Last night was Laurie Anderson.
While I absolutely adore her, I have to confess I was a little bit disappointed. The show was great, but understated. All of the material was new and cohesive, but there was very little “new”. I don’t mean new as in new songs (they were all new), but there was nothing [...]
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Update: South Park is what reminded me of this movie.
Someone mentioned this movie the other day and I remembered having seen it, but don’t remember when or where. As it was 1981, I must have been living in Florida, so I must have seen it at the local second run house. (I don’t remember [...]
Hurray!
I haven’t seen her in about five years, I think. Last time was at Sanders Theatre at Harvard (a beautiful place, BTW). I also haven’t been to the Opera House since they did it over. I was in there a long, long time ago when I used to sing in the chorus. It was in [...]
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A pleasant, very well animated story that sort of combines Alice in Wonderland with Wizard of Oz with something else with dragons.
Whiny ten-year-old Chihiro is moving to another city. Along the way, her father takes a wrong turn and they end up in a dead-end in front of what they think is an abandoned [...]
The Globe starts a new column.
Can Boston be a world-class bike city? - The Boston Globe
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A co-worker who agrees with me that Count of Monte Cristo is one of the best books evar, told me to watch this series. While I’m not an anime fan, I thought this was very well done and faithful to the book except for the ending which was radically changed for some unknown reason.
It’s [...]
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The startlingly frank autobiography of Graeme Obree, cycling world champion and twice one-hour record holder. Written mostly while recuperating in the hospital after one of a series of nearly successful suicide attempts brougt about by ever worsening series of manic episodes, it chronicles his journey from a terribly abused childhood at the hands of [...]
all those who do not have cancer.
/me raises hand.
Although the doctor is “still out of town”, it’s been 10 days since the biopsy, and his assistant has the report.
“No malignancies identified.”
I have to wait for him to come back to find out what the report says in detail (like whether this is “pre-cancer” or whatever [...]
BBC SPORT | Other sport… | Cycling | Riders show support for Van Impe
Belgian Van Impe had been preparing for his son’s funeral when a doctor was instructed to carry out a drugs test.Van Impe said he had been threatened with sanctions if he did not go ahead with the out-of-competition test.
And he’s not even [...]
This was in this week’s Road Bike Rider e-newsletter. Not being able to read my cyclometer is a problem I have. I’ve been wearing bifocals since I was, like, 3 or something. My prescription is to the point where I have a lot of trouble finding wrap-around frames that will support the prescription. I guess [...]
Mary Ann is 69 years old?!?!?!? Nooooo!!!!
I mean, sure, Ginger could easily turn into Norma Desmond.
But Mary Ann?
I mean …. Mary Ann!
SI.com - Writers - Austin Murphy: The latest deaths of cyclists should open drivers’ eyes - Tuesday March 11, 2008 2:57PM
via Fritz
A PSA from Transport London:
And another plug for Z-Man’s Yield to Life
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After working all his life in the mines, Schultze, an accordion wielding polka player, gets forcibly retired and ends up with nothing to do. Intensely bored and his wife in a nursing home, he hears a zydeco tune on the radio one day and his musical tastes are suddenly broadened and transformed.
A good premise [...]
I got my copy of this month’s The Atlantic yesterday. On the cover is … wait for it … Brittney Spears.
I knew the move from Boston to DC was a bad omen, but…
These truly are the end times.
My uncle, mom’s oldest brother.
Allen M. Riddle
Born in Caledonia, Ohio on Apr. 1, 1933
At Rest Feb. 29, 2008 and resided in Galion, OH.
Cemetery: Iberia Cemetery
Allen M. Riddle, 74, of Galion, died Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 at Magnolia Terrace in Galion, after an extended illness.
Born Apr. 1, 1933 in Caledonia, he was the son of [...]
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I have to confess: I’ve never read anything by Hunter S. Thompson. I know his reputation, but have never read anything or seen any film involving him. But Ralph Steadman is one of my favorite artists of all time, which is why I wanted to read this. (His artwork on Bonny Doone wines [...]
I widgetified the site design. I’m hoping it works. So far so good. Not as hard as I was led to believe. Dead easy, even. Plus I can now get the NEC RSS feed on this page as well.
One wonders.
Blue Cross chief earned $3.6m in ‘07
