Sunday, December 15, 2013

Departures

Peter O'Toole has resigned from life at 81. This is meaningful to me because for about 12 years or so, from 1962 until the mid 70s, I believed the David Lean film Lawrence of Arabia was the best movie I'd ever seen, and probably the best movie ever made. It's still in the top ten, and in the top five among movies over 200 minutes long.

Another departure, less final and much less consequential in the overall scheme of things: Mack Brown has been booted out of his high-paying gig as longhorn head coach. This may or may not be a BFD depending on who is hired to replace him.

Added 8:50 PM Sunday: Sports Illustrated has thumbnails on potential Mack replacement hires.

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