Happy new year, all!

Exerpted from Slate article Why No One Trusts the Government to Fix Anything Anymore"At the same time Americans lost confidence in their government, so did the English. And the Aussies, French, Italians, Japanese, and Germans. The decline in confidence wasn't something special to the United States, a homegrown product of our politicians' failures. ( Read more... )

Puppy pictures ( behind the cut! )

So for as much as we do a lot of walking, 1-3 miles per day since Spring, I rarely do any running.  There were times in college and since that I've used the machine to go a mile or more, but the most I've done on land in the past eight years has been half a mile.  (Ouch.)  Well tonight I decided to accompany DH on his evening run, thoroughly ( Read more... )

This is for a group of 12-20 adults.  Any suggestions?

Starters
Veggies, Crackers
Chopped Liver
Apples and honey
Challah

Sides
Matzoh ball soup
Potato keugelettes (muffin-sized)
Salad (ideas for something less than boring?)

Main
Brisket with carrots and cranberries

DessertsSweet potato pie (dairy ( Read more... )

I rarely get into memes, but this one caught my interest.  Bottom line: I have eaten 28 of the foods on this list, at least so far as I recognized names of foods.  I didn't bother crossing anything out since I would consider most things, and since human flesh wasn't on the list.

( The Omnivore's Hundred )

Survival skill: Knowing that when it comes to produce, appearance does not always indicate quality ( Read more... )

A video making fun of bottled water

(Oh, and the actors are Britsh, so it's even better.)

We harvested our first tomatoes last Thursday, and have already picked a pound and a half of them (5 medium-large tomatoes).  Woo!  Okay, done bragging.

Back to my regularly scheduled moping.

overdoing it for the sheer love of the farce.  counter-rumors about Obama.