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a progressive on the prairie

a progressive on the prairie

http://prairieprogressive.com

A blog about books, music and other things that make life meaningful and, occasionally, politics

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  • Weekend Edition: 11-21

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 11:09 in interesting, weekend edition, a reading life

    Bulletin Board My friend Michael at The MinusCar Project is partnering with the Sioux Falls Green Project to bring the documentary No Impact Man to Sioux Falls. The movie, which tells the story of Colin Beavan’s decision to completely elimina...

  • Friday Follies: 1.21

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 13:04 in interesting, law, friday follies, miscellany linkage

    A Russian court reduced by several months the sentence of a man who murdered and ate his mother — and dismissed a cannibalism charge against him — because “I was so hungry, I had to eat [the corpse].” (Via.) But maybe it̵...

  • A visit from an old friend

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 08:04 in music, leo kottke

    There’s a certain rhythm and inner warmth when you see an old friend after a number of years. While I’ve never spoken to Leo Kottke in my life, seeing him perform Thursday night at the Orpheum Theater had that feel. I first became acquai...

  • Blog etiquette rant

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 12:56 in internet, blog, rants, blogs, blog internet

    In the scheme of life, the universe and everything, it’s no big deal. But it does kind of piss me off so you’ll have to forgive this rant as I vent a bit. When I post a bunch of links in Weekend Edition or Friday Follies, I use “Vi...

  • Beating the rush on a National Book Award winner

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 07:49 in books, a reading life

    I mentioned when they were announced that I hadn’t read any of the finalists for the National Book Award. Lucky timing is going to help me out with reading one of the winners. Taking a look at some of the “best of” lists for this y...

  • Wish I’d said that

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 08:04 in books, a reading life

    It’s always somewhat surprising when you read something and realize not only that you wish you’d said it but that, if you had, you probably wouldn’t have said it quite as well. The latest case in point for me is a post at Tales from...

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