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The Kaisers, Fausels, Barretts, Ananda and a Fausel co-worker had the pleasure of seeing Tim Goodman at the
Jewish Community Center tonight. Goodman is the SF Chronicle's TV critic and he is a funny dude. His blog,
The Bastard Machine, is a must read. He fires off
great columns like these every couple of days, and his
podcast (found on his blog) is 45 minutes of fun, sarcasm and a lot of great reader/listener questions.
Goodman knows his stuff, and tonight
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declared
The Wire as his favorite show...ever. That's as in
forever. Let's just say I'll be renting Season 1 very soon. Another highlight was the brother of a Wire cast member asking a question. That was our brush with stardom tonight, and it felt alright.
On a personal note, my intramural hoops team recently suffered a series of crushing defeats at the JCC (some by 60 points and that is with a running clock). I played so badly that I can barely remember the high school hoops hero I
never quite was but who
was 2nd in the EBAL in free throw shooting.
It was nice to return triumphantly back to the JCC. I'm so bad at hoops that I now define triumphant as a great night with friends listening to a cool, knowledgeable dude, and putting down two sugar cookies. Two points or two cookies and 7 friends? I'll take the cookies and friends everyday.