A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.
Michael Pollan
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Dirty little secret?
There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it.
Erma Bombeck
Labels:
Domestic Arts,
Hygiene
Saturday, August 29, 2009
After the Travers
The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel.
Elbert Hubbard
Labels:
Pastimes
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
What's the matter?
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
Albert Einstein.
Labels:
Fashion,
Natural Phenomena
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Like, really?
Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches.
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Labels:
History
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Rule of [Green] Thumb?
If a plant has an effect on the body it's because it's got chemicals in it. And if it doesn't, then it's not medicine, it's salad.
Matt Kirshen
Labels:
Health,
Vegetable Matter
Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Beyond one man's endurance
The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
George Bernard Shaw
Labels:
The Canon,
Vegetable Matter
Monday, August 10, 2009
Teach your children well
Head injuries in nursery rhymes: Evidence of a dangerous subtext in children's literature. More at Canadian Medication Association Journal.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Make a reservation
There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.
Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Saturday, August 8, 2009
New York Cultural Treasures, cont.
Enrico Caruso Museum of America, Brooklyn. Among its many artifacts is Caruso's death mask. [Only two others are known to exist.] The Museum is open every Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, by appointment only.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
A toad a day....
A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.
Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort.
Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort.
Labels:
Flora and Fauna,
French Culture
New York Cultural Treasures, cont.
Jamestown, New York. Home of the Lucy-Desi Arnaz Museum, the Desilu Playhouse. the Lucy-Desi Center Gift Shop and more..
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
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