Jim Leff's Slog

I've rewritten the bottom half of the previous posting, "Our Albatrosses are Red Herrings" , in case you want to give it anoth...

A few years ago, I lost a bunch of weight, worked out (hard) daily, and, for the first time in my life, looked really good with my shirt off...

1977 - the year Fonzie jumped the shark on Happy Days and David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz was arrested - was as close to today as it ...

The Economist had an interesting article about research into the fact that one can say completely random stuff to people without their noti...

I'm going nuts trying to keep up with the Golden Age of Television (probably healthier than my efforts keeping up with the Golden Age of...

It dawns on me, that what I'm reading in this Chowhound policy change announcement is not what others may be reading. This explains, fo...

Just posted to Chowhound .

Lots of links below, all well worth clicking, fwiw. Well, this is supremely unsurprising. The bean counters and brainy corporate Subway-s...

I was briefly interviewed (via email) by a reporter writing about shifting trends in breakfast...specifically, the downturn in cereal sales....

I just posted my account , on Chowhound, of Mami's, a Latino Steam-table in White Plains. Here's an excerpt: As she apportioned, ...