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Driver For the Dead #1- Radical is pushing their new titles pretty hard as of late and while I honestly am not a fan of their overall in-house style (I would describe it as needlessly digitally enhanced) I do have to say they have been offering some intriguing books. John Heffernan offers up a fun supernatural thriller series here following a hearse driver who deals with paranormal deliveries. Now I really like Leonardo Manco’s material, especially when he was doing Deathlok, Werewolf By Night... Read More
A fill in priest at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Toronto has outraged many by doing the unthinkable, administering the Holy sacrament of Communion...to a dog.
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When I first heard of the charges against Al Gore I found them hard to believe. Now the DA and the police have cleared Mr. Gore of the charges. Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk said today, Friday, there was no basis for prosecution.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Don Rees, in a memo to the D.A., Michael D. Schrunk released by the DA office and the Portland Police report have cleared Al Gore of criminal wrongdoing in the sex assault case filed by masseuse Molly Hagerty..
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Do you stress over antioxidants, striving as hard as you can to incorporate superfoods into your diet? Do you work out every day, refrain from smoking and drinking too much—maybe enjoy a glass of wine a day for its health benefits—and try to be as healthy as you can, hoping to live to be 100?
You still might not make it past 90, friend.
Of course, you still could—and more power to you for trying! By living a healthy lifestyle, you’re probably happier and healthier anyway, so even if you don’t... Read More
Think our universe is just so vast and endless—much like a bowl of soup during the lunch rush at a bar and grill—to imagine? Think you’ll never get to see what the whole thing looks like with your puny, stuck-on-Earth eyes? You’re in luck! The first ever picture of the entire universe has been photographed—and I don’t mean photo shopped, either.
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Aside from what Ben Stein stupidly thinks, most Americans are working hard to make ends meet these days. Those who are unemployed are working hard to find work, often having to resort to much less pay than the former positions they occupied and altering their lifestyles accordingly. I know this is true, since I, along with many of former my co-workers, and many of my husband’s former co-workers, have floated along in this boat. Many of our friends and family members sadly still are. It’s not a... Read More
As the BP oil saga continues—cap or no cap, payouts or no payouts, ridiculous apologies or “take-backs”—animals continue to die every day in the Gulf of Mexico. Recently I overheard a news anchor talking about how the oil was thinning out—which does not mean that the situation is getting better. On the contrary, we already know that the matter cannot simply disappear, and if thinning, it will only spread even further on the surface—harming more animals of a wider area in its course.
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One of the issues that really makes me sick to my stomach is the death penalty. Though so many other developed countries—and lesser developed nations, as well!—have abolished it, we continue the grisly practice, and have conducted the fifth highest numbers of executions in the world as of 2009—beaten only by China, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Given how so many of our country’s citizens feel about the governments in these countries and their noted human rights abuses—particularly in cases... Read More
It’s funny reading descriptions of Alexander Trocchi’s final novel, Cain’s Book. For the most part, the writer, a heroin devotee, is couched in terms of existential uncaring and set in a line with Albert Camus and any number of other beats.
What separate’s Trocchi from his American brethren is admittedly his uncaring about pretty much everything apart from how to get high. But in Cain’s Book, that flippant perspective on life is related in some of the most poetic language possible. Granted,... Read More
Working with some of the most talented if not internationally known producers before hitting it big was obviously a help to Jah Walton. And if that name resounds hollowly in most ear holes, it’s understandable. Under the name Jah Walton, there weren’t any hits, but as Joseph Cotton the deejay made inroads towards success in the United Kingdom.
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I had pretty high hopes for this book, and I have to admit that they didn't all get met. But this is a solid book on its own, even if it didn't fulfill my every expectation. Subtitled "How Positive Thinking is Undermining America," it only partly made this case. I wanted so much more!This book breaks down into three basic parts. The first part is an expansion on Ehrenreich's inimitable essay, "Welcome to Cancerland." This essay is one of my favorite works of short... Read More
Have you ever noticed the preponderance of dead naked ladies in fiction? I'm talking television, movies, books, graphic novels, the whole shebang. If it's aimed at adults, it probably has a dead naked lady in it. This goes extra for any work of mystery or suspense.Just as a random example, where would CSI and all its clones be without dead naked ladies? I wonder what CSI: Miami would look like, if its producers decided to challenge the writing staff by banning dead naked... Read More
The difference between power pop, hard rock (of the seventies variety) and punk is slight at best. During the earliest years of the genre(s) one was almost indecipherable from the next. The Ramones are obviously the easiest touchstone, but so are Boston’s Real Kids and any other band with a guitar player exerting effort to render his chords in the most jangly manner.
Maybe jangly is the wrong word. Even Major Accident, in its music at least, had a bit of that never ending, but pleasant guitar... Read More
I heard SO MUCH about Stieg Larsson's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It has a strong female character! It's practically feminist fiction! I would pick it up and turn it over and read the back, and flip through the pages and read a paragraph here or there and put it back, puzzled.
I mean, it seemed like "same old same old" to me. And the prose I caught in bits and pieces didn't exactly wow me.I was finally motivated to read the book when I learned of the... Read More
America and the world know that Chelsea Victoria Clinton is getting married tomorrow and it is a big deal. It is the wedding of the year, the wedding of many years, some say it is the American wedding of the century. Well, yes, it is a young century. It is the wedding that nearly everyone is talking about. Chelsea Clinton is going down the aisle in the style befitting the daughter of a popular former U.S. President. She is the product of two famous and popular parents. Her mom is the current... Read More
Cooking with Thor, guest starring Hercules and Dionysus. Thor attempts to cook salmon and a cake for his daughter.
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America? World? Who are your stars? Your top performers? Entertainers? Those blessed by Heaven to bring laughter and joy? What are their names? Where do you find them? Where else but on You Tube. The Sneezing Bear is the latest You Tube sensation. He's a cute, cuddly little fella. His popularity is easier to explain than Justin Bieber's.
He doesn't sing, he sneezes, but he does dance. A whiff of pollen and he's doing the "cute sneezing bear."
He is a star who won't embarrass us like people... Read More
With the death of Jack Rose and a momentary cessation to the endless John Fahey re-issues, it might appear that the American Primitive Guitar feeding frenzy the occurred a few years back is at an end. Of course, Leo Kottke still tours on a regular basis, but there aren’t really any other high profile acts like that working this music any longer.
To stave off complacency, though, Tomkins Square Records began a series of compilations detailing acoustic guitar players residing in the Bay with... Read More
Even though I'm not a big fan of sour candy (I just don't have much tolerance for it), I really like Lemonheads. It's more about the texture than the taste for me. There is nothing like the texture of a Lemonhead! Except I guess the texture of a Grapehead or Cherryhead.This confused me, reading about all the other members of the Head family. When I was a kid, growing up in Alaska in the 1980s there was a lot of stuff we just didn't get. Everything had to be shipped... Read More
Martha Stewart Saved Me!Martha Stewart saved me the other night. I was in need of a good salad to make using the over-abundant lettuce that resides in the potted garden in front of my place. In desperation, I turned to one of my Martha Stewart post-prison cookbooks for a suitable recipe and found a great recipe for a Thai Steak Salad. Although I’ve been to Thailand and have never eaten nor seen a Thai Steak Salad, I thought it would be my best bet.
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