on my mind

Morning dish:

1. Go watch the trailer for Closer, the Julia Roberts-Jude Law-Natalie Portman-Clive Owen film out now. It's mesmerizing. I can't decide whether to catch a matinee of Closer or Ocean's Twelve, and not much makes me reconsider George Clooney. The Suzanne Vega track playing through the trailer is equally delicious.

Also, Portman is on the list of Cool Short Women (with other favorites like Gillian Anderson and Maura Tierney). See what I mean? And here. Go, Natalie.

2. The baseball trades are flying fast and furious. I keep beaming one thought at Theo (the general manager of the Red Sox): sign Varitek. Please, for the love of our team, sign Varitek.

3. Pictures du jour:

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LEFT
Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) take a break from fishing, Gulf of Panama

RIGHT
Laughing gull (Larus atricilla) hunting for food in shallow tides, Isla Coiba, Panama