The Writer's Life 4/23 - Cold

Broadway has produced a roast similar to the ones Dean Martin and company used to do. It’s target? The Bard of Avon. In today’s NY Post theater critic Elizabeth Vincentelli reviews Something Rotten, which she describes as “…a love letter to both Shakespeare and musicals.” She rates it three-and-a-half stars. It sounds like fun.

RIP Mary Doyle Keefe, 92, the model for the iconic WWII home front poster, Rosie the Riveter. I would have liked to upload a picture of it, but the old version of IE I'm working from won't cooperate. It's one of the concessions I've made to remain pop-up-free. Drag and drop wouldn't work, either. I uninstalled Firefox, refusing to deal with it any longer.

I’ve written about the coldness of professional sports management many times. Here’s the latest example: the Oklahoma Thunder have fired coach Scott Brooks, whose overall record in seven seasons was an impressive 338-207. He was Coach of the Year in 2012, leading his team to the NBA Finals. He reached the playoffs six straight years. His crime? - failing to qualify for the post season in 2015. The Thunder finished 45-37, despite the fact that all-star scoring machine Kevin Durant played in only 27 of 81 games. I must confess I’d had no clue who coached the team. Gazing at his picture, he looks more like an accountant. No picture here, either.
A significant drop in temperature, stiff wind and lack of sunshine necessitated the breaking out of my heaviest jacket today. I wish I'd had a book sale for every comment on the cold. I didn't expect much business and, unfortunately, that was the case. My thanks to the gentleman who purchased John Grisham's The Rainmaker, and to Luis, the porter of the building where I set up shop, who handed me two Russian books. As a token of appreciation for never saying a word against my presence there, I let him select any paperback he wants. I guess it was his way of paying me back.

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