For a while we used to get the Kung Fu channel as part of our cable package and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I didn’t care much for the chop-socky kung fu movies but I became a fan of the samurai sagas , espescially those featuring Zatoichi.
Zatoichi , for those who may not be familiar with [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Zatoichi and his ReIncarnation, Hanzo
Posted in Movies on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lance Armstrong, the French and the Tour de France
Posted in Sports on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When Lance Armstrong decided to compete in this years Tour de France after a 3-1/2 year layoff I, like many others thought that he was making a mistake and that he should have remained retired . After seven Tour de France victories,a record that will probably never be equalled, there was nothing more left to prove.Over [...]
Korean food, Set Dinners and Odorless Kimchi
Posted in Food on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love Korean food and hadn’t had any for a couple of months. When my son and I decided to go out for dinner I suggested a Korean restaurant, Kim Ho Jeung. Usually, we wind up ordering one barbecue type dish and one casserole which together with the ban chan is plenty enough. This time my eye was caught [...]
The Killing Way: An Arthurian Mystery
Posted in books on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With the world fast becoming a global village I have become accustomed to the exotic locales of the books that I read . I have read mysteries set in Iceland, Sweden , Norway , Holland, ancient Egypt, ancient Rome, Botswana, South Africa, HongKong, China, Japan and ancient Greece just to name a few. All the same [...]
What is Really Really Important
Posted in Culture, Daily Life, Life, Thoughts on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In an interview in Book Page, the writer Colton Whitehead ( John Henry Days, Sag Harbor) was asked ” What three things would you want with you on a desert island ?”
His answer ” Internet, TV and everyone I know ‘.
An honest answer though he cheated a little since ” everyone I know ” is [...]
The Shape of Things to Come
Posted in American Scene, Daily Life, Thoughts on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had been to the carwash last week after a lapse of several months and noticed several changes. The first was that prices were lower. The regular wash was $7 ( it used to be $ 10) and the most expensive, the De Luxe was $ 10 ( it used to be $ 14). Also, [...]
Technology and the Modern Sports Fan
Posted in Culture, Sports, Thoughts on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Man Wall is a new product that has to be the sports fan’s ultimate wet dream. It is an entertainment center: a wall unit that is loaded with four television sets, a live sports ticker, two cigar humidors ( why two?) a microwave oven and a refrigerated beer tap.Priced at $ 14, 900 the [...]
A Wimbledon Final in Which There Were No Losers
Posted in Sports on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a magnificent match ! For the second year in a row, we were treated to a pulsating contest that could have gone either way and was in doubt until the very end. I had watched Andy Roddick prevail over Andy Murray in Friday’s semi-final but I never dreamed that he would be able to sustain [...]
NBA Roundup :Artest, Ariza, Kupchak and the Lakers
Posted in Sports on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just two days after the start of free agency, the Lakers have pulled off a tremendous coup by signing Ron Artest and waving goodbye to Trevor Ariza. As a Laker fan, I am sorry to see Ariza go; after all, he was a big reason why the Lakers won the NBA Championship last month. Sure, [...]
Thumbs Down for W.E.B. Griffin’s “Black Ops”
Posted in books on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
W.E.B. Griffin is a prolific and phenomenally successfull author having authored well over a hundred novels under different names. He writes what can be best described as “military fiction”, relating the deeds of American servicemen both on the battlefield and in the covert war against our nation’s enemies. Black Ops is the fifth novel in the Presidential [...]
