January 2009
58 posts
“We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to...”
– John Updike, 1932-2009
WatchE-mail from Smithsonian archivist to TSG: “It’s 7:30 AM and it’s already over the roads where I live. I’m not coming into DC. I’ll have my intern photocopy the files you requested in a previous message.”
WatchThumbing through the “Great Books” at the Newseum
Meet the Press, 1/11/2009
Mr. Gregory: In Ben's Chili Bowl it says "Who eats for free at Ben's? Bill Cosby and no one else." But during the 2008 race they've changed it: "Who eats for free at Ben's? Bill Cosby and the Obama family." You're not alone.
Mayor Fenty: David, you know, he said backstage that Obama hadn't earned it.
Mr. Cosby: Not only, not only that, Mr. Loose Lips, I am saying also that the only--there are two people, Michelle and his mother-in-law. I don't mind them. But he has not earned it. Got to come a long way, Jack, before you can have...
Mayor Fenty: See, the president's not big enough.
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“Let the record reflect that panelist Al Sharpton lost significant street cred in...”
– Troy Patterson
