Do what Alternative Hippopotamus suggests…
From today’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Los Angeles note: Grant and I stayed at a downtown hotel, and met an old friend of mine at Philippes, a local landmark sandwich restaurant that seems not to have changed one whit since opening in 1908. I used MapQuest for directions. The restaurant was about two miles from the [...]
(Note to non-sports people readers — you should check out the Easterbrook link too! Seriously!) So, I’ve been reading Bill Simmons for a few years now, and generally like his stuff. But I’ve decided that as interesting as Simmons may be, Gregg Easterbrook of TMQ is much better. TMQ (Tuesday Morning Quarterback) is a weekly [...]
Ted Koppel was on the Daily Show tonight, plugging his upcoming documentary on Iran. I think I’ve figured out a secret about Jon Stewart: when he thinks that his guest is incredibly smart, knowledgeble, and interesting, he tends to ask real questions. You know that Stewart admires someone when they get all the laugh lines. [...]
More photos from West Virginia are here.
Hotel Universe has a YouTube channel all their own. Check it out…
We’ve got a Democratic House, Rumsfeld is out, and I’ve just returned from a wonderful, wonderful weekend in West Virginia. Pictures from the barn-raising are posted at http://tallape.org/gallery/main.php/v/emshouse/. More should be coming soon, too…