Jun 11-17, 2008
A Proposed Gravel Mine Exposes Conflicting Visions of Bristol’s Future; 2008 Daysies Ballot Inside; With a Halal Slaughter Facility, a Morrisville Farmer Becomes an Unlikely Cultural Ambassador
Ode to Mikey
On January 25, 1999, I met Seven Days Art Director Diane Sullivan. My life would never be the same. This past Friday I participated in the 5th Annual Michael Sullivan Memorial Open Golf Tournament at Essex Country Club. This is no ordinary golf tournament. On this day each year some 100 golfers decorate golf carts,…
Flatlander
Any other people displaced in Vermont? I am a flatlander. And not at all ashamed. I was raised in Connecticut, and spent my summers and college years in Maine. Even after spending three years as a legal resident of Vermont, I know full well that I will never be a “Vermonter”. That’s fine. The great…
Live From…. The Vermont Culinary Classic!
Cathy Resmer isn’t the only one who can handle live blogging! It’s Bridget here, checking in from the 7Nights table at the Vermont Culinary Classic down in Stowe, where Suzanne Podhaizer, Meghan Dewald and I are basking in the aroma of the NECI amateur chef “quick fire”. I’m no foodie, but my own amateur judgment…
Online Marketing Boot Camp
I’m liveblogging another event on Blurt next week. EpikOne, Champlain College and Google Analytics are teaming up to host an Online Marketing Boot Camp in Burlington, and I’ve been invited to liveblog it on Tuesday. It’s actually a four-day deal, but I only get to go on the first day. That means I’ll be there…
A “Broad Spectrum” of Bullshit
Have any lingering doubt that it’s all over but the shouting on the Burlington Telecom — Al Jazeera dust up? See Haik Bedrosian, who calls out Jamie Zeppernick of the Defenders Council of Vermont for his claim that the network “incites hatred and it incites violence.” This is quite a claim, so I wrote to…
World of World of Warcraft
‘Warcraft’ Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing ‘Warcraft’ The master satirists at The Onion News Network issued this video report about a new video game, “World of World of Warcraft.” You get to play a character who’s playing “World of Warcraft.” The worst part of the WoWoW? According to one gamer, it’s when your…
Friday the 13th
It’s Friday the 13th. Is it an unlucky day for you? Do you watch out for black cats? I can’t say that I remember anything happening to me out of the ordinary or that it would make it an unlucky day for me. Where does this superstition come from? Here’s what the all-knowing, all-powerful Wikipedia…
Shit Storm in the Forecast?
As I entered the Seven Days holy water closet yesterday, I encountered a glorious white tower. Roll after roll of TP sitting next to the throne. This struck me as funny and somewhat strange. I then spoke with Office Manager Superstar Bridget Burns who oversees this department. I was informed that while she ordered the…
“The Uprising” Rising Up
Friends and fans of former Bernie Sanders aid David Sirota will be happy to hear his new book, The Uprising, cracks The New York Times nonfiction bestseller list today. In just its first full week of release, the book — which traces the historical roots of populism, from its start in the rural West and…
Tank Times
I’ve been meaning to introduce the fish of Seven Days to all you Blurt readers, and seeing as we’ve officially had our first death, now seems as good a time as any. A few weeks ago, web man extraordinaire Bob Kilpatrick brought in his fish tank from home to liven up the office. The fact…
Vermont is for Writers
The New York Times reports this morning that Vermont has more writers, per capita, than any other state. The finding emerged from a nationwide profile of professional artists compiled by the National Endowment for the Arts. Of course, they were working from Census data, so they counted everyone who listed their job as “writer,” which…
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Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for June 11-18, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Successful representations of reality become more important than the reality they represent,” writes W. Daniel Hillis at The World Question Center (tinyurl.com/ywth3). Examples: Paper money supersedes gold; a painting has more value than the landscape…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again When police in Sheboygan, Wis., stopped a vehicle for improper registration, one of the passengers identified himself by giving a false name, hoping to conceal unpaid traffic citations in another state. The name he gave, however, turned out to have an active felony warrant for vehicular homicide. The passenger then stated his…
Scene@ Green Mountain Motorheads Car Show
Main Street, Barre, Saturday, June 7, 3 P.M.
Soundbites Summer Spectacular!
Soundbites: Nose Bleed Island, Akrobatik, Cherry Cassette, Mark LeGrand
Meat and Greet
With a halal slaughter facility, a Morrisville farmer becomes an unlikely cultural ambassador
I Feel Like a Winner!
This post, as you will soon realize, clearly falls under the “tooting one’s own horn” category, but I hope that’s o.k… Seven Days belongs to a professional group called the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN). Each year, member papers submit their best pieces to AAN, which doles out a variety of prizes for writing, art,…
Al Jazeera on RETN
I don’t know how I missed this during this whole Burlington Telecom debate, but RETN — Channel 16 to Comcast subscribers in the Burlington area — regularly airs Al Jazeera English programming. According to their programming schedule, on Tuesday, June 10, Al Jazeera programming airs at 5 a.m., 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. RETN programming…
Auntie Em, Auntie Em!
A weather alert from the National Weather Service in Waterbury: Vermont is under statewide tornado watch from 10:00 this morning until 6 this evening. A watch means conditions are favorable for the development of tornadoes. The service also reports that severe thunderstorms, with large hail and wind gusts up to 70-miles-per-hour, could hit most areas…
Al Jazeera Reporter Adresses Critics
WEB EXCLUSIVE! I interviewed Al Jazeera correspondent Josh Rushing this week, and we just put it up on the online — the Q&A will also appear in tomorrow’s print newspaper. Rushing will be in Burlington tonight and tomorrow talking to Vermonters about Al Jazeera English. Anyone who’s seen the 2004 documentary Control Room will recognize…
The Columnist Who Out-Sauced Savage?
On May 31, a dozen or so of my coworkers attended the annual fundraising gala for Burlington’s RU12? Community Center. The keynote speaker was Dan Savage, a columnist for the Seattle Stranger who for years has delighted readers — and offended untold minions of Republicans — with his racy rants. I hear he was funny.…
