Daily Archives: 09 September 9, 2009

New England is Happy to Finally Get a Sonic

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

Since it opened, there have been traffic jams late into the night as hungry patrons waited of up to four hours at times to get their order in. About 54,000 customers showed up in the first 10 days, Sonic estimated. … Continue reading →

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Birds on the Wires

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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DPS: Man wearing monkey mask gets 37 speed cam tickets

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

Dave Vontesmar hates photo enforcement. Vontesmar drives nearly 30 miles a day from his home in north Phoenix to his job at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and passes through the photo-enforcement gantlet on Interstate 17, Arizona 51 and Interstate … Continue reading →

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Parents honor dead son’s wish, wed at end of his funeral

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

Asa Hill was 7 years old when he died. Although the boy was pulled out of a burning car alive in a horrific accident on the Niagara Thruway on Thursday, his injuries proved critical, and he passed away the following … Continue reading →

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Mother upset by football player son’s baptism

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

The head football coach at Breckinridge County High School took about 20 players on a school bus late last month to his church, where nearly half of them were baptized, school officials say. The mother of one player said her … Continue reading →

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Ban on hymn at high school graduation upheld

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

A federal appeals panel has upheld a decision to bar the instrumental performance of a Christian hymn at a high school graduation in Everett, Wash. The case arose after seniors in the Henry M. Jackson High School wind ensemble asked … Continue reading →

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100 Things I Learned from the Movies

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

Below is a sample, but here’s the full list. If you push the fat guy enough, he will snap – Full Metal Jacket And everybody is racist, everybody – Crash A rug really can tie a room together – The … Continue reading →

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Personas – How Does The Internet See You?

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

WHAT IS PERSONAS? Personas is a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, currently on display until Sept 09 at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab (Please contact us if you want to show it … Continue reading →

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Senator Al Franken draws a map of all 50 states from memory at state fair

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

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Bag of Randomness

Posted on 09 September 9, 2009 by Geeding

My cubemate walked into the office yesterday like it was just another day, then at noon he got a phone call from his family in India telling him his father died unexpectedly.  He hasn’t been back to India for quite … Continue reading →

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