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Brigid

Brigid's Journal
Brigid's Journal
July 17, 2014

"Why are they going after Dillinger?"

"He didn't do anything my own bank hasn't already done to me or somebody I know." -- the gist of many LTTE in newspapers in cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis back in the '30's.

From "Crimewave: 18 Months of Mayhem" on H2, about the bank robbers of the '30's. Has a familiar ring to it.

July 15, 2014

George Clooney is cute in every movie.

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July 14, 2014

Does this '70's sitcom theme song have a familiar ring to it?

Listening to the lyrics, it seem to me we're dealing with the same issues now as we were 40 years ago.

July 13, 2014

This Gordon Lightfoot song is so good it deserves its own OP:

It never caught on beyond his fan base, but it's my all-time favorite of his:

July 13, 2014

Attention all Loungers . . .

Listen up, because The Master is in the house.

July 11, 2014

Who has seen "Men Who Stare at Goats?"

I picked up the DVD super cheap. Is it worth the time? It does have George Clooney in it, but then I'm a little at miffed him right now for getting married without me.

July 10, 2014

Anybody in the Indy area work out at Amazon Fulfillment?

What is it like there? Do they have part-time hours? Is there a shuttle bus out there ( I heard there was).

July 9, 2014

Update on Raju the Elephant:

Apparently he has a new girlfriend.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/raju-the-elephant-slave-meets-his-new-family-for-the-first-time/story-fnjwkt0b-1226983396082

I am so happy he will have a happy life, eating proper elephant food, getting his wounds treated, and hanging out with other elephants!

July 9, 2014

"How are you going to sell cars to all of these machines?"

-- Walter Reuther, president of the UAW, 1946-1970, in response to a "management person" at Ford, who some say was Henry Ford II, when the person asked how Reuther would collect union dues from all the machines on the factory floor.

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