June 2003

Mosquitoes by lz in Stranded on 21Jun2003

Whoa now, easy on the adjectives Willy! I could hardly get through the first page, much less the 5 pages I ended up digesting. Perhaps this was a mood thing, but I found the writing beyond help and not worth the trouble. Gave up at page 5....

Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book by lz in Stranded on 21Jun2003

Every imaginable vegetable carefully explored. I did not have time to read through this with the care I wanted to. For now, it is stranded, to be picked up at a later date, perhaps when I own it....

Caffe Macaroni by lz in x: Food & Drink on 13Jun2003

Although not listed by Verizon's phone directory, the Caffe Macaroni is alive and well on Columbus at Jackson. In fact, there's another Macaroni restaurant across the street, which wasn't listed either. We squeezed into a 2 person table and had the specials listed for us. A bottle of house cabernet...

Jarhead by lz in Reading Archive on 08Jun2003

Who'd have thought that a book written by a Marine would be so ... good. The typical "military intelligence" oxymoron comes to mind, but this book was well written and smart. I'll be looking out for Swofford's future offerings. Gulf war veteran describes boredom of seven months preparation for war...