Pages

▼
Showing posts with label freedom fries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freedom fries. Show all posts
Mar 26, 2016

Come to think of it

›
Chang drags us to Mougin , north of Cannes, where Picasso lived (and developed a major depression), and at the entrance to the main downtown...
Feb 27, 2016

Connubial bliss

›
Chang and our new car. The loss of Isolde , our ML SUV (she passed away in a typical death-choked scramble) is a real bummer, we got ...
Jan 31, 2016

The rising tide lifts all boats

›
Jan 6, 2016

Shoot-the-messenger and other things North-Korean (reposted)

›
People are inquiring about this post, stirred by North Korea's supposedly thermo-nuclear test yesterday. The post was written in March 2...
Apr 18, 2014

San Francisco (13) --- A walk across the Berkeley campus (Teaser: "Freedom Fries")

›
University of California, Berkeley---market stand near the entrance So we're visiting Berkeley across the bay and in particular ...
Sep 27, 2013

Freedom Fries --- Chapter 4, Part I ("We didn't keep America safe")

›
Previously , George W. Bush has retired, and a change of heart. Events ensue, involving John Yoo , professor at Berkeley law school and auth...
Apr 24, 2013

Freedom Fries --- Chapter 3: "I said Hu" (Part II)

›
Previously , Pamela Nachtrieb Timbers , the voluminous Dean of Berkeley Law School , had been asked by President Obama to swing by for an i...
Mar 7, 2013

Freedom Fries --- Chapter 3: "I said Hu" (part 1)

›
Previously . Pamela Nachtrieb Timbers , the voluminous Dean of Berkeley Law School , had been asked by President Obama to swing by  for an i...
Jan 19, 2013

Freedom Fries --- Chapter 2: "The President is on the line for you!" (Part 2)

›
Previously , there have been hints that George W. Bush may experience a change of heart in retirement, that Samuel Fisher , founder and CEO...
Dec 14, 2012

Freedom Fries --- Chapter 2: "The President is on the line for you!" (Part 1)

›
Previously , there have been hints that George W. Bush may experience a change of heart post-retirement, that Samuel Fisher , founder and C...
Oct 6, 2012

Freedom Fries --- Chapter 1: Lynx News (part 1)

›
The place looks best at dusk, she thought. The oak trees across the pond outside had already turned dark, casting their black profile across...
Sep 23, 2012

Freedom Fries --- introduction

›
Freedom Fries, yes, how about the Freedom Fries . The term came into being in the spring of 2003, when President Jaques Chirac of France re...
Sep 16, 2012

Why have they stopped wearing white collars? (reposted)

›
Like everybody else, we're getting these letters from Nigeria. Here's the latest (from .pl, actually, that's Poland, I think, ...
Feb 17, 2012

Freedom Fries second anniversary

›
"The conference room is still occupied by these bloggers."
Sep 5, 2011

A movie script goes to see the psychiatrist...

›
...and says: "I have a dream." (click on the picture for a larger image)
Jun 6, 2011

Paul Revere: our view

›
Here's M& 's, admittedly borrowed, view on Paul Revere (reposted) Editor’s prescript: a close friend discovered an important ...
May 5, 2011

A year ago: Back from the races (reposted)

›
Terry, our neighbor, and his lovely friend Anne-Carole have invited us to the 7ème Grand Prix de Monaco Historique . We arrive by train. Ter...
Mar 24, 2011

Mourning Elizabeth Taylor tastefully!

›
Just mourning her? Not enough! We need to mourn her tastefully , Vanity Fair reminds us, and puts up the picture above.
Mar 11, 2011

The emperor has no clothes

›
"Let me explain."
Feb 12, 2011

The masses celebrate our First Birthday

›