Hideo Nomo Has a Posse

OK so if I’m breaking down my top five heroes all time, I’m probably starting with David Lynch and Werner Herzog. Maybe #1 and #2, maybe #2 and #3, I don’t know – I don’t know if I can rank one higher than the other, but if I had to, I’d probably put Herzog first. BUT BARELY. Felix Hernandez is hanging out with David Foster Wallace below them, maybe Kafka somewhere, maybe, ah well- nevermind.

ANYWAY.

Somehow things came together in this terrible universe of ours: David Lynch and Werner Herzog made a movie together! Lynch producing, Herzog directing, and awesome coming out all over. The movie is My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done and centers around the real-life matricide committed by Mark Yavorsky in San Diego. It’s got all the trappings of both Lynch and Herzog: fringe characters, unsettled suburbia, violence, and midgets. This looks like it could not be possibly be anything less than awesome, but we’ll see.

I can’t embed the thing, but you can view the trailer here. Try to ignore the stupid, over-cooked voiceover.

I’M OLIVER STONE HANGING OUT WITH FIDEL CASTRO.

Here I am, hanging out with Fidel Castro.

HEE HEE HEE laughing at Field’s witticism.

HO HO HO laughing at something else that ole Fidel said.

LOOKIT ME in the car with Fidel Castro.

My good friend John reacted to the hilarious introduction of the new batting helmet by pointing out an obvious historical comparison:

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

I recently went to Chicago and Milwaukee on a very short baseball road trip with good friends from way back. Took a bunch of pictures, gawked at touristy stuff, and enjoyed an entirely beautiful afternoon baseball game in one of the best places earth. You can check out some photographs from the trip here.