Fearful Symmetries

My Congresswoman, Tammy Baldwin issued an absolutely asinine press release yesterday: "A real test of a presidential candidate’s judgm...

Last summer I wrote about my boycott of Maxwell Street Days . (And I boycotted again this year.) In my post I wrote, "Maxwell Street D...

Earlier this week a co-worker gave me a clutch of chilies from his garden and they sat in the refrigerator until today when I turned them in...

The first German meal at the new place was Graupeneintopf or Baked Barley Casserole. I thought it would be a good, cheap dinner with leftov...

I've written about Leah Daughtry, Howard Dean's chief of staff, previously . Earlier I expressed my disgust that she is leading the ...

I began a post earlier this week in the following manner: "I feel the need to be blunt: I don't give a rat's ass about what Mic...

Madison beer blogger Kent Palmer made a trip to the medieval-themed restaurant, Medieval Times , recently and he blogged about the experien...

Yesterday evening was spent with my lovely lady at The Malt House. They now have Capital's Autumnal Fire available so the available pool...

Last night I took the boys out to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars . I'm an old school Star Wars fan and it was fun to take the next gener...

Via Chicagoist , comes this trip down memory lane - Gigglesnort Hotel . While mom was getting ready for church, I was watching Bill Jackson ...

Kathleen Parker has a nice piece up at The Washington Post called "Pastor Rick's Test" in which she laments Barack Obama and ...

If Bill Lueders were dead, he'd be rolling in his grave with news that ever more people are eschewing newspapers in favor of getting t...

I made my first Polish meal here at the new place: That is bitki w śmietanie or beef callops stewed in sour cream which I served over egg n...

On Friday I made a trek to The Malt House to meet up with a couple friends. I found that it was about a 25-minute walk and would have been a...

Yesterday was Africa Fest 2008 and The Dulcinea and I brought the kids down to Warner Park to enjoy the festivities. Unsurprisingly, we star...

The wicked wiles of the Hop Whore were on full display last weekend for the 22nd Annual Great Taste of the Midwest . My new best friend Page...

Katjusa Cisar reviews Bottle Shock today at The Cap Times. After the less-than severe chastising I gave her for crediting the cinematograp...

I recently moved back to the isthmus after a decade-long absence. The main consideration was being near the Marquette Elementary School so t...

This is the look I get from my girlfriend, The Dulcinea, for being on the leading edge of fashion. People who know me and are reading this a...

Newspapers here in America have fallen on hard times. (Although they are apparently doing very well in India .) Here in Madison, The Capital...