Wednesday, March 31, 2010

And Now for Something Completely Different: Sampling Durian, "The King of Fruits"

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"This pulp is the edible part, and its consistence and flavour are indescribable. A rich custard highly flavoured with almonds gives ...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Hunting Higgs: Large Hadron Collider Fires Up Again

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The Higgs Boson The Large Hadron Collider, at long last, is online and cooking.  NY TIMES: The soundless blooming of proton explosions wa...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

First Buds on the Japanese Cherry

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On our way to drop one of our girls at the Brooklyn  Museum, we saw blossoms on a tree bordering the Botanic Gardens. Here at home, hard to ...

Before the Rising is Done: Pre-Passover Days

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Most of the Passover shopping is done. Before getting done with the pre-Passover clean up, where we rid the kitchen of all of the things we ...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Way Down Under: Spring in the Antarctic

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Imagine leaving the modern, civilized world as we know it, and traveling down to Antarctica to live and work there for months at a time, in ...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Hot! Hot! Hot! Chili Peppers in the Blistering Sun...

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As Jules Verne in his novel "From Earth to the Moon" presented the eternal conflict between the weaponmakers and the armor-makers,...
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U.S. 2010 Census Employment Opportunities

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U.S. CENSUS is Hiring Again for positions that start in 2010! They are recruiting for: Census Takers Crew Leaders Crew Leader Assistants...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Dems Victorious in an Epic Battle Over Health Care: You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine

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"I just can’t do what I done before, I just can’t beg you anymore. I’m gonna let you pass And I’ll go last. Then time will tell jus...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

How You Like Me Now? by The Heavy ---Neo Soul Continues to Break Through

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The Heavy    The House That Dirt Built by The Heavy Granted, I'm a little slow on the uptake. But now, can't get it out of my head....
Friday, March 19, 2010

Spring Has Sprung, For Now, During the Week of Falling Wood

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Yesterday evening, a cool Checker Cab was parked on Chestnut Avenue, near Avenue M. later. This is the vicinity of the original Vitagraph St...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY (& HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANIELLE!)

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Left: St. Patrick. Center: The Harp of Erin, traditional symbol of Ireland. Right: The 343, FDNY Marchers in Memory of Firefighters Who Peri...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

'Big Fat Moon Is Gonna Shine Like a Spoon": Bob Dylan at Osaka Japan

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Well, it was raining there too. Angrysoba reports on the Bob Dylan concert in Osaka, Japan on March 15, 2010. Gems included: "Watchin...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Tree Down Blues

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Whoops. Roots unearthed. Our dog surveys the scene. We didn't ignore the storm Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn; as always, in Flatbush, w...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

She Wore Scarlet Begonias: Art, Commerce and the Grateful Dead

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Strategic Improvisation, in music and business, was at the core of the Grateful Dead's long-time professional, creative and business su...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

R. Crumb "Book of Genesis" at David Zwirner Gallery

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Robert Crumb, visionary cartoonist and illustrator extraordinaire, produced 207 individual works of pen and ink on paper for his now landmar...