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Happy Rebbe, er, Robbie Burns Day
It's the day where the Hillel at Glasgow University makes kosher Haggis. Not difficult, really, given that Haggis is basically sheep entrails and grain, but there's always lots of discussion of it over there. You kind of need to have a good relationship with the abbatoir though so you can get a kashered sheep's stomach ( Read more... ) -
A Caveat.
level_head has a post worth contemplating, regardless of its slant, called UnpatrioticIt's noteworthy to my mind because it points to a way in which we, as Americans, have gotten sloppy in our thinking, especially over the past eight years, but going back farther than that even. We have become accustomed to an us and them style of thought. The right and ( Read more... ) -
Crucified at the crux of greed and envy.
Learned from level_head who learned it from rowyn that at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, an employee was stampeded to death by a mob awaiting the store's early opening. Do read the story if it is not familiar to you ( Read more... ) -
OBewildered
President-elect Obama is making appointments. I congratulate myself on having correctly guessed Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State. Many seem to think she's too hawkish, or that Larry Summers is too politically incorrect for the role he will be taking on, or that the Obama Cabinet is looking too much like the Clinton cabinet and there seems ( Read more... ) -
Book Meme
Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
Turn to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence along with these instructions on your LJ.
Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
ויאמר אלהים אל יעקב קומ עלה בית אל ושב שם ועשה שם מזבח לאל הנראה אליך בברחך מפני עשו אחיך -
The Real Estate market correction and its consequences
Here are some thoughts of mine on the matter of the Real Estate market correction and its consequences ( Read more... ) -
Braised Endive and Buffalo Burgers Caprese
I braised some endive Sunday because I've always wondered what endives are for, and I came across the idea in a British cookbook I ran across in the bookstore. I didn't by the book, or even memorize the recipe, but I held onto the idea. Ultimately, what I did was to brown 8 endives in butter, deglaze with 2C chicken stock and 3oz Lemon Juice. ( Read more... ) -
Another one bites the dust.
Posted to Saabscene, X-Posted here ( Read more... )