Palin's Failin'

Seeded on Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:19 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

WSJ Columnist Peggy Noonan writes:

politics, election, palin, mccain, obama, sarah-palin, john-mccain, barack-obama

Jack Kerouac's legendary 'scroll' comes to Columbia College, typos and all

Seeded on Thu Oct 2, 2008 5:53 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)

The manuscript being prepared for display at Columbia College on Thursday morning wasn't some ancient religious text, but what some call the "holy grail" of 20th century American literature: the 120-foot scroll upon which Jack Kerouac typed his seminal novel, "On the Road," in 19 …

entertainment, kerouac, jack-kerouac, books, novels, on-the-road

Musician loses Milwaukee gig for playing a little 'Go Cubs Go'

Seeded on Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:31 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)

Ted Wulfers never thought that singing Steve Goodman's "Go Cubs Go" could get you fired, but that's just what happened to the Chicago musician over the weekend. Wulfers was scheduled to perform Sunday at a TGI Friday's inside Milwaukee's Miller Park.

entertainment, cubs, chicago, chicago-cubs, milwaukee, brewers, milwaukee-brewers, mlb, major-league-baseball

IYo: iYo Rocks the Baby Then Charges Your iPhone

Seeded on Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:02 PM EDT (Gizmodo)

Swedish designer Peter Thuvander likes yo-yo's so much that he designed an iPhone charger concept around them. Called the iYo (what else?), the device charges its lithium ion battery cell with an OLPC crank that's turned using the spinning power of a yo-yo.

technology, yo-yo, iphone, apple

YouTube - Sesame Street: Feist sings 1,2,3,4

Seeded on Sun Aug 3, 2008 9:10 PM EDT (YouTube)

Enjoy this sneak peek from Season 39 of Sesame Street, which launches on August 11 along with a fantastic new website at In this clip, Feist sings Sesame Street's version of 1,2,3,4.

entertainment, feist, sesame-street, music

Broadcasting icon Harwell turns 90

Seeded on Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:24 PM EST (MLB.com)

DETROIT -- Ernie Harwell isn't planning on a grand party for his 90th birthday. "The family's coming over," Harwell said. "We're just going to have pizza and some ice cream and a piece of cake, I guess. We try to keep it simple and keep out of everybody's way if we can."

sports, mlb, tigers, detroit-tigers, harwell, ernie-harwell

Pudge, Polanco win Gold Gloves

Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 6:15 PM EST (MLB.com)

DETROIT -- Thirteen Gold Gloves, and they're all still meaningful for Ivan Rodriguez. The first one is undoubtedly at least as special for Placido Polanco.

sports, major-league-baseball, detroit-tigers, mlb, gold-glove, placido-polonco, pudge-rodriguez

Rays usher in new era with new identity

Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 6:00 PM EST (MLB.com)

ST. PETERSBURG -- Now wearing blue, your Tampa Bay Rays.

sports, major-league-baseball, devil-rays, tampa-bay, tampa-bay-rays

The Actors Sing, the Director Suffers, the Film Survives

Seeded on Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:46 PM EDT (The New York Times)

For the actor turned filmmaker John Turturro the low point in the twisty tale of "Romance & Cigarettes" was not his mother's heart attack, or the sudden exit of the United Artists executive who had championed this art-house film, or his mother's battle with pancreatic can …

entertainment, john-turturro, movies, films

Polanco sets all-time record

Seeded on Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:51 PM EDT (MLB.com)

An errorless game on Monday against the A's gave Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco the all-time Major League record of 144 consecutive games without a defensive miscue by a second baseman.

sports, major-league-baseball, placido-polanco, mlb, detroit-tigers, tigers

Ordonez homers twice in big inning

Seeded on Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:45 PM EDT (MLB.com)

Magglio Ordonez keeps on hitting big home runs against the A's. On Sunday, it landed him a share of history.

sports, major-league-baseball, dean-palmer, bengie-molina, american-league, al-kaline, magglio-ordonez, detroit-tigers, mlb

Comedy Central Honored With Network Record 12 Primetime Emmy Nominations

Seeded on Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:52 PM EDT (comedycentral.com)

Beating its own personal best of eight, COMEDY CENTRAL earned 12 nominations in the 2006-2007 Primetime Emmy Awards competition, it was announced today by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS).

entertainment, daily-show, emmy-awards, jon-stewart, stephen-colbert, emmy, colbert-report, comedy-central

A Godsend for Darfur, or a Curse?

Seeded on Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:10 PM EDT (The New York Times)

THE announcement by researchers at Boston University last week that a vast underground lake the size of Lake Erie had been discovered beneath the barren soil of northern Darfur, a blood-soaked but otherwise parched land racked by war for the past four years, was greeted by raptur …

world-news, darfur, sudan, united-nations

Sorry Tux, I'm back with Windows

Thu Jul 5, 2007 1:49 AM EDT

I own a desktop which was top of the line when I purchased it nearly four years ago and notebook of close to the same age, that I got from a friend when she bought a new one. Both are PCs, I've grown up with Windows and feel very comfortable on that platform.

Continue reading this entry ...

technology, windows, xp, linux, ubuntu, open-source

Sports Drinks: Winners and Losers

Seeded on Fri Jun 8, 2007 8:58 PM EDT (ABC News)

I came across this while researching sports drinks. It's an old article, but seems pretty relevant.

health, nutrition

No end in sight for energized Pudge

Seeded on Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:04 PM EST (MLB.com)

Ivan Rodriguez playing to 40? Not a problem, he says. Biking to 40? Apparently no big deal, either.

sports, major-league-baseball, pudge-rodriguez, ivan-rodriguez, detroit-tigers, tigers, spring-training, mlb

StopGlobalWarming.org: Take Action

Seeded on Thu Feb 1, 2007 3:53 PM EST (StopGlobalWarming.org)

There is no more important cause than the call to action to save our planet. This is a movement about change, as individuals, as a country, and as a global community. We are all contributors to global warming and we all need to be part of the solution.

science, global-warming, an-inconvenient-truth, greenvine, environment

New NHL jersey has Central Michigan roots

Seeded on Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:12 PM EST (Central Michigan Life)

Tanya Domina had an added incentive to watch this year's National Hockey League All-Star Game. And it had nothing to do with who won or lost.

science, michigan, central-michigan, cmu, all-star, hockey, nhl, sports

Tigers rout Yankees to reach ALCS

Seeded on Sat Oct 7, 2006 10:17 PM EDT (MLB.com)

The team that couldn't beat the Royals in three tries to win the American League Central overwhelmed the Yankees to win its AL Division Series instead.

sports, mlb, bonderman, baseball, tigers

Tigers savor winning feeling

Seeded on Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:21 PM EDT (MLB.com)

The Detroit Tigers officially clinch postseason berth today!

sports, tigers, mlb, baseball, leyland

'Drastic' shrinkage in Arctic ice

Seeded on Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:29 PM EDT (BBC News)

The area of perennial sea ice lost was about 730,000 sq km, with a huge loss in the East Arctic (defined as north of Russia and Europe) and a small gain in the West Arctic, north of the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean.

global-warming, climate, arctic, world-news, greenvine

Tigers end streak of losing seasons

Seeded on Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:38 AM EDT (MLB.com)

DETROIT -- For all the superlatives that have been raised about this year's Tigers compared to their recent history, there's one more that can put this season into focus: Win No. 81 passed by like a state line along the highway to 100-plus.

mlb, baseball, detroit-tigers, kenny-rogers, marcus-thames