Photographs


To sneak me out and find McDonald's we had to take a short bike ride through the streets of Bangalore.

To sneak me out and find McDonald's we had to take a short bike...

ntableman's photo

ntableman's photo

A view of the back of Naqqar Khana from Diwan-i-Aam - where the King's throne is.

A view of the back of Naqqar Khana from Diwan-i-Aam - where...

Agra Fort-2.jpg

Agra Fort-2.jpg

Central Square of Bologna

Central Square of Bologna

Daf Yomi

Kolkata, India

Josh took this photo of me waiting on the platform of the New Delhi Railway Station with all of our luggage as we learned that the train would be 5 hours late. I was warned this might happen and at this point in the vacation we were both more that used to things [...]

Bug Stuff

So Dad what’s up this bug stuff? I looked up Tick on the Internet and it is the common name for the small arachnids in superfamily Ixodoidea that, along with other mites, constitute the Acarina. So now everytime I go outside I have to have a bug check before I can go back in. [...]

Ruggsies

Hi Dad, Have not heard from you in a while, so I thought I would write. Things good in Maine. G-Mom gave me my first direct complement this morning and patted me on the head. She told me that I was better behaved that Cart or Slobbie and that she never had to yell [...]

No Food But Lots of Flags

I love photos like this one from the English Anti-Semites BBC. We have a full blown humanitarian crisis in Gaza, blah, blah, blah. But some how, some way, they can continue to smuggle in weapons and better yet lots and lots of green Hamas flags. Maybe some of those tunnels should be used [...]

Shakshuka!

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I am not 100% certain of the origin of the magical dish known as shakshuka! I am told it means mixed up in Arabic and its prevalence in Israel has something to do with the influx of Jews from Arabs lands.

I am told it is made from roasted peppers of various kinds, [...]

UPDATE: Do we need election monitors?

Take a listen to today’s The Brian Lehrer Show (podcast):

Back to the Future, Mark Crispin Miller, professor of media studies at New York University and author, Fooled Again (Basic Books 2005) accuses George Bush of electoral fraud in Ohio

And if that is not enough, check out his blog.

Not bothered yet? How [...]

Eulogy: Death of The American Dream

In front of Twilo maybe 8 years ago, maybe longer, I was berated by Sean B. and George M. because I was taking a stance about sending garment production to Asia. I maintained that it was fundamentally un-American to allow your neighbors to loose their jobs so that you could have the perception of [...]