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Obama Was Right About The Tires
In a campaign where every day there is a new slam, a new poll, and a new controversy, the little details can get lost. Well, I don’t know if anyone recalls this, but about three months ago Barack Obama had mentioned in a speech that one way to save energy was to check to make […]
Holy Photoshop!!! III
2006…and today. Do they honestly think that looks like Brian Wilson? God only knows.
Holy Photoshop!!! II
Bob Costas, circa Athens Bob Costas, circaBeijing (I’ll leave the punchline hanging like a nice Chinese Olympic curveball)
Holy Photoshop!!!
Three photos. Same Carrie Underwood. Doesn’t she look like someone completely different on the left/cover photo?
Dead Bees, More Flies… Why?
Okay, so by now I’m sure you’re all aware -through various stories in the media- that honey bees are apparently dying mysteriously all across the country. Well, not knowing a damn thing about bees, I sort of assumed it was mainly the kinds of bees that are employed by beekeepers. You know, that breed of […]
Home Energy Audit
Okay, first off, I’m not even sure I have the right to be posting here since I’ve been decidedly absent for what seems like years, but is probably only a few months. I’m sorry, okay? I’m just so extremely busy with so many very, very important things. Waking up, eating, looking at the baby, eating […]
I spoke too soon
In the following day’s paper: The wrong animal was described in Friday’s Capital Region story about the death of Akiho Miyashiro at Thacher Park. It was a blue heron that ate the fish in Miyahiro’s Albany pond. Side note: The only reason we know so much about Mr. Miyahiro, who was 87, is that he […]
Gender Thread
Bernie and I spent the past few months looking into schools for our daughter Isa. Most of these schools were for “highly gifted” students and any one of them would have been thrilled to have her. Because they are overrun with boys. Last time I checked, college students were something like fifty-seven percent female. Law […]
Jack Silbert, curator