December 2010
17 posts
"Rosie the Riveter" dead at 86 →
Geraldine Hoff Doyle, one of the women who inspired the character of Rosie the Riveter, died today at the age of 86. In her honor, please enjoy this thorough and fascinating look at the history…
Dec 30th
13 Minnesota books you really ought to read | Amy... →
13 Minnesota books you really ought to read “Minnesota’s Hidden Alphabet” by Joe Rossi and David LaRochelle. By Amy Goetzman | Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 The world has changed and…
Dec 29th
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12 Things You Probably Didn't Know About The Movie... →
See also: 12 things you probably didn’t know about the movie ‘Home Alone’ . View List ›
Dec 21st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
The Kinks (35) James (5) Liz Phair (3) The Replacements (3) The Shins (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 20th
Just Books NewsLetter | The Red Balloon Bookshop →
Dec 18th
The Great Electronic Arts Worldwide 99¢ Sale of... →
It seems like whenever a holiday rolls around in the US, all of the major developers put their catalog of iOS games on sale in an effort to ride a wave of publicity into the top app…
Dec 17th
Dec 16th
weeks101: Clear skies and deep snow cover reveal... →
weeks101: Clear skies and deep snow cover reveal surface features on NASA’s MODIS Terra Satellite Monday. Here are some of the records with last weekend’s storm. -5th biggest snowfall on…
Dec 16th
Retro Version of Angry Birds From 1992 →
Penney Design created some great spoofed screenshots that imagine what Angry Birds would look like in 1992. Fake screenshots spoofing the highly addictive mobile game ‘Angry Birds’ by…
Dec 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Hüsker Dü (13) Paul Westerberg (7) The New Pornographers (4) Tom Waits (3) The Decemberists (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 14th
Copywriter meltdown →
Copywriter meltdown.
Dec 14th
Field Trip →
Members of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School Book Club visited the Loft last weekend to take part in “Second Story,” the Loft’s reading series for writers of young adult and…
Dec 10th
Dec 9th
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The Impressive(ly Young) Woman Behind Arsenic... →
You probably heard that NASA announced a groundbreaking discovery that expands the definition of life as we know it. Did you know the lead scientist is a woman named Felisa Wolfe-Simon —…
Dec 5th
B-List Celebrities Sing 'Let It Be' →
Shared by Jodi I can’t figure this video out, but it was a lot of fun trying too. Also, Norm from Cheers seems to have suffered from too much plastic surgery. It’s clear what’s…
Dec 4th
"The other billionaires to die in 2010 are Janet... →
“The other billionaires to die in 2010 are Janet Morse Cargill of the family that founded Cargill Inc. (net worth: $1.6 billion), Texas pipeline magnate Dan Duncan ($9.8 billion), and California real…
Dec 3rd
“I had no idea that the Y programmers wanted me to talk to Steve instead on what...”
– A Steve Martin Event That Disappointed the 92nd Street Y - NYTimes.com
Dec 2nd
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