July 29, 2005 Archive

Culture

• First Lie - Say Goodbye!

  Opinion in Culture — by Loretta Dillon — on Jul 29, 2005

• Learning from the British Stoic Reaction

  Americans could learn a little something from Britons in the wake of their recent terrorist attacks. Shirking rampant flag waving and tacky memorials, a little healthy indifference and stoicism may actually go a long way in the real psychological fight against terrorism.

  Opinion in Culture — by Christopher J Falvey — on Jul 29, 2005

• Burt Rutan and Virgin Group form The Spaceship Company

  Virgin Group and Scaled Composites partner to provide sub-orbital commercial tourist flights by 2008.

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Jul 29, 2005

• Move-Away Moms Harm Kids

  Opinion in Culture — by JDCarmine — on Jul 29, 2005

• New Planet Found Orbiting Beyond Pluto

  As if that wasn't impressive enough, this new "planet" is being orbited by a small moon.

  News in Culture — by Bennett Dawson — on Jul 29, 2005

• Do we need Newspapers anymore?

  Opinion in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Jul 29, 2005

• Magic Mushrooms - Now Class A in UK - Why??

  The British Government has increased the penalties for possessing magic mushrooms. Minimus is annoyed to the maximus...

  Opinion in Culture — by Minimus — on Jul 29, 2005

• Checkraise: Prop Players and Poker Prophecy

  The skinny on proposition players and helpful poker tools.

  Opinion in Culture — by Justene Adamec — on Jul 29, 2005

• Quiz Time 6 - connections

  Audio/visual connections, and other oddities.

  Opinion in Culture — by Aaman Lamba — on Jul 29, 2005

• Living with BTK - Paula Rader Gets a Divorce

  News in Culture — by Frank Waldron — on Jul 29, 2005

• Why Buy The Cow When You Can Get The Milk For Free?

  Is Olivia a weekday ho? Love Biatch can help!

  Opinion in Culture — by Love Biatch — on Jul 29, 2005

• Being the Perfect Citizen

  Opinion in Culture — by Tam Hoang — on Jul 29, 2005

• Swimming pools, movie stars

  Opinion in Culture — by OC hairball — on Jul 29, 2005

• Day By Day for July 29, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for July 29, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Jul 29, 2005

Music

• CD Review: Rhythm Of Honor-A Tribute To The Brave

  This CD is about Americans and our wonderful country.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jul 29, 2005

• CD Review: Emmy Cerra's Metamorphic Journey

  There is no denying that Emmy Cerra can belt out a tune.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Jul 29, 2005

• DVD Review - Green Day: Suburbia Bomb

  On second thought, make that Pogo Paradise.

  Review in Music — by jen best — on Jul 29, 2005

• CD Review: The Dreadful Yawns

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Jul 29, 2005

• CD Review: Ray LaMontagne--Trouble

  Review in Music — by Matt Freelove — on Jul 29, 2005

• Major Lennon Memorabilia Sale Nets $1.75 Million

  News in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 29, 2005

• Gap's Fall ad Campaign and The Daily Music and Tech News

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Jul 29, 2005

• Inspirational Quotes on Jazz, Music and Life

  Opinion in Music — by Laura Young — on Jul 29, 2005

• DVD Review: Jethro Tull Live at The Isle of Wight

  Review in Music — by Matt Freelove — on Jul 29, 2005

• Single Review: Lindsay Lohan - "First"

  Lindsay Lohan badgers her boyfriend and demands his full attention in the overbearing "First."

  Review in Music — by Pam Avoledo — on Jul 29, 2005

• The Friday Morning Listen

  Sometimes you just have to let art flow over you.

  Review in Music — by Mark Saleski — on Jul 29, 2005

• CD review: Ivory Knight, The saviours of Canuck metal?

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 29, 2005

• CD review: Killing Joke essential reissues

  Review in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Jul 29, 2005

• REVIEW: Johnny Cash: The Legend Disc 1 of 4 - Win, Place And Show - The Hits

  Cause singing seems to help a troubled soul ...

  Review in Music — by Temple Stark — on Jul 29, 2005

Politics

• For Once, I Admire The French

  The French government ejects a dozen pro-terrorist imams...

  Opinion in Politics — by RJ Elliott — on Jul 29, 2005

• The SCOTUS chess game

  Chief Justice Janice Rogers Brown. Tee-hee!

  Opinion in Politics — by Al Barger — on Jul 29, 2005

• Longtime selectman Gary Lee joins Massachusetts governor's race

  News in Politics — by Temple Stark — on Jul 29, 2005

• Bush's Kampf

  Opinion in Politics — by The Bulldog Manifesto — on Jul 29, 2005

• The ANWR Vote is Coming - Make Your Voice Heard

  To drill or not to drill, that is the questions. 123,000 Caribou say YES! Now you can too!

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Jul 29, 2005

• CAFTA, Bringing Down the American Worker

  Americans Will Lose More Jobs!

  Opinion in Politics — by Mojoala — on Jul 29, 2005

• The Democrats’ Dilemma

  Opinion in Politics — by Drew McKissick — on Jul 29, 2005

Sci/Tech

• UMD Movies Are Hot. Why?

  Yes, people are paying $30 for featureless movies.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 29, 2005

• AIMFight.com & The Real Reason Why Peer Directories Like MySpace Exist

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Tan The Man — on Jul 29, 2005

• Weekly BlogScan: Watching the Supremes

  Once-occult government processes are open to pressure from polls, blogs, editorials, and other popular commentary...

  Review in Sci/Tech — by DrPat — on Jul 29, 2005

• Book Review: Advanced Perl Programming by Simon Cozens

  The second edition is very different from the first, because the world of Perl programming has shifted drastically...

  Review in Sci/Tech — by DrPat — on Jul 29, 2005

• ... And Then Frist Flip-Flops On Stem Cell Research Funding

  One day after blocking several bills from coming to the Senate floor, Frist advocates funding stem cell research.

  News in Sci/Tech — by David R. Mark — on Jul 29, 2005

• StatCounter Thoughts

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Tamama — on Jul 29, 2005

• Donuts and Pies: Which tastes better?

  Each publication gravitates to "pet" charts: the Economist happens to like donut charts. Hopefully their editors will read this and stop using them.

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Kaiser — on Jul 29, 2005

• Friday femmes fatales No 16

  Where are all the female bloggers? Here, in my weekly top ten posts.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Natalie Bennett — on Jul 29, 2005

• Blogathon 2005 - Blogging For Greenpeace

  News in Sci/Tech — by Voice 1 — on Jul 29, 2005

Books

• Book Review: The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers

  Review in Books — by Chad Richardson — on Jul 29, 2005

• When I SEE A Working Class Hero, I'll Give Him Your Regards

  John Lennon. Idol yes, hero no.

  Opinion in Books — by Michael J. West — on Jul 29, 2005

• Book Review: Going Nucular by Geoffrey Nunberg

  Words usually have something to hide—you have to shake them until the top pops off and some revelation tumbles out..."

  Review in Books — by Richard Marcus — on Jul 29, 2005

• Book Review: Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovitch – Hunting the Candyman

  This time, Plum's bounty is on the Burg's beloved candy vendor, the venerable "Uncle Mo."

  Review in Books — by DrPat — on Jul 29, 2005

Video

• The Jerk: 26th Anniversary DVD Review

  A blatant cash-in on a favorite (for some people at least).

  Review in Video — by Matt Paprocki — on Jul 29, 2005

• Paris and Nicole Back for Simple Life 4

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 29, 2005

• Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

  Review in Video — by Steve Rhodes — on Jul 29, 2005

• Review: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind belongs in the absolute upper echelon of all that is romantic and unique.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Jul 29, 2005

• American Idol: Alleged Abdul Affair Scrutinized

  News in Video — by Eric Olsen — on Jul 29, 2005

• O Brothers, Where Art Thou?

  Opinion in Video — by Tony Figueroa — on Jul 29, 2005

• The Law Firm

  Review in Video — by Damian Penny — on Jul 29, 2005

• DVD Review: Appleseed

  APPLESEED is next step in the evolution towards anime bliss

  Review in Video — by David Desjardins — on Jul 29, 2005

• New Movie Releases: 7/29/05

  News in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Jul 29, 2005