Dec 31 2008
I made it to the Times Square on a 12/31! No matter it was 12 noon,
A snowy day here, but on my way home, the classical station played one of my favored (if not the most favored) piece: Beethoven’s violin concerto, conducted by Riccardo Muti, sorry didn’t catch the soloist nor the orchestra. [...]
Dec 30 2008
The Democratic Texas congressman’s war was against the Russians during the 1980s: kill the Russians as they chanted. That, was, without the Chinese.
It’s a good movie. The American covert aid to mujahideen fighting the Red Army in Afghanistan increased from initial US$5 million to 1 billion. The Russians left. .. .. But in the [...]
Dec 30 2008
A play on the word “literati” that describes the hip, knowledgeable people at the cutting edge of all things digital.
Dec 29 2008
Wow. you’ve got to read this. A Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010.
He predicts that economic, financial and demographic trends will provoke a political and social crisis in the U.S. When the going gets tough, he says, wealthier states will withhold funds from the federal government and [...]
Dec 29 2008
Discovering family root is a cool thing to do. It has a profound impact on each individual, live or dead. Henry Louis Gates‘ journey began well, but lost its steam by the end. I was little disappointed, like huh? It’s in the New Yorker no less. Don’t we all look [...]
Dec 29 2008
I was just wondering where he’s, Michael Lewis has a new book out - he edited it - Panic. FT reviewed it on Dec 6 (Penguin £9.99, 352 pages) and the Times put out its review on 12/25 (391 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $27.95), different versions across the pond? Just spoke with [...]
Dec 28 2008
By Pink Floyd, many considered its their most successful release. I listened to it but it does nothing to me except ‘noise’. I know I know .. what do I know about music. This English band is known for their progressiveness. The lyrics are cool.
Dec 28 2008
Chad Pennington is going to play Brett Favre who replaced him with Jets. Whoever wins today’s game will be in the playoff - how ironic. You bet I’ll root for Chad. Jets grabbed Favre and dumped Pennington in a heart beat right before the opening day. Miami’s Bill Parcell picked Chat up right [...]
Dec 28 2008
What will you been drinking next Wednesday night? I might use Prosecco, the sparkling wine from northern Italy to welcome 2009.
Dec 24 2008
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah .. .. Happy whatever you’re celebrating .. Pls toast it with this incredible Croatian wine, Bibich Mantra 2005, with Grenache grapes: lively and smooth. The guy who sold us this wine wasn’t at the last wine tasting. Few my neighbors bought it too.
We had it with hot pot, a dinner [...]
Dec 23 2008
When president Bush steps off the stage, there is one image would stay with me for a long time to come: landing on a carrier. No one has topped that, yet.
Obama shirtless is the buzz word of the day. Is he going to compete with Putin at stripe tease pole? I think The Russian [...]
Dec 23 2008
Bathroom in the restaurant is a huge consideration for me. Not just for the usage, it displays the attitude of the management or the owner. One of the small Italian neighborhood restaurants on 3rd Av at 40th Street is my favor because they provide mouthwash in the bathroom. I haven’t seen dental floss yet.
Evergreen’s are [...]
Dec 23 2008
Today must be the bad hair day. I felt like a dead meat in the pool. I was tired when I entered the water and feeling tired when I counted the 22nd laps and was dragging myself at 38th laps. I normally feel energized by 8th laps or so. But my limbs were too heavy [...]
Dec 22 2008
The Neanderthal!
Forget what you know about simpleminded cavemen. Scientists have discovered that Neanderthal diets were sophisticated, their tools efficient, and their development more similar to ours than researchers ever imagined.
Apparently, they were skillfully exploiting the diverse dietary riches of their coastal environment around 40,000 years ago—some 10,000 years before the ancestors of modern humans ever [...]
Dec 22 2008
The Panthers and Giants game last night was so great! Yapppppy. Giants won it in OT and now would have the home-field advantage. Some commentators joked that their trip to the Super Bowl this year won’t have to take the scenic route.
Giants played a very effective running game and that big dude Bran-done- he’ll become [...]
Dec 22 2008
We got our first snow of the season. Hoary!! But the parking lot at the Chinese restaurant was a disaster. They did not clean it a bit. It became icy and dangerous. The parking attendants were lazy. The booth and the entrance has little distance especially given the icy condition. The attendant came out of [...]
Dec 21 2008
My considerate g/fs with endless long legs: thanks for bending down for me ..
I always feel that puppy love differs drastically from pragmatic love. When you’re young, you choose your mate solely on love, nothing else. You don’t care about mortgage payments and ballet lessons. Middle age love takes compatibility and affordability into [...]