Bacon that Glows in the Dark
Germans like the manly sport of wild boar hunting, but they may have to pass on the pig roast. In fact, they may have to build more toxic waste dumps, because the radiation released in the Chernobyl disaster is working its way up the food chain… Via RawStory, here is news from Der Speigel. Many [...]
From The Hot Club
One of the best urban sunsets is from The Hot Club. Traffic was light today and the humidity has let up– I’ll live. Three of the suspected home invaders on Federal Hill were quickly caught. Let’s hope they catch the fourth. Good thing. It’s surprising how many people leave doors unlocked and it’s sad that [...]
Farmer’s Market Update — Fish, Compost, and Poetry
From Democratic candidate for Cranston City Council Steve Stycos: FISH AT THE MARKET Sam Grimley, a masters student in Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island, will be at the market Saturday to conduct research on consumer preferences for local seafood in Rhode Island. He is working with the Sustainable Seafood Initiative and Rhode [...]
Don’t Persecute Fashion Victims
They are suffering enough. Common Dreams reports that a judge threw out a charge against a man wearing droopy pants. I would not admit to being with a guy who was nearly thrown out of the Met Cafe by Sen. Josh Miller for letting his pants droop before it became fashionable and legally defensible. That’s [...]
Studying Harvey Pekar
Via Buzzflash here’s a link to The Rag Blog where Rhode Island’s own Professor Paul Buhle reviews the life and work of Harvey Pekar as compared to Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs. Tuli Kupferberg lived long enough to make the scene with the Beatniks and with YouTube, which I would call an illustrious career. If [...]
Downtown Diary– Cumberland
Cumberland is a remote, largely unexplored territory, at least by me, but it was actually settled a while ago. There are so many fascinating historic buildings along Mendon road that I wish people would drive a little slower. Here’s one of them, St. Joseph Church. There are blocks of beautiful brick mill workers houses that [...]
Anne Rice– Apostate
According to the Huffington Post, vampire novelist and Christian convert Anne Rice has left the flock. She still believes in Christ– it’s the Christians that get on her nerves. Maybe she was afraid that she would spend eternity in the heavenly choir with Pat Robertson on her left hand and Beverly La Haye on her [...]
Loved and Missed
A candlelight service was held last night at the State House for Dave St. Germain. It was the right place, Dave was such a presence there. It was a warm night with a gentle breeze, unlike the many bitter winter days we gathered for the causes that Dave devoted his life to. His brother-in-law spoke [...]
Dave St. Germain
I can’t believe he’s gone. He was only 43, he seemed so on top of things. Dave was a friend, he helped configure my computer. He talked a group of us at First Unitarian into cooking a hot meal for the homeless men living at Harrington Hall. He had a room at Crossroads for himself, [...]
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