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Big Bopper's casket to go on eBay; Vinyl LPs rebound; Heavy question, 150 answers

1:35 PM Sat, Jan 03, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (5)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace. Dick Clark introduces him early in 1959. "On Feb. 3, 1959, (J.P. "The Big Bopper") Richardson died at age 28 in the crash of a small plane in a field near Clear Lake, Iowa,......

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Priest who flew via party balloons wins Darwin Award

12:49 AM Sat, Jan 03, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (2)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli The Balloon Priest, who launched himself via 1,000 helium party balloons, attempting to break a 19-hour flight record "to raise money for a spiritual rest-stop for truckers in the Brazilian port of Paranagua" has won......

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Savory Bread Pudding with Spinach & Mushrooms uses up stale bread

8:48 AM Fri, Jan 02, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

This recipe turned out so well we're adding it to our regulars. I chose it in part because we had hardening French bread and a bag of fresh spinach to use up, and 8 oz. of mushrooms, and these......

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Space, the 2009 frontier -- and the flap over NASA

6:58 AM Fri, Jan 02, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (2)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

NASA photo by Tom Tschida A mockup of the Orion crew module, part of NASA's Constellation program, which uses the NASA-designed Ares I rocket. Below, Michael and Rebecca Griffin at his 2005 swearing-in ceremony at the White House. NASA......

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Good reads: KGB fantasy, HST, Kindle, frugal, Franken, space

1:44 PM Thu, Jan 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

WSJ: As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.. "In Moscow, Igor Panarin's Forecasts Are All the Rage; America 'Disintegrates' in 2010." A former KGB analyst, he is dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy......

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Tales from Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books are all online

11:35 AM Thu, Jan 01, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

In ...With Fairy Tales For All at the timeless Cabinet of Wonders, a collector of fairy tales blogs about the best: First of all, let me plug Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books. There are twelve of them, from green to......

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New Year's Eve online and on TV

3:52 PM Wed, Dec 31, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Whether you're snowed in and crestfallen, or always avoid amateur night at the bars, you can watch other people party online and on tV. Online Beginning at 4 p.m., TimesSquare.com will offer a link to link to a live stream......

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Marking time; What science learned in '08; Name that New Year's artist

12:38 AM Tue, Dec 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Vogue Paris used 18-year-old Hungarian-born model Eniko Mihalik for a high-concept spread titled Age 10 to 60 - through Make-up & Photography . Gems Sty posts the photos from that November 2008 issue at the link above. (I can't find......

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Free jazz mp3s: Dexter Gordon, New Year's Eve 1980

10:33 PM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

roio » Blog Archive » DEXTER GORDON AND FRIENDS - NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECIAL 1980 With Dexter Gordon and Friends Jazz Alive New Year's Eve Special 1980 [no label, 3CD] Live at the Keystone Korner, San Francisco, December 31, 1980.......

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Gone fishin' online

12:40 AM Sun, Dec 28, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Fishing Girl is a free online game with no time limits. Your goal is to rescue someone from an island. The waters hold two sharks, so he can't swim. Drop your line, and see what happens. There are two......

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