Feb 13 2005

Cold Mountain

Very nice love story set during the American Civil War.

I love it when movie makers take a classic story and reset, twist, and blurr it to hide where it actually came from.

In this case, the story is the Odyssey with a little bit of the Illiad thrown in for good measure.

The Civil War stands in as the Trojan War. The woman named Sara with the child that helps Inman is Calypso the mermaid. The civil war soldier that captures Inman and the other deserter as the cyclops, Ada Monroe as Penelope, Inman is Odysseus, Bosie as Antinous,

Feb 13 2005

Triumphant triumvirate

[Boston Globe](http://www.boston.com/news/globe/sports:) “What we’ve never known, and what we may never know, is how it all really worked. Bill Belichick, Charlie Weis, and Romeo Crennel steered the Patriots to three Super Bowl victories over the last four years, their individual coaching talents interfacing like so many gears in a fine Swiss timepiece. How fitting, in the closing moments of last Sunday’s victory …”

Well, now we’ll find out if Charlie and Romeo were Bill’s own Belichick.

Feb 12 2005

Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Round 2

[The Sand Trap](http://thesandtrap.com/:) “If Mickelson could set a course record at Spyglass Hill on day one of the Clambake, why not set another record on day two? After setting a 36-hole scoring record at Poppy Hills with a 62, Phil scrambled his way to a 5-under 67 at Poppy Hills. He broke the previous 36 hole tournament record by 2 strokes.

If Phil’s highlight reel from today did not include flawless execution, it did include great recoveries. He holed a 30-foot putt for par on No. 10 and hit a 7-iron through the trees to the green on the par-5 12th finishing the hole with a two-putt birdie. His birdie was impressive after hitting a tree off the tee. Phil did what it took to get the job done and sits four strokes ahead of his nearest competitor, Mike Weir.”

Yahoo! This could be the year of Phil!