Ooh, that sounds good! Pan-seared...pea snaps!
More random shazizzle:
About the inauguration: nothing about the current administration surprises me. "Let them eat cake" is alive and well, and I'm surprised, honestly, that the festivities (aside from security costs) cost ONLY $40 million dollars. The administration and its allies wouldn't spend one iota of mental energy pondering whether it's appropriate to hold such lavish parties during the unabated chaos in Iraq and post-tsunami Southeast Asia. Their attitude seems to be, "Hey, when you get YOUR own country, we'll let YOU run it however you like. Deal?!"
Incidentally, the word is "NORMALITY," not "NORMALCY." I try to refrain from grammatical fundamentalism, but I have no interest in continuing a linguistic blunder initiated by the illustrious Warren G. Harding. And when Bush used the word "normalcy" after the Sept. 11th attacks, politicians, commentators, and countless others seemed to fall right in line, perhaps fearing that they'd be viewed as unpatriotic, or ever worse, as over-edumacated wine-sipping Niles Crane intelligentsia if they used the correct word.
But on to a real issue: climate change. Just read a great book: "Boiling Point" by Ross Gelbspan. Scary shit. Heating and desalinization of the oceans. Melting of glaciers. The average temperature in Alaska increasing 7 degrees Fahrenheit over the past 30 years (!). The degree of White House corruption in blocking environmental reforms. Fortunately, Gelbspan gives an even-handed account, putting the blame where it belongs (activists do NOT get a free ride here, by any means). He also cites many positive developments and possible solutions, so it's not all doom and gloom. Gelbspan's web site is www.heatisonline.org.
My favorite NBA player, 5'5" Earl Boykins, is doing it again. He set an NBA record last week, scoring 15 points in overtime in Denver's win at Seattle. And then he scored 25 against the Memphis Grizzlies. I shudder to think how far back in the standings the Nuggets would be without him.
About the inauguration: nothing about the current administration surprises me. "Let them eat cake" is alive and well, and I'm surprised, honestly, that the festivities (aside from security costs) cost ONLY $40 million dollars. The administration and its allies wouldn't spend one iota of mental energy pondering whether it's appropriate to hold such lavish parties during the unabated chaos in Iraq and post-tsunami Southeast Asia. Their attitude seems to be, "Hey, when you get YOUR own country, we'll let YOU run it however you like. Deal?!"
Incidentally, the word is "NORMALITY," not "NORMALCY." I try to refrain from grammatical fundamentalism, but I have no interest in continuing a linguistic blunder initiated by the illustrious Warren G. Harding. And when Bush used the word "normalcy" after the Sept. 11th attacks, politicians, commentators, and countless others seemed to fall right in line, perhaps fearing that they'd be viewed as unpatriotic, or ever worse, as over-edumacated wine-sipping Niles Crane intelligentsia if they used the correct word.
But on to a real issue: climate change. Just read a great book: "Boiling Point" by Ross Gelbspan. Scary shit. Heating and desalinization of the oceans. Melting of glaciers. The average temperature in Alaska increasing 7 degrees Fahrenheit over the past 30 years (!). The degree of White House corruption in blocking environmental reforms. Fortunately, Gelbspan gives an even-handed account, putting the blame where it belongs (activists do NOT get a free ride here, by any means). He also cites many positive developments and possible solutions, so it's not all doom and gloom. Gelbspan's web site is www.heatisonline.org.
My favorite NBA player, 5'5" Earl Boykins, is doing it again. He set an NBA record last week, scoring 15 points in overtime in Denver's win at Seattle. And then he scored 25 against the Memphis Grizzlies. I shudder to think how far back in the standings the Nuggets would be without him.
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