December 28, 2004 Archive

Books

• cook better

  Whether you can simply boil water or concoct a culinary masterpiece, you can learn a thing or two about cooking from Cook's Illustrated.

  in Books — by bettergetter — on Dec 28, 2004

• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  An interesting, flawed idea about the meaning of life

  in Books — by Tony Dalmyn — on Dec 28, 2004

• Stradivarius, Brimstone And All That Good Stuff

  Brimstone - a mystery novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

  in Books — by Aaman Lamba — on Dec 28, 2004

• Tales from the Browns Sidelines by Tony Grossi

  Sometimes it is better to dwell on the past

  in Books — by Bruce Kratofil — on Dec 28, 2004

Sports

• RJ's NFL Picks: Week 17

  The final week of the regular season!

  Opinion in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Dec 28, 2004

Culture

• LifeSharers

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Dec 28, 2004

• Resolutions I Know I Can Keep

  Making New Year's resolutions? Me too! I bet I keep mine & you don't... by the way, Happy New Year!

  in Culture — by Pete Petrisko — on Dec 28, 2004

• Day By Day for December 28, 2004

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for December 28, 2004

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Dec 28, 2004

• An art test for the Wash Post

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Dec 28, 2004

• Liz Smith on Christmas

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Dec 28, 2004

• The Swiss can censor too!

  Even the Swiss can get touchy when it comes to political art!

  in Culture — by Lenny Campello — on Dec 28, 2004

• Blogging and Bloggers Raise Disaster Relief Funds

  in Culture — by Z.Z. Bachman — on Dec 28, 2004

Music

• Before You Die, Listen to a Really Terrible CD

  The "second-best-selling author of children's books in Edinburgh," has a facet as "lousy bassoonist" in the Really Terrible Orchestra.

  in Music — by DrPat — on Dec 28, 2004

• Mostly Autumn, Crewe

  There's always something special at a packed gig in a small club with a great band.

  in Music — by Tim Hall — on Dec 28, 2004

Video

• Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio DVD Review

  In one of the best concert DVDs of 2002, Iron Maiden rock over 250,000 fans in Rio.

  in Video — by Paul Roy — on Dec 28, 2004

• Midwestern Hurricanes?

  Recently, I noticed something very odd while watching the original 1962 version of The Manchurian Candidate

  in Video — by Bob Rhubart — on Dec 28, 2004

• Wolves In The City

  in Video — by Aaman Lamba — on Dec 28, 2004

• Movie Review: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

  in Video — by Scott Pepper — on Dec 28, 2004

Politics

• Africa’s Year In Cartoons

  in Politics — by Angela Chen Shui — on Dec 28, 2004

• U.S. to control more Iraqi oil and economy

  The U.S. has "persuaded" the interim Iraqi government to cut social subsidies, reconsider past oil deals with France and Russia and allow U.S. companies full access to the nation's oil reserves.

  in Politics — by Igor Volsky — on Dec 28, 2004

• "Career soldiers solute Bush"

  A Military Times Poll found that almost 66% of active duty U.S. soldiers approve of Bush's handling of the situation, and 73% believe Washington is ''very'' or ''somewhat likely'' to succeed in Iraq.

  in Politics — by Igor Volsky — on Dec 28, 2004

• Evening news didn't report forest rule change, gotta love the weekend/holiday news cycle

  Evening news fails to report forest rule changes. And if you really want to know what goes on in America, read the news on off-cycle weekends and holidays. They just love to slip things in...

  in Politics — by Igor Volsky — on Dec 28, 2004

• The South-East Asia Tsunami and Earthquake

  in Politics — by Daryl Sng — on Dec 28, 2004

• Homeland Security whistleblower ignored

  Airport security isn't tight enough, little has been done to safeguard other forms of mass transit, the ports remain vulnerable to terrorists

  in Politics — by Igor Volsky — on Dec 28, 2004

• Hear Freedom's Ring?

  Freedom wears no chastity belt.

  in Politics — by Claire Robinson — on Dec 28, 2004

• Radio Free Satellite

  Despite the clear legal grounds the religious right wanted to extend government reach further into private business.

  in Politics — by Eric James — on Dec 28, 2004

• Sackcloth and ashes and prisoner abuse

  At the risk of being called a libertarian torture apologist...

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Dec 28, 2004

Sci/Tech

• Dumpster Bust: I Scream for iPod

  iTunes, iPod, podcasts, iTrip: The Four Steps to Modern Day Bliss. Step right this way, my children...

  News in Sci/Tech — by Eric Berlin — on Dec 28, 2004

• Digital Camera Tips for New Digicam Owners

  in Sci/Tech — by Darren Rowse — on Dec 28, 2004