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Screw It

Zarqawi is dead; Rove is innocent; Alberto never became a hurricane....and all the Ann Arbor crowd can do is change the subject and come out *in favor* of cork. They're even selling T-shirts with their extremist conservative message. Why not do it right and go back to the Roman

Banking Melodies

A cute column equating investment banks with pop-music bands: Bloomberg's Mark Gilbert, 12 May 2006

MI:III

The Cruise-produced Mission Impossible:III works well as mindless fun, but maybe someday someone will actually put together a movie based on the old TV show. This version is solely concerned with three (or so) distinct action scenes which could of course be in any order and still make sense.

Maestros

A few months ago, we purchased tickets to a New York Philharmonic concert of John Williams music expecting some fun entertainment. Upon arrival at the show, we discovered we were in the front row and that, not only was John Williams conducting, but Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg would be

16 Blocks

A bit late for first-run movie houses, but if you're looking for something on cable.... 16 Blocks is a crackling, tightly written cop movie. Director Richard Donner has had fun movies in the past but seemed to be running out of steam - this film shows he can still make

Tony's House

Went to New Jersey for Easter and stopped by Kristen's parents. Turns out, Tony Soprano's house is right between her mom's and her dad's house. The address isn't easily available on the net, but some sleuthing with Google Earth found it. (Looks like the folks have added a west-wing guest-house.

Gettysburg

This will be a long entry describing our tour of Gettysburg. Ready? We visted the Gettysburg National Military Park . We arrived Saturday night (after checking out Trenton and Valley Forge, q.v.), spent all day Sunday traipsing around, then left early on Monday. I had spent the previous week downloading

Valley Forge

Next on our weekend trip, we made a quick visit to Valley Forge. Frankly, the scenery is pleasant, but there's not much to see. Though the legend of this area is greater than the reality, it is still compelling to contemplate spending a miserable and dangerous winter here, while waiting

He Saw His Ragged Continentals Row

Over the President's Day weekend, the New York crew visited the Trenton area, in a small way retracing the Revolutionary Army's path from Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River, and on down to Trenton, where the first significant victory in the war was won. It so happened that we drove on

Snow Days

Sunday 12 February 2006 was apparently the snowiest day in NYC history - some 26" fell on Central Park. Here are a couple pics from the Upper West Side: