This was a fascinating article in this Wednesday’s NY Times Dining section — except for the part where it referred to David Leong, the man who made cashew chicken as a Chinese-American cuisine of Missouri, reading a “Cantonese language newspaper.” Umm, NY Times: there’s...

Snow in NYC stopped the schools; but not the rest of us city workers from going to work. Dartmouth selects its new president, Jim Young Kim, M.D./Phd., previously an administrator of Harvard. He’ll be the first Asian-American to head an Ivy League institution. My Alma Mater names a new dean, M...

I can’t believe it’s March. Fell behind on stuff… An item that I saw back in early February: someone out there tried to rob a store with a batt’leth, the Klingon weapon. A Trekker gone wacko, apparently. Are we bringing germs to Mars? February reading: Neil deGrasse TysonR...

Still pretty impressed by the many Oscars of “Slumdog Millionaire” - good stuff! I liked Hugh Jackman as host; I could live without the unnecessary musical tribute to… musicals. Note to Oscars tv producers: celebrate movies and be happy to be on tv, okay? I did like having the past...

The last Late Night with Conan O’Brien in New York City last night - what a tearjerker. Sweet that Andy Richter came back. The week of hacking the studio to pieces. Hope for the best for Conan! Check clips on NY1.com coverage. Speaking of late night, two nights ago, Jay Leno’s Tonight Sh...

President Obama and Ch. J. Roberts re-did the oath of office, just to be on the safe side. More description in the Washington Post. Arguably, maybe one could blame Ch. J. Roberts’ flub to the Curse of the Split Infinitive and how grammatical people try to correct what they (instinctively) thin...

I am ridiculously behind the Battlestar Galactica bandwagon (I tried, I really did, to get on it; but my access to SciFi channel’s ridiculously hampered and I have yet to get the dvds, if they’re out there already). The last episodes begins, and even the Times is writing up on it; any wo...

The passing of Patrick McGoohan, best known for his role as Number Six of “The Prisoner,” and his famous line, “I am not a number!” Entertainment Weekly’s Ken Tucker has commentary, as does David Bianculli. I recommend watching “The Simpsons” episode where t...

A slushy and snowy messy December day. Fascinating Slate article on the kinds of district court judges that Obama should take a look at in deciding who to appoint for the appellate level - and there are a lot of positions to fill. Oh how sad - the passing of Majel Roddenberry, the widow of Gene Rodd...

It’s Pearl Harbor Day. President-Elect Obama has selected Retired General Eric Shinseki to be Secretary of the Veteran Affairs Department. Shinseki is not only Asian-American (Hawaiian born), he was someone who disagreed with the Bush administration (or certainly Rumsfeld) on how to approach t...