Monthly Archives: February 2010

A quick glance at the origins of the peace symbol.

February 28 10

Being from the South, of course I’d heard the old (neoconservative) wives’ tale that the peace symbol is meant to be an inverted, broken cross. I was killing time reading some hilarious article on Cracked.com, and found this site alleging that Mikhail Gorbachev is the antichrist, somehow.

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Curling fever. Catch it!

February 24 10

In plugging the late night recap of non-US curling games from today, the announcer on MSNBC just said, “Those in the know will be with us later for curling, after dark. Dim the lights, put on some Marvin Gaye, and grab your broom, ’cause the sweeping never stops.” Curling fever is clearly sweeping the nation [...]

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Exploring the new 'hood.

February 14 10

Today I decided to drive down to Humboldt Park, park in front of the apartment I’m about to move into at the end of this month, and just walk around for a few hours. Right off, I walked around to the park itself and saw the lagoon is frozen over so thick that there are [...]

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