1. Date Night Buffalo chili, courtesy of Mr. ericbodwell
2. Everything in the world that man does for us to make this thing we've got work
3. BBC News: Legal case against God dismissed
4. Rachel Maddow
5. David Alan Grier's Chocolate News
6. Writing in the latest little notebook (it's got a Breakfast Club theme!)
7. Learning more about Jane Jacobs8. Vacation ( Read more... )

Today is Russia Day. It was on this day in 1990 that the Russian parliament declared sovereignty from the Soviet Union.

1. The Desert Sessions Vols. 9 & 10 (with Josh Homme, PJ Harvey, etc.) for $3.99 in the Hastings Used bin
2. Finding new ways to increase workplace productivity
3. My "Nibbles" Lunch Review about Monte Vista Fire Station's steak salad in the 13 June 08 issue of the VENUE
4. Completing my first book review for the Sunday Journal Books Page ( Read more... )

Malcolm X: 5.19.25-2.21.65


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How magnificent the war is ( Read more... )

Those four black girls blown up
in that Alabama church
remind me of five hundred
middle passage blacks,
in a net, under water
in Charleston harbor
so redcoats wouldn't find them.
Can't find what you can't see
can you?

- Michael S. Harper

After gazing intently upon its cover every time I cashed out at the supermarket, I finally caved last night and bought it... TIME's 2007 Person of the Year: Vladimir Putin


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I saw him leaving the hospital
with a woman's coat over his arm.
Clearly she would not need it.
The sunglasses he wore could not
conceal his wet face, his bafflement.

As if in mockery the day was fair,
and the air mild for December. All the same
he had zipped his own coat and tied
the hood under his chin, preparing
for irremediable cold.

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ABC.com - Russian Mystery Is Finally Unraveled: The Fate of Czar's Two Children Has Been Debated for Years

Albuquerque Tribune: 'Temples and Tombs' exhibit shows the artistic side of ancient Egypt

Where: Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, 19th & Mountain NW
When: Through Feb. 10, 2008; museum hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.-Sun.
More info: Call 243-7255 or visit www.cabq.gov/museum.

Thanks to killbox for the reminder.