1.10.2005

Two Announcements (updated)

1. Check out Chief Jason's post about his encounter with wild dogs (perhaps dogg is more apropos). It's a good little story.

2. I saw this guy's writing in a prominent publication a few weeks back so I e-mailed him and asked him to write here at Coney Island. He accepted. He has won countless awards for his achievements, including perfect attendance, and seems overqualified for a simple blog such as this. His spelling is impeccable and his wit is hardly unwitting. I'm sure you'll make him feel welcome, so give it up for...

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Bright Morning Ward

There's something happening when Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket and M. Ward get together on stage and play. I should say more, but I can't right now.

It's just magical.

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1.09.2005

Which One Most Accurately Describes You?

Conservative
adj 1: resistant to change [ant: liberal] 2: opposed to liberal reforms 3: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" [syn: cautious] 4: unimaginatively conventional; [syn: button-down, buttoned-down] 5: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois, materialistic] n : a person who has conservative ideas or opinions [syn: conservativist]

Progressive
adj 1: favoring or promoting progress; "progressive schools" [ant: regressive] 2: favoring or promoting reform [syn: reformist, reform-minded] 3: (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount increases [ant: regressive] 4: gradually advancing in extent 5: n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going [syn: progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tense] 2: a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties [syn: liberal] [ant: conservative]

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