Oddly enough, French intelligence has been (according to my contacts in the NY uniformed services) a major source of information about potential attacks in NY. Which might be why NY and Paris did sweeps of their subway systems before the Olympic host city was announced. It seems the French...
from another New Yorker
9/12/2001, I went to work. On the subway. I had to teach. I had to go to work. I had to continue to live. And I wasn't scared. Yesterday, I went to work. I was sad about London, but I had to go to work. And I wasn't scared. You live, because otherwise, "they" win...
Sigh...Coop
He grew up in Helena, Montana, but I think he went to school in England for a bit. Myrna Loy also spent part of her childhood in Helena, and I think they knew each other (Coop was a little older). Style must be in the water...
Ah, there's nothing better than being able to look at them in the paddock and the post-parade!
Pre-race gossip is best found in The Bloodhorse and The Thoroughbredtimes (the Daily Racing Form has been known to print misinformation!).
Handicapping is a lot like picking stocks (except that...
teds
From wikipedia:
"The Teddy Boy youth culture first emerged in Britain during the early 1950s, and was strongly associated with American rock and roll music of the period.
It was typified by young men wearing clothes inspired by those of the Edwardian period: "Edward" being commonly...
Too bad they won't let the boys wear kilts...
In my high school, around 1975, there was a rule that girls could not wear pants, meaning everything from jeans to proper dress slacks. One young woman had an after school job at a rather up-scale boutique. She came to school one day wearing...
steak!
Peter Luger, Steak for Two, rare. With sliced tomato and onion (with Luger sauce), the potatos, and the creamed spinach. And a nice dark beer (because their house red is pretty gross).
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