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August 16, 2009 - August 22, 2009 Archives


Vacuum Magic is a free side-scrolling game

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Welcome to the Vacuum Magic website! - Vacuum Magic Vacuum Magic is a fast-paced action game. The point of the game is using your magical vacuum field to collect food and defend against monsters. Food and certain monsters can......

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Hurricane Bill's final destination seems to be Ireland

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

The National Hurricane Center's 5-day Track Forecast for Hurricane Bill foresees the weakened storm's effects striking Ireland and Scotland by Wednesday. I don't recall ever seeing a hurricane head for Europe before.......

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Learned man appears in Seattle, doesn't know who he is -- but a Times reader does

12:48 AM Fri, Aug 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

A mystery man awakes in Discovery Park. Seattle Times reported yesterday at 12:14 a.m., A man in his 50s says he woke up in Discovery Park three weeks ago with no memory of who he is or how he got......

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Steve Jobs: Long profile of an elusive genius

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Podbrix photo Plush Jobs, a handmade Steve Jobs doll. Steve Jobs: The Man Who Polished Apple, by Bryan Appleyard in the London Times, is a rarity these days: A long, profile that blends anecdote, history and psychological speculation.This is......

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eBay bids on crypt above Marilyn Monroe top $4.5 million, end Monday

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Mel Melcon/Los Angeles TimesElsie Poncher looks up toward the crypt of her husband, Richard, which is directly above that of Marilyn Monroe. Crypt Above Marilyn Monroe For Sale, reads the eBay ad: Here is a once in a lifetime and......

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Eating on a dollar a day

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

California teachers Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard decided to live for a month on food that cost a total of $1 a day or less; by their own rules, they could forage but only if the food they found was......

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Hot time, 'Summer in the City' -- the reggae version

12:58 AM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

(link) This isn't really a video -- it's an audio track of an energetic reggae version of The Lovin' Spoonful's Summer in the City, which surprisingly lacks good cover versions. (Sorry, Joe Cocker.) Yes, I've watched them all on......

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Free mp3s: Frank Sinatra outtakes

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

As retro as it gets without going antique. Frank Sinatra - Studio Outtakes Capitol Outtakes [no label, 1CD] Rehearsal takes, alternatives and outtakes between 1955 and 1960. Sinatra was no slacker in the studio - while stopping after a few......

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Freebie: IHOP offering free kids' dinners for a few weeks

10:13 AM Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

IHOP (once known as the International House of Pancakes) is offering a free meal for kids 12 and under with each purchase of an adult entree between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. through Sept. 13. Drinks and takeout not included,......

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Woodstock Nation, Part 3: We had pulled it off

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By Sheila Lennon    Email

Woodstock 1969: The music went for 24 hours A special section - Woodstock Nation. Third of a three-part series. Part 1 | Part 2 I find most of these commentaries, frankly, unbearably square-- crazy chau NBC photo 08/14/1989 BY SHEILA......

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