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Jul. 18th, 2009

[info]bbcnewsworld

Clinton in India to bolster ties

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins a five-day visit to India aimed at strengthening relations, in the city of Mumbai.

[info]neadods

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And that's the way it is, July 17, 2009.

Goodbye Walter Cronkite.

He gave us news we could trust, and he gave it to us in a manner that everyone could understand. (I recommend the historical footage used in Apollo 13 as an example.)

But he also had a sense of humor, lending his famous voice to the latest incarnation of "How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying."

[info]jawajames

Water balloon toss - grown-up division

My brother just about to catch a water balloon in the grown-up division water balloon toss at the UC Celebration on the 4th of July, 2009.
Just a few more tosses and I got wet.

[info]miz_geek

Day 185


Misty morning

[info]bbcnewsworld

US TV news legend Cronkite dies

The US newscaster Walter Cronkite, known as "the most trusted man in America", dies at the age of 92.

[info]bbcnewsworld

TV legend

Walter Cronkite, America's "most trusted man"

[info]miz_geek

Day 184


[info]popfiend

And that's the way it is...

Walter Cronkite R.I.P.

I used to watch him on the news with my parents.

I wanted to command the respect he did, and I tried to enunciate the way he did.

I wanted to be Walter Cronkite when I was a kid.

So this loss saddens me greatly.

R.I.P. Mr. Cronkite and Thank You.
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[info]yendi

Rent, with an addition

MIMI:

And I swear Angel was there - And she looked good.
And she said
"Turn around, girlfriend -
And listen to that boy's song...."


ME:

"And help him write something better."



(Yes, still harping on how bad "Your Eyes" is; see this post for original context.)

[info]bbcnewsworld

Zelaya 'to make fresh return bid'

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya is to return home "in the coming hours".

[info]bbcnewsworld

Headless cause

Who can lead Tamils now Tigers are defeated?

[info]sakana_hime in [info]doctorwho

Free to a Good Home! BAF Gelth Phantom Stand

I bought a Captain Jack figure a week or so back and he happened to be one who is part of the Gelth Phantom Build-a-Figure set. If anyone would like the part that came with him (the stand) please leave me a comment or drop me a line at groovybluecha@yahoo.com and I'll be more than happy to send it to you for the cost of shipping. I'm in the U.S. and will send anywhere. I have postive feedback from BSTing on livejournal here in my personal journal. I'd love to see this piece go to a fellow fan. Thanks!

Again, this is just the loose stand. You won't get Jack. If you want the packaging please let me know. :)
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[info]suricattus

And that's the way it is

Breaking News 8:09 PM ET:
Broadcast Journalist Walter Cronkite Has Died at Age 92, According to His Family


Walter Cronkite was the first television newsman I remember, the first of the modern "anchors," and by all accounts a true gentleman who did not flinch from telling it as he saw it -- something that seems to have been completely lost in today's news media.

Goodnight, sir. I lift my glass.
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[info]yendi

R.I.P., Uncle Walter

Walter Cronkite has died. There never was another like him, and there never will be.

[info]jblum

WotW 2x04 - Terminal Rock

Oh my God, it's the Evil Subliminal Messages In Rock Music episode. When year one did the same gimmick, it was Harrison's New Age music going evil, this time it's a band of industrial punk types in half-droog makeup and enormous tufty hair. A better summation of the respective excesses of the two seasons I have yet to encounter.

And yet... every time the episode tips over the edge into camp, it tips back. Debi getting taken over by an alien earbud and thrashing into a frenzied dance is worthy of Lost In Space -- but then she grabs a scalpel, and for a moment Rachel Blanchard is genuinely creepy.
Read more... )
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[info]neadods

Amazon giveth, Amazon taketh away

Y'know what I like about hard copies? They're right there. I've never lost a CD in a computer crash. Books are a tradeable commodity. I've even got fanfiction from 30+ years ago still in fanzine form.

Ebooks, not so much. Not only can they be deleted by accident or disaster (I lost a lot of fanfic the day the batteries died on my palm pilot) Amazon has deleted books from Kindles because the publisher changed their mind. It was that simple. A publisher offered an electronic edition, people bought it, the publisher decided they didn't want/shouldn't sell electronic editions after all, Amazon went into Kindles and deleted the purchased copies. Oh, they refunded the purchase price, but still! Imagine if you went to the bookstore one day and bought a copy of that cute new book How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life... and then when it got recalled, someone from Borders walked into your house and grabbed it back.

Would it really be okay as long as that person left a refund on the kitchen table?

The icing on the irony cake? The books that got Big Brothered out of existence are 1984 and Animal Farm.

[info]eneit

The Fightback Blog

One of my friends has set up a fightback blog, in response to the Productivity Commissions PIR report..  http://savingaussiebooks.wordpress.com/ Sally Murphy is today's guest blogger, and she makes some very valid observations, particularly on comparison of  the prices of movie tickets.

[info]jblum

(no subject)

Spent most of the past week trying to coax a stubborn installation of Obstacle, erm Oracle, into actually running on a regular basis.

My God, it really is like hitting your head with a hammer! It does feel so good when you stop!

[info]popfiend

FYI

I finally turned on the A/C yesterday.

That is all.
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[info]pendant_audio in [info]oldtimeradio

Once Upon a Time in Vegas, chapter 23!

PENDANT PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS:


Original art by Julie Lindsey for Pendant Productions.

Once Upon a Time in Vegas, chapter 23 - "The Last Ball"

Friends reunite, Teri's time is running out and Ginger snares Chloe into a trap!

"Once Upon a Time in Vegas" is a full-cast, fantasy maxi-series serial drama. Available for free download in .mp3 format, or as a Podcast!

Also available -- a commentary track with the director and co-writers!

iTunes link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=262309363

Podcast feed:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/vegas-podcast.xml

Download link:
http://www.pendantaudio.com/vegas.php

Featuring the voice talents of:

Lexy Rawle as Chloe

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