This just in: Bertelsmann are arrogant crooks.
“They have been demanding $5bn and then came down and asked the jury for $3.5bn, so we regard this as a big loss for two people who thought they would be billionaires”
Nick M.
I know I can’t be alone when I say that sometimes I get bored at work. Not so much “get bored” as “just don’t feel like doing what it is I’m supposed to be doing”. That’ll happen. So this morning I went on a quest to find a Google White Whale–that is, […]
The last thing you need is to know MY take on “Operation Red Dawn”. And no, that’s not the one where we hunt down Patrick Swayze to exact revenge for all of the people he has tortured over the years with his movies. Though I could definitely get behind that. There’re links […]
As we move ever closer to emulating abilities previously thought only possessed by The Almighty Him/Her/It-self (or, for the theologically unconvinced, let’s say…Ronaldo) via breakthrough after technological breakthrough, I’m still receiving messages a week late from T-Mobile.
And God said, “Whoa there!”
Nick M.
You either have to pity or admire this guy. After all he went through, where do we find him for this interview? Sipping a gin and tonic. God love ‘im.
The Iceman Drinketh
Nick M.
Hello all. I am humbled to accept the distinction of being Newley.com’s first ever guest blogger. Newley, I hope I make you proud. You’ve been damn hard at it of late with numerous insightful, balanced and downright intellectually stimulating posts. That said, and in the interest of maintaining that very same […]
Jill and I are heading down to the resort town of Vilcabamba on Saturday; we’ll be there until we leave Ecuador via Guayaquil on Wednesday (see below for more details re: where I’ll be over the holidays).
Since I’ll be away from the Web for the next week, one of my good friends, Nick M., […]
A quick note regarding my coordinates for the coming weeks:
Classes end today, and I’ll be here in Ecuador until next Wednesday, the 17th, when I head back to SC (via Atlanta). I’ll spend Christmas in South Carolina, and then I’ll be in Vermont with friends over new year’s. After that, I hope to spend a […]
Newley.com political correspondent Jack W. sends along this interesting (if depressing) link: “Campaign 2004: Looking for Skeletons.”
So my favorite baseball team, the Atlanta Braves, has decided to jettison my favorite pitcher, Greg Maddux.
General manager John Schuerholz says Maddux, at age 37, is asking for too much money. Schuerholz also decided to let lifetime Brave Javy Lopez go.
Here’s a radical idea for you, Johnny boy: instead of getting rid of […]
This is what just about every American living or traveling abroad wishes he or she could have at one time or another. Especially when engaging in political discussions with Brits. Although I think the following text is perhaps more appropriate for those of us living in the developing world:
I, a proud American, am sorry that […]
More on that–and details regarding a recent prison break in Quito–are in my most recent weekly Ecuador news round-up over at Southern Exposure.
…can be found in the “JAPAN SAQ (SELDOM ASKED QUESTIONS).”
AP: “The Bolivian government said Friday it has detained and is questioning nine Bangladeshis after receiving a warning from French police that the group might be planning to hijack an airplane for an attack on an unidentified U.S. target in Argentina.”
UPDATE (Saturday afternoon): The AP now says the suspected Bangladeshi terrorists have been released “for […]
Russia appears likely reject the Kyoto protocal, while the US has already opted out. Yesterday, “two top U.S. government climate experts” said that global warming is real and that people are causing it.
Meanwhile, my brother Mechum, who teaches Physics and Chemistry, has contributed an excellent addendum to the running climate change discussion I’ve posted here. […]