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September 28, 2008
Paul Newman, RIP
Not a great fan, but always found him likeable. (For the MENA-oriented, he might be especially loved or reviled given his role as The Man Who Made Israel Sexy, leaving the gals sighin' for Zion.) And funny, he didn't look Slovak. Legends have come and gone recently. I am glad though that Newman will probably get the tribute he well deserves, and not the unjust passing mentions another recently-passed legendary influence on modern culture received.
Posted by Matthew Hogan at 12:11 AM
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September 24, 2008
Astronomers detect God (or could it be Satan?)
Sonya: “But if there is no God, then life has no meaning. Why go on living? Why not just commit suicide?”
Boris: “Well, let’s not get hysterical. I could be wrong. I’d hate to blow my brains out and then read in the papers they found something {gesturing skyward} .”
-- Love and Death (Woody Allen)
Posted by Matthew Hogan at 12:36 PM
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September 19, 2008
Norman Whitfield, RIP
Entirely too brief attention to the loss of someone who belongs up there with Lennon-McCartney; Brian Wilson; Rodgers and Hammerstein; Jagger-Richards as a creator/producer of songs that seemed timeless and classic when they were fresh and new. I Heard It Through the Grapevine; War (what is it good for?); Smilin' Faces; Just My Imagination (Runnin' Away with Me); Ain't Too Proud to Beg; even Car Wash. To name but a few. Sad. Very sad. Hard to beat something like this; I do believe that's the man himself being portrayed behind the studio glass at the start of the video.
Posted by Matthew Hogan at 01:15 AM
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September 14, 2008
Cool: A Real War for Oil
Just when you thought it was a tired lefty slogan (it is), someone comes out and does it.
Posted by Matthew Hogan at 01:54 PM
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September 10, 2008
September 11, 2001 and me
Abusing my journal privileges, I add below a story I sent off in a rambling hurry to a now-defunct internet news service right after the 9/11/2001 events happened. I add new stuff in { }'s to clarify and clean up some text and background. Some good guesses, some less so. People got mad that I warned against calling the attackers cowards, something I still regard as a no-brainer. But it's easier for me, as I don't assume all courage, or even non-cowardice, is intrinsically admirable.
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Posted by Matthew Hogan at 10:38 PM
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