Sometimes I Wonder
how the average middle-class German citizen felt in the late 1930s. (Someone said a better question is: “how did they feel in 1948?”) This editorial from the Chicago Sun-Times is thought provoking, to … Read more
Month: June 2004
Hershey’s “Perfectly Chocolate” Chocolate Cake
This cake is extremely easy to make, and quite good; it’s very rich and moist with a deep chocolate flavor. Unlike more involved recipes, where various ingredients are added at different times, with … Read more
Driving Around Maui: Wailuku via Kahakuloa
One morning during our recent trip to Hawaii we drove around the upper of Maui’s two halves. Top down and tunes playing through the radio via the iPod and iTrip, we were ready … Read more
Jay-Z’s Dead
Spinjunkies has released a new album, Jay-Z’s Dead, which “encompasses the entire Black Album by Jay-Z set to the music of the Grateful Dead”. It is a remix, similar to the Grey Album’s … Read more
Bumper Sticker Politics
Legal Torture; a legal memo doesn’t supersede US and international law. The Times and Iraq; a review of inaccurate and incomplete reporting by the NY Times in the period leading up to the … Read more
Maui Sunset
We’ve been busy the past couple of days, doing something we love: driving! We’ve circumnavigated both lobes of the island of Maui, first going around the top, smaller section, and the next day … Read more