Was Bush' recent videoconference staged?

What - were puppets used?

I feel my life is incomplete as I've not come across any new cheeses this week !

I'll bite.

I just had a strong cheddar with carmelized onions. eh... Wasn't fussy.

Saw the horseradish cheddar recently and wasn't brave enough. Is it good?

I been eating a lot of melted brie and sage derby for some reason.

I'm always on the look for a cheese complimentary to cabernet. Hard to find. But the smoked maple cheddar is excellent with Carmenere, as is smoked gouda.

Who knew there was was pent up cheese discussion hereabouts. Black River makes both a natty horseradish cheddar (Had some with hot sauce and greens on a pita for breakfast) and a maple cheddar but the second might be seasonal or only at the cheesery.

Gouda Jong Belegen

Eat your heart out! Old Amsterdam.

NPR did a whole report on how Bush stages events like yesterday's video conference w/ soldiers. First, a pro-Bush audience is selected. Then the questions are presented to the audience, and individuals chosen to deal with those questions. Answers are then planned. Advice is given. NPR actually had tape of yesterday's rehersal with a Pentagon official and the soldiers.

Cabot Hunter's: seriously sharp cheddar. Take a crusty loaf of bread and make some Welsh Rarebit--which is cheddar and BEER mixed into a dipping sauce.....

I like the new NHL rules, but I like even better that the refs are allowed to enforce the rules. What a concept!

Look at this:
http://osx.portraitofakite.com/

Whoever did this was some sort of god of HTML/CSS/Javascript programming.

OMG - horseradish cheddar from the Block & Cleaver is the best. Get some to go with their store cooked roast beef, thinly sliced and you will have a match made in heaven I say. So hungry now, must go get lunch..... For dessert try the date oatmeal cookies from Card's and enjoy!

Hmmmmm, Homer Simpson drool happening on my keyboard here.

Sure beats the triangle fish I had for lunch. You know - the kind that's shaped like a triangle?

I don't think 2005 is the end of the world. But somehow I can't help wishing it was.

I love the phrase "triangle fish". I recall a pal during one late 80s recession took to referring to them as that but with a French accent to make them sound more elegant.

I actually worked in a restaurant once where the restaurant owner, when asked by a customer what kind of fish he served, looked puzzled and said "Triangle fish." Duh!

I have mixed feelings about the new NHL rules. First off, I thought the rules were supposed to result in higher scoring games. I can't say I've seen much of this. Also, I think the whole no-interfereance rule stinks. On a whole, probably the only new rule I like is the shortened overtime and shoot-out that can follow.

Uhm, say cheese?

I always enjoy the all-star game: all that shooting, passing, skating, scoring! 11-15 or whatever, minimal contact. New rules may not be enough to gain the average American fans interest? Remains to be seen.
Or, as Alfons might prefer, use a nice little red Gouda for a puck--sure to turn mushy resulting in mysterious spins and curves and splots.