Jan 05 2009

Digest for December 11th through January 5th

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Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for December 11th through January 5th:

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Jan 03 2009

Greed Goeth Before a Crash?

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If you haven’t seen it yet, check the episode schedule and make sure you don’t miss the History Channel’s “Crash: The Next Great Depression?”.


This one-hour special looks at the current economic meltdown in the US and compares and contrasts it with what led up to the Great Depression, the 1929 Crash, its immediate aftermath and what helped to bring us out of the Depression. Threading first person accounts with expert interviews, the special lets viewers understand how much history is repeating itself and what does history tell us about our future?

Tonight, it followed (appropriately enough) the “Greed” episode of the History Channel’s series The Seven Deadly Sins.

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Jan 02 2009

Daily Digest for 2009-01-02

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facebook (feed #7) 9:50pm Updated status on Facebook.
Terrance is glad the kids are in bed, and the laundry folded. Now what was it that I wanted to do today?…

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Jan 01 2009

Daily Digest for 2009-01-01

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delicious (feed #6) 12:36am Bookmarked a link on Delicious.
Who was Ponzi — what the heck was his scheme? - CNN.com

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Jan 01 2009

links for 2009-01-01

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Jan 01 2009

Every Closet Door

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“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”
- Harvey Milk, November 1977

I was probably sleeping at 1:20 a.m. on June, 28, 1969, when police raided the Stonewall Inn, in Greenwich Village, setting off several days and nights of riots now credited with launching the modern gay rights movement. I was four months old. Too young to know what was happening in New York or its significance to me, or that I would be among the beneficiaries of the fight started that night. I was probably more concerned with mastering the art of rolling over or holding up my head.

I was about three years old in 1972, when Harvey Milk opened his camera store in the Castro, which became the launching pad for a political career and — arguably — the next phase of the movement started at Stonewall. And, again, I was too young to know who Harvey Milk was, or that I would be among the beneficiaries of what he was starting.

But, one day, I would know.

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Dec 30 2008

Prosecute Them (4)

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Dec 29 2008

Prosecute Them (3)

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Dec 27 2008

Prosecute Them (2)

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Dec 26 2008

Prosecute Them

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Dec 26 2008

Eartha

Posted by terrance in celebrities, current events, gay rights, music

We came home last night after a long day spent opening presents (putting them together or hooking them up, in my case), cooking, enjoying holiday dinner with friends, and put two happy, exhausted children to bed. I’d put Parker to bed, after “just one more game ” on the Nintendo Wii he/we got this holiday, when my husband gave me the news, which he’d just read online.

It’s funny, when the death of someone you didn’t know, and who didn’t know you, stops you in your tracks. But that’s what happened. “What?!” I exclaimed, as though some favorite aunt or uncle had passed away. And then uttered an “Mmph,” quietly, under my breath and to no one in particular.

It wasn’t because I knew her personally, though, but because the world lost a touch of its audacity when it lost Eartha Kitt.

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Dec 24 2008

links for 2008-12-24

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Dec 23 2008

Daily Digest for 2008-12-23

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flickr (feed #8) 6:31pm Posted 4 photos on Flickr. (Hide Details)
delicious (feed #6) 8:54pm Bookmarked a link on Delicious.
Torturing Democracy

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