Dowbrigade

Yesterday the Dowbrigade was subjected to one of the true trials-by-fire
of the marital matrix – the interminable afternoon visit to the aged,
infirm relatives. In this case the relatives in question were an ancient
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Jessica’s
speculation on what her action figures do when no one is at home might
have something to do with the recent appearance of the Geekman model…..
The world’s first nerdy action figure has gone on sale.
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from Worth 1000
available from Happy Worker

The
World War of Beauty has come to Quito, and the Grand Dame of the Andes
is dressed for the Gala, with flowers in her hair, and flowers
everywhere. On June 1 [...]

On buses all day long. Torrential rain last night, hope the road into the mountains and up to Quito is uninterrupted. Hopefully, we will be back online tonight from a Cyber in the capital, and have an interesting post on the Miss Universe parade through the streets of the historical center of the city [...]

 
 
 
 
Robert
Burck, who calls himself "The Naked Cowboy," performs in New
York’s Times Square under a billboard featuring Swatch’s "Bunnysutra" watch
Friday, May 14, 2004. The ad [as
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The
sparkling chrome mufflers, sleek fiberglass bodies, and ventilated disc
brakes are enough to please any motorcycle admirer. But the bikes that
scream up and down Deborah Connally’s street each night are [...]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters)
– OPEC producers on Friday sought to play down expectations of a quick
fix for an oil price scare that is threatening to derail global economic
growth.
The Organization of Petroleum [...]

David Giacalone has an interesting take on Sec. Powell’s speach last week, considering the possibility that as soon as we hand over soverignty to an interum Iraqui government next month, they will ask us to leave – and we will! Wistful thinking, or ingenous exit strategy?
from Prof Yabut’s Journal

Business 2.0 has an interesting take on blogs:
“Today they’re lousy media experiences for mere mortals. But that’s about to change — and so is the way you gather information for your work.”
from Business 2.0 (AOL members and subscribers signin)

An interesting article appeared today in the Universo,
considered the most reliable and authoratative newspaper in Ecuador.  Actually
it is more a sort of bizarre vignette, told by the members of a "team"
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We know we love our computers a lot, but we never even considered naming our firstborn “Apple Dowbrigade”. On the other hand, we have been known to sing in a made-up language……
Obscure Icelandic music was piped into the delivery suite where Gwyneth Paltrow gave birth to baby Apple Blythe Alison Martin on Saturday.
The Sun [...]