2008-01-06
Dumb Stunt #57
I was switching two fans over to the motherboard's control last night when my hand brushed the CPU fan's mighty whirling blades, which sounded quite loud but was painless. I jerked my hand out of the way of the harmless plastic fan and right into my mouth.
Street Smarts in Bangkok
SURROUNDED by groups of civil servants greedily slurping bowls of soup at Chote Chitr, a tiny, family-run restaurant in the older part of Bangkok, our table soon overflows like a Thai Thanksgiving. The yam makhua, a salad of grilled long eggplants topped with tiny dried shrimps, combines the tang of fresh shallots with expert charring. Prepared by the hand of a skilled griller, the vegetables retain a smoky crunch on the outside, but a first bite pierces the crackling char and reveals a juicy eggplant so sweet it resembles a ripe peach, full of lime juice and fish sauce that has soaked into the flesh. More
Tomorrow; Tomorrow; Tomorrow
They Didn’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
By FRANK RICH
Op-Ed Columnist
Voting for a Smile
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: January 6, 2008
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By FRANK RICH
AFTER so many years of fear and loathing, we had almost forgotten what it’s like to feel good about our country. On Thursday night, that long-dormant emotion came rushing back, like an old dream that pops out of the deepest recesses of memory, suddenly as clear as light. “They said this day would never come,” said Barack Obama, and yet here, right before us, was indisputable evidence that it had. More
Op-Ed Columnist
Voting for a Smile
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: January 6, 2008
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The Bushes always self-consciously and swaggeringly put themselves “on the American side,” as Poppy used to say, implying that their rivals were somehow less American. But many Americans can no longer see themselves in the warped values of the Bush White House or the pathetic paralysis of Congress or the disapproving gaze of the world. More