Noon this coming Sunday, 10/22, will be Open House at Boston Symphony Hall. We’ll be there!
Author: DOuG pRATt
At last! Comics in the Times.
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The New York Times, which has never carried regular comic strips, ran a feature last Friday called “See You in the Funny Papers.” Credit for bringing this to my attention goes to my well-read friend Morris.
The Times being the way it is, access to the article may be iffy, so here it is. Please note that the illustration above is of Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend by Winsor McCay, which has been featured twice already in this blog, here and here.
She said, he says…
Today, the news is that George Bush wants the PM of Iraq to know he has all the time he needs to build a political consensus and quell domestic violence.
Bush Reassures Iraqi That There Is No Timetable for Withdrawal
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: October 17, 2006
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 — President Bush reassured Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq on Monday that he would not set a timetable for withdrawal of American troops and would continue to support the prime minister, despite recent reports that military officials and some Republican lawmakers were dissatisfied with the Iraqi government’s performance.
Gosh, now I wonder where the idea could possibly have come from that the Bush administration is getting frustrated and might impose some sort of time constraint?
Rice makes unannounced visit to Baghdad
Secretary of state says Iraqi leaders have limited time to settle differences
Updated: 2:56 p.m. ET Oct 5, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, making an election-season visit to Iraq, said Thursday that its leaders have limited time to settle political differences spurring sectarian and insurgent violence.
We’ve got to get out of there. Now. It would be far cheaper and safer to simply give Iraq the money it needs to rebuild. Send the National Guard home where it belongs, let half of the regular Army rest, and redeploy the other half to Afghanistan. I’m no military strategist, but this is obvious.
Westfield State on Colbert Report!
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Wowee! On an otherwise lackluster Colbert Report last night, what should I see but a commercial for the little college that could in Western Massachusetts, my alma mater, Westfield State!
Chapter XII. The Search for the Wicked Witch
Audio Adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of OZ, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1961
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Bye-bye Comcast?
As explained previously, I have Verizon FiOS for my Internet service, and I’m quite happy with it compared to Comcast, which I still have for cable TV. But now I can get FiOS TV. The announcement for my town came out last week, following approval by the board selectmen (no mayor, have we). Is it time to cut the Comcast coax?