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AC, finally; 'Escape route' from global warming? Men who don't work (?)

10:57 PM Mon, Jul 31, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Bought an air conditioner today. It's not in, not until we get brackets to spare the storm sash in the morning. We'll head into the cool cave by nightfall, if all goes well. ("Uncle!") This did it: .Forecast discussion, National......

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Times endorses Lamont, not Lieberman; Grow a chair; BlogHer

8:43 PM Sat, Jul 29, 2006 | | Comments (2)
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It just shouldn't be 82 degrees in New England near 11 o'clock at night. Yuck. NYT endorses Ned Lamont over Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Aug. 8 Democratic primary in Conn. A Senate Race in Connecticut is tough, and blunt.......

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Make your own 'Coke,' with recipe; Advice blog is out there

11:44 AM Fri, Jul 28, 2006 | | Write a comment
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A couple of quick links for a busy Friday morning here. We're rolling out a new publishing system today which will eventual replace our 1972 Atex mainframe system, so there's lots to do, even though only one section is tiptoeing......

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Cindy Sheehan buys land in Crawford, Tx.; Sunflower in your face; Dylan, Newport, 1965; Ode to YouTube

10:56 AM Thu, Jul 27, 2006 | | Write a comment
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10:56 a.m. Sheehan buys plot in Crawford with son's insurance money, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reports: ...The Gold Star Families for Peace says on its Web site that its members will again flock to Crawford in August to protest......

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Dispatches from Beirut; Neocons want (dove?) Condi dumped

9:54 AM Wed, Jul 26, 2006 | | Write a comment
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In this hot, busy summer, I've been ducking the chaos called Middle East news. Thanks to the tireless wood s lot (Canadian Mark Woods), I've found a way into some understanding of this. He points to London Review of Books,......

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Strange statues; Tax map; Nader scolds Bush; Rick Danko unplugged

7:00 AM Tue, Jul 25, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Hard art: Strange statues around the world. Public art that would stop you in your tracks. It seems these photos were first published without captions, and some were added as readers supplied identifications in comments. $$$,$$$: Zillow.com says it hasn't......

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Jon Stewart on stem-cell contradictions; longtime L.A. Times rock critic looks back

8:13 AM Mon, Jul 24, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Kicking off Monday, slowly... Jon Stewart on stem cell veto A Backstage Pass to Intimate Moments in Rock's Odyssey: L.A. Times rock critic Robert Hilburn looks back.......

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Another pack of garden blogs

6:39 PM Fri, Jul 21, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Added, as always, to the top of the long-running Garden Blogs list. I'm backed up with new blogs lined up for a spot here. If you've emailed and haven't heard from me, or haven't seen your blog show up here,......

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Games for a rainy weekend, tunes too

9:55 AM Fri, Jul 21, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Rainy weekend, indoor playtime. Over at Jay Is Games, there's a backlog of unplayed games: I've played a little of Super Serif Bros., and it's the most fun you can have with just the keys on the keyboard. If you're......

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New camera in the garden; The silent majority, Arab-style; Mali music

6:56 AM Thu, Jul 20, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Morning glories -- pink buds open blue. There's a psychedelic bug on my sunflower. Below, just the bug. (What is it?) My colleague Paula Constantine, the garden editor, found a photo of it in a fat bug book that......

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Image Zoom: Firefox extension enlarges images in pages as you browse

5:45 PM Tue, Jul 18, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Before I point to the next bunch of garden blogs for the list, I want to point out a tool that may enhance your enjoyment of them: The Image Zoom extension for the Mozilla Firefox browser. After you install it,......

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Garden blogs: Hot everywhere

7:34 PM Mon, Jul 17, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Vacation was wonderful, thanks. More about that later, though. I'm plowing through two weeks of email and some site updates on features sections here, but the pressing need is to acknowledge and pass on to you the work of the......

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Happy birthday to me...

10:12 AM Mon, Jul 03, 2006 | | Comments (4)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Today is my birthday. And I'm on vacation. I'm going to do nothing till I wear that out, and then I'll be back here. "Do nothing" means sit on the back screen porch, listening to the birds and plowing through......

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