May 14-20, 2008
The Lawyer for Murder Suspect Brian Rooney Makes His Case; A Creative Sentence for Frost Vandals; Handmade Tales – About DIY Vermonters; Kimble at the Shelburns Museum
iBurlington For Sale on eBay
Check it out —Burlington’s own failed citizen journalism experiment is for sale on eBay. iBurlington founder Brian Brown is asking $299 for the site. The auction ends Thursday, May 22 at 7:08 p.m. Want to know a little more about the site before you bid? Here’s a link to my last post about it on…
Photographer Pierced by Javelin Keeps on Shooting
I found this on Romenesko and had to share. Photographer Ryan McGeeney was shooting the Utah state high school track championships on Saturday when he was pierced in the leg by a javelin. McGeeney is an intern, but he obviously has good newsgathering instincts, because once he was down, he took photos of his unusual…
Johnny Law
If you know me, you know that one of my favorite movies is Barbarella. I’m very sad today because I just found out that John Phillip Law, who played the hunky, blind angel Pygar in the movie, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 70. I’m even sadder to say that there’s a remake…
The Hottest Thing on Eight Wheels
For those of you who don’t know, there’s a new sport in town: roller derby. Okay, it’s actually an old sport, but it’s making a comeback all around the country. A&E television even had a reality show called Rollergirls, if that gives you an idea of its budding popularity. The 23 women athletes of Green…
Eating Around the Globe
The other day, a reader sent me a link to a blog called “DeadGod.” When I followed the link, I found a series of pictures depicting what families from around the globe eat in an average week, called “A week of food around the world). Each photo shows a family with a week’s worth of…
Cubicle Casualities
It’s no secret that newsrooms around the country are in trouble. But how many readers, I wonder, have seen the inside of a struggling one? Funny I should ask myself that rhetorical question. Just now, I came across an interesting slideshow by Martin Gee, a San Jose Mercury News designer who took photos of his…
Farmers’ Market Season Has Begun!
Where in Vermont can you find sizzling burgers made with grass-fed beef, Tibetan momos, pork tamales, egg rolls and barbecued meats with Caribbean sauces, all in one place? Nope, it’s not an International food court or an “eclectic” restaurant: Every one of these items is available at the Burlington Farmers’ Market, which kicked off the…
Burlington Bathroom Art
Like a lot of other people, I do some of my best thinking in the toilette. About a month ago, I was in the bathroom at the OP admiring some of the graffiti and I had an idea. I thought it would be fun to take pictures of graffiti in bar bathrooms and post them…
Free Will Astrology
Here’s the weekly astrological forecast for May 14-21, 2008. What’s your sign, baby? They’re all here… ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hope you’ve been trying to bolster your stick-to-it-iveness, Aries. I trust you’ve been pumping up your follow-through and supercharging your determination. If you haven’t been attending to this unglamorous yet heroic work, play catch-up.…
Sinuous Scenes
Art Review: Anthony D. Sini, Second Floor Gallery, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again A 23-year-old burglar broke into a funeral home in Burjassot, Spain, but neighbors heard him forcing open the front door and called the police. He tried to fool officers by lying on a table in a glass-enclosed chamber used for viewings and pretending to be dead. His ruse didn’t work, according to…
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Phinn Sonin [SIV79]
5/12/08: What makes Burlington so special? Meet Phinneus Sonin, Junk Connoisseur, Cabaret MC, proud dad, radio DJ, naked bike rider, and juggler – now do you get it? Phinn has been dumpster diving for years which lead to the creation of Junktiques Collective, a living room/store where you can spend a couple of dollars and…
Recycling is Paying for Our Vacation
So for the past year, seven of us — five adults and two kids — have been saving bottles and returning them for money to pay for our trip to Florida. We are heading to sunny Florida June 22-29. Between all of us saving bottles we were able to buy seven round trip tickets to…
Best Beer Names
If drinking wine leads to truth, what does drinking beer lead to? If the names of craft brews are any indication, the answer to that question is, “a good sense of humor.” I’ve collected more funny beer names than I can list in one post, but here are seven that made me crack a smile…
Things Younger Than John McCain
Some enterprising soul has taken it upon himself to make a website devoted to exposing just how old John McCain really is. With a twist of humor and sarcasm, the site highlights products, institutions and cultural ephemera that are younger than the venerable Senator from Arizona. They include whole countries, like Israel. And whole states,…
