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Carol Montrond, the den mother of the Journal, dies at 41

10:39 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (4)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Aug. 2: Carol's obit in the Providence Journal July 31: Photo courtesy of Donna McGarry Carol Montrond, Jan. 21, 1968 - July 31, 2009 Carol Montrond, Beloved Providence Journal Newsroom Employee, Dies. Former Journal reporter Scott McKay blogs an obit......

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Govt. running out of 'Cash for Clunkers' money, halts apps after 4 days

12:00 AM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (5)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

IFCAR photo Eligible: Early '92-'96 Ford F-150 pickups are among many older, gas-hungry vehicles eligible for trade-in vouchers of up to $4,500 for newer, more efficient vehicles from the $1 billion Car Allowance Rebate System, or CARS. New applications......

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Mp3s: Steely Dan last week in Boston; Lennon, Wilson, T. Van Zandt, Manuel, Danko

9:40 AM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Steely Dan - Boston 2009: Live at the Wang Center, Boston, MA, July 22, 2009. Very good audience recording. Fans who have been following Steely Dan's current Rent Party tour were in for a treat during their Boston gig on......

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All-you-can-eat English food chain booms as fine restaurants close

4:47 PM Wed, Jul 29, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Guardian/ Asadour/Guzelian The buffet at Taybarns. The (Manchester, England) Guardian takes a look at an all-you-can-eat restaurant chain that's packed in these times: How Taybarns tasted success. Here's Taybarns' menu. The price -- $13, $9.80 before 5 p.m., $13.90......

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Big desert blues: Touareg nomads with electric guitars

6:40 AM Tue, Jul 28, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

This is a music video for Tinariwen, members of the Touareg tribe of nomads of the southern Sahara desert. Their name in their native Tamashek language, written as ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ, means "empty places." Lulla is from their new album, Imidiwan:......

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Forgotten Bookmarks: A bookseller blogs bits left in books

7:20 AM Mon, Jul 27, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Forgotten Bookmarks blog, via MeFi. I work at a used and rare bookstore, and I buy books from people everyday. These are the personal, funny, heartbreaking and weird things I find in those books. (Librarians would have such collections, too.......

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Sunday reads, and art game

11:10 AM Sun, Jul 26, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
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Priorities: Robin Givhan: Can Obama Elevate the Look of Presidential Downtime? We Can Only Hope. WaPo columnist whines about the fit of the presidential jeans. Me: I don't care what he wears if/when he rights our ship. Profit motive: Whistleblower......

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