January 2012
2 posts
6 tags
December 2011
9 posts
Internet Access and the New Divide - NYTimes.com →
“As with every decision, I talked to my grandmother about it, and she told me...”
– Chelsea Clinton, Living Up to the Family Name - NYTimes.com
November 2011
8 posts
Today's Menu
Here’s the menu for Turkey Day at my place.
Starter
Appetizer Platter: Olives, Roasted Red Peppers, Artichoke Hearts, Assorted Cheeses
Deviled Eggs
Stuffed Mushrooms Two Ways
Main
Turkey Brined and Roasted (Brine: Apple Cider, Hard Cider, Agave, Salt, Orange Peel, Fresh Rosemary, Thyme, Parsley & Oregano, Peppercorns, Star Anise and Cinnamon Sticks / Roasted with Apples, Onions...
“But when a saga popular with pre-adolescent girls peaks romantically on a night...”
– Movie Review - ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’ - NPR explains quite simply the major problem with this terrible series.
October 2011
5 posts
What is the best business book you've read?
What is the best business book you’ve read?
Butternut Squash Soup
Thick, creamy and perfect for a crisp fall day. This butternut squash soup is flexible enough to come together without much fuss. You can use whatever broth you have on hand, cream or milk if you want to add a dose of richness, and whatever sweet apples you need to use up. Either way, the sweetness of the squash and apples will be hard to mess up.
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp butter
1 white onion...
How Not to Pitch Bloggers →
September 2011
7 posts
4 tags
Thoughts 10 Years Later
I was talking with a friend about the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The volume of materials being published in remembrance a decade later is vast. Photographs, videos and written recollections are everywhere and they are impossible to avoid. I can’t get through any of them without getting weepy. And so, like many, I try and limit how much time I let myself spend lost in that pool of incredible...
5 tags
The Brown Bag Challenge Continues: It's All About...
The brown bag challenge continues this week. Last week was wildly successful. By which I mean, I brought my lunch every day. In fact, I avoided buying breakfast, snacks or even coffee. This was my goal, and I was really happy to make it the whole week without a slip.
The Healthy Eats challenge officially started on September 1st, but I began my personal challenge last Monday so this is my 6th day...
August 2011
8 posts
The Brown-Bag Challenge!
I’m teaming up with fellow friends and food bloggers to host a Brown-Bag Challenge, a month-long initiative to eat consciously and save money by packing a lunch each weekday instead of eating out. Join us here and share what you’re eating on Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #brownbag.
The challenge officially kicks off tomorrow, but brownie points if you made it the whole week...
“And then, there are the rules of the store. First, you can only get in when it...”
– One of the many reasons, Jim Toole, owner of Capitol Hill Books, is a Capitol Hill treasure.
WatchGloria! Gloria!
“I’m not going to mislead anybody. Politics is really hard. And it is harder for...”
– Hillary Clinton On Politics & The Double Standard For Women (via thefrisky)
July 2011
8 posts
Via TheBlogress....
Jenny: You don’t imagine -for just a second- about driving off a bridge every time you drive over one?
Victor: Why would I do that?
Jenny: Because it’s human nature. Everyone does that. You never actually do it but everyone thinks about it.
Victor: Well I don’t think about it.
Jenny: Well then, maybe there’s something wrong with you.
Victor: Maybe there’s something wrong with me because I don’t think about driving off cliffs on a regular basis?
Late Night Lullaby
Last night I was having trouble falling asleep. I began to think of lullaby-like things, wishing I could be soothed to sleep in the same way as the crying baby in the next apartment. (We share a bedroom wall. It’s terrible.)
This popped into my head:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. ...
And that’s why you should learn to pick your... →
June 2011
7 posts
In Memory of Norma (Duffy) Lyon, the ‘Butter-Cow...
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: So, the 4-H convention.
Toby Ziegler: We're not going.
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: I don't get it. How can you not want to see the butter cow?
Toby Ziegler: I'm that way.
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: You understand it's a life-size cow made entirely of butter.
Toby Ziegler: We're not going.
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: There's also a butter Elvis and a butter Last Supper which has, I swear to God, Toby...
Toby Ziegler: Butter on the table?
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: It's got butter on the table right there between butter James and butter Peter, an almost mind-blowing vortex of art and material that dares the viewer to recall Marcel Duchamp.
Toby Ziegler: How do they keep it from melting?
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: How, indeed.
Nancy: Toby, you have a phone call in the staff cabin.
Toby Ziegler: Thank you.
Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg: Butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter, butter.
