September 2009
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“may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living”
– “may my heart always be open to little” by E. E. Cummings
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Nick Hornby is a busy man. →
Nick Hornby is to write a feature-length animation about how babies are made. According to its producer, Finola Dwyer, The Babymakers will be a family adventure about “the little creatures inside the body that put the components of a baby together”. Drama ensues when one of these creatures, Toe, goes missing.
The script for The Babymakers is due to be delivered in early 2010, once...
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We're not in standard-def anymore: 'Wizard of Oz'... →
Seventy years after its first screening, “The Wizard of Oz” is headed back to theatres Sept. 23 for one night as Warner Bros. unveils a technologically updated and improved version ahead of its release on Blu-ray Hi-Def.
“I’ve seen it so many times on television but when I saw (the new version) it was like seeing a brand new film,” said Robert Osborne, film...
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“Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or...”
– Henri Frederic Amiel
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Titans QB Young plays dad for McNair's sons →
The Tennessee Titans quarterback surprised the sons of his desceased friend by taking Steve McNair’s sons to their school’s “Dear Dads Breakfast” on Wednesday in Nashville.
Young looked up to McNair as a kid, and he didn’t have to think twice about doing this for Trenton and Tyler.
“Those are my boys,” Young told The Tennessean. “I wouldn’t...
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“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an...”
– Sam Keen
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Sunset in Hong Kong →
You control the sunset over Hong Kong. Move your mouse up & down over the photo.
Very, very cool.
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Kanye Being Kanye: Rapper Interrupts Taylor... →
At the risk of seeming like I’m blowing it out of proportion, I still can’t get over this. A friend of mine has defended Kanye’s actions, claiming that his ‘musical and lyrical genius’ gives him a free pass, and that as long as he didn’t physically assault Taylor Swift [a la Chris Brown and Rihanna], his behavior isn’t a problem. But what kind of person...
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Ice Ice Babies →
“You know you’re a kid of the 90’s if…” is the article that caught my eye, but the whole website is full of nostalgic win.
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The Princess and the Frog Pencil Test →
makingofmovies:
The Princess and the Frog, Disney’s first traditionally animated film since Home on the Range.
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Children's Miracle Network Gameroom Giveaway →
Microsoft has partnered with Children’s Miracle Network to provide three Children’s Miracle Network pediatric hospitals an Ultimate Gameroom experience.
Visit the Vote Now page and login to vote for the Children’s Miracle Network hospital of your choice to receive an upgraded gameroom. The top three hospitals with the most votes will win. You are allowed 10 votes per day until the contest...
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G-20 Visitors Guide (Pt. 2) →
Buses run on a regular schedule, except on weekends, holidays, if there’s traffic, if there are too many people waiting to board, if the bus breaks down, or if the driver doesn’t feel like it. The exception to this is the 54C route, which has no regular schedule whatsoever.
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“When considering whether or not to ask out the girl you’re afraid to talk...”
– Poppy Montgomery, 75 Things You Don’t Know About Women
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Watch“Of course you realize this means war.”
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Normandy 1944 - Then and Now →
This is amazing: a ton of pictures taken in 1944 alongside their modern counterparts.
[Thanks, Sean!]
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G-20 Visitors Guide (Pt. 1) →
Pittsburgh is a city of about 350,000 people in the Southwestern Pennsylvania region of the United States; the population of the metropolitan area is roughly 2.4 million, although only 350,000 of them are actual “Pittsburghers,” with the rest being an unclassified subspecies. If you travel outside of the region, you will also find people that refer to themselves as...
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“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset...”
– Bob (Bill Murray), Lost In Translation
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How Tetris Changes Your Brain →
The study, funded by Tetris‘ makers and authored by investigators at the Mind Research Network in New Mexico, shows that playing the classic puzzle game had two distinct effects on the brains of research subjects: Some areas in the brain showed greater efficiency, and different areas showed thicker cortexes, which is a sign of more grey matter.
This, says the doctors who undertook the study,...
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bits and pieces.
Leipheimer joins Armstrong’s team
Three-time Tour of California winner Levi Leipheimer has signed a two-year deal with Team RadioShack, choosing to continue racing with Lance Armstrong, manager Johan Bruyneel and an organization Leipheimer says is the best fit for him.
No big surprise there.
Garmin signs six riders and a new sponsor
With this year’s expiration of UCI restrictions on...