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Bill Dyer: Condolences

(Guest Post by Bill Dyer a/k/a Beldar) I extend my condolences to Betsy Newmark, the fine blogger who's long been on both Hugh's and my blogrolls as the writer of Betsy's Page, on the loss of her...

Ugly Betty: Crimes of Fashion (Episode 217)

Last week ended with the dramatic twist of Christina being pushed down a stairwell by a mystery man. This week the police will be investigating and everyone, and I mean everyone, is a...

Phillies win again

PHILADELPHIA - Twenty-eight-year-old Brett Myers only participated in five innings of today's 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, but while he will not receive style points for his pitching, he set...

Maddon: 1969 Mets=2008 Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- First thing you need to know about Joe Maddon is that he's no Mike Scioscia, which in no way is meant to be a knock on the Angels manager, a true prince of a guy whose club...

Sarah Palin’s Newsweek Cover Photo

Enough already with the over-reaction to the Sarah Palin cover picture on Newsweek. I first learned of this so-called serious issue watching Fox News in the morning.  One of their hosts, a gorgeous...

Empire of Yin - Part 2: The Persistent Blindness of Superiority

Hieronymus Bosch, The Seven Deadly Sins; Vanity – circa 1475-1480 The seer As a tyke, I sat in Catechism classes wearing the red neckerchief and Karl Marx pin of the socialist Young...

Smokers of Electronic Cigarettes Inhale Fine Heated Mist

Electronic cigarettes are not all that harmless. While smoking them one inhales a fine heated mist. The cigarett

That damn fine print

I went to Best Buy yesterday, and picked up the $50 Iron Man gift pack. I got the 2-disc Iron Man DVD, and a small bust of Iron Man, and a gift card for $50 to Sideshow Collectibles.I figured this...

anandra Exhibition Opening - Gracie Kendal

anandra Contemporary Arts Forum is proud to invite you to the official opening of Gracie Kendal's "Convergence: Texture & Emotion" exhibition. The wonderful RL art of Gracie Kendal is being...

Melamine Comes Closer to Home

By now most of you have probably heard some chocolate made in China was found to contain melamine. Last month there was a huge mess with melamine in milk in China which sickened tens of thousands...