Archive for December, 2007

Follow Up: Phil Ochs

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 Posted in Music, I Found This Interesting | 1 Comment »

I've been focused on making sure I'm gainfully employed, as the money's about to really and truly run out, but once I make sure my food and housing is covered, ... Read more..

Follow-Up: Kite Flying Is A Way Of Life In Afghanistan

Friday, December 14th, 2007 Posted in Sports, Trivia, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

As a timely follow-up to the round on Wednesday about Kites (and the question about Afghanistan), The IHT has a rather nice story about a relatively healthy social activity happening ... Read more..

Putting The Soy In Sodomy

Friday, December 14th, 2007 Posted in I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

According to this impeccably researched (not to mention TOTALLY SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE, NO REALLY) article in Worldnet Daily (as always a bastion of investigative journalism), soy products are the reason all ... Read more..

NY: The Lost Civilization

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 Posted in NYC, Trivia, Podcast, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

(Edited, sadly) Next week's podcast will be on time as scheduled. This week has been too rife with job hunting and fighting sickness and vertigo. Until then, take 18 minutes out ... Read more..

Uh-Oh: Trebek Has Heart Attack

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 Posted in Trivia | Comments Off

I'm glad he's okay, but this isn't good. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Longtime "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek was hospitalized Tuesday after a minor heart attack, a spokesman for the game show ... Read more..

Rockin’ The Suburbs

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 Posted in I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

I always love those "crazy" and "out there" pics taken in suburban living rooms on plush carpets. The goth kids pretending to cut themselves while sitting on their plush leather ... Read more..

The Bronx Is (Not) Burning

Monday, December 10th, 2007 Posted in NYC, Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

On the 20th anniversary of what at the time sure felt like a landmark novel, Tom Wolfe's Bonfire Of The Vanities, the Times does a cover piece on how the ... Read more..

AMSM Episode 9: Pickel’s Gosh-Damned Disembodied Head

Monday, December 10th, 2007 Posted in Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | 3 Comments »

Yes, I've been watching America's Most Smartest Model. So you don't have to. You're welcome. Episode nine opens with a decided air of melancholy across the house. Rachael, Brett and Andre ... Read more..

AMSM: The Reckoning

Sunday, December 9th, 2007 Posted in Lit/Writ/Crit | 1 Comment »

I'm going to see if I can get the last two recaps for America's Most Smartest Model up today. Nothing would please me more than to have a finished document ... Read more..

DSO Trivia Podcast #15: A Goodly Sized But

Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Posted in Trivia, Podcast | 1 Comment »

Modern technology is finding new and amazing ways to bring people who are very far apart only closer together. Thanks to little bot-like devices such as IM and Skype, I ... Read more..