June 11, 2010
May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010
I was at the gym about half an hour ago, and I saw on the television that there was some story about the wife of Robert Kennedy Jr., but I didn’t see what it was and the audio was turned off. Knowing nothing about her as an individual other than the fact that she was the wife of a Kennedy, my guesses were (1) that she was arrested for drunk driving, and a less likely guess (2) that she had filed for divorce, and an even less likely guess (3) that she had been arrested for possession of controlled substances. I Googled news about “Robert Kennedy” just now, and guess number one was correct.
May 11, 2010
May 11, 2010
“Residents [of Strongsville, Ohio] called police because they were trapped in their home by a temperamental squirrel.”–cleveland.com
April 21, 2010
April 21, 2010
Apparently Dan doesn’t have a truck, but does have a bike.
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The “Cameron girls”:
April 12, 2010
December 18, 2009
Garrison Keillor should shut up
Garrison Keillor has unpleasant things to say about Unitarians, Jews, and the people of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in his recent column. Maybe he should stay in his bigoted little hicksville where things are more to his liking.
December 12, 2009
Saving the planet?
“Ditch fake Christmas trees to save planet” says an article at telegraph.co.uk. My goodness! If a few fake trees more or less are going to make or break the planet, we might as well forget about the planet and do as we please.
November 24, 2009
White House state dinner menu
STATE DINNER MENU
The menu for the White House state dinner Tuesday in honor of India, prepared with the help of guest chef Marcus Samuelsson of New York’s Aquavit restaurant:
Potato and eggplant salad
White House arugula with onion seed vinaigrette
Wine: 2008 Sauvignon Blanc, Modus Operandi, Napa Valley, Calif.
Red Lentil Soup with Fresh Cheese
Wine: 2006 Riesling, Brooks “Ara,” Willamette Valley, Ore.
Roasted potato dumplings with tomato chutney
Chick peas and okra
Or
Green curry prawns
Caramelized salsify with smoked collard greens and coconut-aged basmati
Wine: 2007 Granache, Beckmen Vineyards, Santa Ynez, Calif.
Pumpkin pie tart
Pear tatin
Whipped cream and caramel sauce
Wine: Sparkling Chardonnay, Thibaut-Janisson Brut, Monticello, Va.
Petits fours and coffee
Cashew brittle
Pecan pralines
Passion fruit and vanilla geles
Chocolate-dipped fruit
Source: The White House
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I understand that Indians have dietary restrictions, but I think the White House could have come up with a better menu.
State dinner: Who’s at the head tables?
Who Is Hot And Who Was Blocked (Or Forgotten) At First White House State Dinner–huffingtonpost.com
Guest list–washingtonpost.com
Modern Flourishes as Obamas Host State Dinner–New York Times
November 22, 2009
British hostility in Iraq
“The deep hostility of Britain’s senior military commanders in Iraq towards their American allies has been revealed in classified Government documents leaked to the Daily Telegraph.”
It is a mystery to me why the British wanted to play along with Bush’s fascist adventure in Iraq in the first place.
November 17, 2009
Eatery in the comfort station
Two different companies would like to open an “eatery” in a former men’s room on the Boston Common, reports the Boston Herald. The small building has been closed for about thirty years. I remember what it was like, a dreadful sort of men’s room frequented by homeless men. I can’t imagine that any amount of soap and water or any renovation can cleanse the place 100%. But then the target audience is probably younger people who have no memories of the building in the past. The Common is beginning to seem like part of the campuses of Emerson College and Suffolk University since they have opened dormitories nearby.
