Ars Technica and Charles Jade deliver the goods on the Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet.
Deborah Solomon always delivers the goods. The President’s Chef has a new book out, and the NYT Questions feature pulls some of the strangest quotes we’ve seen. As if you needed help, the wierdest stuff is in bold:
…It doesn’t sound as if the Bushes believe in dieting.
No. It’s a personal choice. I think we’re too conscious about what we see and what we read in the newspaper, rather than thinking for our own.
Is that why some of your recipes call for canned vegetables?
As far as nutrition is concerned, canned or frozen vegetables have more nutrition than fresh vegetables. It’s added from the companies, the manufacturer.
I guess you see the current president and the rest of the Bush clan mostly in Maine. Do you have to get up at midnight if someone wants a sundae?
Mrs. Bush doesn’t like midnight snacks. After dinner, nobody should go back to the kitchen until the next morning for breakfast. After dessert, the kitchen is secured. She is strict about that.
What about his drinks?
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I smelled it, too. It’s like you’re in the kitchen, and someone’s making pancackes with maple syrup. Maybe even vanilla coffee. If this is a chemical hazard, it’s the most lovely chemical hazard I’ve had the privilege to ingest.
From Washington Post Foreign Service:
North Korea Sends a ‘Message to the World’
Secretive State Welcomes Visitors for Month-Long Celebration of Patriotism, Talent
“You are about to see the true identity of our great nation,” a North Korean guide proudly told a cluster of South Korean tourists as one evening session opened last week. “Please pay attention. This is our message to the world.”
Please, people, just pay attention. Hello? I’m talking to you Malaysia! Lebanon, please sit down, the lesson is about to begin… please! Angola, put down the rifle! Mongolia, don’t wear your fur hat indoors. Saudia Arabia— stop passing secret notes to Syria-would you like me to read that aloud to the class?
The guests have included hundreds of Americans, typically barred by the North Koreans. Among them have been New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather.
I’ve got to hand it to BR— he has the whole “perks of statesmanship” thing down flat. Shouldn’t he be guarding the parking lots of America’s Home Depots against Mexican migrants? Or painting portraits of cow skulls hung on pink stucco walls?
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North Korea Sends a ‘Message to the World’
Secretive State Welcomes Visitors for Month-Long Celebration of Patriotism, Talent
From Washington Post Foreign Service:
“You are about to see the true identity of our great nation,” a North Korean
guide proudly told a cluster of South Korean tourists as one evening session
opened last week. “Please pay attention. This is our message to the world.”
Please, people, just pay attention. Hello? I’m talking to you Malaysia! Lebanon, please sit down, the lesson is about to begin… please! Angola, put down the rifle! Mongolia, don’t wear your fur hat indoors. Saudia Arabia— stop passing secret notes to Syria-would you like me to read that aloud to the class?
The guests have included hundreds of Americans, typically barred by the North Koreans. Among them have been New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather.
I’ve got to hand it to BR— he has the whole “perks of statesmanship” thing down flat. Shouldn’t he be guarding the parking lots of America’s Home Depots against Mexican migrants? Or painting portraits of cow skulls hung on pink stucco walls?
Continue reading... (281 words, estimated 1:07 mins reading time)
There has never been a war between two nations which both produce hysterically poor karaoke videos of American pop songs.
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