He lived a life, didn’t he? I remember reading Working when I was in the Navy in the early 1970s. I later read The Good War, and I’ve always meant to read other works of his, but somehow never got around to it. The NYT obituary says his interviews were something to be heard; I …
As we were stuffing ourselves with lamb chops, spinach and mashed potatoes last night we watched The Bucket List. We liked it. Jack Nicholson plays the aging curmudgeon type better than anyone I can think of since Walter Matthau, and Morgan Freeman is equally sly. After it was over we were watching the credits and …
If you buy a frenched lamb rack from this outfit at your local supermarket, be aware that the racks are “vacuum packed with 2 racks per bag.” I didn’t realize that. I bought two packages for my sister’s birthday and now have an extra one in the freezer for another special occasion. Oops.
One thing about the authors of this odious thing: they didn’t mince words in titling it. “ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY.” I don’t recall any other amendments to constitutions which have been specifically written to take previously-granted rights away from citizens. I’m sure there are people who really feel that marriage should only …
I keep hearing people say that Obama (if he wins) will have to reach across the aisle to work with Republicans. See here for an example. It works both ways, people. Republicans will have to reach across that putative aisle too. Somehow I don’t think that’s gonna happen with the Tom Coburns and James Inhofes …
Not to take anything away from the Phillies, but I found that a very unsatisfactory ending to a World Series. 3 1/2 innings of a suspended game and that’s it? Pfui.
I was pouring a coffee refill for Mom this morning, and somebody was telling Matt Lauer about the new electric cars to be rolled out in the next couple of years, with prototypes out on Rockefeller Plaza in front of the Dean and DeLuca cafe (man, I wonder how much those outside shots are worth …
A Bollywood parody starring Senator McCain and Governor Palin: See more funny videos at Funny or Die The Funny or Die folks say it’s “a parody of the greatest Bollywood song/video ever–Kalluri Vaanil.” I’ll take their word for it. It’s funny.
My friends in the Republican party, let me point something out to you. The Federal government runs on revenue received via various forms of taxation. It collects many billions of dollars that way. You could, then, call it wealthy. The whole Federal government budget is a form of redistribution of wealth. Your objection to Senator …
When my previous computer died 10 days ago, it had very few WP documents and only a slightly larger number of spreadsheets, and most of those were backed up on a flash drive. Ditto for my website code and my pictures folders (okay, I lost most of the photos taken in 2007 from the hard …