Sandy, Day 3

As I noted last night, lost power and everything related (but not wife, cat, house still in one piece, no flooding).   Got a tree issue take...

Recycled Thanksgiving turkey napkin rings

These napkin rings are quick, easy, and inexpensive to create and they match the previous tutorial -- Thanksgiving turkey silverware pocket...

Sandy and Me

Sorry I've been off line for more than 24 hours now, but Sandy winds hits north of NYC, a roar rose behind us,  and I'm am now witho...

Monday Poll Dancing

UPDATE #1:    New Pew national survey says, oddly, that Obama has failed to regain footing--but finds him tied with Romney while he was down...

Krugman: Doris Lessing Is Gone

The NYT columnist with blog item just now announcing the inevitable:   "Some readers may know that for a long time Robin and I have ...

Now He Tells Us

In a new hour-long interview with David Frost for the BBC, Paul McCartney disputes the popular perception (at one time promoted by him) tha...

Krugman Hits Romney on Medicaid

Medicare has gotten most of the attention, but the GOP's plans to hurt Medicaid must less so, but here's Paul Krugman with a correct...

And The Rain Came Down

Another tune to welcome Sandy, Steve Earle, "The Rain Came Down."

Director Backs Romney as Zombie-Friendly

In one of the best ads of this cycle, film director Joss Whedon ( Marvel's The Avengers ) professes to be a former Obama backer who has ...

Connie: Mitt's Full of Something and It Ain't Heart, Y'all

One of my faves, even in the new soap opera "Nashville," Connie Britton,  has co-written a column for USA Today hitting Romney for...

Drink Up for the Storm: A Fifth of Beethoven

What betters captures the dread--and "fate knocking"--of the Sandy storm prelude than the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Sy...

from a grateful American

Hey everyone, First of all, I hope this finds everyone on our east coast safe and sound. We have family in Norfolk and have been watching th...

The First Attack Ads on the Screen: Courtesy Irving Thalberg!

The months-long uproar over negative campaign ads, from both the Romney and Obama camps, and for their "non-affiliated" PACs, has ...

Sunday Morning in the Church of Beethoven

Continuing my weekly feature, even with Sandy bearing down, we turn to the final movement of what many consider Beethoven's greatest str...

Gary Glitter, Again

No, not a joke:  The Brits have made an arrest in that "BBC scandal" involving coverup of Jimmy Savile and child sex charges (and ...

The True Nature of Change

Humanity has always despised change and every now and then they erupt with such rage and violence that simple conscious cannot stand its tol...

More Songs to Worry By

From Springsteen, live 1975 (three years after I first him do it), "Lost in the Flood." From Mr. Bob Dylan: "Shelter from th...

'NYT' Endorses Obama

Not exactly a shock, but still: they among the relatively few who do so , they say, "enthusiastically." And they go issue by issue...

Tomorrow's 'NYT' Columns This Afternoon

Okay, you got Maureen Dowd on why Mitt is, inexplicably gaining women voters.  Tom Friedman on being "pro-life" on more than jus...

AP Poll: So Much for the 'No Racism' Myth

 Romney rally in Ohio: Getty Images We've heard the argument all autumn--racism is a tiny factor (if a factor at all) in explicit hatred...

Why Isn't Obama Ahead (By More)?

Frank Bruni in his Sunday NYT column ticks off the many indicators that suggest Obama should have a more clear lead over Romney in the fina...

A Star-Filled Tribute

Hi everyone, A quick post of an Any Hero card inspired by this week's OWH Sketch, Sketch #143 . Paper: We R Memory Keeper Red, White &am...

Thanksgiving turkey silverware pocket

This silverware pocket is quick to make, and will add a decorative touch to your holiday table.   In addition, it’s an easy and fun craft f...

Weekend Newspaper Endorsements

UPDATE #3  Bunch of new endorsements Sunday morning.  According to this non-partisan chart , the circulation of the papers among the nation&...

Weekend Poll Updates

SUNDAY  7 p.m.   PPP just now reported Obama by 4% in Ohio.  Had race even last time they checked. New Reuters-IPSOS poll gives Obama a 3% ...

Memo from the Boss: Vote for Romney

The NYT catches up to story reported long ago in other outlets about heads of companies directing their employees to vote for Romney.  Gos...

Oh Sandy, the Aurora Is Rising Behind Us

To preare for the next few days:  Neil Young with one of the all-time greats, "Like a Hurricane." Jackson Browne, "Before the...

Meat Loaf: Vote Fraudster?

Smoking Gun with a "probe" of Meat Loaf voting effort , a day after he endorsed Romney in Ohio.   It seems he has moved to Austin,...

Paul Krugman's Gets Civil

The columnist always has a Friday night song pick (often involving fire in an arcade) and this week it's The Civil Wars .  But continuin...

I Wish I Was (Were) a Lesbian

Classic Loudon Wainwright III song, with anime.

The Rape Exemption

Gail Collins in her Saturday column for NYT looks at What's Up, Mourdock in Indiana.   But she's not nuts about his opponent either...

Joe the Plumber Debate

Watch here now, vs. Rep. Marcy Kaptur. 13abc.com: Breaking News, Weather and Sports

Friday Cat Blogging

Bowing to requests of so many since the other night (despite my protests), here's another shot of our shelter cat, Zoe, age 2, in a diff...

The Main Top Issue Ignored in Campaign?

There's been much talk this week about the many key issues not raised at all (or just barely) in this year's debates,  the overall c...

Newspaper Creates Bizarro World Romney

We've noted previously an unsettling trend for Obama fans this year: the number of large papers that backed him in 2008 now switching to...

Friday Poll Watch

UPDATE #1  New CNN poll in Ohio has Obama up by 4%, just over the 3% average for other polls this week.  Rasmussen, no surprise, the outlie...

Mittzine on the Way

Who said the magazine world is in peril?  Well, the most widely distributed magazine in the U.S. is coming soon , a glossy, 12-page number t...