08 Nov 11 Electrasy in Northampton
On the 5th November, up and coming UK band Electrasy took Northampton’s Roadmender by storm. The venue may have been small, but for the audience this made their blasting indie-rock all the more enjoyable. Starting with their debut single “Lost In Space”, they played most of their current album and also treated the listeners to sneak previews of tracks from their next one. (more…)
21 Jul 11 Shock Wave TV
The Clinton scandal is causing unexpected headaches for TV producers far beyond the news shows. Martha Stewart reportedly dumped a show about a luncheon she’d prepared for the president rather than show the world her gift to him — a monogrammed bed pillow. (more…)
07 Jul 11 Weekly Horoscope Post 1
Ready for the Vernal Equinox? After a long winter with many challenging planetary aspects, the Sun enters fiery, impulsive Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, on the 20th. But even before the Sun leaves watery Pisces, many of us will get hit with a dose of Spring Fever… (more…)
02 Jun 11 Will People Ever Learn From History Part 2
There is no moral neutrality on this issue. At the start of a new century we should never again repeat the horrors of the last century, where more people were murdered by their own totalitarian leaders — Hitler, Stalin, Mao, among many others — than by any foreign power. Yet racism is once again raising its ugly head around the world. (more…)
Tags: conflicts, neutrality, racism
25 May 11 Will People Ever Learn From History Part 1
Two years ago, I stood within the walls of Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria, horror choking my throat, my face streaming with tears as I read the memorials to victims from across Europe. In fact, the first memorial was to the valiant and patriotic Austrians who had stood up to Hitler at the time of Anschluss, the annexation of Austria by the Germans in the early days of Hitler?s move to conquer the world. (more…)
Tags: concentration camp, nazism, patriot
22 Apr 11 Washington Watch
August 2011
Congress has recessed for the August political conventions, having made no progress toward a patients’ rights bill or a Medicare pharmacy plan.
When Congress returns after Labor Day for it’s final month, it will face the daunting job of finishing a tough budget amid a volatile political atmosphere, with the key health care issues at the top of the voter’s list of concerns. Look for all kinds of charges and counter charges from both Democrats and Republicans pointing the finger at each other over who is at fault for Washington’s failure to enact either of the big healthcare bills on the table. (more…)
Tags: elections, healthcare, study
07 Apr 11 Clutter
She Says
While no one wants things dirty, the same is not true of clutter. An empty tabletop is, in my eyes, a thing of beauty; to Dave, it’s a potential home for one of the piles he creates on every available surface. Leah Elder, 32, of San Francisco, agrees: “My husband makes the piles,” she says. “I combine them.” (more…)
Tags: clutter, penalty, termination
24 Mar 11 Nobody’s Claiming Revaluation is Super
I hope no one has misunderstood my feelings toward the property revaluation.
Just because I think the revaluation was done properly and honestly does not mean I think it is wonderful. I’m coming to realize more everyday just how sad this whole thing might turn out to be. It became even more clear Thursday night at the meeting to discuss the matter in Banner Elk. And, surprisingly enough, some of my understanding was helped along by the same Fliman Anderson about whom I have had very little nice to say in months past.
Tags: help, property, revaluation
