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We Got (and Give) Beat

I found this in this month's issue of The Atlantic Monthly (subscriber link [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200609/primarysources]). It's highly interesting because it comes out at the same time as this story about music and sexual activity [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4909/]. The study mentioned

Snoop Dogg Teaches the Meaning of Respect

MTV has caused an uproar with a cartoon that shows Snoop Dogg [http://www.snoopdogg.com/default.aspx] leading two women around on a leash. ( NY Post Link [http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/mtv_snoop_poop_nationalnews_philip_recchia_____and_susannah_cahalan.htm] ). Excerpt: > "Seinfeld"'

Rockin' Religion

The new issue of The Atlantic Monthly arrived this week. I haven't had a lot of time to read it, but I saw the enjoyable Ross Douthat's name in the table of contents, so I flipped to page 40 [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200607/celebrity-conversions]

Good Modern Art

Modern Catholic art, by Daniel Mitsui [http://www.danielmitsui.com/]. Neat stuff.

Harris with Bush

So, Katherine Harris is running for the Republican Senate nomination in Florida and George and Jeb apparently aren't keen on the idea. I don't really understand it all (don't want to, for that matter), but I found this paragraph in a NYT story [http:

Elle

While heating up my lunch at the office, I flipped through Elle magazine (the secretaries keep it in the break room). I tried to find the table of contents, but discovered that it's buried: it comes after 37 pages of advertisements. It's probably common to fashion

Drought's a'Comin'

Invest in corn/wheat futures and Steinbecks: > Accu-Weather.com meteorologists have warned oceanic conditions similar to those that triggered the ruinous "Dust Bowl" drought again appear to be in place. Link [http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=58&ArticleID=17343&TM=

Porn Country

Just gotta get it, all the time, no matter where I am: > Computer scientists Maryan Kamvar and Shumeet Baluja analysed 1 million searches made usingÂ [Google's] mobile search software. They found that "adult" material constituted 20 per cent of the searches on cellphones, but only

Brokeback Muslims

> Sandi Dubowski, who won the Teddy gay and lesbian award in 2001 for his controversial doc "Trembling Before G-d," may cause an even bigger stir with "In the Name of Allah," which explores the struggles of homosexual Muslims.Gay Indian Muslim helmer Parvez Sharma is

Violent Crime Rises?

From this morning's NYT: [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/national/12homicide.html?ei=5090&en=cdb21ac7991f0c1b&ex=1297400400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all] > While violent crime has been at historic lows nationwide and in cities like New York, Miami