumably took place on Philadelphia’s […]
From the monthly archives:
April 2011
My sister sent me this, from Guardian UK. Because we never understood macaroni salad. Whether you “make it” (boil macaroni, slather it in Mayonnaise, add relish), or buy it at Wawa, it’s not really food, is it? Celebrity cook Elizabeth David. Photograph: PA/Empics Elizabeth David was the doyenne of food writers. But, says Tim Hayward, […]
In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. joined a group of 1300 city sanitation workers, civil rights leaders, the faith community and worker’s unions march for economic justice in Memphis. Together, they faced all who sought to suppress their free speech that day. They won the moral battle, and the following day, April 4th, 1968, Dr. […]
The greatest starting pitchers had at least one Unfair pitch, maybe two. Some great pitchers, like Whitey Ford and Spahn, never had an Unfair pitch but an assortment of excellent pitches instead. The game has changed a lot since those days. But, as one pitching coach has said, “the game never changes to help pitchers.” That’s […]