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Cheese

Red Leicester… Tilsit… Caerphilly… Bel Paese… Red Windsor… Stilton… Emmental… Gruyère… Norwegian Jarlsberger… Liptauer… Lancashire… White Stilton… Danish Blue… Double Gloucester… Cheshire… Dorset… Blue Vinney…Brie… Roquefort… Pont-l'Évêque… Port Salu

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Help save my job! (Oh yeah, and Illinois libraries, too)

For those of you (which is probably most of you) who aren't particularly aware of Illinois politics, our state is in a fair bit of a mess right now — basically, we have one of the worst budget deficits in the country, with no real promise of it getti

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Mark S's Job Is Safe (For Now)

I've made mention of recent unpleasant events at the library system I work for, so I wanted to put some information here in one place.  This is the press release from yesterday:

Library Board votes to keep libraries open, lay-off fewer staff but cut h

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En français

Reposez juste bien arrière et vous entendrez un conte, un conte d'un voyage fatidique qui a commencé à partir de ce port tropical à bord de ce bateau minuscule. Le compagnon était un homme puissant de navigation, le Capitaine courageux et sure. Cinq

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Bobsledder Quits In Fear

Story

It's funny the way a story can reveal yourself to yourself. Because, I mean, intellectually, I know that I've never been in this guy's position - I don't know him or what's been going on with him, and if he's scared to do it, then maybe it's b

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Mac Mini - any opinions?

We're thinking about maybe buying a Mac Mini with our tax refund. Has anybody used one or read enough about them to have a good opinion? Your thoughts are appreciated.

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For Commander Benson...

...and the rest of the grammar police.

I think you'll get a kick out of this:

http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/rules_grammar_change_0

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Happy Australia Day

Happy Australia Day! This year we're learning about the dog on the tuckerbox, going here to find out what the dog really did to the tuckerbox, visiting Australian Screen Online, and listening to a podcast about Marcus Clarke's novel His Natural Life.

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Have you seen this, Dagwan?

from The Beat (couldn't get the direct link quote to work).

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Pop Culture Quotes That I Use in Real Life

(There'll be more as I think of them.) 1)"D'Oh!" - Homer Simpson, The Simpsons (The writers have said that this is derived from a similar, more drawn-out sound that the actor Jimmy Finlayson used to use in various Laurel & Hardy films. Typically use

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Survivor of Two Atomic Bombings, Dies at Age 93

Story In a nutshell: This guy was in Hiroshima when the Bomb went off. He was hurt, but was well enough to travel, so the next day, he was sent home. To Nagasaki. And yet, he lived to be an old, old man. Go figure. The kami must've been looking ou

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New Books

Busted Flush is on the shelves in soft cover, for those who didn't get the hard cover when it came out. Suicide Kings doesn't hit the shelves until the 22nd. Still on my list for last minute Xmas shopping ;-)

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100 quotes all geeks should know

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/01/100-quotes-every-geek-should-know/ Any missing?

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Apologies

for my absence. To quote Madelynoe Pryor "I'm better now..."

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A Christmas Carol

For the last three nights, I've watched the George C. Scott, Patrick Stewart and Albert Finney films of this story - they all have things to recommend them. I always loved A Christmas Carol, perhaps the idea that there is a possibility of redemption

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Happy New Year, to All of You, from All of Me!

Time for my traditional - if somewhat less than edifying - toast to the Old Year: "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you 2009 - another year, shot to Hell!" ;) And a song that's traditional for New Year's: Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never

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Short Films

Here are some short films that you may enjoy watching: http://www.darkknightproject.com/ http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/animation/beagle/ http://www.comicbookbin.com/buckrogersinthe25thcentury0509.html http://www.comicbookbin.com/samuraiwindofj

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A Fine Christmas Present...

...I've just received word that Project42Radio.com will be added to the iTunes directory! It should begin showing up within 1-2 days on the "Pop/Top 40" category. Time to do the dance of joy!

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Happy Hallowe'en!

Do you know, I entirely forgot that today was Hallowe'en until I went out and saw some folks in costume? I'm going in to the City today, but maybe later, I'll watch a horror movie or something.

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I have a ferret and I'm not afraid to use it

One more crazy thing that makes me proud to be a Floridian JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – It's one thing for shoplifters to hide plunder in their pants. But a live ferret? Police say a homeless man in north Florida did just that. And he made it out the d

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