tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post1001024822610278796..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: This just in from the late 1890sJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-49992659028645980962009-11-24T13:58:31.678+02:002009-11-24T13:58:31.678+02:00Still posting out of order. Please take note of J...Still posting out of order. Please take note of Jonathan Safran Foer's new book "Eating Animals." I updated the settings so will see if that does any good in the future.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-26170954455770935122009-11-22T02:01:35.215+02:002009-11-22T02:01:35.215+02:00If you are particularly bored this p.m., you can l...If you are particularly bored this p.m., you can listen to the "debates" about whether or not to "debate" the health care bill in the Senate here:<br /><br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22886841#22886841<br /><br />I'm sure CSpan is also carrying them live.<br /><br />I've been listening to bits and pieces of the so-called debate until I can't stand it avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-66713220055136323622009-11-20T13:49:55.836+02:002009-11-20T13:49:55.836+02:00There were a couple of floating "drafts"...There were a couple of floating "drafts" that seemed to throw things out of order. I deleted them.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-6828019061274748512009-11-20T12:40:58.530+02:002009-11-20T12:40:58.530+02:00There's some funny things going on in posting ...There's some funny things going on in posting order, throwing Mencken and Ragtime out of order, but I guess as long as the posts get on the screen thats OK.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-78420543272038340882009-11-19T22:58:12.876+02:002009-11-19T22:58:12.876+02:00This looks like an interesting series. Haven'...This looks like an interesting series. Haven't listened to this one, but might at some point, assuming I can stomach it:<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97752303avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-5844472821494015052009-11-19T22:49:31.676+02:002009-11-19T22:49:31.676+02:00An interesting debate on Afghanistan:
http://www....An interesting debate on Afghanistan:<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113735039<br /><br />There's a link there for the debate as well as a transcript. I found it fascinating -- particularly since Steve Coll argues for staying there.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-86766267056233875712009-11-16T22:38:01.285+02:002009-11-16T22:38:01.285+02:00Hunger in America:
The number of Americans who la...Hunger in America:<br /><br />The number of Americans who lacked reliable access to sufficient food shot up last year to its highest point since the government began surveying in 1995, the Agriculture Department reported on Monday.<br /><br />In its annual report on hunger, the department said that 17 million American households, or 14.6 percent of the total, “had difficulty putting enough food avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-79354402176743996472009-11-15T16:42:59.917+02:002009-11-15T16:42:59.917+02:00In a true Sunday morning meander, it's very ov...In a true Sunday morning meander, it's very overcast and cold here this a.m. but the sun must have peeked through somewhere to the east of the mountains because the snow atop of snowbowl, the local ski hill that I see from my living room, just lit up a bright pink. <br /><br />Now it's gone, but nice to know the sun is out there somewhere.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-72452124918834434902009-11-13T17:17:52.545+02:002009-11-13T17:17:52.545+02:00Glad you all enjoyed this photo flash from the pas...Glad you all enjoyed this photo flash from the past. I really did fall for this one, assuming it was historical. Some of the others are obviously of this era -- in fact some seem downright campy. (Thank goodness puget isn't around to jump all over that comment!)avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-67660646729918136912009-11-13T15:24:34.744+02:002009-11-13T15:24:34.744+02:00Don't know why the blogs are not updated fully...Don't know why the blogs are not updated fully, but I've added new material to Vilnius Daze since 4 weeks ago.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-33906157225606918292009-11-13T12:08:23.656+02:002009-11-13T12:08:23.656+02:00Finally received my copy of Zeitoun. Handsome lit...Finally received my copy of Zeitoun. Handsome little book. Anyone interested in joining me in reading it sometime soon?James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-87432746351989602212009-11-12T18:04:18.734+02:002009-11-12T18:04:18.734+02:00nice pics - those dudes are sporting some cool dud...nice pics - those dudes are sporting some cool dudsTripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-66719023287152721772009-11-12T08:25:34.826+02:002009-11-12T08:25:34.826+02:00Fun photograph. Nice idea going back to "tin...Fun photograph. Nice idea going back to "tintypes" for ad campaigns. Fits the Ralph Lauren image.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-24352211957637709912009-11-12T04:59:38.506+02:002009-11-12T04:59:38.506+02:00A little photographic history to go with it:
http...A little photographic history to go with it:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/11/11/style/20091112-tin-slideshow_index.html<br /><br />It appears that the 1890s must appear somehow idyllic after all we've gone through recently.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.com