5 THE HARD WAY

The cubs lost so it's back to the grind.

1) Baseball - My dear departed cubbies, how I will miss you and all the excuses to drink. The good news: the Red Sox kicking some fucking ass today. 7 runs in the 4th, that's just embarrassing. Anaheim's playing like the cubs. OUCH! (I slapped myself for that one.) I am addicted to baseball, a couple years in Chicago and it starts running through your veins. I never really understood it, but damn if it isn't the greatest sport in the world. Oh and FUCK THE YANKEES - god bless Minnesota. Although, if anyone should knock the Yankees out of the race it should be the Red Sox.

2) The Killers '46 and '64 - Jessica always writes her 5 before and gets to put in her two-cents first and she covered the films well enough. I'll just add that Lee Marvin is the fucking man, and Point Blank needs to get it's ass on DVD.


3) A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - What a wonderful book. A comic epic. For those of you who have yet to read this gem, I implore you to dive into the world of Ignatius J. Reilly. You will not be disappointed.

4) Space Travel - Has anyone else notice that the whole space tourist flight is about the gayest thing ever? Wow $200,000 for 4 minutes in almost-outer-space. SPACESHIPONE you are LAME, you can't even put spaces in your name, how do you expect to put us into space. You don't even get to float around a little. I'm sure the view is fucking great and all but the price tag is a little steep. I'll just watch the IMAX movie I'm sure they're making. I guess I'm still holding out for the orbiting-around-the-earth tourist trade. Now that would be worth the cash.


5) Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke - I am only a chapter into the behemoth but am already loving it. Finally A book about magic that's not at a 5th grade reading level (Harry potter) and won't get you beat up on the bus (anything with an elf on the cover).