Knot a Blog: 2008年6月

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6月30日

Florida Bans Hallucenogenic Salvia

Among new laws going into effect in Florida on July 1, 2008 is a ban on the sale of a hallucinogenic drug Salvia divinorum. The state legislature passed a bill making possession of Salvia a third-degree felony, with a punishment of up to five years in jail and a fine of $5,000.

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Sam's Club's Square Milk Bottles: Green or Just Messy?

If, like me, you shop at Sam's Club (part of Wal-Mart Stores), you may have a messy kitchen these days. The reason is that Sam's Club is now selling milk and orange juice in square bottles without spouts that are really hard to pour from.

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6月29日

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Why Are Bands Giving Away Free Music on the Internet?

I realize how old I am, when I find that on the Internet, I can legally download free tracks from Nine Inch Nails from the NIN website. Why is Trent Reznor making his music free to anyone with Internet access? When I was a teenager, I had to save money to buy a not so compact disk. There was no free lunch or free music. Now, there is a new music economy.

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6月28日

Red, White, and Blue Pizza

Celebrate the Fourth of July with this unlikely recipe, which you can find here.

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6月26日

I've Been Interviewed!

What was your first job? How old were you? Did you like it or hate it?

My first job was working on Saturdays at a drug store when I was about thirteen or fourteen. I pretty much enjoyed it. I remember as it got later in the evening, young men would come in asking for bizarre things, such as "Kaywoodies" and "Moon Bloomers," both of which meant condoms. I'm still trying to work that into a story.

The First Day of Summer

I believe that every year that I have maintained this blog, I have commented on the solstice, the first day of Summer. As a sometime English major, I have to remark on the poem "Epithalamium" by Edmund Spenser, a droll piece celebrating his wedding on the solstice - the longest day of the year (and, hence, the shortest night). You are invited to join me in read "Epithalamium" this year. Neckties, alas, optional.

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6月17日

I Love Dinosaurs and Other Animals!

"I Love Dinosaurs and Other Animals!" That's the name of a new index page that I just put online that links to my articles on dinosaurs and other animals. Do check them out!

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6月15日

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day! I suppose that if there is a day that might be called Necktie Day, this is it. The Men's Dress Furnishings Association, the trade associtation of US necktie manufacturers has ended. Reports are that growing competition from abroad and a shrinking market here at home were factors.

Meanwhile, since I no longer have a job for which I have to wear ties (in fact, I no longer have a job), I am keeping this blog in business by using it to publicize some writing I am making a few bucks from. Some day, I hope, I'll be wearing and blogging ties again... at a job.

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6月13日

Beer: The World's Oldest Health Food?

"Beer was a way to preserve and use grains. Moreover, beer tasted good, it made people feel good. For thousands of years, however, beer was not a recreational liquid but a vital food, in fact, a health food. Perhaps if we look back to some good (very) old days, we might find a way to deal with beer that might be better for our physical and mental health, to see it as a food, not as a vice."

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6月12日

Panties for Peace: Get Empowered by Your Drawers!

"Women everywhere can make a political statement by throwing their panties, onto the world stage in a new but growing movement called Panties for Peace. A grassroots network of women's organizations in Thailand, Canada, and the United States has united under the name Panties for Peace and come up with a simple, outrageous, but powerful way of protesting the ongoing abuses of the generals who are ruling and ruining Myanmar."

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6月10日

How I Did Not Become a Millionaire Selling on eBay Penis Enhancement Tapes

"I could become a millionaire by selling on eBay. Guess what I was going to sell? Not breast enhancement tapes, but if breast enhancement by hypnotic suggestion is possible, then why not... why not penis enhancement tapes?"

The truth is, I'm not becoming a millionaire selling neckties on eBay either! Look through the 500+ neckties of this blog. Most of them are for sale. Email me (msegers @ gmail. com) if interested. (Of course, omit the spaces in the address.)

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6月9日

Daddy Diaper Bags: The New Father's Day Gift?

"For a mere $198, you can give the dad a Father's Day gift that says he is somebody special, Brad Pitt's favorite diaper bag, although for $198, I have the feeling that Angelia Jolie should show up to deliver this Father's Day gift."

What were you expecting? A necktie? Read more about diaper bags as Father's Day gifts here.

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6月7日

Esperanza Spalding Gives Jazz Lovers Hope

With a lovely lady like Esperanza Spalding in command of things (this is not a raucous, anarchic music), jazz has a future and so does Esperanza Spalding. Just listen to her "Mela," if you have any doubt, or "Love in Time," or - oh, heck - any of the dozen tunes on Esperanza, each of which is a distinct little musical world, with some pop, some jazz, a dash of soul, and isn't that a bit of Latin there? Under the leadership of Esperanza Spalding, the songs of Esperanza fit together into a hot, cool, exciting, relaxing, constantly entrancing portrait of a very talented artist as a beautiful young lady.

Read more about this music to wear neckties to.

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6月5日

Dry Drowning Death Calls Attention to a Serious Problem

The sad loss of a Goose Creek, S.C., 10-year-old named Johnny Jackson has stirred a good bit of interest in the cause of his death -- "dry drowning," a condition observed in about 15 percent of all drowning deaths. As unusual as Johnny Jackson's death by dry drowning sounds, it calls attention to a serious and much more widespread threat to children.

Sharon Stone, Karma, and the Earthquake in China

A good old Buddhist term, karma, has hit the news with Buddhist actress Sharon Stone stirring up the biggest religious controversy, since the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's diatribes, with her interpretation of the recent earthquake in China. At the Cannes Film Festival, Stone remarked, "I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else. And then this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that karma?"

Read more.

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6月2日

Yves Saint-Laurent

French designer Yves Saint-Laurent, best known for his lines of women's clothing, has died. It seems not so well-known that his name at least is associated with neckties. In one week, I wore two Yves Saint-Laurent ties. And, I suppose, that is all I have to say about him, except that as I was trying to find my blog entry for the ties using Google, I entered the names Yves and Segers. To my surprise, I found a singer named Yves Segers.

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