23rd February 2005

They’re Back

CrandancBeth said she heard the Sandhill Cranes out on the marsh this afternoon.  They always show up right around Washington’s birthday.

I worked on Sandhill Road in the seventies, and I live in Sandhill Crane country today. 

Nice full moon tonight.  Check out JR’s picture.

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23rd February 2005

Whole Latta Love…

Yeah, Ben Paynter wrote it, but that’s not the only reason you should read it.  You should read it because it’s poignant and it’s funny and it reflects a reality you would rather not experience first hand.  Trust me…

…with domesticity, he couldn’t get a break. One night, he ran over the couple’s cocker spaniel by mistake. Twice.

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23rd February 2005

“I Feel Good”

Free James Brown!

This from the 2/20/2005 New York Times Book Review…

…rock ‘n’ roll, the blues, soul music, funk and hip-hop have done more
to foster international good will toward the United States than cluster
bombs and degraded uranium.   –  Ishmael  Reed

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23rd February 2005

Fake Tennis Courts

HelipadTurning helipads into tennis courts, the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai takes a page from Gary Turner’s book.  Thanks to BoingBoing for the link.

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23rd February 2005

Halley’s Sonnet 116

It starts like this

Let me not to the syndication of true blogs
Admit impediments. Blog is not blog
Which alters when it aggregation finds,…

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