Not a huge handful of rappers from the 80's have made graceful career exits. A few, of course, have the musical productivity and GNP of a small (african) nation. And then Coolio, well he has Cooking with Coolio.From this..."I'm tryin' to find a place where I can live my life andMaybe eat some steak with my beans and rice..."To this..."This here's a steak....

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One day I would love to have a nice plot of land where I can grow vegetables, live lightly, and raise a small herd of llamas. Unfeasible as that dream is at the moment, I have my local CSA to tide me over. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and basically means I pay some money to become a "shareholder" in a local...

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The other day we got this crazy looking contraption in our CSA box. A type of heirloom cauliflower - not an alien birthing pod - the romanesco is also the answer to the question of the secret of life apparently. Here is a nice article on the vector phenomenon of this delectable vegetable. I would suggest serving "level 1" formations to geeks with...

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The other day we got this crazy looking contraption in our CSA box. A type of heirloom cauliflower and not an alien birthing pod, the romanesco is also the answer to the question of the secret of life apparently. Here is a nice article on the vector phenomenon of this delectable vegetable. I would suggest serving "level 1" formations to geeks with an...

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200 Pounds Beauty (Kim Yong-hwa, 2006) Stolen Kisses (François Truffaut, 1968) Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989) Night Watch (Timur Bekmambetov, 2004) Feiern (Maja Classen, 2006) Fine, Totally Fine (Yosuke Fujita, 2007) 5 of 7 shorts from Genius Party (2007) - "Genius Party" (Atsuko Fukushima) - "Shanghai Dragon" (Shoji Kawamori) - "Doorbell" (Yoji Fukuyama) - "Happy Machine" (Masaaki Yuasa) - "Baby Blue" (Shinichiro Watanabe)...

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So, we finally bought a new vacuum cleaner to replace our beefy, retro upright from the 70's. The Hoover Windtunnel canister vac is mostly made of plastic, but has metal wands that extend easily as well as a reinforced hose. There's a 15" powered carpet head and a mini powered head that both do a pretty good job at edge grooming. The crevice...

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While The Complete Book of Sewing from DK has nice photo images, The Reader's Digest: New Complete Guide to Sewing has better step-by-step instructions for various tasks, like trimming a neckline with piping, and includes more decor sewing projects, such as a small quilt. I probably reference the Complete Guide to Sewing most often and would recommend buying the newest edition rather then...

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An informative web compendium of interviews, reviews, and author bios for weighty contemporary literature. "The Modern Word is a large network of literary sites dedicated to exploring twentieth century writers who have pushed the envelope of traditional narrative and structure. This includes many writers associated with Modernism, surrealism, “magical realism,” and postmodernism. Our mandate includes both writers who have experimented with prose styles...

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A collection of interesting shorts for designer and architects curated by Eames Demetrios and including some work by Charles Eames. A collection of interesting shorts for designer and architects curated by Eames Demetrios and including some work by Charles Eames. ...

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This late posting is what comes of not following Dears and Jrock Revolution as a daily sacrament... Gackt stars in Bunraku, a Hollywood film directed by Guy Moshe.Info is scant on the samurai spaghetti western, but IMDB says the film is in post production and is set to release in 2009. The cast includes Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore and Ron Perlman. Below is...

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Gackt's bishi bodhisattva warrior Vocaloid avatar.Gackpoid - limited edition Dear's Version ...

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From the Dust Returned: a Family Remembrance is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury written over the course of 50 plus years. Fleshed out and strung together in 2001, the resulting narrative is both Gothic and ghostly, the poetic style departing from Martian chronicle mode, but the spirit retaining a melancholy rumination on death and love that make the best Bradbury...

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"From the first, we just wanted to get out of this place. McMurdo has climate controlled facilities, its own radio station, a bowling alley. Abominations such as an aerobics studio and yoga classes. It even has an atm machine. For all these reasons I wanted to get out in the field as soon as possible." -- HerzogA film maker who likes to pit...

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