Looking at the newspaper and it has a column from the NY times about "new and noteworthy" paperbacks and hardcovers coming soon ( Read more... )

Went to the Town House in Chilihowie, Va. Got to eat at one of Food and Wine 10 best chefs' places before the magazine hit the newsstands. Very high end frou frou if you willl, but cool.

Hick and I are headed to STL today. We'll drive in and arrive Fri am. He'll have to sleep. Likely will go to p. picnic. Other than some meals with the parents, things are open.

Just what I needed, a president with an advanced vocabulary.

He (President Obama) later bluntly defended his administration's response to the spill, telling an interviewer he has met with experts to learn "whose ass to kick."

My weekend plans have imploded as we were planning to go to beer week in Philly. Now we are in options mode to see what can/needs to be done.

Anything cool happening in STL this weekend? It is on the short list of possiblities at this point in time. If you know of anything, let me know. B will be with me.

Axejudge. Happy Birthday Phierma.

( one way to think about taco bell )

Poll obituary poll

When your obituary is one of the most emailed stories in the paper but on the comment page is only one comment from a colleague. No comments are listed on the obit page either.

My homebody parents have gotten a wild hair up their.... and are now in Branson Mo. They hardly go out much less road trip. In fact, they haven't road tripped since my sister and I were little. I had to get a hold of them last night and couldn't get a hold of them until I tried the cell. And found them in Branson ( Read more... )