Recipe advice
If the recipe calls for you to blanch vegetables, this does not mean you should take them to the theater to see a play by Tennessee Williams.
Archive of entries posted on January 2008
Shuffle “All”
Stealing an idea from Fred Clark at Slacktivist, here are the ten songs from my iTunes library that begin with the word “All.” What’s in your library which fits that requirement? All ‘Er Nothin’, Celeste Holm & Lee Dixon All I Ask Of You, Sarah Brightman & Cliff Richard All I Left Behind, Linda Ronstadt …
Grieving is the right term
Patt Morrison in the LA Times: I can’t forget that, in the nation’s name, these men have abused power to defeat the constitutional remedies for abuse of power. They’ve turned every government agency into a hit squad for Bush-Cheney Inc. They’ve despoiled this exquisite, singular planet just to stuff a few more millions into billionaires’ …
Stop the insanity immunity
Why in hell are the Democrats (led by Harry Reid for reasons I don’t understand) being pushed to go along with the (minority) Republicans’ efforts to get FISA passed in compliance with Bush’s demand that the telecommunications companies be granted immunity for all their wiretapping help? That makes no sense; if a company was complicit …
Why I’m leaning Hillary-ward
Melissa McEwan expresses my feelings about Barack Obama very well in the fourth-from-last paragraph of her post: And there’s something else, tangentially related, that undermines my faith. Obama positions himself as transcending the ugliness of partisanship, but I like knowing that Edwards and Hillary hate the goddamned Republicans as much as I do. I love …
And what music there was
Here’s the Doobie Brothers original lineup playing “Listen to the Music” in 1973: I remember seeing the cover of “What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits” and thinking “Why do they need two full drum kits?”
MLK Jr. Day 2008
There are a lot of letters written by famous people which are remembered long after their deaths; this may be one of the best. Letter From a Birmingham Jail, April, 1963 An excerpt: We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, …
NFL Conference Championships
I’m not emotionally invested in any of the four teams which are playing for the conference titles tomorrow (had Dallas made it I’d have been rooting for whoever their opponent was — that’s what comes of growing up a Redskins fan). However, I don’t know enough to make an informed choice about who’s gonna win, …
A Question
Why do Presidents like Bush insist that their tax cuts be made permanent? I’m sure that when the marginal tax rate was put at 94% back in the 1940s FDR hoped it would be “permanent,” and that didn’t happen. In fact, it dropped to 86% almost immediately, then rose back to 91% in 1951 and …
Wham-O
I’ve played with every toy mentioned in this article about the death of Richard Knerr. I loved the SuperBall particularly, but the Hula Hoop and the Slip n’ Slide weren’t far behind. Thanks, Mr. Knerr.