East Coast Earthquake Made Washington Wobble
Earthquakes recently hit northern California and the Midwest–nothing major, but it reminded me of one that shook up Washington, D.C. back in the summer of 2011. Major quakes aren’t common in the East, and some […]
Ripping the Headlines Today, 6/27/19
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news doesn’t need to be complicated and confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. And, as in the case with […]
Nazi Muff-Diving: It Coulda Happened Here
With summer comes beach reading, and a by-product of the season’s lower intellectual standards is that one’s literary risk-reward ratio expands exponentially, the way pole vaulting records were shattered by quantum leaps when athletes abandoned aluminum […]
Cartoon: Trump admits biggest mistake, but has some regrets
Writer: Paul Lander Artist: Dan McConnell
Me and My Parrot Walk Into a Bar
Lewis Rosensteil, head of Schenley Distillers, once had 5,000 parrots trained to say “Drink Old Quaker” bourbon, then gave them to bartenders. The Wall Street Journal, review of “Empire: The Past and Future of America’s […]
Choripan and Chopin
Argentinian Entree CHORIPÁN (Sausage Sandwich) INGREDIENTS 1 small red or green chile 4 garlic cloves 1 bay leaf ½ tablespoon oregano ½ teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon minced red onion ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes ⅓ […]
Wisdom for Dummies
If you want to run into every boss and old boyfriend you’ve ever had, just go to the grocery store with bed head and a ragged T-shirt that says Real Women Sweat.