... the late-night conversation is sweet.
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Bless 'em all, bless 'em all;
The clothing and shoe stores and all.
Bless all the vendors at the giant Food Court;
There's plenty of parking, I'm pleased to report.
So we're going to shop at the Mall,
To buy a new wardrobe for Fall.
We'll take in a movie, and check out the jewelry,
And we'll do it all at the Mall.
feel free to add a verse.
The cakes look kinda gay.
I whitelisted this site on my ad blocker, but I'm not seeing ads. I shouldn't complain, but maybe Althouse should.
How to turn a circle into a parallelogram.
Idea for a podcast: "WikiWhat" (lousy example; ultimate title TBD). Spend an hour or two interviewing people with Wikipedia entries. Go over what their entry says and interview them about accuracies or inaccuracies. Who are the people writing these things? Where are they getting their info? Are there details that surprise the subject in their specificity? Rip off Lipton's Pivot questionnaire: (1) Have you ever Googled yourself? What were you looking for? What were you surprised by? (2) Have you ever read your Wikipedia entry? What was your reaction? (3) Have you ever edited your own Wikipedia entry?
Is this inside baseball uber nerdism? Perhaps sell it to C-Span? Thoughts?
While you get some frizz in your hair,
I'll get my glasses repaired;
I'll stop in at Sears for some new garden shears,
Then at Dillard's we'll look for a chair.
What's the name of the yummy bakery you are always photographing?
The bakery we love is Batch, on Willy Street.
Not a cake guy, but I'd hit that.
Fosdals in Stoughton. I like that bakery better! Of course, it's a bit of a drive.
I liked living in Wisconsin, where you go to the bakery to buy bakery.
Okay Meadehouse, now ya really F-ed up.
The previously pictured pastries have been fine. I know where to get better. But, now yur screwed.
Screw my ketosis, that sugar looks irresistible. Yur gonna have one more so-called libtard in Mad Town.
But I won't be there long: just enough time to have my cake and........
Can any Madisonite explain why Brennan's closed? Loved that market.
The bakery we love is Batch, on Willy Street.
Has Williamson become gentrified now ? In my day it was blue-collar. Crystal Corners and all that.
I bet they are happy to bake a Cake for a gay wedding.
"How to turn a circle into a parallelogram."
Go ahead, take a piece and we have a trapezoid.
BTW, the problem w/ most cake frosting is that the ratio of sugar to lard is too fat-wizened.
Thanks to the big guy upstairs, I grew w/ the exception to the rule:
https://www.nowcake.com/
IMHO
The real test of a rWisconsin bakery is whether or not they make and sell chocolate bismarcks.
Looks like Door County cherry chip frosting.
Next time you're waiting for the Merrimac Ferry, try the Door County cherry ice cream. After the big thaw, of course.
Blogger Kathryn51 said...”Can any Madisonite explain why Brennan's closed? Loved that market.”
My wife says Brennan’s took a big hit in the recession and the fellow that owned it decided to close it down. However, a group of employees is trying to reconstitute it. They have a store over by/on Junction Rd.
Another insightful article from Andrew McCarthy:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456435/rice-email-reveals-plan-dont-tell-trump-hes-being-investigated
Excuse the mini-rant: Kornheiser on ESPN PTI, speaking of Chloe Kim, said Trump wanted to build a wall that would keep people like her out. Progs have gone crazy.
Professor: regarding the popcorn, what makes this better than, say, Orville Redenbacher? (Just being a curious popcorn addict)...
Thought I was watching “The Hunger Games” the other night but turns out it was Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski on the Winter Olympics.
"Excuse the mini-rant: Kornheiser on ESPN..."
Cons are being assaulted by sports jabber:
“The No. 1 job in America, the appointed person, is someone who doesn’t understand the people and really don’t give a fuck about the people,”
Everywhere ya look ya see folks that don't see what ya see.
Carry on.
How do I download a piece of that cake???
Can I do it through your Amazon portal?
Tonight, Scott Adams jumped in the coup d'état attempt on trump bandwagon.
This is huge in my book.
Check out his latest periscope via twitter (if you don't have the periscope app.)
Link
For the conspiracy buffs: when Scott started to talk about the "insurance policy" text and what it could mean, his broadcast craped out several times.
https://247sports.com/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/Bolt/WATCH-LeBron-James-Kevin-Durant-call-out-President-Trump--115172080
Yes Lem,
we know Scott knows. So, now yur good re re-certification re the bandwagon/Lemming-ness.
Sheesh.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PardonMyTake/comments/7oexo4/whats_the_origin_of_that_sheesh_thing_the_guys/
"Can I do it through your Amazon portal?"
WTF?
You got wheels, and 4x4. A little snow and distance shouldn't be enough to keep you away.
I know I'm goin' and I don't even have 4x4 on the vehicle I'm takin'.
adss: the Kornheiser statement was insane.
“The No. 1 job in America, the appointed person, is someone who doesn’t understand the people and really don’t give a fuck about the people,”
OK, LeBron: what did Trump do to show he doesn't "understand the people"?
It may be the one thing he does understand: both the people who support him, and the people who oppose him.
Other than not doing what lefties want him to do, why does Trump give less of a fuck about "the people" than O? He wants them to get richer, he wants more stuff to be produced here, he wants black unemployment to be low, he wants a wall that helps low-skill workers (or so they think), he wants LeBron's buddies in blue states to pay higher taxes: what's not to like by "the people"?
Trumpian populism, for all its obvious faults, is all about giving a fuck about the people--the American people.
Sebastian,
If DJT populism gave an F about the American people, he wouldn't be fire selling off the country's future (literally e.g. resources, and figuratively e.g. debt) so that the elite can be even more elite re normal American people.
Not to mention his corrosive jabber, e.g. his claim that there were some very fine people who decided to travel to a city, that was not their city, that via elected gov officials decided to ditch monuments that were put up to protest the civil rights era in America. And, these very fine people (according to DJT) happened to be marching w/ folks chanting "the Jews will not replace us" "etc," and carrying torches, and one of these folks ran over and killed a [white] gal. But, I don't mention that stuff [yes, I do realize that I did, obviously, mention it, but I only did so to circumvent a loose end] because it's not the crux, it's the means. It's a means to leverage voters so that they'll be distracted while DJT et. al. clean their clocks. But, LeBron-toned folks seem to be less enamored by -- in fact, they're repelled by -- this tactic that's meant to sucker whites.
Original Mike - thanks for answer re: Brennan's. We went there several times when we visited Dr. Nephew and his Dr. Wife - they are residents at UW Medical. I even purchased gift certificates for their Christmas gifts - but could not this past year.
This is last year of residency, so not sure when we will return to Madison, but hope we can in the future - really enjoyed our visit.
There used to be a great bakery on Monroe across from what is now trader joes. Can't recall the name. Always stopped there on our hike to vilas to play hockey. The best creme-filled donuts. Prob closed in the 70s.
Kathryn51 - You bet.
We miss Brennan’s too. My wife says she’s going to check out the new place this weekend.
She says she thinks the main force behind trying to resurrect it is “the Peach Guy”, as if I’m supposed to know who that is.
OM,
Obviously you missed out on the Apple change re the peach emoji. But, usually it's a gal reference, not a guy. But, w/ male figure skaters making headlines, there could be a Peach Guy too.
I dunno.
Sure Lebron is someone the deplorables should trust.
He has their best interest at heart.
Millionaire athletes are the moral compass of America.
"figuratively e.g. debt" Not sure I'll have much success with logic here, but: if running up debt is the LeBron criterion for not giving a fuck about the people, then presumably O and the Dems are next in line for a little tirade.
"so that the elite can be even more elite re normal American people" You don't have to convince the conservatives around here that the system is rigged for "the elite" but the most notable effect of the recent tax law is to make LeBron's buddies (i.e., a chunk of the actual elite) pay more. Now that's caring about the people.
lang,
Nobody can say that Lebron did more w/ less than DJT did. Unless yur a liar.
So, if you want to say that Lebron's POV re folks suceeding in America is shit, you must say that DJT's POV is 2X-shit.
In that case, I'd go w/ 1/2-shit. Less shit is better than more shit, IMHO. [OTOH, maybe yur the sorta person who's into Casu Marzu. I dunno.]
Sebastian,
Fine, you think that the new tax cuts make rich folks pay more, and so-called average Americans get the greatest benefit.
I don't care.
I, and people like me, are planning for the time when y'all can't be flim-flammed anymore. So, rake it in now, until then. After that, F U, you did it to yourselves.
Millionaire athletes are lottery winners. Just as lucky as someone with a rich Daddy to lend him money.
They might both be shits.
But Trump did a lot more with his good fortune than this chump.
He is President of the United States.
I just stopped by to see what new rumors based on laughably false 4chan threads the lefties were using to advance their narratives today.
There is probably some "authoritative" unknown poster on 4chan posting about how all the tax cuts are fake and "crumb-like".
Perhaps everyone who thinks they got a tax cut are really members of white supremacist militia groups.
We'll have to wait and see if that is the next fall back position for our "reality-based" lefties.
Should be fun.
Right lang,
Someone who starts from nothing but achieves greatness w/o outside help is the same as someone who had his dad support and bail him out for his entire life (e.g. the limo driving DJT on his paper route when it rained, or when daddy bought millions of dollars of casino chips to try to hide a cash infusion to fill-in for DJT's shit deal making).
Logic.
Just wait until Trump gets his $140M cash infusion from Russian energy oligarchs!
When that happens you'll know he has become the most qualified candidate ever to run for the Presidency!
Of course, we will know when that happens by studiously perusing bizarre and anonymous web sites.
Carry on.
Democrats Campaign Theme for 2018 for midwest voters: Your tax cuts suck, and so do you. Vote Democrat you racists.
Should go over like gang-busters.
Anywho.
"Perhaps everyone who thinks they got a tax cut are really members of white supremacist militia groups."
Drago,
Sure, some normal folks got tax cuts. But, percentage-wise re the total cut, the big dough goes to the big dough folks. Which makes sense, they make more, they pay more, they should get more back.
The problem is that every penny, and more than every penny (interest), of these cuts are stealing from future tax payers and giving to us now. So, the biggest dollars that are now being stolen from future tax payers are going to the richest now.
Presumably you normal people tell yourselves that the future rich people are going to equivalently payback what current rich people are taking from the future. Or you tell yourselves that big growth will make these cuts pay for themselves. Like you said w/ W's cuts and R's cuts. Not that those mantras came true. But, yur sur this time is different. [Ha.]
Anywho. Maybe.
But, I dunno. And I, and people like me, have zero reason to hang around for the payback, when the bill eventually comes due. Take the money and run. Y'all are doin' it to yurselves. So F U. My conscience is good ta go, I tried to pull back the curtain.
Carry on.
adss: "Sure, some normal folks got tax cuts"
LOL
For 2015, the top 16.9% of taxpayers with highest incomes paid 80.6% of all taxes paid.
Thanks for playing.
adss: "But, I dunno. And I, and people like me, have zero reason to hang around for the payback, when the bill eventually comes due."
Number of complaints by lefties when obama doubled the national debt by $10T over 8 years: 0
But only 0.
Thanks for your concern about "when the bill eventually comes due."
adss: "The problem is that every penny, and more than every penny (interest), of these cuts are stealing from future tax payers and giving to us now."
LOL
"giving" people the ability to retain more of what they earn.
The inescapable premise of all lefties: every penny you earn is owed to the government.
Thanks for playing comrade.
Sounds like Mueller might be losing the scalp he got from Flynn. In requiring that Brady material be produced, the new judge on the case seems like he is doubting their is a factual predicate for the prior guilty plea, which would mean setting it aside.
I Callahan said...Professor: regarding the popcorn, what makes this better than, say, Orville Redenbacher? (Just being a curious popcorn addict)...
You might address your question to Meade; he recently noted the horny hoosier's obsession with "popping old maids."
”The inescapable premise of all lefties: every penny you earn is owed to the government.”
Not only every penny, but the interest on those pennies too.
”Sounds like Mueller might be losing the scalp he got from Flynn.”
Looks like we won’t be hearing from Inga for awhile.
But, I dunno. And I, and people like me, have zero reason to hang around for the payback, when the bill eventually comes due. Take the money and run. Y'all are doin' it to yurselves. So F U. My conscience is good ta go, I tried to pull back the curtain.
Coming from someone who supports democrats this is pretty funny.
You only care about the debt when you can use it as a weapon against a republican president. You think you are clever but you couldn't be more transparent.
Just a bad faith joke.
Hipster goes into a cafe.
Waitress says "What can I get you?"
Hipster says "Coffee and . . . what kind of pie you got?"
Waitress says "The pie is gone."
Hipster says "Man, I'll have me a slice of that crazy pie."
Drago,
When you write "all taxes paid," what do you mean?
Obviously, you don't mean "all taxes paid."
Presumably it'd be better for you to be truthful.
Right?
Perhaps you could write "all taxes paid*."
And then, you have a footnote * that lists all the taxes paid that yur excluding from yur "all taxes paid." Or, you could continue to skip such fussing around w/ being correct, and just lie through your teeth.
Yur call.
It's a free country.
Rub a dub dub,
Three fools in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker.
Turn them out, knaves all three.
I often use the Althouse Amazon portal, but that Tiny But Mighty Heirloom Popcorn proclaims that it's "a healthy snack that is Non-GMO, vegan, gluten free..." Ah, come on, that's the little old lady from Pasadena pitch re-vamped for millennial anti-science prosophobics.
Interesting the Florida school shooter heard demons. Demons? Hmm, some would say there is a spiritual battle occurring.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/florida-school-shooter-told-cops-demons-forced-kill-article-1.3823837
Them that takes cakes. That the Parsee-man bakes. Makes dreadful mistakes.
Grammar, Clyde, grammar...
"Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed
But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes
Indeed you're gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody"
I've been checking my calendar lately and I can't find when the next riot is scheduled in Jerusalem. Anyone know? I thought Jerusalem would be ruins by now as a result of Trump's plan to move our embassy there.
My experience with cakes that are too perfect like that is that they never seem to taste as good as they look, but sometimes you can dump a cube of it into your coffee and eat it with a spoon, or pour some rum, or even whiskey on it, depending on the cake, and rescue it.
Trump’s big problem has always been that he speaks imprecisely enough that invidious interpretation, like adds’s above, is pretty simple and people who don’t think deeply about what he says find it easy to convince themselves with certainty that their narrow and partisan take on his words is the only possible and correct interpretation. You can see what your prejudices tell you is there in his words if you refuse to give him any benefit of the doubt at all whatsoever. And “The Big Guy” knows that Trump’s sloppy language gives lots of scope for doubt.
The cake is usually too dense, is what I was saying above.
anti-de Sitter space said...
So letting people keep more of their own money to spend on their own kids is theft?
I got that right?
"Fine, you think that the new tax cuts make rich folks pay more, and so-called average Americans get the greatest benefit.
I don't care"
Just for the record, I oppose parts of the new tax law and would prefer lower spending.
But the LeBron talking point was that Trump doesn't understand or care about "the people."
The tax law and the recent budget deal contain many provisions that favor "the people" over "the elite," refuting the talking point.
Of course, LeBron and KD can come out as liberals, criticizing DJT for not being liberal enough. Let them lay out what policies they dislike, why they should pay lower taxes and how that would benefit the people, why corporate tax rates should stay high and how that would benefit the people, why illegal aliens should stay and how that would benefit black people, and so on, rather than this bitching about "the people" and not coaching well enough.
There used to be a great bakery on Monroe across from what is now trader joes.
Ovens on Monroe Street had good bakery items -- but I don't know if I'd call it a great bakery. It was there in the early 80s -- not sure about the 70s.
"Professor: regarding the popcorn, what makes this better than, say, Orville Redenbacher? (Just being a curious popcorn addict)..."
It's not necessarily better but it is different, so it depends on what you want.
Orville Reddenbacher popcorn gets very large and puffy, if you like that texture, and it has little corn flavor.
Tiny But Mighty... well, the name says what you need to know: it's the opposite of Reddenbacher. Small but corny. Unlike some of the other small, flavorful popcorn we've tried, Tiny But Mighty doesn't have tough hulls that stick in your teeth. It's tender, though small, so it feels fully popped.
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