bowlinger qua bowlinger

at the A2 farmer’s market, January through April: Saturdays Only, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Knife Sharpening while you shop!

Bring your knives, scissors, tools, or anything else that could need sharpening to market with you, and have it sharpened while you shop by a third-generation knife sharpener!

i’ve always wanted to shop in the vicinity of a 3rd generation knife sharpener. this is big news for me.

Tucked into the comments section of a Crooked Timber post on book indexes is a great idea:

I know of a group of people who used to bowl together. In the first book each one of them wrote, there is an index entry for each of the other people in the group. The page reference provided in each case is that person’s bowling average.

I strongly feel that something similar should be worked up here, Bowlingers.

The radical, bowling-oriented splinter wing of Gutter v. Bowlinger finished the season last week. Though we took home no trophies, we stood our ground until the bitter end, and beyond. Did it resemble the Battle of Thermopylae? Yes.

So, the semester has ground to a close, and the Bowlingers are about to fling themselves centrifugally across the country and the world. But first, finals. And the disturbing transpirations of May Day. Next fall, the diaspora will continue, but every successful plan for world domination begins that way.

Good Luck, and God Speed, Bowlingerians.

I think it’s all the driving up Hwy 23 I’ve been doing lately, but I really have a craving for chicken.

Anyone want to take a road trip this weekend? If so, any preferences? I vote for the “chicken plus one meat” combination, but would be willing to consider the “Family-Style Ultimate Bavarian Combination” for just $2 more.

Gandy Dancer Taps into Staff Tips

From the article:

Earlier this month, the upscale Ann Arbor restaurant began charging its servers 1.5 percent of the tips patrons leave on credit cards to help the restaurant pay credit card processing fees.

Turns out The Gandy Dancer is owned by a restaurant conglomerate, Landry’s, a “Texas-based chain that operations a casino, five hotels and more than 180 restaurants in 30 states, including seven others in Michigan.”

As if we needed another reason to hate Texas.

Doing some research on Bell v. Southwell, 376 F.2d 659 (5th Cir. 1967), I came across this:

CUTHBERT — Clara Etta Avery Dunlap Massey Taylor, 86, of Cuthbert died January 4, 2008, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at Cuthbert First Baptist Church with interment at 3 p.m. in Thomasville City Cemetery in Thomasville, GA with Rev. Houston Perry of Americus officiating.

Mrs. Taylor was born January 22, 1921, in Iron City, GA, the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Mary Lipham Avery of Thomasville. She graduated from Thomasville High School in 1939. She was Probate Judge in Randolph County filling the unexpired term of her late husband, W.B. Taylor. She also served as Probate Judge in Webster County filling the unexpired term of her late husband, Carl O. Massey. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Aubrey Paul Dunlap of Thomasville.

my dear pastor smackdown fans, it is with a heavy heart that i inform you that my dream of visiting Fiesta Mexicana on Cross Street in Ypsilanti and reporting back to you on it today was dashed by the misfortunate event of the restaurant being closed on mondays.

undaunted, i deftly switched cultures and hemispheres and went to Dalat Vietnamese Cuisine on Michigan and had the beef noodle soup(you may know this soup to be called pho). it was good. not Pho 777 in Chicago good, or Pho Pasteur in Boston good, but for the middle of stinkin’ Michigan, i’d say it hit the spot.

i’d give it better marks if it had come with a better assortment of condiments.

here’s what you get at Dalat: a bowl of noodle soup with sliced beef(you can also order it with meatballs or tendons or tripe), a dish of condiments including a wedge of lemon, bean sprouts, and sliced jalapeños. there are squeeze bottles of hoisin sauce and chili sauce on the table.

i’m partial to having basil in my pho, so i would give Dalat higher marks if my little side dish had included basil.

i also got a vietnamese iced coffee. the total came to $8.70 before tip. god bless ypsilanti.

of course, now i’m tempted to go try Miss Saigon on Stone School road tomorrow for a proper pho smackdown… unless of course popular opinion merits a re-visit to Fiesta Mexicana and a continuation of the pastor smackdown ASAP.

let me know, dear readers. let. me. know.

i shall do your bidding.

update:
Fiesta Mexicana Hours : 4-9 p.m. Mon., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Tue.-Thu., 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat.

take a look at this google search result stat…

versus this one:

that’s all for now.

September 17, 2007: Luxembourg. The Court of First Instance, Europe’s main appeals court for challenges to the European Commission, will announce its decision on Microsoft’s appeal of Europe’s biggest antitrust case ever.

September 17, 2007: Chicago. R. Kelly’s trial on charges of child pornography begins.

Re-Update (9/5/2007): The Chicago Tribune is reporting that R. Kelly’s trial date has been indefinitely postponed yet again, this time because the Assistant State’s Attorney gave birth last week. This case has been on the docket since 2002.