I’d never heard this until this morning, when the GM of my public radio station read it. Michael Titterton is originally from England, so imagine this read in a slightly BBC accent. The author is Henry Beard. The text is from Flint River Ranch Pet Food. The End of the Raven by Edgar Allen Poe’s …
Lamb chops–check. Fresh spinach–check. Baking potatoes–check. Birthday card–check. Birthday gift–ch…yikes!
A somewhat querulous Karl Marx speaks from the grave. Sample: KM: Hegel Schmegel. I must tell you a secret: I never actually read, except in the most cursory fashion, Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit or his Science of Logic. Life’s too short. DS: This will be a bit of a shock in some quarters. KM: People …
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Three Safeways, three Times Supermarkets, one Foodland, one Yamasin Meat Market. Those are places I’ve unsuccessfully been to find two lamb racks or a mess of loin chops which my sister wants for her birthday dinner Thursday night. Anybody wanna ship me a sheep? Update: My sheep came in! Went to Costco (after calling) with …
MT-Blacklist Ver. 1.5 is out. Hie thyself over there and download. Kudos and thanks to the illustrious Mr. Allen.
Following links, I found the winner of “Most Horrific Blog-Name Pun” for the month of October: Code: The Web Socket. It’s medically oriented, but don’t let that stop you. Linkmeister’s corollary to Murphy’s Law: Your need to use a restroom will vary directly with the number of levels of parking needed to navigate before finding …
Jon and Batty have had to evacuate their apartment in San Diego, escaping the wildfires. Hold good thoughts for them.
I have had more fun wandering around London and riding the Tube than I have in almost any other city I can think of, so this was a joy to find (via Unfogged). It’s a list of London bloggers (862!) sorted into Tube station order. Fun stuff, but where’s D? He may very well be …
I rarely read Jimmy Breslin, mostly because I forget he’s out there. His latest column asks a good question: how come we haven’t caught Osama? Why, in fact, have we (meaning the Bushies) decided to ignore him? (Link lifted from Electrolite’s comments). Old-fashioned or highball? Well, depends on how much you want to pour. I …
There are probably many good articles in the current issue of the New York Review of Books; I’ve read three, and I recommend each: Russell Baker’s review of Paul Krugman’s new book, Joan Didion’s review of the latest episode of the Left Behind series, and Ronald Dworkin’s feature article on terrorism and civil liberties.