March 11, 2009
The story of Buford Pusser, the legendary sheriff of McNairy County Tennessee, is fascinating. Pusser's career as a wrestler came to a close so he moved his family back to his home place to run a sawmill with daddy Carl. He's shocked to discover the level of corruption going on. And after he is a vi...
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Peter
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March 07, 2009
You know that “Watchmen” motion comic that was put out just prior to the movie, animating many of the pivotal sequences of the story and bringing them to a sort of “still life?” Everything as beautiful as you remember it from the first time you read Alan Moore & Dave Gibb...
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Martin
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March 02, 2009
Restaurants are being hit hard these days and casual dining has been hit the hardest as customers flock to fast food, drive thru, quick service and value menus. You have the economy to thank for that. Still, in these tough times some casual dining establishments are flourishing or at the very least,...
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Jon
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February 05, 2009
In case you missed it, It’s a Small World inside of Disneyland is now back online and ready to take Guests. This morning marked the first day of Cast previews and those lucky riders were treated to the new Disney characters judiciously sprinkled throughout the attraction. My initial impression is ...
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Jon
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January 25, 2009
[Photo courtesy of Yours Truly] Take a gander at these new “What Will You Celebrate?â€� floral arrangements on the Main Street lamps posts inside of Disneyland. They’re so… um… lovely… no? Oh and they’re fake too, which is totally cheating! What’s next? A giant party hat on...
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Jon
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December 29, 2008
Chet Holifield Federal Building Originally built in the early 70’s when there was nothing else around it (click for archive image), the Chet Holifield Building at 24000 Avila Road Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 has made a mark for itself not only for it’s architecture and the way it used to sta...
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fejsez
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December 10, 2008
Yesterday, Google announced that they had added some extra cities to Street View, including Memphis, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; and Charleston, South Carolina. What’s even more interesting though, is that this update includes a lot of the places in-between places - highways coast-to-coast...
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Alex Turnbull
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Jack and I spent the Wednesday before Thanksgiving waymarking historical sites in Western Amador County in the rain. This was the sixteenth of twenty-one places that we stopped. Butte Store California State Historical Landmark #39 See this location on Yahoo Maps in Flickr See this location on Google...
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Heringer
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December 07, 2008
Lady forwarded me a story from Philly.com a couple of days ago that really made me sad. My heart has grown somewhat numb over the years as a result of many things - a general tough skin needed to survive; heartbreak; betrayal; cynicism; shortcomings of those I once respected. It wasn't a story ...
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Albert
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December 02, 2008
Gradually, the letters have begun to accumulate in Robert Tierney’s Lower Manhattan office. They all implore the same thing: landmark status for the Rainbow Room in 30 Rockefeller Center. The first letter to Mr. Tierney, chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, came in September from Pet...
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