One of Leiber & Stoller’s best*: And one of Ashford & Simpson’s best: *Apparently King himself had written some of the lyrics and was noodling around with them for Leiber & Stoller. They arranged it and added the strings. This version of events is supported by King himself in a phone conversation with Melissa Block …
From the inbox: Dear Coach, My name is Mr Mark Hueng, I’m working as (AGENT) with the Chinese Zhejiang Golden Bulls Basketball Club,we are urgently looking for a Technical Adviser for our Club,This is a 24months Head Coach contract with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls Club. Salary $29,000(US) per month, contract agreement one year. On the …
Republicans have looked at their current choices for the Presidential nomination for the 2012 race and been less than impressed. How else are we to interpret their desire that Paul Ryan enter the race? Paul Ryan! The guy who authored the “We must destroy Medicare” bill! Last week the WSJ editorial pages called for a …
I think your best bet for the most current news about the situation in Libya is probably al-Jazeera’s live blog. The latest is that Tripoli’s citizens themselves have joined the uprising. This has major implications for the political future of the country, says Professor Juan Cole: This development, with the capital creating its own nationalist …
Is there anything more fun for a reader than finding a long-running series for the first time? I have just come across Lindsey Davis’s Marcus Falco books. Falco is an informer (a shamus, a private dick, a gumshoe) practicing his trade in the Roman Empire in the first century C.E. Ordinarily I’m not really enthusiastic …
Through Library Thing’s Early Reviewer program I got a copy of Craig Robinson’s Flip Flop Fly Ball. I just read it yesterday. From my review at LT: This is a hoot. Baseball has always been the most statistics-laden sport in America, but Craig Robinson has charted, graphed and manipulated some of the data long kept …
So as any sane person could have predicted the Republicans are in an uproar about President Obama taking a vacation. It’s a crock of fake outrage, of course (see Greg Sargent, here). Obama has taken fewer vacation days than GWB or even Reagan at comparable points in their first terms. But what really makes this …
Archie Goodwin, Champagne for One: If I hadn’t had my full share of ego I might also have been curious as to why he had picked on me, since we were not chums, but of course that was no problem. If your ego is in good shape you will pretend you’re surprised if a National …
I made this Garlic Focaccia this afternoon. From Bread Recipe: 1 1/8 cups water 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 3 1/4 cups bread flour 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp oregano 2 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast Cornmeal for sprinkling 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil for brushing 6 large cloves garlic, …
I’m breadmaking, so I’ll send you off to read Kevin Drum. Not only is the post title wonderful, so is the snark.