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Roberta Pennington 323 days ago
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has inspired a new name for a Ben & Jerry's ice cream: YES PECAN! The flavour features "amber waves of buttery ice cream with roasted non-partisan pecans," according to Ben & Jerry's. “We want to be proactive in encouraging all of us to engage in the process of getting America back on a positive track,” said Ben & Jerry’s Chief Euphoria Officer Walt Freese. “As we see it, it’s a good time and a fitting way for us to honor that change.” Here's the official news release. (By the way, this was a R/T from @guykawasaki)Roberta Pennington 327 days ago
It's funny because it's kind of ... plausible. Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
Roberta Pennington 367 days ago
You can't love punk rock and jazz without being even mildly amused by The Dresden Dolls. Their self-titled debut album, released in 2003, was on constant rotation in my life for about two weeks after my cousin Xana introduced me to the band's self-described "theatrical rock, punk cabaret, manic-musical." It was a refreshing sound, to say the least. Until the novelty wore off. But, for the uninitiated, I definitely recommend you give them a listen. Or better yet, just for fun, go check out the band's lead singer, Amanda Palmer, who's performing at the Magic Bag in Ferndale Tuesday, Dec. 2, as part of a solo project, Who Killed Amanda Palmer. Here's one of my favourite Dresden Dolls songs, called Girl Anachronism: Here's another fun one, called Coin-Operated Boy:
Roberta Pennington 388 days ago
So, I get this e-mail tonight from Scene provocateur extraordinaire, the one and only, Dalson Chen. And, I open it with caution. “You gotta check this out,” he writes. “Newsweek say (sic) they have lots of little items they were asked not to publish until the race was over. It's fascinating stuff.” He points me to this link: http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581 He continues: “Samples: At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys' club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. "I'll be just a minute," she said. McCain was dumbfounded when Congressman John Lewis, a civil-rights hero, issued a press release comparing the GOP nominee with former Alabama governor George Wallace, a ...
Roberta Pennington 389 days ago
Listen to the beautiful, healing speech an inspiring, uniting U.S. President-elect Barack Obama delivered early this morning. Sen. John McCain was gracious and wise (quite unlike his supporters) while delivering his classy concession speech. It can be watched here.
