"Nostalgia is basically depression." -Abby Hoffman

Report: Favre has "itch to play again"

Seeded on Wed Jul 2, 2008 6:50 PM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

ESPN reported this afternoon that retired Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre is interested in making a comeback, and has communicated that interest with the team.

nfl, football, sports, packers, wisconsin, green-bay, brett-favre, retirement

Book details Midwest flight that nearly collided with 9/11 jet

Seeded on Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:52 AM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Midwest Airlines pilot Gerald Earwood was flying about 100 miles west of New York when he first noticed what seemed like wisps of smoke coming off the World Trade Center

new-york, united-airlines, collision, world-trade-center, wtc, us-news, 9-11, midwest-airlines

Theatre de la Jeune Lune closing its doors

Seeded on Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:50 AM EDT (jeunelune.org)

The Board of Directors of the Twin Cites-based Theatre de la Jeune Lune voted this week to list the theatre's headquarters for sale and to shut down the arts group as currently organized.

closing, minnesota, performing-arts, arts, theatre, minneapolis, theatre-de-la-jeune-lune

Apple - Mac OS X Leopard - Snow Leopard

Seeded on Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:32 PM EDT (Apple)

Since 2001, Mac OS X has delivered more than a thousand innovative new features. With Snow Leopard, the next major version of the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X changes more than its spots, it changes focus.

technology, apple, mac, osx, snow-leopard

iPhone 3G Pricing and Activation Details: $30 Unlimited Data, Activated In Store Only

Seeded on Mon Jun 9, 2008 10:41 PM EDT (Gizmodo)

We just talked to AT&T's President of National Distribution Glenn Lurie, who gave us all the pricing and activation details for the iPhone 3G, which won't be getting special treatment anymore.

technology, apple, att, 3g, iphone

TBS and their annoying interstitial commercials

Seeded on Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:47 PM EDT (kottke.org)

See what they did there? They paused the TV show, ran a little mini-commercial for some show that no one cares about, and then returned to the last two seconds of the segment before going to commercial.

entertainment, annoying, advertising, time-warner, video, tbs, dvr, commercials, old-media, interstitial

Police, Chuck E. Cheese officials to meet

Seeded on Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:27 PM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

The Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in the Town of Brookfield is being asked to reign in unruly parents or town officials will revoke the liquor license held by the children's party palace, town officials said.

police, wisconsin, fighting, odd-news, parents, milwaukee, chuck-e-cheese

GM Closing Janesville plant by 2010

Seeded on Tue Jun 3, 2008 9:47 AM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

General Motors Corp. will close its Janesville sport utility vehicle plant by 2010, the Detroit-based automaker announced today.

closing, gm, wisconsin, general-motors, trucks, us-news, suvs, janesville

Alcohol use forces UW-W action- suspends fraternity for three years

Seeded on Fri May 23, 2008 10:14 AM EDT (theweekextra.com)

UW-Whitewater has suspended the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity for three years after an investigation showed the organization engaged in underage drinking and hazing, university officials said.

suspended, wisconsin, university, fraternity, hazing, us-news, alcohol, underage-drinking, whitewater, uww

Nine Inch Nails offer free album

Seeded on Mon May 5, 2008 1:36 PM EDT (BBC News)

US rock band the Nine Inch Nails are giving away a second new album online, just two months after the first.

entertainment, music, download, nine-inch-nails, trent-reznor, the-slip

John Ashcroft Yelled at Me Tonight. No Joke.

Seeded on Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:40 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

Earlier today, I promised you Kossacks an eyewitness account of John Ashcroft's speech on "Leadership in Troubled Times" at Knox College this evening, which I just got back from attending.

iraq, politics, torture, john-ashcroft, geneva-convention, knox-college, waterboarding

Favre's jersey to be retired at opener

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:48 PM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

The Green Bay Packers announced today they will retire Brett Favre's No. 4 at the team's season opener against the Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 8.

football, sports, green-bay-packers, brett-favre, retire

NYTW answer to budget issues: Fire the people who make their productions

Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:02 AM EDT

New York Theatre Workshop has fired their entire production staff, effective 30 May, 2008.

Continue reading this entry ...

fired, arts, theatre, new-york-theatre-workshop, production-staff

Pilot grounded for barrel roll at Fenway

Seeded on Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:33 PM EDT (airforcetimes.com)

Fans at Fenway Park on Tuesday were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime performance when an F-16 flyover took an unplanned twist.

air-force, red-sox, baseball, grounded, boston, pilot, fenway-park, us-news, f-16, flyover

"Chicken Dance" writer dies

Seeded on Wed Apr 9, 2008 7:21 PM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Bob Kames, Milwaukee's own music man, died of prostate cancer today, according to his family. Kames popularized an old-world tune called "Dance Little Bird" - better known as "The Chicken Dance."

odd-news, wedding, milwaukee, chicken-dance, bob-kames, robert-kujawa

Security Guard fired for stopping teenager stealing alcohol

Seeded on Mon Apr 7, 2008 1:13 PM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Dean Babcock spent almost 30 years as a cop in Delavan, so he's seen the aftermath of drunken-driving accidents. Knows, too, how much trouble underage kids can get into and how much pain they can cause after getting their hands on a bottle of rum or tequila.

teenagers, target, wisconsin, drinking, us-news, rum, tequila, shoplifting

Atheist father sues to keep son out of KY Catholic High School

Seeded on Sun Apr 6, 2008 11:52 AM EDT (The Louisville Courier-Journal)

As a practicing Catholic whose eighth-grade son, Michael, has always attended parochial schools, Susan Bisig says it would be best for him to attend St. Xavier High School. The 144-year-old Catholic secondary school also happens to be Michael's first choice.

kentucky, us-news, high-school, atheism

Buy a Home, Be a Life Insurance Beneficiary

Seeded on Fri Apr 4, 2008 1:14 PM EDT (wcco.com)

Bob Fanning is betting someone takes him up on a package deal: buy his western Wisconsin home for $498,900 and also become beneficiary of a 10-year, $500,000 life insurance policy.

real-estate, wisconsin, life-insurance, odd-news, sales-tactics

Official Google Docs Blog: Bringing the cloud with you

Seeded on Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:04 PM EDT (googledocs.blogspot.com)

We know that many of you have been waiting for offline access to Google Docs, and I'm happy to tell you we'll be rolling it out over the next few weeks, starting today with a small percentage of users.

google, technology, word-processing, offline, google-docs, google-gears, cloud-computing

Packers Retiring Favre's Number in 2008

Seeded on Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:25 PM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Mark Murphy, president and ceo of the Green Bay Packers, said Wednesday that the Packers plan on retiring Brett Favre's number sometime this coming season

football, sports, packers, 4, green-bay, brett-favre, retire

Mastodon skeleton awaits sale in garage

Seeded on Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:29 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

California resident Nancy Fiddler has put for sale on eBay a mastodon skeleton that takes up most of her garage. The minimum bid -- $115,000.

ebay, california, odd-news, skeleton, garage-sale, mastodon

Great Circus Parade to return to Milwaukee in 2009

Seeded on Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:26 PM EDT (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

The Great Circus Parade will return to downtown Milwaukee on July 12, 2009, with a full lineup of clowns, bands and horse-drawn wagons.

wisconsin, parade, us-news, milwaukee, circus, clowns, circus-museum, baraboo

McCartney cashes in on Beatles' catalog

Seeded on Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:28 AM EDT (United Press International)

British singer Paul McCartney has reached a $400 million agreement with iTunes for the distribution of the Beatles' back catalog.

entertainment, music, paul-mccartney, itunes, beatles, back-catalog

Reading Steve Jobs

Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 3:00 PM EST (The New York Times)

At Macworld Mr. Jobs told me he was skeptical about the Amazon Kindle book reader because most Americans don't read. That touched off a firestorm of criticism and speculation. My favorite bit of analysis was that this must mean he is readying his own book reader.

technology, books, amazon, apple, ipod, reading, itunes, steve-jobs, ebooks, iphone

In '08 Politics, Rhode Island Defies Its Size

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:26 PM EST (The New York Times)

For the first time anyone can remember, a state with with only 665,000 voters is relishing its role in the presidential primary cycle. The state, with only 665,000 eligible voters, has seen astonishing surges in both voter registration and grass-roots political activity.

election, politics, rhode-island, presidential, barack-obama, democrat, hillary-clinton

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