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November 23, 2008 - November 29, 2008 Archives

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Hear NPR's tribute to Rhode Island jazz great Dave McKenna

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Remembering Jazz Pianist Dave McKenna. Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air on Thanksgiving Day. You can stream the 47-minute show at that link, as well as two "unreleased 1965 demo tracks featuring Dave McKenna on piano, with his sister Jean......

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 Tags  Dave McKenna   jazz   music  

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Hot-selling Blu-ray video: What it is

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I got a note from downtown saying, "Lots of people were buying (Blu-ray) in the stores today...But we don't really know what it IS." Blu-ray video discs play high-quality movies (1080p) on high-definition TVs. Compared to regular DVDs, a Blu-ray......

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 Tags  Blu-ray   DVD  

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Kale & Squash Gratin, Pecan Pie wowed 'em at Thanksgiving

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Kale and Butternut Squash Gratin I sniffed at kale: ...Kale and Butternut Squash Gratin, at right, from the Washington Post, looks intriguing, but kale can be tough, so I may use fresh spinach instead. After a family discussion, we......

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 Tags  recipe   Sheila's photos   Thanksgiving dinner  

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Enjoy this crackling fireplace: high-quality, full screen and looping

2:16 AM Thu, Nov 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
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To make this full screen, click the box to the left of the triangle, under the "ou T" in YouTube. The audio is quiet crackling. It should loop indefinitely. Source Happy Thanksgiving, let's hope it's a good one. Thanks......

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Thanksgiving Chocolate Mousse; Truffles from France, $125 oz.; Fantasy draft for T-day dishes

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Chocolate Mousse. For Andrea, from Toriello-Nicosia Thanksgiving Traditions at Midwest Living. "Jen's Grandmother has been making this recipe at the Toriello's Thanksgiving since Jen was a little girl. This mousse came to be known as "the fort" because of the......

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Wonderful computer animations: Tiny tales by cartoon majors

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Later, 7:58 p.m.: She told me there's a great one about a quarterback. I can't find it... My daughter sent this link, to "the final projects of a number of computer animation students at Ringling College of Art & Design."......

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 Tags  art   cartoons   computer animation   Flash  

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Organic Thanksgiving dinner costs $100 more, so try cherrypicking

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The First Thanksgiving, Jean Louis Gerome Ferris (1863-1930) Organic Thanksgiving: What You'll Really Pay at SmartMoney.com. SmartMoney went shopping in Manhattan, and all the prices seem really high -- but their organic bill -- which includes $70 in wine......

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Should Bush quit now? Obama's Newer Deal video

11:18 AM Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Sunday, 11.23.08 11:18 a.m. It's more than provocative -- it's historically shocking -- that New York Times columnist and former editorial-page editor Gail Collins would suggest (Time for Him to Go) that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney quit now......

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 Tags  economy   Obama  

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