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Archive for February, 2005
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Podcasting a Wider Shadow
The Boston
Globe came out with a semi-major
article on Podcasting
today, but they really seem to have missed the point. Instead of
commenting […]
Prozac for the Middle East
Just
when we thought it was safe to come outside, George Bush seems to have
solved the mystery of the "vision thing". After
40 months of wandering the globe like a wounded hyena reeling from
[…]
Tattoo’s and the Tapeworm
As a parent, the Dowbrigade considered himself pretty liberal. For example,
we let ‘em stay up as late as they wanted at night, on the theory that
they’d
cause less trouble during […]
Glowing Memories
Our recent
posting on the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling and La Gata Negra brought
up mounds of memories, some pleasant, some painful. In the aftermath,
we
[…]
Diamonds for Dipping
The world’s most expensive teabag has been created. The diamond teabag worth £7,500 has been made by Boodles jewellers to celebrate PG Tips 75th birthday.
The tea bag took three months to make has been hand-crafted using 280 diamonds.
Pete Harbour, spokesman for PG Tips said: "As it’s our 75th birthday, we wanted to do something […]
Why Does Love Have to Be So Sad?
WINNIPEG - A lovestruck American who tried to walk from North Dakota to Winnipeg is recovering from severe frostbite in a hospital in Manitoba.
The man from Los Angeles was on his way to meet his internet sweetheart but didn’t count on the Prairie winter.Gonsoulin said he planned to take a bus from Winnipeg […]
Local Boy Makes Good
illustration
by John Hendrix from the NYT
Local vBlogger, rising media star and all-round
good guy Steve Garfield is
featured this morning in a comprehensive review of
[…]
Mistress Cheetah, the Mean Mistreatah
Choke slams, reverse crabs, Canadian backbreakers — it’s all in a day’s work for La Gata Negra, an all-female, all-masked wrestling league. Founded by two veteran burlesque performers, LGN came about when Worm and Cheetah (full name: Mistress Cheetah, the Mean Mistreatah) got to […]
90 Days in the Cage
Kids!
Make sure you have your file sharing programs set to DOWNLOAD ONLY!
And stay away from Arizona. And don’t try this at home! Is my review-only
copy […]
Power Seekers vs. Knowledge Seekers
The
Dowbrigade continues to be confused and disturbed by the controversy
surrounding the recent
remarks by Harvard President Lawrence Summers
concerning possible sources of the sexual disparity […]
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