Hooks ‘N’ You: Kyle Vincent, “Wow & Flutter”

When Kyle Vincent released his eponymous album on Hollywood Records in 1997, it looked for all the world that, after spending over a decade on a quest to earn himself a Billboard Top 100 hit, he was about to bring a dream to fruition. Unfortunately, that did not prove to be the case, but he made enough of an impact with the album’s single, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 20:30:38

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Less oil, less credit: Forecasts 2009, Part II

We’ll turn around early in 2009 and discover that we are a much poorer nation than we thought because from now on credit will be extremely hard to ... their neighbors. Households, like businesses, will have to pay as they go from earned income. The house as ATM ... and the Pendulum,” preparing to slice-and-dice the old “normal” of family life in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:50:42

Roasting an Old Chestnut

On September 17th, 1787, some 221 years ago today, a bunch of guys got together to sign their names to a little ditty that started something like ... to torturing citizens in the basement of the White House, from abandoning the Geneva Conventions ... to relinquish his official control in just four short months, the 221-year-old Constitution is in more [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 13:21:44

A good day for writing, and junking

Pinch of the Past Antique Hardware, Savannah The Tybeeites are shivering--it might have gotten down to forty degrees here this morning, ... . I wrote three pages, then took a break to do house things.Our contractor is starting to make real progress on the beach house. The plank walls are complete in the living/dining room, and in the utility [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 02:55:48

Bronx News Roundup Oct. 27

Contrary to what Sarah Palin believes, not all “real” American heroes live in small-towns, argues Mike Lupica, in his Daily News column ... is now the site of many new real estate projects, including Intervale Green and Louis Nine House, which will be open for rent next month. Restoration projects for Crotona Park and Indian Lake are also underway [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 18:06:29

When in Ruthenia . . ., Part 2

Last week we published a translation from Izvestia about the potential interest the Russian government may have in supporting an obscure nationalist ... of the restoration of Ruthenian statehood". To the Transcarpathian Oblast Rada was in essence delivered ... into face-smashing, right alongside a little old lady - God's dandelion - was calmly finishing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 16:25:05

A city locked out of its own data network

San Francisco’s bizarre, modern struggle between city officials and a disgruntled computer engineer thrown in jail for withholding computer access codes. A story already reminiscent of “Office Space” and “Die Hard 4″ now involves a secret meeting between the accused programmer and the charismatic mayor in the Hall of Justice jailhouse [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 19:37:48

Evangelicals and Israel: Theological Roots of a Political Alliance

While browsing through a few files this evening I found this tucked away and thought someone might find it of interest: especially in light of the post below concerning the new book to be released on Historic or Classic premillennialism. Understand, this was published 10 years ago in 1998, so some of the references to people, Government leaders, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 07:34:03

Cal-a-Vie: French Romance in Southern California

Remember this house designed by Cote de Texas Top Designer #7 Gerrie Bremermann?   The house is owned by Terri and John Havens, of New Orleans ... on a massive restoration and remodeling, turning the picturesque property into a French dream.  California ... trek to France each year to collect furniture, construction materials and even buildings to bring [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 07:30:00

The Death of Old Journalism as We Knew It

by Mark Rhoads Howard Kurtz is a usually sensible media critic who writes for the far left-of-center Washington Post. In his column on Nov. 17, he wonders if the current fever of Obamamania has any limits at all over the next few months. His feet-on-the-ground analysis is the only one I have seen so far in what conservatives routinely call Main [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 06:42:22

Large Local Difficulties

One of this blog’s most avid readers writes to me that:"You are entirely correct about student landlords and council tax ... earner during term time. The losers are the local community, who suffer rapid house price inflation ... ."As a comment on a previous post pointed out, the restoration of the rates in all but name was paid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 21:12:00

Hillary plays Hardball with Obama’s Team..

“The first sign of friction in the Obama camp as Mrs Clinton demands - and gets - a purge of her critics before accepting Secretary of State role ... issues. Foremost among the victims of the purges is her old Yale Law School buddy Greg Craig ... . As if that betrayal to the cause of the Clinton restoration was not enough, Mr Craig did more to [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 14:15:18

Bring the Baby into the World!

Luke 1:26-38 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, ... him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom ... to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:41:37

Update on the Deserted Kings Park Mental Hospital Location

Sometimes when you least expect it a piece of information falls into your hands and you simply have to think Hmmm ... is through an established area of lovely old homes adjacent to the coastline on the north shore of Long Island. It is a winding small old country road that typically is only used by the people who live [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 05:21:00

Is Single-Payer Insurance “Inevitable”? (The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!)

At the end of last week, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial designed to terrify anyone who is afraid that a “single-payer” health care ... : “if current polls hold, Barack Obama will win the White House on November 4 and Democrats ... to it. Without the ability to filibuster, the Senate would become like the House, able to pass whatever [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 13:31:41

Do I need my parents to sign the note or what?

The new computer - I still love it! But there was one issue I wasn’t looking forward to - Windows Vista. ( ... to switch our entire PC house to Mac, and we’ve done well with HPs, besides the one crash…) Yes, I’ve ... not working in this household. It worked on my old laptop, but it wouldn’t install properly on the Hubby’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 04:54:08

What Dennis Has Done

By David Swanson Imagine that you've not eaten a decent meal in months, that the hunger is squeezing and burning you from the inside, ... months that we've been deprived of them. In May of 2006, then House Speaker to be Nancy Pelosi ... on, and we suddenly feasted our eyes on our recently lost Fourth Amendment, on our old staple Habeas Corpus [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 03:57:25

Land of Hope

The trouble with choral scholars, I find - apart from the fact that they can't hold their drink and are permanently skint - the trouble with choral ... start looking younger. You can forget the grizzled old faces of the county constabulary here ... to the local tea danson, or for a bite to eat at a Lyons Corner House. I myself, if I were blessed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:58:00

Celebrating 80 Years

For some people November 12th is just an ordinary day… but it happens to be the birthday of someone near and dear to my heart. My grandmother turned 80 years old today. Her name is Norma which means rule. She was born and raised in Louisiana to a family of share croppers. My grandmother has 7 siblings, 7 children, 14 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 16:28:11

Couldn’t Help But Comment (011309, Morning)

The New York Times wouldn’t be in serious financial trouble if, instead of inventing stories to hurt people it didn’t like, ... . One was a 21-year-old man with shrapnel in his left leg who demanded quick treatment. He turned ... removed shrapnel from her leg. An elderly man was soaked in blood. A baby a few weeks old and slightly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:13:07

UN chief calls Gaza situation 'heartbreaking'

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived Tuesday at the Gaza Strip in order to examine the results of the three-week ... and the moderate states. "Hamas must not gain any legitimacy from the restoration process ... in order to bury him. The brothers said that their house had been hit by a phosphorus shell fired [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 13:50:00

Happy Days Are Here Again – The Resurgence of FDR

By Irwin Nowick This week we saw why in times of economic uncertainty the American people in their infinite wisdom always – as they must - turn to the Party of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman for their protection. Growing up on the North Shore of Long Island my late mother – heir to what on paper was the upper [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 11:36:08

Links for the Day (October 3rd, 2008)

1. "A Wordsmith Rallies to Reclaim ‘That Guy’": Times article from a few days ago about columnist and family friend Ed Lowe ... unable to speak, he is back home, living with his companion, Susan Hennings, in her cozy house here ... "Back By Midnight." This episode is dedicated entirely to The Godfather restoration, and features [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 12:52:51

Waggy dogs

I have no idea where this week has gone but I'm having a cuppa so thought I'd better drop in and say hello!Mumsie and I had a lovely short break together at her friend's beautiful luxury guest house...It has been a huge restoration project to bring the whole building to its present immaculate condition [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 13:20:00

Derelicte

I know I shouldn’t keep shoving the old buildings down your collective throat, but Karly’s out of town and I’m in charge (insert maniacal laugh here) ... all the old houses in Texarkana are in the worst parts of town. Anyway, the only picture I have isn’ ... in this ramshackle state, as if at any minute the entire house could revert to a heap of sticks [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 10:00:11

A Liberal Supermajority: How Bad Could that Be?

Real bad. Voters may ponder “reasonable alternatives” to this situaion. Update:  Link was evidently behind a subscription wall ... polls hold, Barack Obama will win the White House on November 4 and Democrats will consolidate ... the ability to filibuster, the Senate would become like the House, able to pass whatever the majority [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 02:10:29

Omid Safi - Who Put Hate in My Sunday Paper?

Uncovering the Israeli-Republican-Evangelical Networks behind the “Obsession” DVD Something strange has been showing up inside the Sunday newspapers of millions of Americans the past few weeks.   The material being included alongside comics, coupons, and advertisement for local stores is a controversial DVD called “Obsession: [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 13:15:41

Objects of Appalling Beauty: An Appreciation of Brian De Palma

By Michael K. Crowley [Editor's Note: The House Next Door is proud to reissue a series of articles developed at 24LiesASecond, a now-defunct platform for provocative criticism with an underdog bite. The essay below was first published on 04/29/2004, under the editorial guidance of James M. Moran (editor-in-chief) and Peet Gelderblom ( [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 04:02:00

National and International Headlines for December 19

Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, ... . A four-year-old boy was bitten by a US military attack dog. Obama to Name Labor, Trade Selections ... , the East Timor and Indonesian Action Network said, "Blair sought the quickest possible restoration [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 16:30:17

A "T" Party

They're Invited!Occasion: An ass kickingWhen: Soon comeWhere: The PlaygroundMenu: knuckle sandwiches and chicken wingsTo date, ... children. Once again, Yael has come running through the house bawling inconsolably over the antics ... anything and becoming a victim, now it's my daughter's turn. Childhood, especially at a mere 9 years old [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 01:45:00

GINNY BATES: CALL AND RESPONSE

Here's another installment of my Great American Lesbian Novel (in progress), Ginny Bates. If you are new to reading GB, go to the section in the right-hand column labeled Ginny Bates to read background and find out how to catch up.Winter and Spring 2016Myra set up the kitten box beside her desk, under the printer table, once they were back home [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 04:09:00

Virginia Byways

I'm so grateful that gas prices have dropped, because one of my favorite things to do is hop in the car with a friend and explore the two-lane ... in Madison's grandfather's time. The original house was a modest frame structure, built by Madison's grandfather. Madison's father built a handsome brick Georgian house in 1764, which James Madison [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 13:50:00

Interview: Lisa Hendrix

Literary Escapism would like to welcome Lisa Hendrix, author of Immortal Warrior.  She’s here to give us a glimpse into the Immortal Warrior and we’ll even get some tidbits about her next novel in the Immortal Brotherhood series, Immortal Outlaw, which will be out June 2, 2009. Make sure you stick around and enter the contest at the end [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 13:00:10

Familiar Faces by Jennifer Rubin

Familiar Faces by Jennifer Rubin The Bear on Dec 01 2008 | Filed under: Election 08’ Okay, it is starting to be a little bit too much ... about change. Ah, it’s the same old crew. The proof will be in how they all perform, but I sympathize with those who thought they were buying something other than the Clinton Restoration. So Obama might [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:28:18

The Power Within: The Feminine Principle in Chinese and Jewish Mystical Traditions

標籤: 秘學鉤玄Rabbi Moshe Yehuda BernsteinIntroductionA perfunctory examination of Chinese and Jewish cultures reveals many features that are patriarchal. In the Confucian order a wife must abidingly obey her husband (Jinfen 2002, 4); Jewish law adopts a similar demand and further excludes a woman from acting as a legal witness and the performance of [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 07:58:00

Holiday Gift Guide: Nifty Under Fifty (Ok, Maybe $55)

15 days, people. Do you have your stockings stuffed and presents purchased? Or are you a big bunch of impoverished procrastinators like me? ... Knocker in Antique Brass, $50, Restoration Hardware. Right: Vintage Lion’s Head Door Knocker, $45, BIN ... from top left: 1. Hand Door Knocker, $42, The French House. 2. Tiny picture of Hand and Ball Door [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 10:00:56

Mason's Reply and the End of All This

I received a reply back; selected passages below with my comments in red: When we started this project using the sand and lime type mortar (very soft) we were lead to believe that the structure of the house was sound (NO such thing. We called HIM in to let us know what the condition of the house was). ...on returning to complete the tuck [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 14:54:09

Green Jobs Training: Asheville GO!

“My neighborhood’s crazy.” Waylon said, “there’s drugs, alcohol, violence, stolen motor vehicles, robbing, ... watermelon, Delario and Darius put away shovels they were using to build a green house. D, Waylon’s co ... , and ecosystem restoration. The first half of each day is dedicated to introductions and trainings [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 22:24:19

Take steps to protect your credit during divorce

by Mike Mastracci Credit scores are important, more than ever. When you separate or divorce, special care needs to be taken to protect your scores ... term financial recovery. Many credit restoration companies thrive when the divorce rates rise ... vehicle loans as part of any house refinancing if possible. When starting anew, the fewer debts [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 11:34:04

FDR's First Inaugural Address

I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impel. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:32:00

A Spontaneous Trip

Today we were up with the birdies to head south for the last baseball game of the season. Waking up at 6:15 a.m ... (George Washington's sister). It was built before the Civil War and is going through restoration ... of us on it and even without furniture in the house he was filled with questions.He really was interested [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 04:33:00

ST. JOSEPH'S AME CHURCH / HAYTI HERITAGE CENTER

The spire of St. Joseph's visible ~2 blocks away on the right, 1922.(Courtesy Duke Rare Book and Manuscript Collection. Scanned by Digital Durham) ... his brief Durham career. Leary, whose house still stands on Cleveland St., designed the original ... (later Morehead School), and the Foushee House (now Camelot Academy on Proctor St.) It has never [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 05:00:00

Decor Details

This year, by necessity and choice, our Holiday decor is rather simple ... from the dollar store. I have two sets of clear bubble lights that I found at Restoration Hardware outlet ... , a page of old music, and a tag, all of my gifts to friends and business women I want to thank are ready [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 00:33:00

Relief Society Lesson 26: Elijah and the Restoration of the Sealing Keys

by Bartholomeus Breenbergh, c 1630 by EmilyCC I tried to resist making this into a Gospel Doctrine lesson, ... of the restoration of keys, but I would get an excellent reader to read this.  Also, I’ve taken ... with such power as seemed almost sufficient to raise the roof from the building.” “Let thy house be [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:42:15

Holy Paladin Raiding Consumables, WotLK Version

As with previous guides, two things to note: I’m recommending consumables that give you a good balance of stats, where feasible ... , they shouldn’t be dismissed. Your options: Mana & Health Restoration These are all affected by alchemist-only Alchemist Stone trinkets, increasing their mana/health restoration effects by 40%, unless [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 17:12:22

The Great Hospital, Pt.3

First up, I'd like to wish all my yummy, sexy, smart, funny and/or just plain odd blogpals an intercoursingly Happy New Year ... in Norwich.Today we come down the twisty old rickety oak stairs from Eagle Ward and emerge in the delightful ... with the Norwich School occupying the old monastic buildings but the hospital came under threat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 05:22:00

Short Story Competition: First Batch is Open for Voting!

When I launched the short story competition last week I was expecting to receive some ten, perhaps fifteen entries. The time frame for submission was not that long in fact. Boy I was wrong. We have over 60 participants! It would be impossible to post all the entries today, especially since the readers are going to vote on them [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 13:17:05

The Liturgical Gangstas 3: The Authority/Dissent Issue

Welcome to IM’s popular new feature, “The Liturgical Gangstas,” a panel discussion among different liturgical traditions represented in the Internet Monk audience. Who are the Gangstas? Father Ernesto Obregon is an Eastern Orthodox priest. Rev. Peter Vance Matthews is an Anglican priest and founding pastor of an AMIA congregation. Dr [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 02:40:55

An Inaugural Address for Our Time

For many reasons, including the encouragement of the man himself, the ghost of Lincoln hovers above the Mall today. There is a certain visceral satisfaction to seeing today as the fulfillment of that arc of History. But more frequently coming to my mind as I anticipate today's spectacle, is another Historic election [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:03:00

I Hear the Sound of Abundant Rain!

  About this time every year I begin really focusing on hearing what God is saying for the new year to come. My husband, Craig has been doing this for weeks now, but it was only today that God dropped something in my spirit. So, prepare yourself, this is not going to be a typical, feel good, pump up "Feminine Fire" [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 07:10:44

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