A few things from today’s Hartford Courant caught my eye, none of them worthy of their own post.
Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez wants Mario Lemieux to move the Pittsburgh Penguins to Hartford. I’m a Rangers fan myself and live in NYC - would anyone here buy season tickets to a new Hartford hockey team? Is there […]

Today, filmmaker Robert Altman died at the age of 81. Altman is one of cinema’s most important directors. Outspoken, passionate, and visionary, Altman’s fims-including “M*A*S*H,” “Nashville.” “McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” “The Long Goodbye,” and “The Player”-are just some of the hallmark films Altman directed. Never willing to dance with the Hollywood system […]

Is a burrito a sandwich? The Panera Bread Co. bakery-and-cafe chain says yes. But a judge said no, ruling against Panera in its bid to prevent a Mexican restaurant from moving into the same shopping mall. Panera has a clause in its lease that prevents the White City Shopping Center in Shrewsbury from renting to […]

Bill Moyers, a journalist’s journalist, once noted:
A producer is a saboteur who tries to infiltrate the passivity of viewers and to create impressions that are lasting.
The Oklahoma born Texas raised Moyers, currently the president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy, has spent more than five decades honing his craft. Moyers worked in both […]

Phyllis Ann Padgett, Joh Padgett aka Fini Finito’s mother, died tonight. Joh is a great friend of Emboldened and a key organizer for the Roots Project and the SRP Newsweekly podcast. From everything I have heard, Phyllis was an amazing woman who raised an incredible family. Her obituary can be read here.
Austin and I […]

I just uploaded some pictures of the Tribute in Light, Ground Zero and the memorializations of September 11th. I hope you appreciate the pictures. I felt very uncomfortable going out tonight to photograph the Tribute in Light - and to a lesser extent, ground zero - amidst a flock of tourists. I tried my best […]

I searched YouTube for Emboldened and…

“Emboldened by a correspondence course in Earth languages…”
I love it

Austin is in the midst of his first law school induced stress fest. Poor kid. Maybe this will help him relax. Leave him love or other furry things in the comments.

Cross posted at Taylor Marsh
My hopes for a sunny and beautiful New York morning appear to have been dashed. Despite the drab weather, I remain very proud of myself for making some damned fine chicken last night (I’m not much of a cook). Eat this chicken and forget about the bad weather!
Richard Armitage has admitted […]

Cross posted at Taylor Marsh
As feared, Fini Finito has lost his tenuous access to the internet following his move. He asked me to fill in for him. My name is Matt Browner-Hamlin - my home blog is Emboldened and I’m a front page contributor at the community blog Bring It On! I know Fini […]