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No. 77: Army
By Paul Myerberg // Jun 15, 2011
The great days of Army football are detailed in black and white: Mr. Inside, Mr. Outside, Earl Blaik, Joe Steffy, Frank Merritt – these names are seen etched in college football history, but rarely in color. This isn't just the case at Army but also at Navy, which like the Cadets has seen its football fortunes diminish since the 1960s. That won't change; Army and Navy will continue to meet in December with everything on the line save a national title, though that does nothing to diminish the importance of the annual season finale. But we may be seeing a renaissance: last fall found Army, Navy and Air Force post a winning record in the same season for only the second time since 1964, with Army reversing a personal 13-year skid of five wins or less. Is it quite like the 1940s and '50s for the Midshipmen and Cadets? No, not quite. Yet I get a charge out of seeing Army back in the mix, just as Navy feels the heat from a once-downtrodden rival now experiencing new life a generation after it last tasted success.
West Point, N.Y.
Black Nights
Returning starters
11 (6 offense, 5 defense)
Last year's ranking
No. 85
2010 record
(7-6, 0-0)
Last year's
No. 60
2011 schedule
- Sept. 3
at N. Illinois
- Sept. 10
San Diego St.
- Sept. 17
- Sept. 24
at Ball St.
- Oct. 1
- Oct. 8
at Miami (Ohio)
- Oct. 22
at Vanderbilt
- Oct. 29
- Nov. 5
at Air Force
- Nov. 12
Rutgers (at Yankee Stadium)
- Nov. 19
at Temple
- Dec. 10
Navy (in Landover, Md.)
Last year's prediction
The offense will be better, thanks to an added year in the system and improved play from the Army fullbacks. There is also little reason to believe the defense will suffer any substantial decline from last year's terrific numbers. However, the schedule toughens. Gone are Ball State, Iowa State and Vanderbilt — two wins — replaced by Hawaii, Kent State and Notre Dame, the latter two away from West Point. It's for this fact that I believe Army will repeat last season's five-win total. What I'm most interested in seeing is how Army fares against Air Force and Navy. Particularly Navy.
2010 recap
In a nutshell There were losses to Air Force and Navy to deaden the mood, and the sting from those rivalry losses always last throughout the ensuing winter, spring and summer. Remove that sour taste and you have a terrific year; even with those losses this was the best Army team since 1996, and the first winning team since the same year. Army went 6-6 during the regular season, losing three games by a touchdown or less: by 42-35 to Hawaii, 42-35 to Temple and 23-20, in overtime, to Rutgers. The option offense began to take hold in Rich Ellerson's second season, as most expected it would. The Cadets averaged roughly 50 more yards per game on the ground than in 2009 and scored 34 rushing touchdowns, up from only 13 in 2009. The defense remained stingy overall, thanks to an offense that controlled the ball, but was prone to the odd lapse – see Temple, Air Force and even Kent State, to a degree. There's room for improvement.
High point A 16-14 Armed Forces Bowl win over favored S.M.U. allowed Army to post its first winning record since 1996. It was vintage option football: build an early lead – it was 16-0 at halftime – and just hold on for dear life. S.M.U. scored twice in the second half, the latter drawing the Mustangs with two points with nine minutes left, but three turnovers and a pair of missed field goals sealed S.M.U.'s fate.
Low point Another loss to Navy, Army's ninth straight in the series.
Tidbit Have you ever heard of the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy? Inaugurated in 1936 by the two sons of prominent college football booster August Lambert, the Lambert Trophy recognizes the best football program – not just the best in the F.B.S. – that is either located in the East or plays at least half its games in the East. Penn State has taken home the Trophy a record 28 times, most recently in 2008. Connecticut was the 2010 winner, its first such designation, after winning the Big East and getting slaughtered in the Fiesta Bowl. Army has won the Lambert Trophy seven times, second-most behind the Nittany Lions, but hasn't taken home the award since 1958, Pete Dawkins' Heisman season.
Tidbit (decade-by-decade edition) The Cadets were only too happy to turn the page on the 2000s. It was the program's worst decade by winning percentage: the Cadets went 25-92, a 21.4 percent clip. The next-worst was the 1970s, during which Army won 35 percent of their games. In all, Army has had three decades of sub-.500 ball, with the 1990s – winning 45.5 percent – joining the above pair. The Cadets won at least 60.5 percent of their games in each decade from the 1890s through the 1960s; the 1910s, which saw Army win 80.8 percent of its games, was the program's high-water point.
Tidbit (MacArthur edition) Douglas MacArthur: legendary general, brilliant military tactician, brilliant facilitator of economic and social change in Japan, Presidential hopeful, all-around American hero. In addition to his other, more well-known accomplishments, MacArthur was also manager of the football team in 1903, his final year at West Point. He is one of 26 members of the program to also be named First Captain of the United States Corps of Cadets, the most hallowed leadership position a cadet can hold. He's the only one of the 26 not to have actually played football. It is MacArthur who was purported to say of Army athletics: "Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of victory."
Tidbit (road games edition) Army has won five consecutive true road games, a program-high since taking six straight on the road from 1966-67. This streak has featured wins at North Texas, Eastern Michigan, Duke, Tulane and Kent State. What the streak does not include is losses on a neutral field, of which there have been a few: two to Navy in Philadelphia, one to Rutgers at the Meadowlands and one to Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium.
Former players in the N.F.L.
1 LB Caleb Campbell (Detroit).
Arbitrary top five list
Presidential biographies
1. "Theodore Rex," by Edmund Morris.
2. "With Malice Towards None," by Stephen B. Oates.
3. "Truman," by David McCullough.
4. "Jefferson and His Time," by Dumas Malone.
5. "Grant," by William S. McFeeley.
Rich Ellerson (Hawaii '77), 12-13 after two seasons at Army. Ellerson was hired in an effort to level the playing field with Navy, and after two years, Army's decision has undoubtedly been the right one. The Cadets returned to bowl play last fall, snapping a 13-year skid without a winning record, and from the start Army has been far more competitive – despite some early growing pains on offense – than it had been under Stan Brock, who compiled a 6-18 record at Army from 2007-8. Army had decided early after firing Brock that their next head coach must be well-versed in the ways of the option, a decision that led them to investigate both of Navy's coordinators before landing Ellerson, then the head coach at Cal Poly. The 2008 Mustangs led the F.C.S. in points (44.4) and yards (486.5) per game and finished third in rushing (306.5 yards per game), numbers that illustrated his grasp of the option. Overall, Ellerson posted a 56-34 record over eight seasons with the Mustangs, winning at least seven games each of the last six seasons. Cal Poly had only one winning season in the six seasons prior to Ellerson's arrival in 2001, perhaps indicating his ability to build a winning program from the bottom up. Such an ability has come in handy at Army. The program's decision to go forward with the option offense is an inspired move, even if one wholly motivated by Navy's recent success, and Ellerson is the right coach to lead this team in a new direction. The job he has done in two years has been magnificent, significantly closing the gap between Army and its rivals Navy and Air Force, and Army should feel blessed it had the foresight to hire such a quality coach at such a crucial juncture in the program's history.
Players to watch
Sometimes, one player can make all the difference. We saw Cam Newton almost single-handedly lift Auburn to a national title in 2010, for example. At Army, we saw fullback Jared Hassin, an Air Force transfer, cause a night-and-day difference with this option offense. He was the missing piece in 2009, and the numbers showed it: Army scored 34 times on the ground last fall, compared to only 13 scores the year before. Hassin's impact was sizable; he led the Cadets in rushing (1,013 yards), becoming in the process only Army's second 1,000-yard sophomore. What does he do for an encore? Well, Hassin's production can only improve with another year in the system, and he should continue to be the centerpiece of this option attack.
Army has numbers at slotback, where Army touts four talented underclassmen but will miss the leadership of Patrick Mealy, last year's third-leading rusher. The production won't be that difficult to replace. Junior Malcolm Brown joined Mealy in the starting lineup a year ago, rushing for 343 yards despite playing in only five games thanks to a shoulder injury. Coming up strong behind Brown is fellow junior Brian Cobbs, a converted cornerback who led the Cadets with 6.0 yards per carry in 2010. Then there are the sophomores: Raymond Maples (208 yards, 1 score) will start, but look for an increased role for all-around athlete Jonathan Crucitti.
This is Trent Steelman's team now. It really has been since his freshman season, when he took over from the start in the first of 25 consecutive starts, but now that Steelman's entering his third season he'll really begin to take on a strong leadership role with this offense. He's already proven himself on the field, as Steelman enters 2011 in the program's top 10 for total offense and with 12 career wins, the most by an Army quarterback since the great Ronnie McAda won 16 from 1994-96. Steelman came into his own as a player last fall, setting new career-marks in passing (995 yards) and rushing (721), nearly becoming the first player to pass for 1,000 yard and rush for 500 yards in the same season. And there's no discounting the importance of having another year of experience in this system.
The Cadets don't do much in the passing game, and no, there's no 6'10-inch converted lineman serving as the prime target of Steelman's attention. His favorite targets are senior Austin Barr (14 receptions for 215 yards, 3 scores) and junior Davyd Brooks (14 for 238 and a score), who combined to do most of the dirty work through the air. Junior Justin Allen rounds out the top three at the position. This being Army, you know the Army receiver corps can block a guy or two as well.
While the offense moves forward without its overlooked stars up front, the defense tries to rebuild without last season's star power. There are significant losses at each step of the defense: up front, the Cadets must replace all-time sack leader Josh McNary, three-year starting nose tackle Mike Gann and longtime contributor Marcus Hilton at end; at linebacker, the Cadets lost leading tackler Stephen Anderson; and in the secondary, the Cadets must replace both starting safeties, Donnie Dixon and Donovan Travis. The losses are sizable. And they're troubling: Army doesn't just replace a McNary with its next premier end, as we well know.
Junior Jarrett Mackey moves over from the quick position to bandit, where McNary spent last season. Mackey started all 13 games a year ago, making 47 tackles (6.5 for loss) and 4 sacks, but he's got a long way to go in order to supplant McNary's presence. Unfortunately, Mackey is the only end with any experience: sophomore Quentin Kantaris played sparingly in 2010, and fellow sophomores Corey Watts and Clayton Keller didn't play at all. There's something to work with at the quick spot, a hybrid linebacker-end position: Chad Littlejohn moves down from linebacker, where he started seven games last fall.
The interior of the line might be an even larger concern. This is partly due to injuries, which sidelined projected starter A.J. Mackey during the spring. He was a part of the rotation behind Gann in 2010, playing in seven games and starting once. Junior Parker Whitten, who made the most of the added snaps during spring practice, is in the mix, as is Tom Houser. Both Whitten and Houser are small for this role, however, so Army really needs a healthy Mackey.
As at end, Army plans to replace a leading figure by having a returning starter change positions. Last year's starting rover, Steven Erzinger (76 tackles, 4.5 for loss), make the move to the middle in an effort to replace Johnson. A familiar name is the favorite to claim Erzinger's former role: Justin Trimble, the younger brother of Jeremy, Army's all-time leading receiver, left the spring with a slight leg up over junior Nate Combs. Trimble has bounced around between linebacker and defensive back, which gives him a nice taste of what's to come at his new spot. Army is deep at outside linebacker, where Zach Watts will likely start and Justin Schaaf and Bill Prosko reprise their roles as reserves.
Already hurting from the loss of two starting safeties, Army's depth at cornerback took a hit following Richard King's bizarre altercation with a rapidly-aging singer's bodyguards in March, which resulted in King being suspended from West Point for the entire school year, barring appeal. His suspension would rob Army of one of its three cornerbacks with starting experience, dealing another blow to a secondary undergoing a painful transformation.
That leaves junior Josh Jackson (33 tackles, 1 interception) and senior Antuan Aaron as the clear starters at cornerback. It also pushes a defender like James Whittington or Waverly Washington into a more significant role, which might cause problems for the Army pass defense. What else might cause problems? A pair of fresh, untested faces at safety. It's all about sophomores here: sophomore Reggie Nesbit, sophomore Lyle Beloney, sophomore Tyler Dickson and sophomore Thomas Holloway, to name a few.
Beloney leads Nesbit in the race at strong safety; Beloney has yet to take a collegiate snap and Nesbit is a converted linebacker, so this pair is learning on the fly. It's only slightly better at free safety, as Holloway has played in one game and Dickson three. Army's safeties are far removed from the duo that fared so well in 2010.
Position battle(s) to watch
Offensive line This front set the tone for the entire offense in 2010: the same five started 12 of 13 games, providing not just production but also much-needed consistency. A year later, Army is forced to start nearly from scratch. Four starters are gone, as well as a handful of key reserves, leaving left guard Frank Allen as the lone returning lineman with extensive starting experience. He's therefore the anchor of this group, the foundation around which Ellerson and his staff will attempt to build a line capable of keeping the option offense afloat. The biggest hole is at center, where Army lost not just starter Zach Peterson but also Thomas Hagan, his leading reserve. So it's here that Army really starts from scratch, as neither contender, Will Wilson and Michael Kime, have taken many snaps at all. Wilson's size – he's at 280, Kime around 240 – gives him the edge. It's a similar story at right tackle, where Army can tout two underclassmen, juniors Ben Jebb and Derek Bisgard, but can't feel comfortable about the lack of experience both bring to the table. Joe Bailey has played in 23 games, starting three back in 2009, so he's a good option at right guard. He's also in the mix at left guard, but I find it hard to believe that Allen won't retain his spot in the starting lineup. When taking Allen into account, the left side of the line seems to be in good shape: Brad Kelly and Mike McDermott are two long-armed seniors with starting experience, so perhaps the drop-off at left tackle won't be too significant. But as a whole, the line is a tremendous question mark.
Game(s) to watch
Navy. The Cadets will have nearly a month to prepare themselves for this one, and they'll need every second of that time if they hope to end the long losing streak against the Midshipmen. Then there's Air Force on the road, a team Army hasn't topped since 2005. The Cadets also take another trip to Yankee Stadium, playing Rutgers a year after losing, 27-3, to Notre Dame.
Season breakdown & prediction
In a nutshell The days of 3-9 are long, long gone. Even in 2011, with pretty major issues to address on both sides of the ball, Army is far removed from the painful days of Todd Berry, Bobby Ross and Stan Brock: these are new days in West Point, and Army's climb towards bowl play, while rapid, has left this program in a wonderful place as we enter the second year of this decade. All applause should head in Ellerson's direction. Army did pave his way somewhat by turning to the option in Brock's final season, but the job he's done rebuilding these Cadets deserves far more recognition than it's received. For example, consider the following factors: Army is seriously depleted along the offensive line, the lifeblood of this offense, and has major holes on defense following the departure of several key figures. Three years ago, such issues would spell disaster – even greater disaster, one could say. Now, I'm confident that this coaching staff's deft touch will help Army largely overcome these concerns, potentially lining the Cadets up for a second consecutive bowl berth. I could see that happening: Army has some winnable games, a nice returning corps of talent and, after last season, the knowledge of what it takes to play football at a higher level. But it's going to be very difficult to get back to six wins. It starts with the schedule, which has some winnable games, as noted – Ball State, Tulane, Miami (Ohio) and Fordham – but is far more difficult than it was a year ago. And try as I might, I can't overlook the holes along the offensive and defensive line. Army's not going to take a significant step back, but it looks the Cadets will lose an extra game or two. Still, if last year taught us anything, it's that the Ellerson-led Cadets can and will exceed expectations.
Dream season Army beats Navy and eight others in a 9-3 finish.
Nightmare season Army loses to Navy and eight others in a 3-9 finish.
In case you were wondering
Where do Army fans congregate? Both Army Sports and Go Black Knights do a great job of covering Army athletics. As always, list other options in the comment section below.
Word Count
Through 44 teams 123,648.
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Tags: Army, Chad Littlejohn, Frank Allen, Independents, Jared Hassin, Jarrett Mackey, Rich Ellerson, Steve Erzinger, Trent Steelman
Can you image Army and Navy in the Big East?
Purdue is next. John Purdue donated the land to the Indiana university system. Only school in the Big Ten (12) to be named for a person.
Stanford is another answer to today's question, but they're likely to be ranked higher than #76.
Typo. It's spelled "Stanfurd."
Go Bears!
Gotta be Purdue, since we've already seen Vanderbilt.
And that subtle mention of "or direction" has to mean Northwestern–all the normal "directional" schools also have the location in their name.
Although Baylor is another possibility. I would expect to see them higher though.
Vanderbilt is also a possible answer, and this seems about the right place for them.
Ahh, Vandy already went. My bad.
@ jjtiller –
I've wondered about that for a while. Seems like a good fit. Most of their natural geographic rivals (Rutgers, UConn, 'Cuse) are already there or might be coming (Temple). The conference is weak enough that they would have respectable showings. And, with TCU, Louisville and USF, the conference has enough geographic breadth to help with recruiting. If Air Force followed TCU over from the MWC, it would be even better and ensure continuity of the rivalries (in a conference that doesn't have many good ones).
Anyone know if the Big East would be interested? Seems like they could use the additional schools to be a viable conference, and having schools with the prestige and history of the service academies couldn't hurt. Granted, the fan bases aren't huge, but they're dedicated, and anyway how big is USF's fan base?
The bigger obstacle would probably be Army – its last foray into a conference (USA) was a disaster. But I think this would be different in that it's a BCS conference (albeit a weak one).
Kent State (which already went as well) also fits the bill here.
I think adding Army/Navy to the Big East would be a solid fit. Rumors are going around and it's unclear how many teams the Big East is looking to add, but they at least want to add one more and it's also been stated that they are looking to go to 12 with a conference championship game (and also a possible Big East network.)
Army/Navy (or maybe even just one or the other) is a great geographic fit, but it looks like the Big East is more interested in adding Houston/UCF mainly because of the TV markets. The larger the TV markets of the teams in the conference are, the more money they will get from ESPN when their contract expires coming up in the near future(And if not ESPN, NBC and Fox have also had their names being thrown out there if ESPN's deal isn't big enough.)
I don't know how a preview of Army could fail to use the word "veer" a single time. The system did not stay the same. In 2009 the scheme was a Paul Johnson-ish flexbone. In 2010 Ellerson put out the closest thing to a pure – if such a things is possible – veer attack college football has seen in years.
FYI, in 1996 Army (10-2-0), Navy (9-3-0), & Air Force (6-5-0) all had winning records, not 1963.
Air Force did not go to a bowl game though in 1996. Last year was the first year that Army, Navy, & Air Force all went to bowl games in the same season.
Paul: Thanks, Rob. Had my lines crossed a bit. Fixed it above.
@ Clayton –
Houston or UCF might make sense from a TV market perspective, but in my opinion such a move would cement the Big East's position as the "BCS conference most likely to get demoted." You need more than just 10 (or 12) teams and a bunch of TV revenue to make a viable conference – you need some kind of regional base, intra-conference rivalries, traditions, and conference pride. I get grabbing up TCU – it's a matter of survival, as you need at least ONE good team – but if the Big East keeps ignoring the above factors it risks turning into Conference USA.
The Big East ultimately hasn't done the best when it comes to expansion. The massive basketball league really complicates things, but adding Villanova as a football school would be a major mistake. Adding Army/Navy would be really nice, and I admit it would be better than any of the combination of Houston/UFC/ECU. But I don't know if Army/Navy want to be added. Haven't heard much about their interest. The Houston/UCF/ECU fans are chomping at the bit to get into a BCS conference.
To all the Big East for Army and Navy:
Why would we want to give up our independence?
(That bowl check is awfully nice without splitting it with the conference!)
Jim –
Because the bowl check for the Armed Forces Bowl or the Meineke Car Care Bowl ain't that big. Wouldn't you love to see Army snag that automatic Big East BCS bid, and play in the Orange or Fiesta Bowl? If UConn can win the Big East, we sure can! And just imagine, if Army put it all together one year and went undefeated – wouldn't it be nice (I realize this is entering the realm of fantasy) to at least have a theoretical shot at playing for a national title? It's not going to happen as an independent playing Temple, Ball State and Northern Illinois, even if we did run the table, but it could happen in a BCS conference…
Paul, I love all of your articles, but I'm pretty sure it's the 'Black Knights'. This is the most comprehensive assessment I've read of Army, and I enjoy learning about upcoming opponents. I'm hoping Persa can dissect the secondary, but I'm afraid of NU's inability to stop the run. Giving up 183 rushing yards to Texas Tech does not bode well for a defense against the option.
On the Big East taking Army and Navy, Bob Sutton had Army surging fifteen years ago- they won 10 games and came close to beating Auburn in a bowl game. Two years later, they are in Conference USA with a much tougher schedule and two years after that Sutton was gone.
If they go to an expanded Big East,they cannot do things like schedule four MAC teams and Fordham in a given season and they risk once again derailing their hard won success. I hope they stay independent.
I don't think Army or Navy need to join a conference just yet. They have the TV deal with CBS college sports so a lot of their games are now on TV.
As a Navy grad from the Weatherbee era (99-01) and Johnson's first year (02) the only team I ever saw Navy beat in person was Army, the only other team they beat while I there was SMU in 2002.
I think Navy could be ready in a couple of years to join the Big East, they can retain the games against Army, AF and Notre Dame and then have a good schedule against competition that is at about the same level.
Army and Navy would die in the Big East. They would be in trouble in the Mountain West, the WAC and maybe in the MAC. See Army record in Conference USA. Both schools need a lot of Ball States, Fordhams etc. They will sometimes surprise somebody at home. They play very hard but lack the players. Their glory years were pre 1964 in the era of single platon football
Good luck against each other. USAA pays each 4 plus million US dollars for their game, a BCS Bowl payout with no need to split with anyone. That is four plus million that Air Force never sees and that all non BSC Bowl teams never do as well.
They should play their soft schedules and let others dream. With USAA money, both schools never had it so good. All hail to both.
I don't think we (Navy) needs to join a conference, until Chet retires. He may not be perfect (the damned into the sun home game TV shot); but he seems to get damned good football deals ($). Which in turn takes care of the other sports very nicely. And who knows, his relief may be just as good!
I doubt that Navy would be in "trouble" in the Mountain West given the fact that Air Force is competitive in the conference and has stuggled to beat Navy over the past decade.
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Monday To Saturday From 05:30 PM To 11:00 PM Sunday From 05:30 PM To 09:00 PM
Neighborhoods: West Cambridge
Not worth the wait – I attended a patio party here in mid-July sponsored by St Germain liquer, thanking patrons for supporting Jody Adams and Rialto through her time on Top Chef, etc. So for the food, drinks, service, and the patio space:
Food: Was hit or miss, oddly enough. The grilled littlenecks were drowning in olive oil (not the good stuff, I might add) and definitely overcooked. The battered and fried squash blossoms with goat cheese filling were tasty, but the cheese was a bit overwhelming relative to the amount of squash blossom. Octopus bruschetta was--interesting. The octopus was perfectly cooked, but the seasoning was a bit off. Too much salt perhaps? The beets with ricotta cheese was fantastic - clean flavors and a good flavor/visual contrast of the bright red, slightly sweet beets and the ivory-colored, creamy whipped ricotta. The potato, sausage, and pickle skewers were definitely not good - the sausage had great flavor and was properly cooked, the potatoes were undercooked, and the pickle was an overcooked, mushy, flavorless mess. The crab sandwiches were a bit messy and mushy, but had good flavor.
Drinks: Two options - red wine topped with prosecco with an olive and a twist OR the Terrace, an infused gin and St. Germain lowball. The wine drink was fine but nothing special (though the servers had no idea what type of wine it was), but our party of four all skipped the olive and twist as they were pretty discordant to the smoothness of the concoction. The Terrace was a delight, though it tasted nothing like St Germain or Bombay gin, and more like a piquant grapefruit juice on ice (that secretly packed a punch).
Service: Also hit or miss. I had one great beverage server who made sure my hand always had a drink in it. Another couple of servers looked me in the eye and walked by our party of four several times to give food to other parties. Additionally, whomever was working expo in the kitchen was not running enough of each item - for a patio party with 25-30 attendees, a plate of 8-12 pieces would come out, and the server could barely make it past the patio door before the plate was empty. Rather than returning with the same dish, the server returned with something different to the same situation of empty platters at the door. The platters also came out with varied frequency - at one point, 3 servers with three different items would enter together, and then there would be 15 minutes with no servers or food in sight. Finally, it became a juggling act of toothpicks and empty cocktail glasses as there simply was not enough service to continually clear our hands, an especially odd event given the fact that the restaurant inside was less than half full. This just wasn't what I had expected give the rave reviews below.
The Patio Space: This patio kinda... stinks. It's tiny, barely 10' by 20', the ceiling, while it provided some decent shade is rather low, and you have a glorious view of... other people eating. In better looking spaces at Legal's and Henrietta's Table. And unattractive buildings. I wouldn't hold my breath or wait an extra long time for a table out there.
REVIEW FROM CITYSEARCH's 3BUCKBITES DICTATOR – I adore oysters, the aftertaste of sea, the freshness and briny goodness cut through a zingy squirt of lemon and a splash of hot sauce. Delish. Add some good company, and it's a party. Go on Mondays, when it's just a dollar apiece at the bar.
In 2 words: DON'T GO – If you are looking for passable food at grotesquely inflated prices with a surly, pretentious maitre 'd, then this just may be the place for you. As a bonus you will get a noisy environment, food you may have to send back multiple times until they get it "right", and you may be lucky enough to get a table sized for your kindergardener. How do you have more fun than that? You can do better just about anywhere (in fact, I have). Never again. I gave it one star only because that's the lowest rating this review service would accept.
rialto – My wife and I were in a party of four at 7:00 p.m. 16 Aug for "restaurant week" None in the party wanted to cause a commotion so we didn't complain. None would would return. As I wanted to try something new, I opted for the Fisherman's Soup and the Spinach & Cheese Ravioli. The soup was too salty to to try more than a few spoonfuls. The 5 or 6 thin revilli were tasted only of salt .
The bread and wine were excellent.
My friend and I volunteer at a prison and often have lunch prepared by the residents.
Prision food is far superior to Rialto, How do they get away with it ???
Excellent food, excellent service – Yes, this place is very expensive, but if you want to treat yourself to a great meal with fabulous service you will get your money's worth. I went there with my family to celebrate a birthday and everyone loved their food. The waitress was excellent and was able to answer any question about the menu--she knew her stuff. The amibiance is nice and it is quiet so you can have nice conversation without shouting. I've been to many expensive restaurants and this is one of the few where I wouldn't mind shelling out the big bucks--it is worth it. They also give you delicious biscottis with the check. If you have some occasion and want to really treat yourself, I would try this place. The menu changes all the time as well, so you will never get bored.
Fantastic food, great atmosphere, impeccable service – Our first visit to the Rialto and we were blown away by it. Firstly, it looks beautiful- elegant, spare yet luxurious, welcoming, warm without being fussy. Secondly the staff, from the greeter to our waiter, were delightful- professional, attentive without being intrusive, knowledgeable and made the whole experience an utter delight. The food was fantastic- flavorful, correctly portioned, seasonal, light, fresh and made sense. We were not overwhelmed by too many choices, yet did not feel bullied into picking just one or two. The dessert menu matched the main menu and did not seem, as it does in so many other fine dining places, a boring but necessary formality. The whole place quietly breathes confidence and grace, understated but definitely special and we will be back there as soon as possible.
This sheerly modern hideaway helmed by Jody Adams is Charles Hotel's upscale gem, gracefully dishing hyper-seasonal New England twists on Italian. – Glowing bars, undulating banquettes and eager forks await at this gorgeous restaurant directed by James Beard award-winning chef/owner Jody Adams. Adjunct professors and foreign dignitaries (in town visiting their kids at Harvard) jockey for tables with hotel guests to sample Adams' modernized menu of sophisticated regional Italian fare, always fiercely changing by the season. Perhaps a lobster bucatini with green and red tomatoes, chilis and saffron one day; pistachio-crusted tuna with farro, olives and beets the next. The bar and lounge are an extremely delicoius and relaxing refuge (and a favorite stopover of restaurant industry boldfacers on their nights off).
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Restaurant Week Exemplar! – After a few poor experiences with Restaurant Week in the past I went to Rialto with average expectations. I guess this made it all the more pleasing when I had an amazing meal with exceptional service. Our waiter guided us through the menu and made some great suggestions. The additions to the prix fixe menu were quite easy to follow, I thought, despite what another reviewer has said. IE If you want X, add $Y to the cost of the meal. Perhaps it was the amazing cocktails (but pricey, $14) that blurred the concept.
I debated over my main course several times and ordered the roasted chicken at the last moment thinking it contrary to my normal fare and thinking that it must be amazing in a place of this caliber. My mates agreed hands down that "I won" with the best dish of the night. The flavors were amazing and the gratin that came with it was just as pleasing.
All the others can learn a few things from Rialto's approach to Restaurant week: treat it as if it were any other event by offering fresh, flavorful and earnest portions of food.
Not worth the $$$$$$$$$$$ – My wife and I spent a rare evening dining out without the kids. She did a lot of research and came up with Rialto as the destination. We called to make reservations and were told only 6 PM and 8 PM are available for a Saturday night. We took the 6 PM resies. When we got there, barely 1/10 of the tables were occupied. In fact, by the time we left at 7:45 PM, the place was half empty! The service was below average. The waitress walked by our table at least 6 times without clearing our dishes after we were done. She never bothered to ask how things were after delivering our meal. The food was not much to write home about. I had the Cod fish special, which was very tender but quite bland at the same time. My wife ordered the duck, a heaping portion, but on the tough side. We did not stick around for dessert and opted for Au Bon Pain down the street. It is a stuffy restaurant and too expensive for the food and service. Save your money and go elsewhere for a gourmet meal.
The restaurant week rip offs... – Boston celebrates the restaurant week to pay respect to the world class restaurateurs in town and Bostonians who makes them better. Tonight, I had the WORST experience of dinning in my entire life. When my best friend and I walked into the restaurant, we had no hostess greeting us. After 20 mins of waiting, we were seated at the table of six with five other people, creating a harmonious table for seven. On the menu, we were puzzled by extra costs for adding side dishes to preselected and priced meal. Later while taking the last bite of not-so-fresh duck, my unnamed (never introduced himself) asked if he could take my dish away (not asking if I am finished). I am still going out to another restaurant tomorrow night to participate in this wonderful celebration and thank many good people in Boston restaurant scene. I have been to the Rialto a couple of times before, but the truth is quality never lived up to my expectations. I hope the Rialto management will realize the true quality of excellent dinning is often felt as walking away from the restaurant receiving thanks from friends whom I had invited for a night of outing to create a life time memory.
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Curmudgeon's Corner
cur-mud-geon: anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner
Happy "New Tax" Day
Welcome to September 1st and two new taxes in Wisconsin.
We now have the privilege of paying an additional $0.75 per month for each telephone line and each cellular "line" we have. That is ostensibly to fund police and safety needs but we all know it will get buried in the general fund and our police and safety needs will get none of it. This is estimated to bring in additional hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
President Obama's Address to Students
President Obama will address the pre-K to 6th grade students all across America on Tuesday, September 8th. On the one hand, that sounds like a neat idea. On the other, it sounds somehow Orwellian.
I downloaded the "Menu of Classroom Activities" and found the following:
Village Buzz - September 3rd...
More Than Meets The Eye...
The unfolding saga of Jim Blackburn's move from the high school principal's position to a newly created position appears to have some legs. He has, obviously, filed an age discrimination action against the system, and has made some public statements in support of his position that this was unwarranted and against his wishes.
There are simply too many items to sort down to one, so...
Germantown has been invaded...by the Red Swamp Crayfish, and this little thing is quick, nasty and prolific. We began seeing this crayfish a month or so ago and thought it had probably been with us for years and simply had gone unnoticed. These are very aggressive creatures, that are prized for many recipes down New Orleans way, but that are feared by the DNR given their propensity to disrupt non-native habitats. They look like small lobsters with one claw larger than the other, a fan-shaped tail and legs along their bodies, small beady eyes and long antennae/feelers
Post-Labor Day Thoughts...
Another Labor Day has come and gone, and we are back in the work-a-day world, if we're fortunate enough to have jobs.
The "August Recess" of Congress is over. The "debate" over health care will re-heat very quickly. Our president will speak to us on Wednesday. He'll probably give us a more definitive view of what he thinks health care reform is, or ought to be. Had he done that early-on, he might've already been in position to sign a bill, or several bills. We must become very careful listeners at this point because this promises to be a rapidly changing political arena.
Public Funding Of Elections?
A Journal Sentinel editorial today raised the question of public funding of elections. The editorial related directly to the accusations of private influence on public officials; Jim Doyle was the official in this instance which certainly comes as a surprise to us all, I'm sure.
I haven't thought too much of such an approach until recently. As I reflect, it does seem that the major races in our state have gotten to the multi-million dollar level over the past decade or so. Much of the money is contributed by organizations indirectly. The balance is contributed by individuals, many of whom are associated with the same organizations that have already "ponied up".
Prime-time President
President Obama once again rose to the podium in prime time and delivered the speech that was expected to clarify and add substance to his thoughts on health care reform. The expectations created were probably too high; he didn't succeed in adding substance as I viewed the speech. Maybe I expected too much since I am close to the health care delivery system, and since I've spent untold hours scouring the various bills and papers that have been created by sundry people in Washington, D.C.
The late roll-out of Sen. Edward (Teddy) Kennedy was, in my opinion, the height of tackiness and smacked of the Sen. Paul Wellstone funeral debacle of some years ago. He just couldn't help himself, I guess.
The Uproar Swells
Rep. Wilson (R-SC) called out during President Obama's speech on Wednesday evening, "You Lie". The uproar began shortly after the end of the session and was, of course, tailor-made for the Democrats to pump life into and to sustain that life for so long as possible. This is effective in re-directing any issues to the congressman and keeps them away from the President. And, true to recent form, the Republicans proceeded to shoot themselves in both feet simultaneously.
This is not the first time sitting presidents have been booed or that raucous laughter has been heard during a speech. It is the first time that a black president has been called out specifically by a single member. There is, as we've all probably gotten so tired of, a certain 'order' that is observed by politicians. Each refers to "my good friend" before excoriating that person in front of the press. It is something that seems required of this 'club' we call congress. This rule doesn't apply too often at the state level and is virtually unheard of at the county or local levels of politics.
Where We Stand...
I read an old saying earlier today and thought it would be a good base for today's blog. Paraphrased, it goes, "Where you stand depends upon where you sit."
Each of us brings a certain totality to our positions on any subject. That totality is dependent upon the sum total of all we are, all we have experienced and all we have learned. It depends upon what we do to earn a living if we are working, our spiritual beliefs, our educations, our family histories. It depends on things that we aren't even aware are involved. We have self-interests that exist whether or not we admit to them.
Why Should We Believe You This Time?
This was originally published in the Martinsville Daily Press on August 29, 2009:
Village Buzz - September 15th...
Mel Ewert Recovering From Surgery...
According to Village President Tom Kempinski, who last evening said he wasn't supposed to mention this, Mel Ewert is recovering from surgery in Community Memorial Hospital. Kempinski described the surgery as "open heart" although that can mean many different things since it has become a common descriptor for any heart-related surgery.
Will Baucus Health Plan Be The Solution?
The Baucus health plan has been released, and I will be reading it today and tonight, if necessary. It is the long-awaited "solution" that has been in the process as the "gang of six" met over the past weeks and months to hammer out a deal that could pass in the Senate. (If you want to read it, simply 'Google' Baucus Health Plan).
The longer this goes, the more it becomes nearly a toss-up as to whether or not something will pass this year. The politicians are, of course, seemingly more concerned with face than with substance. They want to pass something just so they can say they did. We aren't supposed to be too concerned about what is in this package; we are supposed to want it for the good of the country.
Si vis pacem, para bellum...
This phrase in Latin translates to: If you wish for peace, prepare for war.
Our current Administration is in the process of changing programs and policies to more clearly represent its positions. That happens when new administrations are promoted to office in our country. This was to be expected, and yet it is troublesome for me, and I suspect for tens of millions of others here and abroad.
Lake Geneva May Have An Idea...
I don't know if you've been following the issues that have beset Lake Geneva over the past several years.
The citizens have probably had their fill of local politics given recall elections, suspensions of alderpersons, etc. In the latest episode, the mayor suspended four alderpersons.
From Little ACORNs...
From little ACORNs, big problems grow.
It remains to be seen, of course, but the ACORN debacle, that seems to be the gift that keeps on giving, holds the potential for becoming a very large embarrassment for the Obama Administration.
Networks In The Bag...
I have been a viewer of the Fox cable network for some time, which likely comes as no surprise to regular readers of this blog. I had come to find that there was no difference between CBS and NBC and ABC other than the names and sex of the anchors. What passed for news had been homogenized and sanitized to apparently enable me, an ignorant member of society since I am a conservative, to comprehend the world around me. It was and is pablum for the mind.
Had I any doubts, the week-end's news cycle would've been sufficient to convince me all over again. President Obama was everywhere and what passed for tough questioning was pathetic. When the anchors and other talking heads are more concerned with maintaining their favored status than with what passes for news, we might as well curl up in the corner and snooze. The fact that President Obama stiffed Fox said much about the media today.
Heavy Hand of Government
We have a good example of what we may experience as we move down the path of government-run health care. Part of Medicare is called Medicare Advantage and it consists of Medicare sending the amount that would've been spent on the beneficiary to an insurer that then provides enhanced coverage to the beneficiary. I belong to a Medicare Advantage program as do some 25% of all Medicare recipients today.
Democrats have had a less-than-favorable opinion of Medicare Advantage plans and, as such, they have threatened funding cuts (that is the $500 billion they talk about) in Medicare Advantage programs in order to find "savings" to get the CBO "score" down under $1 trillion over ten years for health care.
State Democratic Party Has A Winner...
Mike Tate, a 30-something liberal, who ran the state campaign for then-presidential candidate Howard Dean, was elected Chairman of the Democratic Party during its last state convention. Mr. Tate has since persisted in bombastic tirades directed, of course, at any and all who do not follow President Obama in lock-step. All this done, by the way, in the form of raising money to support Democrat candidates.
If you listen to talk radio at all, I'm sure you've probably heard some of his most recent statements from a fund-raising letter that was sent following the Milwaukee Tea Party held last Saturday on the lakefront.
Another 'Bright' Idea For Wisconsin...
We saw the governor add mandatory auto insurance and saw him raise the minimum coverage limits just a few months ago. Mandatory auto insurance has not worked in any state that has adopted it to this point; there is nothing to suggest that we'll figure out how to make it work. The sole way this could work, and this is debatable, is for a penalty several times higher than the cost of the insurance for those caught without satisfactory insurance. That 'ain't gonna happen'.
The increase in mandatory minimums will increase the cost of automobile insurance for everyone in Wisconsin by tens of percentage points. American Family has already sent mailings to its policyholders to let them know what they are forced to do, and to try to prepare people for the 'sticker shock' that is about to hit.
You Can Have It Both Ways...
You can have it both ways IF you are a Democrat and you live in Massachusetts.
I'm sure you recall that when there was some thought that a Republican governor might get to appoint a replacement for Sen. Kerry if he were to be elected president, the Democrats pushed through an amendment that said that could only be done through a special election thus assuring that then-governor Romney wouldn't be able to put another Republican in the U.S. Senate.
Devil In The Details?
Most all of us have heard the phrase, the devil is in the details. It is regularly used in business and in politics.
The Republicans have been trying to cause the details to be disclosed so far as the health reform legislation that is currently being 'built' in Washington, D.C. They have asked that the final legislation be posted on the Internet for consumption by the people at least 72 hours prior to a vote being taken.
I was AWOL (absent without leave) over the week-end given family demands. I tuned back into the world this morning and was reminded of the bromide about trying to drink from a firehose. The array of news items was very nearly overwhelming, and I tend to be a bit of a "news junkie", as my family will certainly attest.
That made me think about "normal" Americans who might try, occasionally, to tune in for an update only to be overwhelmed at the pure array of initiatives that have been launched by the Obama Administration. The only thing that seems certain today is that there must be another major initiative just around the corner.
Negotiating Our Way To Armageddon?
Iran represents what is probably the most dangerous situation existing in our world today. North Korea is in a not-too-distant second position in this regard but that country isn't run by the regime that runs Iran. North Korea is run by a ruthless dictator. Iran is run by religious zealots who happen to be ruthless, as well.
This is a problem that has been with most of our modern day presidents; it just happens to be President Obama's problem today.
Elitist Justice?
Roman Polansky is accused of raping a thirteen year-old girl some 31 years ago and became a fugitive from U.S. justice almost immediately after the alleged act. The testimony of this young lady before a Grand Jury described the most depraved and disgusting actions that she said were committed against her person and her psyche. He has avoided coming onto U.S. soil since that time. His unwillingness to face justice would seem an indictment of him that speaks very loudly.
This former Hollywood director seemed not to suffer at all as the result of this alleged transgression and continues to be the darling of those whom we are to worship if we are at all 'normal' people. After all, if Whoopi thinks they're great people, who are we to think otherwise. Apparently the elite have already convicted him since Whoopi said this "wasn't really a rape rape" as she held sway on television yesterday. That was apparently her way of justifying his absence in a court of law for the past 31 years.


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U.S. Representative Eric Cantor (R-7th District) will debate challenger Wayne Powell on Monday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. at the CarMax headquarters in Goochland, officials announced today.
The one-hour debate will be hosted by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. It will feature opening and closing remarks from each candidate, as well as questions from moderator and political analyst Robert Holsworth. Each candidate also will ask his opponent one question.
Each candidate will receive 25 tickets to the debate to distribute to supporters. Tickets also are available for Virginia Chamber members for $25 apiece. Members can order by visiting https://www.cvent.com/events/7th-district-congressional-debate/registration-86401cad75ba4517b0851b7349247ae3.aspx
Varina Ruritans honor students
The Varina Ruritan Club hosted the winners of its 2014 Environmental Essay contest at its monthly meeting March 11 in Varina.
The contest, in its eighth year, was for the first time open to students in grades 3-5 at Varina Elementary School. (It previously was open to Sandston Elementary School students.)
The meeting included the winners, parents of the winners, Varina Elementary principal Mark Tyler and several teachers who were in charge of the contest at the school. > Read more.
Baseball game to benefit Glen Allen Buddy Ball
For the fifth consecutive year, St. Christopher's and Benedictine will play a varsity baseball game at Glen Allen's RF&P Park as part of a fundraising effort for the River City Buddy Ball program.
The game will take place Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m., and the teams hope to raise $3,000 through donations, raffles and other efforts. Admission to the game is free, but fans who attend are asked to donate funds for the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association's Buddy Ball program, which enables disabled children and teens to play baseball. > Read more.
Highland Springs field to be dedicated in honor of longtime coach Spears
The Henrico Division of Recreation and Parks will dedicate the Highland Springs Little League Majors Field in memory and honor of Rev. Robert "Bob" L. Spears, Jr., on April 12 with a ceremony at the field at 8 a.m.
Spears served the league as a coach and volunteer for 30 years and was praised as a pioneer for equality. His "Finish strong" motto embodied ethical perseverance on the field and in life. > Read more.
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Weekend Top 10
Do the Bunny Hop over to Meadow Farm on Saturday for an introduction to all the farm animals there! An introduction to "Global Sounds" – featuring Japanese, Indonesian, West African, Indian, and Brazilian music and dance performances – can be found at the University of Richmond. The University of Richmond will also host the annual Spider spring game, as well as the inaugural Spiders Easter Egg Hunt. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Restaurant watch
Find out how your favorite dining establishments fared during their most recent inspections by the Virginia Department of Health. > Read more.
A fun, fuzzy ride
'Muppets Most Wanted' worthy of its franchise
Do Muppets sleep? It's hard to say.
They don't really eat (or breathe, as far as anyone can tell). And only occasionally do they have visible, functioning legs.
As far as anyone knows, sleeping might be off the table. And that makes it very hard to accuse the Muppets of sleepwalking through their latest feature, Muppets Most Wanted – even if that's exactly what's going on.
Jim Henson's beloved creations were back in a big way after 2011's The Muppets, with fame and fortune and even an Oscar, a first for the group ("Rainbow Connection" was nominated, yet somehow failed to collect at the '79 ceremony). > Read more.
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Added a cross-referencing facility to the compiler. The new XREF package exports function WHO-CALLS, WHO-REFERENCES, WHO-BINDS and WHO-SETS. These return structures of type XREF-CONTEXT, which contain the name of the referencing context, the file it was referenced from (or NIL when compiling from the toplevel), and the source-position in that file. Also change the names of lambda nodes in IR1 for macros and compiler-macros to be lists of the form (:macro macro-name) (:compiler-macro macro-name) instead of strings of the form "DEFMACRO MACRO-NAME". Documentation has been added to the User's Manual. This change shouldn't cause any bootstrapping problems when building.
Load meta-vmdef.
Werkowskis source kit 1.03.7
Fix headed boilerplate.
Don't load meta-vmdef and assemfile.
Load byte-comp.
Added vm-ir2tran
Added meta-vmdef.
Removed assem-check.
Don't load the old assembler or old assem-opt stuff.
Added load of new-assem.
Moved vm-tran from loadbackend into here.
Moved loads of vm-typetran and core into here from load-backend.
Moved vm-fndb back into loadcom from loadbackend, so that the defknowns happen before deftransforms, etc.
Moved all the loads of backend specific stuff into a new file so we can use that other file to load additional backends.
Merged new-alien changes onto trunk.
Load vm:insts after vm:vm because it needs to get at some constants that are established in vm.
Changed the names of mips/mips-macs.lisp and mips/mips-insts.lisp to be mips/macros.lisp and mips/insts.lisp so that they are consistent with the other systems.
Added load of ltv.
Load disassem before assembler to set up packages.
Added load of disassem.
Added load of assem-check.
Added conditionalization for RT AFPA support.
Fixed broken syntax.
Added RT support.
Fixed last change.
If the SMALL feature is present, clear the BACKEND-PARSED-VOPS. This prevents compilation of any new VOP definition that inherit from existing ones, but also saves much space (especially in static space.)
Added vm-macs and assem-opt.
Added statcount.lisp
Added dyncount.
Added #+pmax and #+sparc as necessary.
Moved compiler/mips/dismips to code/pmax-disassem.
Added load of copyprop.
Moved vm:c-call later in the load order so that it is after vm:vm.
Added load of array-tran
Deleted all support for the interm RT system and cross compiling from the old RT compiler. Changed the vm specific logical name from mips: to vm: so that you can load different backends by changing vm:.
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Added load of .../assembly/mips/alloc.
Moved assemfile to .../assembly and moved assembly code into a machine specific subdir. Added a load of assem:mips/arith.
Moved dump from the mips directory to the main compiler directory.
Added a load of mips:core now that I've converted it to the new object format.
Added %proclaim to reset the default-cookie after everything is loaded.
Added lots of #+pmax specific stuff.
Set *TYPE-SYSTEM-INITIALIZED* so that we know when we can start using the type system
Moved vm-tran later so that it can define VOPs.
Added alloc.
Added represent and pseudo-vops. Moved char earlier.
Changed to do debug-info 2 rather than 0.
Changed to new logical names.
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cur-mud-geon: anyone who hates hypocrisy and pretense and has the temerity to say so; anyone with the habit of pointing out unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner
Europe Is Ahead In One Area
We are behind Europe in one very important area, and I am thankful for that. Europe lost the rights to manufacture, ship and purchase 75 watt incandescent light bulbs today, and will soon lose that right for all other sizes of incandescent bulbs.
Neumann Fatigue
Even as a person who enjoys the political scene, I find that I am rapidly tiring of Mark Neumann's latest advertisements about how his two opponents are the people using negative ads to further their campaign goals. He defines them as "career politicians" thus trying to make us think he is the knight in shining armor come to save the day. He acts much more the career politician of the three by using these tactics.
Senator Kohl Receives An Award
The Washington Examiner today gave our own Sen. Herb Kohl an honor he'd probably prefer to not have been given. He was accorded their "Outrage" award for having guided a $400,000 ear mark to the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Agriculture.
It Is Time To Get Serious
It is time to get serious once again.
Summer of Recovery?
Is this the Summer of Recovery that we've heard so much about or is it more likely the Summer of Discovery?
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I had never heard of a "paraprosdokian" before a friend exposed me to the term and to sentences featuring paraprosdokians. The definition says these are figures of speech in which the latter part of the sentence or phrase has a surprising or unexpected twist that makes you rethink the first part of the sentence or phrase. They're much more humorous than is the definition:
My Primary Picks...
Not that you're interested, but…
Post-Primary Thoughts...
Post-primary thoughts abound, but chief among them is this: we have likely entered the seven most aggravating weeks in our lives.
It Is Driving 'Them' Nuts
Christine O'Donnell, who defeated the entrenched Republican in the Delaware senate primary on Tuesday, has brought out the worst in the staid, old Republican Party once again. Karl Rove was nearly apoplectic as he discussed this 'terrible' thing that had occurred; he opined about how this one race could threaten the Republicans' ability to re-capture the majority in the Senate. The recognized RINO had gone down in flames. Rove lamented that Republicans had lost a chance to get a majority. But what wasn't discussed was the value of a hollow majority upon which no one can rely when the chips are down. RINOs simply cannot be relied upon in the most important votes; they have historically let us all down at the very time it counted the most.
Another "New Coke"?
The Democratic Party yesterday announced its new logo. Click here to see that new logo.
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The fall elections are drawing nearer and nearer, thankfully. The two major parties are scrambling to get the word out, to energize the voters they believe most likely to support their candidates, and to continue to raise campaign money. The television and radio stations are basking in the spending that will give them all a good quarter or a good year financially.
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2010 October 4
Runway Reviews: Celine, Givenchy, John Galliano
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Those die-hard Philophiles who worried about all the Celine-esque garb on the shelves at Zara and the like may breathe easy, because Phoebe Philo's Spring 2011 doesn't rely strictly on the clean lines, neutral shades, and ultra-pure minimalism that can appear easy to duplicate. Instead, Philo turned towards fabric and texture, mixing and matching her usual calfskins and silks with a flyaway quilted vest and even scarf print blouses and pants. The pieces that will generate the most editorial buzz are a handwoven silk halter, tied together loosely in back, and short-sleeved hooded coat, flawlessly conceived in shades of white and straw that recalled an animalesque texture. Other fabrics of note included fringed silk scarves, seen in the first few tonal looks of slouchy white trousers with ultra-structured tops. On the accessory front, sand-colored peep toes and buff sandals with a few inches of tacked-down chain detail played nicely against a new fold-up style bag and multi-pocketed clutch in bordeaux. Expect the front row to follow suit.
Riccardo Tisci addressed an impressive amount of ideas in his Spring 2011 collection, and they mostly manifested as textures. The extreme play between transparency and opacity made for some intriguing, if not entirely wearable, looks, although for every midriff-baring jacket or silk chiffon floor-grazer that revealed every last inch of leg, there was a brocade silk trouser, pebble-ishly quilted vest, or high-tech zipped-every-which-way sheath. Loyal to his usual palette of black, nude, and china white, Tisci tossed in a leopard print—staying power alert!—to keep things lively. The focus on layering, and the (dare we say it?) playful mix of bohemia and bondage may not feel entirely new, but it's what Tisci does best.
With the 1920s charaltan Maria Lani as a muse, and the Opera Comique as a venue, John Galliano's take on Spring could easily verge into OTT territory, but this designer's runway shows—whether in an abandoned train station or at the Halle Freyssinet—are more than the sum of their style and sauce. Look beyond the theatrics and focus instead on the lush floral-print silk trousers in a sophisticated shade of teal, and pay close attention to an off-the-shoulder long-sleeved evening gown in ivory with burnished gold beadwork. The magpie layering, and the off-kilter effect lent by a handful of tailored pieces in a collection mostly of amorphous silk, was both glittering and solid gold. Thirty looks like these are all you need.


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We won't lie: Artichokes are intimidating. Forget about how to cook them; how do you even eat them?
To help answer both questions, senior features editor Jeralyn Gerba offers her big Italian family's treasured stuffed artichokes recipe. The prickly veggies are a mainstay at the Gerba Thanksgiving — and, after we saw how easy and tasty they are, we predict they'll be at our table, too.
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