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Virtual March on Washington.
MoveOn.org is hosting the online action center for the Virtual March on Washington on February 26th, sponsored by The Win Without War Coalition. Please register here to join us.
One of my nephews joined the army reserve out of high school about a year and a half ago, for the free college education. He's been called to Kuwait, stopping briefly in Virginia for last minute training. I guess the show is on.
Mike emailed this fun link to me.
I'm not sure if this means anything, but coincidence is always intriguing, and I almost posted this, and now since Frank's given me another opening… Anyway, I'll do it here, to avoid trolling for trolls…
So my mother (who, unlike me, actually reads contemporary poetry) sent me (hardcopy, via USPS) a poem she thought I'd like, about birds and love and such. It was by Anthony Hecht. I couldn't really place him, though the name was vaguely familiar, but immediately thereafter I was following a search from my referrer log which led to a page of "literary symbiosis": parodies, symbionts, retellings, etc. There I found a poem I'd long recalled, though I'd read it many years ago and had forgotten the poet. Of course, it was by Hecht. The poem is The Dover Bitch, which gives a third party version of Matthew Arnold's Dover Beach, with an appreciation of the girl's point of view. This had nothing to do with the search, which was for Sumer is Icumen in, but in view of the current weather you should check out Ezra Pound's wicked winterizing of that old lyric, appearing on the same page. If you know what this all adds up to, you can tell me.
anyone bump into the rumored aerial photo of last saturday's protest rally ?
Artforum mentions blogs (not very interesting, but I thought Tom should see.)
virtually free hiptops at amazon. is it worth it?
the local news this morning mentioned the possibility of snow. anybody know anything about that?
Mike and Linda, that was some fun, thanks.
finally a place i can be comfortable just being me. meet you out back at the cowshed.
google buys blogger
goodbye dolly
spam for peace
Join the CARNIVAL BLOC on FEBRUARY 15th
PLEASE REPOST!
Your Friends at Mobilize New York and Reclaim the Streets
Invite YOU to a FAT SATURDAY PARTY and PARADE FOR A WORLD
WITHOUT WAR!
Join the CARNIVAL BLOC on FEBRUARY 15th for a MARDI GRAS
PARADE to give up WAR-MONGERING for LENT (and a long time after)
Calling all freaks, revelers, puppetistas and drummers,
musicians, singers and loud hummers; samba bands, hungry marchers, jugglers,
baton twirlers, fire eaters and artists of all stripes; ravers, beehives,
and vikings; billionaires for bush, gore or perma-war; radical cheerleaders,
reclaimers of streets and critical massers; church ladies for choice,
drag queens and kings, radical rockettes, perms for perma-war, church of
stop bombers, missile chicks, babes for bombs, students for an undemocratic
society, new kids on the blac bloc, those united for peace and justice and
anybody and everybody who thinks that this war is absurd. (sorry, but no
mimes)
WHAT: A festive and theatrical CARNIVAL BLOC FEEDER MARCH to
the anti-war rally on February 15th.
WHEN: 11:30, Saturday Morning, Feb.15th.
WHERE: Between the Lions, on the steps of the New York Public
Library, 5th Avenue between 41st and 42nd Streets. From there we1ll march
to the big rally
From the steps of the NYPL we'll wend our merry way to the
United for the Peace and Justice rally, likely to be at the UN, though this
is subject to change, so we'll go where they are. For details on the rally,
see www.unitedforpeace.org
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Bring Mardi Gras Beads, costumes,
instruments, drums, beats, boom boxes, dancing shoes, noisemakers of all
kinds, bring posters and banners and puppets. Bring yourselves and friends.
Be prepared to mock the Axis of Oil without mercy.
And please, playful or stern, SPREAD THE WORD!
PLEASE REPOST WIDELY!
Cypress
"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."
George Bush, President of the United States Trenton, NJ September 23, 2002
ls.com has some new info about the rivington st hotel.
Sterling Times
The virtual scrapbook of British nostalgia.
The Lonely Samoans would like to share a very special Valentine's night with
you. We'll be doing unplugged "Dust Ball" version
Friday, February 14th. 10pm.
@ Arlene Grocery 95 Stanton St.
212.358.1633 $5 cover
Featuring:
Samoa - vocal, acoustic guitar
Amanda Pollock - vocal, acoustic guitar
Bob Hoffnar - Steel Guitar
Dave Sewelson - Upright Bass
rainbowpig
lonely samoans
NASA is expected to announce this week that it has proved the existence of "dark energy", a cosmic force that counteracts gravity and will keep the universe expanding forever. The announcement will effectively demolish the theory that life will be wiped out in a "big crunch" when the universe collapses, and should end decades of academic dispute.
i saw zipcar advertised in the subway yesterday. seems like it could be a good idea. you pay a monthly fee and then you have access to their cars, which are parked all over the city for $6-12/hour with a maximum per day cost $60-90. which is still cheaper than a rental. no gas, insurance. plus the monthly fee covers your rental charges.
Score two more for Cheny and co.
a couple from wired news on past subjects -- the space elevator and nuclear powers role in future space exploration. gotta think that the elevator would become the ultimate target for terrorism.