It seems that a a 26 year old druid was arrested in England today for carrying his sword into a local hardware store. news.com.au has the full story. “The 26-year-old was charged with possessing an offensive weapon after a security guard saw him with the sheathed 90cm blade draped over his shoulder as he browsed […]
Originally from 6/24/01: “The universal themes addressed in his works – life, love, war and religious faith – speak directly to the twenty-first sentry mind” – last sentence of the intro to the Met’s William Blake exhibitions. What strikes me the most is the sense of immediacy that the statement represents – and how everything […]
The web is a great breeding ground for political activism and this site wins my best political web site award for the week of June 29th. Go check it out and see what I mean. Try not to laugh too loud.
It looks like Donald D. Thompson, a district judge in Creek County, Oklahoma is now on the wrong end of the law. If he goes away to jail, he’s going to make a very attractive mate due the reasons for his incarceration. Read the full complaint at the Smoking Gun’s site. You’ll never look at […]
I went four for five in my not so long goodbye with a frown turned upside-down into a smile at the end not on the soft velvety green of an upstate phairway but on the gritty asphalt of my world capital in the canyon of heroes is where my music stopped. My run was bookended […]
My friend Phyllis sent me this great link which can keep you entertained for minutes, if not hours. You pretend to be a dictator or television sitcom character and the site tries to guess who you are by asking simple yes/no questions. I tried it twice: once the site was right (correctly guessing that I […]
I wish every ad campaign featured a monkey like the Suburban Auto Group’s commercials do. Enjoy.
This beer commercial is terrific. Watch it to see for yourself if I’m right or wrong.
This is a funny little story about Jessie’s new uber-boss: THE SKELETON’S IN STEVE KING’S CLOSET – Don’t expect newly anointed Zenith Optimedia chief Steve King to relocate the media buying giant’s worldwide headquarters to New York any time soon. In keeping with Zenith’s roots, the company will remain in London. But the Riff can’t […]