tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-537517 2012-01-25T22:54:30-05:00 palaver: n. profuse or idle chatter TypePad MbPalaverhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef0168e61918ce970c 2012-01-25T22:54:30-05:00 2012-01-25T22:58:23-05:00 MB I'm watching Victoria Azarenka play Kim Clijsters in the Australian Open right now. Azarenka, like many professional women tennis players these days, is a screamer. She's almost as bad as Maria Sharapova. I've tried turning the volume off when these...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=LhqKTQYYegY:1TjfeeWz65Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/LhqKTQYYegY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2012/01/sportspalaver-screaming-tennis-players.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef0168e5b8152c970c 2012-01-17T22:29:06-05:00 2012-02-03T22:28:47-05:00 MB Here's a video for anyone who has ever gotten hooked on DVDs of a TV show you missed the first time around. One line in this made me laugh so hard I woke the neighbors. I can relate all too...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=xSnHoQXb6QM:tcqgCO3iipM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/xSnHoQXb6QM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2012/01/tvpalaver-battlestar-galactica-marathon-on-portlandia.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef0168e59a3214970c 2012-01-15T22:41:36-05:00 2012-01-15T22:41:36-05:00 MB The Australian Open starts in Sydney Monday (tonight our time). On the tournament's eve, everyone's abuzz over Rafa Nadal's complaints that Roger Federer isn't pushing to change the men's tour schedule. I hate to even mention it because these guys...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=DIrRQMqd3vU:PYmy0WWtQ38:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/DIrRQMqd3vU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2012/01/sportspalaver-australian-open-2012.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef0162ff2f5257970d 2012-01-07T14:57:09-05:00 2012-01-07T14:57:09-05:00 MB Downton Abbey returns to PBS tomorrow night for season two. I saw the first two episodes in London in September, where everyone was (rightfully) atwitter over a character's use of the phrase "as if." As if! It was strange watching...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=B09U6EDt70M:R5017bwJ6Ho:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/B09U6EDt70M" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2012/01/tvpalaver-downton-is-back.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef0162fe5932b7970d 2011-12-24T13:37:44-05:00 2011-12-24T13:38:51-05:00 MB Just in time for Christmas, my annual Christmas greeting to my Dad, via The Drifters.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=B2a7SyazHts:C4FMWXSyliY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/B2a7SyazHts" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2011/12/musicpalaver-merry-christmas-from-the-drifters-2011-version.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef015437ff0d6e970c 2011-12-07T19:16:14-05:00 2011-12-07T19:16:14-05:00 MB Excuse the late notice -- it's that time of year -- but BBC America starts running the series "State of Play" at 10 tonight. The 2009 Russell Crowe movie of the same name was based on this highly regarded British...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=8B0UFosxWCw:GBIfge51pDQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/8B0UFosxWCw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2011/12/tvpalaver-state-of-play-on-bbc-america.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef0154369deb44970c 2011-11-03T19:40:56-04:00 2011-11-03T19:40:56-04:00 MB Got stuff you don't need? Holy Trinity and Annunciation churches are holding their annual clothing drive this weekend, Saturday (Nov. 5) from 9 to 5 and Sunday (Nov. 6) from 9 to noon. Items needed include gently used clothing, coats,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=OOLlcd_kCEI:Jxeqb2aW0SY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/OOLlcd_kCEI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2011/11/communitypalaver-time-to-clean-out-the-closet.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef015390c253b1970b 2011-08-16T22:55:45-04:00 2011-08-16T22:56:23-04:00 MB In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: The police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories. Donk donk. They say that when God,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=nP7f4v9MC2Q:L-84kvOw7tA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/nP7f4v9MC2Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2011/08/tvpalaver-lo-uk-and-mcnulty-on-bbc-america.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef01538f997d9d970b 2011-07-02T16:59:39-04:00 2011-07-02T17:04:30-04:00 MB There's a new Wimbledon champ on the ladies' side of the draw. This morning Petra Kvitova -- a 21-year old Czech lefty -- beat Maria Sharapova in straight sets (6-3, 6-4) to take the title. The men are up tomorrow....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=ct4Qep_3eEY:7BHqB-xjBzc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/ct4Qep_3eEY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2011/07/sportspalaver-wimbledon-2011.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c03ee53ef01538f3d9656970b 2011-06-16T21:59:44-04:00 2011-06-16T21:59:44-04:00 MB In honor of Bloomsday, here's a photo (taken in 1999) of Davy Byrnes pub, Duke Street, Dublin, where on June 16, 1904, Leopold Bloom entered Davy Byrne's. Moral pub. He doesn't chat. Stands a drink now and then. But in...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?a=ap-1MSYUtY0:dsOh7MqGa08:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MbPalaver?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MbPalaver/~4/ap-1MSYUtY0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mbpalaver.com/mbpalaver/2011/06/bookpalaver-happy-bloomsday-107.html