Shoot the Messinger’s pager has been blowing up lately, thanks to attention from some bigger fish. First Maud Newton linked to the Tournament of Books post, then Gossiperia mistook the post about the TOC April Fool’s issue for actual celebrity news, and yesterday ESPN’s TrueHoop grabbed yesterday’s Celtics volley.
So welcome to any newcomers. Book and basketball fans, take heart: I write about that stuff fairly often. Celebrity gossip lovers, not much I can help you with. Except to say that Rahzel dumped his girlfriend over the phone while riding in the backseat of my car, about nine years ago. Hope that helps!
UPDATE: I shouldn’t be so glib. The onslaught knocked the site off its axis, but it’s all better now. Phew.
So the Pats lost last night. It was a frustrating game, a perfect case for how the non-statistical elements of sport can really take over. The Giants just looked like they wanted it more. The Pats looked like they were entitled. It’s a little slap back to reality for we Boston fans, to the pre-2000 era when we were entitled to precisely zero, and the expectation was on loss rather than triumph. I’m already nostalgic for yesterday.
Tomorrow, I read as part of the new Parlor series, a collaborative effort between the Bad at Sports folks and the Green Lantern Gallery, where the reading takes place. Please do come out and say hello. It’d be nice to see some folks out for a new effort.
I know that this is maybe a little too personal for a silly blog post, but since there are a few people who read the site to whom I don’t speak all that often, thought I’d just put this out there: As of last night, Maria and I are engaged. I’m a lucky guy.
