Monthly Archives: December 2008

Country Joe

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 30, 2008

Forty years… oh how the time does fly. For No Reason He wants to write words down On pieces of paper Recording them now And recalling them later. It remains a mystery The pages of history Outlasted the passing Of things that were dear to me. Those wonderful children With bright shining faces They waltzed [...]

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Obama disappoints

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 28, 2008

You can please some of the people all of the time, You can please all of the people some of the time, and sometimes you just fall through your ass. Of course I’m disappointed that Barack has chosen Rick Warren to participate in the inaugural ceremonies in January. I’d prefer it if he would dispense [...]

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Reboot America

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 27, 2008

America needs more than a reboot. We need some snazzy new peripherals–new energy generation and distribution system, new mass transit system, new telecom infrastructure, massive clean-up and realignment of wealth–it’s time to tear down the blue drapes that have given our statue of Justice a false aura of modesty and put the old girl to [...]

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And I want an 8-foot-tall statue of Elvis

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 26, 2008

Ben’s latest Wired article here: http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/17-01/ff_ice_king

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John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 14, 2008

Bottleneck Bonnie…

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Lessig leaves Stanford for Harvard

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 12, 2008

It’s all explained here. He’s taken an appointment at Harvard Law School and accepted the Directorship of Harvard’s Safra Center. Timely. We have to start somewhere building ethics back into our cultural framework. Why not start now, as the economy is crashing around us and people are reminded that the greed is good crowd deserve [...]

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cut ups

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 10, 2008
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johann fournier

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 4, 2008

connecting dots… getting from here to there… via wood s lot… via la vache qui lit…

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