WTF is the GOP doing!?

As I was coming of age politically, the Republican Party was primarily about smaller government, fiscal responsibility and lower taxes… that was what first attracted me to the movement. Sadly, the GOP is most definitively NOT that anymore. W Bush was shameless in his zeal to blow up the budget in service of the wars… Continue reading WTF is the GOP doing!?

The culture fight at the “OK” Corral

I keep hearing that we can’t make the “OK” symbol anymore because “the symbol has been co-opted by White Supremacists…” Wait wait wait… “has been co-opted”?! No… no absolutely not. Why do they get to “co-opt” something from the rest of us? And don’t you dare use the passive voice like that… it hasn’t “been… Continue reading The culture fight at the “OK” Corral

SNL becomes SMH

SNL performers: “We are part of America’s premier transgressive comedy show!” Also SNL performers: “We’re ascared of that mean ole Mr. Musk!”

If I ever open a restaurant…

I know what the first item on the menu will be. Last Saturday we made braised short ribs and we had some meat leftover… so this morning I made a braised short rib egg mcmuffin with swiss cheese. I mean…

Will New York City ever recover from the Pandemic exodus?

That’s what everyone wants to know isn’t it? Restaurants have been decimated. All those cultural institutions that people swear are the reason they live in New York even though when you press them they’ll admit they almost never go… The Opera, Broadway, Comedy Clubs, the Museums are all closed with no real re-opening in sight,… Continue reading Will New York City ever recover from the Pandemic exodus?