A Ten Gallon award

We've had a Wicker Man before, but the comment section below clearly occasions a new award: BACK FROM BOSPORUSTurns out it was a wrong number from Istanbul–just some dude wondering if the special was still on with the two shirts for the price of one...

Trying to care in the Age of Lieberman

Come back from vacation, and the place goes crazy. One can only answer the furor of internet trolls with silence or silliness, and the silliness at least can be amusing (see last post for a wild ride). More on that later, but in the meantime, here's some of that...

The vodka conundrum

Must be something in the zeitgeist about this whole corporate manipulation as enemy thing. Someone identifying as "the enemy" posted yesterday (at DailyKos) a truly fascinating take on the subject of who really controls opinion in America. I can't say I...

And now a soupy conundrum

Eat this, critics… Today I'm writing next issue's food piece. A question for further contemplation by any who care to weigh in on matters beyond liberal/conservative mortar fire–upon browsing the cookbook my mother gave me from First Baptist Church...