Church Street Editorial

July 17, 2009

Funding Humor in the Workplace. Seriously.

(Update: Somebody didn’t get the joke; on 7/17, the solicitation was cancelled.) It’s still a great example of federalese. 

Just browsing at Wonkette and saw this. It looks real, but seems like the work of a hacker. Or that of a burrowed employee living in Treasury’s basement, wreaking havoc. If it is real, I love the dire-sounding phrasing; only the federal government can make the funny seem oh-so scary:

Participants shall experience demonstrations of cartoons being created on the spot.

Hold on to your hat, Sally, the mad cartoonist is at it again! But seriously, whose idea is this?

July 16, 2009

Thursday Evening Garden Blogging

Even if we did plan it before she got to D.C., our garden is modest compared with Michelle Obama’s. However, we did produce some gigantic squash (that we sauteed tonight with fresh sage, onion, and Spanish paprika, delish!) and it looks as if the tomatoes and beans are doing well. The purple potatoes, peppers, cilantro, and spinach fizzled. We’ll see what comes up through the dog days and into the fall. For now, it’s squash pie, squash saute, squash, squash, squash, and more squash.

 

Aspen Ideas Festival: Bob Interviews Lewis

Comedian and writer Lewis Black, a Washington, D.C., native, talks with Bob Schieffer of CBS’ “Face the Nation” at the Aspen Ideas Festival about his new book, “Me of Little Faith.” Enjoy gentle snowflakes! (If you were on Black’s email list, that would make sense.)

July 14, 2009

Radio Lab: On Randomness

wNYC’s Radio Lab on stochasticity (randomness):

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July 13, 2009

Health Care: Bill Moyers Interviews Former Health Care Exec.

This has received a lot of buzz in the ‘sphere — part. 1 of Bill Moyers’ interview with Wendell Potter, a former health care insider:

Part 2: