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Rezoning proposed for the Emmett Street parking lot
3 hours ago
by peoplingplaces
I ran across this public notice for the proposed rezoning of the Emmett Street parking lot from a residential to a business district. The notice had apparently been torn from its posting (perhaps in the snow and wind last week) and was laying on the ground outside the parking lot fence along Emmett ...
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Christmas Quiz
5 hours ago
by James Higham
1. Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950’s Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas? 2. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? 3. On what day does Christmas fall in the Orthodox ca ...
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An Attempt to Bring Bud Selig to His Knees
6 hours ago
by Cal Law
Oakland A’s fans queasy that their storied team could be lured south to San Jose have a new best friend –- San Francisco’s top litigator. Today City Attorney Dennis Herrera wrote to Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, advising him in a six-page “sternly-worded letter,” as his press release ...
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Diversions – The 14th Most Powerful Woman In The World Is Black (And ...
7 hours ago
by Tambay
Meet #14 on Forbes’ list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world, Ursula Burns. She even ranks higher than Oprah and Michelle Obama. With her nomination to head Xerox Corporation earlier this year, engineer Ursula Burns became the first black woman to head a major public company. The 50-year old ...
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the mermaid inn
9 hours ago
by coyleart
My husband asked me where I wanted to go for my birthday dinner and The Mermaid Inn leapt to mind, but alas it's in NYC. (I love their logo.) We're not hopping a plane, so I just visited the website for a momentary reminiscence. The East Village location is like a little seaside vacation home away f ...
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Diversions – Jacqueline Ray Performs “Stop the Spread of AIDS and…”
9 hours ago
by Tambay
I’m sure they mean well, but, come on! I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a group of people sing so joyfully about AIDS being “on the rise…” there’s no sarcasm here… let me be the first to say that this doesn’t work. Oddly enough, it’s actually part of an entire album:
Shadow And Act - shadowandact.com · Rank: 6,899 · 40 references
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Over the Mississippi River and Through the Woods
10 hours ago
by Ginger
Polar Express To Grandmother’s house we go! (With a little detour through Memphis for sister-in-law’s college graduation.) Sing with me… the horse knows the way, to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow. Hey! Me and the husband are off for our Christmas holiday in Kentucky. But not to ...
Sweet Iced Tea - sweeticedtea.wordpress.com · Rank: 141,717 · 3 references
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We Wuz Robbed — Career Advice for Burglars
11 hours ago
by Pamela Skillings
On Tuesday evening, I returned from leading a 2-day workshop in DC to discover that my apartment had been visited by burglars who helped themselves to some holiday gifts and rifled through our belongings. I was shocked and more than a little freaked out. I have always felt 100% safe in my building a ...
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