Dear everyone, including visitors arriving here from the Burgh Blog: I’ve little time to make fresh content for you today, but that gives me extra space to tell you to go see "The Missionary Position" at City Theatre on Pittsburgh’s South Side. It’s a funny play, ostensibly a satiric comedy about politics but really a …
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Spirited Cuisine: Scotch whisky
This is the sixth installment in the Spirited Cuisine series from Sri Bala (Shaman) and me. Each round, I select a liquor or spirit, and Sri creates a dessert recipe incorporating it. Find Sri’s posts at his blog and mine here within the Lush Life category. Here’s a great cocktail made with Scotch….. Are you …
The Steelers new mascot looks really familiar…
Does the Steelers new mascot remind you of anyone? The Steelers organization will invite fans to help name the new mascot. My suggestion for a name: The Chin. UPDATE: My brother Anthony thought the mascot would look good wearing that sweater Cowher wore to pretty much every press conference.
Spirited Cuisine: Galliano
This is the fifth installment in the Spirited Cuisine series from Sri Bala (Shaman) and me. Each round, I select a liquor or spirit, and Sri creates a dessert recipe incorporating it. Find Sri’s posts at his blog and mine here within the Lush Life category. Spirited Cuisine has been on hiatus for a while …
Saturday: BootCamp PGH
Why I’ve not been blogging these last few weeks: I’ve been helping organize a terrific event that will happen Saturday. To wit: BootCamp PGH is a free one-day, immersive "entry level" workshop designed to educate students, small businesses and corporate communications professionals on the power and possibilities of new media. (That is, blogging, podcasting, social …
So it goes.
Kurt Vonnegut died last night. It’s time I reread Slaughterhouse-Five, I think.
Wallflower for the Big Dance
Oh, is the NCAA basketball thing over already? Gosh, that was quick. How’d I do in that Pittsburgh Celebrity Bloggers Pool? Apparently the Friends of Cindy picking strategy wasn’t a winning formula for 2007. The first time I participated in a fantasy football league, I came in last. The next year, I won. So all …
Guinness is good for me
You Are Guinness You know beer well, and you’ll only drink the best beers in the world. Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them. When you drink, you tend to become a bit of a know it all – especially about subjects you don’t know well. But your friends tolerate …
You talkin’ to me?
Major media outlets like the New York Times haven’t been covering the story of blogger Kathy Sierra, the death threats she has (purportedly) received, the sympathetic blog shut downs, the resulting backlash, and so on. So it’s maybe not so surprising that advertisers also haven’t had a chance to adjust their ad campaigns. Or, maybe …
Thoughts on “Mezzulah, 1946”
I saw "Mezzulah, 1946" at City Theatre recently. It’s a fun play, upbeat and entertaining. Crux of the plot: It’s 1946, and the men returning from World War II have reclaimed their jobs, displacing the women who filled them in the meantime. All except for a girl named Mezzulah, who is a crack electrician at …