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Goblets and Wenches
Published February 9, 2010, 11:06 pm, Broward-Palm Beach New Times
If Renaissance festivals need a mascot, there’s no better choice than Petrarch. A 14th-century Italian poet who invented the sonnet, Petrarch also had the world’s most well-documented and horrific case of blue balls. Over the course of 21 years, P-diddy wrote more than 300 odes to Laura, a...
Planet Election Guide: Referendum asks voters to overturn PUD ordinance
Published February 9, 2010, 8:26 pm, Telluride Daily Planet
Telluride Question 2C asks voters to overturn a PUD ordinance passed by the Telluride Town Council in April after a dramatic lifetime in Rebekah Hall. The ordinance had been passed, repealed, killed and loudly debated prior to passing.
Trade School: Will Barter for Skills
Published February 9, 2010, 5:29 pm, GOOD
From now until the first of March, OurGoods, an online barter network, is running a pop-up storefront on the Lower East Side of Manhattan called Trade School, where entry into classes is based not on money or talent, but on meeting the needs of a particular teacher. And while some classes like grant writing and butter making have already filled up, there's still plenty of room to learn more ...
Daffodil prices soar after cruel winter as Britain braces itself for yet more snow
Published February 9, 2010, 4:17 pm, Daily Mail
After a bracing winter, it's almost that time when thoughts turn to brightening up homes for the spring, perhaps with a bunch of cheery daffodils.
Rep. John Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, Dies At 77
Published February 9, 2010, 3:58 pm, Hartford Courant
Rep. John Murtha, one of the best-known members of the U.S. House of Representatives, has died at the age of 77.
Two Men and Their Trans-Atlantic Taxi Swap
Published February 9, 2010, 2:46 pm, New York Times
Two collectors, one in England and one in Queens, swap vintage Checker and black cabs, but they’ve never met.
Barter wins award
Published February 9, 2010, 12:19 pm, Washington County News
Rick Rose, Barter Theatre’s producing artistic director, calls the award a culmination of recent accolades given the theater. In 2002, Barter was named Tri-Cities business of the year.
How New Labour stopped investigations into BAE
Published February 9, 2010, 10:31 am, Socialist Worker
Tony Blair cancelled an investigation into BAE providing £600 million in bribes for Saudi Arabia. The massive Al Yamamah deals were signed in 1985 and 1988. They revolved around the sale of Tornado fighters and ground-attack aircraft, to be paid for in a convoluted oil barter arrangement.
Two Men and Their Trans-Atlantic Taxi Swap
Published February 9, 2010, 8:01 am, New York Times
For more than a decade, Ray Tomkinson of Manchester, England, and Alvaro Gallego of Queens have traded vintage Checker and black cabs. But they have never met.
Santa Claus Lane of McCook Nebraska -- the true story
Published February 9, 2010, 4:18 am, McCook Daily Gazette
This is a story of an artist, U.S. (Bill) Grant, and his family, residents of McCook. Dad had an idea and he named it Santa Claus Lane. I feel Dad wanted to surprise the residents of McCook by giving them a Christmas gift, for all to enjoy.
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