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Entries from September 2008

Body Piercing Saved My Life (Everywhere a sign #18)

September 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This car emblem was spotted in the parking lot of the main post office in downtown Birmingham today.

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Tags: signs

“I can see Russia from my house!”

September 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Sarah Palin (Tina Fey) and Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler) make a joint appearance on last night’s Saturday Night Live.

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Tags: politics · TV

The freecreditreport.com song (with no lip synching!)

September 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Kaia, an eight-year-old, performs the freecreditreport.com commercial (version: “Pirates in a restaurant”) in its entirety at the school talent show.

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Tags: music · TV

Headline round-up: 12 September 2008

September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County Michigan, a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the state GOP’s effort to challenge some voters on Election Day.

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Tags: politics

Bikeman

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Flynn was at his Manhattan apartment on the day the planes hit. He jumped on his bicycle and headed straight to the scene, arriving in the area as thousands were fleeing.

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Tags: books · history

Keith Olbermann on the politicization of 9/11

September 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

And his childish, squealing, braying, Tourette’s-like repetition of 9/11 (TM), was greeted not as conclusive evidence that he is consumed by massive guilt – hard-earned guilt, in fact but rather as some kind of political tour-de-force, an endorsement of your Vice Presidential nominee, a rookie governor, a facile and slick con artist.

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Tags: politics · TV

Birmingham is in my rear view mirror.

September 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Heading north on 22nd Street toward University Blvd.

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Tags: self

The Keith Olbermann flap

September 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election. That experiment appears to be over.

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Tags: politics · TV

A late lunch at V. Richards

September 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Mid-afternoon lunch accessories on the V. Richards patio.

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Tags: food · self

Dos Passos: Mac’s retail idyll.

September 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Mac would sit in the back reading or would roam about the store chatting with people in English and Spanish.

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Tags: books · fiction