Triscribe

Yeah, it’s still March.   But, not yet the NCAA brackets time.  We’re getting there… Hat tip from Roger Ebert’s Facebook fan page (yeah, I checked off that I’m a fan – his blog is great writing): the happiest man in America is Alvin Wong, a Chinese American Jew from Hawaii.  Why am I not [...]

Judge Denny Chin nominated for 2nd Circuit! Angry Asian Man posts his comment on it (which includes the White House press release). Open House New York, this weekend! The radio transition in NYC on Thursday night, 8pm – WQXR signing off to a new channel, with farewell from the NY Times, as it’s about to [...]

So, wait – ex-journalists are becoming lawyers? What are ex-lawyers doing? … Hmm, well, no one says that the current economy is making it easy for anyone. Atlantic Antic on Atlantic Avenue, on Sunday, in Brooklyn. Not sure if I’ll make it, if I’m too lazy to get out of my end of Brooklyn. Otherwise, [...]

“Hawaii v. Illinois” – the battle for Barack Obama as a favorite son. Can’t we all just get along? Actually, that headline looked like a college football or college basketball game. When the economy tanks, Spam and similar canned meat or meat substitute make a comeback. Time Magazine’s Joel Stein wants his readers’ help in [...]

A long post to recap on the Chicago trip with the siblings. The weekend of the remnants of Hurricane Ike: Flooded ‘burbs and their flooded roads made for scary moments (to me, but maybe not to my driver-sibling); certainly made it harder to drive around with no clear detours. (or, at least it seemed strange [...]

In Chicago for a vacation until Wednesday. I still want a really great staycation, but this will have to do. FC had done the Chicago deep dish (okay, “stuffed”) pizza and the Amazing Race-like escapade. Can’t say that my siblings and I had any Amazing Race; it was mostly smooth, but for weather-related delay, thanks [...]

Haven’t got my quota of deep dish pizza yet. The Giordano’s near my hotel closed down, so we’re going to try again today. Went throug Millenium Park yesterday — there was this water feature that was very nice, especially because it was so hot. The buffet dinner at the Park Grill was also excellent. Chatted [...]