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"You know what he wants... you don't show any response."

I know I've been spending too much time at Starbucks. Here's something Melvin Jules Bukiet says in that anti-Brooklyn thing I just linked to: Brooklyn’s always been the overlooked sibling among the boroughs. Founded sev…

"I didn't feel my inner peace, I didn't feel my aura."

The WaPo is giving out its own Olympic medals . Example: Best Johnny Weir Quotes Gold: "I never felt comfortable in this building. I didn't feel my inner peace, I didn't feel my aura. Inside I was black" (after …

Is today's theme food?

So far, the theme for today's seems to be food, a humble little theme that just accidentally seems to have established itself, so let's continue with it. 1. The big food story of the day is that the astronauts are running…

Madison coffeehouses.

The WSJ--Wisconsin State Journal--has a nice article on Madison cafés, specifically the nine cafés in the area between Library Mall (the campus end of State Street) and the state capitol building (the other end of State Street).…

Back in Madison.

Ah! I'm back in Madison! No matter where I travel, I'm always happy to come home. I'm happy to hear so many birds singing this morning, to know there will be cafés on every block (great little cafés where you can get …

A new David Sedaris book!

There's only one person who writes books that I pick up the first time I see them and buy without even looking inside to see if it's good. That's David Sedaris, whose new book Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim …

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