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Author Archives: Daniel (@MKNN)
Soccermetrics: An Opening Salvo
{This is the first in what I think will be occasional discussions of trying to analyze soccer. There’s a lot here, and a lot churning in my head about it, but this piece tries to lay out some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Football/Soccer
Tagged Bill James, César Azpilicueta, David Silva, Frank White, Juan Mata, Lionel Messi, Romelu Lukaku, Soccermetrics, Willie Randolph
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@The Movies with PopPop: Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep is a first rate 2014 Turkish film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, (also directed 2011’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia which I remember seeing and enjoying), loosely adapted from the Chekhov short story The Wife. The film … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged @TheMovies, Anton Chekov, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Once Upon A Time In Anatolia, The Wife, Turkey, Winter Sleep
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Traiting Places: A Writing Trick that Worked for Me
Section three of In Time has been the longest, sloggiest sloggy slog I’ve ever worked through. That includes the interminable chapter of my thesis that lasted over a year (at least there I was actively, consciously, and quite effectively avoiding … Continue reading
Dashing: 20 July @ FC Kansas City
{This is my first game report written from watching an away game on the YouTube stream. It was a mixed bag: camera angles and announcers were subpar, but being able to rewind sure comes in handy. This game’s stream is available … Continue reading
Posted in Football/Soccer
Tagged Amy Rodriguez, Becky Sauerbrunn, Camila, Carleigh Williams, Carli Lloyd, Ella Masar, Erin McLeod, FC Kansas City, Heather O'Reilly, Houston Dash, Jessica McDonald, Jordan Jackson, Julie Ertz, Kealia Ohai, Lauren Holiday, Meghan Klingenberg, Melissa Henderson, Morgan Brian, Niki Cross, NWSL, Randy Waldrum, Tiffany McCarty, Toni Pressley
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Talking Points: First in a Series
{I don’t know how frequently these will pop up. But I’ve always wanted to find a way to poke at my relationship with my stutter, and to share it in case it was of use to anyone else. Not that … Continue reading
Posted in Me (DML), Speech & Stuttering
Tagged Black Swan Green, David Mitchell, Houston Arboretum, Messi, Stuttering, Talking Points
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Reading Well: The Painter by Peter Heller
{This is the first in an occasional series, inspired by the concise brilliance of @TheMovies With PopPop. I am often reluctant to review books, as I don’t want to speak ill of future peers (he said, hopefully). That makes this … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Writing
Tagged A River Runs Through It, Dog Stars, Justin Cronin, Peter Heller, Reading Well, The Painter, The Road, Writing
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Dashing: 12 July v Chicago Red Stars
There are really three summary points here Probably the most important is the 13,000+ in attendance. That is a huge number for the Dash, and while the will-they-won’t-they-play narrative was both a distraction and a disappointment, it is up to the … Continue reading
Posted in Football/Soccer
Tagged Alyssa Mautz, Camila, Chicago Red Stars, Christian Lavers, Danielle Colaprico, Ella Masar, Ellie Brush, Erin McLeod, Houston Dash, Jessica McDonald, Kealia Ohai, Melissa Henderson, Niki Cross, NWSL, Rachel Quon, Randy Waldrum, Rory Dames, Samantha Johnson, Taryn Hemmings, Tiffany McCarty, Toni Pressley, Trae Manny, Vanessa DiBernardo
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@The Movies with PopPop: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a 2014 film directed by Iranian-American Ana Lily Amirpour. The film, in black and white, and “Persian” (Farsi?), is a — ready for this — vampire, feminist, spaghetti-western influenced romance, that though … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged @TheMovies, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Ana Lily Amirpour
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The AfterDash: What the WWC Might Mean for the Houston Dash
{In the time since I first began this, ticket sales have exploded for the NWSL–and for the Dash game on Sunday. As more media demands have come down, it turns out–as of right now–the USWNT players won’t be available to … Continue reading
Posted in Football/Soccer
Tagged Allie Bailey, Allysha Chapman, Bianca Henninger, Brittany Bock, Camila, Carleigh Williams, Carli Lloyd, Ella Masar, Ellie Brush, Erin McLeod, Houston Dash, Jordan Jackson, Kealia Ohai, Lauren Sesselmann, Meghan Klingenberg, Melissa Henderson, Morgan Brian, Niki Cross, NWSL, Rachael Axon, Randy Waldrum, Tiffany McCarty, Toni Pressley
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