January 2012
13 posts
“The Gingrich performance on the Yorktown was striking in other ways,...”
– A nice one from John Heilemann. This might be one very solid reason that Gingrich is doing well in South Carolina — this along with his contempt for liberals, the media, and his love of knife fights.
“Phil Griffin, the president of the network, said in an interview here on...”
– Patrick Buchanan’s Future at MSNBC Is Murky, Network’s Chief Says.
December 2011
11 posts
Some good points on a sadly vexing problem →
November 2011
13 posts
A Walk on the Wild Side
You know you’re reading a sharp critic when you want to scream, “Holy shit, yes!” in a quiet train car. In his memoir of scuzzy yet glittering 1970’s Manhattan, James Wolcott captures my thoughts on Bruce Springsteen when he writes about the Boss’s famous show at the Bottom Line in 1975: “This is very exciting. Why am I not excited?”
Wolcott, whom I never...
Oh hi, we have your dog Rex
Just finished breakfast at my desk and my iPhone rang. 914 number. School nurse. Tim has live lice. Packed up and caught a train home. Total time at the office this morning: 30 minutes.
After picking up the baby and some McDonalds I let Rex outside so he wouldn’t beg for my Big Mac. A few minutes later a phone call. “Oh hi, we have your dog here at Chilmark Wines.” Grrr, wife...
A Letter Home
(To Robert Graves) I Here I’m sitting in the gloom Of my quiet attic room. France goes rolling all around, Fledged with forest May has crowned. And I puff my pipe, calm-hearted, Thinking how the fighting started, Wondering when we’ll ever end it, Back to hell with Kaiser sent it, Gag the noise, pack up and go, Clockwork soldiers in a row. I’ve got better things to do ...
Anyone up for this?
Sandra Bullock Neil Patrick Harris Keith Olbermann Robert Downey Jr. Steve Carell Ellen Degeneres Sandra Bernhard Rachel Maddow Louis CK Tina Fey
Some of the people who should host the Oscars instead of the execrable Billy Crystal.
October 2011
13 posts
Snow Picture Here
I guess as the owner/operator of a photoblog I should post a pic of yesterday’s snow storm. Ossining got at least eight inches after all. The backyard is completely covered and the branches are hanging low because there will still plenty of leaves on the trees. In fact, there are fallen leaves ON TOP of the snow. Never saw that before.
So there - there is your October surprise snowfall...
“Farrell McManus uttered possibly the biggest applause line of the night when he...”
– My former publisher quoted in The Gothamist.
“A facilitator from the General Assembly tried one last time to get the...”
– A perfect moment of tragedy and comedy from Natasha Vargas-Cooper, a smart writer.
“How can I tell that the woman sitting next to me on the 5:38 is childless? The...”
