Gout de la Vie

It’s been a while but I have been watching the Food Network again. The Next Iron Chef seemed to reel us in the past few nights and it is definitely entertaining. There’s no way that I could possible come up with some of these dishes – not that they are all winners. There are truly [...]

Not in Beijing at least. Check out the blurb on Now Public that has something to say about it (while using one of my photos!) Head to Now Public! Peking Duck, originally uploaded by thephotomill.

Tastespotting.com is generally a great site – there are some beautiful photos to be found there. But one photo you won’t find is this one – my Eel & Foie Gras Terrine: It seems that there COULD be, and the is certainly a stretch, a bias against Foie Gras. The site takes sumbissions of all [...]

It rained wuite a bit last night.  Flooding is understandable in some areas of the city.  But if the douche bags at the MTA can’t handle water, what will they do if there’s a REAL problem? I know that the system is old but it’s time for them to make real and radical changes that [...]

DSC_8651- Jerking Authority, originally uploaded by dogseat. How can you not love thigns like this? The NJ Parking Authority needs to rethink the overall layout of their title.

5/23 UPDATE!  It should  also be noted that one of the contributors of this book says that the anti-war movement causes war.  Well, if you are anti-war, and you think that NOT having war is a good thing then why isn’t POSITIVE THINKING working?  Discuss. ____________________________ Though it’s a national best-seller, The Secret has to [...]

My wife shared this with me. It was brought to her attention through one of our friends. Read on: The best-known explanation for the growth and persistence of incompetence at the top levels of organizations is the so-called Peter Principle. It may be stated succinctly as follows: Everyone rises to his level of incompetence. In [...]