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Weekend Foodie Thread
What to do on a snowy day? At the Pandora household we’re making pasta – and, um, drinking mimosas. Now, I’ve made pasta in the past, but today we’re using our new Imperia pasta machine. This is an old fashioned, hand cranked, clamp to the counter machine – that weighs a ton and provides directions […]
Let It Snow!
Just the possibility of snow brings out the kid in me. And while I know this isn’t the most convenient time for a major snowstorm – and I still have a gazillion things to do – I’m secretly thrilled. So in the spirit of you can’t control the weather here’s Lena Horne performing my favorite […]
This Is Gonna Hurt…
I’ve been wanting to use this classic post (I Hate Your Politics) for years, but never really had the opportunity. Well… I do now. And what I’m writing here isn’t directed at any individual politician – it’s directed at us. I’m highlighting the section on liberals, but you should really read the whole thing, because […]
Why Women Don’t Like Sarah Palin
Public Policy has a new poll out on Sarah Palin: Public Policy Polling released a study on Thursday revealing that, one year after bursting onto the national scene, Palin still has not made inroads among a variety of key demographic groups. Most significantly, among women the Alaska Republican has only a 37 percent favorable rating […]
Anybody Not See This Coming?
Via Think Progress: In an interview with National Review today, DeMint said that the tea parties should no longer be thought of as “separate” from the Republican Party: “The GOP leadership needs to stand up for mainstream American principles,” says DeMint. The best way to do that, he says, is to “look to the great […]
Republicans Heading To Copenhagen To… I Have No Idea
Has anything like this ever happened before? House Republicans are preparing for a trip to Copenhagen and looking to derail Democratic efforts to negotiate an international climate agreement. About a half-dozen Republicans will make the trip to Denmark to oppose plans for cap-and-trade legislation, express their discontent with the scientific community that researches climate change […]
This Is Why We Need The Public Option
In a third-quarter earnings conference call in late October, officials at Aetna announced that in an effort to improve on a less-than-anticipated profit margin in 2009, they would be raising prices on their consumers in 2010. The insurance giant predicted that the company would subsequently lose between 300,000 and 350,000 members next year from its […]
Weekend Foodie Thread
Tis the season for company, so this week I’d like to focus on stupid easy, but delicious, appetizers. Ideally, these should be recipes you… well… don’t need to look at a recipe to submit here and ingredients you usually have in the house. I’m scheduled for my end of the year Costco run, and I […]
Could We Please Stop Labeling Women As Animals
I’d been meaning to write on Spencer Morgan’s New York Observer article Rrrowl! Beware Cougar’s Young Niece, The Cheetah for several days. Luckily, my recent bout with insomnia has provided the opportunity. Now, I suppose I could just stop writing at this point, since the title is bad enough, but the article sinks to levels […]
State’s Plan To Strengthen Delaware Schools
Gotta love timing, and since I’m on an education kick today I might as well post on the latest press release. (Full content below) Interesting stuff, and a lot of it good, but I’m a blogger so I have to focus on my concern. 🙂 The one area of this plan that caught my attention […]
Do We Need To Merge School Districts, Or A New Mindset?
In today’s News Journal, State Auditor R. Thomas Wagner Jr. claims that consolidating Delaware’s 19 school districts could save the state 50 million a year. Those against the idea cite problems such as a loss of local control and the need to level up salaries. The salary argument seems to have merit, but when […]
“Too Much Work”
I really am weary of Sarah Palin, and am having trouble not thinking about Lindsay Lohan every time her name is mentioned, but what happened this weekend so encapsulates what this woman stands for. She didn’t finish the 5k run as promoted on her twitter account – She didn’t finish the race, opting to leave […]
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