Party of No says “No Fair!”

The Senate Republicans are displeased with Senator Reid. In the wake of the superheated debate over health care reform, Reid and his confidants have used fierce rhetoric to portray the Republicans as tools of Wall Street who spread lies about the financial regulatory reform bill as a way to protect well-heeled donors. Meanwhile, Reid has …

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I don’t think you’ve got the right guy here

From: “Ben Bernenke” Subject: Attention Beneficiary,Contract fund credit from Federal Reserve Bank Board. We received the instructional letter to credit $10.5 million to your account. We wish to let know that all charges are waived for the sucess of this contract fund to be credited into your account.Your respond is required to enable us credit …

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Errands (not gerunds)

Off to the vacuum cleaner/sewing machine repair place. Have a Random Ten from last night. Guitar Town–Emmylou Harris Martha My Dear–The Beatles Under The Falling Sky–Bonnie Raitt Boom, Like That–Mark Knopfler The Load-Out–Jackson Browne Operator–Jim Croce I Hope–Dixie Chicks Come See About Me–Diana Ross & The Supremes Kitty’s Back–Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band …

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World-building or no?

In a discussion of crime/mystery series and whether they are “closed” or “open”, where “closed” means the characters don’t grow; they don’t marry, age or have children and “open” means the opposite, I had a thought: Ed McBain, Rex Stout, John D. MacDonald and other long-term series authors are practicing what’s called “world-building” in the …

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Duet

Tom Petty and some woman he calls an “Honorary Heartbreaker.” Watch what Stevie does with her eyes. I always wonder how these combinations of members of different bands come about. Does one of ’em call the other and say “Have your people call my people,” you think?