The Persuasions

UOMO Media Inc. (OTCBB: UOMO), a multi-channel entertainment company, announced today that Redzone Entertainment, founded by award-winning producer and songwriter Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, is dominating the recording charts with tracks by Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber and Snoop Dogg. Read More

MAROUSSI, ATHENS, GREECE -- (Marketwire) -- 12/22/09 -- Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA), an owner and operator of container carrier and drybulk vessels, announced today that it sold and delivered to their new owners the two oldest vessels in its fleet, M/V Gregos and M/V Artemis. Read More

Columbus' nonprofit Community Resource Connection will hold a toy giveaway Tuesday at the Columbus Municipal Complex. Read More

Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. Read More

Now, however, slowly but surely I am moving more of my consumption out of RSS and into the Twitter stream. Read More

In 1895 A. Meitzen realized that the form of plough chiefly used in Germany might explain many peculiarities in the arrangement of fields and in the co-operative agriculture often found in medieval villages. Read More

Comment is Free But is Ignorance Bliss? Read More

This is a photo from Obama's own Flickr site, so it presents Obama as Obama's people want him to be seen. Read More

Alexander McQueen suit, McQueen tie, Tom Ford shirt, and the now infamous Tom Ford riding boots--"they had like a eighteen karat gold zipper and it zips like straight up. They're the equestrian boots." Read More