Last night I dreamt I was having dinner with Ronald Reagan. We were having a big row about the President’s plan to overhaul – I mean privatize – social security. Reagan was saying that we would “create responsible citizens” blah blah blah. You know the line. But I was insistent that the only thing we’d …
I don’t know enough about Vietnamese food to know what I want, or even what I like, when confronted with the menu. I’ve eaten plenty of it, but that doesn’t help because, uncultured slob that I am, I just can’t remember the names of things. I order by animal or vegetable and leave it at …
My survey of snowshoe manufacturers is online here.
“What synagogue do you go to?” This is not usually the first question out of the plumber’s mouth, but not everyone’s plumber is Yuri. “I don’t go.” I said, but he didn’t really care about that so much. “It’s not possible to go every Friday. It’s just too much, really.” Yuri was on my porch …
The last movie I saw was Sideways. Sideways is, in a broad sense, about two guys that go on a road trip. Forgive the language, I fucking hated that movie. I hated the way that one guy never really made any amends for being a complete asshole, I hate the way the other guy just …
I’ve been shopping for underwear lately. And somehow, I got it in my head that I was going to buy American made underwear. See, I’ve been working on a piece about a sporting goods company that outsourced their manufacturing to China. And a few days ago, I talked to one of the smaller players in …