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ICA Supreme Cuisine | Wii⢠& DS⢠Iron Chef America: The video game (tags: food games television computing silly) Setshot: Basketball for the Aging and Infirm: Careers: A 73 year-old college basketball player! There's hope for me yet... (tags: sports basketball blogs silly) Mr. Dawkins,…
Setshot: Basketball for the Aging and Infirm: Politics: McCain panders to aging ballers "Apparently, "Sarah Barracuda" (her high school hoops nickname) played point guard on a state championship squad from Wasilla, Alaska, but there is scant evidence that she plays anymore." (tags: US politics…
Performance and Recording: "Everyone sing the chorus--including intellectuals!" -- Crooked Timber "I just read two books back to back to good effect: Walter Ong's Orality and Literacy and Elijah Wald's How the Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music [...]…
How the subprime good guys give home loans to poor people, strengthen communities, and still make a profit. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine "Since 2003, this for-profit firm based in Orange County--home to busted subprime behemoths such as Ameriquest--has issued $220 million worth of mortgages…