--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW Rachel, a graduate of Stanford, was the first openly GLBT person to win a Rhodes Scholarship. She has a D.Phil in politics from Oxford. =
I find it a pleasure to watch her in action discussing the [usually] political topics of he day. What a fresh, insightful and articulate observer! Here she is when she appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (10/09/2008): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7p_s53zkDI > > --- On Sat, 10/18/08, do.rflex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: do.rflex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] NYT Visits and Interviews Rachel Maddow at Home > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 10:03 PM > > > > > > > > > Rachel Maddow, host of left-leaning chat shows on Air America Radio > and MSNBC, both named "The Rachel Maddow Show", spends downtime in an 1865 house in western Massachusetts. > > Biggest misconception about pundits: That we all hang out together. I > don't know any of these people. Maybe all the pundits are hanging out > and not inviting me. > > Worst thing about job: My self-doubt that this is a worthy thing to > contribute to the world. It's fun, but I worry that it is self-indulgent. > > Her 190-mile commute: It's an opportunity for me to turn my brain off. > My apartment in New York is only 275 square feet. So just being able > to stretch out is great. > > Always on her: A handkerchief. One of my liabilities as a broadcaster > is that I am little teary. Having a handkerchief is handy. My partner, > Susan Mikula, buys me cute ones. > > Worst thing about Obama: He's measured to a fault. He is so calm and > cool and collected that sometimes I want to know what he feels. > > Best thing about McCain: He's very funny. > > Morning routine: I arrive in Massachusetts around 2 a.m. Saturday. I > wake up so that I can put the trash and recycling together and get it > to the dump, which closes at 11 a.m. Me and the dog go to the dump. > Then we drive to a sheep farm and I let the dog look at the sheep. > > Gadget she can live without: We have no television. Susan wants to buy > one, but where we live there's no cable. So we'd have to put up a > satellite dish, and we already have one for the Internet. To have two > dishes on the roof would be crazy. > > Prized possession: I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from > friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS. > > Concession to vanity: I've had to get contact lenses. I only put them > in while I'm on TV. They are a miracle device that allows me to be on > TV without glasses, which everyone tells me I can't wear on TV. > > Favorite movie: "The Manchurian Candidate," original version. > > Always in fridge: Champagne. I always keep a bottle, because you might > need to celebrate at any moment, and a bunch of mustard, because I am > a mustard person. > > Obsession: Loose nukes. I literally lie awake and worry that we > haven't paid attention to some of the real national-security threats > that are out there. > > Favorite item in house: The house mostly reflects Susan's style, but I > have to put my stamp on things. Once, I found a sculpture of a big, > fat squirrel holding a reflector. You're supposed to put it at the end > of your driveway. We have it near the kitchen table; it's the house > mascot. > > Obsolete item she won't part with: I have a little stockpile of lawn > mowers, some of which it has been years since they worked. But it > seems wrong to get rid of lawn mowers, so I keep them. > > Evening routine: Susan cooks dinner; I make drinks. We stay up all > night talking or watching movies. Since we don't have TV, we watch > movies on the laptop. I do this whole arcane thing where I get cords > and connect the laptop and the speakers to an outlet. It takes 10 minutes. > > Clothing item a talk-show host needs: For me, it is sneakers, which I > can wear 80 percent of the time, secretly behind the desk. That > reminds me who I am, even though I am dressed up like an assistant > principal in order to meet the minimum dress code for being on television. > > Art collection: Most of the art in our house was made by Susan, who is > a great photographer. She makes these wonderful abstract portraits. We > also have a lot of other photos, most by people who are our > contemporaries. > > Fictional character she identifies with: Wally Cleaver. Cause he is a > dork. > > Favorite Fox News put-down: I don't talk much about Fox. That's more > Keith Olbermann, but the only time Fox tried to book me on a show > ever was for me to comment on Madonna and Britney Spears having > kissed at an awards ceremony. I declined. > > Favorite Republican: I like the congressman and presidential candidate > Ron Paul, because I understand what he believes, and he is fearless > and civic-minded in his beliefs, rather than personally zealous. > > Favorite professional memento: I have clown shoes. They were from the first time I was asked to M.C. something due to being a radio personality. > > Worst job: I had a waitressing job that was minimum wage; no tips. I > had to wear pantyhose and be there at 6 in the morning. > > She drives: I have a seven-year-old Ford pickup. Remember, I have to > go to the dump. > > By her bed: Comic books. I read comics sometimes and graphic novels. I appreciate that genre. > > Last big purchase: I just completed one of the biggest purchases of my > life, my new chimney. The chimney was made in the 1860s, and the > bricks were turning to dust. The new chimney is beautiful and safe, > and it was so much money. > > Superstitions: Tons. A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket > after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have > items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am > luck-oriented. > > Favorite recent gift: A very old friend of mine gave me a fishing > pole. I'd done a little fishing as a kid. Now, I have started fishing > in the rivers around my house. I have my Massachusetts fishing license > in my wallet and my pole in the shed. > > Procrastination technique: Cleaning. Writing makes me want to blow my > head off. If I have a writing project due, I will clean everything > around me as a way of avoiding putting pen to paper. > > Hobby: I am a hobbyist bartender. I have a liquor cabinet. I research > classic drinks from the golden age of American cocktails and I make > them for me and Susan. > > Favorite obscure liquor: Rhum agricole. It is rum made from sugar-cane juice rather than molasses. It is freaking awesome. > > Favorite place to shop: Not applicable. I don't shop. > > Favorite political memento: Two ashtrays from the Watergate Hotel. I > bought them on eBay. > > Nagging injury: A hurt shoulder from playing high-school volleyball. I > can't raise my right arm above my head while bearing weight. > > Postelection plans: One, I won't do anything I don't have to for a > while. No speeches. Two, Air America is having a cruise with its > hosts. I have to do that, contractually. It is sort of work, but it is > a cruise to Belize. > > --Includes a few photos at link: > http://www.nytimes. com/2008/ 10/19/magazine/ 19wwln-domains- t.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
