Daily Archives: 26 September, 2008

Book 278: The Billionaire’s Vinegar

Last week, I read a book about art forgery, and this week, I read a book about wine forgery. The beginnings of a pattern, or a mere coincidence? I’m not sure. At any rate, this book was extremely interesting, and I would recommend it to any of my readers who are interested in wine, especially

Photo Friday: How Much is Inside?

This Photo Friday is inspired by the long-running “How Much is Inside?” series on cockeyed.com, a generally excellent website. It came about on Saturday morning, when I was preparing to strain some yogurt, and I thought “hey, I’ll bet strained yogurt is interesting to other people, too.” Maybe I’m wrong. I guess we shall find

Shattered Primaries

Some lessons are learned when hitting the streets to canvass for votes. Have I mentioned that I think canvassing is really odd? It’s kind of like knocking on people’s doors to sell them religion or something. Oh, wait, people already do that, don’t they? Rats and people, not the same, it turns out. (Thanks, Kate