My favorite Disney movie has to be The Jungle Book. The story is great, the animation is lovely, the characters are memorable (Shere Khan, voiced by George Sanders, is among my favorite movie villains), and the music is jazzy perfection. With so many great songs it might seem hard to choose a favorite one, but …
Monthly Archives: November 2008
A tale of two business books
Two business books I’m reading: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath and Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin. It’s a bit unfair to compare the two, because Purple Cow was published in 2002 and Godin has gone on to create …
The Deadliest Pecan Pie in the South
For Thanksgiving, I was a baking fool. I made bread (using the no-knead recipe I blogged a while back) plus a nice pecan pie. For pecan pie, I use a recipe from Comfort Food by Holly Garrison. Mom gave me this cookbook years ago; it’s my go-to cookbook for really rich desserts and classic American …
The best blog without an RSS feed that you may not be reading
I love mimi smartypants. She’s on Diaryland, which seems not to have discovered feeds or comments or many other widely-used blog elements. One signs up to receive email when new posts are posted. Those are emails to which I look forward with great anticipation: BACK TO THE SEXY GRIND I am actually excited about going …
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A typical case of American blind justice
There are many Christmas songs but few Thanksgiving songs. In fact the only one I know is "Alice’s Restaurant Massacre" by Arlo Guthrie. It’s 18 minutes long, so I think that makes it count for five songs. (A big Thanksgiving thank you to Uncle Crappy for reminding me about the song, which seems to slip …
I love a parade
Over at “If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger…,” Tom Sutpen has posted photos from Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades of years past. they seem to be from different years — check the theater marquees to see the movies playing when each photo was shot. Happy Thanksgiving!
Love, love is a verb / Love is a doing word
Massive Attack – New Music – More Music Videos I enjoy the TV show House, largely because I like watching Hugh Laurie. One of the small but pure joys of watching the show is watching the opening credits — or rather, listening to them. The music used in the credits comes from the song “Teardrop” …
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Holiday gifts for Star Wars fans
There’s a section of the site StarWars.com devoted to Star Wars crafts projects. It’s supposed to be for kids, but I imagine many grown-up kids would find it appealing. One of the cooler ones is making this stuffed Bantha toy — not too difficult if you’re handy with a needle and thread. Or decorate for …
Whaddaya think?
I’ve been planning for some time to revamp the layout of this website. The BlogHer ads are going to go, for example. I don’t think they’re tuned to the readership of this site, and they come loaded with stringent requirements that make it hard to do many other things. The sidebar needs an overhaul, and …
Fever dreams
It used to be that, when I had a fever, I would have this dream: I’m in the family station wagon in Exton, PA (we lived there until I was 5). I’m the only one in the car, which is parked at the end of the driveway of friends of ours, on the opposite side …