An Alert for Subscribers

Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:32 PM EDT

For those of you that subscribe to my Newsvine feed--all ten of you--there's going to be a change in the way I handle my news posts. Instead of seeding the articles on Newsvine and including the feed on my site, I'm going to publish them directly as part of my blog.

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technology, blogging, newsvine, writing, publishing

Adopted in China, Seeking Identity in America

Seeded on Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:54 PM EST (The New York Times)

Adopted Chinese children struggle to come to terms with the realities of race and culture.

china, race, culture, adoption, world-news

Port, Portamento, by Claire Miccio

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:56 PM EST (The Morning News)

A brief introduction to that sweet, fortified wine known as port.

entertainment, food, wine, drink, spirits, alcohol, port

Pork That's Good for the Heart May Be Possible With Cloning

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:40 AM EST (The New York Times)

Our next health food: bacon. Scientists have apparently cloned pigs with inserted genes that cause the pig to convert omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3.

food, health, cloning, science, bacon

The Secret History of Rum

Seeded on Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:28 PM EST (The Nation)

Bacardi is the original multinational corporation. An excerpt from Ian Williams's 'Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776.'

entertainment, cuba, food, drink, rum, bacardi

The Tripster in Wolfe's Clothing

Seeded on Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:25 PM EST (Columbia Journalism Review)

Tom Wolfe's 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' approaches it's fortieth year in print, and its exploration of the narrative form is as important as its exploration of the Merry Pranksters and the genesis of the sixties hipster subculture.

entertainment, books, journalism, tom-wolfe, ken-kesey, electric-kool-aid-acid-test

Ernest Hemingway, Secret Agent

Seeded on Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:23 PM EST (Toronto Star)

Did earnest Hemingway unknowingly collaborate with a Russian spy?

entertainment, espionage, odd-news, hemingway, earnest-hemingway

Hugo Weaving at home in Sydney

Seeded on Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:16 AM EST (-)

Hugo Weaving is a surprisingly modest guy, almost retiring in nature, who wants to be the greatest actor you didn't notice in the film.

entertainment, movies, v-for-vendetta, hugo-weaving

Pearl of the Orient

Seeded on Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:40 PM EST (The New York Times)

Pearl S. Buck, author of 'The Good Earth' and winner of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes, was once revered in China, then denounced after the Cultural Revolution as an envoy of American cultural imperialism, and is now revered again. But who's read her books?

entertainment, books, china, reading, pearl-s-buck

Alcohol in Pakistan: The Politics of Boozing

Seeded on Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:17 PM EST (SPIEGEL ONLINE)

Pakistan issues permits to non-Muslims to purchase a limited amount of alcohol per month. Needless to say, there is a burgeoning market for not just the alcohol, including beer, vodka, gin, brandy, and whiskey, but the permits as well.

pakistan, food, drink, world-news, alcohol

Cooking 101: Add 1 Cup of Simplicity

Seeded on Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:46 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Apparently, Americans know less about cooking now than ever before.

food, health, cooking

Pearls of Wisdom About Oysters

Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:04 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Mark Kurlansky comments on the one question everybody asks of him about oysters.

food, health, sex, oysters, seafood, aphrodisiac

In Phoenix, Even Cactuses Wilt in Clutches of Record Drought

Seeded on Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:35 PM EST (The New York Times)

As of Thursday, Phoenix, Arizona, has experienced a record 142 days without rain.

weather, rain, drought, science, us-news, strange-weather

Colleges Compete for Students with Gourmet Meal Plans

Seeded on Thu Mar 9, 2006 5:00 PM EST (The Washington Post)

"For those who think college food is still mystery meat served in 'slop lines,' as one dining director put it, it's a new culinary world out there. Think sushi, Moroccan stew, brick-oven pizza and Asian grills where students can choose their own ingredients and sauce."

college, food, health, us-news

Motion Denied Because You're An Idiot

Seeded on Wed Mar 8, 2006 2:47 PM EST (The Smoking Gun)

A bankruptcy judge in Texas denied a Defendant's motion for incomprehensibility, citing Adam Sandler's movie Billy Madison: "At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought."

lawyers, law, humor, courts, us-news, judges

Mercury in Top Los Angeles Sushi

Seeded on Tue Mar 7, 2006 11:00 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

Gotmercury.org just released a report examining mercury levels in fish from six top L.A. sushi restaurants. Tuna samples showed mercury levels higher than that determined safe by the FDA.

food, health, fish, environment, mercury, us-news, sushi

Living on the Hundred-Mile Diet

Seeded on Sun Mar 5, 2006 7:23 PM EST (The Tyee)

The latest trend in sustainable dining is the 100-Mile Diet, wherein you only eat food raised or grown within 100 miles of where you live. It turns out that's not so easy.

food, health, environment, sustainable-eating

The Book of Bart

Seeded on Sun Mar 5, 2006 5:57 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Bart Ehrman, a professor and New Testament expert, spent three decades losing his faith. According the Ehrman, "Put it this way: There are more variances among our manuscripts than there are words in the New Testament."

religion, us-news, atheism, agnosticism

Rolling Stone : Johnny Cash's Vault Opens

Seeded on Sat Mar 4, 2006 3:35 PM EST (Rolling Stone)

In 2004, Johnny Cash's son, John Carter Cash, uncovered hundred of reels stored in Cash's Hendersonville, Tennesee recording studio and office. Never heard after being recorded in 1973, some of the material is being released in a two-CD set called Personal File.

entertainment, music, johnny-cash

Settlement reached in BlackBerry dispute

Seeded on Fri Mar 3, 2006 6:50 PM EST (Business Week)

RIM settles the patent lawsuit by NTP for a cool $612.5 million. I know several Blackberry-wielding lawyer friends that are breathing a collective sigh of relief.

technology, business, law, patent, blackberry, us-news, rim, ntp, patent-law

People Are Coming Back, but the Crawfish Are Scarce

Seeded on Fri Mar 3, 2006 11:45 AM EST (The New York Times)

Crawfish boils may be few and far between this year; Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have caused a huge dip in supply. We're having our first boil of the season the weekend after next, and I hope we can find some decent crawfish.

food, louisiana, us-news, crawfish, cajun

Waxy.org: Daily Log: Litigation Cosby Threatens Waxy, You See!

Seeded on Fri Mar 3, 2006 10:29 AM EST (waxy.org)

Andy Baio of Waxy.org just received a cease-and-desist letter regarding his hosting of the out-of-print "Cosby Talks to Kids about Drugs" album from 1971, and the satrical House of Cosbys video series.

law, copyright, cosby, bill-cosby, us-news, house-of-cosbys, waxy-org, andy-baio

Symphony in Black: Black Sesame Seeds on the Rise

Seeded on Thu Mar 2, 2006 11:44 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Betty Hallock of the LA Times describes the recent explosion of black sesame seeds in desserts and other dishes in high-end western restaurants. Although long a traditional ingrediant in Asian sweets, black sesame seeds haven't caught on in the West until recently.

entertainment, food, world-news, recipe, dessert

Predictions on Future Oil Reserves are Mixed

Seeded on Thu Mar 2, 2006 4:49 PM EST (The Boston Globe)

According to the Boston Globe, some oil experts predict a dire near-future of oil shortages and economic collapse, while others suggest that improvements in exploration technology will stave off the end of oil.

oil, economy, natural-resources, world-news, peak-oil, resources