Texas Likes the Death Penalty More Than Science

This should end the death penalty, but nothing else has.

Good Eats on Martha's Vineyard

Water Street, at the Harbor View. The sommelier made us laugh, but he was really a jovial man who meant well. And the food was excellent.

I May Have Over-Payed for this Beer

But how can I be sure?

People of Walmart

Words cannot describe this.

Free MP3s from Paste Magazine

Always great for the price.

Obama Turns Bachmann Pro-Choice

How'd you like that for healthcare reform?

New & Improved, Thanks to Your Tax Dollars

Our Customer Service Hotline is Now As Productive As Banging Your Head into the Wall.

Saveur Mag on the Web

We like this site, because it is a blog/aggregator of other foodie sites. Only complaint: It takes at least two clicks to get to the actual article to read it.

Bob Dylan Picked Up By Cops

No, really. They thought he was a "weirdo," possibly a "joker or a thief," and he didn't have his ID with him, so the beat cop and her partner escorted him back to his tour bus. Professor Gates, perhaps this is a lesson for you in how to interact with cops?

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D

Via.

The Frank Gehry Cocktail

We can only assume this is a joke, although if you follow the instructions while making it, you'll still be happily drunk.

Best Epithet Ever

"Unemployed Alaskan blogger," Sarah Palin. --Keith Olbermann, August 13, 2009.

Cooking as Spectacle

The demands of the industrial food system have redefined "cooking" and the Food Network is turning it into a spectator sport... Nothing new. Michael Pollan says this will ruin us--his song for some time now--and he is probably right. "The skills are already lost. Who is going to teach the next generation how to cook?" And his recipe to cure us? Right from Hippocrates, paraphrased by the Food Network:

I have the diet for you. It’s short, and it’s simple. Here’s my diet plan: Cook it yourself. That’s it. Eat anything you want — just as long as you’re willing to cook it yourself.

Shatner Turns Palin's Ramble into Poetry

One More Round

Antique carousel in downtown Hartford, of all places. And only $1 a ride!

Perfect Place for Seafood

The patio at S&P Oyster Company, by the Mystic Highway Bridge in Mystic, CT. They also make a perfect Dark & Stormy, made with Gosling's Black Seal and, the bartender promised us, Gosling's ginger beer.

Whale Watching

This is a great read, but does the Hubble Telescope really contain whale oil? WE'd like to see a source on that.

Disco Demolition Night turns 30

Spurned on by the allure of blowing up a dumpster full of disco records, 75,000 spectators-turned-rioters nearly destroyed Comisky Field 30 years ago this weekend.