December 2010
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Just bought Moe a puffy down jacket
Guy Clark Like a Coat From the Cold
Pretty much...
A Scouting Life: Obamacare →
ronbailey:
samsplace:
Okay then. I worked long and hard for many years without health insurance. I did so with the knowledge that if I stuck with it my career path would get to the point where I qualified. I put my time in.
I just received notice that my health care now costs an additional $500 per year. I can easily…
Yeah, you are right. It really will cost more for some of us up-front....
Obamacare
Okay then. I worked long and hard for many years without health insurance. I did so with the knowledge that if I stuck with it my career path would get to the point where I qualified. I put my time in.
I just received notice that my health care now costs an additional $500 per year. I can easily afford it; for me that’s basically one less nice dinner out (with wine). I’m sure...
How's that saying go?
Is it starve a cold, feed a fever whiskey or the other way around?
fairylights asked: I havne't seen Holiday Inn. High Society was on today. My niece seemed rather enthralled by it, which is actually something considering it's hard for a four-year-old to happily watch anything that's not animated. My mum just says, "they don't make films like that anymore."
They really don't. Oh, sorry about the snow over there.
They really don't. Oh, sorry about the snow over there.
fairylights asked: I havne't seen Holiday Inn. High Society was on today. My niece seemed rather enthralled by it, which is actually something considering it's hard for a four-year-old to happily watch anything that's not animated. My mum just says, "they don't make films like that anymore."
They really don't. Oh, sorry about the snow over there.
They really don't. Oh, sorry about the snow over there.
bobbybigwheel asked: Why aren't you on Twitter any more?
Man on Wire
brevetcaptain:
A) I loved the WTC
B) I love Petite. He’s insane.
C) in my wheelhouse. French documentary. Oui.
Brilliant, brilliant film in so many ways. It spoke such truth to the French character and let me feel okay about looking at the towers again for the first time. His whole message takes you to a better place.
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Snow Miser A day late, but he finally showed up.
"I've got snow in my vagina"
-things I wasn’t expecting to hear when I was out brushing snow off the jeep
kimalah:
cwj replied to your quote: You were born to be a Solid Gold Dancer!
When you bring a bottle of liquor to a party, it’s customary to give it to the host, not keep it for yourself.
I would not do anything so gauche, kind sir. The vodka is in their liquor cabinet.
The culprit was coquitos. Creamy, coconutty, tropical sirens.
Oh, coquitos, with your coconut kisses, you evil...
Bing Crosby and David Bowie Peace on Earth/Little...
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bobbybigwheel asked: Why aren't you on Twitter any more?
How you know when it's time for a critic to move... →
Time for David Edelstein to hang ‘em up. He’s done. Sorry to say it as he has done great work critiquing films over the years but it’s increasingly obvious that he has done it for too long. I’m sure it’s tough to keep an open mind when all you do is watch film after film and opine on them. Mr. Edelstein no longer has any sense of perspective. Like a veteran sex...
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Institutions that have sent me holiday cards:
Mayor Bloomberg’s office
The White House
Caesars Palace
The Palm Steakhouse
Jamesons
Guinness
Johnny Walker
The NRA
NPR
Lincoln Center
Drunken Dragon Burlesque Cabaret
Archdiocese of New York
Pizzicato Five Silent Night
I don't normally approve of internet vigilantiism,... →
Someone did a pretty great hack of that bullying pissant George J Atis’ page.
As a sole practitioner in this area, you can imagine that my reputation is everything – and I never compromise it for any one client. I wont back down from bullying a 12 year old girl if needed to reach my goal.
The 20 Worst Songs of 2010, #1: Train, "Hey, Soul... →
thethirdshift:
I’m not sure what the most depressing part of this list is: that Carlos Santana will rape any classic rock song in an attempt to get back on the charts, that the dude from Staind is pretending to be a hick, that we had the first prominent and bad cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” that Godsmack & Train still exist, bands like Salem are getting critical hosannas, or that...
Leon Redbone and Zooey Deschanel Baby It’s...
I can't help but overhear Elaine in the other room
“Ma, I love your lasagna, but I know it. I’ve been watching you make it my whole life. I know what you put in it and how you cook it. I can make better lasagna, Ma. Do you add the basil before or after the curds have formed?
She’s talking about the homemade ricotta she puts in the lasagna, which is made with sheets of pasta her grandma makes and spiced with homemade sausage...
Brooklyn Glutton: TORRISI ITALIAN SPECIALTIES: Big... →
brooklynglutton:
(Torrisi Italian Specialties. Photo courtesy of midtownlunch.com)
On a whim, we finally made our way over to TORRISI ITALIAN SPECIALTIES (250 Mulberry Street @ Prince Street, Little Italy, Manhattan, 212-965-0955) for dinner, and it was such a rich experience at so many levels,…
If you’re not reading this blog you should be. It’s by another great...
“Can you email me the specific ask so I can decide who I’m comfortable...”
– Me, in what passes for whispering sweet nothings to my wife these days.
“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”
– my wife Elaine as she unwraps a tri-tip roast I baked the other night and waves it in Moe’s general direction. She then diced it and served it to him.
Favorite Christmas Song
I realized I have a better answer to this question. When I get home to Cleveland for the holidays I attend midnight mass at St. Malachi’s. Malachi’s and St. Coleman’s are the two old-school west side Irish parishes in The Cleve, and you are pretty much one or the other. We are a Malchi’s family. When you go to midnight mass it is always packed. You see old friends and...
fairylights asked: What is your favourite Christmas song? Or songs?
fairylights asked: What is your favourite Christmas song? Or songs?
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“I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.”
– True Grit (1969) 