A Cook's Tour |
A Cook's Tour, Anthony Boudain 2001I know I arrived late to the Anthony Bourdain party, but it is exactly this lateness that exemplifies Tony's continued relevance, smartly balanced in his uncompromis...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:32:00 GMT |
The Guns of August |
Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, 1962.A very informative telling of the events that lead into the first World War, The Guns of August has a wide cast of princes, dukes, counts, kaisers, kings, First...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 08:01:00 GMT |
only 3 beers deep |
two days ago, in the morning, getting dressed for work, I went to put on a t-shirt, but noticed what appeared to be crumbs on my stomach. I picked an orange, crescent-shaped crumb off my belly and upo...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:54:00 GMT |
the end of an error |
I'm in the very last days of my six month stretch of unemployment. down to the wire folks. the checks end next week and i was sweating a job, pounding the pavement and rationing ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:22:00 GMT |
sign of prosperity |
So I checked the mail today.
Only two items items in the mailbox.
My subscription of Mad Magazine and my unemployment check.
I know what I'm doing this weekend.
Seriously, best mail day ever.
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:15:00 GMT |
90 days |
Unemployed for three months.
Oh yes, it's still good. I have so many things to do still that getting a job now would just throw a wrench into the works. Don't get me wrong, I'm still looki...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:16:00 GMT |
North and South and North again. |
I figure I've been unemployed for three weeks now. No money has been coming in but I am leaking like a sieve from my savings account. Last week Charlotte and I took Maggie and Steve to Flo...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:05:00 GMT |
what is anarchy? |
As winter is upon us and the retail environment is packed full of a random sampling of consumers, I was quick to observe to Paul that despite the cold weather, how to my amazement many women and girls...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:16:00 GMT |
What's that German word for Gay? |
On my day off today Charlotte gave me 50 bucks to buy some comic books. Best Wife Ever!
So I've been a city dweller for 5 years and never had a car. I didn't need one and it seemed like a ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:55:00 GMT |
VideoTown Blues |
The last four months we've been seriously indulging in Net Flix. The real impetus for this was because our neighborhood video store was serious lacking in anything good to rent. Some days ...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:35:00 GMT |
