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wedding preview

October 6, 2008

Laurie and Jeremy A handful of negative Nancies would have you believe that it takes me years to get my photos developed. Not so!

It just takes years to get them on the Web.

A hearty congratulations to Laurie and Jeremy.

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film

October 2, 2008

A few recent thoughts about film.

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paul newman

September 29, 2008

From my quotations file, a gem from two years ago:

Mr. Newman makes his own salad dressing at home, too, though he occasionally reaches for the stuff that started the Newman’s Own empire. To date, the food company has generated $220 million in charitable donations and has expanded to include popcorn and a line of fruit drinks and salsas, which he sometimes buys in jars at the grocery store. While the stunned checker grapples with the fact that Paul Newman is buying Newman’s Own salsa, he gets a kick out of saying, “It must be really good if I’m paying retail for it.”

— “He's got the salad covered. Can he serve you dinner?,” The New York Times, September 27, 2006
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long march

September 25, 2008

I noticed that the type of rocket ferrying the taikonauts on China’s first spacewalk mission is known as Long March II-F.

Does it seem appropriate to name a rocket after a massive and bloody military retreat?

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overheard in boston

September 18, 2008

“Come closer, people! We’re not armed, even though we are black.”

—Breakdancers outside Faneuil Hall, addressing a group of tourists
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