Apr 16-22, 2008
The Earth Day Issue: What Goes Around Comes Around; Eco-Activism in the Church; 7D Guide to All Things Used; Matzo Memoir
Stuck on YouTube
Eva Sollberger’s latest “Stuck in Vermont” video got featured on the YouTube homepage over the weekend. I turned on my computer this morning to find that it had more than 146,000 views. Yay, Eva! Not surprisingly, this sudden popularity brought with it a flood of annoying, spiteful comments from the anonymous masses. I deleted a…
Vote for Front Porch Forum
Everyone’s favorite neighborhood email newsletter service is up for an award — Burlington-based Front Porch Forum is one of 20 finalists for a Make It Your Own Award from the Case Foundation. The foundation is trying to encourage people to “come together to create a vision and work toward the common good.” You might have…
This just in: Ashlee Simpson is awesome.
I like that Ashlee Simpson. I liked her more with her more with her old nose, but I suppose when one is competing with the generic airhead antics of older sister Jessica, one doesn’t learn to embrace their own individuality; ie: schnoz. But guess what, Ashlee? Generic airhead antics get old. And then John Mayer…
The Boss: Obama’s the One
After the terrible damage done over the past eight years, a great American reclamation project needs to be undertaken. I believe that Senator Obama is the best candidate to lead that project and to lead us into the 21st Century with a renewed sense of moral purpose and of ourselves as Americans. Blogged with…
Half the News, Not Fit to Print
Under the category of “Why Your Daily Newspaper is Becoming Useless” comes Tuesday’s front-pager in the Free Press, under the headline “Divorce, unwed parents taking toll on taxpayers.” The story, from the Associated Press, was about a study that purportedly proves “divorce and out-of-wedlock childbearing costs U.S. taxpayers more than a $112 billion a year.”…
MySpace? WhoseSpace?
The ACLU of Vermont is sponsoring a panel discussion in Montepelier tonight about how the internet and social networking are changing our perspective on privacy. Blogger Bill Simmon is on the panel going to be in the audience. Fred Lane is on the panel. I wish I could go!
Listen to Hackie
Ever wonder what “Hackie” columnist Jernigan Pontiac sounds like? Then listen to this recording, in which he reads one of his recent stories, Elegy for Frenchy. Former Point DJ and program director Jody Peterson recorded this track in her Montpelier studio.
Winooski Library on Facebook
I’m on the Winooski Library Advisory Board, and I just want everyone to know that the Winooski Memorial Library now has a page on Facebook. If you’re on Facebook, you can join me in being a fan of the Onion City’s awesome library, located in the Champlain Mill. Also, if you live in Winooski and…
New Event Calendar
Alert Seven Days web readers may have noticed something new on our website this week — we’ve changed the way we display events. Our old static listings pages have all disappeared, replaced by a searchable database of events. Search by day, interest, region or venue to find club dates, movie times, art shows or calendar…
Getting Real
Art Review: “Objects of Desire: Still Life Paintings,” a group exhibit of Vermont artists. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville. Through May 11.
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for April 16-April 23, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here. ARIES (March 21-April 19): A reader from Fiji is encouraging me to pay a visit. “Fiji is heaven on earth,” she says. “You’ll be ecstatic here.” While I have no doubt that’s true, it’s hard for me to…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again While sitting in an unmarked vehicle on a stakeout to catch an arsonist in Lambertville, Mich., sheriff’s Detective Thomas Redmond reported the 17-year-old suspect approached the vehicle carrying a bucket, unscrewed the gas cap and started siphoning gas. Redmond got out of the car and arrested the youth, who admitted to five…
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Jr Iron Chef [SIV75]
4/12/08: Mmm, something smells good. Middle and high school students from all over the state of Vermont compete in the first Annual Jr Iron Chef cooking competition which aims to celebrate local food, showcase VT seasonal produce and promote healthy local-food dishes in schools (Burlington School Food Project and VT FEED). Competitors vary from professional…
Gore, The Sequel
A recent post of mine sparked a spirited exchange in comments section. Now that it’s petered out, I guess it’s OK to mention, for those who don’t know it already, that Al Gore has a new slideshow, presenting evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting. Gore…
Lincoln and Obama
Garry Wills analyzes “Two Speeches on Race” — Abraham Lincoln’s, at Copper Union in New York City on Feb. 27, 1860, and Barack Obama’s March 18 address at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia. . . . what is of lasting interest is their similar strategy for meeting thecharge of extremism. Both argued against the politics…
New Kids on the (Climate Change) Block
Folks are getting angry about global warming. Just take a look at this video from September, in which hundreds of attractive Swiss people — wearing matching slippers — laid their bare bums on a glacier to show their government they mean business when it comes to carbon emissions. (“What seems hard, is not,” one activist…
More War Tax Rumblings
Ah, tax day. Two weeks ago, I wrote a story about war tax resistance in Vermont. After the fact, one of the people quoted in the story emailed to express disappointment with both its tone and content. Too dismissive of war-tax resisters, the person wrote, and not enough praise for the power of war-tax resistance…
Extreme Blunder
Here’s one for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” blooper reel. Less than a year ago, the reality TV show’s producers chose the Vitale family in Athens, Vermont, as the recipients of a new, custom-built home. The Vitale’s son was born with severe birth defects, and their home wasn’t handicapped accessible. So the “Extreme Makeover” crew…
