Tuesday Morning Jukebox – More about babies
Since we have a bit of a Jukebox theme going, I thought I’d share two songs relating to my own young’uns… Glynis… …and Scarlet.
Monthly Archive: October 2012
So Romney went and tore up his old Foreign Policy Script….
…and decided that in fact he agreed with the President. So my post outlining a case for him is probably no longer valid. C’est la vie.
Foreign Policy: Twenty Questions
I saw at lunch that Bob Schieffer has made public the questions he intends to ask in tonight’s foreign policy debate. This makes it something of an exercised in prompted speechification, if you ask...
Captain David Ryan, Man About Town (for a Day)
Wednesday noonish I’ll be at Hunter College, donning my Tony Comstock hat to present Bill and Desire: Love is Timeless at Diane Cage’s The Feminist Sex Wars class. Then later that afternoon I’ll be...
Walking Dead Discussion Thread: S3 E2, “Sick”
*Spoiler Alert: Do not read this post or the comment section if you have not seen the show. Also, for those who have read the comics, please do not discuss plot elements not revealed on the...
Treme, Season 3, Episode 5, “I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say”
Tonight’s introduction on Treme was heartbreaking. Desiree’s mother’s house was torn down by the city. It was on two lists: one for rehabilitation, one for demolition. Nobody could tell her how it ended up...
Trademarking Tebow
This is going to backfire. From the article: The devout Christian says his representatives filed on his behalf not for financial gain, but “to just control how it’s used, make sure it’s used in...
President Obama Reintroduces Himself
The night of October 16 was a good one for President Obama. After more than a month of sounding, looking, and acting like a tired man who resents being made to undergo the electioneering...
Weekend Jukebox: Little Ones
We had a girl, and both of these songs are about having boys, but they’re both pretty awesome. If anyone has a good song about little bitty daughters, please share. Along those lines, I...
Oh Deer…
Apparently Obama has lost the Texas deer vote. No truth to the rumor that our very own Mike Dwyer gave this very deer a pass with a knowing wink-and-nod.
She Swims!
It was a perfect shirt-sleeve October day here in Montauk today. Even if MON TIKI had gone straight to the bottom I don’t think that could have ruined it.
The Cheap-Ass Gourmet – Homemade Chicken and Red Mole Enchiladas With Roasted Cauliflower
This is the second part of a three-part series of economic meals that all stem from the first recipe, simple roast chicken with braised greens and roasted potatoes. Tomorrow we’ll take the leftover chicken...
The Cheap-Ass Gourmet – Roast Chicken with Roasted Potatoes and Braised Greens
The last time I did a cooking post, I got a nice email from a reader that was also a student. She complained that even though she wanted to learn how to cook, some...
More on Being a Woman in a Male-dominated Field
I was never quite sure about what might be the cause of the extreme disparity of males to females in philosophy. Women make up 21% of professional philosophers. This is nowhere near their representation...
Electoral College Reversal
Most of the people I talk to about politics who like the idea of repealing the Electoral College and replacing it with a popular vote are Democrats. I think part of this is lingering...
By Request: How Much Did MON TIKI Cost vs How Much is MON TIKI Worth?
In my previous post I mentioned that we were having the boat surveyed for insurance purposes prior to launch. My chief concern in having the boat insured is not loss, but liability. If you...
Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Weekend Jukebox And Open Thread
Well, there’s Doc, and Trumwill, and Kazzy, and Ryan, and I’m sure that there are a few more out there. Hurray! People are a positive good! It’s magical, it’s a mitzvah, it’s a miracle… and...
Gang Green
The Green Party is so irrelevant, they can’t even get arrested, as they say. Heh–sure they can.
Launch Day for S/V MON TIKI Approaches!
One or two previous post have concerned insurance, and insuring MON TIKI is all that stands between us and a launch this Saturday at Montauk Marine Basin. The surveyor was by today, impressed with...
Intermediate Scrutiny
The Federal Defense of Marriage Act has already been held unconstitutional by a Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Today’s decision from the Second Circuit following suit and consciously anticipating SCOTUS review applies the “intermediate scrutiny” standard...
