I cite (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Dominic links to a You Tube video of Nicholas White's entrapment in an elevator in the McGraw-Hill building for 41 hours in 1999. It's gripping. Below is an excerpt from a New Yorker article on White and elevators, a kind of John McPhee-esque essay on elevator design. The article mentions but doesn't explore the way that the experience of being trapped in an elevator derailed White's life. Why did...
Neatorama (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dominic Arpin reported this past Monday that a White shark was seen in the Saint Lawrence River. The video is actually part of an online campaign for a new TV show called “Légendes Urbaines” on french television station Canal D, their commercial can be seen here.
The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
The Foggy Dew should be busy tonight. Mind you, so should all the other pubs in Dublin. There'll be more cause than usual for singing now that one hears the sad news of Ronnie Drew's death. The Telegraph obituary puts the appeal of The Dubliners quite well: The Dubliners achieved fame and notoriety as singers of street ballads and bawdy songs, and as players of fine instrumental traditional music....
Beautiful (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
IN A MINEFIELD OF TREACHERY, MURDER AND DECEIT, JAMES BOND ALLIES WITH OLD FRIENDS IN A BATTLE TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH. AS HE GETS CLOSER TO FINDING THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BETRAYAL OF VESPER, THE WOMAN HE LOVED, 007...
QPR REPORT (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
- Posted on the QPR Italia blog - Di Carmine Q&A - (in Italian) --- Web Translation - Google Translation GREENOCK Telegraph - Shimmin is set to sign By Roger Graham CAPPIELOW TARGET: Dominic Shimmin in QPR hoops. But tonight at Stranraer he could be wearing the blue and White of Morton. MORTON hope to sign former Arsenal and Queen’s Park Rangers defender Dominic Shimmin in a sensational swoop before...
Article Master (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Despite the economic gloom back home, 2008 looks like being a bumper year for the Turkish tourist industry with early arrivals up 18% and experts predicting over 27 million visitors by the end of the year. Record numbers of British property buyers are also being attracted by the country’s spectacular scenery, sandy beaches and [...]
prisonbreakbuff.com (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Prison BreakPrison Break Season 4Spoilers Thanks to The-Man for the cast lists for Episode 4.01 and 4.02! Episode 4.01 “Scylla” Michael Scofield Wentworth Miller Lincoln Burrows. Dominic Purcell Sara Tancredi Sarah Wayne Callies Sucre Amaury Nolasco T-Bag Robert Knepper Brad Bellick Wade Williams Alexander Mahone William Fichtner LJ Burrows Marshall Allman … Bruce Bennett Wilbur Fitzgerald Pam Mahone...
World History Blog (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008 | Other
Put a fork in him, the John Titor story has now been proven to be a hoax. Almost two years ago, I posted John Titor, Fake Time Traveller . That post now has 26 comments on it and I had to reject dozens of others who continued to irrationally claim that political disagreements between Republicans and Democrats in the USA proved that a civil war was occurring in America right now. In frustration, I finally...
Keris Stainton (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Yep, went to see it last night along with, apparently, half of Lancashire, most of whom seemed to be seeing it for the second or even third time. I absolutely loved it (though I could've done without some of the...
SideLion Report (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
There will be no Marinelli - Lynch reunion: You knew the beat guys would ask Rod Marinelli about John Lynch when it was announced he was leaving the Broncos. Turns out he Lions have no need for a 37 year old safety, former Buc or not. It might have been a good story, but it wouldn’t [...]
illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
CONGRATS - DONNELL WhiteCongratulates Donnell White on the occasion of winning a Golden Apple Teaching Award.CONGRAT-BROOKE TIPPET THOMPSONCongratulates Brooke Tippet Thompson on the occasion of winning a Golden Apple Teaching Award.CONGRATS - CAROL BROOSCongratulates Carol Broos on the occasion of winning a Golden Apple Teaching Award.CONGRATS-NEIU GOLDEN APPLECongratulates the fine staff and faculty...
Swirling Notions (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
I finally turned off my “out of office” message from Alaska and am turning right back around tomorrow and putting it back on for Maine. But before I shift to lobster, I wanted to write one last post about salmon, the people who fish for them in the Copper River delta, and the people I [...]
Bob Piper (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Now this looks good . Apparently this week David Davis, in his big push, will be receiving visits from William Hague, Francis Maude, Liam Fox and Dominic Grieve... oh, and that fat bloke in the crumpled White suit. Still to vist, I hear, during this campaign, are high profile Shadow Cabinet Members Andrew Lansley, David Willetts, Eric Pickles, Theresa May, Alan Duncan, Francis Maude, David Mundell,...
Apartment Therapy - Chicago (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
What do you think of the trend we've been seeing of mixing two different patterns or colors of wallpaper in a single room? Jump below for voting, links and info:
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008 | Entertainment
Filed under: Action , Drama , Mystery & Suspense , Fandom , Movie Marketing , Remakes and Sequels , Trailers and Clips "When you can't tell your friends from your enemies, it's time to go." The first trailer for Quantum of Solace (aka the next James Bond film) has just arrived online (watch above or over on Moviefone in glorious HD), and I'm totally hooked. First thing I noticed is there seems to...
