U2 and Leonard Cohen – Tower of song
U2 & Leonard Cohen Tower of Song
July 2007
Tony Snow Job: Iraq Withdrawal Would Bring Terrorists ‘To A Shopping Mall Near You’
Snow attacked proposals to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, claiming: To walk out of Iraq right now would plant a seed that ultimately would lead to destabilization there, hundreds of thousands of deaths, loss of our influence in the region, would create instability throughout the Middle East throughout East Asia, […]
Pagans have a cow over Homer (guerilla marketing)
From the Sun: PAGANS have pledged to perform “rain magic” to wash away cartoon character Homer Simpson who was painted next to their famous fertility symbol – the Cerne Abbas giant. The 17th century chalk outline of the naked, sexually aroused, club-wielding giant is believed by many to be a […]
What’s up with the pizza and porn collaborations recently?
What’s up with the pizza and porn collaborations recently? Pizza and porn delivery: Winnipeg pizza place serves up side of porn It’s only about a week old, but a new pizza place in Winnipeg has already aroused attention — not for its pizza pie, but for the racy extra that […]
Please don’t throw burritos at the highway workers…
Please don’t throw burritos at the highway workers… From article: Road Work Rage Closes Calif. Highway WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. – California highways have been shut down by wildfires, mudslides, earthquakes and police chases. Add one more hazard to the list: road rage. Drivers inconvenienced by a road-widening project subjected construction workers […]
The Art of Charles Simonds
On a spring day in 1971, Charles Simonds packed several pounds of red clay into the steel box on his delivery bike and set out through New York City’s SoHo district. He had spotted a gutter curbstone there that he thought would make the perfect site for one of the […]
Mushroom massacre — a different perspective
Mushroom massacre — a different perspective From The Daily Telegraph: A FEUD between two Chinese towns over access to valuable wild fungus has erupted into a gun battle that left eight people dead and 44 wounded, Xinhua news agency has said. The violence occurred in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture […]
Jane Austen fan submits her work anonymously to publishers… and receives a dozen rejections
From Daily Mail article: For when a budding author sent typed chapters of Jane Austen's novels to 18 of them, changing just the titles and characters' names, only one recognised her words. Another managed to recognise they were 'a really original read'. But the rest simply rejected them or never […]
Linus licks the bacon ice cream. “Not bad,” she says.
Bacon ice cream anyone? Don’t forget ‘Tuesday is bacon night‘ at Harris Grill, Pittsburg, PA. Bacon is a versatile breakfast ingredient but not limited to morning fare. Keep abreast of what’s happening in the bacon world, for example, did you know that scientists have cloned pigs that are engineered to […]