Gore / Bloomberg third party ticket? Anybody else heard rumors?
FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds will now tell all - and face charges if necessary - to any major television network that will let her. Could be very interesting.
brug
New Poll Suggests Stephen Colbert Should Be Frontrunner Within a Month!
AT&T Moto Q Global -- Not as cool as the other AT&T smartphone, but it supports MS Outlook. It's a Q 9h (GSM, etc., etc.) with GPS.
Interesting report of discussions with top Comcast executives about the recent traffic shaping charges (specifically that they are screwing with BitTorrent traffic.) Short version - they're going after the seeders:
"we're worried about someone using an exceptional amount of bandwidth to feed the world's information."
Rudy! -- Giuliani Defends, Employs Priest Accused of Molesting Teens.
He's not just presidential, his pope-a-riffic!
He's not just presidential, his pope-a-riffic!
I touched the faceted glass, cool, but not cold. A floral-citrus aroma rose up, and as I took my first sip I marveled at how soft and delicate the carbonation was, the bubbles giving the flavors lift and energy without aggression.via edo
This was beer the really old-fashioned way. Today most draft beers are injected with carbon dioxide, filtered and often pasteurized, stored in pressurized kegs and served through gas-powered taps.
But the beer I was served was unpasteurized and unfiltered. Like the earliest bubbly brews, it was naturally carbonated, or conditioned, in its cask by yeast transforming sugar into alcohol with a side of fizzy carbon dioxide trapped in the cask. And it was served by muscle power pumping the ale up from its cask into the mug.
Czechs say want no Russian soldiers at radar site
-- The hilarity of unbridled incompetence. Didn't anyone think to ask the Czechs about having Russians at the proposed Star Wars (the Phantom Menace) radar sites before making the offer to Putin? Would that there were a prominent Sovietologist somewhere in the administration. In other news, the Turkish Army has been invited to set up training camps in northern Iraq.
-- The hilarity of unbridled incompetence. Didn't anyone think to ask the Czechs about having Russians at the proposed Star Wars (the Phantom Menace) radar sites before making the offer to Putin? Would that there were a prominent Sovietologist somewhere in the administration. In other news, the Turkish Army has been invited to set up training camps in northern Iraq.
parino show closes next saturday, plan to go today
elevator to the gallows on tcm now
in a global contemporary art context, how do we explain that this is not a good art idea? or even a good art idea but a bad personal choice for the artist. or am i just being too 1st world.
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Two former high-ranking policy experts from the Bush Administration say the U.S. has been gearing up for a war with Iran for years, despite claiming otherwise. It'll be Iraq all over again.
Exciting day today. Flew to San Diego for a meeting. Meeting was canceled due to evacuation of facility. (SoCal is on fire.) Was about to fly back when I noticed my laptop was gone. Left it in the seatback pocket. Phone calls to a couple of computer geeks I know (starting with JimL, then MB) to get my yahoo email password changed. Flew back. Busy changing other passwords, just in case. Five minutes ago found out my laptop is in San Diego. Now need to arrange transport for said ancient computing device. Always carry a machine with low residual value. (It was teh awsum!!!! in 2003.)
gary mule deer or steven wright
Shorty's .32 - 199 Prince St. at Sullivan. Super thumbs up. Best burger in New York. Amazing short ribs. Definitely worth a look. Dinner only. No reservations.
Shorty came up with Wiley through the Jean-Georges empire, but now has gone in something of the opposite direction doing absolutely perfect comfort food at his new 32 seat place. New York Mag, Eater, Andrea Strong.
Shorty came up with Wiley through the Jean-Georges empire, but now has gone in something of the opposite direction doing absolutely perfect comfort food at his new 32 seat place. New York Mag, Eater, Andrea Strong.
Adopted Christian Name ..........Real Jewish Name
# Joey Adams .............................. Joseph Abramowitz
# Eddie Albert ...............................Eddie Heimberger
# Woody Allen.............................. Allen Konigsberg
# Lauren Bacall ........................... Joan Perske
# Jack Benny ............................... Benny Kubelsky
# Milton Berle ............................. Milton Berlinger
# Ernest Borgnine .........................Effron Borgnine
# George Burns ........................... Nathan Birnbaum
# Joan Blondell............................. Rosebud Blustein
# Joyce Brothers ..........................Joyce Bauer
# Mel Brooks .............................. Melvin Kaminsky
# Joey Bishop .............................. Joey Gottlieb
# Charles Bronson ....................... Charles Buchinsky
# Rona Barrett ..............................Rona Burnstein
# Cyd Chrisse ...............................Tula Finklea
# Tony Curtis ............................... Bernie Schwartz
# (daughter is Jamie Lee Curtis)
# Joan Crawford .......................... Lucille Le Sueur
# Dyan Cannon ............................ Samile Friesen
# Kirk Douglas ............................ Isadore Demsky
# (son is Michael Douglas)
# Bob Dylan ..................................Robert Zimmerman
# Rodney Dangerfield ..................Jacob Cohen
# Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ............. Douglas Ullman
# Joel Grey .................................. Joel Katz
# (father of Jennifer Grey)
# Elliott Gould ................................Elliott Goldstein
# Zsa Zsa Gabor ............................Sara Gabor
# John Garfield ............................. Jules Garfinkle
# Judy Garland .............................. Frances Gumm
# Paulette Goddard ....................... Paulette Levy
# Eydie Gorme............................... Edith Gormezano
# Cary Grant .................................. Larry Leach
# Lorne Green ................................Chaim Leibowiz
# Judy Holliday .............................. Judith Tuvin
# Leslie Howard ............................. Leslie Stainer
# Buddy Hackett ............................ Leonard Hacker
# Jill St. John .................................. Jill Oppenheim
# Danny Kaye.................................. David Kominsky
# Alan King ..................................... Irwin Kniberg
# Larry King......................................Larry Zeiger
# Tina Louise.................................... Tina Blacker
# Ann Landers...................................Esther Friedman
# (Abigail Van Buren is her sister.)
# Dorothy Lamour ........................... Dorothy Kaumeyer
# Miehael Landon ........................... Mike Orowitz
# Steve Lawrence ............................ Sidney Leibowitz
# Hal Linden..................................... Hal Lipshitz
# Jerry Lewis .................................. Joseph Levitch
# Karl Maiden .................................Maiden Sekulovitch
# Ethel Merman .............................. Ethel Zimmerman
# Jan Murray .................................. Murray Janofsky
# Walter Matthau ........................... Walter Matasschanskayasky
# Lilly Palmer .................................. Maria Peiser
# Jan Pierce..................................... Pincus Perelmuth
# Roberta Peters..............................Roberta Peterman
# Eleanor Parker............................. Ellen Friedlob
# Joan Rlvers ..................................Joan Molinsky
# Tony Randall .............................. Sidney Rosenberg
# Edward G. Robinson .................. Emanuel Goldenberg
# Dinah Shore ................................ Fanny Rose
# Shelly Winters ............................ Shirley Schrift
# Gene Wilder................................ Jerome Silberman
# Joey Adams .............................. Joseph Abramowitz
# Eddie Albert ...............................Eddie Heimberger
# Woody Allen.............................. Allen Konigsberg
# Lauren Bacall ........................... Joan Perske
# Jack Benny ............................... Benny Kubelsky
# Milton Berle ............................. Milton Berlinger
# Ernest Borgnine .........................Effron Borgnine
# George Burns ........................... Nathan Birnbaum
# Joan Blondell............................. Rosebud Blustein
# Joyce Brothers ..........................Joyce Bauer
# Mel Brooks .............................. Melvin Kaminsky
# Joey Bishop .............................. Joey Gottlieb
# Charles Bronson ....................... Charles Buchinsky
# Rona Barrett ..............................Rona Burnstein
# Cyd Chrisse ...............................Tula Finklea
# Tony Curtis ............................... Bernie Schwartz
# (daughter is Jamie Lee Curtis)
# Joan Crawford .......................... Lucille Le Sueur
# Dyan Cannon ............................ Samile Friesen
# Kirk Douglas ............................ Isadore Demsky
# (son is Michael Douglas)
# Bob Dylan ..................................Robert Zimmerman
# Rodney Dangerfield ..................Jacob Cohen
# Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ............. Douglas Ullman
# Joel Grey .................................. Joel Katz
# (father of Jennifer Grey)
# Elliott Gould ................................Elliott Goldstein
# Zsa Zsa Gabor ............................Sara Gabor
# John Garfield ............................. Jules Garfinkle
# Judy Garland .............................. Frances Gumm
# Paulette Goddard ....................... Paulette Levy
# Eydie Gorme............................... Edith Gormezano
# Cary Grant .................................. Larry Leach
# Lorne Green ................................Chaim Leibowiz
# Judy Holliday .............................. Judith Tuvin
# Leslie Howard ............................. Leslie Stainer
# Buddy Hackett ............................ Leonard Hacker
# Jill St. John .................................. Jill Oppenheim
# Danny Kaye.................................. David Kominsky
# Alan King ..................................... Irwin Kniberg
# Larry King......................................Larry Zeiger
# Tina Louise.................................... Tina Blacker
# Ann Landers...................................Esther Friedman
# (Abigail Van Buren is her sister.)
# Dorothy Lamour ........................... Dorothy Kaumeyer
# Miehael Landon ........................... Mike Orowitz
# Steve Lawrence ............................ Sidney Leibowitz
# Hal Linden..................................... Hal Lipshitz
# Jerry Lewis .................................. Joseph Levitch
# Karl Maiden .................................Maiden Sekulovitch
# Ethel Merman .............................. Ethel Zimmerman
# Jan Murray .................................. Murray Janofsky
# Walter Matthau ........................... Walter Matasschanskayasky
# Lilly Palmer .................................. Maria Peiser
# Jan Pierce..................................... Pincus Perelmuth
# Roberta Peters..............................Roberta Peterman
# Eleanor Parker............................. Ellen Friedlob
# Joan Rlvers ..................................Joan Molinsky
# Tony Randall .............................. Sidney Rosenberg
# Edward G. Robinson .................. Emanuel Goldenberg
# Dinah Shore ................................ Fanny Rose
# Shelly Winters ............................ Shirley Schrift
# Gene Wilder................................ Jerome Silberman
Late Thursday afternoon, the newly arrived pest-control troops swarmed over Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. In their flashy red and black jackets, they fanned out among the flowers and shrubs, searching for aphids, mites and other threats to the greenery at the heavily landscaped campus of Manhattan’s most famous middle-income rental complex.
It’s a classic Abe story — there are so many classic Abe stories — set at one of those panel discussions that crop up periodically about the death of delis, which seem to have been dying as long as the theater. Abe is Abe Lebewohl, who started the Second Avenue Deli on the Lower East Side in 1954 with 14 seats, bought out his partners and turned it into a beloved New York institution.
He was at that conference of food writers, in the mid-1990s, along with Mark Federman, the owner of Russ & Daughters, which is to “appetizing” what Second Avenue was to deli. Appetizing refers to smoked fish — lox, herring, whitefish — and even though it’s not corned beef or pastrami, it’s still Old World Jewish food loaded with salt, so he fit right in. Federman went first, speaking from copious notes, about how fish is good for you. When it was Lebewohl’s turn, he got up, noteless, and looked at the audience. “What am I gonna tell you?” he said. “My food will kill you.”
10 Things Your Restaurant Won't Tell You
