"New York City's 30 Most Iconic Dishes"
April 30, 2017
Sign me up for almost all of them.
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April 2017
"CNY bowler sets world record by rolling 300 game in 86.9 seconds"
April 30, 2017
With video of him doing it.
"Everyone should read John Kelly's speech about 2 Marines in the path of a truck bomb"
April 29, 2017
That is the kind of people who are on watch all over the world tonight—for you.
"I learned that if you are in combat, move to where the action is the hottest," he said. "Spend time with the soldiers being miserable, exhausted and scared. ... Whatever position or branch you are in, find the toughest, most dangerous job in your unit and go do it."
"The Why of Cooking: What’s the most efficient path to kitchen wisdom?"
April 29, 2017
Useful review of recent "metacookbooks".
"Hear Steven Van Zandt's Scorching New Song 'Soulfire'"
April 28, 2017
Little Steven, still sounding good.
"One of the most underrated restaurant chains in America is located in a Swedish furniture store"
April 28, 2017
That would be Ikea.
Many people may not know that every Ikea location has its own full-service restaurant.
In addition to serving iconic Swedish meatballs, the restaurant offers numerous dishes served in an elevated cafeteria style with a Swedish twist.
"Why Country Music Values are Better than Pop Music Nihilism"
April 28, 2017
I think I agree that country music is probably better than some genres for tween-agers to listen to, but I don't want to try to get deep insights into life from either.
Country music certainly isn’t perfect: I don’t think I heard a song that used the construction “It doesn’t,” rather consistently reinforcing the incorrect “it don’t” usage. But I’ll take bad grammar in a song about loving your wife over pop culture’s nihilism any day.
"The Car Reservation"
April 27, 2017
Over at Economics Job Market Rumors someone asked why is Seinfeld considered so funny. One reply said, watch this. I think it's a fine choice.
"Forty Years Later, ‘Annie Hall’ Is Still a Work of Genius"
April 27, 2017
I haven't rewatched it, but I really enjoyed it the first time.
If you’ve ever taken a course on screenwriting, Annie Hall, Woody Allen’s 1977 masterpiece, is an example of what not to do. Screenwriting experts tell you: Show, don’t tell. Don’t break the fourth wall and talk directly to the audience. Maintain the tone without wild shifts—especially something as outlandish as adding a cartoon. Make the protagonist likable. Keep the timeline and story arc straight, and stay away from religion.
Annie Hall smashed all of these conventions, giving the world not only an Oscar-Winning picture, but a movie that only seems to get richer and bolder with each passing year as new films get more conservative and conventional.
"Behold, the house of the future"
April 27, 2017
I'm not sure these features will spread too far outside the Upper West Side.