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Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle
Here's the Obama family talking about fashion on Access Hollywood:
And here's Barack in the kitchen with Michelle and the girls:
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Wise words from Germany
Today's New York Times has four brief pieces on the view of the financial meltdown from Europe. Here's something from the German piece, by Christoph Peters, that I can't help agreeing with:Television viewers accustomed to watching stockbrokers in action on their screens have long suspected that these are people with severe personality disorders, ( Read more... ) -
Final debate
I watched some of the debate last night, muting on and off when it got too ugly. I have a low tolerance for arguments, my mind is made up anyway and I have trouble giving McCain any of my time. What I did watch was only out of a sense of civic duty. Heather called me up right as it was starting to talk about our foster cats, oh the humanity, and ( Read more... ) -
Thai Commercials
Last week, thank to mrwhipee, I found my new favorite commercial:
And today there's this, also from Thailand:
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Soul and Fire
Sebadoh's song "Soul and Fire" is one of my all-time favorites, but I'd never realized anybody else had ever heard it, let alone cared about it. So it was a bit of a shock when I found it featured as NPR's Song of the Day. I guess I could take it as a sign of creeping age or my lost edge or whatever, but instead of thinking about that I chose ( Read more... ) -
Artomatic 2008, Vineland, Clouds
I finally made it to Artomatic last night, the last night of the show. I wandered around for quite a while without seeing anything that really grabbed me, and then on the tenth floor I struck gold. ( Image-heavy ) -
Best eggplant ever.
I think I'm allergic to eggplant, but only the skin. Good thing it isn't the whole eggplant, or I could never eat the gorgeous smoky garlicky baba ghanouj at Lebanese Taverna. My world would be so much sadder then.
Happy Friday, everybody!
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