Stories for December 31, 1969

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David Elliot

I just got word from a reliable source that David Elliot, the film critic for the San Diego Union Tribune, has been fired. According to sources at the paper, t

celebrity baby names

http://www.cracked.com/article_15765_20-most-bizarre-celebrity-baby-names.html?loc=interstitialskip

Blog post

If a reporter says something biased in a newsroom, and she's surrounded by fellow journalists...does it really matter?

Jimmy Lee Sudduth

Folk artist Jimmy Lee Sudduth died on Sunday, September 2nd at the age of 97.

You Can Visit the New Seven Wonders of the World

Back in July, the

In Defense of Melancholy

http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=t5wqrs9hpxt70zjz3bv348pqg1hcxz0r

Maps

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/04/AR2008010401321.html

Album Cover artists

http://christianpatterson.com/blog/archives/198

Who Has Sold Out?

Today,

George Saunders

I heart George Saunders.

Philip Glass and Sesame Street

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mV9CjHmcEEI

Blog post

Humane Society Traces Expensive Pups to Pet Mills

cusack and barrymore

http://www.nervepop.com/filmlounge/features/myarchetype/

Crying at movies

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/02/AR2007110200650.html?nav=rss_print/style

Random Gem: Short film drummer stop motion

http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=182066

Skinny Jeans with Scarves Equals no Funk?

Sasha Frere-Jones, music critic for

Star Wars Trumpet Solo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wffwg7pA0t8&mode=related&search=

Worst Album Covers of the Year

http://idolator.com/tunes/art%3F/the-worst-album-cover-of-the-year-contest-has-its-first-not+so+honorable-mention-nominee-333732.php

Artist Posts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJaTjc3TMyo

Lori Nix

on the Cool Hunting website. It takes you inside Lori's studio where she builds her diaromas.

When Do Parental Bloggers Cross The Privacy Line?

A very interesting conversation took place recently over at videoblogger

Flying Dogs

Flying Dogs

Spend Saturdays with Spike

http://www.vbs.tv/shows/index.php?show=Spike%20Spends%20Saturday%20With

Prince is Awful Cranky

Prince is apparently

Errol Morris site

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