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Happy birthday to us, America the Beautiful
America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till souls wax fair as earth and air And music-hearted sea! Willie Nelson, backed softly by a cast of dozens*, sings the entire ode to our wild ideals Sept. 21, 2001...
July 4, 2009 8:54 am
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It's my birthday, and the music is grand
Happy Brithday improvised by pianist Gabriela Montero, who (recorded and) performed with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman and clarinetist Anthony McGill at the inauguration of Barack Obama. (her wikipedia link) You may need to turn up the volume --...
July 3, 2009 7:54 am
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TMZ broke story of Jackson's death before he was pronounced dead
Stephen Brook on how gossip site TMZ.com has become a media giant. The Guardian (UK): TMZ.com is now the hottest Hollywood celebrity gossip website on the planet. So hot, in fact, that when it broke the news of Michael Jackson's...
July 3, 2009 1:29 am
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Neil Young, McCartney, 'A Day in the Life' last Saturday
YouTube - Neil Young & Paul McCartney A Day In The Life, June 27, 2009, Hyde Park. Amazing. Neil Young turns this encore into a nearly 8 1/2-minute song on the last date of his two-year world tour. Paul...
July 2, 2009 9:55 am
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It's a dark and stormy morning
It's a dark and stormy night at 8 in the morning, torrents of rain, the power flickering, thunder rolling, headlights of the cars on 95 reflecting off the inky road. We're in the heart of the red zone:...
July 2, 2009 8:03 am
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Support for adulterous S.C. governor unravels
The Greenville (S.C.) News reversed its Sunday editorial supporting Gov. Mark Sanford: Gov. Mark Sanford should resign: In an editorial Sunday, this newspaper argued that Sanford's resignation could hurt South Carolina and that given the extraordinary importance of the 2010...
July 1, 2009 9:58 am
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Twitter your Flickr
Twitter your Flickr photos, from the Flickr Blog: We've launched our Flickr2Twitter integration. Share your Flickr content either via "upload by email" or feature existing Flickr content in your Twitter stream. If you'd like to Twitter your Flickr then check...
July 1, 2009 8:46 am
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How humans rate cat food, and other fun scientific studies
NCBI ROFL finds the fun studies, combing the scientific literature for "Real articles. Funny subjects." Booger-picking (rhinotillexomania), accidental condom inhalation, microbiological laboratory hazard of bearded men, art discrimination in pigeons, and, Optimizing the sensory characteristics and acceptance of canned cat...
July 1, 2009 8:05 am
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Soap bubbles fray before they burst
Bursting soap bubbles at ZuZu Top, nine high-rez photos that illustrate the art in physics....
June 30, 2009 11:04 pm
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Pre-orders of Windows 7 operating system discounted until July 11; no easy upgrade from XP
Windows 7 Buyer's Guide: Which Edition is Right for You? Maximum PC sorts out the different versions of the new Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft. But the real news is the price (too high, unless you pre-order now) and...
June 29, 2009 9:45 am
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First chapters of R. Crumb's 'Book of Genesis' comic book appear
Sneak Peek: The Book Of Genesis -- Illustrated By Robert Crumb. See some of it at ComicShop. (The New Yorker publishes the first three chapters, but the online version requires a subscription.) '60s alt-comics illustrator Robert Crumb tackles the...
June 29, 2009 9:12 am
