R.I.P. Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

Pete sent me the news in an email last night titled: "was sad to see this." Kip emailed me the Times article this morning. Man, I was sad to see it too. As well documented on this blog the Tigers were my team from roughly the years 1985 to ... 1989? God, is that all? It seemed like a lifetime then. Anyway, I found a Sports Illustrated article about a retired Fidrych in my dentist's office during this time and I couldn't believe this guy's story and that he was a Tiger. I think one of my huge loves of baseball is the cast of characters and this guy was one of the CHARACTERS of all time. My dad, a lifetime Tigers fan almost had a chance to see him start the 1976 All-Star game in Philadelphia and then came down with the flu that weekend. That first year we were in Seattle I realized how great of a Fidrych Matty Ford would be and so I started to write a solo show for him to do this. It was a spark and I made a few pages into it, but it never took -- I just wasn't a mature enough of a writer yet to pull it off. Hell of a story though, so I'm always circling back to trying to figure out how I might approach it. Anyway, rest in peace, Mark, you really touched a lot of lives in a short amount of time.

Great video linked to in the Times article.

Best Use For This Blog Yet

This NYTimes article reminds me that a few months ago my wallet fell out of my sweat jacket on a stroller walk with little D. I was totally upset -- the last time I lost a wallet was my first trip to New York in high school. I retraced my steps, but nothing. Then, I came home and checked my email account -- BAM! a good man had found and tracked me down here. I reclaimed my wallet within the hour. The internet is useful after all!

Now if the internet could only find the lost camera and video camera that has little D's birth and his only meeting with my Mom.

Davey and The Radio

Davey and The Radio from Deron Bos on Vimeo.

Davey is teething and has a cough today. It sucks. Here's a video from a few days ago when he was feeling like himself.

It Ain't Fancy, But It's Our Life.

Little D In The Morning from Deron Bos on Vimeo.

From the Jan 19 New Yorker

Goings on About Town

FRESHWATER MARTIN

At Women's Project, Anne Bogart directs the only play written by Virginia Woolf, a comedy centered on a young theater director who has a penchant for Budweiser in a bottle and Slop Chicken. Previews begin Jan 15. (424 W.55th St. 212-239-6200.)

Looks good.

I'll be back in NYC a week from today

Monday, January 12, 2009
7:00pm
Ars Nova
511 West 54th Street at 10th Avenue
New York, NY

*OUT LOUD* Ars Nova's play-reading series presents
Putting The Days To Bed
By Deron Bos
Directed by Paul Willis
Featuring the considerable talents of Kip Fagan, Jennifer
Morris, and Jenny Seastone Stern
Developed as part of Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab

A long night of drinking in which Annie considers her
marriage, Mara offers dreams of personal finance perfection
and Simon discovers the subtle pleasures of Back to The
Future Part II.

I'll be returning to NYC for this reading. I'm
really proud of this play and hope you'll have a chance
to come out and hear it at Ars Nova.

*OUT LOUD* is Ars Nova's play-reading series dedicated
to supporting new work from emerging playwrights. OUT LOUD
supports the playwright’s process by selecting leading
directors and actors to work on each reading; and meeting
with each writer before and after the reading to offer
feedback and discuss script development. Each reading proves
to be an essential step for playwrights in developing new
work.

Happy Holidays

Some more new pictures up at Flickr. It's tough to take pictures these days because every time I pull the camera out Davey wants to hold it and EAT it.