espressions [at Fairway and in eske?]

-Two pounds expresso coffee. In separate bags.
-Ground expresso?
-Yes two pounds expresso.
- Expresso ground?

this is what you noticed, this is what you blog. Not political action. We are not interested in politics. Talk about yourself, your days, what you feel and think.Whatever small. Not politics. Life not theatrics.

Blogging "What's for lunch"

A man acting alone is nothing, but a man thinking on his own...



in prophets
in political action

perdu

I had dinner yesterday with a Frenchman and barely could find my words in French. Tired and without practice. Used to be so proud of my French

J'ai perdu jusqu'à la fierté
Qui faisait croire à mon génie
and now I blog

Pro veritas -rover baron's roveries

Treasure trove of raving Rove's e-mails and a letter over overt operative. Proverbial treason trove. It drove Rove under cover. Later when he sobered the grave Rove found his groove and tried to prove these were overtures -provertures - to the press with nothing rovealed.
Far over rove

watching the cuban bolero dancers

-Vazusi
-vazui
This was a line in a classic novel. The dialogue of two boys, watching hora dancers and trying to look under the girls' skirts.
When I was twelve this exchange seemed to me true, daring and erotic, almost pornographic.
Two, three years later I saw a documentary on Carnival in Cuba. The sweaty dancers seemd to me the most beautiful women on earth.
Now at Lincoln Plaza only the music still transports me.

where is the last line

I fully agree with Where is the newt? article except it omitted - Where is the WMD?

in terrorists

risks [of democracy]

People don't matter, what counts is the pork


in terrorists

old bones

Finding on e-bay -Antiquarian- books published after you were born.

Dickens of a day

This was the banner of the 7/7 NYTimes print sports section. And then the worst of times ...

in london

blitz?

I wanted to comment on the inappropriateness of NYPost's yesterday BLITZ cover re: London explosions. I couldn't link to the article because the POST charges a fee for its older articles. This is a paper that sells for 25 cents. The price of an Augenblick
Blitz... many outlets used this comparison- the Post is just rooted in the mainstream populow culture.
As to London? London will be

in london

Prophets flourished only in the desert

Where nobody could hear them.. Words were attributed to them. Retroactively. To redeem their foolish self imposed exile.
To be a prophet in the information age requires new kind of tricks. Or a new kind of god.

in prophets

counterdance

dancing on the moon, dancing in the rain, dancing at the ritz, dancing for the lord
Just not to face the music

showboat

Always interested in stories of exile. Planned to see Caravanserail. Found out tickets cost $100. To comfort those who can afford.


in exiles

financial leftovers

Still getting the Wall Street Journal -last vestige of the 90s bubble.