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Tom Brady's Hair

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I like Wesley Morris as a film critic, but I have no idea why he decided writing about Tom Brady's hair for Grantland was a good idea....

 
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Visiting Las Vegas

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Over at the DG, my colleague Margaret Hartley writes about her recent trip to Las Vegas in her weekly column Greenpoint. Here's an...

 
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How Does She Do It? In-Laws!

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As editor of a major business news publication in Birmingham, Ala., I do a lot of public speaking, mostly about the newspaper itself or...

 
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Primus at the Palace

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Over at the DG, I review Primus' concert at the Palace Theatre in Albany last week. Here's an excerpt: Primus, I’m happy...

 
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I Love the Post Office

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Am I the only person who's disturbed by all this talk of gutting the U.S. Postal Service? I love the post office! I can see where...

 
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Lucky Jukebox Brigade

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The band I saw tonight. Albany's answer to DeVotchKa and the Gogol Bordello?

 
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Alexander Hamilton and Me

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On her blog Virgin Islands Traveller, my friend Susanna Henighan Potter writes about Alexander Hamilton's Caribbean roots, and her...

 
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Sights and Sounds of New York

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In my column this week at the DG, I write about my recent trip to New York City, and visiting the 9/11 Memorial and Park 51 - the...

 
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Dad Rock is OK

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Wilco is currently one of the greatest rock bands in the world, but detractors like to describe the band's music as "dad rock." I have...

 
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Lifestyle Tips

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Last week my co-worker passed out a "job list" from a local martial arts academy that was developed to motivate youngsters to complete...

 
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NFL Picks, Week 4

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Over at the DG, I make my week 4 NFL picks . Here's an excerpt: "BUFFALO BILLS at Cincinnati Bengals — Is it time to...

 
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Lou Reed + Metallica = ???

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One of the weirder musical collaborations in history will be released to the wider world at the end of October, when the Lou...

 
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The X-Files Is Funny

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I used to love "The X-Files." I haven't watched the show or thought about it all that much in recent years, but this week I found...

 
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Have You Seen the Amazing Two-Faced Cat?

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Seriously, this is amazing. Here's an excerpt: "Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three...

 
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Red Sox Gak

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Today at work someone asked me I remembered the Red Sox collapse of 1978. "Not really," I said. "I was three-years-old." Then my...

 
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Music Review: Opeth "Heritage"

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After Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt recorded two demos for the Swedish band’s latest album, he came to a realization. Though the...

 
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Too Much Email?

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Chris Anderson has an interesting piece in the Washington Post about the "problem" of email overload. I put the word problem in...

 
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Public Art in the Capital Region

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Over at his visual arts blog, my DG colleague David Brickman writes about public art, specifically the controversy over an abstract...

 
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You Should Go To Iceland

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I went to Iceland on vacation and loved it. Here are five cool things I saw. 5. The Blue Lagoon: Icelanders get most of their power...

 
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Watching "The Guard"

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Over at the DG, I review the new movie "The Guard." Here's an excerpt: “'The Guard'” is a trifle but, as trifles go,...

 
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Finding Your Bully

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Salon has started a new series that I find rather interesting. The online publication is inviting readers to get in touch with "someone...

 
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Malcolm Gladwell on the Economics of the NBA

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Over at Grantland, Malcolm Gladwell takes on NBA commissioner David Stern and his claim that the NBA is about to fall to economic...

 
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Bad Trend Alert

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Looks like health insurance costs are rising sharply. Question: Wasn't health reform supposed to prevent this sort of thing? I...

 
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First Impressions

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Generally, I'm a big proponent of listening to an album at least 2 or 3 times before deciding whether I really like it or not. Some...

 
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At the 9/11 Memorial

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Over the weekend, I had the chance to visit the 9/11 Memorial, which I wrote about today in my blog at the DG. Here's an excerpt:...

 
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