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OCTOBER 15, 2008 4:23PM

Flipping Me Off

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I was in my fave-o-rite record store just now (Central Square Records in Seaside, FL - an unexpected gem in this otherwise fairly typical vacation town) talking with Tom, the proprietor.  We were discussing music and politics and catching up on family and he noticed a shirt on the t-shir… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 7, 2008 9:05PM

Soft Pumpkin

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Today I was thinking of resident expert John Hodgman's discussion of ethnology on The Daily Show (find it, watch it).  He foresaw a day when the melting pot of modern civilization would reach a point when there would be no racial divisions and everyone would be the same skin…

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OCTOBER 7, 2008 8:14PM

I'm With Balto

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 There's a great post titled McCarthyism over at sWell about Jenny McCarthy and her antivaccine campaign. She's recently turned up on a number of shows like Oprah and Larry King, venting her misguided spleen about the extremely improbable vaccine-autism connection. I would like… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 2, 2008 8:45PM

oDDs and eNDs

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I'm short on time tonite but I feel compelled to mention a few things.

It's sad that so few of us have a direct connection to the land nowadays - the day of the small farmer is passing quickly.  I'm grateful that some are still able to maintain that connection… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 8:14PM

What is Electrotango

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It's what you get when you mix electronica and tango - it's dramatic and sexy. Bajafondo, Gotan Project, and Tanghetto are good examples.

 I have an Electrotango playlist that I use for Spinning class posted on iTunes under "Electrotango by Sandman". &nb

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 7:36PM

TOP 3 COVER VERSIONS

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The people have spoken, particularly Fingerlakeswoman.  Top 3 records is so earlier today.  It's time for a more interesting list, a list of distinction.  A list of your favorite covers of all time.   The comments for my last post got this going with some great one… Read full post »
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 8:42PM

Forget Yesterday... Here's Today's Top 3

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 I got to work this morning and glanced through the cd's I have there, some of my faves, and realized with horror that I had made a terrible mistake.  Yesterday's top 3 list was wrong, all wrong.  Today, I've got a new list to throw down...
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 9:10PM

TOP 3 RECORDS

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 I've been thinking about my favorite 5 albums of all time and it's time to take a run at it.  I was locked in on doing a top-10, probably due to our base-10 numeric system, but was inspired by the most excellent list of Joeinaustin at No… Read full post »
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 7:03PM

Lemond Rains on Parade, Soaks Self

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The Lance World Tour stopped at the Interbike trade show today and the man himself talked more about his comeback plans.  The former "man", Greg Lemond, was front and center during the Q and A session and pressed Lance and personal testing guru Don Catlin on how they… Read full post »
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 8:18PM

The Interpreters

Scientific progress has three drivers.  First, basic research is the engine, chugging along, steadily and unspectacularly moving toward short-term goals - purify this antibody, identify that protein.  Necessary but not necessarily sexy.  Second, inspiration provides the punctuated epip… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 8:32AM

Top Gun

Tom Cruise's recent career-resurrecting rant in Tropic Thunder (didn't he deliver another career-resurrecting rant in Magnolia a few years back?) reminded me that his wife, Katie, has a number of nicknames for Tom's member.  A few, in reverse order of Tom's preference...

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 8:34PM

Confess Your Sins... or Spin!

I mentioned spinning in a recent post and a reader asked "what dat"? Spinning, or as it was originally known, Velo de Sade, was first used during the Inquisition.  Would-be heretics would be strapped to pedals and made to spin wooden wheels as fast as they could as musicians played loud… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 8:07PM

Moral Sense

This week's Newsweek has a short essay by Marc Hauser outlining his ideas about the universality of morality.  He throws out some of the moral dilemmas that he's used in his online moral sense test.  It's always interesting how the sense of right and wrong is seemingly instinctive, what he… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 9:04PM

Cum on Feel the Illinoize

So this salesguy's in my office a few years back and we're talking and it turns out we're about the same age and the talk gets around to music and he mentions some 80s bands and makes a comment, I can't remember what he said exactly, but he used the phrase… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2008 6:32PM

Lance's Comeback: The End Justifies the Means

Lance is back.  It's official, now that the man himself posted a short video statement (that's how official works in the YouTube generation).  He's probably coming back for the same reason Jordan and Farve and all the others - because it's hard to leave it all behind.  But, maybe as he… Read full post »

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