I just did a radio interview with some talk radio station in Connecticut about the Breakfast Table. They were more boring than the newspaper. Hi, guys.
: I am not Joel Klein, the Department of Justice lawyer who filed the suit against Microsoft. I am far better looking, stronger and smell much more cinnamony than Klein. Though Klein, from what I hear, is a fantabulous kisser.
Reader Response from The Fray--to be read after the most recent entry:
Why read "Breakfast Table"?
This week: because Dahlia's column is fabulous and I'd be willing to read her grocery list.
In general: because it's interesting to hear what intelligent, interesting people have to say in an informal conversation. Not that all "Breakfast Table" participants are intelligent, interesting, or funny. But most are. Especially those wacky Mendelsohns.
About marriage proposals: Yes, Dahlia, we love your mind. And we also imagine that you have great [deleted]. Will you marry me? If not, Joel will you marry me?
--Keith M Ellis
(To reply, click
here.)
I've grown concerned about the frequency with which marriage proposals are being thrown around The Fray. Re: Dahlia Lithwick, whom I do not personally know, there are two things that I feel I must draw a prospective suitor's attention to:
According to findlaw.com Ms Lithwick worked in Reno, Nevada, also known as "America's Divorce Capital" and she is currently working on a novel about divorce law.
Having perused Ms Lithwick's Supreme Court dispatches, I have surmised that she is a very, very dangerous person. She is able to make the Supreme Court seem, well, interesting. This is an absolute lie. People who make the most mind-numbingly boring things sound interesting are the most dangerous people in the world.
--Josh Bot
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here.)
[Proposals to date:
For Dahlia
here. And
here
(though not entirely clear what he is proposing). And
here.
For Joel, Jennifer Mendelsohn, below. And
here.
Michael
says he'll have 'whoever's left over', in a post winningly entitled Pot Luck, though he seemed to be having second thoughts
here. He also was asking about another one of Joel's suitors,
here. He seems to be in Australia.]
As a foreign boy (from an admittedly low-marriage propensity country) I am increasingly suspicious about the increasingly popular "marry me" discussion here in The Fray. I dare any of you proposing types to get face to face with your prospective partner and repeat the proposal! Now, at other chat rooms/bulletin boards I have read about people use steamy language describing actions they would be unlikely to carry out. Conclusion: "Marry me" is just the polite, US middlebrow Slate-nerd way of saying "**** me"--still without really meaning it.
--JS
(To reply, click
here.)
(4/5)
In answer to Disgruntled, who wrote in The Fray:
Bring back the Mendelsohns.
The Mendelsohns are here in spirit. Jennifer Mendelsohn, for one, hopes that even if Joel Stein's identity gets stolen, that his sense of humor will remain intact exactly as it is. In fact, she thinks he's so funny that she was thinking of asking him to marry her, just because that seems to be the way to express one's affection in The Fray these days.
Betrothedly,
--Jennifer Mendelsohn
(To reply, click
here.)
(4/3)
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Reader Response from The Fray--to be read after the most recent entry:
Why read "Breakfast Table"?
This week: because Dahlia's column is fabulous and I'd be willing to read her grocery list.
In general: because it's interesting to hear what intelligent, interesting people have to say in an informal conversation. Not that all "Breakfast Table" participants are intelligent, interesting, or funny. But most are. Especially those wacky Mendelsohns.
About marriage proposals: Yes, Dahlia, we love your mind. And we also imagine that you have great [deleted]. Will you marry me? If not, Joel will you marry me?
--Keith M Ellis
(To reply, click here.)
I've grown concerned about the frequency with which marriage proposals are being thrown around The Fray. Re: Dahlia Lithwick, whom I do not personally know, there are two things that I feel I must draw a prospective suitor's attention to:
According to findlaw.com Ms Lithwick worked in Reno, Nevada, also known as "America's Divorce Capital" and she is currently working on a novel about divorce law.
Having perused Ms Lithwick's Supreme Court dispatches, I have surmised that she is a very, very dangerous person. She is able to make the Supreme Court seem, well, interesting. This is an absolute lie. People who make the most mind-numbingly boring things sound interesting are the most dangerous people in the world.
--Josh Bot
(To reply, click here.)
[Proposals to date:
For Dahlia here. And here (though not entirely clear what he is proposing). And here.
For Joel, Jennifer Mendelsohn, below. And here.
Michael says he'll have 'whoever's left over', in a post winningly entitled Pot Luck, though he seemed to be having second thoughts here. He also was asking about another one of Joel's suitors, here. He seems to be in Australia.]
As a foreign boy (from an admittedly low-marriage propensity country) I am increasingly suspicious about the increasingly popular "marry me" discussion here in The Fray. I dare any of you proposing types to get face to face with your prospective partner and repeat the proposal! Now, at other chat rooms/bulletin boards I have read about people use steamy language describing actions they would be unlikely to carry out. Conclusion: "Marry me" is just the polite, US middlebrow Slate-nerd way of saying "**** me"--still without really meaning it.
--JS
(To reply, click here.)
(4/5)
In answer to Disgruntled, who wrote in The Fray:
The Mendelsohns are here in spirit. Jennifer Mendelsohn, for one, hopes that even if Joel Stein's identity gets stolen, that his sense of humor will remain intact exactly as it is. In fact, she thinks he's so funny that she was thinking of asking him to marry her, just because that seems to be the way to express one's affection in The Fray these days.
Betrothedly,
--Jennifer Mendelsohn
(To reply, click here.)
(4/3)