MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
Watch for my first novel, These Monks, a comedy about friendship, frustration, and Des Moines, available later this year.
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Breaking!
Our favorite whimsical medical comedy may be migrating networks! Next fall, it looks like ABC, owned by Disney, which also owns the Buena Vista-produced show, is picking up the steady survivor for its penultimate episode arcs. While this news isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Scrubs
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Working up to it.
The Oscars? So totally yesterday. Sean Salisbury canned? So totally five seconds ago. Nope, here at Mister Faded Glory, we’re working up to a big finish to the year in college basketball – finally ready to cast aside the bonds … Continue reading
Posted in Basketball
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‘The bigger the lie, the more they believe.’
Quick day today, we’re almost out the door for the weekend. However, you’ve no doubt read my personal hand-wringing over the versimilitude of The Wire’s questions and themes during the final season, which wraps up on March 9 (March 3 … Continue reading
Posted in The Wire, War on Slate
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Mister Faded Glory’s Top Cinema 2007
We’re brimming with positivity today, about to craft the most gushing post you’ve seen at Mister Faded Glory since, well, ever. But you see, 2007 was practically a banner year for cinema, and we can’t help but be satisfied as … Continue reading
Posted in Film
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Grammar lesson No. 7243
“I don’t think I’ll go back next year. Getting too commercial. Supposed to be about the grammar.” – Bart Simpson. Bear in mind, I’m only a former copy editor, not a linguist or stylebook professional. But I’m still an amateur … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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Preaching to the choir
You know how we feel about Tony Kornheiser. You know how we feel about NASCAR (Respective: Love, Hate.) That said, we can’t understand ESPN’s refusal to end the Tony Kornheiser MNF experiment, especially when ABC kept Dennis Miller around for … Continue reading
Posted in Sports Media
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Sighing while typing (Or should that be ‘whilst?’) Nah.
Does today, you know, the supposedly-sacred “pitchers and catchers report” spring-training day denote the shift from all that’s wrong with sports into all that’s correct, decent and pure? I know, I know, you’re gagging along with me, but consider it … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, College Basketball, Irony?, Sports Media
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It’s not early, it’s Slate. That sounded clever in my head.
“But I bought into it. I bought into it, big time. I’m part of the problem. (smack).” Nick Nolte as Head Coach Pete Bell, Blue Chips* I’ll admit it, I fell right into their trap. You remember my mea culpa, … Continue reading
Posted in The Wire, War on Slate
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Consider foot excavated from mouth.
Well, a little bit anyway. When last we discussed the phenomenal The Wire, I attempted to deconstruct (or go totally meta) just because the media characters weren’t fleshed out with the seemingly proper amount of depth – at least to … Continue reading
Posted in The Wire
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Your crime is time, and it’s 18 and 1 to go…
Well, normally I wouldn’t gloat, or smite, or twist the knife. But normally the powerhouse juggernaut losing a Super Bowl isn’t due for the karma slap-to-the-face that our New England Patriots finally received tonight – on the heels of weird, … Continue reading
Posted in NFL
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So tomorrow
In case you didn’t notice, apparently Mister Faded Glory was ghosting for Will Leitch over at The Sporting Blog on Friday. Hey, Will, that’s my shtick! We, of course, agreed this season to partake in a Super Bowl party (frowns … Continue reading
Posted in Colts
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