Monthly Archives: November 2008
Mary Margaret O’Hara, Where are Ya?
Slowhopes can be expressed in a variety of forms: Book (What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Raymond Carver) Movie (Atlantic City, Louis Malle, 1980) Television Show (The Rockford Files, Hill St. Blues, Sopranos) Band (Los Lobos) Singer/Songwriter … Continue reading
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Viva la Santa Monica Steps!
Slowhopes spent the best part of a decade jogging up and down the Santa Monica steps, all 189 of them. They’re at the corner of 4th Street and Adelaide, one of the more gorgeous corners of the universe, and overlook … Continue reading
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Federal Treasury Looking for Secretary Who Can Explain How to Get Us Out of This Mess
A jobs posting we may soon be seeing on the Washington, D.C. page of Craigslist: Reply to: Job8548322111@craigslist.org Post Until: Credit Crisis Ends, or Global Economy Returns to Medieval Era. Which ever comes first. The U.S. Federal Treasury is seeking … Continue reading
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The Grey Cup
We’re not sure why Canada calls our football championship the Grey Cup; what happened to the Bronze Cup? Or Beige Cup? (For the country that goes with everything). But Slowhopes grew up in Canada, and came of age dreaming of a Blue … Continue reading
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Banks wins! Banks wins! Banks wins!
OK, it wasn’t Bobby Thompson lining that three run homer into the seats to knock off the Dodgers in Game 3 of the 1951 playoff. It wasn’t Ken Dryden graduating from Cornell, playing six regular season games then defeating the … Continue reading
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Growthiness: The Grange Hall
Slowhopes actually used to eat at The Grange Hall, an American restaurant located in the heart of the West Village, back in the mid-1990′s. In fact, it’s where he celebrated his birthday the first year he was dating Mrs. Slowhopes–so … Continue reading
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The Amazing Catherine Banks
When he’s not scouring the web for stories that inspire, energize and astonish the blogosphere, Slowhopes teaches playwrighting online for the University of British Columbia, which is only the greatest part-time gig ever invented. But imagine our surprise a week … Continue reading
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Journeyman Extraordinaire: Matt Stairs
Some people respond to greatness, particularly in sports, where they can’t get enough of their legends, and you know who they are. Slowhopes has always treasured the journeymen, those third line grinders, cornerbacks coming off knee surgery, aging, immobile backup … Continue reading
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Kill Da Bums! Hockey in Brooklyn
Slowhopes spent many a night at the Garden during the early 90′s watching the Rangers in one of their heydays, and as a Canadian hockey chauvinist, came away highly impressed by Ranger Fan. Ranger Fan was smart, passionate, and possessed … Continue reading
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BCSlowhopeful: Texas Tech
Slowhopes has never been to Lubbock, but he did drive through Amarillo one night in October, 1988. He also hitch hiked from Neuvo Laredo all the way through Texas one May long weekend in 1986, so while he missed Lubbock, … Continue reading
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