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January 27th is/was Rabbit Hole Day. Birthday of Lewis Carroll. Thanks to Lew, Alice saw the real world. For those of us who get lost in uffish thought of slithy pols and frumious government, Carroll is a beacon of better. To heck with the Jabberwock and their Bandersnatch bailouts. May the Jubjub bird fly up […]
I am beginning to wonder if the American public thinks former President Bush went ahead and brought home all 140,000 troops from Iraq as an inaugural gift for President Obama (you know, so Obama wouldn’t have to trouble himself with it) or if they simply forgot we were still there. Then again, considering the precipitous […]
I can honestly say that my life is anything but boring. I just never know what is going to happen next, one of the people that I always enjoy working with is the owner of a small publishing house, History Publishing Company. In fact Don Bracken is such an engaging guy that I recently had […]
Remittances, Mexico’s second-largest source of foreign income after oil, plunged 3.6 percent to $25 billion in 2008 compared to $26 billion for the previous year, the central bank said. The percentage drop is nearly twice what the government had expected for the year, and central bank official Jesus Cervantes said the decline will likely continue […]
The amendments passed on December 22/23 by the Parliament to the eight year old ITA 2000, has been watched keenly by IT and ITES companies. Many are happy since the resulting ITA 2000 -Version 2008 which we prefer to call ITA 2008 has tried to address the demand for “Data Protection”. The earlier version of […]
I enjoy some of the neo-noir films which have come out lately, especially those influenced by the graphic novel genre. After all, that is where noir went, especially into the writing of Frank Miller. Sin City, the movie and especially the graphic novels, are the perfect example of this. Now there is a new movie […]
I just watched Sleeper the other day. It’s an early film from Woody Allen about a frozen man and a dystopian future. I absolutely loved it! I had forgotten just how great Woody Allen was back then. Not only that, but I had absolutely no idea that Diane Keaton was ever so good looking or […]
Phyllis shows up at Restless Style and finds Nick there. She asks if he got some perspective last night being alone. He tells her she spent the night alone so why doesn’t she tell him. Lily is at Crimson Lights talking to Billy telling him she is looking for a job. He asks what she […]
Autism Sunday the International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome takes place on Sunday 8th February 2009. A letter from the Vatican arrived in the UK for the Co-Founders of Autism Sunday, advocates Ivan and Charika Corea who have a 13 year old son, Charin who has autism. They were delighted to read […]
I chatted with funny lady Siobhan Fallon (Men in Black, Baby Momma, 30 Rock) about her latest comedy, New in Town. The following is an excerpt from that interview and you can hear the complete audio on our website. MM: So there was a discussion today at lunch about the origin of your name, some […]
An asbestos abatement project at a former factor site in West Virginia has resumed after it was put on hold for around eight months. The abatement work was being carried out at the former Fostoria Glass Factory, which finally closed in doors in the mid 1980s. The factor was then purchased by the city with […]
It’s hard to believe, but the head of child support collections for Idaho says that unemployment is the “‘unexpected’ silver lining to Idaho’s economic malaise.” Why? Because it’s easy to garnish dads’ unemployment checks! This is the typical attitude of child support enforcement officials–their job is to collect as much money as possible, regardless of […]
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