Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2007
Ten Years in the Making – and Remaking – Keith Spiegel’s “Groupies” Gets a New Name and a Release Date; Former Employees Reflect On an Outsourced Economy; Totally Pickled – A Food Writer Joins the Preservation Nation
The Epoch of Daniel
I had occasion to visit the Davis Student Center, UVM’s newest building. Everyone in town is aware of this edifice, both for it’s monumental size and because it sits right on Main Street, not 30 yards off Burlington’s central traffic artery. I’m here to report – ’tis glorious, indeed! The heart of the structure is…
Supermarket Sues Youthful Rappers Over Video
The A&P Grocery Chain is suing two college kids for a million bucks. Yep, you read that correctly. The youngsters, brothers named Matthew and Mark D’Avella who both worked in the produce department at a store in Jersey, filmed a silly and occasionally vulgar rap called “Produce Paradise.” In it, they pretend to pee in…
The Science of Cheating
Game On: Exploiting Online Games: Cheating Massively Distributed Systems by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw, Addison-Wesley, 384 pages. $44.99
They’re Back. Deal.
You can love ’em; you can hate ’em. You can have mixed emotions. But, whatever your feelings, they’re back – all 10,000 of them. As Bette Davis said, “Fasten your seat-belts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.” Like locusts from the Bible; like wildebeest on the Serengetti Plain; like the best simile you can…
Lights, Camera… Action?
Ten years in the making – and remaking – Keith Spiegel’s “Groupies” gets a new name and a release date
Natural Rhythms
Art Review: “Daily Beauty, Quiet Observations,” new work by Janet Fredericks
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Two teenage girls broke into a tattoo parlor in Fairfield, Maine, and tried to avoid setting off the alarm by using hairspray so they could see the alarm beam. “They said they saw it on TV,” Deputy Police Chief Steve Trahan said, pointing out that the spray “tripped the alarm.” Police responded…
Tractor-pull Champ Bill Voreis is Into Fair Play
Holsteins and horses may be at the heart of the Champlain Valley Fair, but it’s horsepower that delivers the defibrillation. During the Grand National Truck and Tractor Pull — the grand finale to the fair on Monday, September 3 — reigning champ Bill Voreis will rumble out American Thunder for the “unlimited modified” division. The…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Here’s how you can tell if you have a bad psychotherapist or counselor,” says my friend Laura. “She or he buys into all your BS, never questions your delusions, and builds your self-esteem even if that makes you into an a**hole.” I agree with Laura’s assessment, which is why I’m going…
“Weird Al” Loves Food
Unless you’re share my predilection for parody and all things gastronomic, you may not have noticed that “Weird Al” Yankovic has an awful lot of songs about food. It wasn’t until I cleverly picked up on this trend and threw myself into deep research mode that I learned he’d released a compilation of culinary-themed anthems…
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Champlain Valley Fair [SIV42]
Saturday was the opening day of the 2007 Champlain Valley Fair. Even impending rain could not keep the crowds away from the death-defying rides, tasty fried cuisine, diverse animal displays and 4-H competitions. Eva talks to 4-Hers about their cows and finds out who will be the Supreme Grand Champion Cow. Did you know that…
