February 11, 2006 Archive

Culture

• The Corporate Lingo Cheat Sheet

  I am offering up a dictionary of corporate terminology for your reference.

  Opinion in Culture — by Hardy — on Feb 11, 2006

• My Teenage Pregnancy

  I started to think about what was happening and what was going to happen. There were only three options.

  Opinion in Culture — by A.L. Harper — on Feb 11, 2006

• Geoffrey Moore On Innovation

  Myths and the market.

  Opinion in Culture — by Sadagopan S — on Feb 11, 2006

• How Betty Friedan Got It Wrong and How Her Ilk Changed My Life

  She was one of my heroines. She forgot one major point and it made all the difference.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Feb 11, 2006

• Happy Ashura, You Maniacs

  Let's celebrate by beating our children and ourselves with swords until we're all splattered with blood. There's some good holy fun! Disturbing Images.

  Opinion in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on Feb 11, 2006

• Blogcritics On Valentine's Day

  Opinion in Culture — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 11, 2006

• Love Is Never Having to Say “Happy Valentine’s Day”

  Valentine’s Day is a poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every 14 of February.

  Opinion in Culture — by Victor Lana — on Feb 11, 2006

• Day By Day for February 11, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for February 11, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Feb 11, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Software Review: Test and Improve Your Memory DVD Boxed Edition

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Eisner — on Feb 11, 2006

Music

• Bernie Worrell: New Jersey's Claim to Musical History

  It's not a wellspring of popular music, but Plainfield, N.J. earns its place in history as the birthplace of Bernie Worrell.

  Opinion in Music — by Steven Hart — on Feb 11, 2006

• Condition of the Heart: The Modern Pea Pod's Valentine's Day 2006 Mixtape

  No, it won't keep you warm at night. But for 90 minutes, our mixtape will make you remember what love sounds like.

  Opinion in Music — by Modern Pea Pod — on Feb 11, 2006

• CD Review: Zulu Groove - Afrika Bambaataa

  Some of the juiciest funk licks this side of a Parliament/Funkadelic concert.

  Review in Music — by Richard Marcus — on Feb 11, 2006

• Elvis Costello, Virtuoso Vocalist

  "God Give Me Strength" in particular jumps out to me now as requiring some fairly fancy singing to put it across.

  Opinion in Music — by Al Barger — on Feb 11, 2006

• Producer/Rapper Jay Dee Dead At 32

  Jay Dee, a Detroit native, produced songs for artists such as Common, Busta Rhymes, and A Tribe Called Quest.

  News in Music — by Sterfish — on Feb 11, 2006

Books

• Book Review: The Protégé by Stephen Frey

  Stephen Frey returns with another tale of danger and intrigue set in the shadowy world of high finance.

  Review in Books — by W.E. Wallo — on Feb 11, 2006

• Michael Crichton Gets a Fitting Literary Award

  The AAPG award doesn't have a cute nickname, like Oscar or Grammy...

  News in Books — by Steven Hart — on Feb 11, 2006

Sports

• Winter Olympics: Lunar Skiing

  The moon's dust-covered slopes are a skier's paradise.

  News in Sports — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 11, 2006

• Other Famous Cartoon-for-Sportscaster Trades

  If Al Michaels being traded to NBC for a silent-era cartoon sounds weird, it isn't the first time it's happened.

  Satire in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Feb 11, 2006

Video

• Netflix Getting Too Tricky For Its Own Good

  Netflix members cheated out of rentals?

  News in Video — by Scott Butki — on Feb 11, 2006

• TV Review: The Shield "Trophy"

  Vic's on camera with the Russian and a truckload of drugs, taking a big, fat envelope full of cash.

  Review in Video — by Al Barger — on Feb 11, 2006

• Movie Review: When a Stranger Calls

  The people who made this deserve to have the (telephone) book thrown at 'em.

  Review in Video — by Steve Carlson — on Feb 11, 2006

• TV Review: Arrested Development Series Finale

  My people are from Kentucky, but even I've never seen as much damned incest as the Arrested Development series finale having sex with itself.

  Review in Video — by Al Barger — on Feb 11, 2006

• Movie Review: Final Destination 3

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 11, 2006

Politics

• History & Myth

  In the study of history, what do we mean by a political or national 'myth'?

  Opinion in Politics — by Chromatius — on Feb 11, 2006

• Congress Planning to Shut Down Third Parties

  HR 4694 would grant the nominees of the two major parties public funding and make it almost impossible for third parties to run campaigns at all.

  Opinion in Politics — by Kevin Surbaugh — on Feb 11, 2006

• Doing the Right Thing

  A US leader, in the wake of Coretta Scott King's death, shows something rarely seen these days: character.

  News in Politics — by Natalie Davis — on Feb 11, 2006

Tastes

• Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 38

  Counting, calculating, and approximating calories.

  Opinion in Tastes — by Dan Nied — on Feb 11, 2006