• All-Time Top 10 Dylan Covers

    Folks are always asking when I’ll publish my list of the all-time top 10 Dylan covers. Well cats and kitties, here you go: (add a comment if I you think something is missing from the list) All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix My Back Pages – The Byrds I’ll… Listen ⇢

  • Mozilla Firefox

    Even though I run the front-end of an e-commerce site for a living, I generally I don’t talk much about software. My overall feeling is that there are much better sources than me, and to be honest, it’s not as much fun for me to write about geeky things. But… Listen ⇢

  • The War is Lost

    From the editorial “The War is Lost” by By William Rivers Pitt as published at truthout.org: Monday 10 May 2004 We have traveled a long, dark, strange road since the attacks of September 11. We have all suffered, we have all known fear and anger, and sometimes hatred. Many of… Listen ⇢

  • 25th Reunion

    It’s hard to believe my 25th high school reunion is coming up this summer. Sadly, I won’t be able to make the reunion, but Jeremy Sasha and I will be heading back for a father’s day trip and to attend The Great Hudson Revival Festival, which is held in my… Listen ⇢

  • www.JohnKerry

    Rather than taunt me as he did this morning, now Caleb is feeding me good stuff… Here’s the perhaps the best URL I have ever seen (From the O’Franken Factor weblog comments section): www.JohnKerryIsADoucheBagButImVotingForHimAnyway.com Listen ⇢

  • Taliban Singles Online

    My co-worker Caleb tells me that I am culturally insensitive for finding this funny. Okay, I admit it, I’m culturally insensitive because I find this to be very funny. Speaking of the Taliban, have you noticed there doesn’t seem to be much attention paid to the fact that we are… Listen ⇢

  • He Who Must Not Be Named

    Lately, Jeremy and I have been attending Quaker Meeting here in Ann Arbor. As is the Quaker way, during the meeting last week, a woman stood up to speak. She started to discuss issues related to the war. As she started to discuss the president, she paused before she said… Listen ⇢

  • Freedom Fridays

    My friend Kim forwarded an email regarding the idea of wearing red on Friday’s to show opposition to the actions of our government. Here’s the full scoop: “My name is Nadia Jensen and I have an idea for a quiet revolution. Here’s some history behind this idea: When Norway was… Listen ⇢

  • Call To Protect

    Do you have an older unused cell phone (or two) laying around taking up space? Then send it over to the folks at Call to Protect. Personally, I’m about to send off two old phones… The Call To Protect campaign collects wireless phones to benefit victims of domestic violence. Proceeds… Listen ⇢

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