I’ve noted before that the projected cost of the proposed events center could mean it will never be a reality. I think the uproar over the mayor breaking city rules (a/k/a/ the law) and overspending to complete the Phillips-to-the-Falls project ahead of schedule means even more trouble for the events center.
First, it reinforces public [...]
Hopefully not repeating too much what has been said elsewhere, I have one reflection and one “lesson” from this horrible mess.
First, regardless of where you stand on the issues, I pity that Terri Schiavo’s death was surrounded by media attention and the protesters and uproar on all sides. In her final days, this woman was [...]
While I was in Seattle, the Philip K. Dick Award winner was announced at Norwescon, one of the country’s larger science fiction conventions. (I did not go to Seattle for nor did I attend Norwescon.) The award is for “distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States.” This year’s winner was [...]
Catching up from a trip to Seattle. The best way to describe the trip is as a grand slam. In alphabetical order:
It was my first time at Elliott Bay Book Co., which now ranks very high on my list of favorite bookstores. From the worn, creaky wooden floors to the multi-level nooks and crannies filled [...]
Given the new focus of this blog, I have stayed away from the political aspects of the Terri Schiavo case. From a legal standpoint, though, I find the Congressional legislation disconcerting. Basically, it grants one (and only one) federal court in Florida jurisdiction to hear a case brought within the next 30 days (and [...]
I was somewhat disappointed that, for the first time in years, I wasn’t going to get to the WCHA Final Five hockey tournament, an NCAA regional or the Frozen Four itself. Fox Sports Net has come to my rescue, though. Not only is it televising all five WCHA games, it is also showing part of [...]
Lawrence Lessig is a Stanford law professor who has written extensively on copyright and related legal matters in the age of technology. He is putting into practice one of the concepts he promotes in updating one of his works.
In 1999 Lessig published Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. As he believes the book is in [...]
It’s disappointing to realize this past weekend marked the 50th anniversity of the death of Charlie “Yardbird” Parker and I saw nary a word about him in any general interest national publications to which I subscribe, or even Rolling Stone. While I didn’t expect anything from the local media, I at least expected the national [...]
So, “The Doors” are coming to Sioux City’s Orpheum next month. Not really. Actually, the band that is playing there is The Doors of the 21st Century (although you wouldn’t know that from the Argus today). It consists of keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robbie Krieger, who were in the original band, together [...]
From Frank Rich in the NYT:
[L]et me recommend the series that probably has more four-letter words, with or without participles, than any in TV history. That would be “Deadwood” on HBO. Its linguistic gait befits its chapter of American history, the story of a gold-rush mining camp in the Dakota Territory of the late 1870’s. [...]
It doesn’t take long to get an indication of the quality of Link (online version here), the new tabloid entertainment supplement from the Argus. The first three pages are nothing but advertisements.
The Beckster gives it front page billing as the product of “months of work” intended to give readers “the most relevant and sophisticated [...]
I’m not a huge fan of U2 and thought How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb didn’t hold a candle to All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Still, the band has be considered one of today’s supergroups and Omaha’s Qwest Center is on the tour calendar for Dec. 15. I’ve seen one concert there [...]
Yesterday, I started playing with a new extension for the Firefox browser called StumbleUpon. It takes you to random web sites based upon interest areas you select. It’s kind of a fun toy and here’s just a select few of the sites to which it took me:
classicbands.com is devoted to classic rock [...]
Because my professional and personal life requires the devotion of time, thought and effort to clients, family and others, my blogging and reading of other blogs is sporadic at best. Catching up on the SD blogosphere brought to a head something that has been simmering for a while — renewed belief in the validity of [...]
Hats off to state Rep. Tom Hennies of Rapid City for pointing out the weak spot in the Argus Leader’s stance on the smoking ban legislation.
Today’s Argus editorial chastised the House for tabling a bill that would have banned smoking everywhere but in private homes and designated hotel and motel rooms. As this [...]
White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov
Album of the Damned: Snapshots from the Third Reich by Paul Garson
