tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63523660960348243072024-02-20T09:41:07.206-08:00Crouching Hamsterinveracruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227576156602356795noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6352366096034824307.post-56983540359907563482007-03-07T22:10:00.000-08:002013-01-31T23:50:01.047-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Day 4</span><br />And I have not left the burrow, other than one time, late last night, to get provisions for me and the animals. I could have carried on, but they must eat, and their stockpile of food had dwindled over the past reckless week.inveracruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227576156602356795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6352366096034824307.post-88992451900561475202007-02-18T18:44:00.000-08:002013-01-31T23:50:01.054-08:00Hooray for Presidents! Hooray for sleeping in! Hooray for multislacking! (Isn't that what it's all about? Oh, right. Presidential ski trip. I forgot to plan that.)inveracruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227576156602356795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6352366096034824307.post-33983665017230781862007-02-14T12:14:00.000-08:002013-01-31T23:50:01.057-08:00<span style="font-style: italic;">Listen the snow is falling over town</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Listen the snow is falling everywhere</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Between Empire State Building</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> And between Trafalgar Square</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Listen the snow is falling over town</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Listen the snow is falling over town</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Listen the snow is falling everywhere</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Between your bed and mine</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Between your head and my mind</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Listen the snow is falling over town</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Between Tokyo and Paris</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Between London and Dallas</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Between your God and mine</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Listen the snow is falling everywhere</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Snow dream</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Snow fall</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Snow fly</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Listen</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Listen<br /><br /></span><span>- Galaxie 500 version (Yoko Ono)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span>I love New York.<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>inveracruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227576156602356795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6352366096034824307.post-30656597884272700492007-02-13T02:26:00.000-08:002013-01-31T23:50:01.062-08:00To be avoided: Bravo (the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">qualuudes</span> are complimentary!) Pizza on 5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> Avenue, near 20<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th Street</span>.inveracruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227576156602356795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6352366096034824307.post-71194516513558006842007-02-10T09:27:00.000-08:002013-01-31T23:50:01.066-08:00In response to the recent survey which found that 51% of all American women live without a spouse, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NYT</span> asks, <a href="http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F00A13F635540C728EDDA80894DF404482">Why are there so many single Americans</a>?<br /><br />I can think of one reason:<br /><br /><div style="font-style: italic;">[Content no longer available. Lawyers get testy!]</div>inveracruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227576156602356795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6352366096034824307.post-9105609537603385152007-01-26T21:43:00.000-08:002013-01-31T23:50:01.070-08:00This week I won a $100 bet that Kerry would not run for POTUS. (Hanging out with trash-talking guys is becoming a real source of income for me.)<br /><br />I have another $100 riding on a bet that Gore will not run, and $100 that the Dems will put up Hillary and Obama against the Republican nominee.<br /><br />Easy money. Difficult to collect.<br /><br />And as progressive and powerful as a Hillary-Obama ticket may sound, it may not be such a good thing. More Republicans will come out to vote <span style="font-style: italic;">against</span> Hillary than Democrats who will vote <span style="font-style: italic;">for</span> Hillary. Even with Obama as a running mate, do we really think otherwise? (I'd love to be wrong about this.) I'm not just talking out of my ass. I'm basing this on readers' comments to Judith Warner's <a href="http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=54#comments">"Trying to Imagine a Woman in the White House."</a> Most took the time to say, "Yes, but not Hillary." It's a small sample, and probably not statistically significant, but very telling nonetheless. One would think that the average commenter on a NYT blog is not a raging Republican. And in fact, many of the commenters describe themselves as die-hard Democrats. And they write that they would not vote for Hillary. Are these fringe Democrats? The ones who voted for Nader? 5%?<br /><br />This has me a little concerned in that I just want a Democrat in the White House. And any one of the leading Democratic candidates would be phenomenal in comparison to another Republican. Even Hillary. And you all know it. But if we are going to be choosy, let's choose the candidate who can beat the Republican nominee. It's early days, and I couldn't for certain tell you who that is, but isn't that really our goal?inveracruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227576156602356795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6352366096034824307.post-68692850539513459532007-01-15T22:41:00.000-08:002013-01-31T23:50:01.075-08:00The old crack: sea salt & vinegar potato chips<br /><br />The new crack: sea salt and cracked black pepper potato chips<br /><br />(enjoyed in moderation)inveracruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11227576156602356795noreply@blogger.com