RecessMonkey (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Tory wannabe Rachel Joyce uses her blog to give Recess Monkey a lecture on ethics. While Recess Monkey doesn’t claim to be demonstrably ethical, he isn’t a Tory and therefore hasn’t dedicated himself to lining up the world’s poor and buggering them one by one. I suspect Ms Joyce is still smarting from Recess Monkey’s outing of [...]
Idle Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
I had some friends over last weekend and a few had never seen my library, where I have around 750 books. Most were stunned that (1) I had so many books that take up an entire room and (2) That I even read anything at all that isn’t online. As we started to talk about [...]
Everything's Better With Brentter (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Here’s a recent Pysop/Publicis, London release for Stoli Blakberi, a blackberry flavored vodka from russian distillery Stolichnaya. Adam Kean is the C.D over at Publicis, London and this spot featured Art Direction by Alistair Ross (Sharon Joyce was the Agency Producer). Stink/Psyop were the production companies used along with Todd Mueller and Kylie Matulick as the Directors. [...]
Phawker (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS: A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said. Joyce Bernann McKinney was charged in Carter County with criminal conspiracy to [...]
Kathryn Cramer (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
I have been irritated enough by discussions as to why more people under 30 40 haven't won Hugos, that I have spent a few hours composing a list of people who you might think had won Hugos, or perhaps ought...
Subversive Influence (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
The email arrived in my inbox today, taunting me. “ Removal of Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer, Charles Stanley, David Jeremiah and other pastors from the airwaves ,” it proclaimed. “Really'” I thought. The email provided all the details: An organization has been granted a Federal Hearing on the same subject by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, D.C. Their petition, Number 2493, would...
lying for a living (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
More sensational news about the puppy-cloning, Mormon-manacling bail-jumper, Bernann McKinney. Jeff Abbott sends this link, and says, “Someone get her her own reality show!” Woman who had dogs cloned wanted in Tennessee. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted [...]
CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
A 57-year-old who made headlines around the world may have to face justice in a second long delayed case.
Down With Everybody (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
[USA Today] High schools and colleges are steering students away from cars to save money on gas, save the environment and promote physical fitness. This fall, Ripon College in Ripon, Wis., is offering freshmen free mountain bikes, helmets and locks in exchange for a promise not to bring a car to campus. The $300-per-student cost is [...]
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Books Update On the Cover of the Sunday Book Review ‘Traffic’ By TOM VANDERBILT Reviewed by MARY ROACH An alternate title for this surprising, enlightening look at the psychology of human beings behind the steering wheel might be “Idiots.” Book News & More Reviews » ADVERTISEMENT Also in This Week’s Book Review ‘The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power’ By [...]
Singapore Property News (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Print Article > > Back to the article Aug 7, 2008 Over 2,300 vie for 578 condo-like flats in AMK By Joyce Teo MORE than 2,300 hopeful homebuyers have applied for one of the 578 condo-style units being built for the Housing Board in Ang Mo Kio. The showflat was a hot ticket, with 23,000 visitors since the project's mid-July launch, said developer United Engineers (UE) yesterday. Applications have now...
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Next book on my "entertainment biography" shelf: Brando: The Biography, by Peter Manso Peter Manso has an opinion about Marlon Brando, and it colors this entire book - which is 10,000 pages long - so that's a long time to...
Thinking About Art (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
I just received an email from Civilian Art Projects announcing a new show: QUART BAG: A Community Art Show. The premise is this: Inspired by the many things you can do with a quart bag, Civilian Art Projects and friends...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Relationships are hard. They result in a lot of good times, bad times, and more clichéd musings than you can shake a barrel of bullet-riddled fish at. Joyce & Terry, Paul & Molly, Liz & Brian, Joy & David, Kim & Maggie, June & Daffy, Jean & Jim, and Jim & Christine all broke up long ago. Now word has come down from Nashville, TN's Be Your Own Pet that they too have called it quits. From their website:...
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Top-up payments for healthcare and a stronger role for matron are two of the ideas in our special Platform on the future of Tory healthcare policy. Simon Chapman, Nadine Dorries MP, Andrew Haldenby and Dr Rachel Joyce all contribute. Greg...
