Our man HmL has signed up for the Multiple Sclerosis ride again this year. He will challenge himself by “riding 140 miles over 2 days.” By helping him reaching his goal, you’ll also help “to not only support research for tomorrow, but also to provide important programs and services which address the challenges of people living with MS today.” Donate whatever you could.
Only in Saudi Arabia (These guys are nuts)
The second installment of Charles Mingus on NPR Profiles:
In succeeding years, he fashioned a body of work to rival Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk in rhythmic and structural originality. Like Ellington, Mingus constantly developed new works, and designed music around the unique strengths of the musicians in his ensembles. At times, he left parts of his compositions unscripted, counting on bandstand inspiration.
Listen to the program here.
CNN clip shows Jeremiah Wright as an entertainer.
Drop by a Baskin Robbins near you from 5pm to 10pm for some ice cream.
…kicked off a fundraising campaign seeking the community’s support for a surgery that will remove an extremely large tumor that has severely deformed the face of fifteen year-old Lai Thi Dao from Vietnam. The tumor, known as Schwannoma, has been growing since she was approximately three years old. Without surgery, the tumor’s rapid growth in comparison to the rest of her organs could eventually lead to the critical closing of Lai’s throat and collapse of her upper airways. Lai recently arrived in South Florida to receive life-altering surgery.
Poor girl. I hope the operation, which is today, will go smoothly.
“What drove father who built the House of Horror?” Psychologist Dr. Kristina Downing-Orr told CNN:
… that Fritzl, who his daughter has said abused her since the age of 11, possibly didn’t want the relationship to end when she turned 18 — the age at which he first imprisoned her.
“Perhaps she would go out and have boyfriends of her own,” Downing-Orr told CNN, “perhaps he was a bit afraid he would be caught, that she would go out and tell people, and that led him to imprison her in this dungeon basement.”
This sick fucker raped his daughter and imprisoned her and her kids for 24 years, yet he only gets up to 15 years jail time. The calculation is off here.
Very cool intro for a not-so-useful product.
