Mixed Bag

The sportfishing boat that RM used to catch a shark (that's right, a shark) was the Mixed Bag. Also, the title of today's post, with no commentary and only links, to while away the hours between lunch and after work drinks:

• The NY Sun writes up Don Delillo's post-9/11 novel, "Falling Man."
• The New Yorker profiles Manny Ramirez, with this excellent quote:

  When I asked his teammate David Ortiz, himself a borderline folk hero, how he would describe Ramirez, he replied, “As a crazy motherfucker.” Then he pointed at my notebook and said, “You can write it down just like that: ‘David Ortiz says Manny is a crazy motherfucker.’ That guy, he’s in his own world, on his own planet. Totally different human being than everyone else.”

• Big Sky Brooklyn has some very familiar photographs and observations for all of us who have put down roots, however deep or shallow, in beautiful Brooklyn, NY.
• MM turned me on to this excellent and ambitious bit of graffiti.
• Profiled on Colbert, the Dangerous Book for Boys seems like a great gift idea for a twelve year old.
• Finally, an incredibly sad story about a sweet little girl and the horrible people at American Girl Place.