Orban’s Tooth-and-Nail Hungarian Goulash Recipe

Yesterday was another twelve-hour Saturday, which, given the state of the nation, and, indeed, the world lately, I suppose shouldn’t have surprised me.  Not that I’m complaining about working six days a week instead of five, no way – make hay while the sun shines, I say.  Around nine o’clock, I received a visit from Colonel… Continue reading Orban’s Tooth-and-Nail Hungarian Goulash Recipe

This Site Has Gone 10,000 Shades of Gray

It’s pretty hard to imagine someone reading this Web log who would be unaware of the significance of today’s date – it’s January 18, 2012.  This is the day that millions of Web sites across the world, including some, or perhaps all, of those on this site’s own blog roll, will go dark in protest… Continue reading This Site Has Gone 10,000 Shades of Gray

Super Committee or Stupid Committee? You Decide!

Cerise is away on business this weekend, so instead of going out on the town yesterday evening, I worked late, had dinner at the Willard and stopped by the Capital Grille afterward.  There, I spied Hilton, a Republican congressional staffer who works for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known to most Americans as… Continue reading Super Committee or Stupid Committee? You Decide!