Recently readIf you were a woman, walking down the street in a not so wonderful neighborhood, and one in a group of men said to you as you walked past, “Girl, you need to smile at me” in a threatening way…What would you do?
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I checked with a couple of sources who have access to Fox News traffic stats, and learned that the story about Cathy Seipp and her daughter being terrorized online by Eliot Stein has garnered nearly 550,000 page views since it went live yesterday. I’m extremely pleased to know that so many people have learned of […]
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This is the kind of inconsequential thing that lodges in my brain from time to time:
Princess Eugenie’s blog - which, according to the Duke of York’s spokesman, is legitimate - is cute. (I love how she lists her favorite foods as corn on the cob, hotdogs, and donuts.) What I’m wondering, though, is if the […]
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It’s after midnight, and I’m just finishing the clean-up from the first gathering of the Cincinnati Supper Club. I made red Thai chicken curry, chickpea curry, roasted broccoli and cauliflower with pancetta and parmesan, couscous with toasted pine nuts, spinach salad, and strawberry shortcake. I bought some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies from Silverglade’s, along […]
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Or at least he tried to, but her friends and family made sure she was never made aware of the sick actions of her daughter’s former schoolteacher.
As I say in the article, there is no law against being a jerk - nor should there be - but “It’s a First Amendment right” is a […]
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As if you need to search for a good reason to fear the (British, large-C) Conservatives, here’s another that certainly makes my blood run cold:
The Cameronites have made a crystal-clear promise to maintain the tax-and-spend levels of the current government and have even suggested that they may well decide to crank them up further. Add […]
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Main Street, Over-the-Rhine
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I spotted this iron inset in a building on Main Street on Saturday; the photo doesn’t do it justice. A Google search yields only one hit for Schreiber & Sons Iron Works of Cincinnati, which it seems was in operation in the mid- to late-1800s in this area.
Speaking of the […]
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Brian Micklethwait on the latest development in Northern Ireland, and from where it may have stemmed:
What I have in mind is that following 9/11 the USA took its first truly serious look at IRA terrorism, voters as well as just terrorism experts, and all that sentimental and unthinking Oirish blarney support for the IRA, which […]
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I know I dislike almost all politicians (thinking about it, I cannot come up with the name of even one I would let keep his or her job), but I’m always especially cheered when someone as warped and dangerous as John McCain gets served. I’m glad he’s out there warning people about the threat of […]
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Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson says that, despite losing loads of weight and being quite healthy for the last several years, she still “never feel[s] good about [herself]”. Not a very good endorsement for getting into better shape, or for Weight Watchers, for whom she is a spokesperson.
I can’t believe she means this, considering how nice […]
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Our first supper is tomorrow night, at my place, and I’m very pleased that I’m going to have a full house. I just hope nobody minds drinking their beer and wine out of Solo cups, as I feel I should wait for Antoine before I start picking out stemware and china patterns. (We do have […]
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Art gallery in my building
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Lucky us to have the University Art Galleries in our apartment building. This is the first permanent exhibition venue for the University of Cincinnati Fine Arts Collection, admission is free, and group tours are available. I was given a lightning fast tour of the place today by our […]
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That was reportedly the title the LA Times did not go with for Sandra Tsing Loh’s piece about how the blogosphere reacted to Cathy Seipp’s last days and eventual death.
I feel I should point out here that, a couple of days ago, I removed all links to the site that was hosting the surreptitiously recorded […]
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Music Hall
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This is Music Hall, home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (which more than one non-Cincinnatian mentioned to me as a can’t-miss feature of this town when they heard I was coming here). Music Hall houses several different venues, including Springer Auditorium, which may or may not (I cannot find proof either […]
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