Spent part of last night making a pineapple ice cream, using this recipe from epicurious. Turned out pretty well, a little light on the pineapple taste, though. Basically, I’ve got a tasty sweet cream ice cream in my freezer now. This is a good thing. Jeffy made a chili yesterday, as well, which was one [...]
Francis Fukuyama, writing in the New York Times Magazine, explains the neoconservative political philosophy and how it’s failed. (A suggestion: go read this now, before it falls behind the TimesSelect curtain.) Taz notes the article as well, though I think he’s wrong about how many people Fukuyama means to include in his reconsideration/renunciation. I think [...]
Jeffy broke out the Bobby Flay cookbook last night, and made some fish and chips. Pretty tasty, in my estimation. And the smell of talapia wafting around the apartment this morning is simply enchanting. Yummy, yummy fish. 3 pounds of fish. The cat loves Jeffy. Goop. Tasty goop, though. Sizzle. Like I said, the cat [...]
What I was just reminded of, randomly: Once, for instance, my father asked me a series of questions that suddenly made me wonder whether I understood even my father whom I felt close to than any man I have ever known. “You like to tell true stories, don’t you?” he asked, and I answered, “Yes, [...]
I’ve been reading Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat, and rather enjoying it. He came a little late to the party, and his analysis isn’t anything significantly different from the mainstream, but the anectdotes and interviews make the book worth reading. I do want to cite two things in particular, one in passing and the [...]
Wonderful weekend in Vermont. Much skiing, hanging at the house with Kev and friends, all around just awesome. My legs hurt right now. A lot. Owwy owwy owwy. I think my quadraceps could be used to play a guitar solo, if one were so inclined.
’nuff said :-)
Presented without comment, from Justice Brandeis’ concurrence in Whitney v. California: Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. To justify suppression of free speech there must be reasonable [...]
Combination of two things in today’s post. First, some thoughts on Joseph Mitchell, now that I’m nearly done with Up In The Old Hotel; and from that a reaction to a statement that a friend made the other day: “Sometimes I feel like reading is just a waste of time.” Joseph Mitchell was a writer [...]
Bono’s remarks to the National Prayer Breakfast a couple of days ago… (Everything below this is him, not me) Thank you. Mr. President, First Lady, King Abdullah, Other heads of State, Members of Congress, distinguished guests… Please join me in praying that I don’t say something we’ll all regret. That was for the FCC. If [...]