ON FILM: American Sniper (2015)

Honestly, I haven't actually seen this yet. I sincerely doubt I will, FWIW.

I had two bagels (one multi-grain and one honey wheat) with Tofutti cream cheese for breakfast this morning, and --- so far --- 3 cups of Starbucks brand Sumatra K-Cup coffee. The first cup tasted oddly weak, so I didn't quite finish it and I quickly set about producing a second cup. I was immediately thrilled to find the second cup brewed to full flavor. To small victories! American Sniper is rated R and directed by Clint Eastwood with a running time of 133 minutes. Distributed by Warner Brothers. 3.5/5 stars

ON FILM: Inherent Vice (2014)

What if Max California wasn't murdered but later travelled to 1970?

I bought Thomas Pynchon's seminal novel Gravity's Rainbow several years ago. I had wanted to read it for the longest time, but was kinda/sorta intimidated by the very thought of reading and re-reading passages too impenetrable for my pretentious albeit underfed brain. Anyway, last year I tried to buy it again on Amazon because I actually forgot I'd already done so--- but the page did that thing where it gave me a link to my previous order history. Thank goodness I was logged in to my Amazon account or I'd have two unread copies on my shelf. Inherent Vice is rated R and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson with a running time of 148 minutes. Distributed by Warner Brothers. 6/5 stars

Rico Baumgartner/Death Panel

Happy Hollandaise ev'ryone, ev'rywhere!

The Nighttime Rider, 1

Egghead

My All-Time Childhood (RE: '80s) Baseball Team

C - Gary Carter, Expos/Mets
1B - Don Mattingly, Yankees
2B - Ryne Sandberg, Cubs
SS - Ozzie Smith, Cardinals
3B - Mike Schmidt - Phillies
RF - Darryl Strawberry, Mets/Jose Canseco, Athletics
CF - Mookie Wilson, Mets/Blue Jays
LF - Rickey Henderson, Athletics/Yankees/Athletics

P - Dwight Gooden, Mets
P - Jack Morris, Tigers/Twins
P - Orel Hershiser, Dodgers
P - David Cone, Royals/Mets

Bench:
C - Carlton Fisk, White Sox
1B - Keith Hernandez, Cardinals/Mets
2B -
SS/3B - Cal Ripken, Jr., Orioles
3B - Wade Boggs, Red Sox
RF - Dave Winfield, Padres/Yankees
CF - Lenny Dykstra, Mets/Phillies
LF - Kirk Gibson, Tigers/Dodgers
OF - George Bell, Blue Jays
OF - Dale Murphy, Braves