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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Hunger Games

29 Thursday Mar 2012

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by Miami Beach resident Elizabeth R. Miller

For those dedicated MillersTime.net readers, you’ll remember that the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins was featured heavily as a favorite on many people’s lists for the best books read in 2011.

If you read the books and haven’t seen the movie, what are you waiting for?

The Hunger Games made $155 million over its opening day weekend (third only to last year’s Harry Potter finale movie and 2008’s The Dark Knight) and, in my opinion, was worth every penny.

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“Sucker Punch” – Simply Good Theater

28 Wednesday Mar 2012

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If you saw and enjoyed the ‘fight’ scene (i.e., canvas preparation) in the play “Red,” then hasten to Studio Theatre to see the current production of “Sucker Punch.”

There is a scene toward the end of the hour and a half, no intermission production that is even better than that wonderful scene in “Red.”

“Sucker Punch” is a play about boxing, and much more , but ultimately it is the boxing that wins the day. You don’t have to like or care about boxing to enjoy it, and you don’t have to worry about any grizzly scenes.

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Why We Differ on How We Understand Politics

27 Tuesday Mar 2012

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If we define politics, broadly, to include what is taking place in our world of governance, policy, how we handle national and local problems, and how we seek to solve problems, how we regulate or don’t regulate, what laws we enact, etc., then I have two problems relating to our politics.

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My Advice to Bobby Valentine

26 Monday Mar 2012

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This post was supposed to be different.

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Who Is Mitt Romney?

23 Friday Mar 2012

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“We don’t know who Romney is for the simple reason that he never reveals who he is,” Frank Rich

Photo-illustration by Darrow (Photo: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)

For some time now I’ve been looking for an article that seems to capture who Mitt Romney is.

Thanks to a tweet by NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen, I came across a Frank Rich article in New York Magazine, written in early February, that does a pretty good job of trying to answer that question.

The article is long, could do with some editing, but if you want to try understand who this man is, take a look at “Who in God’s Name is Mitt Romney?”

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Join Me for a Red Sox Preseason Game in DC

21 Wednesday Mar 2012

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I have an extra ticket for a Tuesday, April 3, 3:05 PM preseason Red Sox vs Nats game in DC.

First person to claim the ticket, either by leaving a message in the Comment section or emailing me (samesty84@gmail.com), gets to join me and buy me a hot dog (Kosher).

Also, I am part of three different ticket groups with the last drawing Mar. 31. I will be listing games to join me and also a few games where folks can have two tickets if I cannot attend.

Preference goes to folks who have joined the 2012 MillersTime Baseball Contests, tho that is not a must.

If you have a particular game you are interested in attending with me, let me know now.

If you have a game you know now that you’d like two tickets for, also let me know now, and I’ll put you first on a list (sometimes for free, sometimes hoping for a reimbursement).

Anyway, I will be announcing the games I do have shortly after Mar.31. So check in if you’re interested.

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Not So Mike Daisey?

16 Friday Mar 2012

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Not long ago I urged MillersTime readers to spend some time reading The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, a one person theatrical presentation by Mike Daisey which detailed the working conditions in Chinese factories where Apple products were made.

This play, it now turns out, apparently has numerous fabrications, according to This American Life, the NPR radio program which aired a 39 minute excerpt of the Mike Daisey story.

Much of the criticism leveled at Apple has been spurred on by The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs‘ play that has been performed throughout the country since 2010.

Check out the developing story HERE.

Update: 3/17 — This American Life issued a retraction last night of their earlier story and presentation of Mike Daisey’s story. If you Click Here, you can see a full transcript and/or also listen to their four part discussion of what has occurred.

And two others from The Atlantic Monthly. :

The Tragedy Behind Mike Daisey’s Lies

James Fallows: The Sad and Infuriating Mike Daisey Case.

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The Grand Kinder – 10 Pix by Ellen

16 Friday Mar 2012

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Abby

Eli

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Stove League Winner – Monica Roper

15 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by Richard in Go Sox

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Which do you think got the most votes for the best Stove League prediction:

* #2 – Pujols to the Angels

or

* #33 – Sox lose their captain and don’t sign Varitek

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“We Need to Talk About Kevin”…and Eva…and Franklin

13 Tuesday Mar 2012

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…and the book and the movie.

First I saw the Lynne Ramsay’s film We Need to Talk About Kevin.

That sent me to book by the same title, the novel by Lionel Shriver on which the movie was based.

And now I want to talk with folks who have seen the film, read the book, or done both.

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Finally, After 100 Years…

13 Tuesday Mar 2012

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Thanx to the sharp eye of blogger Jere Smith (A Red Sox Fan from Pinstripe Territory) and an email he sent the other day, I learned the Red Sox have seen the error of their ways (Click Here) and are making corrections, at least the ones having to do with the stadium tour.

For those of you who read Go Sox regularly, you no doubt remember (Jere did!) I complained last year that the Sox tour of Fenway was pretty poor (Click Here).

Well, I can’t claim credit for the following, tho I’m tempted, but in a recent press release, the Sox said:

*The ballpark tours will be revamped to provide a more rich and rewarding experience for every fan who visits.

*Tours will be more interactive and historical enabling fans to enjoy a more complete Fenway Park experience.

*There will be 64 plaques, 26 displays of historical items from “The Nation‟s Archive” and 10 historical markers throughout the ballpark totaling 100 items, up from about 46 currently in the park.

Let me and others know if you take the tour and what you think. I hope to do so in June and take Jere with me.

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Read This & You’ll Never Watch Baseball the Same Way

08 Thursday Mar 2012

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For those of you who have been around a while, the columnist/humorist Art Buchwald every year use to publish his explanation to the French of our Thanksgiving (le Jour de Merci Donnant). For some reason, I never tired of rereading it.

So taking his idea of repeating something that is (arguably) of interest and value, I am beginning an annual repeat of a column and a link I posted two years ago. The idea to do so came about after I was chatting with a younger sports fan who knows more about baseball than I do, probably because he plays fantasy baseball. But he didn’t know much about Tom Boswell, the author of the article that has changed the way I look at baseball.

And when this young chap read the article, I think it may have also changed how he will now watch baseball.

Anyway, here it is for 2012:

Baseball’s Open Secret, Hidden Key

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The DH: Good or Bad?

07 Wednesday Mar 2012

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My good cousin’s son turned me on to Joe Podnanski, the writer from Sports Illustrated (SI.com) who also has his own blog, and I’ve been following him for at least six months now. He usually writes longish articles, with lots of details, etc. Some are worth your time, some not.

Podnanski has one this morning about the Designated Hitter, and I think he puts to rest all the arguments about that 40 year old ‘innovation’ to baseball.

Check it out Here.

And add your Comment in the section on this site if you have something to add.

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“Footnote” — A Standout Film

06 Tuesday Mar 2012

Posted by Richard in Escapes and Pleasures

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(No ‘spoilers’ in the following)

I was glad the Iranian film A Separation (see earlier mini review here) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, at least until I saw the Israeli film Footnote.

Now I’m a bit more conflicted.

Footnote opens in NY, and probably LA, Friday, and I hope it will be around long enough for folks to find it and see it.

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Bosox: Fisk or Varitek?

03 Saturday Mar 2012

Posted by Richard in Go Sox

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or

Who’s the best?

Sammy White?

Carlton Fisk?

Jason Varitek?

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