The Grand Prix Saboteurs: The Grand Prix Drivers Who Became British Secret Agents During World War II
Orange County Boot Camp FX | Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over the past few weeks I'm sure you've been hearing a ton about my friend and diet "guru" Joel Marion's holiday nutrition plan and how you can actually LOSE weight this holiday season by strategically enjoying all your favorite holiday foods. Well, the wait is over! The Holiday nutrition plan is now ready to go - on sale TODAY (at less than half price via THIS exclusive invitation), November...
to herd or not to herd (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Gold at $1171 this morning... The tungsten deposits come in very high grade ore, located in shallow rectangular deposits dispersed widely across the world, segregated in unusual vault heap leach mineralizations. In October, the Hong Kong bankers discovered some gold bars shipped from the United States were actually tungsten with gold plating. This is the exact same Modus Operandi as the silver clad...
WordPress Planet (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Stick around the WordPress community for a period of time and you’re bound to come across a few folks who say Automattic is an evil company or Matt Mullenweg is evil in the way in which he runs WordPress.org. The more time I spend talking to Matt and with other employees of Automattic, the more I don’t understand where these thoughts and feelings of evilness come from. Sure, there is a...
geeksugar (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I'm a total DIY freak , and appreciate websites that help me reach my crafting goals. Take my last DIY project: the charging station I made from an Ikea shelving unit. Now if I wanted to take that a step further, I could add some decorative fabric to the back panels and really make the shelf pop. But how do I find the right fabric? I could browse racks of fabric at my local craft store, or I could...
Googling Google (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I have a problem with things like Google Image Swirl. Not the offering itself, just the strange notion that somehow cool design equals usefulness. There are tons of examples floating around that have the exact same problem — things like Bing’s “Visual Search”. I’m the lead software designer at the company I work for [...]
CRAFT Magazine (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
"Easy! No gluing or cutting required" says the cover of the book Make Your Own Paper Flowers . So I decided to make my flowers in a place where craft supplies are sparse: an airplane. Before my trip, I stashed the Klutz Chicken Socks book in my purse. Without any scissors in my bag, I cleared security in a breeze! After takeoff, I folded down the tray on the seat back in front of me, and...
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In reading the myriad examinations, hair-splitting and psychological breakdowns on Bill Belichick's decision to have the Patriots attempt to convert a 4th and 2 against the Colts from their own 28 with about two minutes remaining, it seems as though fans would prefer C-3PO be positioned at the side of every NFL head coach, constantly informing them of the statistical likelihood of success on any given...
Scooter and Jessica (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
After our California trip in August we weren't sure that we would all be together for a while, but happily, it happened sooner than we anticipated! These lovely ladies came to Kansas City for a visit a few weeks ago. They were too curious to see my new stomping grounds to stay away! I think my sisters just wanted to make sure that this place wasn't super boring because I'm sure they'll be visiting...
Ballad of a Tin Man (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008) As trendy in the late 2000s as, well, vampires, NYC-based Vampire Weekend erupted on the indie pop scene in 2007 / 2008 and, um, the hipsters didn't stand a chance. It will save a lot of effort just to list their utterly true list of oft-made-association words, so here goes: afro-pop, preppy, effortless, chamber-pop, ivy league, Paul Simon's Graceland , baroque,...
kevin drum (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The Onion's AV Club rates the 30 best TV series of the decade here. Looking through it, what struck me is that I've seen almost none of them. Three, to be exact: Lost, The Office (UK version), and Firefly — the latter two solely on DVD. I blame blogging. Seriously. I've never watched a ton of TV, but ever since I took up blogging I've watched even less. The problem is that blogging requires...
Musings & Ramblings (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
20th January 2009. My shoot on Wednesday with Graham Wood went well. Ever since I went blonde in November 2008, he's been wanting to work with my new look, and he said I had a completely different image in the blonde photos from the day, opposed to the images we created when I was brunette. I asked if this was a good or bad thing and he said 'it's an interesting thing' and later reassured me he liked...
Arrowhead Pride (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Photo courtesy of the Kansas City Star The two newest members of the Kansas City Chiefs receiver corps, Chris Chambers and Lance Long, didn't take long to warm to their new quarterback. Chambers caught two touchdown passes while Long led the team with eight receptions. Neither player has been with the team for more than two games so the practice time with Matt Cassel hasn't been there. That doesn't...
MCF's Nexus of Improbability (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
I feel so exhausted. Is this what it's like to get old? Can I go back a few days to when I was still 34, when I could hike for an hour or two on a Sunday afternoon and not have stiff muscles later on? It could be all the junk food I've been eating since my birthday, or staying out drinking until 5 AM on Friday night. I guess we all get here sooner or later, but I feel like there's a ton of stuff young...
Bloody Elbow (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
There were a number of winners and losers coming out of Strikeforce's first CBS show. Below I've listed the winners, losers, and those who fell somewhere in the middle. Winners: Gina Carano: Before the show, I noted Carano would be an interested observer in the ratings on CBS. Now that the numbers have come in and CBS took last place for the night in every quarter from 9:00pm-11:00pm, it's clear that...
The Internet Business Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
By Barbara M Jones Anytime a Hollywood motion picture is produced the objective is to create a movie that the public loves and that will become a blockbuster hit. Take a excellent story, throw in a few famous actors along with some special effects and voila', a huge box office success. But it does not always happen that way. Sometimes a movie will include everything that you think might make it a...
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