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Artful Dodgers
Advertising represents a bid by well-financed entities to capture our attention and direct or change our behavior. Yet the baboons on our trail sound like they are exceptionally committed to avoiding this influence. From Verily Sherrilee’s use of the mute … Continue reading
Tagged TV
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Ad (foolishness) Infinitum
Today’s guest post comes from Clyde. I have been watching a lot more television lately, some of the bowl games and a few shows on HGTV and the Food channel. Most evenings my wife has been visiting my art room/office … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Roger Miller
Today’s guest post comes from tim roger millers birthday is today. he’s not around to enjoy it anymore but he left something behind for us to enjoy in his absence. roger miller was a blip on the screen in the … Continue reading
Dusty Old Dust
The latest Ken Burns documentary project is about the Dust Bowl in the central plains in the 1930′s. The four hour series debuted last night and will conclude tonight on PBS stations. Here in the Twin Cities the first two … Continue reading
Tagged Outer Space, TV, Weather
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Cry If You Want To
There’s no formula for becoming an internet video sensation. If it were simple, everyone would do it, and if everyone could do it, online celebrity-hood would become meaningless. We’d all be enthralled with each other, equally. Hmmm. That’s not a … Continue reading
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Bounce House
Today’s post comes from Minnesota’s 9th District Congressman, representing all the water surface area in the state, the Honorable Loomis Beechly. Greetings Constituents, non-Constituents, All Pontoons in my District and all Ships At Sea, I hope you all had a … Continue reading
The Day The Music Arrived
Today is Buddy Holly‘s birthday. He landed on the planet as Charles Hardin Holly in Lubbock, Texas on this date in 1936. He had a strange, short life that has been much chronicled since. I’m amazed at how listenable his … Continue reading
Tagged Music, TV
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Easy Crafts for a Summer Afternoon
Today is do-anything-yourself maven Martha Stewart’s birthday. She’s 71. We had a party for her at the house but of course she wasn’t able to come, being occupied with numerous projects and always on call for emergencies with her company, … Continue reading
Tagged Food, TV
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R.I.P. Andy Griffith
The actor Andy Griffith died yesterday at the age of 86. He is best known for his portrayal of a quintessential and relentlessly likable American character. As Sheriff Andy Taylor, Griffith was one of the last adult males to appear … Continue reading
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Iron Eyes Cody
Today is the birthday in 1904 of the film and TV actor Iron Eyes Cody. He he has a lengthy list of feature film appearances on the Internet Movie Database , but was famous to most Americans as the “crying … Continue reading
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