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Though it did catch my eye. Apparently there is some sort of sub-sub-genre of disposable music for dance clubs which is called “lounge,” and the album art is often something like the picture below. I nearly always stop and look at images like this for a moment, though the music is of no interest to…
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Vegemite losing its appeal to young Australians.
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Is anybody else who has a gmail account unable to log in to it?
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Prayer is the breath of the soul. –Benedict XVI
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Anyone for a caption contest? Looks to me like the guy on the left is trying to sell a car to the guy on the right.
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Moody existentialist feline: This is the second. The first can be seen here. I think the second is funnier.
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I have returned from my time offline, and I must say it was both more difficult and more rewarding than I had anticipated. I was surprised at how strong the pull was, and how I found myself sometimes briefly at a loss for what to do with myself when I couldn't browse around the net…
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…time's winged chariot hurrying near. I had a bit of a shock today: a call from the office of a doctor whom I'm supposed to see once a year for a heart exam telling me it's time to come in again. I started to argue that it had only been six months, or maybe at…
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It is of course an LP cover from 1955, the music being a selection of what used to be called "light classics," played by the Columbia Symphony, the in-house orchestra of Columbia Records, and conducted by Artur Rodzinski. (I can't believe Columbia Records is no more.) That's the graphic that accompanies the downloadable version of…
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Movie director James Cameron plans to go seven miles under the ocean in a 24-foot craft that has a 43-inch-wide space for him. It's amazing that such a thing is possible, more amazing that anyone is willing to do it…[shudder]
Light On Dark Water 