posted by
orichalcum at 10:54am on 29/10/2007 under work job
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It was a fairly good weekend; shmoozed on Friday, went to A's law firm black-tie gala on Saturday, which was nice if vaguely disappointing at some level. It was in the Great Hall of one of Chicago's train stations, and while it is an impressive space, it's still hard to avoid the sense of "Sorry, I've got to run and catch the 9:42." Also, the food was unspectacular although decent; I think my standards for work parties have been spoiled by the firm holiday party, which had a five-floor buffet including "mini-Beef Wellington puff pastries, whole smoked sturgeon, duck confit tarts, an open raw bar of oysters, chocolate fountains with pineapple column sculptures, which had toothpicks with strawberries and pineapple and biscotti and pound cake stuck into them, goat-cheese stuffed mushrooms, and a lobster, fennel, and avocado salad on key-lime crackers" as its highlights. Sunday we had a lovely lunch with
meepodeekin and
marginaleye, who Eowyn was very excited to see.
Some random thoughts:
1. Best Stupid Reason Not to Vote from a Candidate: I was reading a profile of Mitt Romney and came across the following passage:
"He sat down with two gray-haired women in a booth and pointed to a creamy drink on the table. “Is this a malt or is this a milkshake?” he asked.
“It’s a frappe,” one of the women replied.
“We call that a milkshake in the Midwest,” Romney, who has lived in Massachusetts for the past thirty-six years, said. “It’s a frappe here, right? This is ice cream and, and—”
“And milk,” the woman replied.
“And milk, yeah. How are you doing? I’m Mitt Romney.”
The Midwest? He hasn't lived in Michigan since _1965_. As I said, it's a petty and stupid reason to dislike him, but I'm really bothered by the kind of hypocrisy that has caused him to drop the mention of the state he governed in his campaign ads championing his leadership as _governor._
OOC, do folks in New England of our generation really call them frappes?
2. I get Parenting Magazine free through my sittercity.com subscription, and they often have good articles. This time, there was a useful article on how it's entirely natural for babies to want to play with their genitals, and parents shouldn't freak out about this. This makes total sense. I did wonder, however, how they auditioned for the baby in the adjoining photo, who is a naked little boy with his hand over the relevant bits and an earnest, focused, happy expression.
Also, the article about the Patrick Dempsey Disney doll, which "moms might enjoy taking the clothes off of as much as your kid," was a little disturbing.
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Some random thoughts:
1. Best Stupid Reason Not to Vote from a Candidate: I was reading a profile of Mitt Romney and came across the following passage:
"He sat down with two gray-haired women in a booth and pointed to a creamy drink on the table. “Is this a malt or is this a milkshake?” he asked.
“It’s a frappe,” one of the women replied.
“We call that a milkshake in the Midwest,” Romney, who has lived in Massachusetts for the past thirty-six years, said. “It’s a frappe here, right? This is ice cream and, and—”
“And milk,” the woman replied.
“And milk, yeah. How are you doing? I’m Mitt Romney.”
The Midwest? He hasn't lived in Michigan since _1965_. As I said, it's a petty and stupid reason to dislike him, but I'm really bothered by the kind of hypocrisy that has caused him to drop the mention of the state he governed in his campaign ads championing his leadership as _governor._
OOC, do folks in New England of our generation really call them frappes?
2. I get Parenting Magazine free through my sittercity.com subscription, and they often have good articles. This time, there was a useful article on how it's entirely natural for babies to want to play with their genitals, and parents shouldn't freak out about this. This makes total sense. I did wonder, however, how they auditioned for the baby in the adjoining photo, who is a naked little boy with his hand over the relevant bits and an earnest, focused, happy expression.
Also, the article about the Patrick Dempsey Disney doll, which "moms might enjoy taking the clothes off of as much as your kid," was a little disturbing.
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