Yesterday we decided it was probably just too stressful to watch the Packer game, so we went to a movie and let the game happen as it would. I listened to the 1st quarter on the radio, in which the Cardinals scored 17 points to the Packers zip, and the homer announcers were calling it “disastrous”.
We went to see the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, that I wanted to see because it’s Terry Gilliam, and Johnny Depp is in it. As anticipated, it looked great, due to the Gilliam influence. Johnny Depp is barely on screen, as one of the three actors playing “Tony” to replace dead Heath Ledger, but while Depp is there, he is beautifully romancing a lady of a certain age. There were also Victorian cardboard pop-up forests, rolling green fields and puffy clouds to make Peter Max swoon, and a tap-dancing troop of British policemen in half-drag, from the waist down – nylons & high heeled shoes below their jackets and hats.
We went for pizza afterward at Porta d’Alba, no doubt the best wood-fired pizza in Madison. I think they must do their crusts the way that my Big Sur Bakery Cookbook instructs – you divide the dough into individual pizza crust size balls, and then rise it overnight on a tray in the fridge – or on a rack of trays in a big walk-in if you have one. Then you stretch it out and bake it per pizza – you can even toss it if you’re feeling especially dexterous. You end up with this great round rim of chewy dough with a pool of pizza inside.
Meanwhile, the Packers came back to tie the game; I started checking on my iPhone when we got to the pizza place, but then lost in overtime. Our bill at the pizza place plus tip equalled the score: $45.51.
And everyone’s saying that this cardinal player grabbed Rodgers’ face mask, causing him to fumble – not an argument I’m gonna get into.
Is he or isn't he?
