2007 - Page 2 of 14 - Joe Carl White: I'm not asking, I'm driving.

bunch of idiots

December 17, 2007December 17, 2007 Joe White

Why do folks think they can get away with staging attacks on themselves?

Staged College Hate Crimes::
Eugene links below to the story of the fake hate crime at Princeton. Is it just me, or are staged hate crimes on college campuses unusually common? My own university, George Washington, recently had such an episode. Swastikas were found on dorm room door of a Jewish student,and it turned out most and probably all of the swastikas were put there by the resident herself. I’m not sure what it means, and I don’t think it’s something new, but it sure is strange.

Dining

Quite possibly, the perfect snack food

December 14, 2007December 14, 2007 Joe White

from BoingBoing: Peanuts banana-milk popcorn in Tokyo:

Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels: Snoopy and Lucy Banana Milk-flavored popcorn, for sale at the giant Peanuts store across the street from the Harajuku train station in Tokyo.

Link

Dining Travel

Dinner at Sushi Seki

December 1, 2007December 1, 2007 Joe White

On the advice of Eb’s brother Reza, we had dinner after the show at Sushi Seki, 1143 1st Ave. We started with the Crunch Shrimp and Asparagus appetizer, which as excellent: shrimp and asparagus coated in little fried balls of ginger-flavored coating the size of sesame seeds. We then had a spicy tuna roll and a seared tuna roll (good, but not great), some yellowtail sushi, and some toro (fatty tuna) sushi, which neither of us had tried before, but will definitely have again (though, at the price, not often, unfortunately): the texture was so light, it seemed to melt on the tongue.

Even though we got there at 11:30, it was packed (luckily, I had called the day before to make sue we could get in). They kept turning people away the whole time we were there, and they still had folks streaming in when we left. Understandable.

Travel

Pics from NYC

November 30, 2007December 1, 2007 Joe White

Taken with the iPhone.

Radio City Music Hall is celebrating its 75th Anniversary.

Big signs at Times Square.

Is this a notice to caution the rats? Or are there a bunch of rats whose job it is to go around issuing cautions?

At the Richard Rogers Theatre waiting for Cyrano de Bergerac to start. Our seats were on the front row on the aisle. It was as if they blocked the show for us there…fantastic.

Times Square ticker after the show.

Taken while running the gauntlet.