Monthly Archives: November 2005

Give the blog meme that keeps on giving

Passing it along from JBR… Take your name and put an album for each letter. Bonus points if you name the band/artist. Don’t repeat what’s been posted before. C – Country Life – Roxy Music H – Happy Nightmare Baby … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Joe

I’ll miss talking with you about cars and radios.

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What I Like (November 2005)

1. The Fall on “Later with Jools Holland.” I kinda liked Holland way back when he was the snarky new wave guy that would randomly show up on MTV’s old “IRS’ The Cutting Edge,” but now he an old smug … Continue reading

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Hayabusa

There’s been so many eye-croggling terrific pictures of the solar system lately, but this one of Hayabusa’s shadow on asteroid Itokawa is my fave of the moment. I hope the landing comes off OK.

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This week in piracy

I know I know, the cruise ship pirate attack story is everywhere but I can’t help but mull over the genuine weirdness of it… “21st century cruise ship defends itself from pirate attack with sonic blaster” had to have fallen … Continue reading

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The New York Pizza Department of San Diego

A couple months ago, the guys at Geek Squad got into trouble because the CHP thought that the Squad’s black and white Beetles looked too much like police cars. Sure, it’s another silly incident that disguises another case of runaway … Continue reading

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The Satan Bug

I’m kinda surprised that The Satan Bug hasn’t been namechecked that much in the pantheon of “viral science gone mad” films. The proto-Andromeda Strain elements are all in place: secret underground lab in the desert, government scientists of ambiguous allegiances, … Continue reading

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