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Tuesday lunch at Marie’s Lebanese Cuisine

Tuesday lunch at Marie’s here in Oxford is maklubi. It is (this is far too prosaic a description) shredded cooked chicken and toasted pine nuts and almonds on rice cooked with ground meat in it, and, along with kebbeh and Marie’s casserole, among my favorite things on Marie’s menu.

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William Grimes obit for Barry Hannah in the New York Times is well worth reading. Check it out.

Sid Salter on Barry Hannah

At 5:00 (in about 10 minutes), Sid Salter is going to have Curtis Wilkie and some other guy from Oxford on the phone talking about Barry Hannah on Mississippi Supertalk Radio.

Ed Ward a call, asks why he won’t bring up the animal cruelty bill">Hey everybody, give Rep. Greg Ed Ward a call, asks why he won’t bring up the animal cruelty bill

Greg Ed Ward, state representative from Tippah County (Ripley), is the chairman of the House agriculture committee. There’s an animal cruelty bill that makes cruelty a felony; it’s passed the Senate but, according to WAPT TV will die if Ward doesn’t call his committee to act on it:

Tuesday is the last day [...]

I am very sad to report the death of Barry Hannah

The Eagle has reported this. The Oxford Conference of the Book this weekend centers around his work.

Where’d you go?

In court in Aberdeen.

Let’s call this an open thread and hope that the craziness is kept to a reasonable minimum.

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 1:45 pm, May 24, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Good catch, Dragoman! .. Tom (and anyone else interested) - D. Bernstein is criticizing that Ira Katznelson "Fear Itself" book over at the Volokh blog, if you're having a slow Friday .... ..

Dragoman wrote on 11:47 am, May 24, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Grant later expressed regret for the attack on the 22nd. Jumping ahead in the Memoirs to his account of the Battle of Cold Harbor, he writes, "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Har ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 4:35 pm, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
I was teasing. Grant's candor has its limits. ..

NMC wrote on 4:12 pm, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Anderson, I suppose it would have been more accurate to state: "I note the absence of casualty figures for the assaults of May 19th and 22nd." ..

pamela kay (@kidsroc) wrote on 2:33 pm, May 23, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Tom, I’ve really enjoyed reading about Vicksburg and it reminded me why it was on my list of battlefields to see. I think you are right about actually going to the battlefield to get the real feel. Ev ..

Tom wrote on 1:29 pm, May 23, 2013 about Charles Durning obit in the New York Times
More mystery. See posting # 7 on the below link from 2008 - speech given by French Consul General from French Consulate in Los Angeles when the medal was awarded. Link to the speech on the French Cons ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 10:44 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Ben, I must presume JL meant "Lee" not "Lee and his army." A couple of decent Reb generals could have made things dicey for Grant. Re: the possibly imaginary "exploding musket balls," here is a discus ..

Ben wrote on 10:39 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Scrivener's error correction: the jury-rig mortars Grant mentioned are "coehorns" vice "cochorns." "Exploding musket balls." I never knew there was such a device. I wonder how they were fused. Re J. D ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 9:46 am, May 23, 2013 about Charles Durning obit in the New York Times
Bob's suggestion about a headstone sent me a-googlin. Silver Star, Bronze Star, "PH & 2 OLC" (which I infer to mean "Purple Heart & 2 Oak Leaf Clusters," i.e., 3 Purple Hearts?). ... Mr. Zavag ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 8:27 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
"I’m kind of wondering: Where are the casualties from the May 19th and May 22nd assaults?" Not really "wondering," are you? ..

RICHARD ZAVAGLIA wrote on 8:01 am, May 23, 2013 about Charles Durning obit in the New York Times
Total bullshit Sir. The man was a hero. my close friends the actors Dan Lauria and Joe Mantegna were at his funeral. They saw his Flag draped coffin with the Silver Star, Purple Hearts, and French Med ..

JL wrote on 6:36 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Not to take anything away from Grant's victory here; some points need to be made. Grant had an unbreakable supply line in the Miss. River and the US Navy gave him remarkable support. There was no CS N ..

NMC wrote on 10:13 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
It's a topic where I've had a virtually unlimited capacity, since I was a child. I read a really fine bio about 10-15 years ago, but it was a mass market paperback, and I do not take care of those, mu ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 9:55 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
If you can bear any more Alexander, the Peter Green bio is delightful. ..

NMC wrote on 9:37 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Yes, it' s very clear on comparing accounts of Alexander versus other accounts, making the Arrian into a "one book" by balancing between the various texts that have come down. I have two, and discover ..

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