J.M. Bell

JM Bell | November 28, 2008

Join me … It’s been SO long.

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JM Bell | November 28, 2008

Brilliant! So … does anyone else think he looks like a butch Clay Aieken?

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JM Bell | November 26, 2008

Find a copy online (or, over there on the bookshelf, if you’re me) and read it aloud.

NOT in front of the kids. They don’t really “get” Burroughs.
ALTERNATE – Read Kerouac for twenty minutes, be thankful you’re not a teenager anymore.

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JM Bell | November 24, 2008

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JM Bell | November 20, 2008

Football is for sissies.
From With Leather:

Two weeks ago, Scotland took on Fiji in a Rugby League World Cup match in which the Scots pulled out a surprising 18-16 victory, their first ever in that tournament. But that’s not why you’re here.
You’re here to watch large men with no necks throw haymakers at each other’s [...]

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JM Bell | November 20, 2008

The almost unspoken consequence of failing to rescue the American Auto Industry is the loss of a crap load of jobs. Now, while the GOP and the Industry executive are calling this whole fiasco the fault of the Unions, I have two points.

The are a lot more than Union jobs on the line. From dealership [...]

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JM Bell | November 20, 2008

From Crooks and Liars:

Not only do the world’s most powerful leaders refuse to shake the POTUS’ hand, they also seem to refuse to even make eye contact. Heckuva job, Bush. Heckuva job.
CNN Anchor Rick Sanchez: Bush looks like “the most unpopular kid in high school that nobody liked.”
I think I speak for the entire world [...]

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JM Bell | November 20, 2008

From the AP:
Boss gives Biden cupcakes for his 66th birthday
WASHINGTON (AP) — What does an accomplished man of the world get for his 66th birthday?
Well, President-elect Barack Obama already gave Joe Biden the vice presidency. So, for his birthday, Obama gave Biden two ball caps and a rendition of the birthday song.
Biden’s birthday is Thursday, [...]

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JM Bell | November 20, 2008

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JM Bell | November 19, 2008

From TPM -
And so the Alaska Senate race has truly come to an end: Ted Stevens has conceded the election, after Democratic challenger Mark Begich built up a small but nevertheless insurmountable lead in last night’s vote count.
Stevens shocked the political world when the ballots counted on Election Night originally showed him winning the race, [...]

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JM Bell | November 18, 2008

Rumor has it that Obama won Salt Lake County by more than 250 votes after provisional and absentee ballots were counted. This is new, so, there is nowhere to link yet, but, I think it’s real.
More to come …
Thanks Misty – results… https://secure.slco.org/clerk/elections/results/public/

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JM Bell | November 18, 2008

I’m wearing THIS today, so, you see where my head is at.
From the Algonquin Round Table of Cinematical come Ten Things You Should Know About ‘Star Trek‘.

My favorites are -

Fact # 4: Kirk was based on E.M. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower, I would argue that the unhappy Napoleonic captain ended up having far less of an [...]

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JM Bell | November 18, 2008

Some things are so FUBAR that it’s all I can do not to foam at the mouth and spray anger-spittle all over my desktop, ruining yet another computer keyboard. This happens a lot when readingt about politics in Utah, but, what about national politics? Or, rather, what is often called the “reporting” of national “politics.”
Newsweek [...]

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JM Bell | November 18, 2008

UPDATE – The Pentagon had a press conference this morning about Piracy and how hard it is for them to even think about doing anything about it, because they’re busy everywhere else. I think this proposal deserves both attention AND action, ASAP!
First … Congratulations on your big win. I was very happy to be able [...]

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JM Bell | November 17, 2008

TV Theme Songs, that is.
My Favorite – NOT ON THE STUPID LIST

Another Favorite – ALSO NOT ON THE LIST

My Runners Up From The List- 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Always Great 1, 2, 3, 4 (for JC) and I will always love 5
Stupid List Is From Paste Magazine

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