This time of year might be a bit slow at the box office, but it's anything but dull as far as major film festivals go. This year's Toronto International Film Festival is in full swing, and several big movies are getting rave reviews from festival-goers and movie critics alike. I thought this might be a good time to take a closer look at TIFF and some of the biggest and best reviewed movies thus far.
Forget frying an egg on the sidewalk - who wants a sidewalk egg? No, you, my friend, want fresh baked cookies. Imagine how great it would be, after a tough day of work, to go out into the parking lot and find your car full of piping hot fresh chocolate chip cookies ready for your drive home!
The draft of 2005 was pretty painful for me. It wasn’t like the Clement draft where we passed on every great hitter available to take the one flop… but it wasn’t good. Anytime you pass up a local pitching phenom who becomes a Two-time Cy Young award winner and world champion to draft a diabetic pitcher with a spotty starting history in college with the #5 pick, things could probably be better. I was thinking Lincecum / Scherzer / Kershaw at the time in order of preference, but it was not to be.
Amazon is the undisputed king of the hill in the ebook market right now. They sell more ebooks than anybody else, and their Kindle ereader is dangerously close to becoming a synonym for ereader the way Kleenex did for facial tissue. Then there is this little company out of Toronto that you may have heard of once or twice. Kobo. I think they could take Amazon down, or at least give them a run for their money (which is considerable!). More on why further down.
Ebook Retail Marketshare
Masai Ujiri is a damn good General Manager. In fact, he is so good that this past season he became the NBA’s Executive of the Year. After seeing Carmelo Anthony hold the Denver Nuggets hostage for a season, and seeing Ujiri trade him away in his first season as GM, a Nuggets front office position could appear to be hectic. The question that remains, though, is that with Ujiri off to explore greener pastures, will his new club shine?
In the past month and a half, the Denver Nuggets have seen their playoff hopes proliferate then falter, their season end, their head coach become NBA Coach of the Year, and finally, their GM become the NBA Executive of the Year. It has been a whirlwind ride for a Nugget team that, unfortunately, didn’t reach their potential this past season. While hopes are high for the next year, a small scare is hitting the Denver area. Masai Ujiri is taking calls from other suitors.
I wasn't interested in watching Hannibal until I started reading Janice Poon's new blog called Feeding Hannibal. Poon is the lead food stylist and culinary expert on the production of Hannibal. After reading Poon's hilarious adventures and fascinating artistic fakes, I just queued up the available episodes to watch on Hulu tonight.
While the criticism of the NBA’s choice for the top Executive of the Year is rolling in quick, the people of the Mile High area aren't complaining. After an unexpected first-round exit from the playoffs, the fans in Denver needed a pick-me-up. While hearing their coach, George Karl, was named Coach of the Year was a push in the right direction, Thursday’s announcement that Masai Ujiri was voted Executive of the Year (EOY) only helped to heal Nuggets fans’ pain.
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Fourth and fifth runs, Wednesday, scored on Sea_Beast's missile into the right-center seats. On the telecast, they said that the 2012 Mariners hit only 8 of 147 (?) home runs to the opposite field. This year it's already 6 of 30.
In other words, last year's ballclub had very little legitimate power. Now it has legitimate (dangerous) power. Granted, that legitimate power is largely Michael Morse. But there's the center fielder, and perhaps Montero soon, and Seager's dangerous.
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Geoffy with a bare-knuckle Op Ed this morning, raking his opponents over the coals for the Jaso and Wells debates. Geoff has got a constitutional right to his opinion -- now that he's in America, not Canada -- and he's taking full advantage. :- )
