Capsule reviews – Magic Hat Odd Notion Irish Red Ale; Southern Tier Heavy Weizen I ordered the Magic Hat on the general principle of always trying something new.* It came across as unexpectedly thin for the amber color and substantial head, and the added-in spices were a bit forward for my taste. It reminded me …
Archives for May 2008
Friday Thread
John has apparently been raptured, so for now it’s up to me to keep the blog going. However, I don’t have time for much more than a hit-and-run so I’ll toss out a bleg. My 5-year-old nephew has a weird affinity for numbers. When he was 3 he got unnervingly good at memorizing where each …
Permission To Criticize
Why do I find the Scott McClellan story so irritating? There’s the convenient timing of his rep rescue, coming when his former boss is polling worse than V.D. and a comeback is out of the question. The book seems calibrated to reveal nothing that we don’t already know, except for one bit that McClellan might …
Open Thread
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Nixonland
Apparently the UPS truck dropped off my copy of Nixonland from Amazon while I was working out earlier, and since I discovered it on my doorstep I have been unable to put it down. I am only 50 pages in and I can already proclaim this is the best book I have read in years. …
The New Stupid Meme
Is as follows: Lost yesterday in the frenzy over Scott McClellan’s new book was McCain’s blistering attack on Obama over the fact that the Illinois senator hasn’t been to Iraq since 2006. Indeed, the RNC even released an online clock counting the days since Obama last visited the Middle East country. Then later in the …
Marriage Equality Recognized in NY
This is certainly good news: Gay rights advocates had reason to celebrate on both coasts Thursday, with New York set to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere and California preparing to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples on June 17. Hours after California issued a directive Wednesday authorizing that date, word came that New York …