Notes of a Defeatist

Too Much Coffee Man Opera: The Refill, the sequel to last years sold-out Too Much Coffee Man Opera, opens April 4th, 2008 at Brunish Hall in the Portland Center of Performing Arts and runs until April 20th. Admission is $20-$25 and tickets can be purchased online atwww.ticketmaster.com.“Last year’s performances sold out so fast, we really wanted to [...]

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With the country swimming in primaries, campaign strategies, and of course the promise of changeone has to wonder, why does anyone really want to be President?

As would be expected, the perpetually antiquated Andy Rooney has a some insight.

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  becca, originally uploaded by bartleby78. 

Yesterday, Maren Helen Walton was born in Virginia, to Becca and Forest Walton.

Congratulations to both Forest and Becca!
Earlier today, my Mom left me this message:

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Having been a long time complusive music, movie, and book consumer, my new job at a used book store continues to educate on the ways of the buying public. While some of my co-workers and I enjoy the hunt, most of our customers want their copy of Eat, Pray, Love, that moment and more shockingly most [...]

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 tags technorati : Ted Rall, Clinton, Obama, politics, election 2008

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We love to fly and it shows.from the TSA website:
Transportation Security Administration’s Week At A Glance (January  14-20, 2008)  14 firearms found at checkpoints1 3 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints 11 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach 23 disruptive passengers on flights

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Today, I got around to listening to The Sound of Young America’s Live Chicago Show and laughed my ass off.

Below, two clips of the stand up of Hannibal Burress, named the Funniest Man in Chicago for excellent reasons—he tears down the house and also likes kicking pigeons.

   tags technorati : comedy, stand-up, Chicago, Sound of Young [...]

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Ever wonder who that other guy credited with creating Lost along side J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof? Check out the mystery of Jeffrey Lieber and his story.

Everyone seems to have forgotten about all the blood, sweet, and tears Scorsese put into making Raging Bull now [...]

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tags technorati : Ted Rall, politics, Don Imus

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