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Carl Zimmer links here based on an email I sent him pointing out that today is Jacques Monod's 100th birthday... which I hadn't blogged yet myself.
Derek Lowe reports on the analysis of the folks at Morgan Stanley. If you're looking for the reason the big companies are doing what they're doing, look no further. Agree with it or not, there's a case to be made - and there's Morgan Stanley, making it - that the cost of running new drug projects in big pharma is just too high relative to the risks of failure. Those returns, in fact, are calculated to be off by a factor of three.Bringing drugs in by acquisitions doesn't necessarily make the overall cost of the system go down. It just changes the distribution of risk taking. In a recent New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell wrote about the myth that successful entrepreneurs are risk-takers. Shorter version: they're just better at identifying places where others have missed sure things. Sometimes, the sure thing they find relies on special circumstances. And sometimes they're very wrong about the sure thing... but then we don't call them successful.
This from Stephen Karlson leads to Tim Burke, Margaret Soltan, and Mark Slouka in Harpers. All are about the purposes of education. All are worth reading and thinking about. All deserve more blog time than I have right now... but this post will preserve the links while I close the relevant browser tabs in preparation for teaching from my laptop. The Slouka piece phrases the overall question with an example: What's depressing here is that this is precisely the argument heard at parent-teacher meetings across the land. When is the boss ever going to ask my Johnny about the Peloponnesian War?Whether or not get back to this later, my few readers can ponder the various answers to that question.
There's been some commentary that complains that Apple blew it by not including a user-facing camera in the iPad. But others have pointed out that this would not work that well for videoconferencing; the person on the other end would get an unstable image looking up your nose. Cameras in laptops take advantage of the fact that most people don't actually use them on their laps. When placed on a desk, the MacBook camera is acceptable for video iChat or Skype. But in fact, when I have the option, I usually use my old external iSight camera plugged into my MacBook's firewire port. So, I started thinking... what Apple needs for videoconferencing is a really small external camera. Ideally it should couple to the iPad wirelessly. Then I realized that Apple already makes a device with the needed capabilities. It's called an iPhone.
The LA times The Kindle "is optimized to do one thing and do it very well, and that is reading," said Jagdish Rebello, an analyst with market research firm iSuppli. "If the user is interested in buying a device for books, the Kindle is a no-brainer."Er, no. Kindles may be better choices for some, but I don't see it as a no-brainer. However, based on the comments on various websites covering the iPad launch, the Kindle is a no-brainer for some who are convinced that lack of E-ink on the iPad makes it a nonviable choice. To read those comments, one would think that reading on a backlit screen causes retinas to burn out in short periods of time. The LA Times article discusses this: A perhaps more dubious strike against the iPad is that the light from its screen could put strain on users' eyes after prolonged periods of use. Electronic ink, which was created to mimic the visual properties of a printed page, has been praised by critics and consumers as being more eye-friendly.I wonder if the idea of superior E-ink readability is actually a manifiestation of this. Since I've already read Anna Karenina and Les Miserables on my iPhone, I suspect I'd be OK with the iPad screen. The Kindle E-ink does have a major advantage in battery life over the iPad. The Kindle and other low-power e-ink readers also retain a distinct advantage in the battery department. A single charge will allow one week of continuous reading on the Kindle, while the iPad's glowing screen and powerful internal computer will deplete its battery in closer to 10 hours.OK... I'm a pretty voracious reader, but while I've pulled all-nighters when sucked in by a real page-turner, I don't think I've ever come close to continuous reading for a week. I guess the Kindle wins for 36 hour marathon readings of Ulysses on Bloomsday. The Kindle would win for long periods of discontinuous reading too, of course. Which would be important if I wanted an e-reader to take on a long camping trip, for example. Serious hikers - real ones, not you, Gov. Sanford - go for the Kindle. The 6" Kindle is much cheaper and lighter than the iPad and has 2G. The Kindle DX with a 9.7" screen and 4G memory is a tiny bit cheaper and a little bit lighter - 18.9 oz vs. 24 oz for the iPad. The smallest iPad has 16G RAM. The iPad needs the extra RAM for all of the non-eBook uses, and for color. How much does color matter? For Anna Karenina, not so much. For lots of textbooks, it's a huge deal.
David Pogue My main message to fanboys is this: it's too early to draw any conclusions. Apple hasn't given the thing to any reviewers yet, there are no iPad-only apps yet (there will be), the e-bookstore hasn't gone online yet, and so on. So hyperventilating is not yet the appropriate reaction.This sounds about right to me...but having watched the rollout and read some of the reactions of people who got hands on time, I'm thinking that an iPad may be something I'll get. Given my history, I have a hard time imagining I'll get the first version. After all:
I tend to take my MacBook with me a lot, but the iPad is so much lighter that I can imagine leaving the laptop in my office or in a hotel room when I need to go to a class or a meeting. The virtual keyboard may not be good enough for serious writing, but I suspect it will be OK for note taking, and the ~10 hr battery life means one could use it in conferences without having to have a power adapter and outlet nearby (that may also be true of the newer MacBooks, but not for my 2 year old model). If the virtual keyboard is at all reasonable, then I can easily imagine using an iPad for the things I do with my laptop during classes, meetings, etc.
So, even without the potentially cool future stuff, I suspect I'd get my money's worth out of an iPad.
There are two major reasons other than dissatisfaction with Obamacare and high-handed one-party rule that are central to Scott Brown's victory in last night's surprising win in Massachusetts:
The Corner Screwing up who Curt Schilling is isn't just grounds for losing a Senate race; it's ground for expulsion from the Bay StateUpdate: Does Ed Markey really think it's a good idea to remind voters that his candidate doesn't know that Schilling was a BoSox hero?
Via Gateway Pundit Fox reports Obama also took jabs at Brown's signature vehicle, and his "slick ads."Zing!
Via Derek Lowe, Sharalee Kanaland reports on life in the new Biochemistry Building at Oxford: finally i just want to say that after a few months in the new building, the visual appeal of some of its features kind of grows on you. but this still does not compensate for the simple lack of practicality.The problems were all too predictable.
Comparing the Coakley-Brown race to the NJ Governor election, Mary Katherine Ham reminds us that Obama urged voters to "cast aside the cynics": Part of the reason there were cynics in New Jersey that night is because they live in New Jersey and had Jon Corzine as a governor.
I'm visiting my mom, who gets the dead tree version of the San Jose Mercury News. There are two stories and a big graphic today that highlight the not-so-shocking news that people value the time they lose taking transit to work, even though commuting by car in the Bay Area is still more expensive...if you don't count the value of that time. It's interesting that this is happening in a recession: Already, more than a million riders are spending extra money and time each day just to get around. And a staggering 66,000 daily riders have abandoned Bay Area transit in the past year — twice the number of drivers that go through the Dumbarton Bridge toll plaza every day.The explanation is partly that the difference in time required to take transit is exacerbated by the reduced schedules created by recession driven forces. This, of course, drives even more riders away. Millbrae resident Robert Smith, 63, had taken BART and Golden Gate Transit to his job in Sausalito because his employer provided transit vouchers, but eventually he threw up his hands, bought a Honda Civic and started driving.
Nick Anthis asks: Now that the concept of "void volume" has been invoked, I fear there's no turning back! It would be interesting to see, though, what sort of water:rice ratio you generally end up with, Jim, by eyeballing the water level in your rice cooker.So I tried to measure the volumes. Results:
We usually use Kokuho Rose or Nishiki. Right now we're working through a bag of Haitai Daipoong rice. These are all Japanese/Korean varieties grown in California. Via google, there are some pages that suggest that short and medium grain varieties need less water than long-grain rice.
Newly minted postdoc Nick Anthis has a post about rice One activity that I have been focusing much more effort on in my new life, though, is cooking. Spurred in part by reading Ratio by Michael Ruhlman, I've been trying to elevate my cooking from a practicality to an art and even, in some cases, a science (at the very least I'm trying to be more systematic about it).In the comments, a couple of us recommend getting a rice cooker. This led one to a reply that stimulated this post: Rice Cookers all fine and dandy if you have the space and money, but for a student, knowing these ratios is wonderful!Good grief! As I pointed out in a reply, rice cookers are quite cheap. A perfectly serviceable one can be had for $10-15, especially if one is looking for a size appropriate to a student who is cooking for one or two, not a large family. Moreover, the cost of a rice cooker amortizes to close to zero over its lifetime; they're very reliable and last for years. I've never seen the need for one of the fancy "fuzzy logic" cookers, which are the expensive ones. The cheapos work fine. In addition
The focus of Nick's post is on finding the optimum ratio of water to rice. I believe that this is not generalizable at the precision he's aiming for, and will depend on the dimensions and materials of the cooking vessel, the variety of rice, the altitude, how much heat is applied and other factors. A rice cooker will take much of the variability out of the process. Oddly, I almost never cook rice in our rice cooker based on measuring the water. I throw a one or two cups of dry rice in the cooker and add water to a level that I eyeball as about a 1-1.5 cm above the level of the rice. I suspect that this comes out to a total volume similar to Nick's closed pot method, where the water consists of the amount above the surface of the rice and the void volume of the rice column (by analogy to column chromatography).
Have a happy 2010!
Stanford's first bowl since Willingham was the coach is against Oklahoma in El Paso. Stanford gets the ball first. Gerhart gets 1 on first down. Pass broken up. 3rd and 9. Picked off. OU ball on the Stanford 30. 3rd and 10 after a gain and a penalty. Jones to Broyles, TD. Sigh. Stanford starts with another Gerhart short run. Bad injury to OU's DT McCoy interrupts play, but the net is a 3 and out. Stanford punt. Stanford stuffs a run. Incomplete. 3rd and 11. Jones escapes and hits the TE for a long gain. A couple of plays later, Stanford picks off Jones!! Return to the OU 14. Gerhart to the 10. Wildcat with Taylor... he runs to the 5. 3rd and 1. Timeout Stanford. Gerhart gets the first down. 1st and goal. Gerhart to inside the 1. Fullback handoff for a Stanford TD! Good KO coverage. OU starts at their own 16. Murray for 1. Complete to Miller, who falls down short of the 1st down. 3rd and 2. Complete to Miller for a 22 yd gain. OU at their 46. Lots of missed tackles on a WR screen, but after running across the field, it's a short gain. OU at the 50. Murray for no gain. Complete to Miller again. OU is perfect (4/4) on 3rd down. 16 yard gain to the Stanford 35. Complete again to the 14. Murray for 2. Short pass gets OU to the 12. Complete to Murray, but short of the marker. First time Stanford has held on 3rd down. 4th and 2. OU FG attempt... false start... good. 10-7 OU. Moral victory? Stanford returns the KO to the 26. Gerhart gets a few. Pritchard's first completion is for a short gain. End of the quarter. Stanford tries to go deep by throwing into double coverage. Picked off. Brown for no gain. Stanford doing OK against the run. False start pushes OU back. OU is back on their own 31. Deep throw is way out of bounds. Jones escapes a sack. Looks like holding, but the ball is incomplete. Declined. 4th down. Punt taken at the 24. Stanford starts its drive with a false start. Gerhart to the 25... recovers his own fumble. Pritchard flushed and runs for a first down. Pritchard scramble right and underthrows Whelan. Whelan comes back and catches it ending up with a 42 yard gain! OU has to call a timeout when Stanford shows a wildcat with Gerhart. Gerhart TD! Kickoff return to the 17. Block in the back takes it back further. Broyles makes a nice catch on a low ball. Murray loses yards. OU is now at the 20. 2nd and 13. Complete for a first down, plus flags. Facemask on Stanford. OU to the Stanford 49. Brown gets a big gain up the middle. First down. OU pass complete to the 15. Short pass for no gain. Jones to Broyles for a TD. 9:57 to go in the 2nd. Thomas takes the kick and is blasted at the 21. Gerhart for 15. Gerhart for 3. Pritchard to Owusu over the middle for a good gain. Best looking pass for Pritchard so far. Stanford at the OU 45. Stanford confuses themselves and have to call a TO. Gerhart loses a couple after Pritchard bobbles the low snap. Pritchard to Whelan for a first down. End-around to Owusu gets nothing. Flags. Facemask on OU. Gerhart breaks tackles fumbles into the end zone and recovers his own fumble for a TD! KO through the endzone. OU starts at the 20. Murray gets 2. Incomplete on a blitz. Jones was setting up a screen, but the rush was too fast. Incomplete to Broyles. Almost made the completion... Broyles outran two defenders. Punt is blocked! Chop block on first down. Gerhart breaks tackles to lose 1. Complete to the TE to about the 20. 3rd and 16. Stanford calls its last timeout of the half. 4:07 to go. Fade to Whelan is incomplete. FG attempt. Solid! 24-17. Another block in the back on the return. OU gets a good run, then misses on a bomb. Pass broken up. Flag. Interference. Hmm... let's see the replay. Jones fumbles, recovers it. 3:04 to go. 2nd down. All this action and OU is still at their own 19. Jones throws it away. That looked like grounding to me. Jones completes for the first down. Short gain by Murray. OU at their own 37. Murray close to a first down. Murray gets it on the next play. Incomplete to Miller. Screen loses yards. OU timeout. 3rd and 13. Long pass to Broyles is incomplete. Holding on OU declined. Punt goes into the endzone. Gerhart stuffed. No gain again. End of the half. OU starts the second half on their 20 after the kickoff deep into the endzone. Sooners moving quickly. Sherman breaks up a deep pass. 3rd and 3 from the 46. Complete + YAC to Murray. Sherman shaken up. Incomplete screen to Murray. Murray catches a pass and jukes to get down to the 7. Murray to the 5. Jones to Broyles again for another TD. Tie game. Owusu takes the short KO to the 32. Gerhart gets some tough yards on the right side. Incomplete after Pritchard drops and picks up the snap. Gerhart for 1 or 2. Punt. Broyles forced out at the 16. Incomplete. Flag. PI. Really? Weak call. OU at the 32. Brown runs up the middle for a good gain. Brown again. First down. Deep ball incomplete. First down pass to Broyles. Brown runs for 8. The announcers seem to consistently overestimate the gains. Run stopped on second down. Incomplete to Murray. OU goes for it. Murray stuffed! Gerhart again. Another injury on the OU D-line. Gerhart again. Pritchard flushed and runs to the 40. 4th and 5. Punt. Terrible punt bounces back. 21 yard punt. Incomplete. Short catch by Broyles over the middle. 3rd and 5. Incomplete. Punt. Fair catch at the 19. Complete to Whelan. OU caught with 12 players on the field. First down on the penalty. Incomplete as Pritchard can't find Owusu. He tries to dump off to the safety valve who gets crushed. Gerhart for 3. Incomplete...tipped? 4th and 7. On the punt return, Broyles gets a 42 yard return. OU at the Stanford 42. Long pass... out of bounds at the 2. Murray stopped just short. TD OU as Murray leaps over the line. Holding on the return. Stanford starts at the 15. Gerhart for 8. Gerhart no gain. Pritchard rolls out and has to throw it away. 3 and out again. Punt catch interference on Stanford. Waved off - player was blocked into Broyles... Stanford gets the ball. Wow. O is ineffective on first down, then has a false start. Gerhart direct snap for no gain and another penalty called. Stanford lucky - personal foul on McCoy. End of the quarter. Stanford makes a big pass to Dray to get close, but OU D stiffens. Stanford settles for a FG. 31-27. OU starts at the 23. Murray gets 2. Incomplete to Broyles, who goes out of bounds. Under review. Play stands. OU may have been robbed there and on the punt. Blitz forces Jones to throw it away. Punt rolls to the 15. Stanford needs to open things up enough to force OU to not just load the box against Gerhart. Sack at the 8. Gerhart around the right side gets a big gain. 26 yards and a first down. Reverse loses lots. Pritchard overthrows Whelan. 3rd and 17. 10 minutes left. Draw to Gerhart loses 1. Punt. Block in the back. OU starts deep in their own territory. Brown gets 2. Brown gets 1. Sigh. Broyles converts the first down up the middle. Out to the 34. Broyles again to the 42. Brown loses yards. First down run by Brown to the 49. Shovel to Murray gets to the Stanford 40. Murray hit behind the line. Incomplete. First down throw into coverage is good. Murray for a couple. Murray gets a few more. OU to the 24. 3rd and 3. Complete to Miller. First down. OU at the 15. Stanford calls timeout. Murray stopped. Another timeout. Ball batted down. Stops the clock. Incomplete. FG misses! False start. Gerharrt for 4. Pritchard throws low to Gerhart, incomplete. Pass to Gerhart. Stopped short of the first down. 4th and 2. Incomplete. Ball game. 2:18 to go. OU burns a timeout. OU running the clock.
Ann Althouse was the first one I saw to nickname the Champs Sports Bowl for the current Miami and former Wisconsin president. After giving up a huge return on the opening kickoff followed by a short TD, the Badgers are leadiing the Canes at halftime 17-7. No scoring in the 3rd. Badgers turned away Miami on a 4th down. 4th quarter opens with the Badgers threatening, but Graham fumbles into the end zone after a catch. Miami dodges a bullet. Touchback. Wisconsin blocks a pass on 2nd and sacks Harris on 3rd. 3 and out for the Canes. Wow. Tolzien chased from the pocket and lofts a high floater to Gilreath who is amazingly open. Unfortunately, the 30 yard gain is called back for an illegal formation. Tolzien completes to Graham for the first down anyway. Badgers are just over the 50. Clay gets maybe 1. Overthows Toon. 3rd and long again. Shovel pass gets 8. Badgers punt. Downed at the 1. Great punt was like a soft wedge onto the green. Miami back turns the corner for a good gain. Badger tackles him waaay OB. The net takes the ball to the 39. Sack, fumble, Badgers recover! Badgers march down the field and face 4th and 1 on the 11. FG good. 20-7 Badgers with about 4 minutes to go. Miami moving the ball down the field as the Badgers are trading yards for time. With 1:27 to go, Miami calls its second timeout from the 14. Harris throws a TD. 20-14 after the PAT. Onside kick coming. Could have some interesting bounces, given how torn up the field is. Miami goes for a high ball, it bounces around after the pile goes up for a catch and the kicker recovers! Sack. MIami doesn't use a timeout? Almost picked off on 2nd down. 55 seconds left. Pass is caught out of bounds. 47 seconds left. 4th and 14. Incomplete! Wisconsin takes over... I think that was possibly catchable, even though it was behind the receiver. Tolzien takes a knee. Wisconsin wins 20-14!
It's in the first quarter and both offenses aren't clicking yet. The Ags have been gradually gaining field position after the first Georgia punt put them inside the 10. Fuller just called for holding pushes A&M back. JJ almost gets a first down on a QB draw. Another call, neutralizes the Ags first first down. Short pass to McCoy leads to 3rd and 10. Incomplete shovel pass. Ags have to punt. Short, high kick gives GA the ball on their 39. Long pass is weirdly called incomplete - under review...upheld. Short run brings up 3rd down. Green makes the catch but it's for almost no gain. 4th down. Swope takes the punt at the 13. JJ on a draw to the 19. C-Mike gets a first down! Michael gets another good run for 14. JJ to Fuller over the middle for a first down - first time in Georgia territory. JJ gets another first down. Ags to the Georgia 37. Michael for a couple. Screen to Swope loses a couple. 3rd and 9. End of the 1st quarter. 2nd quarter starts with the drive stalling and a blocked FG. Still 0-0. Georgia converts on 3rd down. 1st and 10 near midfield. Great play by Matt Moss to stop a run behind the line. No gain on a sweep. Georgia makes a 1st on YAC. Bulldogs are at the A&M 38. No gain. Pass batted down by Moss. Picked off by Harris! Run back to the 49. Flag on the play. Late hit pushes the Ags back, but the INT stands. Good throw to Tannehill over the middle on 2nd down. Tannehill is hurt. Commercial break. First down on a pass to Swope. No gain on a run by JJ. JJ rolls out, nobody open. Throws it away. False start. Incomplete. 4th down and 15. Another FG attempt. Epperson is the holder with Tannehill hurt. Fake FG is a pooch kick pinning GA back inside the 10. Loss of 1. False start, half the distance. Run gets back to the 8. Ack. Complete to Moore again. First down out to the 27. 3 yd run. Incomplete on a drop. Pass is broken up. GA has to punt. OB at the A&M 25. 3rd and 12 free play - JJ to EZ for a first down. Play action bomb is just out of Fullers reach. JJ flushed and runs for a first. Incomplete. False start. Deep ball... Brandall Jackson catches it in double coverage. GA timeout. JJ flushed, the rifles the ball to Jamie McCoy for a TD!! 9 plays 75 yards. 7-0 Aggies!! GA runs the kick back for a TD...sigh. Ags go nowhere and the punt is blocked. Epperson looked really slow trying to get it off. Georgia TD. Ags take the kickoff and are trying to move before the half. A couple of first downs get to the UGA 46. Incomplete, overthrows Tannehill. 27 seconds left. Sack. Timeout. 3rd and 16 from the A&M 48. First down to Fuller at the 34. Spike. 9 seconds to go. Ags run out of time. Should have been 0.3 left. Second half. Ags get the ball first and quickly move the ball over midfield. McCoy gets a short pass to the GA 33 after a great run by C-Mike. JJ escapes a sack and throws it away. Almost picked. Looked like EZ was open on the other side. Next play complete to EZ over the middle. 1st down at the 14. C-Mike beats the D around the left end for a TD. GA escapes 3rd and long with a screen into a blitz. GA bogs down. 49 yd fg is good. 17-14. Ags have a bad snap on 4th ... GA gets it at our 24. Complete to the 12. Reversed on review. Incomplete. 3rd and 10. TD over the middle as a blitz doesn't get there in time. Gray takes the kickoff and gets out to a bit past the 20. 38 yard catch and run by Morrow takes it to the GA 32. JJ misses Morrow in the end zone. Short run by Gray makes it 3rd and 8. JJ runs for it and comes up a yard short. Ags go for it and it's picked off. Georgia moves it downfield, but Frederick makes a good play to break up a 3rd down pass to Green. Bulldogs punt. Touchback Run. Incomplete. 3rd and 6. JJ to Morrow, first down. Run to Michael - facemask adds 15 yards and a first down. Ags now on the GA side of midfield. JJ gets about 5 on a draw. Picked again. Return goes to the A&M 30. Bad decision by JJ to throw into double coverage. GA gets to the 13 on second down. End of the 3rd. Offsides on Miller (looked like a false start) takes it down to the 7. Run goes to the 1. First and goal. Run stuffed. Run stuffed again. Play fake, pass, TD. 31-14. OK, Ags, time for a great comeback! Ags go nowhere, but are fortunate to not give up another pick. Punt. GA takes over. Cox runs to his 35. Run for a first down. Is the D wearing down? Fullback rumbles for a long gain. Ags bite on a draw. GA is at the 13. Run to the 1. TD Georgia. Another nonproductive drive leads to a punt. GA goes down the field with their backup QB. Ags are missing more tackles now. Another TD. Ags move down and get a TD. 2 pt PAT fails. Onside kick goes out of bounds as the GA players dump Gatorade on the OC.
The WaPo reports The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available - and easily detected - chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts.Wikipedia describes PTEN, aka Pentaerythritol tetranitrate. It's basically neopentane (central C with 4 methyls) with a nitrate on each methyl group. But I digress. Crippin and law enforcement officials said modern airport screening machines could have detected the chemical. Airport "puffer" machines - the devices that blow air onto a passenger to collect and analyze residues - would probably have detected the powder, as would bomb-sniffing dogs or a hands-on search using a swab.Not so fast! Googling puffer explosive detection brings us this from 2007: the expensive devices — each costs about $160,000 — have been largely ineffectual and the much ballyhooed $30 million program is starting to look like a techno-folly to some critics.Update: the story gets weirder. Googling "James Crippin Colorado" finds an explosives expert from the Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center at Colorado State University-Pueblo... who was arrested last year. The improper use of federal funds, buying thousands of dollars worth of job-related supplies from his wife's company, questionable trip expenses and reimbursements sparked an investigation into a local explosives expert, according to court documents made public Thursday.Oh, and they say they found bomb-making materials in his home. Perhaps Mr. Crippen was exonerated in the past year, but Google News isn't showing anything if he was.
According to DHS Sec. Napolitano, the system worked in response to the Christmas underwear bomber. Conservatives are outraged. But hey, at least Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab wasn't able to get his picture taken at a White House event!
We spent part of our Christmas Day listening to some recent podcasts of This American Life. I enjoyed their two part series on health care costs. While I thought it was striking how little the question of tort reform came up in the two episodes, there was still a lot of thought provoking material. These are some of the things stood out to me:
The NYT looks at recreating the 12 days in NYC: Much trickier is finding a partridge in the city — a live partridge, that is. Several bird shops were contacted on a lark. None sold partridges. "I don't know anyone who does," said Roz Gibson at Birdcamp, a store on East 53rd Street.
Reason: Health Care Bill That Is Hated by Liberals, Conservatives, Libertarians, Socialists, Christians, Feminists, the Media and the American People Passes SenateFor our own good. It does bring Americans together: Example: a case where the Weekly Standard agrees with the HuffPo.
At The Corner ...The poor husband, still completely oblivious, is extremely affected emotionally at the "sacrifice" his beautiful wife made for him. Ever the loving husband, he suggests that the gold watch chain be made into a necklace for her. So, in conclusion, the wife got combs for her hair (that will grow back) and a necklace. What did the husband get? Bupkis. The funny part? He never knew he was had!!
I record Fox News Sunday on the DVR every week and do other talking head shows as podcasts. I'm watching Conrad and Klobuchar defend the Cornhusker Kickback and the Louisiana Purchase. The basic nature of the defense is that other states got sweetheart deals too.
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