its a snap.
debate preview

CNN is diving into the increasingly crowded arena of news-driven comedy, tapping comedian D.L. Hughley to host a show that will offer a skewering take on news and events.
this is not sex
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pork scratchings
buckley endorses obama. sacked from national review.
this was the movie were were talking about, dave, though i have no idea why we were talking about it now. must have been after mark brought out the single malt.
big silver
If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats

An Ongoing Series of Cultural and Personal Observations
Just great. We're in Spain and Ferran Adria is shopping in the Essex St. Market and cooking in somebody's walkup on the Lower East Side:
I had proposed a kind of stunt in which he would visit the Lower East Side with me, shop in Chinatown and cook a meal.
Frightening flashback - Oct. 2-4 2000 Presidential poll from CNN: Gore 51% Bush 40%.

But things are different this time, right?
well if you had money for risks
you could make almost 20% buying and selling today alone

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nobody told me....

Barack Obama has a lot to be Grateful for.
Surviving Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann have signed on to headline a fundraiser for the Democratic presidential candidate next month in Pennsylvania.
Though Lesh, Hart and Weir jammed together at a Deadheads for Obama concert in San Francisco in February, Kreutzmann hasn't performed with all three since 2004, when they toured as the Dead.
But such is the pull that Obama appears to have. Now if he could just exercise his bridge-building prowess in the Middle East...
The Change Rocks event, also featuring the Allman Brothers Band, takes place Oct. 13 at Pennsylvania State University's Bryce Jordan Center. Tickets are $50, $30 for students.
times magazine food issue
watching the jacque tati night on tcm
Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town
I boldly predict the dow will not go below 4000.
slacker streaming on hulu.
season premieres of sarah silverman and south park tonight @10 on comedy central.

tomorrow night on tcm tati tati tati & tati.
I read someone in some blog comments somewhere call Palin "Caribou Barbie". Thought that was pretty funny.
enough complaining about the time, tom. god forbid we go 15 minutes over our allotted time in an effort to choose a president.
David Byrne + Davies Symphony Hall = Teh Epic Win!
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