Monthly Archives: May 2007

The Food Stamp Challenge: Progressive elected officials are going on food stamps for one week. That’s the equivalent of $3/day; Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s solution was plenty of Ramen. NPR stories here and here. Kudos for Oregon Governon Ted Kulongoski for … Continue reading →

The last Gilmore Girls ever was on Tuesday. Even thought they were still negotiating contracts when they wrote the episode, it’s clear that they knew it had a high probability of being the last adventure in Stars Hollow. Other than … Continue reading →

Saturday, I celebrated being done with Generals by taking the train to NYC and seeing friends. Chicklet and I headed over to Queens and toured the hands-on NYC Hall of Science (where my BoA card got us in for free). … Continue reading →

American down (I think I passed); methodology to go. It’s on Thursday. Celebration dinner on NYC on Saturday (email invites out soon).

American Generals tomorrow. I created a game to help me study: now you all can have an idea of what I’ve needed to learn. There are (or will be soon) a bit over 100 entries that I need to learn/commit … Continue reading →

I don’t have much to blog about since it’s the end of term and Generals are in a few days (yikes!). But, I did find this week’s cartalk puzzler quite enjoyable. RAY: This was sent in by a fellow named … Continue reading →