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Vita.mn Turns One

After I go down to hear Horst Rechelbacher speak at the Social Capital Collective meeting tonight, I will be headed out to the Vita.mn One Year Anniversary "Concert Event" at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown (Minneapolis). I saw Cloud Cult there months ago and it was a great show so I am excited that they are back. I am also interested to see Doomtree, First Communion After Party and DJ Espada as well. It should be a fun, busy night.

"New" Tolkien book already garnering movie interest

Taking the unfinished manuscripts of The Children of Hurin has been completed by J.R.R's son, Christopher Tolkien, who claims he did not editorialize during the process.

Seeing a billion dollars out there ripe for the picking, movie studios are showing interest in adapting the book to the big screen, however the family claims to be in no hurry to do so.

Here is more on the book, a brief version of which appear in The Silmarillion can be found courtesy of wikipedia.

Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums

I was ready to get behind and support the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Album list, after all the top 10 are hard to argue with. But then I go through the top 20 and 50 and even 100 and I saw no Radiohead! I have to get to 110 to find The Bends and then all the way to 162 to find OK Computer a full 10 spots AFTER the f'ing B-52's, that's right, the B-52's

What would TiVo do?

WWTD: They would soon rollout the video-on-demand service we all know they've had in the works for a while now. - Now if they just get with Netflix and offer their full catalog it will really be something.
WWSOD: What would Sinead O'Conner do? Apparently go Rasta in Jamaica.
WWSID: What would the smart investor do? Go against, incorrect consensus thinking.
WSWSSW? What sports would Sharon Stone watch? So-called "lesbian" sports".
WWMBAD? What would male Broadway actors do? Strip down more often than their female counterparts (4:1)
WWYDIYHOTNCUSJ? What would you be doing if you had one of the newly create U.S. jobs? Unfortunately, you would likely be serving food, cleaning, transporting stuff, pushing papers, or working retail. Hypothesis: So you won't need a college education to work in the U.S.
WWBD: What will Ben do? Retire this tiring theme.

I rode my first Segway

I rode my first Segway today. And rode is the right word. You don't really drive it at all - just let it go and ride - or as they say in training think about going forward and you go forward.

I have heard they are banned in San Francisco. Can anyone verify that? Minneapolis has said that they are fine for use on its city's sidewalks and skyways - until there are more and accidents begin to occur.

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This is just about the coolest bit o' dancin' I have ever seen. [Kottke/Vitaflo]

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