Hello you pioneers who went westward ho. We need to know what happended next.
lombardwoosh1
cuban vs R1aa
"The Whitney Museum and the New York-based arts organization Minetta Brook are collaborating to bring life to Floating Island, an unrealized project from 1970 by legendary American Earthworks artist Robert Smithson. Slated for Sept. 17-18 and 24-25, 2005, and planned in conjunction with the Whitney's major retrospective of Smithson's work (opening June 23rd), the project consists of a barge filled with earth and vegetation, towed around the island of Manhattan by a tugboat."
big media matts big media dad
that 70s show
"There are really two versions of the “pre-Code cinema” myth. They tell the same story but interpret it very differently. One held sway for about as long as the Production Code itself did, from the mid-1930s until the late 1960s. Like the Code itself, this “official” history served the industry's interests. According to this version, Hollywood was established by immigrants untutored in the finer manners of corporate capitalism, who occasionally had to be reminded to their civic responsibilities. One such reminder occurred after a series of scandals among leading Hollywood personnel, and led to the establishment of the MPPDA in 1922, with Hays as its first president. During the 1920s, Hays worked with civic and religious groups to improve their opinion of the movies, a policy that culminated in the writing of the Production Code in 1930. But as every Hollywood melodrama requires, a misfortune – the Depression – intervened. Needing to maintain income in the face of declining audiences, producers returned to their old sinful ways, exploiting their audiences' baser instincts with a flood of sexually suggestive and violent films. Without adequate powers to enforce the Code, the MPPDA was unable to prevent this, and the crisis was only averted by the Catholic Church, which established the Legion of Decency in April 1934 and threatened to boycott Hollywood. Almost immediately, the producers surrendered, agreeing to a strict enforcement of the Code under the administration of prominent Catholic layman Joseph Breen."
candle night

[nice feature with the html already in the post field on regenerate. was that dave?]
..or How to put a laptop inside a regular frame and hang it on the wall!!
homebrew ac
Okay, so those commencement speeches weren't very interesting, but this is a good story. Honest. To Cuba (almost) by Outrigger Sailing Canoe.
whats in a......brand-naming quiz?
Two commencement addresses if you're bored:

Senator Barack Obama at Knox College and Steve Jobs at Stanford.
caught a few minutes (which is all anyone should ever watch)of this the other day. for me, its all about the tube socks. for you, maybe its linda blair in hot pants. or not.
Google maps has international satellite imagery. The detail of this image of Buckingham Palace is stunning.
cellblockvisions

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coo coo ca-choo
Downing St. memo daily media targets
"it's J.R.R. Tolkien reading and Singing his Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers/The Return of the King it's a magnificent piece of audio and was recorded before the books publication.On this Lp Prof. Tolkien reads from his notes for the books as well as sings and chants verses of prose in elfish!, read the books in High School but I'm not a big LOTR fan boy by any stretch yet this recording always amazes me. "
cupcaake
cupcakes!
does dr wilson know all of the secrets of prospect park ?
purdy funny - dear lindsay
aclu p1zza
cant find the serge gainsbourg thread