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The Missus Gets A Letter From Ann Romney
From our Fan Mail From Some Flounder(ing Campaigns) desk Well the Missus went to the mailbag today and out poured a letter with the return address ANN ROMNEY and the Missus turned to the hardworking staff and said, “Here – … Continue reading
Dead Blogging “Gary Webb: Mr. Jeans” At The deCordova
Well the Missus and I trundled out to the deCordova Museum in Lincoln to catch Gary Webb: Mr. Jeans and here’s some of what we saw: And these: I’m not smart enough to understand any of Webb’s work (although the … Continue reading
Rebekah In Wonderland
From Saturday’s New York Times: Caption: “Rebekah Brooks, a former executive under Rupert Murdoch, after testifying on Friday.” Through the looking glass, it goes without saying. Tip o’ the pixel to the Missus.
Apple, Schmapple: “The iPad of 1935”
From Smithsonian’s Paleofuture (via the Missus): The April, 1935 issue of Everyday Science and Mechanics included this nifty invention which was to be the next logical step in the world of publishing. Basically a microfilm reader mounted on a large pole, the … Continue reading
Our Robocall From The Draft Hillary Crowd
The Missus, who’s much more in demand than the hardworking staff is, got a phone call the other day from an outfit called Run Hillary 2012, and here’s what the nice robocall woman said: This is a message from RunHillary2012.net. … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary Clinton, robocalls, Run Hillary 2012, Sam Stein, The Missus, TPM
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WSJ Has It In The Bag
Thursday Wall Street Journal headline: The Messages a Man Sends With His Work Bag Photo: Caption: Greg Unis, vice president of men’s merchandising for Coach, holds a Bleecker tote at a Coach store in New York City. The hardworking staff: This … Continue reading
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Tagged Bleecker tote, Coach, Greg Unis, The Missus, Wall Street Journal
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R.I.P. George Tooker
From today’s New York Times obituary pages: George Tooker, Painter Capturing Modern Anxieties, Dies at 90 George Tooker, a painter whose haunting images of trapped clerical workers and forbidding government offices expressed a peculiarly 20th-century brand of anxiety and alienation, … Continue reading
Dead Blogging The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
First things first: If you picked “amazing” for your drinking game, you were knee-walking the Red Carpet by 6:16. Rating the Red Carpet Shows √ TV Guide Channel: Chris Somebody, Harrison Somebody, and Tabitha the Tonsorial Tsarina from some cable … Continue reading
For These Things I Give Thanks
Since this is what you do on Thanksgiving, this is what I’ll do. I am thankful for: • The Missus, my ever-loving bride who has stuck with me through thick-headedness and thin pickings for lo these 30 years • Homemade … Continue reading
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Tagged iPod Nano, Long Island Shelter, The Missus, Thelonius Monk
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Campaign Outsider 