Link contains adult content. Don't say I didn't warn you.
The billboard was put up by the companies Condoms to Go and Sara's Secret. Both stores feature adult toys, lingerie and movies."
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
The billboard was put up by the companies Condoms to Go and Sara's Secret. Both stores feature adult toys, lingerie and movies."
Ralph Mcinerny, R. I. P.
Ralph Mcinerny Dies At 80. - Phatmass Phorum - Catholic Forum and Community: "SOUTH BEND, Indiana, JAN. 29, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Prominent Catholic author, professor and cultural commentator Ralph McInerny died today at the age of 80.
'I have no voice or words to speak our loss. Not yet. Not today,' Joseph Bottom of First Things wrote today on the magazine's Web site.
Ralph McInerny was a professor of philosophy and the Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
He held degrees from St. Paul Seminary, University of Minnesota and Laval University, and had taught at the University of Notre Dame since 1955. He directed the Jacques Maritain Center from 1979 to 2006."
'I have no voice or words to speak our loss. Not yet. Not today,' Joseph Bottom of First Things wrote today on the magazine's Web site.
Ralph McInerny was a professor of philosophy and the Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
He held degrees from St. Paul Seminary, University of Minnesota and Laval University, and had taught at the University of Notre Dame since 1955. He directed the Jacques Maritain Center from 1979 to 2006."
Link via Mystery*File.
Rip Torn (a Texan) Leads the Way
Rip Torn Busted for Allegedly Breaking Into Bank | TMZ.com: "Rip Torn was arrested Friday night for allegedly breaking into a bank while drunk and armed with a loaded revolver.
State police responded to an alarm at the Litchfield Bancorp building in Salisbury, CT at 9:40 PM last night. Police say they found Torn 'with a loaded revolver' and he was 'highly intoxicated.'
Law enforcement sources tell us Torn gained access through a broken window, which they believe Torn broke himself."
State police responded to an alarm at the Litchfield Bancorp building in Salisbury, CT at 9:40 PM last night. Police say they found Torn 'with a loaded revolver' and he was 'highly intoxicated.'
Law enforcement sources tell us Torn gained access through a broken window, which they believe Torn broke himself."
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Houston's New "Gandhi District" is U.S. First - KIAH: "Diversity has a name in a brand new Houston district. The southwest Houston area widely known as 'Little India' is now officially the Mahatma Gandhi District.
Street signs naming the area started popping up a couple weeks ago in the area of Hillcroft Avenue and Harwin Drive. While it seems as simple as a name, it's much more than that for the entire country.
'It's the first time in the U.S. Nobody's got a name like this one,' said Aku Patel, owner of Karat 22 Jewelers in the Gandhi District."
Street signs naming the area started popping up a couple weeks ago in the area of Hillcroft Avenue and Harwin Drive. While it seems as simple as a name, it's much more than that for the entire country.
'It's the first time in the U.S. Nobody's got a name like this one,' said Aku Patel, owner of Karat 22 Jewelers in the Gandhi District."
Here's What Everybody's Talking about Today
Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com: "As Venture Beat and other blogs have noticed Friday evening, books from Macmillan, one of the largest publishers in the United States, have vanished from Amazon.com.
The question is why.
I’ve talked to a person in the industry with knowledge of the dispute who says the disappearance is the result of a disagreement between Amazon.com and book publishers that has been brewing for the last year. Macmillan, like other publishers, has asked Amazon to raise the price of electronic books from $9.99 to around $15. Amazon is expressing its strong disagreement by temporarily removing Macmillan books, said this person, who did not want to be quoted by name because of the sensitivity of the matter."
The question is why.
I’ve talked to a person in the industry with knowledge of the dispute who says the disappearance is the result of a disagreement between Amazon.com and book publishers that has been brewing for the last year. Macmillan, like other publishers, has asked Amazon to raise the price of electronic books from $9.99 to around $15. Amazon is expressing its strong disagreement by temporarily removing Macmillan books, said this person, who did not want to be quoted by name because of the sensitivity of the matter."
There's more at the link. This, of course, means that my books from St. Martin's have been pulled. You can still buy them, but from other sellers, not Amazon, and not new. I find it interesting that Jeff Bezos thinks that pulling the books is the best way to win friends and influence people. You'd think he might have tried something else. Or maybe he just doesn't care. I care, but I just ordered a book from B&N as my own mild protest. It will be interesting to see how all this shakes out.
Update: Here's the link to Indiebound.
Update: Here's the link to Indiebound.
"Geezer Bandit" Strikes Again
Probably needs the money to buy fence for his lawn. Photo at the link.
The FBI says a frail, elderly man gave a clerk a note demanding money and pulled a handgun Wednesday at San Diego National Bank. He left with an unspecified amount of cash."
Mike Ripley's Latest Getting Away With Murder Now On-Line
Shots Ezine: Getting Away With Murder, The Mike Ripley Column - Get The Latest Trade News and Gossip from the Crime, Mystery and Thriller genres
Includes some interesting stuff about Desmond Bagley, a favorite of mine.
Includes some interesting stuff about Desmond Bagley, a favorite of mine.
Bob Newhart and Houston Lead the Way
Bob Newhart had one-of-a-kind Grammy album | Entertainment | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Henry Mancini, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Lauryn Hill and Toto have one particular thing in common: a best-album Grammy. From the moment Mancini's The Music From Peter Gunn stomped all over recordings by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Van Cliburn back in the Grammys' inaugural year of 1959, every single album of the year featured music — except one. In 1961 a full-time certified public accountant from Oak Park, Ill., won best album for The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, a stand-up comedy album recorded in Houston."
He's Not Interested in his Lawn
Sexting - Adults Text Messaging, Sex Texting, Sexting Article, Cell, Boomers Text Chat, 50 -- AARP: "I'll say, 'You have an amazing body. You have amazing breasts,'' he reports. 'The next thing you know, you'll get a picture of a breast,' he says with a hearty laugh.
The Massachusetts resident has been enjoying the high-tech flirtation for years now, taking part in a trend the mainstream media has dubbed 'sexting,' a play on the term 'texting' ('sex' plus 'text' equals 'sext'). The term has made headlines recently, as teens continually get themselves in sticky situations with a form of high-speed communication that thrives on informality, spontaneity, and—for many young folks—bad judgment.
The catch is, Roger isn't a teenager—or even a 20-something. He's a 59-year-old divorc�, and, thanks to his cell phone and a slew of sassy ladies, his love life is more interesting than ever."
The Massachusetts resident has been enjoying the high-tech flirtation for years now, taking part in a trend the mainstream media has dubbed 'sexting,' a play on the term 'texting' ('sex' plus 'text' equals 'sext'). The term has made headlines recently, as teens continually get themselves in sticky situations with a form of high-speed communication that thrives on informality, spontaneity, and—for many young folks—bad judgment.
The catch is, Roger isn't a teenager—or even a 20-something. He's a 59-year-old divorc�, and, thanks to his cell phone and a slew of sassy ladies, his love life is more interesting than ever."
Shirley Bell Cole, R. I. P.
Shirley Bell Cole, the Voice of Little Orphan Annie, Dies at 89 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "In real life, the red-haired Annie was Shirley Bell, a brown-haired girl from the South Side of Chicago, who was the primary radio voice of the character from 1930 to 1940. She got the part, adapted from Harold Gray’s popular comic strip, when she was 10 and, managing to maintain that bubbly preteen voice, played Annie until she was 20.
Shirley Bell Cole died on Jan. 12 at 89, her daughter, Lori Cole, said, adding only that her mother had lived in Arizona."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Shirley Bell Cole died on Jan. 12 at 89, her daughter, Lori Cole, said, adding only that her mother had lived in Arizona."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
This Sounds Like a Good Book
Alligator found in Kansas - again: "Loren Coleman, in his classic work Mysterious America, details many occurrences of alligators showing up in the most unlikely places, including the 1970 appearance of a gator in the basement drain of a house in Newton, Kansas, and what can only be described as an invasion of alligators in Wichita in 1978. He also mentions appearances in Olathe and Stillwell."
Friday, January 29, 2010
Shirley Collie Nelson, R. I. P.
Shirley Collie Nelson, Former Wife of Willie Nelson, Dies at 78 - The Boot: "Shirley Collie Nelson, country singer and second wife of the legendary Willie Nelson, passed away on Wednesday (Jan. 27) at the age of 78, CMT reports.
Shirley made a name for herself on television before she hit country radio, as she appeared on ABC's 'Ozark Jubilee' -- a country music variety show -- in the late '50s. She released three singles on Liberty Records in the early '60s, including a duet with Willie called 'Wilingly,' which marked her future husband's debut on the Billboard country charts and her only appearance on the Top Ten."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Shirley made a name for herself on television before she hit country radio, as she appeared on ABC's 'Ozark Jubilee' -- a country music variety show -- in the late '50s. She released three singles on Liberty Records in the early '60s, including a duet with Willie called 'Wilingly,' which marked her future husband's debut on the Billboard country charts and her only appearance on the Top Ten."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Paging Ace Ventura
Sandra Bullock - Sandra Bullock Hires Pet Detective - Contactmusic News: "SANDRA BULLOCK HIRES PET DETECTIVE
Sandra Bullock and her husband Jesse James have hired a pet detective to find their missing pit bull dog Cinnabun."
Sandra Bullock and her husband Jesse James have hired a pet detective to find their missing pit bull dog Cinnabun."
The Fall of Harrison Ford
The Fall of Harrison Ford - Page 1 - The Daily Beast: "And yet, his career fell off a cliff. What Lies Beneath was the 10th-highest-grossing film of 2000; two years later, the very decent, Kathryn Bigelow-directed K-19 finished at No. 76. And that was followed by Hollywood Homicide: No. 92 for the year in 2003."
Duh
Number of kids injured playing computer games soars | The Sun |News: "THE number of children hurt falling out of trees is plunging - while those injured playing COMPUTER GAMES soars.
[. . . .]
Those suffering serious repetitive strain injuries last year after spending hours glued to consoles on games like huge hit Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare are up a massive 60 per cent since 2002.
Meanwhile there was a 50 per cent drop in youngsters aged 15 and under hurt pursuing the traditional childhood pastime of climbing trees."
[. . . .]
Those suffering serious repetitive strain injuries last year after spending hours glued to consoles on games like huge hit Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare are up a massive 60 per cent since 2002.
Meanwhile there was a 50 per cent drop in youngsters aged 15 and under hurt pursuing the traditional childhood pastime of climbing trees."
No Comment Department
Pork better for sex than Viagra? - Yahoo! News: "Argentina's president recommended pork as an alternative to Viagra Wednesday, saying she spent a satisfying weekend with her husband after eating barbecued pork."
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