Saturday, September 23, 2017

9/20/17

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1
N.Y. / Region

In Central Park, Teaching Dogs to Sit (in Yiddish)

There’s a lot of kibitzing and not much kvetching in a course sponsored by a Jewish nonprofit that teaches dogs (and humans) commands in Yiddish.

In New York, even the dogs understand Yiddish.

2
The Learning Network

Who Should Decide Whether a Teenager Can Get a Tattoo or Piercing?


The child will decide.
The kid should get some knowledge first.

3
Crosswords & Games

Operatic Villains, Often

Matt Ginsberg is a dangerous driver.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsrOrIiXTok

4
Opinion

The Remembering Machine

What if your most important experiences could live on after you die?

I would rather try to make a poem.

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N.Y. / Region

The True Blue Asiatic Dayflower

Blue is rare in nature. These brief blooms — hence the term “dayflower” — are honest-to-goodness blue.

a good blue.

6
Sports

Seizures Drove Him Out of Coaching. Now He’s Back, and So Are They.

Jerry Kill’s epilepsy forced him off the sidelines two years ago. But he’s back this season, managing his health and his love of the game with the blessing of his family, and his boss.

7
Technology

Avoiding Cameras While Training the Lens on Food

Pete Wells, The Times’s restaurant critic, discussed how he avoids cameras to protect his identity and how technology has transformed the dining scene.

Eating is the object.   The food should look good.
The appearance of the food is secondary.

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Crosswords & Games

Green Monster’s Ballpark

Hal Moore collects a complete set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTl1asCDOgs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_723965&feature=iv&src_vid=qTl1asCDOgs&v=vqqwb3Zcy1U#t=2s

9
Arts

‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 2: The Prison I Live in Now

It’s well established that this show loves to watch Jamie process trauma. This week’s violence was almost piling on.

I am not following the tale.

10
Food

Prune

Now that Prune’s owner, Gabrielle Hamilton, shares her chef’s title with her wife, Ashley Merriman, the restaurant’s sensibility has expanded.

Ok.


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