Going to New York this weekend, so no blogging from me between Saturday and Tuesday. On Wednesday we start cooking the yearly bouchee a la reine and I brew an imperial stout. About the trip, some radio show about food told me that Little Owl in the West Village definitely has the best dinners at …
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Get this out of your head.
Death Penalty News
New Jersey has banned the death penalty! In signing the bill, Gov. Jon Corzine called it a “momentous day” and made the Garden State the first state to ban capital punishment since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated it in 1976. Corzine on Sunday commuted the sentences of eight men sitting on the state’s death row. …
U.S. Reversal in Bali
A miracle: The Bali meeting approved a “roadmap” for two years of talks to adopt a new treaty to succeed Kyoto beyond 2012, widening it to the United States and developing nations such as China and India. Under the deal, a successor pact will be agreed at a meeting in Copenhagen in late 2009. The …
A Good Cause
There are thousands of readers here, so it is worth a shot. Can you help Michael? **Update** Not that you need a holiday to do good for people, but I think this is a good time of year to get tested to see if you would be a suitable donor for someone who needs you. …
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Yeesh. ***Update*** For your amusement, the best Huckabee campaign ad that doesn’t star Chuck Norris.
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Rumors of my death are certainly NOT exaggerated. However, the afterlife feels almost exactly like regular life, except with less Evel Kinevel. Weak.