Saturday, March 9, 2024
LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine is
the Alabama case ruling that IVF embryos are human beings. In his
concurring opinion last week, Chief Justice Tom Parker, an elected
Republican, wrote:
"(1)
God made every person in His image; (2) each person therefore has a
value that far exceeds the ability of human beings to calculate; and (3)
human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath
of a holy God, who views the destruction of His image as an affront to
Himself."
However, Himself never appears in our Constitution.
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Fill in the blank. "________ experiencing
double-digit annual rent price declines and have buildings offering
concessions that include up to 8 weeks of free rent." It ain't New
York. https://www.zumper.com/blog/
. . .
Thanks to my brother, I have a gift subscription to the New York Review of Books,
not a publication that you turn to for limericks or chocolate chip
cookie recipes. “Little Island” is an appropriately glum essay in the
current issue about the shape of Great Britain these days.
One comment really drew my attention: “an
economy in which Indian restaurants employ more people than steel,
coal, and shipbuilding all put together.” While that description might
be appropriate for India itself, I was shocked to hear it applied to
Great Britain. Maybe more shocking is its origin, “Mad for Masala,” a report by the BBC in 1998. “Britain has around 8,000 curry houses which employ 70,000 people - more than steel, coal and shipbuilding put together.”
It
made me think of other possible comparisons. Italy has more pizza ovens than
nuclear reactors. France has more dry cleaners than car washes. Germans
eat more pretzels than vitamins.
Monday, March 11, 2024
Usually,
when I'm out with a guy or two, they are almost as antiquated as I am.
Tonight, for a welcome change, Samuel Fuchs went to dinner and a Ranger
game with me. Sam is Stuyvesant '14, Michigan '18 and then joined the
U.S. Navy to see the world. In fact, he even got to see Madeira among
many other exotic ports of call.
Before
the game, we ate at bb.q Chicken, 25 West 32nd Street, a reliable
Korean chicken joint, lots of seating, very casual. It offers fried
whole chickens, wings and boneless pieces in a dozen different flavors,
varying in spiciness.
The food is cooked, boxed and sitting in a heated cabinet waiting for you. I
had boneless Caribbean Spice, coated in a sweet and spicy jerk sauce
($13.99). Cans of Diet Pepsi are $1.75. Tax on everything.
As much as we enjoyed dinner, the Rangers 3-1 victory left an even better taste.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
An errand took us to the Bronx today and at lunchtime, we headed to Zero Otto Nove, 2357
Arthur Avenue, a large space that looks like a wine cellar with the
barrels missing. It is the first of four casual restaurants created by
Chef Roberto Paciullo, owner/operator of the wonderful Roberto’s
Restaurant, 603 Crescent Avenue, a block away.
I had the Patate Salsiccia & Provola Pizza, with sliced
potatoes, sausage and smoked mozzarella, more than one normal human
being should try to finish ($20.95). This unusual, tomato-less
concoction was delicious, just wear an expandable waistband.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
David Goldfarb, July 3, 1929 - March 13, 2024
. . .
David was always interested in a good meal or a social event. Therefore, I did not hesitate to keep my date with Terrific Tom to have lunch today. We met at Tim Ho Wan, 610 Ninth Avenue, the Michelin-rated dim sum parlor. Although it was the height of the Wednesday matinee lunch hour, we were seated immediately and we dug right in.
We shared everything, starting with hot and sour wonton soup, really hot and sour ($8.75). Then, it was a mutual favorite, Baked BBQ Pork Buns, 3 for $8.75, and what we agreed was a new favorite, Pan Fried Chicken Dumplings with Ginger Essence, 4 for $7.75. We pushed on with Deep Fried Spring Roll with Egg White and Shrimp, 3 for $7.75; Steamed Beef Ball with Bean Curd Skin, 3 for $7.75; Steamed Shrimp Dumplings (Har Gow), 4 for $7.75. A good time was had by all.
Thursday,
March 14, 2024
It
might be π Day, but Michael Ratner and I acted as if it were Part II of
yesterday’s lunch. We went to Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao, 24 West 33rd Street,
another Michelin-rated dim sum parlor, originating in Hong Kong. Just
like Tim Ho Wan, its food is excellent.
We shared Nan Xiang Soup Dumplings, the house specialty, 6 for $11, not to be missed. Then, we had Noodle w. Scallion Sauce, $9.50, spiked with fried onions; Chicken Siu Mai, 4 for $7.50; Scallion Pancake w. Sliced Beef, a 9"x3" slab for $11.50. Again, two old men emerged happy.
. . .
“It is
about Indigenous resistance” an artist explained why they (his chosen pronoun)
inserted “Free Palestine” into an artwork. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/arts/design/whitney-biennial-art-palestinians-message-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Friday, March 15, 2024
So these rich people have a foundation and they decide to get some good publicity by giving an award and they put a name on the award that is otherwise not connected to them and they call it the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award and they give award to a cast of characters most likely to never be identified with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that is Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Martha Stewart, Sylvester Stallone and Michael Milken, and her family has objected. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/
To make it more female forward, maybe they need to add Ivanka Trump to their list.
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