September 2009
88 posts
Presumably, add the previously covered 5 albums and this serves as a gallery of Phish’s favorite music. Click envelope: http://bit.ly/24eds
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Intra-party Competition for Nominations →
“The push by Washington Republicans to identify preferred Senate candidates has stirred resentment and prompted competition from those not impressed by the Washington seal of approval.”
UPDATE: Obama doesn’t seem to be having much more success.
Great. Sox/Yanks delayed by rain. Now all I have to do while the dough is rising is wait for that game to start or root against the Tigers.
Like a reality show reunion special, NESN needs to tape a meet up with Don Orsilo and the entire revolving cast of 2009 color comentators.
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Challah redux. http://twitpic.com/jemlo
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Toasted Burger Buns
This is a recipe? Seriously Bobby, you’re trying too hard.
Money tip:
Keep a close eye on them and don’t let them get too brown or else that texture will take on a life of its own and defeat the purpose of starting with a soft bun.
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“You have no idea what you’re asking me to do. It takes me forty-eight hours to...”
– Harry Reid responding to Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke’s request for the bank bailout (via The Monkey Cage).
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Spotlight is My Calculator
Spotlight is Neven Mrgan’s calculator. It’s mine too.
Making sliders. http://bit.ly/oAzZ5
Will there ever be another “Tubthumping?”
Joe Posnanski on measurement http://tinyurl.com/yc4r8eu (via Rob Neyer).
I’m building you a pyramid with limestone blocks so large. I dragged them from the mountain top. You’ll need a two car garage.
Do we know that they are Iranians? Maybe they are just big Mark Sanchez fans? http://bit.ly/obTsR
Just bought NetNewsWire Premium. I almost feel guilty not supporting The Deck. http://bit.ly/20dxyb
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On Interpreting Predictions of Congressional... →
Tom Holbrook did a little analysis of public opinion and congressional election outcomes which for some reason rubbed Charlie Cook the wrong way. I wrote a comment on Political Wire, but it was deleted. Anyways here goes:
@ charlie cook, it seems that you read Goddard’s spin on (my colleague) Holbrook’s blog post and not the actual post. He conducted a simple analysis of how two...
Tweeting from the awesome NetNewsWire for iPhone 2. Seems faster. Love send to Instapaper. http://tinyurl.com/lcud4f congrats @brentsimmons
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“Beneath the arguments about government intrusion into the health care market,...”
– Marc J. Hetherington and Jonathan D. Weiler (via The Monkey Cage)
Sadly a win for Jimmy Carter is a loss for the country.
Apple’s App Store Genius function either doesn’t work very well or a lot of people buy apps with largely duplicate features.
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The Kinship Between Talk Radio and Rap →
Since I rarely listen to either I missed this love connection.
Extolling your greatness is nearly as crucial to rap as it is to talk radio. One consistent theme of Jay-Z’s lyrics is the genius of Jay-Z’s lyrics.
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Rush Limbaugh peppers his show with self-adulating incantations that would seem right at home on a Snoop Dogg track, calling himself “Chief Waga-Waga El Rushbo of the El Conservo...
NFL Player Bankruptcy →
I take this as more evidence that the cartel which enforces non-payment of college athletes is immoral.
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On Cursive Writing →
I’d rather see kids learn computer scripting than cursive at this point.
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“In many ways the core of blogging is a willingness to apply what you know to...”
– Tyler Cowen in an aside on the integration of the personal and professional lives of social scientists
Jason Bay with a birthday home run. He’s going to be be getting a big birthday present this winter as the only top 20 AL hitting free agent.
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“It’s also important to have in place systems for effective monitoring of elected...”
– Matthew Yglesias (via MR)
This is admittedly a seductive argument. But also only part of the story. Voters aren’t in this alone. They’re in this with these self-same ambitious politicians. Particularly, ambitious challengers waiting to enter elections against corrupt incumbents and make...
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Top 2010 Position Player Free Agents
Jason Bay, (2010 age) 31
Mike Cameron, 37
Chone Figgins, 32
Marco Scutaro, 34
Matt Holliday, 30
Orlando Hudson, 32
Bobby Abreu, 36
Johnny Damon, 36
Russell Branyan, 34
Placido Polanco, 34
as ranked by Baseball Prospectus WARP.
It seems like a pretty old and group and I can’t really see the infielders getting paid very much. I suspect that Bay and Holliday end up getting paid...
The inevitable. Challah french toast. http://bit.ly/3OIfV
It’s not a cosmic injustice or anything, but how in the hell does my mom have MMS enabled for her iPhone and not me? And AT&T late August?
J. D. Drew’s homerun looks a lot less impressive followed up by one from Brian Anderson.
Challa. Happy New Year. http://twitpic.com/ib02e
Joan Nathan's Challah →
Guide to Hamburger and Cheeseburger Styles →
from A Hamburger Today (via Kottke)
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Hungarian Chicken
Adapted from Joan Nathan’s recipe for letcho.
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 medium onion, chopped
2 green bell peppers, chopped
2 large cans of diced tomatoes
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
about 1 TB of paprika (mix sweet and hot depending on taste)
3 lbs chicken breasts
In a dutch oven sauté onion and pepper in oil. Add tomatoes with liquid and seasonings and bring to...
Foggy, humid and cool so starting the day listening to Sun Kil Moon.
“Seriously, no pictures yet? Is he ashamed of his children or did he give them away?”
Barack Obama, Jedi Knight. http://bit.ly/OaKnM (also, Jason Kottke for man of the year).
One Person, One Vote? →
“The most populous district in America right now, according to the latest Census data, is Nevada’s 3rd District, where 960,000 people are represented in the House by just one member. All of Montana’s…
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3 or 4 Screens
Most people need 3 screens.
One for their desk. Work, news, communication, art.
One for their living room. TV, movies, slideshows, gaming.
One for their pocket. Previously communication, but now everything really.
Maybe some people (@sethkjolly) want some sort of couch device. A tablet or whatever.
There’s just not room in the long run for more than 4 screens tops per person. And...
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“Crayons smell like pig bone fat. I don’t think I’ll use crayons ever...”
– Jason Kottke
It’s so Wednesday today. Today could never be a Monday or a Friday. Even Tuesday would be a little off and Sunday would be just plain silly.
“That was 15 minutes ago and there is still nothing on flickr! What’s he gotta do, photoshop his children or something?”
That giant sucking sound you’re about to hear? The wind knocked out of @sethkjolly as I tell him how to use Computer Modern fonts in Stata.
You know a Jewish Holiday is here when Joan Nathan shows up in the dining section of the New York Times. http://bit.ly/15uYcm
Terrorist threats sway political attitudes say Zechmeister and Merolla, see: http://bit.ly/13tJuZ
Eating my own dog food and @sethkjolly is going to eat it next…
Once again prgen is my enemy (@jscottlong no support for local variables?). I’m rolling my own.