quick eating notes on australia trip:

- when you get fish and chips, the main fish is "flake" - it's shark. get it. it's fantastic.

- "butterfish" is steak-y, like swordfish, but much milder, and actually does taste like butter. get it. it's fantastic.

- get thai food anywhere. thailand ain't too far away. it's fantastic.

- so's the vietnamese although the thai's better.

- guess how the $4 red table wine is. you got it. no one seems to ever really need to spend $15+ since the cheap wine's so frickin good.

- the beef's grass-fed. it's fantastic.

- on the down note, i had some grilled kangaroo which was liver-ish and unspectacular. why bother. stick with the fish.

Can anybody give me a little political lesson? What's the deal with Jordan?

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The directors of the new Alexandria Library, which christened a steel and glass structure with 250,000 books in October, have joined forces with an American artist and software engineers in an ambitious effort to make virtually all of the world's books available at a mouse click.

gametheory v 20 questions

radebaugh -- the future we were promised

I am on a Xynomavro kick, its my new favorite word.....finally made it to Milos last night for a fish orgy, we had some star power so we got the #1 table in the house, a free round cured fish and a plate of fresh urchin's, everone gets this clean flavorful soup to start.....we had crab, sardines wraped in graper leaves grilled, sepia, salad, beans, and some fish, the wines were replaced with samples so no wine bill, but i still paid $133 head with a health no wine tip...desset was awesome yougert with fruit and an amaro...at these prices (and i am not saying its not worth it) the crowd looked wealthy and older than us

i am starting the Xynomavro is a cousin of Nebbiolo club and i have a few members already, the most influencial wine critic told me one day at lunch that traditional made Nebbiolo and Grenache goes well with seafood, well the sardines and a 97 Xyno ROCKED!!

take two at Otto was delish, i let go of my negativity and dove in full on, all the veggie and fish starters were fantastic, the fried fish (fry of the day) was a dream, we asked for the pizza's crispy and they said "we do them one way, Mario's way" maybe its not the first time they have heard this from customers, but they came out crisper and we liked them better (they were still cold before the 2nd bite), whom whudda thought of a sunny side up egg on pizza would be good, it was.....and for dessert its just gelato but the specials were amazing, olive oil and salt gelato with blood orange slice's:>) and ricotta gelato with stewed figs and candied walnuts!!! YUM

CMJ scandal (from dmtree friend brian)

more from the ny post

I saw The Pianist two nights ago and I'd be interested if anybody could explain to me why this is supposed to be a good movie.

Bao had some very tasty dishes and some just ok also, but over all it was yummy, great french wine on the list, but its too much a load scene for an old fart like me.....

Bao 1*

the lobster zone

ill bet the lobster doesnt think its funny

the backlash

what peta says to do if the bastards put one in your neighborhood (note cute pic of drew b)

But most importantly, bubbles make people happy. (Anakin is part of the disorient burning man crew.)

would you be mine, could you be mine, wont you be my neighbor?

Real men don't eat quiche.

more wd50 press

Asking around for some new restaurants I came up with these two.....
Merge in the back of the old Indigo space (Indigo was great!!, as a matter of fact Indigo and Luma get on the all time fav list), and
Bao @ 111 Ave C, its Vietnamese and two reports are very high, it nearly kills me tat there is no "Grand Cru" Viet food in NYC....

"We were going for our luggage. We were in Chicago. The cheap flight takes you to New York that way. We didn't have to go through immigration, they pass you through in Dublin now. The loudspeaker calls out 'McAliskey.' We go up to your man and say yes, and we're immedately surrounded by three men and a woman. They grab the passports out of our hands. One of the men says to me, "We've a fax from our agents in Dublin. It says you're a potential or real threat to the United States.'"

Cajun in Queens

lets eat and eat

Hey Steve, did you get a gig designing graphics for the new homeland security site?

Scary interview with Sy Hersh on Now with Bill Moyers. Pakistan sharing nuke tech with North Korea, others?

This story is begging for some Dem spin.

lunch at 66 was out of site, braised beef chow fun was absolutly amazing, massive dumpling list inc fantastic fried shrimp wonton's, sesame noodles were incredable.....food prices are not too expensive (9 shared dishes was slighty exsesive @ $65 each, so if you had a normale meal it could be like $50), but massive wine consumption can run the bill up, the 2001 Dr Thanish Spatlese at $87 is the wine for the spicy food and its one of the worlds great wines but due to it being lighter in alcohol one bottle per person is easy....

The Viridian Blog has a new URL.

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