August 2009
81 posts
Gates: “When he’s not arresting you, Sergeant Crowley is a really likable guy.” http://bit.ly/p9ung
July 2009
121 posts
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Complexity in Nutrition →
From NPR: Tomatoes are certainly nutritious — a good source of the antioxidants lycopene and beta-carotene. But consider this: if you eat a tomato without adding a little fat — say a drizzle of olive oil — your body is unlikely to absorb all these nutrients.
It’s all about food cultures. Sadly, I like too many of them.
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“At the end of the day, the most crucial thing that’s changed is that almost all...”
– Tim Bray, You Have to Choose Who To Read
“You, the consumer, are getting screwed too. You are missing out on some great...”
– Steven Frank on the iPhone and the App Store
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Microsoft's Long, Slow Decline →
Who the fuck cares that he took steroids if he can hit go ahead three run homers at Fenway Park.
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“I’ll tell you what I would have done if I were President Obama. First of all, I...”
– Eric Asimov on the great beer-based racial mediation
Letter to the hardworking iPhone developer →
This can’t be the right answer, but it would be nice if Apple stepped up to the plate sooner than later.
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“In other news, somewhere a 6’2, 320-pound man who plays a popular sport...”
– Joe Sheehan at Baseball Prospectus.
Somewhere, Mike Greenwell is full of rage.
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“In 2006 we didn’t yet know that newspapers were dead. I think we thought they’d...”
– John Harris of Politico in Vanity Fair (via Mets Fan #1)
The Red Sox are seriously bumming me out.
Hanky Pankies. The new favorite treat of @mjensley as he learns the local food cultures. http://bit.ly/ZjTmv
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The National | Mr. November →
SimpleTask →
The SimpleTask iPhone app looks great.
Sometimes you hear wacky comments in political science talks: “You don’t expect 3rd graders to be living the thug life.” #uwm
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“Congressmen are looking to sell their voters for the highest ‘price’...”
– Tyler Cowen in offering a sketch of a dynamic model for healthcare legislation
Mike Rogers (Blue Dog Democrat version) was more or less acting this out on CNN last night, basically promising to get something done by the end of the year. If many of these so-called moderates have relatively high...
Wonder how David Byrne feels re: cover bands http://instapaper.com/z8ihdt47 (via @sethkjolly)? Tweet from Instapaper now social media hammer
Happy Hours in Milwaukee →
from Milwaukee Magazine
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Imitation while sometimes necessary is never as... →
“I again try to explain that in my country, a Neil Young already exists, and an African copy, however faithful, is simply unnecessary.” — David Byrne (via @sethkjolly)
Looks like the Red Sox have ponied up to the Halladay bidding table in a big way (Buchholz, Bowden and Westmoreland). http://bit.ly/K9sjD
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On the death of music magazines →
It’s really pretty simple. How on Earth could dead tree media ever compete with hyperlinks and the multimedia internet for conversing about music? I made this same point to @sethkjolly just last week (he persists in trying to find new music via books).
Beer Menus - Milwaukee →
Mad Men Yourself. http://bit.ly/2Cq2is
“We’re looking for results, but if we just take results, it’s going to be a mistake.” - Terry Francona (via Extra Bases at boston.com).
Crunchy Granola →
Mark Bittman
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Lone Star (1996). ★★★★ http://bit.ly/3krCc5
Oh, good. The air show is starting back up. I was wondering if today I was going to be blessed with the simulated sounds of attack.
Adam LaRoche — way to debut with a homerun.
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Here is Phish debuting Joy, the title track from...
WatchAn amazing story about Jim Rice from ESPN.
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“Simon, along with everyone else who thinks online subscription fees can save the...”
– Pay Walls - Daring Fireball (via David Chartier ).
I also recommend reading the whole David Simon article, but I’d suggest a strategy to save journalism that assumes away most media companies as players in the market for news and ignores the importance of upstart entrants while relying on...
Watching the Germanfest fireworks as we head home after the Brewer game on 94 East.
We pulled into Discovery World to see the end of the fireworks. I guess leaving the game early wasn’t so bad. #mke http://twitpic.com/bj74i
US Government recommends disabling Adobe Flash in web browsers: http://bit.ly/ugG3w (not just in PDF viewers, via @daringfireball).
I wish I could make my fingers remember increase/decrease quote level in Mail.app.
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“The spectrum of beers that are available from some of the craft producers these...”
– Mitchell Wakefield, of Tess in Milwaukee on beer dinners
Do they even make wine anymore?
So what kind of gift does Mark Buehrle get DeWayne Wise? Rolex? Sports car? What is baseball immortality worth?
I’m a disaster. I’ve gone from Inbox Zero™ to Inbox 501. I feel like standing up and confessing is the first step toward redemption (and 0).
Disc two of Trey Anastasio’s Plasma should be required listening for hot and humid summer days. This was a great band in its own right.
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James on Performance Enhancing Drugs
Bill James (via Rob Neyer) displays is his well-earned reputation for insight related to baseball matters:
If we look into the future, then, we can reliably foresee a time in which everybody is going to be using steroids or their pharmaceutical descendants. We will learn to control the health risks of these drugs, or we will develop alternatives to them. Once that happens, people will start...
Today is a very special day at UWM. Not only do we have screamy cheerleaders in the courtyard below, but the airshow is practicing overhead.
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The Fifty States are Hurting Economic Recovery →
James Surowiecki on that curious American institution:
The logic of [federalism] was clear: people who are closer to a problem often know better how to deal with it. But matters of a truly interstate nature, like the power grid, can’t be dealt with on a state-by-state basis. And fiscal policy is undermined if the federal government is doing one thing and the states are doing another. It’s a...
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Green Turkey Tacos
1 onion diced
1 jar Salpica Cilantro Green Olive Salsa
1/2 cup white wine
1 lbs turkey loin
Sauté onions in some olive oil in a small Dutch oven. Preheat oven to 325F. Add salsa, wine, and a jar full of water. Bring to simmer. Add turkey, cover, and put in the oven for 2-2.5 hours. Remove turkey. Bring cooking liquid to boil, reduce. Shred turkey. Remove sauce from heat and stir in shreded...
Thune: “The individual right to self-defense should not end at the state line.” — But individual rights to marriage do? #statesrights #fail
