January 2012
Baked eggs are perfect: simple, nutritious,... →
As Mark Bittman demonstrates, baked eggs are The Simplest Egg, Yet the Most Elegant. You just need an egg and practically anything else for a superb dish. For example, here’s his recipe: …
Jan 3rd
RT @gknauss: You can tell Monopoly is an old game because there’s a luxury tax and rich people can go to jail.
Jan 3rd
My new year’s resolution in 2012 is to suck at things (and also excel) http://t.co/XROfuOLw
Jan 1st
December 2011
RT @rsguthrie: Offer your seat. Lend a hand. Hold the door. Say good morning. Tip your hat. Acknowledge sacrifice. Give up your turn. Sh …
Dec 28th
Negotiating with DS9 as to what can and cannot go on his YouTube channel. Kids today! :) #fb
Dec 26th
Time for a little mid Christmas meal before roasting the turkey… http://t.co/leC8V7Cx
Dec 25th
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Merry Christmas! →
ADESTE FIDELES – THE THREE TENORS
Dec 25th
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A very important Christmas consideration: white... →
It may seem silly, but it is a debate I have been in a number of times myself, and based on this article, I am not alone: Colored vs. White Is a Christmas Light Debate – NYTimes.com. Personally…
Dec 24th
Favorite Xmas music this year: Adeste Fideles (Placido Domingo) and O Come O Come Emmanuel (The Civil Wars)
Dec 23rd
RT @Darinstrauss: This is amazing footage. RT @mileskahn Happy Rick Perry is Terribly Uncomfortable Around Jews Day! http://t.co/c7BTXdQO
Dec 21st
An evangelical remembers his friend Hitchens →
There are lots of great tributes and warm stories by many writers on Christopher Hitchens. One that I particularly liked was this one: My Take: An evangelical remembers his friend Hitchens – CNN…
Dec 19th
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An evangelical remembers his friend Hitchens http://t.co/C2L8FT22
Dec 18th
Saturday Night (Christmas) music: Gabriel’s... →
This is a beautiful rendition, and a strikingly beautiful video to go with it. (Remember, this was made in the 80s, making this relatively subdued for the time.) Sting – Gabriel’s Message…
Dec 18th
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Loading Christmas tunes on the iPods while DS9 and friend watch The Polar Express. #xmas
Dec 17th
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Friday Night (Christmas) Music: Silent Night with... →
And not just Battle and Marsalis. The whole ensemble is Battle, Marsalis, Leonard Slatkin, The Boys Choir of Harlem and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. See/hear: Greatness. Silent Night –…
Dec 17th
Beautiful photography: Black Americana – Vogue.it →
While I am hesitant to make any claims for or against the subject matter in this photo spread, Black Americana – Vogue.it, I do think that the photos by themselves are great. I love this one in…
Dec 16th
And wth is the ratio method of division?? I have a CompSci/Math degree and I can’t figure out why DS9 is learning this!! *passes out again*
Dec 15th
September 2011
The Making of Blade Runner →
Open Culture has a great clip that was used to promote the movie in the early 1980s before it was released as a feature film. Open Culture also has some background on that clip that is well worth…
Sep 3rd
Juse seeing the movie poster for Happy Feet 2 makes me feel stabby…
Sep 2nd
J.C. Penney is too smart to ignore complaints... →
J.C. Penney was selling this T shirt online this morning to girls: This made alot of people none too happy. They responded negatively and fast. J.C. Penney was also very responsive and pulled…
Sep 2nd
August 2011
Mass Graves and George Clooney http://t.co/rSQ24dr < George Clooney helps turn the cameras to something important
Aug 31st
So excited! Found old recipes, &c I thought I had thrown out! W00t! http://t.co/iidympN
Aug 30th
ok, I have “The Godfather” queued up, so I’ll catch up on the VMAs later!
Aug 29th
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Greatness. Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and... →
If you are lucky in life, you will get to be at a club or venue and be in the presence of greatness. It doesn’t happen often, and it is captured in photography even less. Fortunately here’s one such…
Aug 28th
How to turn a city into a musical device (some thoughts after a conversation I had with @jamiewoo) http://t.co/1g0o4Pd
Aug 27th
And so concludes a nutritious day at Centreville :) #fb http://t.co/rc4LI6g
Aug 26th
On cleaning my bookshelves and extending Martin Buber in the digital age http://t.co/pxpfxnY
Aug 24th
How to print a full sized house using WikiHouse →
While there has been alot of talk about 3D printers, this takes it to the next level. As this article (Design, Download And Print Your House With WikiHouse — The Pop-Up City) shows, …
Aug 24th
this is filled with great sound and melody (“Balam Acab – Oh, Why”) ♫ http://t.co/LanPR67
Aug 23rd
How your employees (and contractors) visit sites... →
Is likely found in this article: Five tricks workers use to visit blocked Web sites. Anyone thinking of blocking web sites and spending alot of resources to do so would be advised to read this…
Aug 23rd
RT @Queen_UK: Text from Colonel Gadaffi: “Bollocks”.
Aug 22nd
I like you Firefox, really, but you have to suck less.
Aug 12th
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Listening to the night whispers of tall trees on a refreshingly cool night in August
Aug 11th
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The best restaurant service in the world, bar none, comes from The Ledbury in London. Read here to see why: http://ow.ly/1vyRv0
Aug 10th
The state of mobile banking in North America,... →
Can be seen in this great infographic, here: A bigger version of it with more details, here: The Official Lookout Blog | Take The Money And Run: Mobile Banking On The Go. (Hat tip to A…
Aug 9th
In America, they write nasty editorials about S&P. In Italy, they are a bit harsher > http://ow.ly/1vtu9z
Aug 8th
I like going to Canada Square in Toronto: it is like and old-new theatre
Aug 7th
The brilliant long exposure photos of Yurikamome... →
Yurikamome, a…
Aug 7th
Ugh. I can’t get thru an evening without falling asleep, which means I am up til 2 or 3, which I can’t get through …
Aug 5th
Is India’s Elusive $35 Laptop at Hand? - http://t.co/VTLPPNs < I would dearly love to see this, though I am skeptical
Aug 4th
Cool summer evening..reading on the porch, listening to the rain #fb http://twitpic.com/60khzg
Aug 4th
Hey Doug and Rob Ford: congrats! You’ll soon be infamous characters in a Margaret Atwood book forevah! Brilliant!
Aug 3rd
This evening calls for ice cream with crumbled cookies on top and coffee on the side
Aug 2nd
How Liberals suport of the 14th Amendment would... →
I think what Joe Klein writes here, Krugman Quibble | Swampland, is exactly right: If he had cited the 14th Amendment and simply ordered Treasury to pay the bills, he would have been impeached by…
Aug 2nd
Night rain. The best of sounds
Aug 1st
Some thoughts on watching the U.S. Debt ceiling debacle, why the GOP is weaker than you think, and why Obama needs s… http://post.ly/2hze6
Aug 1st
July 2011
The trailer of Happy Feet 2 makes me despair for humanity
Jul 31st
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RT @DougSaunders: RT @davidsteven: How the poor are screwing America’s rich http://t.co/AXcVJkQ
Jul 30th
Now fantasizing about the Jo Ghost boots I saw that I don’t need but were oh so cheap and of course fantastic
Jul 30th
listening to “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End- Abbey Road” ♫ http://blip.fm/~16gcdu
Jul 29th