I have eschewed Facebook thus far, despite entreaties to join from many people. (Full disclosure: I was on Facebook for a week, but fled in fear and disgust. I am already far too prone to spending too much time in front of the monitor.)
Recently I had the odd experience of having a phone conversation with [...]
Archive for May, 2009
history and capacity
Posted in Daily Scratch, tagged facebook, friends, reunion on May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I pronounce you narrowly and limitedly excepted.
Posted in Daily Scratch, tagged gay marriage, homophobia, law on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How on earth can the California Supreme Court rule that it is okay to have “a narrow and limited exception to … state constitutional rights”?
When is it ever legal or ethical or moral to exclude any segment of the population from rights provided in a state or national constitution? Isn’t a constitution supposed to provide [...]
And I guess you’ll have a PBR with that?
Posted in Daily Scratch, tagged foodies, locavores, restaurants, snobbery on May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Apparently, eating locally-grown food is too high-falutin’ a concept for the NYT food writers. Witness Mr. Schwaner-Albright on a pizzeria in Brooklyn that dares to grow its own produce in its neighborhood:
“And…tomatoes, peppers and herbs will grow on top of a shipping container next to the restaurant. Who needs stone barns when you have a [...]
