Soccer Dad

If ... you must 01/25/08

If you haven't read Nothing Loftier at A Simple Jew; you must.
If you haven't read In Gaza, some Journalists remain in the dark at Daled Amos ; you must.
He's right about Taranto's observation. You can see one of the photos in question here. Not that it's anything new. (What light is casting the shadow of the table leg?)
If you haven't read 4200 Balloons at Elder of Ziyon; you must.
If only the media were interested in context, not cheap sensationalism and radical chic.
If you haven't read And people complain about Israeli Bureaucracy at Life in Israel; you must.
If you haven't read Israel Matzav's the Gaza Dilemma; you must.
This is an excellent rebuttal to Noah Pollak's Good News from Gaza.
If you haven't seen Mech Mosaic at Not Quite Perfect; you must.
If you haven't read Long live the Hydrox at Oyvay Blog; you must.
It's funny, you often don't realize when certain popular brands disappear. But my question was never sandwich cookies. If I was eating them, I'd usually get a store brand. My weakness is for the chocolate chip cookie. My preference is for Chip's Ahoy over Chip's Deluxe. But in the past there were two brands I'd liked that are no longer around: Burry's Mr. Chips and Duncan Hines, which produced cookies for a short time during the 90's.
If you haven't read Seraphic Secret's Hollywood Shooting Star; you must.
He was a star. He died young. He wasn't Heath Ledger.
If you haven't read The Patient's Worry at Futility Closet; you must.
Who thinks of these things? Still it's brilliant.
If you haven't read Biofuel disaster at Wolf Howling; you must.
I do a substantial proportion of the household shopping. In the past year or two prices of staples have increased at a higher rate than anything I remember over the past twenty years. Cheap margarine that used to sell for 99 cents, is now $1.59. A dozen eggs is now over $2.00. And let's not forget gas prices. A lot of this has been due to the increased use of ethanol which bids up the price of corn. To add insult to injury, it may not even be helping the enivronment! A cautionary tale for the global warming acolytes.