boring stuff

  • Books I Gave Up on Reading

    I have a hard time letting myself stop reading a book once I’ve started. I always have faith that even though something starts off difficult or boring or bad it can suddenly shift gears, making insane sense out of what had before just seemed tedious as...

  • Amy’s Baking Company's Grand Reopening Nearly Bored Me to Death

    In some kind of misguided attempt to renew their brand, Amy and Samy of the infamous Amy's Baking Company hired a PR guy and decided to have a relaunch. Since I work right down the street from the restaurant, I decided to drop in.

  • Hearing The Spurs

    Between the irascible coot who happens to be the coach and the stoic old-man-in-training working the paint and all that's in between, the Spurs are once again fascinating and poised to win the title, and that's not boring.

  • Hearing the Spurs

    As I age, my ear is retuning itself; I can finally hear something other than “ugh” watching the San Antonio Spurs play, which is cool, except how it parallels suddenly finding a 'Rod Stewart Sings the Standards' record soulful and great.

  • Why Does Anyone Watch Baseball?

    Two men discuss the relative merits and negatives surrounding the game of baseball, specifically with regards to Termel Sledge.

  • Why Does Anyone Watch Baseball?

    A baseball fan and a non-fan chat about whether being bored by baseball is bad, whether the sport is doomed to become the next hockey, and speeding the three-hour games up. And also Terrmel Sledge.

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