I’ve been intrigued by Josef Fritzl, the killer app for evil in the 21st century. I was reading about how they’re investigating his involvement in the murder of a Austrian girl from 1966. To quote the piece from the telegraph, “Ms Neumayr was killed with a captive bolt pistol used to slaughter live stock and […]

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LISTENING
I just went to iTunes and here’s the last five albums I’ve listened to. Bauhaus: Go Away White. Sounds like Bauhaus. TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain. Album starts off really strong and by the end gets really week. Van Halen: Van Halen I. Feel Your Love is the worst song on that […]

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1) It’s filming in Western PA with a week in Louisiana and a week in Oregon. Let’s just hope that they film it so that the ocean is on the correct side (unlike the ending to The Green Berets).
2) Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce (who I think is playing the guy who stole […]

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When I’m not pimpin’ and hustlin’, I’m readin’. It’s FUNdamental. What I’m digging about God on Trial is how it examines Church and State cases and also gives autobiographical sections on the lawyers who try the cases. Bored already with this post? Well go back to your precious Halo tournament and whine to your mommy […]

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Let’s take all our favorite albums and movies and rename them one word titles with an exclamation point. It makes everything sound campy. Caddyshack! Lost! Maybe name three’s company “Jack!”

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Like an aphid in a deer’s eye, this one’s been floating around for a while: Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever, 1963 version compared to the 1991 version. Here’s a snapshot of the covers, side by side:

Interesting as is, but you should pop over to the full Flickr set to see the notes.
The changes […]

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nevermind. can’t figure out this, how do you say…ah yes, “code.”

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From the little I’ve read about the Reagan diaries, here’s my new favorite section.
“I miss Mommie. She called from Fla. — will be home tomorrow nite…Another fabulous suite at Hotel Okura — actually a penthouse…. Dinner alone in my suite. I’ll be glad when Nancy joins me. CNN has an English language channel in Japan. […]

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In case my recommendation fell flat and you need some further encouragement to pick up this book. McCarthy was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction today.
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I guess you probably all know by now that Kurt Vonnegut died.
Truly sad.

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Dang…Dang. Dang. Dang. I never have been one to jump on the bandwagon and I have avoided Oprah’s booklist on that principle for sometime but she has just anointed one of the best books I have read in years, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. What is maybe more shocking for McCarthy fans is that he has […]

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