Maw Books Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Apples and Oranges: My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner is a memoir that I’m just not even sure how to review. Something tells me that I’m supposed to like this book. Perhaps, I thought that I would relate to Marie more than I did. I freely admit that my little brother [...]
Grab Your Fork (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
So even though we'd just eaten half our body weight in ribs at Kelly's next door, it would have been impossible to head home without a pit stop at Max Brenner for dessert. Feeling a little bloated, we did somewhat virtuously agree to "go for a little walk" before dessert. In reality this meant a short stroll down to a dead end, use of a lift to descend a few floors, then a slow meander around...
the Literary Saloon (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
The most recent additions to the complete review are our reviews of Wolf Haas' Simon Brenner novels.
Saving and Savoring (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Surviving the credit crunch on a full belly and an empty wallet
Signs of the Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
An open letter from 200 psychologists and allies who are urging Obama not to select John Brennan to be Director of the CIA: Dear President-Elect Obama, We are writing to urge you not to select John Brennan as Director of the CIA. We are psychologists and allies who have long opposed the abuses of detainees under the Bush administration. We are just concluding a successful several-year struggle to remove...
Alternet (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
An open letter from 200 psychologists and allies who are urging Obama not to select John Brennan to be Director of the CIA.
Vegas File (Free subscription) | yesterday
Slayton spotted four of those billboard-carrying flatbed trucks cruising the Strip in single file, each one with Wallace’s face. “There go four of your trucks going by. That’s kind of stupid that they’re not splitting them up,” Slayton said. Brenner disagreed. “It’s so people will go, ‘Who’s that guy? How come he has four trucks in a row going by'’ “ Wallace confirmed. “If you have one truck,...
Miami Student (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... Parenthood was forced to shut down two years ago. According to Planned Parenthood CEO Becki Brenner, Planned Parenthood was forced to leave Oxford because it was unable to compete with Student Health Services and its lower prices for contraceptives.However, Brenner said the center hopes to re-open next semester.After Miami received a 2.49 GPA in the 2008 Trojan sexual health survey,...
Maw Books Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and Breaking Free by Elissa Wall Apples and Oranges, My Brother and Me, Lost and Found by Marie Brenner Abandoned none this month How I Recommend Them Highly Recommended (this recommendation usually for social issues) Stolen Innocence, My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride and Breaking Free by Elissa Wall Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay I Enjoyed and Would...
Advertising Age - Digital (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
... the second quarter of 2005. Belt-tighteningIn an interview with CNET, Google spokeswoman Jane Brenner said the plan to significantly reduce those thousands of contract employees is "something we've been thinking about for a while -- six or seven months. It predates the most acute phase of the [present economic] crisis." Earlier, co-founder Sergey Brin remarked to the San Jose Mercury News...
Food Chronicles (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
That title is adapted from a line in Cecil B DeMille's The Ten Commandments. Yul Brenner as, Ramses II, says to Nefretiri (Anne Baxter) "His God is God" when explaining why Moses is not dead. Why this reference on a food blog? Well today is Thanksgiving Day here in America. A day set aside for family and friends and a usually huge feast with Turkey as the centerpiece. There are other machinations...
Glass City Jungle (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
... the page on the “Survival Resources Gov” page on the blog. The discussion over the “Agreement with Brenner 75 Marine for operation of Glass City Municipal Marina, 3 yrs, $79,000 Marina” and “Agreement with Pharmacy Data Management for prescription drug services, 3 years” where it was suggested that it’s been stated according to Councilwoman Shultz revenues are being returned to the city...
The Point Is (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
End of the Road: Is the Auto Industry Dead? By Mark Brenner and Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes Posted on November 19, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/107489/ In the 1980s Chevrolet proclaimed itself the "Heartbeat of America." Today many would say that the American auto industry qualifies for life support. Last November, General Motors (owner of the Chevy brand) announced that it was cutting...
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... Birmingham City SGR had to use an interview with Jim Magilton provided to them by Radio Suffolk's Brenner Woolley. Although a contract for three years' coverage was signed, there is a get-out clause for Ipswich Town which they can activate at the end of the season.John Chittenden, deputy head of press at Global Radio, last night confirmed nothing would change in January and said: “We will...
Evening Star 24 (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... Birmingham City SGR had to use an interview with Jim Magilton provided to them by Radio Suffolk's Brenner Woolley. Although a contract for three years' coverage was signed, there is a get-out clause for Ipswich Town which they can activate at the end of the season.John Chittenden, deputy head of press at Global Radio, last night confirmed nothing would change in January and said: “We will...
