Bill would ban foie gras in N.J.

According to the Courier-Post Online, Bill would ban foie gras in N.J.. The silliness that started in Chicago has reached my home state. Absurd.

[Later: More at Chow.]

Unfocused Pleasure Storefront

Something new. A storefront with items for both Focused Performance (books on management) and Unfocused Pleasure (goodies).

White And Nerdy

[Update: Lyrics...
...First in my class here at MIT
Got skills, I’m a champion at D&D
MC Escher - that’s my favorite MC
Keep your 40, I’ll just have an Earl Grey tea...]

Light(?) and Real Sweet

I'm not really a coffee-drinker (never developed a taste for the flavor), but I will have the occasional Mocha Frappuccino from Starbucks. But now the NY Times tells me:

"And a 24-ounce Java Chip Frappuccino with whipped cream has 650 calories, not to mention almost an entire day’s allowance of saturated fat. According to the Center [for Science in the Public Interest], a nutritional advocacy group, the Frappuccino is equivalent in calories to a McDonald’s coffee plus 11 of their creamers and 29 packets of sugar."

Whoa...

Talk about light heavy and sweet.

Frontline: Faith & Doubt at Ground Zero

If you didn't get enough of 9/11 over the weeked, be sure to check out Frontline's reruns of their 2002 piece, Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero. Moving, thoughtful, and authentic, unlike the made-up "reality" of some other offerings.

Make Personal Histories Personal

Something to remember for the next trip...

...Don't take another picture of the Eiffel Tower! I find myself telling my dad. Focus the camera on mom, on my sisters, on the 12-year-old ME! People are interesting, especially family and friends. Thousands of people could have taken that same shot of the Great Pyramid. In fact, thousands did. I can see them whenever I want on Flickr.

From Our own history: What do we leave behind?

Battlestar Galactica "Webisodes"

If you, like I, are waiting for the new season of Battlestar Galactica, check out the on-line "Webisodes" - a set of twice-weekly web-only scenes, apparently centered on the resistance on New Caprica, if today's first installment is any indication.

Airport Security Cartoons

A collection of Airport Security Cartoons, growing in the post's comments. I like this one and this one, among others. Another. And another. And here's the winner.