The Twisted Tale of The Garden

Joe Powell blogged about this documentary by Scott Hamilton Kennedy: The Garden. When Joe Powell blogs about films, I tend to listen… er, read. Here’s the movie trailer. And the blurb: “The Garden” explores the fault lines in American Society. It is the story of the country’s largest urban farm, backroom politics, land developers, money, [...]

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Habits of Mature Surfers

Don Fenley fills us in on a study conducted by Center for the Digital Future in conjunction with AARP. It takes a look at online behaviors of those age 50+ compared to the under 50 demographic.

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WARNING: I Attempt Manipulation in This Post

I hate manipulation of any type. I’m tired of it. Americans are constantly being manipulated by news media, politicians, special interest groups, ad companies, spouses, children, extended family – heck, even my dog manipulates me. I certainly don’t want to add to the daily assault. This is why normally I would tell you – in [...]

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When living life to the fullest, please wear a helmet.

Last Friday, the kids and I walked down to the ol’ swimming hole in the River. As we walked, I told the them stories about the various landmarks, the things the cousins and I used to do and so forth. When I was growing up, we didn’t have cable, satellite, video games, or gas money. [...]

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Dog Tags Found In New Mexico Belonged To Bristol Soldier

A dog tag with the name Gerney C. Baker with an address of next of kin listed on Winsor Avenue, Bristol Tn., was found by a crew making a documentary on at a World War ll air base in New Mexico. Ken Power, who owns Blank Page Productions in Carlsbad, N.M., contacted the Bristol Herald [...]

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And Mike Hammer writes his Briefs…

According to the NYT, on Tuesday, a judge dismissed a suit by a former New York Post gossip writer, Jared Paul Stern, who accused Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton, The Daily News and others of conspiring to ruin his reputation. Justice Walter B. Tolub of State Supreme Court in Manhattan dismissed all of [...]

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well damn it

This photo is entitled “Ms. Diva has a giant ear/eye/sinus infection, which I suspect is related to her tendency to walk around and lick things at random, despite the fact that I tell her, don’t walk around licking things at random because those random things are very nasty and will cause your tongue to rot [...]

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music: Flavors of Entanglement

Do I like this flavor or not? I haven’t yet decided.

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when there are margaritas on the moon

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has paid $5 million to reserve a seat on a future flight to the International Space Station. See here. I dunno. Space as a vacation destination? Perhaps you need to be a space nut to understand the appeal, but it seems eccentric to me. Of course, if technology were to make [...]

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coming soon: judicial avatars?

At the 5th Annual Games for Change Festival in NYC, America’s first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a video game project to teach children how courts work. Sandra Day O’Connor, 78, said the two part project (part one coming here in Sept.) is intended to educate children about the three branches of U.S. government — [...]

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