Russell’s post made me think of this song, so I thought I would post it. This song is a terrific song — in fact, you could argue that it is one of those songs that helps to change the direction of popular music, by being so different from the run-of-the-mill songs being made at the [...]
Archive for February 24th, 2009
Lunatic Fringe
Posted in Music, Music videos, tagged Lunatic Fringe, Music, Music videos on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bomb in Cairo
Posted in Reflections, Travel, World, tagged Egypt, Travel, World on February 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/travel/24cairo.html?8dpc The first picture, from the New York Times, shows the recent bombing of Hussein Square in Cairo. The second picture is one I took on our trip to Egypt. The building behind the guards in the NYT photo is the same as the building in my picture.
Woodburners and Vacuforms
Posted in Growing Up, tagged Growing Up, Humor, toys, vacuforms, woodburners on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Toys may be more violent than they used to be — I’m not sure it’s a good idea, for example, to expose children in their “formative years” to the mindless violence of video games like Grand Theft Auto — but I think they are much safer than they used to be. A kid playing a [...]
