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Monthly Archives: December 2004
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Adolf Hitler was a fan of Mickey Mouse, according to the son of the Fuehrer’s architect Albert Speer. Albert Speer junior said he spent time in the dictator’s Obersalzberg residence watching his collection of Mickey Mouse films while his dad … Continue reading
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Living in the Pod
One of the coolest parts of blogging is when you come out with some outrageous, off-the-wall impossible idea, half expecting a mocking, flame-fed rebound, only to discover that there are lots of other weirdo’s out there thinking along the exact … Continue reading
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Homeland Insecurity
The following article from yesterday’s Boston Globe, titled “Security Officials Downplay Threat of Lasers Aimed to Crash Airliners got us thinking… WASHINGTON — Homeland Security officials yesterday sought to calm fears that terrorists might try to crash commercial airliners by … Continue reading
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Mad Vinny for Kids
Vincent Van Gogh is hands down our favorite artist. Visiting the Van Gogh museum is a wild ride through the perceptual dissolution of a staggering genius. Over a hundred paintings spanning the artist’s brief active career are displayed simply, in … Continue reading
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Global Voices
Coming to you live from the floor of the Internet and Society 2004 conference at the Harvard Law School. Today the sessions are being held in Pound Hall, which miraculously does have functioning wireless access, so participants in the current … Continue reading
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Northern Exposure
Bennington Outlaws Public Nudity BENNINGTON, Vt. (Reuters) – Students occasionally parading buck naked around Vermont’s Bennington College campus has been a tolerated, if peculiar, part of the university’s student culture here since the 1960s. Now Robert Graves, hired this year … Continue reading
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A Dozen Chili Dogs to Go
Newburpost artist Barbara Bannon has updated da Vinchi’s classic "Last Supper" to feature that wacky crew of misfits and idiots who are the current World Champions of baseball. The only complaints so far have not come from horrified patrons of … Continue reading
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Wakeup Call – Pondering the Paucity of Postings
The two academic weeks between the end of Thanksgiving vacation and the end of the fall semester are the busiest part of the busiest semester of the year. Between teaching classes, inventing exams, grading term papers, evaluating projects, writing evaluations, … Continue reading
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Pondering the Paucity of Postings
The two academic weeks between the end of Thanksgiving vacation and the end of the fall semester are the busiest part of the busiest semester of the year. Between teaching classes, inventing exams, grading term papers, evaluating projects, writing evaluations, … Continue reading
Hot Square Pants Disappear
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Dozens of 9-foot-tall SpongeBob Squarepants balloons have been stolen from the roofs of Burger Kings from Florida to Utah since the release of the famous cartoon character’s hit movie, authorities said. The balloons started appearing at … Continue reading
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Red Sox and Yankees Tied in 12th
Feeling very retro tonight. Just noticed that all of the graphics on today’s edition of the News are in black and white. Listening to the pivotal 5th game of the American League Championship between the Red Sox and the Yankees … Continue reading
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Those French Again
A signed white urinal has been named the most influential modern art work of all time. Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain came top of a poll of 500 art experts in the run-up to this year’s Turner Prize. It beat Picasso’s Les … Continue reading
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