Some stories are inescapable. They get passed from friend to friend, mentors to mentees, supporters to skeptics. They end up on nightstands and in carry-ons of the unsuspecting with no other directive than to simply “read this.” Greg Mortenson’s life is one of those stories. His 2006 book Three Cups of Tea details a failed […]
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Monday’s Daily Dump (1/18/11)
January is the cruelest month, no matter what Eliot said. Seriously, it’s cold as blue balls out there, there’s not enough football to keep us distracted, the movies largely suck, and there’s no news of note really. It’s a stupid, frosty month that only exists because my wife’s birthday is in it. If it weren’t […]
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Box Office Results for the weekend of January 14
There was a glitch in my HTML coding, which sounds like a nerdy way of saying I had diarrhea or something. But what really happened is that I forgot to slash or unslash inside a carrot and for some reason it ate all of my numbers associated with my predictions on Friday. Not that anybody […]
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Fearless, Flawless Box Office Predictions for January 14
Well, it’s a big weekend. Oh, not for movies, those mostly suck right now. I’ll be spending 100% of my energy trying to will my Chicago Bears not to blow ass against the inferior but dangerous Seattle Seahawks. Remember, Pete Caroll is a horrible person who feeds off the souls of children. Bear down, Chicago […]
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Ryan’s Junk Drawer for January 14
“With great junk, comes great responsibility” – Better Off Ted It’s probably been hard for you to stay focused at work today when you’ve been wondering when you’re going to see my junk. It sneaks up on you sometimes, my junk. You’ll just be working away and then, WHAMMO right on your computer screen is […]
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Immigrant rights group receives state’s Trail Blazer award
The Fremont group that spent much of 2010 opposing the city’s immigration ordinance was rewarded for its efforts at Nebraska’s Martin Luther King Celebration at Lincoln’s capitol building on Jan. 14. One Fremont One Future was awarded the Dr. Mathew O. Ricketts Trail Blazer award. Named after Nebraska’s first black state senator, the award recognizes […]
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Millard South principal released from hospital
Principal Curtis Case was released from the hospital Jan. 12, one week after he was shot by a student at Millard South High School. There is no timetable for Case to return to school. He released a statement on Jan. 13 saying “I still need time to heal.”
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Voter busing prompts investigation
Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine asked the Nebraska State Patrol on Jan. 13 to investigate the actions of anti-recall group Forward Omaha after the mayor’s supporters bused homeless people to the Douglas County Election Commission to vote on the recall and offered them employment on election day. On Jan. 12, Forward Omaha provided transportation for […]
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Things You Should Buy Me (Volume 61)
Well, the holidays are officially over, as I’m back to receiving ZERO of the things that I am very clearly and articulately telling people to buy me. My wife actually had to call the help desk at ThinkGeek the other day. When I heard her give our last name, I thought: “Well, now she’s about […]
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Cursive Performs Domestica
Jan. 18 Cursive Performs Domestica Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $12, onepercentproductions.com For those of you who remember seeing Cursive back in the Cog Factory days or watching them play Sokol Underground to an audience of 20 people, the evolution of the group since then has been astounding. Six studio albums, 6 EPs […]