10-01.06.09

#0268- Loupassi, Untitled

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*Black Jack Book 1 — Recommended

I like this Osamu Tezuka manga for its entertaining medical craziness. Behind stories of insane, unbelievable surgeries lies a strong sense of morality and justice. Former site writer Rob Vollmar has talked up the 00   from: Comics Worth Reading

Practical Tip Tuesday #4: Bookmark

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The three business-related bills in the General Assembly

Legislators are gearing up for the 2009 General Assembly session that begins January 14, more than two hundred bills have already been pre-filed.  BizSense poured over the bills filed so far and found three that stand out as having the biggest potential impact on local business.

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Now in print :: THE POSITIONS OF LOVE

Now available in paperback! The Positions of Love by J.M. Snyder Get all 12 stories in this best-selling series in one paperback collection! Buy from Amazon today! BLURB: When Matt diLorenzo gives his lover, Vic Braunson, a copy of the Kama Sutra for Gay Men as a Christmas gift, they find it doubles ...

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we’ve been endorsed

We’ve only been around for one full day, yet we’ve already been endorsed by one of Richmond’s most notorious bloggers. Yeah, that guy Jack. Regardless of the fact that his lastest posts — hell, m ...

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Antlered doe?

This one is worth a look and a read. A couple of weeks ago, a hunter in Kansas killed a 27-point whitetail deer. That alone would be remarkable. This one, however, was not a buck. It was a doe. Confused? 00   from: Outdoors

McAuliffe enlists vets of Va. campaigns

Tyler Whitley reports that Terry McAuliffe has named a number of veterans of Virginia campaigns to his campaign leadership team. McAuliffe, a McLean businessman, on Wednesday will announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to run for governor. As previously disclosed, Mike Henry, who h ...

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Grateful Dead alums plan first tour in 5 years

Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will all regroup along with Warren Haynes on lead guitar, and Jeff Chimenti on keyboards. Read the rest of the article here

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Jimmy Buffett is cashing in on Margaritaville

Singer’s fortune expands thanks to numerous products, marketing deals Read the rest of the article here

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Jack Black discovers his country music DNA

Jack Black may have been schooled in rock, but now he’d like to sing at the Grand Ole Opry with wife Tanya Haden’s family, who recently turned him on to bluegrass music. Read the rest of the art ...

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Merle Haggard beats cancer, but craves pot

Country star Merle Haggard isn’t letting lung cancer get in the way of his ambitious touring and recording plans. Read the rest of the article here

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Joe Satriani may have a case against Coldplay

Music plagiarism is hard to prove, but access to the original is the key, so unless Chris Martin and the boys have been living on a desert island, chances are they’ve heard Satriani’s song. But did they steal it? 00   from: Rock'n'Roll America

Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70

Grammy-winning jazz musician Freddie Hubbard, whose style influenced a generation of trumpeters, has died at age 70. He suffered a heart attack last month. Read the rest of the article here

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5Top: Songs you didn’t hear on the radio in 2008

It’s not too late to hear some of 2008’s best and most underplayed music. From Kylie Minogue to Be Your Own Pet, here are some songs that should have gotten more attention. Read the rest of the article here

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Eno and Byrne make music through e-mail

“A lot of decisions were narrowed down,” says David Byrne. “I worked with whatever came in to my e-mail box. It wasn’t the endless possibilities of an empty slate.” Read the rest of the ar ...

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VCU easily beats UNCW 88-59

      Had this been a shootaround with no defenders, it’s doubtful Virginia Commonwealth University’s snipers would have been any more unbothered than they were in the first half against UNC Wilmington last night.     With Joey Rodriguez and his teammates kn ...

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Birthday Blend

It's my Dad's birthday today so I'll play some of his favorites. It's also Carl Sandburg, Syd Barrett and Rowan Atkinson's (Mr. Bean) birthday. So, in honor of all of them, let your freak flag fly!

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There’s A Book In Me… Somewhere

Here I go, telling the world my deepest darkest secret. Well it’s not that deep and dark. I want to write a book. It’s actually not so much that I want to write one, I just feel one in me. I feel I have so much to share and say. I feel others can benefit from my perception in some strange and tw ...

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The Oceans Of Chocolate Will Never Stop Flowing!!!

I am dedicating this post to all of the chocolate I have managed to acquire in the past few weeks. I do this to document the madness of it all, as well as to record the piles for posterity. This way, when the Chocolate Famine strikes 30 years from now because the cocoa beans achieve consciousness an ...

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You Missed The Kiss?

So after 3 days into the new year, let’s reflect into the last year. What happened of any importance?Let’s stop be ...

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a change…

It’s been about a month and what has been made clear to me is that change is necessary in my life. Involvement in too much is a big one… involvement and concern for too many things that are important but do not have to be me that has to do it. My struggle is that [...]

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Antlered doe?

This one is worth a look and a read. A couple of weeks ago, a hunter in Kansas killed a 27-point whitetail deer. That alone would be remarkable. This one, however, was not a buck. It was a doe. Confused? 00   from: Sports blog on myTimesDispatch.com

Album Review: The Broken West – Now or Heaven

On rare occasions, I love something so much that I can’t properly form words with which to describe the depth, breadth ...

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What is a ‘part-time’ chairman?

Times are tough, all around -- Gov. Tim Kaine has taken a second job.Following in the footsteps of former-Gov. Jim Gilmore, Kaine has accepted the chairmanship of a political party, while serving as governor. President George Bush tapped Gilmore to serve as the national chairman of the GOP, which he ...

02   from: SLANTblog

New Richmond Food Blog

I know what you're thinking. We need another food blog like we need another case of shingles. I mean really? How many times can we read a review on Stronghill Dining and it's "hip" and "funky" tattoo culture??Well, this new food blog probably won't stink up the joint as bad as the others. The sharp ...

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So we went to NYC…

To see Mo and some friends. Along the way we… Stopped in Atlantic City and lost a shit ton...

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What We Are Supposed To Be

“ I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a ...

00   from: Just Another Life

Blogging and my twitter love

I haven’t really been blogging much, nor do I really feel compelled to write a lot. I’ll probably still post something occasionally when I want to rant about something or really explore something, but for the most part if you want to follow me you should 01   from: Daniel's Pilgrimage

i’m glad you were born…

I hear him from the other room…he tells her everyday, “I’m so glad you were born.” Sometimes he whispers it, other times he presses his nose against hers, everyday of her life… May ever ...

01   from: Kindnessgirl

avoiding the zipper

zippers can be a bitch. lapped, center seam, invisible; applying it just so, so it lay flat, then attaching it to ...

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How Local Nonprofits Are Dealing with the Recession

Jack Cooksey at Richmond Magazine alerted me that my latest article for the publication -- "Helping the Helpers" -- is now online and available to the reading public, free of charge. The piece explore ...

02   from: Buttermilk & Molasses

Suspense

Tales of Suspense #49 - The New Iron Man Meets the Angel!I could have posted about a lot of things today but I wasn't really sure what. So I let some Internet surfing guide me. I ...

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Cultural Plan: New Website Launches; Public Meetings Set

As the Richmond Region Cultural Action Plan begins to come together in the form of research, a set of discussion points and a handful of public meetings, it's appropriate the task force behind 01   from: Buttermilk & Molasses

It’s about regional cooperation, stupid

The importance of regional cooperation in the Richmond metro area is outlined in a post penned by yours truly at the Fan District Hub.In the future it’s going to be more and more difficult to provide clean water, proper schools, adequate fire and police departments, and all sorts of costly but una ...

01   from: SLANTblog

Surgery and Shopping.

I took Arden to her eye specialist appointment this morning.  Supposedly this eye doc specializes in pediatric eye issues.  He was very weird in person, but Arden loved him, so I guess he really does specialize in talking to the little people.  I felt like a bit actor in the PeeWee He ...

01   from: HomeSlice

Consumers beware

For weeks I have been trying to figure out just what I wanted to say about the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). I have worked my way through shock, denial, an ...

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Helping Our Leaders Lead

I spent part of a November day at the annual Hope in the Cities' annual Metropolitan Richmond Day listening to the former mayor of Charlotte use too many sports and conflict-oriented metaphors, and participating in a panel with the former mayor, John Moeser of the University of Richmond, and for ...

01   from: Buttermilk & Molasses

The NYTimes Just Made Me Want to Retire

I've been watching the economy unravel since 2006 when the housing market in Northern Virginia melted into an overbuilt bubble, and moved from the sidelines to the unemployment line late last year. During that time, like many people, I've been an increasingly interested observer in the great ...

02   from: Buttermilk & Molasses

Bread

A simple mix of flour, water, milk, salt, butter, yeast, sugar, vinegar, and a little time nets you the most delicious of foods—bread. I recently picked up a 25 lb. bag of bread flour and prepared a loaf tonight. Start to finish, it took about 2 hours, most of which was simply waiting on the ...

01   from: Tripp Fenderson

Hope in the Cities Offers New Dialogue Opportunity

I'd argue that one of the challenges we face in Richmond isn't whether we talk too much (we too often do) but whether we're talking about the right things (we too often aren't). Which is why I appreciate the work of organizations like Hope in the Cities, which is offering a retreat i ...

01   from: Buttermilk & Molasses

Brain Fry

Holy schlemiel, my skull is simmering. I’m simultaneously getting over a cold, getting back in to work from vacation, and getting in my final studying for the GMAT this Saturday. If I can survive beyond this week I ought to be in much better mental shape for a while…until I have to sta ...

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“Bread and Puppet” Hits Gallery 5

The mad pupp ...

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Requiem

Requiem for a Betta Fish Tonight I had to tell my 8-year-old that we lost his betta fish.  We didn’t misplace it, the fish passed on. My son was understandably upset.  A couple of years ago when we got the fish, alon ...

01   from: The Write Side of My Brain

Mash Up

Check us out...on first we got a 00   from: Richmond Craft Mafia - off the record...

Mash up at handmade holiday!

Check us out...on first we got a sweet shout out and then we had some mash up shopping! (You can see my corner booth for a brief second!)

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What If Richmond Created Citizens, Instead of Consumers?

I read Michelle Singletary's columns on personal finance almost every Sunday in the Washington Post, operating under the assumption that eventually some of her common sense will bleed into my life without any awareness on my part.This week, I read her column and immediately started thinking abou ...

04   from: Buttermilk & Molasses

Moonlighting

Tim Kaine at the DNC The Interwebz have been lit up since the weekend announcement that Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (D-MN).  [Politico:  Virginia Gov. Tim K ...

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Buttermilk & Molasses 2009-01-06 01:09:00

Although the ...

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Goals & Remembering This is Why I Tri

I met me goal for December, just barely. I made it to 2 Maramarc workouts each week (one bike and strength training and one Saturday brick) and in addition I ran at least one other day a week, sometimes even two. I just barely made my goals, because today, I found out I have strep and have had it ...

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