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The Romneys — 30 of them, on summer vacation — do the Romney Olympics, family meetings, chores from the "chore wheel," and talent shows on the sage that "Papa" (Mitt) built.

1 Jul 2012, 7:26 am

WaPo reports from Wolfeboro, New Hampshire: The Romney Olympics have long included a mini-triathlon of biking, swimming and running that pits Mitt and his five sons and their wives against one another. [read post]

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St. Patrick's Old Cathedral gets 4-and-a-half stars on Yelp.

1 Jul 2012, 9:12 am

"How can you not give a Church 5-stars - maybe it's just the Catholic guilt in me but if you go to Church, even if only once a year, you should give it 5-stars :-)" I never noticed Yelp had ratings on churches. [read post]

Althouse - http://althouse.blogspot.com/

Racine recall recount ends with the Democrats winning their 1-person majority in the Wisconsin senate.

2 Jul 2012, 4:04 pm

Subject to challenge by the Republican Wanggaard and, more importantly, subject to the November elections when half the senate is up for grabs with the districts as redrawn by the erstwhile GOP majority. [read post]

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"For the bridge [of 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin''], Phil experimented on the piano with a 'Hang On Sloopy' riff. It was brilliant."

13 Jul 2012, 11:58 am

That would be Phil Spector, as described by the songwriter Barry Mann, who says: I built a melody on the riff while Cynthia shouted out lyrics: "Baby, baby, I get down on my knees for you" and so on. [read post]

Althouse - http://althouse.blogspot.com/

"Composite?"/"Compost heap's more like it."

19 Jul 2012, 7:58 am

We were watching "A Face in the Crowd" last night. [read post]

Althouse - http://althouse.blogspot.com/

Snoop Dogg is now Snoop Lion... and he's the reincarnation of Bob Marley.

1 Aug 2012, 3:47 pm

The new music will be reggae, not rap. [read post]

Althouse - http://althouse.blogspot.com/

"A challenge to a federal law that authorized intercepting international communications involving Americans appeared to face an uphill climb at the Supreme Court..."

30 Oct 2012, 7:21 am

"... on Monday, but not one quite as steep as many had anticipated," observes Adam Liptak at the NYT. [read post]