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Papelbon's gotta put some pants on.

My Interests

Music:

Leonard Cohen, The Kinks, The Pixies, The Sonics, the Monks, The Beach Boys, the Ramones, Jonathan Richman, The Velvet Underground, Spoon, Public Enemy, The Clash

Movies:

The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Rushmore, Brazil, A Hard Day's Night, Charade, The Big Lebowski, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Duck Soup, Raiders Of the Lost Ark, Double Indemnity.

Television:

The Daily Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Monkees, Futurama, The Venture Bros., The Partridge Family, Battlestar, Sports Night, DC Animated Universe, Evangelion

Books:

The Day of the Locust, Disturbing the Universe, 1984, The Great Gatsby, Revolutionary Road, The Golem's Mighty Swing, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Black Hole, Ordinary Victories

Heroes:

Harvey Kurtzman, Charles Schulz, Ted Williams, my uncle George

My Blog

Obit

Colbert on Captain America. They even put in a Fall of the Mutants joke during The Word. God, there are nerds every-fucking-where. Bleargh....
Posted by pfh on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:57:00 PST

And guess what? Pluto is still a planet.

So, I have a beef with the New Seven Wonders Of the World contest.Even though the Pyramids of Giza are among the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and even though they are the last of th...
Posted by pfh on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:28:00 PST

Party In My Brain

I saw this posted elsewhere online and have to share here. This is awesome. (James, if you read this, thank you.)The Baha system is a combination of a sound processor attached to an osseoi...
Posted by pfh on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:31:00 PST

Ultimate Dirt Dog

Well, reality has finally set in for me. Bye, Trotter.Right field won't be the same this year.I hope he gets to keep his cap.Manny and Ortiz are the easiest to cheer for, but it was always more fun wh...
Posted by pfh on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:56:00 PST

Waffles and Applesauce

Redsoxnation.net put up a list of best quotes from 2006.Some good ones:"Am I an old-fashioned player? I grew up in LA, man. I never watched baseball. I just do what's in my heart, and I try to be hone...
Posted by pfh on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:23:00 PST

You got sweet moves.

Kirbycise! It made all the rounds already, but I have to post it here.Don't get a back spasm....
Posted by pfh on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:31:00 PST

Way Back Machine

Trupe is gone. They're really not bringing him back. This sucks. I don't think I'm particularly fond of Glenn Geffner, either.Entercom and the Red Sox announced the team's revamped broadcast team on F...
Posted by pfh on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:59:00 PST

Bundled up for that wonderful New England weather

 
Posted by pfh on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:59:00 PST

"Uh oh... snake eyes! You're a dead duck, duck."

The Daisuke Matsuzaka Saga has finally compelled me to blog. You see what you've driven me to, Scott Boras? Blogging! Seriously. Dice-K's agent, Scott Boras, held a press conference tonight after meet...
Posted by pfh on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:34:00 PST

Huh, pilgrim?

Preacher? On TV? Oh, wait, not TV. HBO. Click click.The pay cable network is developing a one-hour series based on the popular 1990s Vertigo comics series. Mark Steven Johnson, the writer-director beh...
Posted by pfh on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:30:00 PST