Newmark's Door

Regulation meets reaction.

Question for regulators and would-be regulators: is this an improvement?

It's about time somebody did. And UK is just so . . . worthy.

(Of course, this is a primary reason for Duke-hate.)

Reading this is now an annual tradition for me. Sample:

Items #54-126250 and #54-527879 Butter Making Kit, Rooster Butter Stamp

Williams-Sonoma says: "Just add cream for fresh, flavorful butter in 20 minutes!... A bas-relief rooster image adds a flourish to fresh churned butter"

Price: $29.95 (kit), $9.95 (stamp)

Notes: Oh, just add cream! It couldn't be any easier, except for the part where you spend TWENTY AGONIZING MINUTES churning and churning and churning away like Roger Clemens working his pitching arm down into a barrel of wet rice, just so your stupid dinner guests can have a fresh pat of butter with a fucking rooster crest on it. THE ROOSTER IS MY FAMILY CREST YOU KNOW. Our ancestors were famous for their delicious rooster butter, made from fresh rooster milk.

A mostly discouraging window on what popular music has become. But your mileage may vary. 

Cal-Stanford '82 is #2. You can guess what #1 is.

Bonus: "Top Ten Trick Plays of College Football".

I can tell you that it pegged me and my older daughter very accurately. 

Sir Mick, live, with help from U2 and Fergie. Better than the original.

Yes, indeed, life is tough for some Americans in 2013. 

Yes.

Put a bit differently: it's always Christmas in D.C.