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Archive for January, 2007

My Man in the Catbird’s Seat…

Posted by: bigstarlet on: January 30, 2007

In: Miscellaneous
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I’ve had a boring month so far, and I needed some drama in my life, so…
Ergo, my pick to win this competition appears to have come in second. Close, but hey! It’s a good thing!
The other two were okay. And I’m sure life in the Top 40 awaits them with open arms. It’s not [...]

Sunday Evening Oggcast, January 28, 2006: Search Term Tribute and Schoolin’ the Chillun’…

Posted by: bigstarlet on: January 28, 2007

In: Britney Spears| Download| Downloads| MP3| MUSE| Music| Ogg| Ogg Vorbis| Oggcast| Podcast
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I had a major cool theme all set for today’s oggcast. Of course, I stay up too late the night before, and before I realize it, Sunday Morning became Sunday Afternoon. Oh well…
I decided, instead, to focus on paying tribute to all these sweet little Muse heads that Google sent here looking for mashups. [...]

Tags: Justin Timberlake

Asking for, and spreading some, love…

Posted by: bigstarlet on: January 27, 2007

In: Announcements| MP3| Music| My Music
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This is probably the closest thing I’ve gotten to putting together a press release in quite a while. Especially considering that while, in the grander scheme of things, the following may not be that big a deal, it is somewhat of a leg up for me. I’ve been posting this announcement on my various online [...]

"We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service to Anyone…"

Posted by: bigstarlet on: January 26, 2007

In: Musings| News| Opinion
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Ah…the luxury of a cabbie to refuse an airport fare…
I’m all for insisting on adaptation. If I went to Saudi Arabia, I’d probably have to throw on a burka as soon as I step off the plane. Don’t like it, but dem’s da rules there. However, when you come here, you need to work with US. OUR way. After [...]

Tags: Islam

Free speech for who?

Posted by: bigstarlet on: January 26, 2007

In: Musings| News| Politics| Religion
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So, a few days ago, the hubster and I were watching Faux news (because, every once in a while, we like to consort with the enemy). They had a news story on there that rather struck me: 13-year=olds participating in a silent day of anti-choice protest at their school, who were shut down by the school principal for [...]

Getting Behind Something…

Posted by: bigstarlet on: January 26, 2007

In: Music
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I entered a songwriting contest over at Sonicbids.com recently. No, I did not win. I didn’t even place. In fact, I went over to my myspace blog and ranted to some of my closer peeps there about how mildly offensive and condescending I found the perpetrator’s rejection letter (it’s been a a [...]