December 2009
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TEN YEARS AGO: December 31, 1999 Before driving 2 hours across the state of Michigan for a New Year’s Eve party in East Grand Rapids, I filled the bathtub in my apartment with water, just in case of TECHNOPOCALYPSE 2000: Y2K. Hedging my bets, you see. When I returned two days later, the tub was empty.
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The Orioles, What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? (If the embed doesn’t show- you can listen @ lala.com)
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Intermission time.
Dec 30th
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Graduation day! … [Henry] Ford still charged his Sociological Department with Americanizing immigrants, conditioning ongoing employment on their attending English and civic classes… Commencement from the Ford school had the graduating workers, regaled in their native dress, singing their national songs and dancing their folk dances and climbing up a ladder to enter a large...
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A New Logo For The City Of Philadelphia.
Just over a month ago, the City of Philadelphia unveiled a new logo. In their roundup of 2009 designs, Brand New called it one of the worst of the year. Following this, Technically Philly announced an open call for their readers to submit their concepts for a new City logo. I have decided to try my hand at a few ideas- 1) “The Patriot” 2) “The Internacional” - I went...
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Phila. rated 32nd most literate U.S. city →
Wooo! Thirty-two! Screw you, Miami and San Diego!
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Up-And-Coming Fears For 2010 (Projected)
Snakes. Nuclear War/ Hair In Food (tie) Touching Paper While It Is Wet (see also: Wooden Utensils). Clowns (mime). First In Line Of Cars At Railroad Crossing (off of list since 2004, due to lack of car, but may be prime for comeback in 2010. WHO CAN SAY?). Food Poisoning Via Alfalfa Sprouts. Clowns (circus). Basement Darkness (on rise since failure of basement light fixtures in August...
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And He Isn't Even The Smoothest One →
From a Kansas City antique mall to Philadelphia to my scanner to Mr. Church’s site to the the annals (whaaa!) of the TGBST feature.
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This part is obligatory.
This is the fist post, where I talk about how I am trying yet another content posting service on the World Wide Web. A long, long time ago, I had a “web-log” entitled “Ice Cream Motor” at a news site in Michigan. I have decided that it would once again be a good name for Internet Content. Thank you.
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