January 2008
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“He was too New York, too Italian, and he had too many wives.”
– DOROTHY KALIADES, of Queens, on the problems with Rudolph W. Giuliani’s presidential quest.
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The Best 7 Layer Tex Mex Dip
I love this layered Mexican bean dip and it’s the perfect food accessory to Superbowl Sunday! I plan on making and sharing it with all my friends this weekend. Can’t wait. INGREDIENTS
1 (16 ounce) can refried beans
1 cup guacamole
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (I use the tex-mex seasoned cheddar package)...
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): One goal of meditation is to empty the mind of its obsessively generated thoughts, rationalizations, and images. Alas, much of the media functions as a reverse meditation machine. Not only does it stir up your own mental clatter, it also floods you with the seething surge of other people’s private pandemoniums. Furthermore, it delivers this rattling racket with...
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“If you can capture the youth and change the way they think, then you can change...”
– Soraya Salti
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“It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.”
– Eric Hoffer
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“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the...”
– Hendry David Thoreau
What Are They Waiting For?
The climate crisis will be the biggest challenge facing the next president. But the hosts of the top Sunday news programs don’t seem to think so. Hosts like Tim Russert, George Stephanopoulos and Wolf Blitzer have completely ignored this urgent issue but have spent time asking questions to Presidential candidates about UFOs, baseball and even jewelry (diamonds or pearls?)!
Here is the...
Googling the New York Times →
What would you get if the powerful internet company bought America’s leading newspaper? A new-media powerhouse, that’s what.Could Google become my new boss in the not so distant future? I doubt it.
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Tainted Tuna and Clean Cobia
According to this New York Times article,
Recent laboratory tests found so much mercury in tuna sushi from 20 Manhattan stores and restaurants that at most of them, a regular diet of six pieces a week would exceed the levels considered acceptable by the Environmental Protection Agency.Well, that is scary, especially since I eat a lot of sushi and I love tuna. During a recent trip to Culebra,...
Epiphany
A sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization.
I experienced an epiphany, a spiritual flash that would change...
Political Animals →
Just as there are myriad strategies open to the human political animal with White House ambitions, so there are a number of nonhuman animals that behave like textbook politicians. Researchers who study highly gregarious and relatively brainy species like rhesus monkeys, baboons, dolphins, sperm whales, elephants and wolves have lately uncovered evidence that the creatures engage in extraordinarily...
“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: This is the ideal life.”
– Mark Twain
“Time does change the nature of the whole wide world; one state develops from...”
– Lucretius (first century B.C.)
Urge the Press to Ask About Global Warming →
The press has been asking the presidential candidates hundreds of questions on a range of issues, but seldom asks about the greatest threat to our planet: global warming. I want to know how the next President — Democrat, Republican or Independent — is going to address this critical issue. Don’t you?
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A Bikes-Only Parking Lot in Midtown →
A few business executives have dreamed up a private-sector solution to the problem of secure bicycle parking in New York: the city’s first bikes-only parking lot. They have a space on West 33rd Street. All they need is a corporation willing to pay as much as $200,000 a year to sponsor it…Hmmm. I definitely like the idea. However, the large corporations that litter Midtown Manhattan should do...
My Photos Appear in NYTimes.com
As Project Manager of the NYTimes.com Travel section I am always looking for ways to improve the site and I am always looking for great travel-related recommendations from the site. Often, these two go hand in hand.
During a recent vacation in Puerto Rico, I decided to stay at a hotel that I found in the NYTimes.com Culebra Travel Guide, Tamarindo Estates, one of the many venues on our site that...
Mohonk Mountain House →
The perfect weekend getaway for a New York City urban dweller.
Treat yourself to the magnificent enchantment of Mohonk Mountain House. Built on the deep-blue waters of Lake Mohonk in 1869, this grand 265-room Victorian castle is one of America’s oldest family-owned resorts. Discover thousands of acres of pristine forest and winding trails,...
“The great epochs in our lives are at the points when we gain the courage to...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
“The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the...”
– Carl Jung
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The ID Project responsible consumption →
The products you use, the foods you eat, and the way you interact with the environment (whether intentionally or not) all have a far-reaching nuanced effect on everyone and everything around you.
Interdependence makes us examine how resources are created, utilized, and distributed in our relationships, communities, and global society. Responsible consumption acknowledges that we are in a position...
“I AM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR LIFE AND KNOW THIS...”
– Francis R. Rutherford, my grandfather, in a recent email to me.
“To be a person is to have a story to tell.”
– Isak Dinesen
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Photography Workshops at Adorama →
Adorama Wants to Help You Become a Better Photographer This Year
The series of in-store Workshops is celebrating its first anniversary with an impressive lineup of photography courses taught by top working professional photographers and digital photography specialists.
All classes will take place in the fifth-floor multi-media classrooms at the Adorama Building, 42 West 18th Street, between 5th...
“The greatest success in life is to rise up from failure.”
– Master Cheng Yen
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$10 Flights on Skybus Airlines
10 seats for $10 on every flight.
Low fares.
Nonstop flights.
Full-size Airbus A319s.
Many cities but limited routes.
I am interested to see how this airline plays out in the coming years, especially when they start adding more routes between their cities. I have no desire to go to Columbus, OH. But if you live in or near Columbus you are in luck.
www.skybus.com
