Monthly Archives: March 2010
Does Obama have a mini-me?
So I’m still conflicted about the health care bill. I want to believe Dennis Kucinich when he says the new bill was a starting point, and Congress will keep moving toward universal health care. But I think Congress only had … Continue reading
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Charlie Rose uses Wikipedia …
… for some of the bios on his Web site. WTF? By the way, he hosts another brain episode this Wednesday. These episodes are really cool. Our brains are really wacky.
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Fantastic accidental journalism
This Mother Jones article about human rights in Burma is the best piece of journalism I have read in a while. The writer started teaching English to a group of Burmese refugees in Thailand before even really understanding that they … Continue reading
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“Slam” another Nick Hornby win
Thankfully I am currently reading an intense book about globalization and roads. My track record for books so far this year is pretty weak — one heavy non-fiction book about the Armenian genocide alongside a children’s book and two beach … Continue reading
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Don’t stifle the freak. He could become Tim Burton
Our visit to MOMA in New York this week reminded me not to stifle kids’ creativity. That student with the drawings of a mangled, stitched-together corpse in a stained wedding dresses could be the next Tim Burton. The Burton exhibit … Continue reading
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“Away We Go” a good little movie
It’s probably mostly timing, but “Away We Go” struck a chord with me. It’s the story of a lovely lady (played unremarkably by SNL’s Maya Rudolph) who is pregnant with one girl of her boyfriend’s (played a little more remarkably … Continue reading
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What I learned this week
It is somehow possible (and delicious) to put soup in dumplings. I can barely keep solid food in the samosas and other little pastries I have tried to make. How do you pour soup into them? $10,000 is relatively cheap … Continue reading
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A musical win about hardass coal miners
So I sacrificed one of my three nights in New York this week to see a musical for my wife’s birthday. Turned out it wasn’t much of a sacrifice. “Billy Elliott” was really good — and I can even justify … Continue reading
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“In Bruges” marketing fail
I’m glad I’m not in movie marketing. I have to admit that I don’t know how I would try to sell “In Bruges” to moviegoers. Maybe “shoot first, sightsee later” is better than anything I would come up with, but … Continue reading
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Bet on the weather and my stamina
I’m riding in the MS150 fundraising ride this summer. As my first effort to raise money, I will bet you any amount you are willing to pledge that I can bike 300 miles this month. If I hit the 300-mile … Continue reading
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