The old county jail hasn't held a prisoner in decades. 

                             A newer jail with many more cells took its place.

    Built in 1855, one… Read full post »

What better way to come back to Open Salon after a long absence and talk about prisoners?

First off, how many Republicans are in prison, have been in prison (or soon to be in prison) can you think of?

Right off the bat I immediately think of these four high… Read full post »

There's nothing like the original and here I am on Open Salon!

(You know how to reach me)

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Number 69 (Bridgette) and I were strolling around the Village this warm afternoon with a purloined digital camera that she lifted from the office and we proceeded to surreptitiously captured these lovely knockers along the way while admiring the fall colours. The last knocker was the most diff… Read full post »

See the NYT cover Nora Ephron's new film, again and again and again and again and again and again . . . in just five days.

It's not possible to count the number of times over the past five days The New York Times, still one of/… Read full post »

For anyone interested in voicing your opposition to the lifting of federal protection on wolves, please read the following from the NRDC that came to me in an email this afternoon:

In just a few weeks, the mass killing of wolves could begin in Idaho and Montana -- and not even… Read full post »

I am fortunate to have a cookbook in my collection that is almost as old as my television show. Graham Kerr was one of the pioneers of what has become a major industry: television personalities that know how to cook and present cooking in an inviting way to viewers. The Graham… Read full post »

 I have a few minor addictions, but I am TOTALLY obsessed by the concept of "escape."

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Nothing warms me up on a chilly, damp night in the Village like my friend, Bridget, who is also Number 69, and watching "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." When the silverfish start to come out from hiding it's time to bask in the sunshine of the greatest Spaghetti Western… Read full post »

I have heard how you were able to take the earmark for "The Bridge to Nowhere" and use it for other projects while claiming you were against the bridge all along. Perhaps you would like to be our new "Number 2" in the Village. We could use some new golf… Read full post »

It seems that Obama and Biden are at odds on part of their policy opinions and voting records. Besides the FISA vote, we have Obama opposing the war, although he was not a U.S. Senator at that time, and we have Biden voting for the Iraq invasion. Why would Obama want… Read full post »

Not to make light of what's happened in the U.S. regarding torture, but if the administration's surrogates had just bothered to watch some re-runs.  Read full post »