A few weeks ago, Rose — who is 91 — went with her daughter Elizabeth, 52, to enjoy a Christmas Eve cocktail at Von’s Grand City Cafe, a martini bar on Pine Street in downtown Seattle’s shopping district.
Rose didn’t bring along her purse. She’s been forgetful of late, leaving things behind. Her daughter was buying [...]
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Sugar Mountain-Live At Canterbury House 1968 (CD/DVD)
Neil Young
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Label: Reprise Records
Release Date: 2008-12-02
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Paul Krugman
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Hardcover
224 pages
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart
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Hardcover
240 pages
From Thom Hartmann’s column:
When Columbus first landed on Hispaniola in 1492, virtually the entire island was covered by lush forest. The Taino “Indians” who loved there had an apparently idyllic life prior to Columbus, from the reports left to us by literate members of Columbus’s crew such as Miguel Cuneo.
When Columbus and his crew arrived [...]
I came across this photo while looking for images to put on a cover for a 1957 compilation CD I’m making to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of the parents of a friend of mine.
What could be more American than the combination of a mushroom cloud with a pinup girl?
For more information about the woman [...]
Here are some excerpts from an article by Ross Douthat in the newest Atlantic Monthly about the rise of religion in Europe and the rise of secularism in America.
Nothing divides the United States from Europe like religion. America has its public piety and its multitude of thriving sects, Europe has its official secularism and its [...]
Florida or Iraq? Baghdad or Ft. Lauderdale?
Published by February 25th, 2007 in Iraq, News and al Qaeda. 0 CommentsHmmm… What kind of question is that? Perhaps a little background is necessary.
Yesterday I got an email from my neighbor who is working in Iraq as a producer for ABC News. He asked me to go check out an article he recently posted to the ABC website, so I went to the ABC News main [...]
A couple days ago it was Bob Marley day. Well now it’s James Dean Day.
Here’s some dialogue from Giant.
Leslie Benedict: Money isn’t all, you know?
Jett Rink: Not when you’ve got it.
And later on…
Jett Rink: My well came in, Bick.
Bick Benedict: Fine. That’s wonderful, Jett.
Jett: Everybody thought I had a duster. You all thought Spindletop and
Burkburnett [...]
Nike+iPod Sport Kit raises privacy concerns
Published by December 1st, 2006 in Miscellaneous and Technology. 0 CommentsAccording to a new report titled Devices That Tell On You: The Nike+iPod Sport Kit and published by a group of University of Washington graduate students, the new Nike+iPod Sport Kit could lead to all sorts of secret surveillance.
Scott Saponas the lead author on the report believes that anyone could monitor someone’s activities by creating [...]
Anyone who visits this site regularly has probably noticed I haven’t posted much of anything for the past couple weeks. It could be because I’ve been extremely busy with real work, or it could be because of this internet toy called Line Rider. Check it out. You’ll find that you can amuse yourself with it [...]
Last night I watched the season premiere of Lost on my DVR.
I am glad that I recorded it because right away there was a scene where a cd was being put into the cd player and I thought to myself, ‘hey that’s the Talking Heads, cool’. Only when the song started, it wasn’t. So, I [...]
Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer is her baby’s father
Published by September 27th, 2006 in Miscellaneous. 0 CommentsAnna Nicole Smith’s lawyer is her baby’s father:
“Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer, Howard K. Stern, announced yesterday on CNN’s Larry King that he’s the father of her baby girl, finally completing the soap opera that is Anna Nicole’s life.”
(Via The Superficial - Because You’re Ugly.)
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