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Evolution of breakfast cereals

James Reyes — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:28:21 +0000

There is a pretty cool collection of US cereal boxes then and now over at Retronaut.

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Lennon on life

James Reyes — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:55:15 +0000

December 8, 2010 -- John Lennon’s last interview to be released by Rolling Stone 30 years after his death
John Lennon's last interview is to be released by Rolling Stone 30 years after his death. via New York Daily News... Thirty years after the death of John Lennon, Rolling Stone magazine is set to release the artist's final print interview. In the interview, given three days before his death, Lennon shares his thoughts about his life, work and plans for the future in a marathon conversation with writer Jonathan Cott. While brief excerpts of Cott's original interview were published in Rol...
December 8, 2010 -- 30 years ago today: In memoriam John Lennon
October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980...
December 3, 2010 -- I Met the Walrus
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Santorum puts me to sleep too

James Reyes — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:16 +0000

I found this on Facebook.

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The still-living grandson of the 10th President, John Tyler, says Newt is a “jerk”

James Reyes — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:52:58 +0000

Far more fascinating than the “jerk” comment, we already know Newt is a jerk, is the fact that the grandson of the 10th President of the United States, John Tyler, is still alive. What’s more, the former president has two grandsons alive today, 220 years after his birth and 171 years after his inauguration. President John Tyler, who died in 1862, had 15 children, more than any other president. Tyler’s son Lyon Gardiner Tyler, born in 1853, fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr. in 1924 and Harrison Tyler in 1928, both alive today at 88 and 84.

August 1, 2011 -- Newt gets no respect, buys his Twitter followers
The self-aggrandizing and mononymous Newt is complaining about the lack of press coverage for his perennial book tour camouflaged as a lackluster presidential campaign. He thinks he deserves some respect because he has 1.3 million Twitter followers. Compare this with Mitt Romney's 63K, Michelle Bachman's 24K, Tim Pawlenty's 42K. Did I forget someone? Does it matter? The point here is that Newt is obviously many times ahead of the other jackals combined, whining, "I have six times as many Twitter...
June 11, 2011 -- Newt and his plasticine wife
She goes this long on a single charge....

John Steinbeck on love: Nothing good gets away

James Reyes — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:55:12 +0000

In November of 1958 the great John Steinbeck responded with the following letter to his son Thom who wrote to his dad about his new love, Susan. I thought I would share this wise and touching letter.

New York
November 10, 1958

Dear Thom:

We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.

First—if you are in love—that’s a good thing—that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.

Second—There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you—of kindness and consideration and respect—not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.

You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply—of course it isn’t puppy love.

But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it—and that I can tell you.

Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.

The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

If you love someone—there is no possible harm in saying so—only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.

Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another—but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.

We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.

And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Love,

Fa

Source: Steinbeck: A Life in Letters

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Happy Birthday, Macintosh

James Reyes — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:39 +0000

It was 28 years ago today that Apple released the first Macintosh computer.

November 16, 2010 -- All together now
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October 21, 2010 -- Ooooh… shiny
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July 26, 2010 -- Darth Vader calls about his iPhone 4
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You deserve to know what Girl Scout cookies fund, so buy a lot

James Reyes — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:21:40 +0000

This has been circulating around. It appears to be the product of some Christofacist group hoping to discourage the sale of Girl Scout cookies.

Well, because of this, I will certainly be buying more Girl Scout cookies than usual this year and I would encourage you to do the same. Let’s make this their best year ever.

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See, God invented porn

James Reyes — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:03:09 +0000

h/t

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Member of Congress detained by TSA, Obama Admin sides with TSA

James Reyes — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:12:27 +0000

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was detained by the TSA today and after a big hoopla the Obama Administration sided with the TSA.

Remember a similar story back in 2004 when Senator Ted Kennedy was detained because his name was similar to one on the “no fly” list?

I have to wonder, doesn’t this violate Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution which provides that members of Congress…

…shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Session of their Respective Houses, and in going to and from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

Oh, the joys of living in a police state.

January 18, 2012 -- It’s time to use the constitutional safety valve
I like to think of the ability to peacefully amend the constitution as the constitutional safety valve, with an Article V convention being the ultimate tool of We the People to reign in our government. This was the wisdom of our Founders. It keep us from violent government overthrow, which would be disastrous. It's probably time to make use of this legal safety valve. The ever brilliant Robert Reich explain the case for a constitutional amendment, particularly in light of Citizens United. ...
November 30, 2011 -- The SOPA scoop
Mike Ludwig over at Truthout has written a good piece giving us a good overview of the so-called Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act. Emphases mine: A movement to stop the bills has gone viral online. Web companies like Mozilla, Google, AOL and Facebook have come out against the legislation. Both bills would allow the Justice Department to take down sites deemed to be "dedicated to infringing activities" and both the department and copyright owners would be allowed to sue a...
August 11, 2011 -- Mr. President tell us the truth! [Must see video]
The United States is being plundered and extorted by the global oligarchs who seek profit at any cost. Privatized profits, socialized risk. The oligarchs are literally stealing from the elderly, students and working Americans through a system of tax cuts and spending cuts and too-big-to-fail. The president needs to stand up to this bought-and-sold Congress and communicate to the American people just who is responsible for this mess, how to get out of it and tell the truth about the reason...

HRH The Princess Elizabeth

James Reyes — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:49:53 +0000

HRH The Princess Elizabeth in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, April 1945

h/t

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