Ok, you guys are not a lot like Iowa. Here are the details of your responses. Continue reading
Colleen_b
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I came up with a very, very scientific poll to see how Crassers match up against Iowans.
Please note, I will not be able to match up who is putting down what so feel free to let your pinko flag fly and I will be unable to report you to Fox News.
I’ll post the results later tonight.
Also, I’d love it if someone would come up with a haiku about the Iowa Caucus. Continue reading
My love of wine is well known. Cocktails are special occasion drinks for me. The Season of Summer is a special occasion as is Christmas and New Year’s in my household. I love a good cocktail during these times, but I am lazy and usually settle for something simple with gin or vodka — straight gin and vodka is sooo simple.
The holidays require something a bit spiffier. This is where you Crasstalkers can be helpful…. Continue reading
I simply don’t get it. He consistently gets crappy poll numbers (single digits) and is raising very little money. So little money, that Ron Paul raised about as much money in one day as he did in a whole quarter. Ron Paul. THAT’s how bad he is.
So I pondered this question: Why? The only thing I could come up with is that he is looking for some sort of endorsement deal or writing a book. I mean, what else is he going to do?
So here is the question, what product or service do you think he is particularly qualified to promote?
A new FDA registered over the counter remedy for hangovers is already available in NYC — perhaps they are aware of the high number of Crasstalk meet ups? The cure, called Blowfish for some ungodly reason, is a ‘potent combination of caffeine, aspirin and an antacid.’
Their handy-dandy website forhangovers.com has a page about hang-over science which bemoans how neglected hang-overs are in the realm of scientific study. As a bonus, they offer 60 minute delivery in NYC by purchasing it on line. Smart move. Continue reading
“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.” ~George F. Will, The Leveling Wind
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” ~Harry Truman
I wrote about gratitude before Thanksgiving and it started me thinking about how differently each person can view the same situation. I am a half-full gal but I married a half-empty kind of guy. My lovable husband has moments of being just like Glum in Gulliver’s Travels, “Flirtatia, we’ll never make it!” Continue reading
To quote GQ, “For every Steve Jobs and every Warren Buffett, there’s an equal and opposite nitwit who spent 2011 devouring attention and contributing nothing to productive society. We salute the great artisans of utter uselessness with the one celebratory year-end list you don’t want to be on.”
It is a rather eclectic list, I might add. Here are a couple highlights.
Apparently the 16 term Congressman (Christ, that is a long time) will announce today that he is not going to seek re-election. Did Frank get tired of helping out Frannie and Freddie or is something else up? I would have thought that Frank would have died in his boots and not retired from public service.
Let the speculation begin, at least until the 1pm announcement by Frank today.
While traveling home from my trip, I was unfortunate enough to sit in front of a mother/son duo who happened to be planning the son’s bar mitzvah. The son was acting like Spaulding from Caddyshack, he was discussing his desperate “wants and needs” for the celebration after the ceremony. His mother, in utter exasperation, finally shouted at him the equivalent of “You will get nothing and like it.” She lamented that she wished her son would spend more time and energy in preparing for the ceremony rather than the magicians, sushi bar, 14 piece band and the rest of party’s entertainment he was demanding. His response was to say, “Why do you want to make me so unhappy?!” Continue reading
Apparently Mario Batali not only has a poor sense of fashion, but he might not be the brightest business person either. With tasting menus around $140, Batali has an extremely narrow customer base. The average person will not fork over that kind of dough for a night on the town. Those meals are in the price ranges of the very wealthy or those on an expense account. In NYC, that often means people in the financial markets or banks. Continue reading