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I did a quick feature on the man behind Dwight K. Schrute's blog, Schrute-Space - along with another piece on T.R. Knight of Grey's Anatomy - for Friday's Variety.
Dwight Schrute is cut from many cloths -- many comically shaped, weirdly fabricated, strange-to-the-touch cloths.T.R. Knight:The guy who dresses the part, actor Rainn Wilson of "The Office," is a pretty big fan of the big Technicolor Dwightcoat.
"What I love about Dwight is you think you know exactly what Dwight is, but he always surprises you," Wilson says. "You think of him as a dorky fascist, but there's always been that other twist." ...
Although Wilson comes across as Dwight's very rational alter ego, his affection for the one-eighth-Amish survivalist is clear. Since filming began on "The Office," Wilson has been blogging in the character of Dwight. At first it was just for himself, but NBC now publishes "Dwight Schrute's Schrute-Space" on its Web site.
For Valentine's Day, Wilson/Schrute advised readers to treat their mates right: "Why not, as the ancients used to, kill something delicious for them and lay it on their door-step. A stag, a salmon, a sow." ...
If Charlie Brown had ever grown up and pursued a career in medicine, he might have become George O'Malley, the character who always seems to be having one "good grief" moment after another on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy."But there isn't a humiliation or emasculation that will make "Grey's" actor T.R. Knight tire of being George. ...
During the first interview, Wilson was so level-headed - enthusiastic but thoughtful - that I became all the more impressed with his talents on The Office. If you're a fan of the show, be sure to check out Dwight's blog - as well as that of Jenna Fischer, who plays Pam. Jenna/Pam also has a MySpace page, although I'll admit to being way behind the curve with regards to MySpace.
1. MySpace
2. YouTube
3. IM (what's that?)
4. The Saber Philosophy®
1. Names of top Dodger prospects
2. Names of any other teams prospects
3. MySpace
"Well, it's Thursday, but Dwight things it's Friday, so that's what I'll be working on this afternoon."
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Moustaches enjoy renewed popularity in NYC
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Arlington, Va.:
Mr. Boswell,
What do you think of the Nationals draft? Which of the lower picks do you think could turn out to have the most impact. If 2 of those players make the team in 2009, is it a good draft?
Tom Boswell: I have no idea who any of these kids are. And neither does ANYBODY ELSE who claims to know. People like Bowden __who procliamed his own draft to be "extraordinary" just BARELY have any idea how it will all turn out ESPECIALLY when you draft high school kids.
What on earth do high school statistics mean? I once hit against Ton Bradley, later of the Angels, etc., in high school. He threw me a hanging curveball, I lined it just foul down the left field line. He threw me nothing but fastballs after that the rest of the game. I barely saw the ball and was delighted when I managed to ground out a couple of times. That's exactly the reason that "Moneyball" made the case __very well, I thought__ that drafting college players (like Cordero, Zimmerman and Bray) makes FAR more sense that fantasizing that you have the magic gift of "projecting" what high schoolers will become.
I predict __not out of malice, but simply because it is what I have believed for many years__ that Bowden and the Nats will do poorly by using their high picks this year on high school kids. Such picks are ALL based on radar guns or "eyeballing" rather than the statistics that a college career at a top-level school can provide. These guys still get infatuated with the old-school "I can pick 'em" mentality. Aaaarggghhh! Hope I'm wrong, but my guess is that the Nats just picked Herzog and Carbo. But we won't know for five years so, by then, nobody will get blamed. Yes, it's a lot safer to pick high schoolers, too. If a Zimmerman is a bust, it can get you fired __a fairly fast, too.
Whitey Herzog was drafted No. 1 overall the year Mickey Mantle was drafted second. Bernie Carbo was drafted No. 1 overall the year Johnny Bench was drafted second overall.
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NL page on the left or right side...: Boz, it's my understanding that the right hand page in the newspaper is the primary page, due to the line of sight being drawn that side of the paper. Wouldn't it then make sense to keep the NL page on the right?
Tom Boswell: The things I don't know. They never end.
"Every time Kemp homers, his father gets a call from White, the scouting director.
'Logan told me we'll have 752 more of these,' Carl Kemp said."
By whom? The U.S. Army?
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST THING EVER CREATED SINCE SLICE BREAD! Heck, even some of the top picks in the just completed draft also have Myspace accounts. Unfourtunatly, this is the internet and there are weirdos out there.
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