When I was a kid, I loved records featuring my favorite cartoon characters and felt cheated when I bought one and found phony voices on it. By "phony," I mean the cover would suggest I'd be getting the actual folks who did the voices on the cartoons but the record would instead feature impersonators. This […]
Derek Thompson reports on a report that analyzes the various proposals from G.O.P. candidates about lowering the debt. Bottom line? They'd all raise it, some considerably. […]
The current issue of Playboy has a good interview with Paul Krugman, who has a pretty good track record at predicting where the economy's heading and explaining why. He's a liberal, of course, but I don't recall his opposite number in the conservative ranks (whoever that might be) being as critical of George W. Bush […]
There's a new posting up over at The Same Picture of Dave Coulier Every Day. Interesting. […]
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Micki St. James writes… I had a hot, ready-to-eat Turkey Pot Roast about two weeks ago at my local supermarket, Safeway. It was delicious and I've been looking for it ever since, but all they ever have is Turkey Breast (which I tried and it wasn't the same) and chicken, sometimes fried chicken, mostly rotisserie. […]
Last week, I told you about a luncheon I attended in honor of Lily Tomlin. Here's one of the high points. Actress-singer Kat Kramer performed a special musical tribute to Ms. Tomlin featuring special lyrics crafted for the occasion by our pal Shelly Goldstein. The audience was quite delighted as was the honoree… […]
John Dickerson on Rick Santorum. I don't mean to bring up Santorum so much on this site but he really is the kind of politician who appalls me: The kind that wraps his views, many of which promote intolerance and non-Christian values, in pages torn badly from The Bible. In college, I debated a guy […]
How waiters read your table. Some restaurants seem to be expecting a lot from people they pay poorly. Hey, if you want to make dining a friendlier, more personal experience, you can start by telling your employees not to refer to everyone who walks in, regardless of gender, as "you guys." […]
Just at a newsstand. I may be wrong but I could have sworn I saw a magazine that didn't have Whitney Houston on the cover. # Sitting in a Souplantation…waiting for it to be March. # […]
Yesterday on this here blog, I recommended the Jennie-O Turkey Pot Roast as a thing of great convenience, terrific value and exquisite flavor. Many of you have written me that you've been able to find them in your local Costco, Kroger, Ralphs or other retail outlet. Good for you. Some of you have written to […]
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I rarely agree with Farhad Manjoo, who covers matters of technology for Slate. But he's right that Weather Underground is the place to go for the best forecasts on the web. I actually pay attention to this stuff and W.U. is where I go. Like most of these sites, much of what they offer is […]
Here's another episode of Richard Turner's demonstration of how he can cheat you at cards. You'll notice he occasionally has to ask people the denomination of a card or if it's face-up or face-down. This is because his vision is so bad he sometimes can't make them out. His hands, however, never get confused… […]
Michael Kinsley discusses Rick Santorum. Personally, I think the Google definition of "santorum" oughta be what you settle for when nothing else seems satisfactory…though in his speeches lately, the one-time senator from Pennsylvania seems determined to make Dan Savage's definition stick. I still think the Republican community will eventually settle on Romney for precisely the […]