I can't win

Just when I managed to free up a full day tomorrow, so I can really attack my to-do list, I have to go to a funeral.

Plat du jour

Who bought us?

Question of the day (or even longer)

Why can't I ever get to the end of my to-do list?

Plat du jour

Very patriotic!

Clayelle in the flesh

I get a lot of people reaching this blog doing searches for Clayelle Dalferes, the sultry-voiced announcer on WQXR, NYC's classical radio station. Some are searching for photos of her. But there aren't any on the internet, save for the baby picture she uses on her bio page on the WQXR site. As I said previously, she is a mystery woman, at least visually.

Well now apparently there is a way to see what Clayelle looks like. She and some of the other WQXR announcers are going to be reading Dickens' A Christmas Carol at the Strand Bookstore on December 16.

I suggest getting there early if you want to get a seat.

Living with bears XXVI

Catching up:
Florida: Bear puts schools on lockdown
Colorado: Bear burglarizes store, Bear suspected as purse snatcher
Tennessee: Bear caught in South Blount County to be relocated, Bear caught near Gatlinburg garbage collection center
Pennsylvania: Man vs. big bear: Both lose, Bear becomes more than nuisance
California: Bear Wandering In Neighborhood Tranquilized And Killed
Nevada: Biologist gives bear the bum's rush
Kashmir: Bear menace plagues villages
Arizona: Game and Fish officers kill bear, upset neighbors

Plat du jour

A New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent.