Another rainy, overcast, cruddy day here. Think I may just call the whole day a loss and go back to bed. Tunch is being ornery as hell, especially after his incident last night. I was putting the vacuum away and decided to chase Rosie and yelled “I’m coming to get ya” and ran at her …
Archives for April 2011
Open Thread: More Competition for the Grey Lady
“The Guardian is going large in the States, says Rusbridger“: Guardian News & Media is about to appoint a US editor, based in New York, as part of the paper’s revamped Stateside expansion. __ Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger told Yahoo! News blogger Joe Pompeo: “We will be announcing an American editor shortly.” __ It is …
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The Final Indignity of the Tsunami
Tragedy is tragedy, but you know that human life has truly been affected when there’s a beer shortage. In other quake new, I watched a bit of this week’s NOVA on the Japanese quake, and I hadn’t realized that the quake lasted 5 minutes (most last less than a minute), or that the coastline dropped …
Late Night Open Thread: Above My Pay Grade, Fortunately
I found Felix Salmon’s post on Bill Keller, NYTimesman, versus Arianna Huffington (which Salmon did not title ‘Daddy & Mommy Are Fighting Over the Internet’, because he is above stuff like that) worth sharing, but I haven’t found a way to sound intelligent about it. Insert your snark of choice below. Also worth reading is …
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Saturday’s Games in the European Leagues
Now that the international break is over, leagues are gearing up again with several games scheduled for tomorrow. Home teams are listed first; all times are EDT. English Premier League: West Ham United (LDWWD) v Manchester United (WWLLW) at Upton Park on ESPN2 at 7:30 a.m. Stoke City (LLDLW) v Chelsea (DDWWW) at the Britannia …
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New Malcolm X book
I saw the author of this book, Manning Marable, speak in Rochester a few weeks ago. Marable died earlier today, at age 60. The book sounds fascinating: The book’s account of the assassination of Malcolm X, then 39, on Feb. 21, 1965, is likely to be its most incendiary claim. Mr. Marable contends that although …
Artists In Our Midst
Been a while since we had one of these, so I thought it would be a good opportunity for all of you creative types out there to share your wares. I’ve bought several pieces of art from the readership, the latest being this rendition of the animal family. That was done by Larime Taylor, who …