Raw fries and Vietnamese sausage

Eating lots of shiitake mushrooms lately, but my big culinary find of the fall continues to be Lucky Lily brand Bouakham Nam Sausage with a chili pepper. Together with raw fried potatoes and eggs, it’s my new favorite breakfast.
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An end post from an O.B. (Original Blogger)

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Religion’s alright (if you like saxophones)

Apparently I’m not the only person who gets a little too drunk now and then. Meet Jon Favreau, Obama’s chief speechwriter. No clue who that is on the right trying to get Hil drunk.
Later that night they took advantage of a Bill Richardson poster. 
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Stupidest quiz I’ve seen in ages:

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Ch-ch-changes

In lieu of having the news stations play classical music this morning, I thought this video would be more appropriate.

 
Is the Daily Mole about to make a comeback? I’m sure Brauer and Lambert will have something to say about that by day’s end.
 
UPDATE: Unrelated, but TBogg puts my cruelty to shame [...]

Odetta, R.I.P.

Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She was 77.
The cause was heart disease, said her manager, Doug Yeager. He added that she had been hoping to sing at Barack Obama’s inauguration.
Odetta sang [...]