Month: June 2006

It’s Getting Quiet in Here

Ok, so this is what happens when I get home from work at 11:30 on a Friday night and find that this space has been vacated by my fellow front pagers. Let this be a lesson to everybody. BooMan mentioned in his intro to the last...

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Froggy Bottom 24/7 Cafe

This is an Unhosted Cafe.Self-serve food and drinks.If you behave yourselves, the management will be very disappointedPlease recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from earlier)May the 4’s be with you

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Letter from Canada

How did you feel when you learned the Chinese had built a railroad to Lhasa? For myself, I was astonished by the sheer engineering prowess of the project. The railroad rises to 16,000 feet above sea level, as high as light...

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Is Barack Obama the next Joe Lieberman?

(cross-posted at Deny My Freedom and Daily Kos) All of us in the blogosphere should remember July 27, 2004. Since I wasn’t active in Internet politics outside of lurking at one blog, I didn’t really know too much...

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Friday Night Jazz Jam

Jane Monheit I was out running an errand recently with the radio on when I heard a jazz singer performing a sloooow version of “Tea for Two” (of all things); handled with gentle caresses, even this old chestnut took...

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