That Apple/Pepsi 100 million iTunes song giveaway starts tomorrow.
Please feel free to email your unused winning codes to MRJEFF3000. Or stick 'em in the comments.
Saturday, January 31, 2004
Nut Tree Remembered | TheReporter.Com
"Everyone has their own perception of the place firmly embedded in their minds and that won't be replaced," said Roy Moehrke, a Nut Tree employee for more than three decades. "There is no other place like it."
The Nut Tree, remembered.
If you never drove through Vacaville while it was around, you just won't understand. Once upon a time, the Nut Tree was the only point of interest, other than the rest stop/scenic overlook in Vallejo, in between San Francisco and the Central Valley along I-80. For a Northern California kid with low expectations, the Nut Tree was the place you always begged your parents to make a stop, so you could look at yourself in the funhouse mirrors, or rock in the giant rocking horses, or check out the toy store or candy shop, or -- if you were really lucky -- ride the miniature railroad out to the Nut Tree Airport and back.
The thing I remember best about the Nut Tree isn't the train, or the colorful lollipops, or the airplane-themed souvenirs, or even the aviary surrounding the restaurant. None of these (except possibly the candy) can compare to the overall 1950's It's-A-Small-World design of the place. If you know what I mean.
I guess you had to be there.
In the meantime, won't you please have a pumpkin muffin? Or some marshmallow sauce?
The Nut Tree, remembered.
If you never drove through Vacaville while it was around, you just won't understand. Once upon a time, the Nut Tree was the only point of interest, other than the rest stop/scenic overlook in Vallejo, in between San Francisco and the Central Valley along I-80. For a Northern California kid with low expectations, the Nut Tree was the place you always begged your parents to make a stop, so you could look at yourself in the funhouse mirrors, or rock in the giant rocking horses, or check out the toy store or candy shop, or -- if you were really lucky -- ride the miniature railroad out to the Nut Tree Airport and back.
The thing I remember best about the Nut Tree isn't the train, or the colorful lollipops, or the airplane-themed souvenirs, or even the aviary surrounding the restaurant. None of these (except possibly the candy) can compare to the overall 1950's It's-A-Small-World design of the place. If you know what I mean.
I guess you had to be there.
In the meantime, won't you please have a pumpkin muffin? Or some marshmallow sauce?
Friday, January 30, 2004
Calpundit: Truth is Stranger Than Fiction Department
Calpundit's Kevin Drum once again proves Lily Tomlin's adage, "No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up."
("Why does American History hate America?")
("Why does American History hate America?")
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
OSCAR.com - 76th Annual Academy Awards - Nominees: Music (Song)
Oscar® nominations were announced today. We at MRJEFF3000 will leave it to others to hash over this year's list. The only thing that's important to us at Your Official MRJEFF Blog is the prospect of another Mitch and Mickey reunion.
Monday, January 26, 2004
Julia is so smart.
I’m annually reminded.
Yeah Julia is so smart.
She used to be a goth kid.
Video for Julia, by Limbeck. (23 meg QuickTime.)
I’m annually reminded.
Yeah Julia is so smart.
She used to be a goth kid.
Video for Julia, by Limbeck. (23 meg QuickTime.)
TAPPED
Here's an article from TAPPED which considers Howard Dean's approach to problem-solving as influenced by his medical background:
And, of course my favorite passage would have to be, "...they're kind of dorky, just like the science nerds they used to be....The Deans are a couple who met in a neuroanatomy class. That about says it all."
If you've ever spent time in the medical arena you know that being a physician is something very different from being an attorney, which is what John Edwards, John Kerry, and Joe Lieberman are. Your stance to the world is simply different if you're a physician, because -- outside of a few specialties, like plastic surgery -- your power doesn't come from how you look or how you appear or even how you sound. It comes from your knowledge and the capacity to do things no one else is authorized to do in their daily lives -- to touch bodies, to demand of individuals, to prescribe courses of action -- and from the human power of interaction. You can't convince people to be healed, no matter how eloquently you speak about disease and suffering or what you wear. You have to actually do something to make a person better. You also have to do the right thing. And if you don't, the consequences can be dire and literally deadly.
And, of course my favorite passage would have to be, "...they're kind of dorky, just like the science nerds they used to be....The Deans are a couple who met in a neuroanatomy class. That about says it all."
Sunday, January 25, 2004
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Saturday, January 17, 2004
insound - mp3s
Another batch of indie mp3's for your downloading buffet, courtesy of the Insound label.
Friday, January 16, 2004
The Story So Far...Archive
As much as I would love to support a lunar base and manned missions to Mars, I can't. And it's not a knee-jerk opposition to George W. Bush. It's stuff like this.
The president wants this to be his Apollo program, no doubt. And I'm afraid that if it succeeds, it will be. And after a few trips NASA's funding will be cut, and there won't be any more missions for another few decades.
The president wants this to be his Apollo program, no doubt. And I'm afraid that if it succeeds, it will be. And after a few trips NASA's funding will be cut, and there won't be any more missions for another few decades.
Thursday, January 15, 2004
hothoward.jpg 349x720 pixels
Memo to the Dean campaign: play your cards right, and you've got the Abercrombie generation's votes, easy.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
L.A. Avenue.com - Live Views of Los Angeles / Southern California
Is this webcam really a live cam? It seems to be (at the moment) live shots from someone driving around Los Angeles (and it updates pretty quickly, too!)
