29. November, 2002 - Dave Ray, R.I.P.
- Folk-blues legend Dave Ray dies at 59. Dave died at home yesterday. The cancer got him. Expect the Friday the 13th of December show at First Avenue to be a memorial show, though there's no official word yet. [strib]
- Steal This Book is now available online. It's about time. [boing boing]
- FDA OKs over-the-counter Claritin sales, which I figured was a good thing. But apparently it has a lot of people worried because it means antihistamines for folks will now be over the counter, so they won't be covered by health insurance. I don't see the problem if health-insurance rates drop accordingly, but they probably won't. [strib]
- Plumbing probe: 'People are curious', while Dean Zimmerman engages in some moral relativism, saying
I'm not condoning what Biernat did, but in the greater scheme of things… it isn't like he took $10 million out of the public coffers.
In the greater scheme of things, it was corruption of an elected official. It's a big deal. And it's sounding like there are going to be more crooks booted out of office before it's done. [strib]
- For all your cooking and shooting needs -- Pans.com. I [Steph] searched Pans.com for "replacement" -- looking for a frying pan replacement handle (yeah, Jenny, you know it was for you) and came up with a bunch of gun stuff. When I sent them a message saying
whoa, you freaked me out
they sent me a really nice email in return -- the kind of message that companies really interested in customer service send. So, if you need a pan, or, uh, a gun thingie, try Pans.com. (Or apparently Moosegear.com) [steph]
- Finally, I'd like to point out that Thanksgiving, being the gorge-fest that it is, is a shitty day to have what might politely be referred to as an upset stomach.
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Last updated on Fri, 29 Nov 2002 07:47:56.