December 21, 2004 Archive

Books

• The Revolutionary Mystery...

  in Books — by spiderleaf — on Dec 21, 2004

• Interpreting Your Cats' Behavior

  When your house cat chooses your favorite chair to destroy, what does it mean about how your cat really feels about you?

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Dec 21, 2004

• Meaning of Christmas Carol

  It is said every year; the commercialization of Christmas is terrible. Personally, I do not buy into that philosophy that somehow, giving of gifts is evil and refraining from celebrating Christmas is not much different from how Scrooge celebrated Christmas.

  in Books — by Tom Donelson — on Dec 21, 2004

• Gulag: A History

  Anne Applebaum’s Gulag deals with the human cost of the Soviet concentration camp system and the price the average Russian had to pay for the new utopia.

  in Books — by Tom Donelson — on Dec 21, 2004

• Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity

  I am a usability expert, so my choice of medium is governed by what is most usable for a given communications goal and not by what is most in fashon at the time.

  in Books — by Michael Walsh — on Dec 21, 2004

• The Razor's Edge

  The story of a man who abandons his girlfriend and a secure future and travels the globe in search of answers.

  in Books — by Animesh Rawal — on Dec 21, 2004

Music

• Music Reviews: Planet Electronica

  in Music — by Arte Six — on Dec 21, 2004

• "Grateful Dead Songwriter Contests TSA Search"

  in Music — by bookofjoe — on Dec 21, 2004

• CD REVIEW: Butch Walker - Letters

  in Music — by Christopher Auman — on Dec 21, 2004

• better artists you might not know

  in Music — by bettergetter — on Dec 21, 2004

• Best of 2004

  in Music — by Jen Rajkowski — on Dec 21, 2004

• Son Seals 1942-2004

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 21, 2004

• Imaginary Soundtrack

  Rule Number One: no song which has been flogged to death by “classic rock” radio is allowed. No Skynyrd, no ZZ Top.

  in Music — by Jon Kleinman — on Dec 21, 2004

• Knitting Factory Settlement

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 21, 2004

• Happy Frank-mas!

  in Music — by Al Barger — on Dec 21, 2004

Politics

• Jail For Crooked CEOs!

  CEOs from Enron and Adelphia were held criminally liable for cooking books. Make sure to get them all.

  in Politics — by Mike Kole — on Dec 21, 2004

• The Social Security "Crisis" Is Just Greed

  There is no Social Security "crisis" and "privatization" is a scam.

  in Politics — by Hal Pawluk — on Dec 21, 2004

• The Globe hits for the cycle

  Some excellent (and not so excellent) work in the Boston Globe

  in Politics — by Harry Forbes — on Dec 21, 2004

• Dumpster Bust Keeping It Real Politik: Religion, Religiosity, & the New Culture Wars

  Bored with Red vs. Blue and all that guff? Well, there's a new sheriff in town...

  in Politics — by Eric Berlin — on Dec 21, 2004

Culture

• Anti-Trending and Other Trends for 2005

  Usually you have to pay to hear futurist Watts Wacker, but not on Blogcritics...

  in Culture — by Anita Campbell — on Dec 21, 2004

• World's 10 Most Enduring Institutions

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Dec 21, 2004

• Fat or Not. Just ask your Big Brother

  in Culture — by Tom Bux — on Dec 21, 2004

• Nigo and Bathing Ape

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Dec 21, 2004

• WiFi Heart Monitor

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Dec 21, 2004

• Official: I am a witch expert

  in Culture — by Marty Dodge — on Dec 21, 2004

• Positioning "Athena's Daughters"

  in Culture — by James Beau — on Dec 21, 2004

• Day By Day for December 21, 2004

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for December 21, 2004

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Dec 21, 2004

• Last Minute Shopping--An Etiquette Guide

  You will have to wait in line.

  in Culture — by Katharine Donelson — on Dec 21, 2004

• Holy !@#$ - Miami wins: It's a funny old game innit?

  in Culture — by Temple Stark — on Dec 21, 2004

Tastes

• Making the Cuisine Scene with Anthony Bourdain

  When my wife mentioned that the Lola Bistro (home of Cleveland's own Food Network celebrity chef, Michael Symon) would be hosting a "book dinner" to promote the release of Bourdain's new Les Halles Cookbook, attended by the man himself, I was happy to shell out the $300.

  in Tastes — by Bob Rhubart — on Dec 21, 2004

Sports

• RJ's Week 16 NFL Picks

  Two weeks to go!

  Opinion in Sports — by RJ Elliott — on Dec 21, 2004

• Football Fundamentalism

  It's time for new NFL rules. An evening watching MNF showed me the path...

  in Sports — by Eric Berlin — on Dec 21, 2004

Sci/Tech

• Global warming as a human rights issue

  in Sci/Tech — by spiderleaf — on Dec 21, 2004

• Podcasting on The World

  The public radio program The World is doing a segment Tuesday on podcasting featuring Adam Curry. I met Curry and Tony Kahn of the World at Bloggercon.

  in Sci/Tech — by Steve Rhodes — on Dec 21, 2004

Video

• "Dead Like Me" Dead

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Dec 21, 2004

• Steve Vai - Live At The Astoria London DVD Review

  in Video — by Paul Roy — on Dec 21, 2004

• Harry, Azkaban, and a Prince Down a Few Quarts

  in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Dec 21, 2004

• Movie Review: Blade - Trinity

  in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Dec 21, 2004