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Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Book Nut
by Jeanne Harris
ages: adult
First sentence: “We came on the wind of the carnival.”
I finished this a couple of days ago, but put off writing a review because I wanted to watch the movie again, mostly so I could compare the two. But, alas, the planets/stars/karma aligned against me, […]
THE GREAT UNWINDING
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
No one expected good news, and the expectations were met.
Today’s update on 2008’s fourth-quarter GDP was ugly, the ugliest in 25 years, in fact. The economy contracted by 6.2% at a real, annualized seasonally adjusted pace in the last three months of 2008. That’s much deeper than […]
The Flu and Sweating Bullets
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by the stupid cancer blog
By Kairol Rosenthal
It is flu season. Everyone has the flu. I don’t, but having just typed that, the tiniest threat of superstition is upon me and I’m afraid I’ve jinxed myself.
I think to many outsiders, the flu might seem like nada compared to having cancer. In […]
Mary Martin, PhD, deconstructs the language, On “Force”
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Animal Person
Continuing to get my money’s worth, today the Oxford English Dictionary and I bring you “force.”
Force arrives on the scene in 1300, and has many uses, so I’ll give examples only when I think the definition needs some back-up. And please know that force can also mean “to […]
Zero Punctuation: FEAR 2
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[?]Submitted by videogame2play.com
Bullet time, scary little girls and quick time events. What’s not to love about this week’s Zero Punctuation review of Fear 2?
Short video of Flipull
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Also called Plotting in the US.
An interesting puzzle game where you need to clear a certain number of cubes with various shapes and colors on them, including Taito’s own logo symbol! It’s pretty complicated, and there are times when you may have a “miss” or […]
Puyo Puyo 2 short tape
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Click over to see.
This is the sequel to the first game, and just as brilliant.
Filling In
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Gurney Journey
“Filling in” is a 19th century art term that refers to the process of association that a picture induces in a spectator. A picture was said to be capable of filling in when it suggested layers of meaning or awakened long dormant feelings.
A good example of this process […]
Suffering Is Optional
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
When Andrew Wyeth died recently, it came as a bit of a shock. Even though he was 91 years old, Wyeth remained energetic and amazingly retained most of his eyesight and dexterity to the very end. It was a much different case for Auguste Renoir. Born […]
Change We Can Believe In
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[?]Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
In just another of the many signs of the radical changing of the guard with the Presidency of Barack Obama comes news that the First Couple will be decorating their private living space with modern art by masters such as Ed Ruscha, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper […]
March Madness Circuits Turbulence Training Workout
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Turbulence Training Blog
It is madness I tell you, March Madness!
March Madness Circuits Madness!
Click HERE for the March 2009 program
These all-new fat burning circuits will help you get lean, burn belly fat, and build that coveted athletic look in short, but FUN workouts.
NOTE: These are Advanced Workouts!
Discover the fat […]
Designer Dog Houses
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[?]Submitted by Animal Rights Blog
Worlds Finest Dog Homes
Sullivan Construction has been building custom homes for more than 16 years. Due to the increasing request from our customers, we have now expanded out to offer your furry family member their own Luxury Dream Home. You may want to have a mini version […]
Back of the Body Workout
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[?]Submitted by Turbulence Training Blog
Back to the weights today, and I hit a cool “back of the body workout”.
In my new program, I’m using a system from Joe Kenn’s “Strength Training Playbook” which is a common-sense, yet innovative way to train athletes, especially large groups of athletes.
Smart dude. Quick read.
=> Click […]
The Best Diet for Burning Belly Fat
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Turbulence Training Blog
This might be the coolest fat burning diet article ever, if you can call a diet article “cool”. You’re going to love the Ninja-analogies in this belly fat burning article…
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The Best Diet for Burning Belly FatBy Brad Pilon
Author, Fasting for Fat Loss
There are hundreds if not thousands […]
Lou Donaldson / Bobby Hutcerson - LIVE!!!
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by this SHAPE OF JAZZ
Definitely the most exciting event (for me) of the festival was the chance to see Lou Donaldson and Bobby Hutcherson live at the Crystal Ballroom. This double billed event (with the exception of McCoy Tyner on the previous weekend) was the biggest highlight of earlier generation […]
Is the future in community radio?
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Jazz Suite
At least once a year my wife and I travel to Cape May New Jersey to detox from all the annoyances life throws at us. We stay at the beautiful Albert Stevens Inn, where Jim & Lenanne Labrusciano feed us delicious breakfasts and give us the inside dope […]
Miles at Antibes
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[?]Submitted by Jazz Note SDP
As we approach the fiftieth of Kind of Blue, maybe it’s good to return to the roots of this blog: Miles Davis and his magnificent quintets of the fifties and sixties. I got into serious collecting when I discovered the great Prestige recordings Workin’, Steamin’, Relaxin’, and […]
Pere Soto teaches Foxy to Shred!
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[?]Submitted by Casa Valdez Studios
Last weekend Pere Soto made some incredible Paella and after dinner he gave our Pomeranian Foxy a music lesson. Foxy has been studying with Pere for several years now and she become quite the shredding Pom. In the next lesson video Foxy will shred on piano, […]
Cheese of the Month Club
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Food and Wine Blog
Winchester Cheese Company is owned and operated by Jules Wesselink who was born and raised in Haarlem, Holland. Jules has operated his own dairies in California since the 1950’s. As the metropolitan Los Angeles area has grown Jules’s dairies have moved from Artesia to Chino, and […]
Battered and Bruised
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog
Yesterday morning we pulled back into Antigua YC Marina and I was hardly able to talk or get across the boat on the last tacks into the finish I was that battered and bruised. The 600 mile race was technically exciting and the only thing […]
The Pleasures of Stamp Collecting
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
A reprint of an article that originally appeared in the New Zealand Stamp Collector, the official journal of the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand, was posted on the Philatelic Database Web site.
According to the author, D. J. Jarvis, “The Royal Philatelic Society was privileged […]
Congratulations, it’s Bronchitis :(
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
Chris saw the doctor yesterday, I saw her today, and Ryan saw his pediatrician today as well. All three of us have Bronchitis. Chris has the worst breathing, I have the worst cough, Ryan has the highest temperature.
We are on the same antibiotic, Zithromax, also known […]
Current Giveaways:
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
Actor and comedian Robert Cait released a DVD called Kosher/ Not Kosher, with two stand-up comedy sets. One, the Kosher routine, was filmed in front of a religious audience, with Cait using (what I assume are) Hebrew words in the routine (fortunately there are subtitles). The […]
Guest Blogger: The Simulacra, Context, and Poetry
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[?]Submitted by World Class Poetry Blog
Jean Baudrillard, a French philosopher, wrote Simulations and Simulacra in the early 1980s. In this book, Baudrillard takes on two major themes of a postmodern society that lead to an interesting problem: the loss of the Real.
For this entry, I will focus just on the simulacra […]
Absolution through poetry.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
The small yet dread thought most of must struggle
not to give an ear to as we pass the supermarket meat section is exactly how did all those fine sides of beef, ham, chicken, turkey, lamb get to where they are, from animal to shrink wrapped packages kept […]
