Okay, this is weird. A consultant for my corporate client has gone missing. We didn’t book his travel, so we don’t have access to his records, so we don’t know if he’s checked in for his flight home today. The office where he was consulting has mobilized to try to find him; apparently he had a problem all week with finding his way around and kept getting hopelessly lost. Someone was to lead him to the airport earlier this morning, but he took off on his own without waiting for her, and hasn’t been heard from. Hasn’t returned his rental…
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Bush says U.S. seeing religious reawakening | US News | Reuters.com Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Our President thinks we’re in a religious awakening. He really should not be commenting on matters of faith. What a complete whackjob. (tags: Bush religion Fundamentalism) SCIFI.COM | BBoard (tags: Eureka Ringtones)
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Google Image Result for http://www.bbcworld.com/content/talkingmovies/archive_2004/week37/thisweek/images/pure_01.jpg (tags: JamesPurefoy) BBC World Home Page Woops, the BETTER link to the BBC interview with Purefoy (tags: JamesPurefoy)
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5 years ago, the skies over America were silent – no commercial flights, no private planes, and nothing flying other than birds and the occasional jet fighter on patrol over major cities like Chicago. I will never forget the leaden feeling of dread and grief that I carried around with me those first few days and weeks. During the nation-wide “flight hold,” it was hard to sleep at night, because the familiar roar of jets overhead on their way into and out of O’Hare was absent. The lack of something that I had previously found mildly annoying made for long,…
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National Public Radio has a page up with details and audio clips from last night’s excellent “The Price of Security” documentary and town hall meeting, hosted by Ted Koppel. The town hall was live, and was simulcast on public radio stations. Here’s the detail page: NPR : Ted Koppel: ‘The Price of Security’ It includes audio of the entire simulcast, plus highlight clips. One of the 9/11 family members, Marilynn Rosenthal, really hit the nail on the head last night about how language is being used to frame the debate about security, civil liberties, and even whether we’re in a…
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Pricey subdivisions crowd out homeless | Chicago Tribune (tags: Homeless Illinois)
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Bloggermann: ‘Have you no sense of decency, sir?’ – Bloggermann – MSNBC.com “We will not drink again.” (tags: Bush Olbermann KoolAid)
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Madrid bans too-thin models from catwalk – Yahoo! News MADRID (AFP) – Excessively skinny fashion models will be barred from a major Madrid fashion show later this month for fear they could send the wrong message to young Spanish girls, local media reported. That’s all very well, but when will Japan get around to banning fashion models who wear shoes on their heads? That would be fashion-forward indeed. Alert the Manolo! Bad fashion alert!
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Sometimes when WBEZ has a little space to fill in, they play some nice, non-jazz music or an interesting audio file. This can happen between shows, or sometimes within one that goes to station break for long enough to play a song or two. Music is selected by Jim Nader, who is also responsible for inflicting The Annoying Music Show on an unsuspecting world. He produces Magnificent Obsession: True Stories of Recovery, which airs at a terribly early time Sunday mornings, but that is extremely worthy of a listen for the moving tales of addiction and redemption, and for the…
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Sometimes when WBEZ has a little space to fill in, they play some nice, non-jazz music or an interesting audio file. This can happen between shows, or sometimes within one that goes to station break for long enough to play a song or two. Music is selected by Jim Nader, who is also responsible for inflicting The Annoying Music Show on an unsuspecting world. He produces Magnificent Obsession: True Stories of Recovery, which airs at a terribly early time Sunday mornings, but that is extremely worthy of a listen for the moving tales of addiction and redemption, and for the…