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Thursday, June 19, 2014

A Harbinger of my Death in the Form of a Young Woman

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    Gustav von Aschenbach is not Huck Finn or Jake Barnes or even Humbert Humbert.      But he is one of the great characters of liter...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Time to call the Redskins something else

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      Tucked into the back of our downstairs medicine cabinet is my secret shame. A tube of "Darkie" toothpaste, bought in Thailan...
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With the Heat beat, we turn to—gulp—World Cup soccer

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     Basketball season ended Sunday with another satisfying blowout of the Miami Heat by the superlative San Antonio Spurs. Though I’d h...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

A meatloafy kind of glory

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      What are we doing when we take photographs of our food?      Bragging, obviously, since such shots are intended to be posted on ...
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Monday, June 16, 2014

500 women, 1000 pounds of flour, and me

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   You can’t assume things in this job. I’d like to pretend that of course everybody knows challah is a rich, dense, slightly sweet, of...
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Sunday, June 15, 2014

"I wondered what I wanted out of this trip"

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     Father's Day.         Like many men my age, I am sandwiched between two generations. Prompted by the holiday, I can either lo...
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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Saturday fun activity: Where IS this?

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    Today is Flag Day.     Happy Flag Day.     Not the most popular holiday.     Kind of a low rent, odd man out banner festival jamm...
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