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    When In Rome

    May 3, 2009 - By 

    San Clemente Church in Rome must be the real-life model of the church from Ngaio Marsh’s mystery novel, “When In Rome.” Although it’s one of her later books, and not the best of them all, it’s got its points, and the mystery takes place in the Mithraic temple 2 levels below the church. Underground Fun: European Edition – Boing Boing What makes San Clemente special is what lies beneath. Take the stairs down from the 12th century church, and you’ll find yourself in a previous incarnation of the Basilica that dates to the 4th century. The light is bad down…

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    BBC NEWS | Entertainment | A session with Seeger

    May 3, 2009 - By 

    BBC NEWS | Entertainment | A session with Seeger Dropping yet more sugar into his cafe mocha, Pete Seeger laments the withering of his singing voice: “At my age the banjo-playing is shot too”. In fact musician Seeger often seems 20 years younger than he is – although these days what excites him is less his music and more the well-being of the US environment. But this weekend he will quit the Hudson Valley for his native Manhattan and a big concert to celebrate his 90th birthday. On the bill are Bruce Springsteen, Baez and more than 30 other names.…

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    Thank God It’s Saturday

    May 2, 2009 - By 

    I’m not sure how much I should say, or how much I can safely say, about yesterday. So I’ll ease into it by catching up on the entire week. Last week this time, I was dropping David off at O’Hare, because he was getting ready to go to a technical conference, at which he was making a couple of presentations. He’d worked hard on his slides, and I’d helped him edit them and streamline them generally. At last year’s conference, he was nervous about being up for an award, and he called me in a panic demanding to know if…

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    Oregon My Alma Mater

    May 1, 2009 - By 

    The Ultimate Frisbee Team dropped trou, lost the season when Club Sports canned ’em. That’s my old school. Go Pantsless Ducks! U of Oregon to Frisbee team: No pants, no season PORTLAND, Ore. – In the world of intercollegiate Ultimate Frisbee, it’s ultimately not cool to go without pants. So said a student board that governs club sports at the University of Oregon when it ended a highly-ranked team’s season after five players shed their pants and underwear April 11 during sectional play at Oregon State University in Corvallis. The squad had already been on probation since November for serving…

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    links for 2009-04-30

    April 30, 2009 - By 

    G.O.P. Debate – A Broader Party or a Purer One? – NYTimes.com Wow, Michael Reagan is unbelievably offensive: "GOP has been in the closet for 8 years, needs to come out of the closet" (tags: WheelsComingOff Republican RhetoricOfFailure Wingnuttia)

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    Healthy Salad Not That Healthy, Akshully

    April 30, 2009 - By 

    Somewhere underneath the cottage cheese, grated Jack, avocado, and ground beef, but just above the deep fried tortilla bowl is a layer of Romaine lettuce that makes this taco salad "healthy." Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Healthy Salad Not That Healthy, Akshully By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 30 Apr ’09, 12.54pm CDT PST