Happy Birthday, Ben Franklin

that is, if he were alive. Here's how to celebrate.

 

http://www.benfranklin300.org/party_planner/index.htm

It's G-A-N-D-H-I, for crying out loud

This guy has the same pet peeve I do ...

http://www.markshep.com/nonviolence/Spell.html

 

CD shelf life

Guys, be warned if you've been burning up a storm ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060110/tc_pcworld/124312

 

what William Shatner is listening to

 

Hey, so the Redhead discovered some neat features of iTunes: iMixes and celebrity playlists. Haven't really gone through them all myself yet, but it was surprising to find out William Shatner grooves to Eminem, and Jackie Chan has a song about a potbellied pig ... The iMixes show the most promise of leading other listeners to new music, because anyone can publish a songlist (and all are available for purchase, of course, at 99 cents per song, batteries not included).

Happy New Years

 

Spent the first minutes of 2006 at a good friend's new home, close to the Avenue. Never knew this, but on Hampden's 34th St., they drop a ball, just like in Times Square, except instead of Waterford crystal, the ball is a lump of unidentifiable material, covered in Christmas lights. And a big fat man runs around, dressed in a diaper and baby bonnet. And, there were pirates.