“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.” — Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King is dead. A woman of grace and strength and courage and dignity is gone. Equality. Human Rights. Non-violence. Peace. She worked hard to keep these ideas out front and center as solid goals for our country. She fought alongside many others for a national holiday in honor of her husband’s birthday. She opened the…
Is anyone wondering how I decided on the name “VirusHead” (and domain virushead.net)? It’s a variation on theoryhead. “Theoryheads” immerse themselves in the study of theory – media and popular culture studies, postmodern philosophy, literary theory, and so on. The first time I heard the word was in the 80’s. This was in the context of postmodern philosophy generally, and especially through the lenses of Derrida and Foucault. In the humanities, one extreme was captured by the idea of the…
Our son had a sleepover in the neighborhood, and we actually went out and about. We drove over to Wahoo, near where I used to live in Decatur, but by the time we got there it was an hour’s wait to be served. So we ended up at Cafe Lily, where I had a giant delicious crabcake with avacado and orange and melt-in-your mouth lamp pinchitos with haricort vert (those wee green beans) and Japanese sweet white potatos. The Monterey…
Reads: AlterNet: The 14 Worst Corporate Evildoers Big Brother Bush By Molly Ivins Presidents all the same when scandal strikes by Bob Barr It Has Happened Here: The growth of executive power in this country has some disturbing precedents by Alan Bisbort Top 12 media myths and falsehoods on the Bush administration’s spying scandal White Phosphorous: The U.S. Used It; The U.S. Says It’s Illegal The Exotic Adventures of Neil Bush by Bill Berkowitz Friends Roundup: Etherealgirl's Adventures in Cyberland…
Season’s greetings to all, whatever you celebrate (and even if you don’t celebrate anything)! We’re celebrating Christmas and Yule – but I think we’ll skip Saturnalia this year. A gift for you: If you pick it up, please upload/download to your own server. No hotlinking. Come and visit my Christmas/Yule page. There is a special section on mistletoe!
Yummy! 50 Best Restaurants in the World 2005 1. The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire, Britain 2. El Bulli, Montjoi, Spain 3. French Laundry, California 4. Tetsuya’s, Sydney, Australia 5. Gordon Ramsay, London, Britain 6. Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France 7. Per Se, New York, New York 8. Tom Aikens, London, Britain 9. Jean Georges, New York, New York 10. St John, London, Britain 11. Michel Bras, Laguiole, France 12. Louis XV, Monaco 13. Chez Panisse, California 14. Charlie Trotter, Chicago, Illinois…