{"id":340,"date":"2012-05-30T17:29:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T21:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2012-06-05T10:00:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T14:00:38","slug":"340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesauerbrunreport.com\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a long stretch sitting in an office with an excellent view, I\u2019m moving into a new workspace Friday without a window.<\/p>\n

A solo act all these years, my new assignment includes sharing work responsibilities with a human being seated just a few feet away.<\/p>\n

The change in scenery and office dynamic comes as my newly-merged employer moves closer to integrating what were two distinctly separate companies before the combination.<\/p>\n

While I feel\u00a0 some anxiety about it all, I\u2019m trying to be optimistic.\u00a0 I\u2019m trying to hang onto this\u00a0gig for another 19 years or so if possible.\u00a0 With 18 years\u00a0at this job\u00a0under my belt, I\u2019m almost halfway home.<\/p>\n

-It\u2019s one thing to be a richly talented actor at the age of 26, but what Lena Dunham is doing as the creative, do-all force behind the HBO series \u201cGirls\u201d is pretty amazing.\u00a0 I\u2019m glued to the show seven episodes in.\u00a0 I\u2019m probably not in the target audience but Dunham\u2019s character is great.\u00a0 It\u2019s an extension of the one at the center of Dunham\u2019s excellent directorial debut on the big screen \u201cTiny Furniture.\u201d\u00a0 Fresh out of college, Dunham\u2019s character in Girls is named Hannah.\u00a0 She\u2019s living in Brooklyn with her best friend and not sure how or where to get a job that matches her talents.\u00a0 Hannah\u2019s life missteps and routine city adventures form the basis of the show but regular interactions with a surrounding cast of friends is compelling too.\u00a0 Dunham is the primary writer and director of Girls.\u00a0 There have been some moments of serious brilliance.\u00a0\u00a0 The closing scene on the episode that took Hannah back to her hometown in Michigan was great as was the conversational sequence Hannah had with Tako during a party at a Bushwick warehouse.\u00a0 The on-demand episodes end with Dunham offering taped explanations of the show just concluded.<\/p>\n

-WFAN\u2019s entertaining weekday evening show host Steve Somers has remained on the air despite temporarily acquiring a pretty serious speech impediment after undergoing major dental work.\u00a0 It almost sounds as if Somers had a stroke.\u00a0 When he came on the radio a week ago, he blamed his enunciation struggles on oral surgery that included a tooth extraction and stitches.\u00a0 A week later, the Schmoozer is still slurring his words.\u00a0 As a loyal Somers listener going back nearly 15 years, it has been quite jarring to hear his tongue so tangled but I suppose it\u2019s a good sign his wit remains strong.<\/p>\n

-Never before has Cassie Ramone performed in both of her current bands on the same night but that will change in mid-July when The Babies and Vivian Girls are on the same live music bill.\u00a0 Saying via Twitter it will \u201cprobably be the only time ever\u201d she\u2019ll play in the two bands at same place on the same evening, Ramone will accomplish the feat on Friday, July 13 at The Casbah in San Diego.<\/p>\n

-With the stress of the Stanley Cup playoffs behind him, Rangers head coach John Tortorella went on Francesa\u2019s show Wednesday afternoon and was thoughtful and engaged for the duration of a 23-minute interview.\u00a0 It was a sharp contrast to the aloof and uncooperative Tortorella who showed up to speak to the media after playoff games against the Sens, Caps and Devs.\u00a0 Torts expressed regret for the way he conducted himself during some of those sessions but said he\u2019s reluctant to \u201cgive too much information\u201d to writers when his team is playing the same team for as many as seven games in a row.\u00a0 Tortorella remains bothered that his squad\u2019s courageous commitment to blocking shots was deemed by some observers to be an unfair tactic.\u00a0 Said Torts:\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s disrespecting our players\u2026It (the shot block)\u00a0 is part of playing defense.\u00a0 This has to be part of your game if you\u2019re gonna defend correctly.\u201d\u00a0 Given Francesa\u2019s indifference to the sport of hockey during the regular season, it came as a surprise that Tortorella appeared on Mike\u2019s show.\u00a0 But I suppose Francesa\u2019s strong connections with some of the Garden\u2019s top executives came in handy in this instance.<\/p>\n

-My favorite \u201cMike\u2019s On\u201d caller Mike from Montclair (not to be confused with Steelers fan Mike – also from Montclair) said he went to game six of the NHL\u2019s Eastern Conference finals in Newark last Friday.\u00a0 Mike said he\u00a0sat with SI football writer Peter King.\u00a0 The takeaway from the maiden voyage to a postseason Devils game was classic Mike from Montclair:\u00a0 He said the annoying non-stop music and video board nonsense between whistles sabotaged the experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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