Archive | June 27, 2010

Capital Ring, done!

by on June 27, 2010 in Arts & Literature, Environment & Nature, World

So last weekend we finally finished the Capital Ring walk. This is a 75-mile walk around London, in fifteen separate walks, that takes you through a whole raft of neighborhoods, parks, and interesting sites around London. London is such a big city geographically that you tend to forget how large it actually is. But this […]

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More random World Cup musings

by on June 27, 2010 in Sports, World

First, England should have gotten that goal. Why the Uruguayan referee didn’t see it will be a subject of heated discussion in England for some time. Second, it wouldn’t have mattered, really. Germany just tore through England in the second half, and while there was the occasional moment of hope (Lampard’s shot bouncing off the […]

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ArtSunday: Let the musicians die

by on June 27, 2010 in American Culture, Arts & Literature, Health, Media & Entertainment, Music & Popular Culture, Politics, Law & Government, Religion

Every once in awhile I come across unrelated stories that somehow associate themselves in my mind. Take these, for instance: First, I hope you saw Lex’s tribute to Starchild (given name, Gary Shider), he of P-Funk fame. As Lex notes, Shider experienced problems where the cost of fighting the cancer that killed him was concerned. […]

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