Monday, November 27, 2006

Game Time

If you can guess who said this, you win a Christmas present from me:

"One Christmas, I opened all my gifts after school, and then retaped them. Christmas sucked that year. Such a brat thing to do. I was bored."

The Gift of Beard

Sorry, Leonard...

To make it up to you, I am commencing the First Annual Holiday Beard Growing Session (FAHBGS). All are welcome to join in the seasonal fun.

Are you in?

Friday, November 17, 2006

The Other Half

If you check Mr. Lee's most recent post, you will discover how the other half lives. And by other half, I mean the 1/43 of of .01% of our population that constitutes the right wing conservative conspiracy.

For these privileged few, who, duty-bound, work "outside...for 14 hours," we shan't blame them if they top the day off with a "$10!" drink. No, sir, they work hard, and they deserve every crisp Benjamin that falls into their lap. Or their trust fund.

Look closely at the pictures, friends. Know the trademark signs of the enemy: polo horses, stemware, striped shirts, and sunburn. Sunburn, that is to say, from being outside one week a year to mingle with the huddled - er, voting - masses.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

HUGE News

Great things are happening to Dr. Cook. Right now.

1. My roommate and I - well, mostly my roommate - just signed up for NetFlix. Now we can be extra lazy and avoid any extraneous human interaction.

2. My roommate also purchased Castle Risk. What is Castle Risk, you ask? It's the single greatest game in the history of history. If you haven't played it, you haven't lived.

3. Yes, Mr. Lee, I miss my office spouse. But this is a much needed, long overdue, building experience for both of us. We needed time apart. I should be able to get through the workday without his wit, choice fashion sense, weekly gym trips, and that smile - that smile of smiles. Kiwi's absence is making me a better person.

4. I ordered more useless parts for Charlene today. It looks we are getting grease under our fingernails this weekend.

Friday, November 10, 2006

He's Alive!`

You remember Borf, right? Funny little bastard that tagged most of Northwest DC? Well, apparently he is alive, well, and hiding from the law in Brazil. Here is proof.

I tip my hat to him.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Response

Dr. Cook, how does one answer your question? Forgive me for delving into the underbelly of your question, but I suppose it depends on what "resolving Iraq" means. What are your goals? What would you like to achieve?

It seems to me that most people would define "resolving this Iraq business" as bringing American troops home. In this sense, "resolving Iraq" seems like an easy task - you simply suck it up, bring the troops home, admit defeat, and tell the American people that all those boys died for nothing. Yeah, the larger problems weren't solved, but it turns out this front in fact wasn't all that important in the larger war anyway. Hey, it worked in 'Nam, didn't it?

Call me crazy, but I believe when the duly elected leader of the world's foremost military power invades another country on the flimsiest of evidence, flips that country upside down and releases a spell of violence over that country, which ironically, the world's foremost military power itself cannot even contain, then the world's foremost military power has a moral responsibility to do whatever it takes to acheive stabilization. Here, when the goal is a safe, stable Iraq, the resolution is a bit less clear. In fact, it may take the opposite of what most Americans want. To increase spending and troop levels until the country is in a position where it can take care of itself. I'm sure the cost of this option is high, both in monetary terms and in human lives.

I realize that I haven't offered any real suggestions on how to "resolve Iraq." There's a very good reason for this. I don't have any. The half-baked plan to invade Iraq was, well, just that, and the administration has botched every step since then. Is it too late? It just might be. On that note, I can say that there is one plan currently being thrown about in some circles. There has been some talk about the partition of Iraq into three states based on population concentrations. Some have hailed this as a plan that could divert Iraq from its current course towards civil war. While I am no expert on Irawi civil society, I have to say that this is a surefire recipe for disaster. When has partition ever resulted in something other than more bloodshed? Yugoslavia in the '90s? Ten years of sectarian civil wars, not to mention the G-word. India in the '40s? Five Indo-Pakistani wars in Kashmir, as well as a continued nuclear standoff. Palestine? Don't get me started, we'll save that one for later. Partition will end in nothing but more death and destruction.

Sorry that this wasn't a very productive answer to your question, but to quote the New York Times from earlier this week, there are no good options in Iraq, only bad and worse ones.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Essay

Tell me, Mr. Beerman, how do we resolve all this Iraq business?

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

A friendly public service reminder from us here at The Recipe


VOTE!

Monday, November 06, 2006

Vote

Don't forget to vote tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

BTW

Larger context aside, this is ridiculous.

Did you know that "acronyms or character symbols...enable teens to communicate with others in a few keystrokes. While often just a convenient and quick means of communication, many teens use these acronyms and symbols to warn their friends when parents might be present." Here are a few examples:

WYCM - Will You Call Me?
LMIRL - Let's Meet In Real Life
KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless