Who would have thought the New Yorker would publish the definitive treatise on french fries? As it happens, I was at McDonald’s today, and I can tell you there’s nothing better than McDonald’s fries straight from the fryer. The converse, of course, is also true (sadly).
Month: March 2001 (Page 6 of 6)
“Bravo, Max. Love, Mom.” A minor classic, and with recent viewing on the Criterion DVD, shot up into my personal Top 20. Amazing and worth repeated viewings.
I’ve been meaning to highlight The Complete Bushisms, a sort of GWB weblog on Slate that is in turns hilarious and chilling. His quotes on education are of special interest to me, of course. Here’s my favorite recent one to whet your appetite:
“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.”?Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
Reid tells me, in response to my blog tools post, that I should take another look at Greymatter. I’ll do that, although installing Perl and CGI systems on my web space is a little scary to me, especially because my hosting company isn’t exactly going to win any customer support awards. I could (and very well may) program a weblog system in Cold Fusion. But I would miss out on the community that Blogger offers – can anyone who uses it say they don’t get a little charge when they see their blog on the ‘Recently updated’ list?
P.S. Mike – thanks for the compliment and the link. I’m still looking for Troll 2, but I’ll let you know.
“Don’t compromise yourself, honey. You’re all you’ve got.”
-Janis Joplin
Got this from: The Brand You 50 – fantastic book.
Now they’ve got a software-based toddler.