This is, purportedly, a very interesting Urdu-language article in a Pakistani paper, The News. I don’t read Urdu, so as far as I know, this is just a recipe for chicken biryani. According to some translations floating around, the article cites a “Western diplomat” claiming that former Pakistani President Pervez told US officials that Pakistan …
Year-End Contest
by | 2011-12-12 | 33 Comments
It’s that time of year again: time for the annual (?) contest for readers whose aesthetic reach extends their technical grasp. Last year’s contest – best quip about the Bomb – was a resounding success. This time around, let’s combine wonkdom with music lyrics. Two competitions: the best lyric about the bomb, and the best …
Farewell Happy Hour, Thursday 12/15
by | 2011-12-12 | 8 Comments
I first stepped off the escalator at Dupont Circle for the very first time in May 1996. After spending most of the past fifteen years in Washington, I am throwing in the towel and moving to Monterey, California. (We’re just pretending Cambridge didn’t happen.) It seems fitting that I should end my time as a …
Special Delivery from North Korea
by | 2011-12-09 | 2 Comments
A Friend of Blog thoughtfully collected these specimens in Pyongyang last week: They are, of course, postage stamps commemorating the “successful” delivery into orbit of North Korea’s two satellites, Kwangmyongsong-1 (1998) and Kwangmyongsong-2 (2009). Maybe next time they should try the USPS. It could use the additional business, and the results couldn’t be any worse. …
