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Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change
The following is an article by Derrick Jensen from Orion Magazine that I read yesterday and wanted to put out there in the hopes that more people will read it. I also need to say that I have never read any of Jensen’s books, because ironically enough, I have always associated him with [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2009 under books, environment, sustainability.
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Max and Eli ‘Get Saucy’ on The TODAY Show!
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At long last! Yesterday was the day for Max and Eli’s long-awaited appearance on The TODAY Show with Hoda and Kathi Lee to promote their new cookbook, Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef. They were fantastic! It [...]
Posted: April 18th, 2009 under Freshman in the Kitchen, The TODAY Show, adventure, ann arbor, awesome, badlands, books, cookbook, delicious, eli, eve: the restaurant, max, michigan.
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my article in the washtenaw jewish news!
That’s right! The September 2008 edition of the Washtenaw Jewish News features an interview by yours truly with local chefs Max and Eli Sussman about their new cookbook, Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef. The full text of the article, “Become a creative chef with new local cookbook” will eventually be [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under Detroit, adventure, ann arbor, awesome, books, cookbook, delicious, eli, harvest, max, michigan, potatoes, youth.
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Justice for Raymond
Raymond McCord’s book about the murder of his son, Raymond, Jr. will be released on 16 May. The book covers the 1997 murder of Raymond, Jr. by the Mount Vernon UVF, Raymond, Sr.’s quest to find the killers and bring them to justice, the subsequent death threats from the UDA and UVF, attacks [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2008 under Nuala O'Loan, RUC, Raymond McCord, Special Branch, UDA, UVF, belfast, books, collusion, ireland, loyalist, loyalist paramilitaries.
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Michael Patrick MacDonald on NPR
Follow this link to hear author Michael Patrick MacDonald’s interview on NPR’s Soundcheck yesterday. MacDonald is the author of the best-selling memoir All Souls: A Family Story from Southie (soon to be made into a movie!) about his experience growing up in the Irish American working class neighborhoods of South Boston amidst drugs, [...]
Posted: April 3rd, 2008 under Irish Echo, awesome, books, ireland, music.
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Danny Cassidy in the news again, this time in the NY Times
Alright, I know I’ve blogged about Cassidy’s book numerous times. Perhaps I feel a bit of connection to him, though we’ve never met, because a) we have some mutual friends, b) I am trying to learn Irish, c) my pops is a fluent speaker, and of course d) the book and its thesis rules. [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2007 under Irish language, awesome, books, ireland.
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Dan Cassidy interviewed on RTÉ Radio 1
Dan Cassidy was interviewed on RTÉ earlier this month about his new book, How the Irish Invented Slang. To listen, go here and click on the 11 August link next to the description of the show. I’m not too familiar with .smil files, but Real Player worked for me (QuickTime didn’t).
He may be [...]
Posted: August 20th, 2007 under Irish language, books, ireland.
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How the Irish Invented Slang
It’s long since gotten to the point where my friends roll their eyes (albeit lovingly) whenever I mention an Irish connection to anything–so you can imagine the reception I get when I bring up the idea that much of our common American slang (words like jazz, dude, slum and snazzy) is rooted in the Irish [...]
Posted: August 8th, 2007 under Irish language, books, ireland.
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