Browsing archives for November 14th, 2008

Friday Night Fluff: Teen Witch

Fluff Stuff, Friday Night Fluff 14 November 2008 | 3 Comments

I loved the movie Teen Witch- about a nerdy teen girl who discovers she has magical powers with the help of the freaky lady from Poltergeist*- when I was a kid. Robyn Lively (much older sister of Gossip Girl’s Blake) was so pretty and there were many song and dance numbers. Rewatching the film as [...]

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The Tech of the Beast

Religion, Society & World 14 November 2008 | 5 Comments

I worked in a retail pharmacy for three years- the sort that shares a store with cosmetics and photography departments and aisles of random objects that probably don’t belong under the same roof. One of the front end cashiers was a really sweet woman who was very, very Pentecostal. Which was her business and all [...]

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Poor Media, Starved For Gossip

News, Obama Admin, Politics 14 November 2008 | 1 Comment

If you’re like me (and God help you if you are), you’ve been wondering why the Obama camp, so disciplined and tight-lipped before the election, now seems to be leakier than a sieve made of Kleenex. First there was the leak of Emanuel’s CoS appointment not only before the guy’d even made up his mind but [...]

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Iran To Obama: “Wait, What?”

News, Obama Admin, Politics 14 November 2008 | 0 Comments

The “naive beginner” in international relations may have proven himself more clever than others thought, as Iran is now backing off of their own “open to negotiations without preconditions” stance. Via WaPo:
“People who put on a mask of friendship, but with the objective of betrayal, and who enter from the angle of negotiations without preconditions, [...]

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Indie Retailer of the Day Revisited: Jennifer Squires Photography

Art, Indie Retailers 14 November 2008 | 4 Comments

Jennifer Squires Photography 
Last featured: April 24, 2008 
I initially featured Jennifer Squires’ photography because I was attracted to the stark simplicity of many of her images. This feeling carries on to her latest work, where she also manages to make me insanely envious of her travels through Greece. I wanna travel ::pout:: Ignore my tantrum and enjoy [...]

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