DIARY
– WEEKEND – It wasn’t a bad weekend, though it is somewhat biased by my having a pretty lousy morning (subway trouble; I didn’t get to work until forty minutes late, and now I have a toothache and a sore throat).
On Friday, Jess and I went to see Pen at Playwrights Horizons (again, courtesy of Hallie) which was both weird and fun (and involved sound instructions as to making a good martini). On Saturday, we stayed in most of the day, but split up in the evening, I so that I could go to Jeff’s birthday party, and Jess to visit with Matt. On Sunday, I went to Palm Sunday Mass, and spent most of the afternoon wrestling with critiques for class. In the evening I went and read at 2773. And that was that!
– WEATHER – For the most part, the next several says are supposed to be calm. There will be a gentle rain over California and the midwest, with warmth and windiness throughout the rest of the country. The sole exception looks like the entirety of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois, which will be buffeted by thunderstorms. Through the week a surge of warmth will move from west to east. A calm week, overall. I was pretty groggy this morning when an NBC anchor interviewed a meteorologist who predicted nineteen hurricanes this year, with an 81% chance that at least one would feature 110 mph winds.
– TIGERS – The Tigers are hot so far (although it’s still far too soon to abandon caution), coming home for their opener with a 5-1 record. Personally, I’m more comfortable with the single loss anyway. With this club (and certainly in the last several years) opening winning streaks have corresponded closely to losing streaks later on. Something about the pitching… but the Tigers are hot these days. Chris Shelton. Justin Verlander. Pudge had a tantrum, but otherwise, it wouldn’t be Pudge. Today, we take on the White Sox. More on this soon.
– APRIL – Is Florida Tomatoes month.
– TODAY – Is Holy Monday and Siblings Day (apparently).
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Cosimo de Medici and Afrika Bambaataa.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
The Buffalo News: Classified leak laid at Bush’s door.
*and*
The Detroit Free Press: GM’s quality quandary. More on this today.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Who?
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