Mostly Harmless

Might be inspired to fire up some pop culture and sports blogging in 2024. Might not be. But can I just say that giving up hope for the Bills this season has made the wins over KC and Dallas somehow even more satisfying?

Dan Everett posted shared this on his Facebook page and I thought I’d say a few words about her playing. I managed to find it on YouTube: The commenters there identify the piece as Sonatina in D Major, Op 36, No 6 by Muzio Clementi. I wouldn’t have guessed that, but then, I simply don’t know Clementi. But that’s irrelevant. I want to talk about her playing. Actually, I want to talk about how she uses her body. She plays with her body, as any halfway decent musician does. Look at how her upper b…

How is it possible that a few posts scattered here at Mostly Harmless and on some of my other blogs last night led to their being more easily findable on google than anything Studio Dongo has posted on Guccifer 2.0 over the last several weeks? Anyone who understands google search algorithms better than me, please feel free to respond!

Quick questions to my remaining readers: are you aware of the Guccifer 2.0 story? have you been trying to follow it? have you been able to find any good sources on it through google searches? Just to be clear, I had not been aware of or following the story until one of my best friends started blogging about it in mid-June . As he's been writing about his experiences going down that particular rabbit hole, I've started looking for other sources. Not very hard, to be sure. And I know that I've be…

This website has not been active for some time now. I don't know when or if the Constructivist will be posting here again. You can get all all your LPGA information, including: 1- All tournament previews 2- Up to date statistics 3- Breaking News 4- Much much more At the following link: http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/ Free website hit counter

Apologies to my regular readers for taking this mini-sabbatical from Mostly Harmless! Probably the main reason I've been too busy to blog has been all the extra time I've been putting into meeting with my students this past month to consult with them on their critical essays and final research projects. Although most of them chose not to do web authoring projects, a good number did; here are links to their work: Alexandra Atseff, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Book to Film [blog] Aubrey…

As most of you already know, the LPGA is holding its final phase of Q-School this week. With the Constructivist up to his neck in snow and work, I would like to reprint this from Tony's LPGA Report . Thursday 12/4/14 (Completion of round 2 of 5) Ju Young Park, sister of LPGA veteran Hee Young Park is now tied for the lead at -9. Also at that number is first round leader Casey Grice. The trio of Samantha Richdale, Sophia Popov, and Elizabeth Nagel are 2 strokes back at -7. Other Notable scores: …

Sakura Yokomine's 23rd career victory on the JLPGA may be one of her sweetest. Not only was her win at the ElleAir Ladies Open her 1st of 2014, it may well be her last as a JLPGA member--at least for awhile--as she's one of the favorites at LPGA Q-School's final stage in early December. Of course, she can go on to win the final event of the JLPGA season, the Ricoh Cup, next week. But let's stay in the present for now! Yokomine entered the final round 2 shots behind 20-year-old sensation Ai Suzu…

With the top golfers on the LPGA apparently feeling the pressure of playing for $1.5M and having trouble dealing with the changeable winds and slower greens at Tiburon this week at the CME Group Tour Championship , the door is slightly ajar for some unsung heroes to make like Christina Kim and make a statement at the end of 2014. Julieta Granada has been dinking her way around the course, while Carlota Ciganda has been bombing her ways around it, but despite the 55-yard difference in average dr…

Ai Suzuki followed up yesterday's 9-birdie 65 with a bogey-free 64 today to climb to the top of the heap at the ElleAir Ladies Open . At -16, the 20-year-old major champion holds a 2-shot lead on LPGA Q-School-bound Sakura Yokomine (65), a 3-shot lead on Miki Sakai (66) and money-list leader Sun-Ju Ahn (68), a 4-shot lead on Shiho Oyama (68) and Rui Kitada (71), and a 5-shot lead on Rikako Morita (66), Yumiko Yoshida (68), and 1st-round leader Momoko Ueda (70). Esther Lee (66), Teresa Lu (68), …

Well, it all comes down to this and I'm picking Inbee Park to complete her comeback on Stacy Lewis and take all the big awards in 2014 from her at the CME Group Tour Championship ! 1. Park Inbee 2. Feng 3. Ko 4. Ryu 5. Wie 6. Choi Na Yeon 7. Pettersen 8. Lewis 9. Phatlum 10. Webb 11. Nordqvist 12. Creamer Alts: Munoz; Pressel; Baek I can't win the 2014 PakPicker competition, but maybe I can build on last week's lucky 3rd place finish and catch Tony Jesselli!

Between being figuratively snowed in at work and literally snowed in at home in Hamburg (where I've spent something like 12 of the last 48 hours shoveling), I've taken an unexpected sabbatical from Mostly Harmless, but I'm back! Let's catch up on what I've missed! Christina Kim Prevails Over Shanshan Feng in Playoff at Lorena's Place. I've gotta be honest, I erased the 1st 3 rounds on my DVR after watching the intros and still have the last 6 holes of so of the final round to watch, but I'll be…

The LPGA announced its 2015 LPGA schedule at 3:00PM today, and continued its current trend of upward momentum. LPGA Chief Communications Officer Kraig Kann hosted the live stream which took place at the CME Tour Championship in Ocala, Florida. Commissioner Michael Whan and Chief Commercial Officer John Podany jointly announced increased prize money, increased television coverage, and another increase in the total number of tournaments. Here are the highlights: 1- There will be 33 official tourn…