The old theme is back—temporarily. Why? Nobody liked the new one. Or they only liked it conditionally. Or they loathed it. The overriding theme of the complaints where that the new format […]
Vegetarian Swallow Balls
I went shopping in Chinatown and found these delicacies, which match well with the vegetarian intestines I found last year. Enjoy these—hand slaughtered!—treats on one of the last weekends of the summer. […]
New and really improved!
This time I mean it. The weekend’s experiment was too slick, but this one is just right: it balances the need for easy access to articles with being able to see more […]
Noblesse Oblige

Presented: an advertisement for a stoop sale that I saw yesterday in Greenpoint on my way to the Brooklyn Brewery (passing, on the way, the lively Brooklyn Rhythm Masters). I hope it […]
New and Improved!

I’m trying out a new theme because the old one was getting stale. Still a lot to do with this one, but it’s slick, no? Opinions? Update: Sunday morning Well, it’s “new”, […]
A Return to Seriousness: 7 Best Songs About Beer; Or, God Bless the Pope
Update: the embeddings have been shifted to links, because the embeddings were eating up too much memory on some people’s browsers. 7 John Lee Hooker/George Thorogood, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer. […]
Internet Advertising Company to Fund Itself With Advertising
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Internet Advertising Company to Fund Itself With Advertising New York – July 4, 2009 – Word leader in being a new company engaged in ways of bringing advertising to […]
Never too old to learn
I’m at Cornell, teaching my now-annual statistics course to a group who have come up from the city and are there enrolled in a Masters program. Cornell requires students to spend time […]
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