Archive for August, 2007
Nicole Collins
Nicolai Howalt
Alberto Gonzalez Resigns
"Alberto Gonzales is the first Attorney General who thought the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth were three different things. The President should nominate a new Attorney General whose loyalty to the Constitution is greater than his loyalty to the Republican Party." -- Rahm Emanuel
Blakey Likes to Point a Moral at Times
Blakey likes to point a moral at times and that evening in the hotel -- our last in Santa Fe -- she outdoes herself. As I maunder on about the day, my mother and the odd vagaries of taste, she delivers an irresistible challenge: name ten female artists of the 20th century who are better [...]
Food for Travel
When planning long travels far from shops, there is a selection of basic foods which can be taken along, all long-keeping and light in weight. They should be packed individually in brown paper bags, not in plastic, and then finally in a waterproof rucksack.
All of the flaked cereals, oats, barley, corn, etc.; toasted wheat flour [...]
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Slideshow
His Honor President Nixon Specking
Tenth Avenue Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tall Bicycle
Hello Kitty Armbands for Thai Police
No matter how many ribbons for valor a Thai officer may wear, if he parks in the wrong place, or shows up late for work, or is seen dropping a bit of litter on the sidewalk, he can be ordered to wear the insignia.
"Simple warnings no longer work," said Pongpat Chayaphan, acting chief of the [...]