Not Your Mama’s Audio Tour
Posted on May 31, 2005 - Filed Under culture-society-history, music, new orleans, travel | 7 Comments
A visit to a museum, any museum, is a pilgrimage for me — it is time to commune with the greater fabric of existence not easily viewable in the everyday, mundane and often too literal. There, in space and time, you and the massage of a medium coexist with few distractions. What a […]
Read More..>>The Ditto Society
Posted on May 25, 2005 - Filed Under computing & internet, culture-society-history, movies/tv, project gutenberg | 7 Comments
Interesting fact from the Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter (ok, so the website hasn’t been updated since March; sue us. Get on the mailing list!):
The media continue to be gobbled up by “Merger Mania.”
Ever wonder why so much of North American media content looks as if it were all written by clones?
There are ~1,800 newspapers, […]
Meet Me At The Corner Of America’s Choice And Dr. Thunder
Posted on May 24, 2005 - Filed Under culture-society-history, food & drink | 1 Comment
Fox News reports on a new dating service brought to you courtesy of WalMart. No, this isn’t a story about America’s favorite cement block and Neil Cavuto in bed with one another; that’s so 5 minutes ago.
Wal-Mart stores are hosting weekly singles nights, where shoppers looking for romance tie a red ribbon to their […]
Illinois Library To Use Fingerprints
Posted on May 23, 2005 - Filed Under books, computing & internet, culture-society-history | 2 Comments
Public libraries in the Illinois suburb of Naperville will require a fingerprint scan before a patron may use a computer terminal. The message: No unauthorized users. Who could possibly be forbidden in a public library? Why, people who don’t have Stamps Of Approval emblazoned on their heads, of course.
Library officials said they […]
Machelle’s Grandparents With Their Progeny
Posted on May 23, 2005 - Filed Under general | Leave a Comment
A lovely late-70s picture of my great friends, Machelle and Tim, with their siblings, cousins and grandparents.
Read More..>>Kuwait: Progress With A Caveat
Posted on May 20, 2005 - Filed Under culture-society-history, government, kuwait | 1 Comment
VatulBlog proudly announces that Kuwait Approves Women’s Political Rights.
An admirable 35-23 vote gave Kuwaiti women the right to vote and stand in parliamentary elections. No parade is memorable without some rain; traditional archconservatives successfully tacked on a caveat to the law which requires the newly-empowered women to adhere to Islamic law.
What an ambiguous […]
Postcards From The Edge
Posted on May 20, 2005 - Filed Under computing & internet, culture-society-history | 3 Comments
An exam you cheated on. A secret and unrequited love. Lies you tell people to appear as something you’re not. An undisclosable joy. A disguised fear. What untold truths lurk in the dark recesses of your being?
Sri points me to PostSecret, a blog that “collects secrets written in by postcard […]
Spoof Wars
Posted on May 18, 2005 - Filed Under funny, movies/tv, new orleans | 1 Comment
No critical treatment of the Star Wars universe is complete without the comedic genius of Hardware Wars. Alongside Apocalypse Pooh and Unbakeable, this parody of our favorite SW characters (only Episode IV need apply) features such endearing hilarities as Fluke Starbucker, Oggie Ben Doggie, Ham Salad, Princess Anne-Droid and my personal favorites, Artie Deco, […]
Read More..>>Star Wars Essential Mix
Posted on May 17, 2005 - Filed Under movies/tv, music | Leave a Comment
How did playing kickball against Tulane Law land me with a sore throat, mild fever and the feeling that someone just ran me over with a truck outfitted with new suspension? Close proximity to the cootie-ridden bastards, their final exams and stress-induced low immunities. That’ll learn me.
Is this going to […]
BLOGDOGGLES!!!
Posted on May 13, 2005 - Filed Under computing & internet, general | Leave a Comment
This is my first post using WordPress. Blogger has its place in the interworld, but I can’t handle not being able to organize my posts into categories and, more importantly, muck with the publishing code myself. Enter WordPress. Just another example of Maitri’s obsessive-compulsive nature and penchant for getting into trouble.
YES THIS […]
