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links for 2007-10-05

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments · del.icio.us

The Raw Story | Soldier once warned family: Investigate if I die
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Fifty Is Apparently Cool. I’m Temporarily Hip!

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments · All About Me, Fit By Fifty, Mini-Posts

NPR : 1957 Was the Year of the Icons
Robert Siegel did a little culture piece today about 1957, the year that launched Sputnik, the X-13, and me. Apparently, Eisenhower dispatched the federal troops to Little Rock on the day I was actually born, although my parents were probably too busy at the time to notice.
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NPR : Real Funny Stories from My Crazy City (Part 2)

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Radio

NPR’s man in Basra sometimes emails the Washington-based news bureau funny details about life in his crazy city along with his stories about bombs, insurgents, and tragedy. His English is wobbly but energetic, and as commentator Corey Flintof notes, the multiple exclamation points are the Iraqi equivalent to “Ba-dum-pum! Laff nao plzzzz!”
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Stephen Fry: Device and Desires

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Geek Out!, Mini-Posts

Curse you, amiable and erudite Mr. Fry, for being an accomplished Wordpress blogger at the first attempt. Now I’ll be forced to add your feed to my “must read” list.
Stephen Fry » Blog Archive » Device and Desires
My husband and his best friend are seriously into cell phone technology, and they constantly compare phones and [...]

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