Pining for pierogies.

I’m leaving for NY soon to help my sister out with her move.  One of the things I’m looking forward to is going to Veselka’s diner.  I remember having some good rice pudding there, as well as some nice buckwheat pancakes another time.  But right now, I’m pining for pierogies. 
Pittsburgh Pirates Pierogies -
"The [...]

The Fiqh’s fatwa

Almost married to the mountain.

I had an intense dream this morning before waking up.  I think it must have taken place in a large casino, given all the people milling around.  It was the day of my wedding and I was being hustled into a dressing room to get ready for the ceremony.  But on the way there I [...]

Swarthmore student sees Sudan, speaks to CNN.

Today I saw an interview with a young woman who serves as mtvU’s correspondent in Sudan.
Stephanie Nyombayire is a freshman at Swarthmore College and a native of Rwanda who came to the US nearly four years ago. Having lost nearly one hundred family members and friends during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Stephanie speaks on [...]

Wonkette was winning, witty.

Yes indeedy.  There were spinach quesadillas in the courtyard too.  When the Q&A after the talk ended people walked out and descended upon the free food with a vengeance.  I heard that the lectures are broadcast on radio but I’d kind of like to attend the next one in person anyway.  The Mark Taper Auditorium [...]

Washington’s Wonkette comes west.

I plan to see Wonkette downtown tomorrow.  I’ve wanted to check out the library’s lecture series ever since I heard about it in the fall, and this looked like a good opportunity (so does the next one in the series, featuring four former state governors [although, I notice that the second lecture is at the [...]

Bassam’s baggage.

"Controversy sells," Khalaf said. "It brings a lot of attention.
Everybody wants to label all Arabics terrorists just because a couple
of people messed up. Well, I’m going to play along with that character.
I’m going to let you think I’m one."

-Houston Rapper Fired As Baggage Screener
Sounds like a risky way to play.

Well, it was weird.

Maybe it’s just a "guy thing" to round upwards 3-4 inches for height,
but I kind of wish he hadn’t done that.  Especially given that I didn’t
do the "girl thing" and round downwards 10-20 pounds for weight.  I
erred on the side of caution and told him that I was "at the lower end
of plus size/full figure," [...]

Guess what? Gay guy goes for Guava.

I signed up for an online matching service where I posted my photo and a short profile.  Recently, someone responded to it, saying he was interested in a long term relationship and/or making a new friend.   He wasn’t 55 or 19, or using a notorious rapper’s mug shot for his photo, and his brief profile [...]

Bombers British, born & bred. Boys?

Chippies and cricket.
His father owned a local "chippie," a fish and chips place, where Tanweer worked part time.

Outside the chippie, he was a sports science student at an area
university and an avid cricket player. In fact, according to British
newspapers, cricket is the only thing friends thought he was fanatical
about.

- Bombers were ‘normal’ Britons; officials [...]