We had a great day today - we got up and went to our favorite coffee house - Crema Bakery+Cafe (see link in sidebar to visit their site) - then went out to IKEA to do some browsing.  We ended up getting some small stuff that is hardly worth mentioning, then we got a gift for our two cats, Daisy and Figaro.

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In one of the more bizarre stories I’ve read so far, right-wing commentators are up in arms about remarks made by New York Philharmonic music director and conductor Lorin Maazel, who responded to criticisms about the visit to North Korea by his ensemble as being a possible endorsement of NK’s abysmal record on human rights by saying: [Read more →]