Tag: Culture
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Revenge of the Sith Tonight
Star Wars Episode III – 700pm – Santa Cruz Cinema 9 downtown. Do I know you? Do you live in SC? Might as well show up.
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Ubiquitous Internet Access
Relevant to some of what we talked about in yesterday’s conversation/podcast, here’s something via David Weinberger from the Center for Media Research: “93% of instructional rooms in public schools have Internet access, a serious rise from just 64% in 1999 and only 3% in 1994.” Wow. At my junior high school, we had some Apples…
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This one’s for my wife
My wife really hates limousines. I don’t know why, but she really really does. Sometimes we’re in the car and she makes this horrible sound and mutters something about how “ugly” something is, and I snap my head around…to find a big white limo. Cada loca con su tema, mi amor, pero mira este pedaso…
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Yankees Beat Putz, Extend Win Streak To Nine
Shedding all illusions of objectivity, and getting under the skin of friends and family who root for that other team in the AL East, let me just say: WHOO-HOO!! NINE IN A ROW!! YEAH!! TAKE THAT!! photo by John Froschauer, AP And yes, you read that headline correctly: hapless Seattle reliever J.J. Putz gave up…
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Seasonal Disclaimer
So I’ve noticed a bit of profanity here and there in my posts and quotes and things I link to lately, which means it’s time for a Seasonal Disclaimer: This blog in no way necessarily expresses the opinion of anyone but me, Ryan D. Sholin. It’s got nothing to do with San Jose State University,…
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Paging Walter Lippmann
Or is a lack of curiosity just a function of a consumerist society based upon spectacle? We seem to be far more curious about the spectacle than we are about reality.
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Banks Violette, My Tattoo Needs Work.
photo by Librado Romero/NYT My tattoo artist is now…an artist. Check him out in the NY Times.
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132 Mayors work around Bush on Kyoto
The basics? Lots and lots of people live in cities. We can make a difference with or without the federal government’s support.