Author: swanksalot

• Radio Host Hal Turner Convicted of Threatening Judges – http://nyti.ms/bn8jW9 #
• U.S. Judge Rules Congress May Withhold Money From Acorn – http://nyti.ms/cJtAeB #
• Past Errors to Blame for Russia’s Peat Fires – http://nyti.ms/c9b4s5 #
• Speaking of The Wire: Judges Divided Over Rising GPS Surveillance http://nyti.ms/bXrIE4 #
• Bob Herbert: Fire and Imagination http://nyti.ms/cexnHB #
• Chicago mail just informed me all my mail is going to be returned b/c my name isn’t on my mailbox. Only lived here 10 years without incident #
• USPS in Chicago is still the worst in the nation, by far. #
• Unexpected Chicagoland by Camilo Jose Vergara: New Press, The (2002), Hardcover, 208 pages http://bit.ly/aWSJPx #
• Nelsons. Column http://flic.kr/p/8scbPt #
• London Eye http://flic.kr/p/8sfgFC #
• Fountain, Trafalgar Square http://flic.kr/p/8sffJN #
• Mick Jagger’s drawl singing “Leaning on Nelson’s Column” cracks me up every time (from Cocksucker Blues) #
• Michael Jackson’s Irish hideaway http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/aug/15/michael-jackson-ireland-secret-retreat #
• A Battle in Mining Country Pits Coal Against Wind http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=02fa049d1eb26ed65bff73c78f1b8f38 #
• Working Boys: 1910 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shorpy/~3/BvPp1qaM68Q/8719 #
• Chicago River? Nature Preserve? An Alderman Presses the Affirmative http://tinyurl.com/2bshdmt #
• Innovacion Malbec Tempranillo http://flic.kr/p/8smptm #
• Schlitz on Tap – Bucktown http://flic.kr/p/8smAAC #
• Try Harder. Can’t hurt http://flic.kr/p/8six7r #
• Netflix has sent me: Silas Marner: Shipped on 08/14/10.
  Reclusive and misanthropic after being falsely accused of … http://bit.ly/bNQUg3 #
• Netflix has sent me: Fishing with John: Shipped on 08/14/10.
  Actor-musician John Lurie hosts a fishing trip around… http://bit.ly/byCNeU #

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• Radio Host Hal Turner Convicted of Threatening Judges – http://nyti.ms/bn8jW9 #
• U.S. Judge Rules Congress May Withhold Money From Acorn – http://nyti.ms/cJtAeB #
• Past Errors to Blame for Russia’s Peat Fires – http://nyti.ms/c9b4s5 #
• Speaking of The Wire: Judges Divided Over Rising GPS Surveillance http://nyti.ms/bXrIE4 #
• Bob Herbert: Fire and Imagination http://nyti.ms/cexnHB #
• Chicago mail just informed me all my mail is going to be returned b/c my name isn't on my mailbox. Only lived here 10 years without incident #
• USPS in Chicago is still the worst in the nation, by far. #
• Unexpected Chicagoland by Camilo Jose Vergara: New Press, The (2002), Hardcover, 208 pages http://bit.ly/aWSJPx #
• Nelsons. Column http://flic.kr/p/8scbPt #
• London Eye http://flic.kr/p/8sfgFC #
• Fountain, Trafalgar Square http://flic.kr/p/8sffJN #
• Mick Jagger's drawl singing "Leaning on Nelson's Column" cracks me up every time (from Cocksucker Blues) #
• Michael Jackson's Irish hideaway http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/aug/15/michael-jackson-ireland-secret-retreat #
• A Battle in Mining Country Pits Coal Against Wind http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=02fa049d1eb26ed65bff73c78f1b8f38 #
• Working Boys: 1910 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shorpy/~3/BvPp1qaM68Q/8719 #
• Chicago River? Nature Preserve? An Alderman Presses the Affirmative http://tinyurl.com/2bshdmt #
• Innovacion Malbec Tempranillo http://flic.kr/p/8smptm #
• Schlitz on Tap – Bucktown http://flic.kr/p/8smAAC #
• Try Harder. Can’t hurt http://flic.kr/p/8six7r #
• Netflix has sent me: Silas Marner: Shipped on 08/14/10.
  Reclusive and misanthropic after being falsely accused of … http://bit.ly/bNQUg3 #
• Netflix has sent me: Fishing with John: Shipped on 08/14/10.
  Actor-musician John Lurie hosts a fishing trip around… http://bit.ly/byCNeU #

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• Harvey Araton’s essay re: Scottie Pippen to Be Inducted Into Hall of Fame – http://nyti.ms/9OJIzj #
• Ryan is nearly amusingly hackneyed RT @pantagrapher: Fun With Paul Ryan and the Washington Post http://t.co/kDV1VE7 #
• London Bus to Trafalgar Square. Had to take a few “touristy” photos, right? http://flic.kr/p/8rYdEo #
• braving the heat to meet some Flickreenos/Tweeps at Crêpes Cafe (Van Buren and Clark). Join us? http://bit.ly/d6xeJH #
• Rooftop Sailing Ship http://flic.kr/p/8rVFDg #
• The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) by Scott Kelby: New Riders Press (201… http://bit.ly/aJCymQ #
• frack me is it hot outside. #
• Fables of the Reconstruction continues to hold a special place in my musical memory. But is the box set worth it? #
• Forceful Conduct: The Anthony Graber Case http://is.gd/egsrc #
• Dr Laura Schlessinger's racist 'N-word' outburst | Richard Adams http://is.gd/egsxW #
• I'm ready for a snow storm, actually, even a blizzard. Moved away from Texas b/c I can't stand this kind of heat #
• Newspapers, Chinatown http://flic.kr/p/8s1zHi #
• Shame on Canada http://flic.kr/p/8s1zCr #
• Message in a Bottle, Trafalgar Square, London http://flic.kr/p/8s1KhV #
• "11 Haymarket" http://bit.ly/cj5osF #
• "Hal Turner GUILTY: Blogger Convicted After Threatening Judges Over Chicago Gun Ban" http://huff.to/dw27bF #
• hope everyone is ok: Major 7.2 magnitude quake west of Guam http://is.gd/egFhi #fb #
• Why Cable News Never Punishes Liars: "Crime expert" Wendy Murphy routinely makes up facts and figures, without con… http://bit.ly/9WkceV #
• Service is our middle name http://flic.kr/p/8s2b4T #
• Another film crew setting up on Jefferson and Randolph http://flic.kr/p/8s5f9Y #
• President Obama defends religious freedom for all, including right to build "Ground Zero Mosque" http://tinyurl.com/2dhc5w9 #
• Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Pure Theft: The Reagan Revolution is stealing our future:a wealthy few are taking all of… http://bit.ly/aWEH1O #
• The Real Reason for Ousting H.P.’s Chief – http://nyti.ms/9f6Rvd #

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• 11 Haymarket http://flic.kr/p/8rFUYC #
• Her Majesty's Theatre http://flic.kr/p/8rFW4w #
• Cash For Your Warhol, Piccadilly Circus somewhere, London http://flic.kr/p/8rCPPk #
• How propagandists function: Exhibit A http://shar.es/00vEl #
• How To Handle Foreigners http://tinyurl.com/285qt8c #
• wow, New Yorker piece on John Lurie (Lounge Lizards, Jarmusch films, painter) is just weird. Subscriber only link: http://bit.ly/bGUeBB #
• …abstract of Tad Friend's odd John Lurie article: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/16/100816fa_fact_friend #
• A sudden death (a friend's brother, in this instance) puts everything in perspective, doesn't it? Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero #
• 8,000 People? E.P.A. Defers Hearing on Fracking – Green Blog – http://nyti.ms/cDQ7cp #
• Frank O'Hara and The Personism moment http://is.gd/eeZOR #fb #
• would there be a breathless story about another CEO who didn't have a license plate on his SL55? or just Steve Jobs? #
• Betty Boop 1933 with Cab Calloway and orchestra "Snow-White" http://t.co/b7ceI36 via @youtube #
• Stephon Marbury Courts Hoops Fans in China: Not only is former NBA star Stephon Marbury staying on with his new ba… http://bit.ly/a2uQVx #
• "Don't click on the 1st link unless you want to see a picture of genital herpes that someone put in place of Dr Schlessinger's face" #
• …but I was too late http://www.metafilter.com/94700/Dr-Lauras-NWord-Rant #
• Despite Costs, ‘Clean Coal’ Remains Obama Priority – Dot Earth Blog -why? http://goo.gl/Px9E #
• 002- Silas Marner: Reclusive and misanthropic after being falsely accused of a crime he didn't commit, Silas Marne… http://bit.ly/bNQUg3 #
• 001- Fishing with John: Actor-musician John Lurie hosts a fishing trip around the world with celebrity boatmates -… http://bit.ly/byCNeU #
• Netflix has sent me: Lawrence of Arabia: Shipped on 08/12/10.
  Director David Lean's Oscar-winning epic tells the tr… http://bit.ly/w57I9 #

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• Street Art in Piccadilly http://flic.kr/p/8rqyes #
• Morning Smoke, Soho, London http://flic.kr/p/8rnrLP #
• coffee – zero, jet lag – 234, and counting. One sided victory romp, with my brain as playing field.
  #fb #
• Fixin A Hole on top of the Soho Hotel http://flic.kr/p/8rs5Dq #
• Richmonds Buildings – Built in 1732, rebuilt in 1916, Soho, London http://flic.kr/p/8rs5ZC #
• Oriental Delight – London http://flic.kr/p/8rsw5N #
• Consumer's Pride, Chinatown, London somwhere
  http://flic.kr/p/8rsxrS #
• Hotshots (Pool hall in London, but reminds me of Season 2 of The Wire) http://flic.kr/p/8rt2nA #
• don't have much to say about Dan Rostenkowski either #
• Yup RT @Foodimentary "I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up…that's as good as they're going to feel all day"~Sinatra #
• My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Jam (104), Joel Plaskett (21) and Professor Longhair (19) #music http://bit.ly/bb69Xx #
• Video: A bizarre psychedelic love letter to cartoons http://tinyurl.com/34bq4oz #
• Gulf scientist: Justice Department is gagging me from studying oil spill http://tinyurl.com/32e7gnp #
• Mayer Rexall Drugs ~ Kenosha, WI http://tinyurl.com/2bpvmfg #
• jeez, the iOS 4.02 update is nearly 600 MB. What happened to targeted updates (or am I just technologically illiterate – don't answer) #
• I haven't used my Apple TV in a while (trouble syncing), but did it have 1080p playback? Didn't think it did. http://bit.ly/akcNYH #
• Digby: Your Daily Grayson http://is.gd/edy74 #
• Sir Joshua Reynolds with a Pigeon Hat, Leicester Square, London http://flic.kr/p/8ruRv6 #
• There Is No Darkness But Ignorance, Leicester Square, London http://flic.kr/p/8ruRrp #
• sampling my homemade flavored vodka, delicious -didn't make the (Russian) vodka, just added black currant tea and steeped for a bit #
• Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll http://is.gd/edAG3 a Syd Barrett related anecdote #
• Barclays Bicycle Hire, Leicester Square somewhere, London http://flic.kr/p/8rvAPp #
• In London, the World’s New Most Expensive Home: A six-bedroom penthouse at London’s tony One Hyde Park commanded £… http://bit.ly/bXiTA8 #
• Police Confiscate $100k in Cash for Smelling Like Pot: New Jersey Police hard at work, stealing money. A search of… http://bit.ly/aKWZNW #
• New Find Pushes Age of Stone Tools Back A Million Years http://tinyurl.com/28pdkou #
• The Good News About Old Age (For Drunks) http://tinyurl.com/35rdcq4 #
• Safari extensions highlight: A good-looking Google Reader http://tinyurl.com/323twwl #
• Oldest known version of ballad of Molly Malone finds new home http://tinyurl.com/35n2vl5 #

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• jeez, what happened at Avec? #
• a well-known American film actor was staying next door at our London hotel ( in town for a play) – had a (paid) lady friend visiting #
• didn't get a chance to talk, but certainly recognized the voice #
• Garlic and Shots, Frist Street, Soho http://flic.kr/p/8r5CtF #
• William Hazlitt Died Here 1830, on Frith Street
  http://flic.kr/p/8r8KcG #
• Whisky Specialists and Gay Hussar, Greek Street http://flic.kr/p/8r5Crn #
• Pillars of Hercules, Greek Street http://flic.kr/p/8r5Cqa #
• Legal Tender http://flic.kr/p/8r8ULA #
• Number eight http://flic.kr/p/8r5NBp #
• Las Iguanas, SoHo http://flic.kr/p/8r5YFg #
• A Moroccan restaurant interior http://flic.kr/p/8r97qA #
• Rainy Streets of London http://flic.kr/p/8r5WoT #
• Cous Cous Darna wine list http://flic.kr/p/8r9iij #
• Our table at Cous Cous Darna http://flic.kr/p/8r9izf #
• Wow RT @rachelleb: See who Google knows in your social network (Must be logged into iGoogle) http://bit.ly/adHbI5 #
• If I printed my Google known social circle, it would be 125 pages. Jeez. http://www.google.com/s2/u/0/search/social#socialcircle #
• Touareg Lounge – TRI-X 400 http://flic.kr/p/8r71Zi #
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lived Here 1764 (180 Ebury St, Belgravia, London) http://flic.kr/p/8r71EP #
• wish I had Googled the London blue plaques before I left: some good ones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_blue_plaques #
• Ronnie Scott's http://flic.kr/p/8ra8qm #
• Creative Review – Wardour Street http://flic.kr/p/8rakQu #
• SoHo Hotel http://flic.kr/p/8rakNJ #
• Richmond Mews, Soho http://flic.kr/p/8rakMh #
• Ronnie James Dio singing about the Tea Party: "If you listen to fools…" #
• couple of fire trucks have stopped to take photos of Avec. Kind of weird that someone died right across the street while I was gone #
• Rainbow over Soho http://flic.kr/p/8r9AGT #
• Mural on Broadwick Street (a horribly exposed photo of, that is) http://flic.kr/p/8rcHxJ #
• Broadwick Silks – Afga APX 100 http://flic.kr/p/8rcHv5 #
• http://flic.kr/p/8rcHv5 …usually spelled "Agfa", but I have jet-laggged fingers #
• Michael Tomasky on why Newt Gingrich is a sociopath http://tinyurl.com/24gcbol #
• The real scandal of Michelle Obama's Spanish vacation http://tinyurl.com/2cdvhmp #
• R.I.P. Funk Guitarist Phelps "Catfish" Collins http://tinyurl.com/2749xpb #
• Front Roof of Avec http://flic.kr/p/8rbEha #
• Roof of Avec, Not much visible damage, at least from this angle http://flic.kr/p/8reLT9 #
• Firefighters at Avec paying their respects at the place where Christopher Wheatley was killed in the line of duty.
  http://flic.kr/p/8reDaf #
• Impromptu Christopher Wheatley memorial at Avec http://flic.kr/p/8rbwre #
• Chicago Fire Department Members at Avec http://flic.kr/p/8rbwpB #
• Photo: Good times bad times http://tumblr.com/xb9ffkawk #
• Good Times, Bad Times http://flic.kr/p/8rfhx9 #
• I have nothing good to say about former Senator Ted Stevens, so… #
• Nobu London Black Cod with Miso http://flic.kr/p/8rehVH #
• If You are Going to Ride On White Horse Street http://flic.kr/p/8rhArU #
• Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading http://flic.kr/p/8retdp #
• bummer, Virgin Atlantic was awesomely pleasant RT @CrainsChicago: Virgin America gives up on flying from Chicago http://bit.ly/duvjbm #
• stupid Flash, just want to watch this '07 Mossberg interview of Steve Jobs / Bill Gates, have crashed 4 times so far (every 20 mins or so) #

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