Author Archives: bturnip

Flickr: Photos from bturnip

I recently took my digital camera and snapped some pictures of the flowers that are blooming in the yard. Snapped here being a stretch, though my digital camera does make a “chick-chick” sound like a shutter snapping. Rather than upload … Continue reading

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War of the Worlds

A gorgeous comic available in installments at an Internet near you… Continue reading

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Flash that doesn’t suck

Interesting art, and fun site to play with: hello Got the scoop from Boing-Boing. Of course.

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Detroit Pistons blow a big one

Bill Simmons says all that needs to be said about Game 5 in [ESPN’s page 2] editorial: (That reminds me. We’re always too quick to demolish athletes who make dumb plays or screw up at the worst possible times, from … Continue reading

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puzzles and games

the best are both maddening and addicting Continue reading

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Drinks on the house

Vonnegut and Busch Continue reading

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neat google tricks

This may be old news, but I’m not above that… Continue reading

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6 degrees of Dustin Hoffman

A month ago, had I been asked to name some Dustin Hoffman films, I would have spit out “Tootsie”, “Rain Man”, maybe “The Graduate”. All older classic films. By what I first thought was sheer coincidence, within the span of … Continue reading

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Robin’s Nest

A robin family has a nest in one of the hanging baskets on my front porch… Continue reading

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quintesential rock-n-roll songs

the “rockin-rollin-est” songs I can think of… Continue reading

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