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May 26, 2004

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Q: What do you get when you cross Al Gore and a plate of fried calamari? A: Lightly-breaded squid. That’s gone stark-raving mad. **** update: Evidently, spittlefoamed podium banging coupled with oddly emphasized alveolar fricatives passes for “eloquent” in some circles.* *cf. Dante, Inferno

A list of foods Susan Sontag refuses to eat (confirmed)

American cheese Apple pie “Freedom” fries Meatloaf Turkey (w/ stuffing) Hershey Bars Bagels Anything with a “Mc” in front of it Liver and onions *

Current Mood:  Wordworthian romanticism coupled with existential weariness

The World is too much with us; late and soon,       Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:      Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,      The winds that will be howling at all hours      And are up-gather’d now like sleeping flowers, For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

Current Mood:  Wordworthian romanticism coupled with existential weariness

The World is too much with us; late and soon,       Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:      Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,      The winds that will be howling at all hours      And are up-gather’d now like sleeping flowers, For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

Scenes from my driveway, continued x 11

Deadbeat neighbor: “What you got there?” Me: “I’m putting in an air conditioner.” Deadbeat neighbor: “AC, eh? Fancy…” Me: “Yeah, I live like a king.” Deadbeat neighbor: “You say that sarcastically, but I’d vote for you.” Me: “Well, I’m not sure that’s how monarchies work exactly, but thanks just the same.”

protein wisdom:  the antipasto spread

Serves 7. (Or Michael Moore, if you happen also to have a footlong summer sausage and a box of Fiddle Faddle lying around.) 2 x 4 oz cans mushroom stems and pieces, drained and finely chopped 1 14 oz can artichoke hearts, drained and finely chopped 1 10 oz jar pimiento stuffed olives, drained and finely chopped 1 6 oz can ripe olives, drained and finely chopped 1/4 c Chopped

protein wisdom:  the antipasto spread

Serves 7. (Or Michael Moore, if you happen also to have a footlong summer sausage and a box of Fiddle Faddle lying around.) 2 x 4 oz cans mushroom stems and pieces, drained and finely chopped 1 14 oz can artichoke hearts, drained and finely chopped 1 10 oz jar pimiento stuffed olives, drained and finely chopped 1 6 oz can ripe olives, drained and finely chopped 1/4 c Chopped

WWND*

Dick Morris, writing in The Hill: “The election for president is a three-way race. No, its not Ralph Nader I

A reminder

This blog is not a rebel blog. **** update: Sorry. Happens every time I wear sunglasses in the house. No idea why.

Talking back to 80s music, 21

No, you kiss altogether wrong, honey. Me, I’ve got lips like velvet curtains and a tongue that can tickle a popcorn husk loose from your molars and still come out tasting like a scoop of ripe honeydew. So don’t talk to me about kissing. “Only the Lonely,” The Motels