November 2009

LBJ checks his Twitter feed

by Dan on November 13, 2009

in History

LBJ checks his Twitter feed

[Image found at 1001 Rules for My Unborn Son]

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Bands of brothers

by Dan on November 9, 2009

in History and TV

1943, Europe --- Soviet Soldiers Charge to the Front --- Image by © Dmitri Baltermants/The Dmitri Baltermants Collection/Corbis

I’m finally watching the Spielberg/Hanks mini-series “Band of Brothers” in the beautiful new blu-ray edition. It’s stunning television and I can’t wait for the expected sequel (of sorts): “The Pacific”, due out next year. Coming across this blog entry at If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, it occurs to me that a similar drama from the […]

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Nomads and imports

by Dan on November 3, 2009

in Asides and Cricket

Andy Bull (good British name) talking about English cricket’s nomads and imports in The Spin: There is no need to mark a dividing line between those who arrived as children and those who made the decision later in life, just as there is no need to draw distinctions between players who have moved from Test-playing nations and those who […]

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