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First, Jessye Norman sings “Es gibt ein Reich” from Richard Strauss’s Ariadne […]

First posted on November 26, 2006:
When I was in high school, I expected the university to be more difficult, and I expected that my university classes would require more work. And for the most part, the university didn’t disappoint.
Today, students no longer expect the university to be difficult, nor do they expect to have to […]

So after a long string of strike-outs, there’s a new restaurant favorite.
Baby’s Burgers and Shakes.
Everything was great (even the cheeseburger buns were toasted). Yeah, it ain’t Johnny Angel’s. Baby’s is retro, but Johnny Angel’s was like it had never changed. Hey, the hostess was wearing a poodle skirt. It was a lot of fun, and […]

Tim Blair is terrified.

I don’t know if you’ve seen Moving Up, but you have couple A, couple B, and couple C. Couple A buys couple B’s house, and couple B buys couple C’s house. Everybody plays ring around the houses, redecorates, then couple C comes back to see what it looks like now that couple B owns it, […]

Iraq the Model: Why are the Democrats doing this?

Another one of those studies that make you wonder how much money was wasted on it.

A whole site dedicated to trashing the hamdouche, David Caruso! Yes!

This Thursday evening: Spiderman Tech. On the Garbage History Channel.

Jack M. is worried about Martian polar bears (it’s all Bush’s fault, naturally).

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Jargon is the coinage and usage of terminology in a specific field. Jargon is a shorthand by defining terms for concepts that come up frequently in a field, and defining terms for highly-specific concepts in that field. Jargon also has sociolinguistic functions (e.g., it differentiates outsiders from insiders), but they aren’t relevant here.
Buzzwords are not […]

Might as well have some fun with PETA, eh?

Hey, this is fun!

One more can’t hurt!

I’m definitely going to Baby’s today.

How could I have forgotten? I shopped at Sam’s Club (that kills the rainforest or something, right?) and bought beef (you know how all those cow farts are bringing about global warming).
Shop at Sam’s!
Eat more beef!
Rape Mother Earth!

I figured there must be something to this doing nothing at all with any consequences and calling it “doing what I can!” liberals are always doing, so I decided to try it for myself. The first question was what cause I could do nothing at all of consequence about, but would make me feel like […]

Note to self:
Self, do not eat doughnuts while making doughnuts.

Bloomington doesn’t have a lot of great doughnuts. When Kroger made their own, the sour cream cake doughnuts were certainly close to heart-stoppingly wonderful (literally), but they no longer make their own. Bloomington does have Crescent Donut (affectionately called Greaseant by locals–in Indiana, “greasy” sounds like “greazy”), a locally-owned place, and their doughnuts are really […]

Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie
This is an Amish recipe that has become a Hoosier classic, much like tenderloin sandwiches, morels, or persimmon pudding (I’m betting sugar cream pie can be found in Ohio, too). I’ve seen something referred to as Sugar Pie here, and considering that this is also one of the big Amish states, I’m […]

For three years, Bloomington had Johnny Angel’s, a 50s sandwich shop, with the most amazing food, and thick, delicious milkshakes that almost rivaled the Chocolate Moose. Perhaps the best thing on their menu, other than the fries and the shakes and the onion-y cheeseburgers, were the tenderloin sandwiches (this is a Hoosier thing, folks), some […]

Here’s what you’ve all been waiting for: My list of where to eat (and not to eat) if you find yourself in Bloomington, Indiana. I’ve limited this to local restaurants (no chains), restaurants that are still in business (as far as I can discover), and I’m not including pizza joints–because Bloomington has more pizza joints […]

In 1957, Ted Ladyman opened Ladyman’s Cafe at 122 East Kirkwood in Bloomington, Indiana. Ladyman’s was an old-fashioned diner, and the homemade pies had no equal anywhere in Monroe County. In the 70s and 80s, Ladyman’s was an institution, somewhere every undergraduate was told about. Ladyman’s even has a wikipedia entry. Over the decades, Ladyman’s […]

You’d think, would you not, that journalists-in-training would be inclined to, well, so what journalists are supposed to do when listening to a presentation, take notes so they can report? And you’d think that these journalists-in-training, who in a couple of years will be publishing classified material in the NYT then screaming “Freedom of the […]

“It began to dawn on her that he had devised this treatment in order to have sex with her on his terms.”
Note that it took nine months before she figured this out.

The Left’s love of disaster.

University Diaries has an intriguing article up about Joel Wingard, an English professor at Moravian. He is one of “these people”:
In my classes, I try to establish and maintain a student-centered classroom, a place where students’ learning takes precedence over teacher’s teaching. By ’students’ learning’ I mean their guided self-discovery; by ‘teacher’s teaching’ I mean […]

The next time you hear gun control proponents claim that you’re paranoid, point them to this:
Now, how would one disarm the American population? First of all, federal or state laws would need to make it a crime punishable by a $1,000 fine and one year in prison per weapon to possess a firearm. The population […]

I made these lemon bars yesterday. They’re very good, but they could be better. The “crust” is a bit too much like a big sugar cookie, and the lemon goo on top could be a bit more lemon-y (I’m very picky about the balance between “sweet” and lemon–when it comes to lemon pie, I pretty […]

Don’t hold your breath.

“All 8 Dems Take Private Jets To Debate”
I guess it’s okay, as long as they bought carbon offsets, and only use one sheet of TP per visit.

Mstislav Rostropovich has passed away. Story here. Tribute here. Hat tip to Michelle Malkin.

Jules channels Ace with March of the Morons.

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“Your life. Can change. Within the twinkling. Of. Uh. Eye.”
And they’re advertising the hell out of it. Again.

Just an observation I sent some friends who all feed their pets ultra-chic petfood, and are now freaking out because of that melamine recall.
I don’t want to step on anybody’s toes or anything, but you have noticed, have you not, that all of the recalled pet food brands are chi-chi, pinkie-up, free-range, bistro, nouvelle cuisine, […]

As you may or may not know, the NRA has remained silent on the Virginia Tech massacre, until today Offered in its entirety from the NRA Blog:
It’s been more than a week now since a mass murderer struck on the campus of Virginia Tech, and as the NRA joins the debate on policies and laws, […]

Serious eye trouble. See everybody tomorrow.

It’s just a triple decker sandwich of spiced stupid with stupid cheese smothered in stupid-sauce on whole stupid bread with a side of stupid-fries and stupid a la mode for dessert.
Read the whole thing.

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From Moonbattery (the story’s pretty funny too):
Moonbats oppose genetically engineered crops, possibly because the crops alleviate hunger in the Third World, thus depriving children in quaint multicultural villages of their picturesque potbellies.

and flour, and butter, and eggs, and powdered sugar . . . so why aren’t I making these?
Lemon Bars
1 c. butter
2 c. flour
1/2 c. powdered sugar
4 beaten eggs
2 c. sugar
4 tablespoons flour
1/4 c. lemon juice
1 T. finely grated lemon peel
sifted confectioners’ sugar
Preheat oven to 325.
Blend butter, […]