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Presidential Politics? Totally hot.

August 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Paris Hilton jumps into the race.

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Tags: politics

Trailer for Oliver Stone’s W.

July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

According to what we see in the trailer, it’s about the transformation of the current president from sloppy-drunk party boy to humbled (or triumphant?) victor over the parental authority figure (that other president).

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Tags: film · politics

Obama bumper sticker mash-up

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments

This was clever: the owner of a car in front of me on the road yesterday made their own Barack Obama bumper sticker.

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Tags: politics

“People of Berlin!”

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

The collision of President John F. Kennedy, James Mason, Sean Connery…and Barack Obama. By way of the twisted mind of Eddie Izzard.

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Tags: history · politics

First, the good news.

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Man, that was a nice long 4th of July weekend, wasn’t it? I don’t know about you, but I made sure to fit in some time for barbecue, a terrific movie , a few swims, a chilled bike ride with no automotive interruptions, a couple extra hours of sleep.

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Tags: film · ideas · politics

The 2008 Top 10 List: mid-year report

July 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments

As discussed somewhere on this blog recently, I am today submitting to you my favorite music of the year, so far. Anyone who has frequented this website over the past several months will not be surprised by any of these choices, but here they are anyway, committed to paper, if you will.

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Tags: music

Achieving Critical Mass in Birmingham

June 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The Critical Mass ride on Friday attracted the largest group yet in Birmingham, according to one of the regulars, who told me that the group was only begun here this past February.

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Tags: health · ideas · politics

Today’s soundtrack: Monday, 23 June 2008

June 23rd, 2008 · 7 Comments

It was a busy day today, and I was on the move for most of it. The constant? My iPod was working overtime, and though I did listen to a couple of albums full through, it was mostly a Shuffle-All-Songs day. The little random song machine did a bang-up job of entertaining me. Here are some of the day’s lesser-known musical highlights that you might enjoy as well as I did:

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Tags: film · music · politics · Random Song Machine · TV

I’m Voting Republican

June 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Tags: politics

Musicopolitical hilarity

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Being evasive is not the same as lying in Bush’s mind.

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Tags: books · fiction · music