I watched Tiger Woods' "hiatus from rehab" speech online--not on TV. Live. The slightly blurred screen due to video serving issues gave the speech the feeling of one on one communication with me, the viewer, on m macbook. Full screen (15"). There was a kind of intensity that I find lacking in regular tv. Not sure I would have been quite as absorbed had I been watching on any of my 3 non HD sets. The staging; the mother; the simplicity; his statement of Buddhism adherence; the lack of reporters; the stern messages to the press. He is holding on for control. perhaps the world's best, most celebrated and respected athlete. Looks like roger Federer has a chance now. Derek Jeter, too.
But I did find it gripping, Tiger honest and remorseful and repentant...and I could look at my email at the same time. (But I didn't) (Well, maybe not as often in a 15 minute span)....
Try it sometime and let me know--of some live event is happeneing and you
Pix of the day above from LIC to Manhattan. A storm is moving in.
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