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Party favors: punch, poems, pic

( Family and Food and Future )

Pomegranate Cocktail
Cover and chill:
5 cups pomegranate juice
2 1/2 cups vodka
1/3 cup orange-flavored liqueur
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
Add when cold:
2 1/2 cups chilled ginger ale
The wedding at Casa West went swimmingly — thanks for your suggestions a few posts ago. I ended up talking about how, when you meet the right person, your questions quiet down [...]

The long goodbye?

( Commerce and Conflict and Future and Politics )

Analysts at Goldman Sachs recently projected that oil will likely reach $200.00 a barrel within the next year. GM announced today that it was closing four SUV manufacturing plants, and rumors are buzzing around that they will also discontinue the civilian-use line of Hummers. Are we on the cusp of real change? [...]

Green is the new black

( Commerce and Future )

Since global warming has begun to manifest itself in a frighteningly real way, environmentalism is no longer the radical idea it once was. The “greener than thou” attitude now pervades every pore of modern American society. On the surface, this isn’t such a bad thing; if people realize that their actions directly affect [...]

Teach them well and let them lead the way

( Family and Future )

“It’s hard to choose a favorite among so many great tracks, but “The Greatest Love of All” is one of the best, most powerful songs ever written about self-preservation, dignity. Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it’s not too late to better ourselves.” –Patrick Bateman
I’d never “camped [...]

The Ladies’ Home Journal Predicts

( Future )

In December of 1900, the Ladies’ Home Journal published an article titled “What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years” by one John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. Though Mr. Watkins did not predict the fact that during the century in question, fine names such as “Elfreth” would be tragically phased out, he did in fact manage [...]