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Welcome Back, Dirty F***ING Hippie

A friendly representative of the U.S. of A. :

Priscilla Fairbanks had just stepped off the plane. She handed the customs officer her passport. "What were you doing in Iran?" he demanded. "I told him I was a part of a peace delegation," said Fairbanks. "He replied belligerently, sarcastically, 'I don't know who you think you are kidding.' "

Read the rest of David King's story here.

Musings on Food and Family

From Laura Leon:

The motions of cutting and slicing, of moving from stove to oven to sink, are like a ballet, one that makes me lose myself in the sensuality of aromas and touch. As I worked, worries about the economy evaporated with the steam from the tea kettle, and even concerns about my boys faded away. They were out playing, yelling like savages, sweating beneath the bulk of their outerwear and in spite of the frigid air. This is what kids are supposed to be doing, playing unsupervised in the great outdoors, instead of being stuck inside with an electronic gizmo.

Local Heroes

It's that time again--here's our annual Local Heroes feature.

Time to Look in on Park South Again

Sez DIA:

Once again. In case it isn't clear. The main purpose our city government serves is to take your tax dollars and line the pockets of the local developers and politicians with zero regard for the citizens. I'd be interested in any links to any articles, meeting notices etc about how Columbia ended up with the contract to do this work. Please don't tell me it is too complicated to understand. This is basic project management. And it appears very simple. Mayor Jennings is owned by BBL/Columbia as are the rest of the politicians in this state. When there is a large pool of tax payer dollars up for grabs in Albany, they get it. Simple.

Ho Ho HO!

Hating on Gillibrand

A Queensbury man hates on the pregnant congresswoman from NY-20 in a letter to the Post-Star.

First of all, I must admit that I am a male chauvinist and that there are, thankfully, differences between men and women.

That's just the beginning. Originally noted by Group News Blog, via Digby.

 

Holiday LOLcat

Movie Glut

It's that time of year, when cinemagoers can wilt under the onslaught of new movies. Today, I saw Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. It's everything people are saying. Ann Morrow will be reviewing it in print in a couple of weeks--after this Thursday's Year in Pictures and the following Thursday's Year in Review issue, neither of which have what we like to call back-of-the-book content--but I'll be talking about Tim Burton's dark, dark, dark musical on WAMC's The Roundtable Thursday (Dec. 27) at 10:39 AM or thereabouts.

Right now, you can read reviews of Margot at the Wedding by Laura Leon and The King of Kong by Ann Morrow.

Alas, King of Kong only played one week--but the DVD arrives next month.

And reviews of The Golden Compass by Ann and I Am Legend by yers truly.

Merry Merry.

The Judgement of Kittehs

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