tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226035362012-02-16T12:41:13.109-05:00Successful search phrases of the week include "Hank Aaron", "How to Look Like the Joker", "Social Justice Pedagogy" and "Beijing Smog"Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.comBlogger6361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-47272119892793792392009-05-19T01:10:00.003-05:002009-05-19T13:14:55.155-05:00

From the marketing geniuses who brought you that adorable 4-year old girl who knows she's a PC comes Pandora.How many times did you spend 99 cents on a song you only wanted to hear right now and only then? What about the pesky tunes that demand the purchase of an entire album? (i.e anything from the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack or Marquis Moon ). I've never understood the

LadyElaineFairchildnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-3088591809714095222009-04-10T12:58:00.005-05:002009-04-10T13:02:40.329-05:00

I had to come out of retirement to post this video. I think it speaks for itself...Palin/this guy 2012?

JDAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-70108680428152731662009-03-16T22:05:00.004-05:002009-03-16T23:00:23.865-05:00

Recogidas de los anales de Curvas Políticas para la iluminación de un público no-hispanoparlante.AbstractThis year, Chile is getting ready for what promises to be an extremely disappointing electoral cycle. With a right-wing "lefty" coalition which has been in power for 20 years running out of ideas about what to sell to the electorate, a series of wedge issues has been introduced by the

venus (en el pudridero)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05176432291850230114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-75968202640518523082009-02-02T19:32:00.001-05:002009-02-02T19:32:57.380-05:00

where did january go?

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Koko the Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-41944544610718356562008-11-26T00:45:00.002-05:002008-11-26T00:48:43.579-05:00

Sorry for the cut-and-paste, but can't put it better than this."The selection of Eric Holder as the next attorney general of the United States is a deft political decision. Holder should face little if any opposition during the approval process given his bipartisan history. This would ensure a smooth transition at a time that requires decisive action. Still, Barack Obama's selection may not be

Montserrat Nicolásnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-32785806017962694552008-11-20T14:33:00.003-05:002008-11-20T14:39:52.794-05:00

Wow. This news puts our primary season debates about mandates in a new light, huh? I think it's interesting that in this case, the interests of insurance companies and citizens may be aligned (though insurers are still strongly against price controls), given something I recently read (can't remember the source) arguing that insurance companies are in danger of sinking themselves with premiums

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Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-34848194296890772862008-10-31T16:33:00.006-05:002008-10-31T16:42:18.284-05:00

B&B's Washington D.C. Correspondent Moo filed this report today. Today was a beautiful fall day, 60 degrees, sunny and the trees turning orange. I went to vote in the DC municipal building downtown. The line went out to the street, but it was very well organized and there was such excitement it was almost palpable. There were lots of young people, a rainbow of colors, ethnicities, people with

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-83244607810425876372008-10-26T22:46:00.005-05:002008-10-26T23:05:32.294-05:00

As one tactic to distract herself from the stress of next week's presidential election, Betty has been exploring the ouevre of Billy Joel. Recent purchases from the Used CD store (soon going the way of the CD itself) include "The Stranger" (1977) and "The Nylon Curtain" (1982). The first one contains the hits "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song), "Just the Way You Are", "Only the Good Die Young," and "

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-37039453235079565842008-10-19T20:12:00.001-05:002008-10-19T20:15:01.100-05:00

This is an incredibly powerful statement by Colin Powell, especially the second half, where he eloquently addresses the question that has been raised on this blog about allegations of Obama being a Muslim: "What if he were?"

Nancy D., Girl Detectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10463086935236039905noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-30878485221923647312008-10-14T20:24:00.011-05:002008-10-15T23:20:31.190-05:00

FRIDAY, OCT 10th - The pound called Waggytail Rescue Friday morning - someone had brought this sweet girl in as a "stray" - which is most likely a lie and the truth is no one wanted to invest the time or money to help this sweet baby. Patsy is so incredibly sweet, but sick and couldn't stop vomiting nonstop, wasn't responding to anything. The only option for Patsy is for a rescue to take her

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-16326650657239304802008-10-08T16:39:00.003-05:002008-10-08T17:00:14.660-05:00

Last night I took in a spirited political debate. McCain/Obama? No. I went to see the candidates for my city supervisor seat duke it out at a historic theater in the neighborhood. There were hisses, boos, applause, and plenty of opinions from the audience members. Years-old grudges were aired, making me, a relative newcomer to the city, feel frankly ignorant about San Francisco politics.

Nancy D., Girl Detectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10463086935236039905noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-3780411889366191872008-10-06T20:27:00.008-05:002008-10-07T20:48:55.467-05:00

As you've doubtless heard or intuited, hardworking nonprofits are bracing for tough times ahead. Despite the meanness and the leanness of these days, let's show the nonprofits and causes we're passionate about that their work is as needed and valued today as it was before all the money started flying down the sewers -- if not MORE needed and valued. So - the Betty & Bimbo challenge is: make a

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-38276845619888316512008-10-02T22:35:00.003-05:002008-10-02T22:38:47.531-05:00

NUCULAR!! *wink* *wink*

venus (en el pudridero)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05176432291850230114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-81037564207847386792008-09-22T13:18:00.003-05:002008-09-22T13:42:08.306-05:00

As Koko posted thoughts and sparked conversation on one lipstick pitbull, in the northernmost frontiers of the United States, 1400 valiant women and men were showing us something we somewhat suspected. A transcontinental intuition, perhaps?Never, have I seen anything like it in my 17 and a half years living in Anchorage. The organizers had someone walk the rally with a counter, and they clicked

venus (en el pudridero)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05176432291850230114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-84197267753268037172008-09-14T21:51:00.004-05:002008-09-14T22:07:31.496-05:00

JoAnn Wypijewski is without compare in contemporary American journalism, and her unapologetic take on the political (sex) appeal of Sarah Palin is worth reading, not least for its searing description of McCain as beast in a way that I haven't quite seen captured to date:At 42 McNasty, as he was called in high school, took up with 24-year-old Cindy, a former junior rodeo queen, and, having boosted

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An Obama canvasser and Friend of the Blog writes: Rolled in late last night from Virginia, and I am no longer high on hope. Renewed determination maybe, but not hope. Palin with her so called "balls" has everybody by theirs. What was so disturbing about canvassing was not that other people had convictions I disagreed with, but that most people don't really have any. Or think they have them but

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-35705197644374222392008-09-06T14:25:00.002-05:002008-09-06T14:26:47.322-05:00

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-87761683730884195552008-09-03T21:24:00.005-05:002008-09-03T22:06:56.534-05:00

I actually didn't realize how awful he was until tonight's speech.But I have to say, Sarah Palin had the quote of the night, and this is verbatim: "I love hockey moms. They say the only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull-- lip stick."

Koko the Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-59151548026622602662008-09-03T19:26:00.004-05:002008-09-03T19:33:06.766-05:00

The most unlikely power sent us all back -kicking and screaming- to our old schoolyard. Thanks to an impossible faux-pas by the McCain camp, we all now know that a certain 17 year-old is knocked up by a less-than-recommendable boyfriend. We were also informed that there will be a wedding. To make things worse, no date is set (yet).Almost immediately, Obama came out saying that “family, and

Montserrat Nicolásnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-9007631381992328252008-09-01T21:02:00.004-05:002008-09-02T08:44:30.266-05:00

From democracy now website : ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQfull democracy now statement herehttp://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/9/1/

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Speed McQueenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15622680555329566275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-28642561239524203042008-08-26T13:27:00.004-05:002008-08-26T13:33:21.855-05:00

First of all, I must say I really admire Michelle Obama for, among other things, not wearing female power suits. Her speech was fine, but what was with that creepy video conversation between Barack and the kids at the end? Apparently it's cribbed from the Reagans? Why wasn't he, you know, at the convention? Every time he makes a speech Michelle has to go out there to hug him, back him up and

Nancy D., Girl Detectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10463086935236039905noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-32193864006492149212008-08-24T00:17:00.004-05:002008-08-24T00:29:53.254-05:00

Here is Betty's cinema wrap-up! With letter grades and short reviews using each movie's initials: Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Grade: A, Vixens Cow BardemMan on Wire - Grade: A-, Made of WonderTropic Thunder - Grade: F, Time ThrottledThe House Bunny - Grade: C-, Trite "Ha"s BoreThe Dark Knight - Grade: B, Too Dark (for) KidsPineapple Express - Grade: D, Pointless (and) ExhaustingThe Rocker - Grade:

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-54470779939378476162008-08-21T08:29:00.002-05:002008-08-21T08:39:20.429-05:00

See the excellent docu THE JUDGE AND THE GENERAL by Elizabeth Farnsworth & Patricio Lanfranco on PBS' site until September, 2nd. Chilean judge Juan Guzmán, a former Pinochet supporter, was assigned the first criminal cases against the country's ex-dictator... Ver -hasta el 2 de septiembre de 2008- el documental THE JUDGE & THE GENERAL en la página web de PBS, cliqueando acá.

Montserrat Nicolásnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-17139942250868897962008-08-18T20:47:00.003-05:002008-08-18T20:53:15.905-05:00

I sat down to watch the Rick Warren interviews with the candidate. I got through about 12 minutes total. Barack Obama: snoozefest. John McCain: dynamo. Barack Obama, please stop your mannered stuttering!I just had a little vacation with my mom, who predicts Obama will endorse offshore drilling before November, and if so, she will vote for a one-eyed monkey before him. Thoughts?And..this just

Nancy D., Girl Detectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10463086935236039905noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-50955891249593897372008-08-11T16:17:00.003-05:002008-08-11T16:18:30.098-05:00

A baby moose in a sprinkler. Wait for it... soon joined by its (twin?) sibling and mom. Frolicking ensues. Dedicated to Moo and Boo.

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-64561427135096120632008-08-08T19:18:00.009-05:002008-08-10T10:26:24.709-05:00

I don't care about John Edwards's affair. He hasn't been running for anything for months, he wasn't even a real contender for VP, and he is a C-list public figure at this point. And unlike the many Republicans who drone on about sexual matters and convenient definitions of morality, Edwards stuck refreshingly to policy questions in his latest public campaigns. But what I DO care about, and the

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-52202210194157445182008-08-07T10:38:00.000-05:002008-08-07T10:39:15.694-05:00

i did watch paris hilton's video.

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Are video games little more than a massive time-suck or can they impact our lives in meaningful ways? Betty and several eminent contributors to this site have been playing video games together (this involves button-mashing, yes, but also Power Pad foot-and-toe work and Wii Remote swatting and flailing) since the the late last-century! So she's got a hunch (and a hope) that there's something

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-82477344425277427132008-07-29T06:01:00.006-05:002008-07-29T09:35:13.211-05:00

I reserved my last Saturday in Tokyo to carry out the Visiting of some contemporary art shows. In truth, this was more out of lazyness than principled stance, as tracking shows down has always been a bit of a hassle, and Tokyo's dedicated Contemporary Art Museum is a bit off the radar. On this occasion the selection was mostly orthodox-- yes, yes, yes, the usual suspects...What was most

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I have to take a moment to brag about the first instance of a fellow editor of the College Hill Independent from the 2003-04 golden era being published in the New Yorker. Charles Bethea, who I remember for his goofily smart article about the highest point in Rhode Island, Jerimoth Hill, now brings his goofy intelligence to a Talk of the Town piece on the guy (un)lucky enough to sign up for the

Koko the Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-51536890348634826842008-07-24T17:36:00.009-05:002008-07-29T09:36:22.678-05:00

Betty and Bimbo have enjoyed watching Barack Obama be Our President all week while John McCain passive-aggressively complains and continues a generally dunderheaded campaign from his couch (if not from a couch in Kansas). We hear rumors from Europe that the Republicans may ask McCain to step down if things keep going this way. It wouldn't be a half bad idea! Then again, when Betty lived in Chile

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-75126482855697642992008-07-21T01:06:00.003-05:002008-07-24T18:17:18.446-05:00

The internet offers many ways to anonymously track the activities of friends and family, rivals and foes. I've just a found a fascinating new one. This web site is a database of Federal Election Committee records of all campaign contributions over $200 made to political candidates since 1980. You can search the name of anyone you know or are curious about, see a listing of all their

Nancy D., Girl Detectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10463086935236039905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-21614467697539597302008-07-20T11:06:00.007-05:002008-07-29T09:31:20.977-05:00

Betty and Bimbo got walloped by "The Dark Knight" in Queens last night after taking in some of the most unique and tasty Thai food in the United States! As we recover from both happy shake-ups to our systems, we feel compelled to say just one thing for the record. Heath Ledger did NOT go crazy by getting "too into the role of the Joker" as Jack Nicholson and others have implied or just stated

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-16879948363006873572008-07-17T21:52:00.002-05:002008-07-29T09:37:18.297-05:00

A few recent telltale signs (receiving a forwarded PETA action email from her, and seeing a green dot next to her name on gchat) indicated to me that Betty might have ended her separation from the world wide web a bit early.What gives? Does this mean that it's true -- we now need broadband like we need air to breathe and water to drink?

Koko the Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-52741586647554988932008-07-14T21:15:00.003-05:002008-07-24T18:21:44.030-05:00

This cover does not bother me.What bothers me is that a Fox News commentator called a bump of the Obama's fists a "terrorist fist jab." What bothers me is the persistence of the rumors that Obama is a muslim -- but what bothers me even more is that there would be something wrong if he were a muslim.What bothers me is that Congressman Keith Ellison, inducted last year as the first ever Muslim

Koko the Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-32737188326600925612008-07-12T04:04:00.003-05:002008-07-24T18:16:25.895-05:00

But I can't help myself. I am officially a die-hard fan of Hotel Delmano in Williamsburg. When it first appeared on the well-traversed corner of 9th and Berry, I expected it would fill the beckoning void of a poser velvet-rope scene I thought Williamsburg was more than ready for. But months later, I am still shocked when I am not only granted entry, but seated at the best table in the house

LadyElaineFairchildnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-1448322815676880852008-07-08T08:53:00.005-05:002008-07-08T09:07:47.590-05:00

This is just to say that Betty's self-imposed technology lock-out (lockdown, blockade, technology eaten by loch ness monster) begins this Saturday. So email, post, poke, comment, twit, blog her (even if you hardly even know her) before that. She can hardly upload all her music files to humyo.com fast enough as the big day draws ever nearer to her laptop and then dumps a big pile of books and

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-63279518909610420562008-07-04T18:37:00.003-05:002008-07-04T18:42:56.290-05:00

Fox News has really outdone hisself this time -- if only by a nose.

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-91670226406116899792008-06-30T00:03:00.005-05:002008-06-30T00:14:21.224-05:00

As amateur historians of the funny web, we believe that the trend of stitching together "previews" for movies that never were began with "Brokeback to the Future" and its numberless spawn ("The Empire Brokeback", "Brokeback of the Rings", and "Brokeback Mountain - Christian Edition" among those we have viewed). The original remains the classic, the others inferior knock-offs (if you ask us). But

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Betty's blogress is on hold this week as she learns all about Ernest Hemingway for an article. BUT BUT BUT a possibly fruitful idea occurred to her today. Betty realizes that she is a product of her time. This is not good or bad, but it is obvious. Just as Betty laments the onslaught of the Internet, the phasing out of the CD and the ubiquity of cellphones and iPods and iPhones, so too will some

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-55095747367291627272008-06-26T11:03:00.004-05:002008-06-26T11:11:20.462-05:00

Betty found an interesting post today about books that have changed your life. Blog author Kevin Kelly calls such books "tools" and asks us to consider the books that have actually changed the way we live and act in the world, helped us make a decision, set a course in our life, "books as levers". Betty is not used to thinking this way about books, but considers this an interesting experiment.

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-21854103524909571762008-06-25T20:36:00.006-05:002008-06-25T20:48:04.122-05:00

So today's funny Internet film needs no introduction. It is one of our all-time favorites, but be forewarned that how hard you laugh may influence what happens to you in the afterlife. In other news, we want to have another Blog-a-Thon before Betty breaks outta the net. Since this blog is nothing if not patriotic, we were thinking the Fourth of July would be a good day to 'Thon. Please let us

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-70308959137359924202008-06-24T19:09:00.009-05:002008-06-24T20:52:43.198-05:00

Sometimes I feel like Carrie Bradshaw! But I don't have a Mac. Consider this poignant question I am typing: "Even though the Enneagram and Astrology are silly and bunk (or, as Wayne Campbell would say, "both bogus and sad"), can we learn anything about ourselves from them? Are our fates written in the stars?" I just threw in that last bit for flair (and fidelity).I actually think the Enneagram is

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-41935684001160812472008-06-24T08:44:00.006-05:002008-06-24T11:08:26.684-05:00

As you may have heard, Betty and the Internet will part ways for a month this summer. Betty wants to find fun off the screen, and the Internet has plenty of other friends to hang with. In this age of time-suck, Twitter (which everyone should still join), and the "informative" distraction, Betty's seems like an uncontroversial and downright worthy undertaking, doesn't it? Well. Well. Yesterday the

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-30495005288835059642008-06-23T10:50:00.015-05:002008-08-07T12:47:07.739-05:00

As Betty and Bimbo and Cocoa (the dog, not the clown) watched the 7 o'clock news on CNN last night, they caught depressing story after depressing story, each registering a different degree of sadness, but striking a common chord: climate change. From the floods in the Midwest to the fights over Brazilian forests to the latest typhoon in the Philippines, to the tanking (no pun intended) of

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-55224109512646484052008-06-20T20:08:00.003-05:002008-06-24T20:53:33.448-05:00

Barack Obama has deeply disappointed me by deciding to forgo engagement in the public financing system. Not only does this go back (or "flip flop") on a pledge he made last year, but it also cedes the issue and the political and moral high ground to John McCain.The most resonant criticism of Hillary Clinton that many Obama supporters and other Clinton critics brought to bear during the primary

Koko the Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-80407501301479427472008-06-19T08:37:00.003-05:002008-06-19T09:11:28.241-05:00

Like you, Betty has some summer goals: read a heap of books, do her album, complete her little jobs, research and write-up her pieces for a top-secret collaborative project, throw out 85% of the contents of her house without accidentally throwing away her dog, general soul-building, etc. But how will these worthy projects go? That soul isn't going to simultaneously harden and relax itself, Betty.

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He is absurdly young - not twenty-one - and he will be engaged to be married at twenty-three. He has no knowledge of the world; for example, he thinks that if you do not want money you can give it to friends who do. He believes in humanity because he knows a dozen decent people. He believes in women because he has loved his mother. And his friends are as young and as ignorant as himself. They are

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Myself, Koko and Magwitch are about to embark on a journey like no other. The LSAT's and Michael Brennan's Congressional race delayed our trip, but we could only wait so long. We are off to Foxwoods."Liveblogging" is not an option (no wireless,) but expect an update tomorrow or Friday. Hopefully we will all still be alive and have some money left over to pay our internet bills.Also, while I

JDAnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-22948642365098966892008-06-15T21:53:00.010-05:002008-06-21T12:23:17.083-05:00

Hey! The "Sex and the City" movie was not too awful! Yes, the script was ostentatiously lazy (and relied too much on screeching to convey joy), but visually the movie drew in and held the eye and emotionally it often made sense. Like the show, you can welcome it into your life no matter how you're feeling -- it's like an aspirin taken in ice cream. And there were some funny lines, maybe about 20

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1. The Seward Park Library - Where Betty gets all her books. And this list was born on the occasion of Bimbo getting his library card today! 2. Fine Fare - Our supermarket. Always reliable and stocked with cookies, and cheese. 3. "Cobblestone Park" - where Cocoa runs free behind our house, and where we can read in the shade on benches during hazy days.4. The basketball and handball courts next

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Well, it is odd and sad that our minds should be such seedbeds, and we without power to choose the seed. But man is an odd, sad creature as yet, intent on pilfering the earth, and heedless of the growths within himself...He leaves it to the specialist, which is as if he should leave his dinner to be eaten by a steam-engine. -- from Howards End, Chapter 34

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The day has finally come. What are we all going to do with ourselves now???Lisa, Stephanie and Richard Blaise battled it out for the title of Top Chef in Puerto Rico, with the help (sort-of) of world-renowned uberchefs : The woman from Spotted Pig, the guy who runs Blue Hill, and that tall, awesome-looking French dude with the shocking white hair and blue eyes. (Due to a spotty wireless

LadyElaineFairchildnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-84735944608005588792008-06-10T09:17:00.012-05:002008-06-11T13:05:36.270-05:00

Do foamy little plates of edible Jackson Pollack swirls and Robert Rauchenberg 3-D collages made of beet, lemon, and orange rind sound like fun to you? Then you will like new French cuisine. In Paris, Betty and Bimbo sampled the fare of French culinary artist Guy Savoy, and they can only describe this foray as unforgettable. Savoy's food is not conventionally tasty or satisfying, but this does

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Hello Dear Readers and Bloggers of the World!Betty and Bimbo have returned from Paris, and a beautiful and enlightening week. We feel lighter and more turned on. We want to move there someday!It was Betty's first time in Paris! She loved the cramped and lovely streets of the city center, visiting the outskirts with Bimbo, eating delicious fresh French and Middle Eastern foods, the continuity of

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The Times has three remembrances of Bobby Kennedy today on the op-ed page by his children Kathleen, Joe, and Kerry. All three are lovely and I have pasted brief quotes from each below.Kathleen Kennedy Townsend: I thought of another time when he’d given me very personal advice, in a letter after his brother Jack was killed. “Dear Kathleen,” he’d written then. “You seem to understand that Jack died

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Normally I’m jealous of my cats and wish I could trade places with them. But not tonight! As I was drinking a beer, white-knuckled with anticipation of how the first installment of the finale would pan out, my faithful furry friends H.J. and S. were by my side, their heads turning to and fro, looking at everything and nothing in particular. Not even four neo-cadaverous pigs could turn their

LadyElaineFairchildnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-3990156993539021562008-06-03T20:15:00.001-05:002008-06-11T18:16:51.926-05:00

McCain or Obama? Or Cynthia McKinney or Bob Barr?

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I talk about Top Chef too much. Mostly to people who have far better things to do than listen.But, tonight, it felt like someone finally heard me. I watched the final-before-the-finale with someone who had never seen the show before; I was his only reference. I pretty much talked right over the first 18 minutes: reminding him over and over again that so-and-so was going to win or lose based on

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But Scalia and Thomas dissent."The Bush administration was on the side of the workers."Now, could this be a good thing? Queritur.

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NEW HAVEN, CT -- Betty, Paul McCartney's #1 Fan, who learned to play guitar to his compositions, wrote him letters in high school, and has all his solo albums, even the crap ones, had a meaningful interaction with her musical hero today. She had been waiting for it nearly all her life. As Sir (now Dr.?) Paul crossed Elm Street in downtown New Haven around noontime, Betty waited behind a neon

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Finally getting to and through Raymond Carver's collection "What we Talk About When we Talk About Love" (perhaps because it is such perfect subway reading, I only read it there). I wish I had read it before, for a number of reasons, but I am finding myself really distracted by the adaptations that are included in Altman's Shortcuts. It's unfair to make comparisons, but I can't help myself - I

LadyElaineFairchildnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-65535796994732346992008-05-22T19:13:00.011-05:002008-05-22T19:32:06.654-05:00

Betty just re-read Bartleby, the Scrivener, Herman Melville's 1853 novella and "Story of Wall Street". Melville is a master of making America and its culture seem strange, and this tale could not be any richer in its provocations and many detailed symbols and allusions. But it's a quick and easy read, too. You kind of want to read it again as soon as you're done! It's easy to understand, yet

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On the church parking lot gate near Betty's house:Jessica needs all the publicity she can get these days.

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Ted Kennedy has a brain tumor. That fucking sucks. And it's human nature to imagine the worst. But should we have our worst expectations broadcast over every media outlet; media outlets that he can and still does read?Every oncologist - even those who are particularly empirically oriented - will tell you that a positive outlook is an essential component of every patient's prognosis. Positive

LadyElaineFairchildnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-50637129824759676972008-05-21T23:05:00.007-05:002008-07-04T18:48:02.625-05:00

At long last, Restaurant Wars! Dale didn't deserve to win TC. But he deserved to make it into the top four.I'm totally down with the fact that Bravo and the Magical Elves understand that women have been marginalized on this show for too long. But how could the judges overlook the fact that everywhere Lisa goes, a losing team follows?Her attitude sucks, hard. And so does Dale's -but so then did

LadyElaineFairchildnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-29357097445014474902008-05-19T17:50:00.004-05:002008-05-22T19:34:40.673-05:00

"When is it that we realize that there is something seriously wrong with the economy? When people like you and me start to fear for their jobs!"Venus feels Jacobin.Why not start with the Fashionistas at the NYT.

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In which Betty offers just two reasons to watch 1962's Cape Fear:It's a pretty good story and film, too! The music is by Bernard Hermann and the drama is intense! But the Mitchum/Peck yin-yang is the heart of the thing. See it today!

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Today has been a beautiful day in the city. First Cocoa and Betty went to Tompkins Square park to do some reading and blanket-napping. Oh, and don't forget smiling: Then, as they were walking home, Betty was joyed to be re-immersed in the bustle of contemporary life and technology after a morning of birds and green. She even felt a new admiration for the glorious consumer fetish that is the

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Is Rock Band the Video Game an authentic rock n' roll experience? Hell No. Contemporary technology simply has not evolved to the point where a video game cartridge will emit the smell of cigarettes, beer, desperation, dirty dollar bills, and vomit. And yet! Is Rock Band super fun to play, and does it make you feel like you're flying when you play it well? Yes. For her part, Betty has not had this

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Betty was at a party last night, and jumped into a conversation with a friend who is taking a class intriguingly titled "Sex and the City," which is not about the show (or the movie)! He is writing his final paper for the class on common sexual fantasies that involve role-playing parts that correspond to hierarchical relationships from in the "real" world, for example nurse/patient, master/slave,

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Do you have a SOUL? If so, this post is for you!Betty is a big fan of soul singer Shelby Lynne, but she knew much less about Dusty Springfield until...NOW!You probably know a handful of Dusty's recordings from the 1960s, such as the Bacharach-penned sex serenade "The Look of Love", "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me", "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (also written by Bacharach, it packs a PUNCH...also

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I literally heard longtime (Bill) Clinton strategist and hack extraordinaire Paul Begala speak these words tonight on CNN's election coverage, about the Democratic Party's chances to win in November with Obama at the top of the ticket:We can't win with a coalition of eggheads and African-Americans.Donna Brazile, a black woman with a college education, rightly proceeded to jump down Begala's

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Betty met Moo for lunch in Midtown today. It was bright and a bit windy and the tourists were out in droves! Loitering around the skating rink awaiting her maternal date, Betty watched the foreigners squat and flash and endurance-smile, and soon Betty's arm/butt/back-of-head will fly home to Europe and Japan in dozens of blurry Rockefellar Center snapshots!Then Moo appeared, and the twin-like duo

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Now that the race for Guam has come to a dramatic close (Obama by seven...votes!), will you watch the Indiana and North Carolina election returns tomorrow night? Do you think they matter or do you think they will have a minimal impact on a contest that looks like it will soon be homework for a gaggle of superdelegates? And how is all of this making you feel?

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Betty just got a four-track recording machine, and has enjoyed playing with it for the past couple of weeks, though it is not an easy machine to communicate with sometimes!Anyway, she's recorded a couple of songs that you can hear over on her new myspace page. They're just little tests, but they're pretty little tests. To hear the bass, etc. Betty recommends listening through headphones. New

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Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito pitching for the Tampa Bay Devil RaysFrom Adam Cohen in the Times:It is chilling to think that state legislators and election officials would intentionally try to make it harder for Americans to vote, but they always have — with poll taxes, literacy tests and gerrymandering. There was a time when the Supreme Court regularly struck these restrictions down. In 1966,

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HOMOPHOBICSo I was at the Yankees game last night and had the "privilege" of sitting in the bleachers, something I had never before done at the Yankees game. The game was going well until Andy Pettitte imploded in the sixth inning. At this point, all hell broke lose.Once the Yankees began losing, fans near me in the bleachers took out their anger on the Detriot Tigers Right-Fielder, Magglio

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A couple weeks ago, a focus group facilitator visited my political reporting class and did a sample focus group session with a small group of us. She asked us how we felt about how the country is going and our attitudes toward various political messages, like the American Dream and middle class values. Not surprisingly, we all had pretty negative attitudes toward Bush, which she said is typical

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Inspired by a cool article in the new "design issue" of Paper Magazine, Betty & Bimbo are asking their readers and bloggers to consider the following question and categories, and to please respond with your thoughts! Which [specific] objects in your everyday life fit into each of these categories, and why? 1. Aesthetically Pleasing and Useful2. Useful, but Dull3. Beautiful and Useless4. Just

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Venus is frankly confused by this brouhaha. It was a zero sum, and then again, the zero sum is always the most difficult one. That is why the Mayas, Indians and Arabs had a zero, and the Europeans (and it turns out, the Supremes) didn't. Venus confesses a rejected attempt to file amicus curiae. Venus has had plenty of those three-part lethal cocktails, part vodka, vermouth and bitter, and vive le

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Poll tax receipt, 1896Two weeks ago, I pointed out that the court had said that a three-part lethal injection cocktail was constitutional, further ensconcing the barbaric practice of capital punishment in our country.What are they up to this week? Well, yesterday the court decided by a 6-3 margin that Indiana's law requiring voters to show a government-issued photo ID at the polls was

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For Betty and Bimbo, the Time-Space continuum is fluid and subjective. Betty thinks the Beatles had a big influence on Buddy Holly, Lucinda Williams on the Pretenders, and Green Day on the Ramones. Also, just because a TV show might have been celebrated and famously concluded many months or years, ago, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't announce its greatness here today!Halfway through Season 2,

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Hi bloggers. I just caught a cameo of Michael Bloomberg on 30 Rock, and it set me wondering about this chameleon of a politician. Frankly, I don't hear a whole lot about him aside from vague fawning and musings over his political aspirations. Oh, and I hear he's started a pretty successful media company. I'm wondering what the New Yorkers among us think of this fellow. Good for the city? A

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This is not a joke:Concerned that the military is selling pornography in exchange stores in spite of a ban, one lawmaker has introduced a bill to clean up the matter.“Our troops should not see their honor sullied so that the moguls behind magazines like Playboy and Penthouse can profit,” said Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., unveiling his House bill April 16.His Military Honor and Decency Act would amend

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So, Betty has seen it twice on the IMAX now!What impresses her most about the Stones' musicianship is how tight they are as a unit (Watts can't falter, Jagger can't forget) and yet how loose, relaxed, and warm their playing remains, especially the interplay between Woods and Richards on guitar. They know no boundaries! Rhythm? Lead? Nah, we'll just do everything. It's not blues, it's not rock,

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Friend of the blog Paul Auster has a very thoughtful piece on today's Times op-ed page about a student protest he participated in at Columbia 40 years ago today.Being crazy struck me as a perfectly sane response to the hand I had been dealt — the hand that all young men had been dealt in 1968. The instant I graduated from college, I would be drafted to fight in a war I despised to the depths of

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From a brother in arms, Ken Ward. I don't agree with every word he says (like the potential need to go to war to reverse climate change) but overall this is a powerful call to arms:The Rainbow Covenant An Earth Day Sermon Ken Ward Delivered Sunday, April 20, 2008 First Church Jamaica Plain/Unitarian-Universalist Reading: Genesis 9: 8-17 Earth Day is supposed to be a day of celebration, but there

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Betty and Bimbo have been considering a move across the country for the last couple of weeks, following an exciting job offer for Bimbo.At the end of all the weighing and considering, the back and forthing, the fantasizing and dreaming and hoping, they decided they love New York! And they won't be leaving anytime soon. Go Yankees. Love,Betty & Bimbo

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Reviewing her, uh, "finances," Betty was struck today by the inevitable: she needs a summer job. Is there a dignified form this could take for a 26 or 27 year old radical/animal enthusiast/rock singer/hippie? Maybe Betty could pet-sit for Bruce Springsteen. He must have a couple of decorative shark tanks at the very least.

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The fucking supreme court sucks. And three-shot lethal injection cocktails will continue.

Koko the Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-1181408575222660662008-04-15T05:59:00.002-05:002008-05-02T11:31:47.818-05:00

I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a Red Sox - Yankees game this past Sunday night at Fenway Park. While I had a great time, three things dampened my enjoyment somewhat: the Yankees losing; the bitter cold; and an incident that reminded me just how deep racism still runs in America.Along with our free tickets, a friend and I had also been given a parking pass to the Ipswich Garage. When we

Koko the Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-59127170578788145632008-04-13T06:38:00.003-05:002008-05-02T11:31:27.892-05:00

Mayor Ken Livingstone of London: feminist, socialist, and more effective congestion pricing advocate than Mickey Bloomberg.For a view on the political possibilities of congestion pricing, one need to look no further than this week's New Yorker (article not online) and Calvin Trillin's piece on the London mayoral election. London already has a congestion pricing scheme - and as soon as next year,

Koko the Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854580545005006492noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-65477434854879514182008-04-09T19:51:00.005-05:002008-04-09T20:10:44.680-05:00

Is really no one going to join Twitter with Montse and me? It's so fun! And so easy!Come on, you know you wanna!!!

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-51817109978909577022008-04-08T10:41:00.005-05:002008-05-02T11:33:27.909-05:00

On your feet...Floating along on your back, not a care in the world...Using public transit, like a bag...Humbly Submitted, Cocoaproud citizen of New York City

Betty and Bimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796988263388732567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22603536.post-9128659205261741552008-04-07T21:56:00.010-05:002008-04-08T07:40:54.450-05:00

Tonight Betty and Bimbo are disappointed and depressed by the fact of another dream deferred. The silent death came today to the idea of congestion pricing in New York City -- the plan that would charge drivers $8 to drive into Manhattan during peak hours, and use the money to improve and extend public transportation. The proposal passed in New York City, but never even came to an open vote in

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