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Sunday – dinner at Jolie in Brooklyn with a friend. Three-cheese fondue for dinner; crepes suzette for dessert. Loved the decor; the crepes suzette was a bit strong on the alcohol flavor for me. Sunday night – missed most of the coverage of the Golden Globes. From what I saw, I was turned off by [...]

Well, well, well. I’m kind of amazed by what happened with the New Hampshire primary – what a horse race. I didn’t think Hillary would throw in the towel. Surprised by her victory – yes; shocked – umm, not quite. Will be very interesting to see what will happen now between her and Barack Obama [...]

There are a lot of people out there that can tell a good story. Between the Internet and small publishers, these gems no longer fester in someone’s file cabinet, but can make change (and yes, that includes our teary eyed presidential candidates). I’ve been following Ron Lopez’s Kensington Stories. His vignettes about the neighborhood where [...]

I think I might have OD’d the political watching this weekend. The ABC/Facebook/WMUR debate on Saturday ended up being really interesting. Heck, these debates are reality tv – only with way much more stakes involved (like, you know, the future of the country). Alliances – implied or opportune – as McCain, Huckabee, Giuliani ganged up [...]

Slate article on how the battle to end billable hours that the law firms deal with may have to be fought by the clients, those unhappy in-house corporations, pissed by the expense involved. Speaking of how expensive the law firms are making things, Chief Justice Roberts apparently is reminding Congress in his year end report [...]

Sen. Obama wins for the Dems, Gov. Huckabee wins for the Republicans, and Rep. Wu wins on C-SPAN? I’m a sucker for the underdogs, especially the ones with the crazy videos.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I miss 2007 already. The Saturday before New Year’s Eve: watched Charlie Wilson’s War at the the Park Slope Pavilion. Movie’s directed by Mike Nichols, co-produced and starred by Tom Hanks, and written by Aaron Sorkin. It was an entertaining movie; classic Sorkin moments (excessive politician who does some womanizing, drinking, and [...]

Happy New Year 2008! Thanks for being part of my life this year. As usual in my annual messages, I give you a few statistics and offer a short essay. StatsMiles on a plane: 12,705 (down 84% from last year, but will make up for it in 2008) Miles in a rental car: about 1,300 [...]