Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Tuesday, 9/2/08: "The Virtuosity in the Flight of Tennis Balls"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/opinion/02tue4.html?scp=2&sq=verlyn+klinkenborg&st=nyt

Taking a walk through Flushing Meadows (?!), Verlyn Klinkenborg finds it "impossible not to wonder: Who can lay his hands on just the right wrench in that auto shop? Who frequents that alley? Who has that lumber inventory stored away inside his mind? Who are the experts in the meaning of this place?" Then he thinks about balls.