Try Jah Love

Try it, you'll like it. Third World performing Try Jah Love.

Can design save the newspaper?

Ask Jacek Utko. Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Can good design save the newspaper? At the very least, these guys should listen to his ideas.

A review of Citi field

I'm not a big baseball fan, but for those who are, here's a review of the 400 million dollar investment Citi made. Remember, it's 20 million a year for 20 years to put the insomniac bank's logo up and call it Citi field. I recently flew to New York for a wedding and as you come in for your landing at LaGuardia airport there it is in all its shiny, new glory. Let the rain delay infield TARP jokes begin.

TUDO É PERMITIDO

Brazilian pop-rock at its finest, Kid Abelha released this album in 1991. They hail from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the name of the album means Everything’s Allowed in Portuguese. Paula Toller, the lead singer, has a soothing, subtle voice which can explode melodiously when needed to. On this album she sings lead on all songs on except one, Electricidade. They are considered to be quite a “hit factory” in Brazil and have released 13 studio albums along with several live ones. I speak Portuguese so I know what they are singing about, but I’ve always maintained that sung Portuguese is one of the sexiest languages you can ever hear, so it might not matter if you don’t understand everything she sends your way. My favorite tracks on this album are Não Vou Ficar, a tune with a bit of funk and horns, Fantasias and for a slower ballad Grand' Hotel.

Here they are performing the aforementioned slow ballad, Grand' Hotel.

Now that's a workout...

Wow! This 25 year old rowed across the Atlantic Ocean all by himself in memory of his mother. The most incredible thing, there was no support vessel trailing in his wake. He kept in contact with support personnel via satellite phone, but this was the real deal in terms of a solo effort out on the ocean.

Testing the lad: 3 different viewpoints

My niece visited us this past weekend along with her husband who came to play in our local Disc Golf tournament. She is studying for her Ph. D. in School Psychology. Part of her course work is doing some testing on 4 - 7 year olds so she asked if she could use our four year old as a test subject.

We said yes so she did some testing on him. From our point of view she tested him using the Batelle Developmental Inventory (BDI II), which gave us a chance to see how our boy is progressing developmentally for free. From her point of view she collected data for her thesis. From his point of view he did her a favor and helped her with her homework. I guess it all depends on how you look at things.

Obama fires Wagoner

Well, it finally happened. The government is now running things in the Motor City. Will they be making the cars soon? As bad as G.M. is, that sounds pretty frightening. Imagine buying your first government car. You turn the key and nothing happens. A week later you receive a convoluted form in the mail which you must fill out and return to sender. Several weeks after returning the form you receive a phone call telling you your car will start within the next several days. Finally, three days later, your car turns over in the middle of the night, starting up and waiting for you to drive it away.