January 2012
December 2011
12.30.11
high: Upon arriving to pick up the soup, I was informed that since the restaurant was running low on the type I’d ordered and the kitchen was about to close, that she had packed a cup of each kind for me… and then made my night with five magic words, “it is on the house.”
high: an unusual Jameson
high: the vending machine now sells seltzer water
high: tomorrow I see JULIA and venture to Madison
low: a low
side bar: the name of this blog now seems a bit tragic.
“Which brings me to my apology. I was pretty mad at Obama before I learned about this new insurance plan. I had changed my registration from Democrat to Independent, and I had blacked out the top of the “h” on my Obama bumper sticker, so that it read, “Got nope” instead of “got hope.” I felt like he had let down the struggling middle class. My son and I had campaigned for him, but since he took office, we felt he had let us down. So this is my public apology. I’m sorry I didn’t do enough of my own research to find out what promises the president has made good on. I’m sorry I didn’t realize that he really has stood up for me and my family, and for so many others like us. I’m getting a new bumper sticker to cover the one that says “Got nope.” It will say “ObamaCares.”
—Breast cancer, health insurance and an apology to President Obama - latimes.com
“I talk about ‘The Grandma Rule’ a lot. I try to behave when traveling like I’m at my grandmother’s house. Hate her food and she may be a right wing crack pot, but I’m gonna have seconds, I’m gonna smile, and say, ‘Thank you, Grandma. I really appreciate it.’”
—Anthony Bourdain, speaking on WTF with Marc Maron, explaining how he can sit and share a meal with people who have opposite views and philosophies than him. (via thisistheglamorous)
