Thinking Day; Cuckoo's Nest; NYPL Menus

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THINKING DAY

     Today's WALL STREET JOURNAL, 6 July 2000, pg. B1, col. 2:

_Memo to Staff: Stop Working_
_Companies Push Employees_
_To Unplug From Office;_
_Taking a 'Thinking Day'_
(...)  Approaches range from organized brainstorming sessions, such as a
weekly "Thinking Day" at a _Southwest Airlines_ unit, to tought restrictions
on weekend and vacation toil.

    Companies now allow you A WHOLE DAY A WEEK to think?

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ONE FLEW OVER THE EAGLE'S/CUCKOO'S NEST

    I did a check on the Making of America database (Michigan one, I think)
for "one flew east and one flew west" and came up with "one flew over the
eagle's nest" in 1876.
    So the cuckoo was an eagle!
    These rhymes change a bit.

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NYPL MENUS (continued)

30 September 1896, Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, PA--"Potatoes Duchesse."
14 October 1896, Windsor Hotel--"Baked Alaska, to order," "Julienne Potatoes."
3 November 1896, Union Club, Cleveland, OH--"Alaska."
7 November 1896, Hoffman House (Italian Society dinner)--"Gelati Napoletani,"
"Sorbetto Margherita," "Antipasto," "Filetto di Pesce Reale alla Marinara,"
"Biscottini bianchi alla Val d'Aorta."
12 November 1896, Hotel Marie Antoinette--"Alaska souffle."
13 November 1896, The Waldorf--"Waldorf Salad."
9 December 1896, Hoffman House--"Glace Alaska."
9 March 1897, Hotel Manhattan--"Baked Alaska."
7 April 1897, The Jefferson, Richmond, VA--"Club Sandwich."
10 April 1897, Maplewood Hotel, White Mountains, NH--"Wax Beans."
25 April 1897, Hotel Chamberlain, Fort Monroe, VA--"Pin-Money Pickles."
25 April 1897, The Arlington, Washington, DC--"Dandelion Salad."
30 May 1904, Trocadero Restaurant, London--"Fraises Melba" (glace).
17 December 1904, The Lotos Club--"Peach a la Melba."
25 December 1904, Hotel Crookston, Crookston, MN--"Maple Walnut Sundae."
25 November 1909, Burns (Sixth Ave. between 44 & 45th Sts.)--"Little Neck
Clam Chowder, Manhattan."

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WORD DETECTIVE

     I wrote to the editor of New York Press (MUG1988 at aol.com) and told him
that the "Word Detective" should be in his newspaper--right next to the
"Straight Dope" and, uh, the Asian whore ads.
     That should lure Evan Morris back.

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MEXICAN COOKBOOKS (continued)

   Two NYPL Mexican cookbooks aren't missing after all, but I'll be
restricted from copying them (see attached).
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