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Month: December 2009
Putting things into perspective
Terrorism Still Less Deadly in US Than Lack of Health Insurance, Salmonella Worrying about terrorism isn’t something that keeps me up at night…
Woman caught anthrax from drums
Anthrax Found In Drums Linked To Infected Woman US health officials have confirmed samples from a pair of African drums used in a drumming circle attended by a New Hampshire woman who is severely ill in hospital with gastrointestinal anthrax have tested positive for the deadly bacterium. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human … Continue reading “Woman caught anthrax from drums”
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The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Race in Space – Eugene Cernan & Don Davis |
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Greatest Hit (…and 21 other pretty cool songs) – Dream Theater |
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Liquid Tension Experiment – Liquid Tension Experiment |
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Futurama: Bender’s Game |
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Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder |
Friday Random Ten: 2009-12-25
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
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| 1. | A Change Of Seasons | Dream Theater | A Change of Seasons | Metal |
| 2. | The Main Thing | Roxy Music | Avalon | Alternative & Punk |
| 3. | Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper | Dream Theater | Images And Words | Metal |
| 4. | Searching For The Right Door/Spectrum | Billy Cobham | Spectrum | Jazz |
| 5. | 6:00 | Dream Theater | Awake | Metal |
| 6. | I’m All Alone | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Original Cast Recording | Soundtrack |
| 7. | Mercy Street | Peter Gabriel | So | Rock |
| 8. | Christmas Bells | Original Broadway Cast | Rent [Disc 1] | Soundtrack |
| 9. | Christmas With the Devil | Spinal Tap | This is Spinal Tap | Soundtrack |
| 10. | My Spanish Heart | Chick Corea | My Spanish Heart | Jazz |
I’m Boned
(via Fundies Say the Darndest Things!) With all the many references to musical instruments, there is one instrument that is NEVER mentioned! The DRUM! Why is that? The drum was a very common instrument in Egypt and the lands around Israel. And yet the DRUM is NEVER mentioned in a King James Bible. Did the … Continue reading “I’m Boned”
Probably something a gullible audiophile would buy…
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On Christmas morning…
Newt Gingrich: Medieval Meteorologist
As callista and i watched what dc weather says will be 12 to 22 inches of snow i wondered if God was sending a message about copenhagen — Newt Gingrich (via Twitter) Perhaps Newt should have his local haruspex interpret the sacrificial entrails just to be sure.