Sorry in a hurry
March 15, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Way We Live Now
I was raised Catholic and Irish, eating meat and potatoes for suppah every night (’cept of course on Fridays in Lent).
I’ve moved away from all of that to one degree or another. But like a salmon back from the sea, once a year I return to the karmic/gastro landscape of my birth. Which is a...
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Politicians, 1 Polar Bears, 0
March 09, 2008
Filed in: Alaska, The Way We Live Now
Here’s a nice headline . . .
Alaska politicians oppose plan to protect polar bears
My head has been all up in Alaska these past weeks. You start to nose around here and there online, looking at this or that lodge or guided tour or whatever, you send out a few tentative e-mail queries, and...
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Two Questions
February 28, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages, The Way We Live Now
1) Chowing down on Mexy food with Beulah last weekend, this came up: “What is the most valuable thing in your house?”
We’re not talking 401K or your car or the various bits of trophy jewelry on your bod. We’re talking in your house. And we’re talking cash value, not sentimental: what did you...
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Irregularities
February 05, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Way We Live Now
Swellville is one of only four towns in our entire crazy-liberal state that consistently votes Republican (gotta to protect those capital gains, don’t you know).
The first time T and I voted here we were a little taken aback by the setup. The polling place (really it’s the elementary school...
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Mystery candidate revealed
January 30, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Way We Live Now
Them:
Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Wednesday, January 30, 2008—9:23 AM ET
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John Edwards to Drop Out of Presidential Race
John Edwards is ending his bid for the Democratic
presidential nomination after failing to win any of the nominating contests so far, according to his...
