December 2008
3 posts
November 2008
7 posts
October 2008
7 posts
September 2008
28 posts
WatchThis is another awesome impression from Tina Fey. Sadly, much of the answers are almost verbatim. The thing that strikes me after thinking about this a bit is that Palin has been placed in a pretty unfortunate position. She’s clearly unqualified and is being scorned by all sides, which must be tough for her and her family.
Frankly, McCain is the one to blame for yet another cynical...
Next 10 McCain Stunts (from Slate)
1. Returns to Vietnam and jails himself. 2. Offers the post of “vice vice president” to Warren Buffett. 3. Challenges Obama to suspend campaign so they both can go and personally drill for oil offshore. 4. Learns to use computer. 5. Does bombing run over Taliban-controlled tribal areas of Pakistan. 6. Offers to forgo salary, sell one house. 7. Sex-change operation. 8. Suspends campaign...
WatchThis would be funny if it weren’t so frightening.
Asimov's Wine Values - Good Stuff
Here are Eric Asimov’s French treasures under $20, listed alphabetically.
Domaine des Aubuisières/Bernard Fouquet Vouvray Cuvée de Silex 2007, $16.99
Rich and lively with minerals and a touch of honey. (Importer: Weygandt-Metzler, Unionville, Pa.)
Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Granges 2006, $17.99
Pliant and fruity with a healthy dollop of earth. (Louis/Dressner Selections, New York)
Pierre...
Has everyone lost their minds?
Sarah Palin apparently “charmed World leaders” recently. This report of her meeting with Pakistan’s new Prime Minister seems too ridiculous to be true. He’ll be less flirty when he’s getting nuked.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari expressed great joy in meeting her during the short photo session at the start of their meeting that was viewed by reporters and...
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Bruni one stars James - mostly agrees with my... →
Palin = Bush
The NYT has an in-depth piece on Palin’s habit of hiring unqualified friends and attacking enemies.
“Gov. Sarah Palin lives by the maxim that all politics is local, not to mention personal.
So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate...
Puffeney Chardonnay 2004
I’d said a while back that I’d say more about a great wine I had at Stone Barns. The Puffeney Chardonnay is a pretty idiosyncratic wine. It has a distinct, almost oxidized nose, with toasted nuts, fruits and fresh acidity on the finish. It’s not great for sipping, but is fabulous with the food, and is memorable regardless of how you feel about it.
It’s from the Jura...
Sharing Travel Experiences/Recommendations
I was thinking about writing about what we enjoyed during our trip to Chicago but held off because I think it’d be great if we could do something collaborative instead. All of us travel to places and form opinions that it’d be great if we could share easily. City of Sound talks about how they built a collaborative annotated map of modernism in Australia. What if we did something...
August 2008
17 posts
Jeff Zeeman's Fantastic Commentary on the Palin...
As of two years ago, I was more qualified to be Vice President than she was. Seriously. I had half as many constituents as student government president at age 20 as she did at that time, and I have more constituents now as President of my civic association. While I am not short on self confidence, the idea that, after a little over year as governor of a small state whose concerns are about as...
Breaststrokers galore
This is one of those phrases from the Olympics that never fails to amuse me. Some good ones:
1) “Australian breaststroker Leisel Jones”
2) ”I believe I’m the best breaststroker in the world,” Moses said.
3) “Tonight, by almost beating one of the world’s best breaststrokers, Phelps has served notice”