He had beaten me, fair and square, in a best two-out-of-three match pitting my card skills against his, and when it was over he reached his hand across the table for a shake. His hand was sweaty, sticky, and barely half the size of mine. Good game, I said, and he nodded agreement before wandering off to find his father, leaving me with Jolly Rancher residue on my palm and a smile on my lips. Yep. Lifelong gamesman, all-around heavy [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2012
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INTRODUCING: Quest for knowledge, adventure drives filmmaker Bob Mugge
MEET BOB MUGGE WHO: Veteran filmmaker and holder of the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Chair in Telecommunications at Ball State University. HOBBIES: Watching lots of films and listening to lots of music. QUOTE: (Asked whether he will ever not be a filmmaker) When Im dead, but I guess you can be a dead filmmaker, so the answer is no. WEBSITE: robertmugge.com NOTE: Mugge and producer Diana Zelman will be at Redkeys Key Palace Theatre tonight when an 8 [...]
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One Direction On The Wanted: ‘The More, The Merrier’
Theres something happening right now. That something is a British boy-band explosion, led by One Direction and the Wanted. While 1D touts candy-coated love affairs in their music, the Wanted are selling ones that are enjoyed best with an adult beverage. While they each cater to different audiences, one thing they have in common is that girls absolutely love them. As both bands bring their signature charms to the States, having already conquered their native UK, many fans are wondering [...]
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Mistwalker working on three iOS projects
Mistwalker, the developer started by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, is taking up mobile development — or, at least, reaching the result of an experiment started two years ago. In an email to Siliconera, Sakaguchi revealed that Im working on three new games on iOS. Hell update fans on their progress via Facebook, a change from his previous tactic of posting Lego models on his own blog. Sakaguchis hobbies still figure into the games, though: one will be surfing-related. The [...]
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Gardening trends will show up on many home and garden tours in and around …
If you love gardening, youre not alone. Gardening has consistently been in the top five favorite hobbies of Americans ever since the Harris Poll began keeping track of US pastimes, but it seems that lately theres been an increasing passion for all things green. As the world grows ever more complex and maddening, some people are turning to their gardens for a peaceful refuge from lifes travails; others view their back yard as an ideal place to grow their own [...]
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Horns of plenty strike diverse notes
Hooray! ???? Mike Essoudry’s Mash Potato Mashers (Indie) Rarely has an album title been more appropriate: Hooray! That’s exactly how you’ll feel after listening to this record. Ottawa marching ensemble Mike Essoudry’s Mash Potato Mashers are back with their second album, again replicating the contagious energy and musical diversity of their live shows. The nine-piece New Orleans-style band features two drummers and seven horn players, working together to create a musical mishmash that honours multiple genres. You can hear Balkan [...]
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Hitting It Big In The Enterprise
Editors Note: Alexander Haislip is a marketing executive with cloud-based server automation startup ScaleXtreme and the author of Essentials of Venture Capital. Silicon Valley is its own best friend when it comes to booking sales. The first dollar in the door for most startups comes from another startup. That’s because startups are always seeking a competitive edge, they can make purchasing decisions fast and are willing to accept the risk of buying from another small company. It works great for [...]
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Provisions: Enhance your recreation experience
A guide for what you need to buy, read or consume to enhance your recreation experience GEAR #x95; Nipple-Bleeding Running Shirt, $13.50 www.gilletterunning. blogspot.com/p/ merchandise.html? tw_p=twt. Distance runners love novelty shirts, almost as much as they love making fun of those who forget to put Band-Aids over their nipples and wind up with streaks of blood down the front of their shirts. Now, we have a shirt that celebrates this running malady. READ #x95; The Ultimate Hikers Gear Guide: Tools [...]
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Sneha is Prasanna’s Kannamma
Love affairs are incomplete without pet names, one can say. It is a so common among lovers to call their sweethearts with nick names. And Prasanna and Sneha, K-towns latest love jodi, are no exception to this. I would address Sneha with a lot of pet names. One among them is Kannamma. Because I like Bharathiyar poems and a lot. Also, there are other names for Sneha, like Pappu, Bebu and Pachchu. It depends on the mood, says Prasanna. On [...]
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Christina Perri reveals love affairs and her confessional fans as the source …
After years struggling to fulfil her musical dream and understand her fraught emotional state, Italian American singer Christina Perri’s rocketed to fame after being asked to perform her song Jar Of Hearts on the hit US TV show So You Think You Can Dance. Making her live debut in front of millions of US viewers in July 2010, the song struck such a chord that it sold a million downloads and won the Philadelphia native a contract with Atlantic. Subsequently [...]
