Virtual Memories

Went a-walkin’ for a few hours, down to Atocha station and that modern art museum. Took more wonderful pix, but you’ll have to wait, unless I can get my Flickr account up and running one evening. I spent time with the Picassos, Miros, and the Dalis, but the postwar painters left me cold/bored. Similarly, the [...]

Made it into Madrid safe & sound, dear readers! Event-free flight, made even less eventful thanks to a dose of Xanax. Took some great pix yesterday, but my hotel has no wireless net access, so I won’t be able to post any of them for a while. I’m hoping to get down to Centro de [...]

I tellya, if I wasn’t about to head out for Madrid for the CPhI/ICSE conference, I’d be all over ChillerFest here in NJ. I mean, where else would I be able to see Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Karen Allen, Elvira, and a bunch of extras from Night of the Living Dead? Honestly, the guest list [...]

It seems that Iran will only use peaceful means to “wipe out Israel from the map of the world”! Whew!

by Tom Spurgeon (Here endeth VM’s NBA week! Hope it didn’t hurt too much!) Mostly Above the Halfway Point Division Seattle Supersonics Looking over Seattle’s 2005-2006 roster is like learning about the marriage of a couple you thought had broken up months ago. Last year’s experiment in having a bunch of free-agents on roster so [...]

by Gil Roth (Last day of NBA Week here on VM! Soon, it’ll be back to confessional rambling and snarky comments about the news!) Atlanta Hawks This team, hands down, gave us the most entertaining story of the offseason. They offered Phoenix way too many assets for a free agent sign-and-trade of Joe Johnson, then [...]

by Gil Roth (NBA Week continues on VM! Don’t worry; it’ll be over soon!) Chicago Bulls Surprise team last year, but easily one of the worst playoff teams since the 1999 Atlanta Hawks, which actually made the second round. Fortunately, karma realigned itself and booted this team from the playoffs early, after Chris Duhon decided [...]

by Tom Spurgeon San Antonio Spurs The Spurs are the first team in NBA history where the better they play, the more likely the shooting guard’s family is to be kidnapped and ransomed. Other than looking forward to Michael Finley’s adjustment period, the only thing about the regular season with the Spurs worth watching is [...]

According to the wall calendar in my office, Monday was “UN Day”! So, to honor that occasion, here’s a link to the Word document of the Mehlis report about the Hariri assassination in Lebanon. (This would be the file that includes the “Track Changes” fixes by the UN Secretariat’s office, in its attempts to soft-pedal [...]

Boston Celtics Last year, I said that Danny Ainge is an idiot, mainly because of his trade for Raef La Frentz. That’s enough to retain idiot-status for several seasons. The Celtics traded to get Antoine Walker back midway through last season, helping them get on a “run” to win the Atlantic Division. They posted the [...]