sporty and spice

Congratulations are in order for Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso who became the youngest winner of a Formula 1 race. Not only the youngest, but he’s driving for a lower-tier team that’s supported by the Red Bull Team and Ferrari. He qualified on pole in the rain at Monza and then lead the race to the end; he also allowed the championship to tighten up to one point with four races to left; go Ferrari. Well done.

Valentino Rossi won his fourth straight race in MotoGP at Indianapolis today…in the rain! Shoot, NASCAR can’t run in the rain but the cyclists simply change tyres and go and go until there’re but a few left on wheels. Rossi is the greatest rider of our lifetimes and will wrap up his sixth 500cc title, and 8th overall, next week.

The Brewers have decided, in the absence of Cubs games, to simply lose. I think we’re eight up in the loss column with sixteen to go…and leading tonight.

The Eleven hit the D.C. Jewish Community Center Theatre (DCJCC) to see Sandra Bernhard last night (WaPo review here). She’s doing fifteenish shows over three weeks and even though I was never a Bernhard guy, I thought it’d be something different than me dragging X along to see all my twang shows. Sandra does a singing, commentary, comedic turn that’s very enjoyable for a couple of reasons. First, it’s over-the-top to sit in the JCC with the older Jewish community while laughing at barbs ending in fu*&er, motherfu&#er, and I’ll kick her ass. Second, it was cathartic to hear her absolutely rant at the state of political affairs – the state of affairs as of that morning. It certainly made me feel better by the end of the night. As she pointed out, maybe Obama can’t say it out loud but she certainly can. She also has a band up on stage that rolls through a half-dozen great songs, harkening to the ‘80s, with Sandra belting out lyrics that become comical when she delivers them with a dose of sanity and distance. In the end, she ripped passed two hours with not a slow moment on display. I’d imagined her as a tireless entertainer and she definitely hammered home that ideal.

The final issue of the entry; when someone does some Little Red Corvette, as Bernhard did last night, you’ll be singing it for weeks…weeks. Think about it, “pocket full of Trojans, some of them used…’’

(clap clap)

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