“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.
Brizzly is a web-based Twitter and Facebook client that I have tried out today for the first time. The one advantage to it that I see is that the Twitter messages show the original URL, not the shortened one, and so you can have an idea of what to expect before clicking on a link. A disadvantage is that the font and physical layout at Brizzly are less appealing than at Twitter.
I haven’t seen my chipmunk neighbor since Saturday November 7. Maybe he has gone into his burrow for the winter.
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.
Today I received a large brochure in the mail from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The outside of the envelope says, “It’s not too late to become a BSO Subscriber! Look inside for a special offer.” The special offer? 2 nights of free parking above the Whole Foods store on Westland Avenue if I buy a series or mini-series by October 31. Today is October 31! Do they have their act together? I wonder whether they are getting desperate. They used to be very stingy with the brochures.
” . . . Angela Lansbury . . . said in an interview this week that she used an earpiece to stay on cue during her Tony Award-winning turn in ‘Blithe Spirit’ on Broadway last season.
“‘It’s not something you ever want to do, but if we’re going to play important roles at our age, where our names are above the title on the marquee, we’re going to ask for some support if we need it,’ said Ms. Lansbury, 84, who is set to star this winter in the Broadway revival of ‘A Little Night Music.’”–New York Times
I miss Filene’s Basement. I mean the real one that used to be in the basement of Filene’s department store in Boston, not the chain of stores that use the same name. I was able to buy a lot of good clothing there at reasonable prices. I’m not interested in paying full price for many types of clothing, and it is sometimes hard to find things at Marshall’s because their stores are smaller and have limited stock at any given time. I haven’t been able to find an acceptable pair of athletic shoes at Marshall’s in the past two weeks. I also want a new winter coat and I haven’t seen any there that would interest me. I went to L.L. Bean’s store in Dedham today, actually willing to pay full price for something, but they didn’t have any knee-length winter coats. Also nothing really at Orvis or at the small Brooks Brothers store in Dedham or at Banana Republic. I went into a store called Express that I had never been in before. They had a coat for $385 that would be acceptable, but I don’t want to pay that price for a coat that looks only so-so. I did some looking on line but wasn’t enthused by anything.
I do have a few coats that I’ve bought over the years that look OK. So I’ll look in Marshall’s every now and then, but if necessary I can make do with what I have.
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The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article “From Game to Flame” about Brett Graham, one of the co-owners of the Harwood Arms in Fulham where I had lunch a couple of weeks ago. He also owns the Ledbury restaurant in London’s Notting Hill neighborhood. “The 30-year-old Australian-born Mr. Graham is at the forefront of contemporary chefs who are helping expand the sale of traditional game to a sophisticated culinary audience that embraces it for a range of reasons.”
I just finished reading I Am What I Am by John Barrowman, a book about his experiences in the past few years. It is a pleasant book to read if you want some light reading to pass the time in an airport waiting room or if you want something light to read on the commuter train. It is a book for fans only, not really for the general reader.
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endorsement.” I purchased the book with my own money at the Heathrow airport.
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