Portland Press Herald: Maine picks laptops – but not Apples
An exclusive contract comes to an end as the governor and state education officials go with Hewlett-Packard.
What a Difference Having a Good Governor Makes to Maine
Go see Bob Mould while he is on tour with a band
If you live in Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego you would be nuts not to go see Bob Mould while he is on tour with a band (those are the remaining dates).
He is traveling with Jason Narducy (ex Verbow) on Bass and John Wurster (ex Superchunk) on Drums.
I experienced an excellent show last week in Boston, at the Paradise.
Tour dates here: http://granarymusic.com/tour/dates/ or here: http://bobmould.com/shows
A little video taste of the show is here:
and a photo here:
Finally, a kosher restaurant in Portland Maine
On Sunday, Feb. 8 (Tu Bishvat) the Little Lad’s Restaurant on 489 Congress St. Portland, ME is offering a free waffle breakfast to the entire Jewish community in honor of their becoming a kosher restaurant.
Wonderful sarcasm disguised as an article about absinthe
The New York Times: The Diluted Mystery of Absinthe starts out with a headline of “Care for an Absinthe? Ptooey!” which made me giggle. But the best stuff I must quote:
If absinthe were a band, it would be Interpol, third-hand piffle masquerading as transgressive pop culture. If absinthe were sneakers, it would be a pair of laceless Chuck Taylors designed by John Varvatos for Converse. If it were facial hair, it would be the soul patch. If absinthe were a finish on kitchen and bath fixtures, it would be brushed nickel.
and then later on:
You could say that absinthe is a kindred spirit of so many falsely subversive things: ear piercing for men, tattoos on women, those cigar bars, pole-dancing-aerobics classes, mind erasers, blogging about one’s bikini grooming, naming one’s bong after a cartoon character.
and tops it off with:
“It was lots of people who knew each other through the online absinthe community,” he added. (Like Chuck Norris ephemera and role-play games, absinthe has a big Internet presence.)…”
I hope it wasn’t just me who was ROTFL
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