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Turkey Notes
I look forward to carving the turkey because at its core, it is an operation. The incisions to disarticulate the limbs are planned to preserve as much skin on the carved meat as possible because the...
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The iPhone 5S is Clearly The Best Smartphone For One Thing
I dropped my iPhone 5 and cracked the screen. Even though I was waiting for an iOS phablet, I decided to order the 5S. Having used it for three days, I have to say that it is the finest smartphone I...
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Big Tablets Are the Next Big Thing
Pictured above is the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 in the 32gB flavor. It is swagged out with a Zagg keyboard case and a Samsung bluetooth mouse. The new Pro series of Galaxy tablets come with Retina...
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Things to Get an Incoming Harvard Freshman
Sheep shear belt from J. Press of Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA As I was headed to my 25th college reunion at Harvard, I got a text from one of my partners. One of her friend’s sons was graduating from...
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The Producer
Walking Dead was a sub for one of the interminable Mad Men hiatuses. Mad Men came onboard when the Kennedy era threatened to be forgotten. And every decade or so, middle aged men on TV need to...
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How to learn a new language: 7 secrets from TED Translators
docpark:Nice tips for when you decide to tackle a new language Originally posted on TED Blog: By Krystian Aparta They say that children learn languages the best. But that doesn’t mean that adults...
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Pizza By The Slice Is My Proustian Madeleine
I had been rerouted from Laguardia to Newark, and in danger of missing an important meeting, as I rushed through Penn Station when the smell of cheap pizza stopped me in my tracks. The pizza joint was...
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An Inside Joke Inside The Interview?
So I watched the Interview, the Seth Rogen – James Franco road film about assassinating Kim Jong Un played by Randall Park. Buried in the brouhaha is an interesting casting choice of Diana Bang, a...
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Metrics of Asian American Racial Progress
ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat is premiering in the New Year and it makes me think that mainstream media again is trying to figure out how to portray Asians not as sidekicks, comic relief, faceless hordes,...
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Top Movies Needing JJ Abrams, The Nerd Emperor and Rebooter
The handing off of the crown jewels of American culture, Star Wars and Star Trek, to JJ Abrams, is a recognition of his powers as a popular storyteller. He understands the importance of preserving the...
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Satiety
When I wander off the 15th fairway and onto the patio of Janet’s bungalow, and into their living room, it’s not to do all that stuff that everyone assumes is going on. Yes, Bob, Janet’s husband, is...
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Peak Jibbrysch
Thinking that the list of recognizable but misspelled words that aren’t IKEA furniture is running out for tech start ups. Here are some: H3X -pronounced hex, maker of programmable gum that extrudes...
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New Yorker Articles….
New Yorker articles have the unusual feature of never ending like a walk through an ornately designed MC Escher house. As you read, five days in, you glance at the web browser progress bar and see...
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Golfism -spring arriving and the sap rises from the root
^o^ -a golf ball with angel wings The ethics and morality that I live by? Golf. Or specifically golfism. It’s the body of customs and practices, some written down in the USGA rules, some not, of...
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Ten Things About Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off Video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM In no particular order, I had these thoughts after watching Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off video with my kindergartner last night. He had heard it on his school bus...
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NYTimes: A Backstage Golf Guru Unclutters His Mind to Take a Shot at the U.S....
A Backstage Golf Guru Unclutters His Mind to Take a Shot at the U.S. Open http://nyti.ms/1KVQuUV
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Tomorrowland fails to redeem Disney, Central Florida
I saw Tomorrowland. I didn’t like it. It was full of fascism, creepy man-girl love, and conspiracy theories mixed in with pop science. But that wasn’t why I didn’t like it. It conflated intelligence...
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Updated: Top 12 Things to Get Your Surgeon mid 2015
Not on the list, but really handy, the Dell Venue 8-7000 Android Tablet with OLED screen in its Dell keyboard case 1. De Tommaso Shoes -these are handmade Italian shoes. They are like Maserati for your...
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The Twee Traveler Calls The Front Desk
My pillows need to be encoldened. Your sofa makes my bottom itch. I need a large bag for my hair. Every hotel I have been in on this trip has had bed bugs! What is the number for your MILF channel? My...
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