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  1. The Emotional Tug of Obama, tinyurl.com/7b346sr
  2. The burrata pizza I just had at Toby's Public (Ale) House in Bklyn is best pizza I've had there. Love Toby's for lazy late afternoon.
  3. And, regarding the recipe, you don't need to do the ramps, etc. You can do just the splayed chicken, at 500 all the way.
  4. Chicken roasters, take note: this @goodappetite method, just tried, worked exactly as promised. Total winner. nyti.ms/L9lVgM
  5. And here, with my longer reverie, is a shorter piece on eating in Lisbon. Which I did lots of. Unsurprisingly. tinyurl.com/78zzv4w
  6. I fell hard for Lisbon, and this is my love letter to it, in this weekend's NYT Travel section, tinyurl.com/cjh2rbu
  7. A seemingly big shift in black Americans' views about same-sex marriage, tinyurl.com/7xdo82x
  8. A civil lawsuit by the Clementi family could be messy. And there's so much we'll never know. Some thoughts, tinyurl.com/br9yoew
  9. Should we think of it as Buffy Goes to Gettysburg? Or maybe The Emancipation Exsanguination? #abrahamlincolnvampirehunter
  10. I've encountered a dozen references, read a whole article and saw the trailer, but am still incredulous. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter?
  11. Pete Wells affirms Le Bernardin's four stars. Couldn't happen to a more disciplined, ageless restaurant, tinyurl.com/cl3ghd4
  12. Does Dharun Ravi feel remorse? tinyurl.com/dxq23qg
  13. With too few women in office, should more wives seize the advantage that sons and daughters do? nyti.ms/JMZpfW
  14. A surefire talker: Campbell Brown raises questions in Sunday's NYT about Obama's tone toward women. nytimes.com/2012/05/20/opi…
  15. What happens when the Swift Boat has a mind and motor of its own? tinyurl.com/7endtam
  16. There's a lot of terrific octopus (octopuses? octopi?) in NYC, but none better than Floyd Cardoz's at North End Grill. Lovely dinner.
  17. Who are Bristol & Rush & Newt to talk to us about optimal marriages and ideal families? My Tues. column, tinyurl.com/cwxnjze
  18. From a grateful son on Mother's Day, a testimonial. tinyurl.com/8ystdtq
  19. This Andrew Sullivan report on Republican pollster's advice to party on gay issues is fascinating, tinyurl.com/7393jp4
  20. Obama said the right things, now what? Keep an eye on the Supremes. tinyurl.com/blhmaba #marriageequality