As I explained in an earlier post, I’m in the process of making my way through the house and separating the wheat from the chaff, determining which items will remain here in our 180 year old home, and which will be jettisoned into the ever-churning gyre of filth and garbage that surrounds us. Well, what […]
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Maynard-Lao Archive: Item 0003 [Violent Femmes at Carnegie Hall t-shirt]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged anarchy, Brian Ritchie, Brian Sferra, Carnegie Hall, commemorative t-shirt, Eagle Scout, fandom, Gun Club, Leo Kottke, Milwaukee, New York City, Slash Records, spoiled brats, Steppenwolf, stolen merchandise, t-shirts, The Blind Leading the Naked, The Germs, Violent Femmes, X, youth gone wild 10 Comments
Terrorist plot foiled over Detroit on Christmas day
I woke up this morning to find my family watching FOX News. Apparently, a Nigerian man had attempted to ignite an incendiary device strapped to his leg on a Detroit-bound flight yesterday, while we were celebrating Christmas. Fortunately, it seems that this fellow, who was intent on killing hundreds of people, proved to be about […]
Posted in Other, Religious Extremism Also tagged 23, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, airport security, al Qaeda, Amsterdam, Andrew Sullivan, chemicals, Christmas, First Bank of Nigeria, hare-brained plots, heroics, incendiary devices, Juan Cole, leg bomber, legs, nefarious uses of the human leg, Nigeria, Richelle Keepman, shoe bomber, terrorism, Transportation Security Administration, University College London 43 Comments