As part of a story I’m doing for MissouriGreen, a first set of photos of the famous Gringo Jones Import and Other Stuff near the Botanical Garden. The sign out front says it all: Business Sucks. Come in and deal. Welcome to Gringo Jones, one of the funnest, funkiest places in St. Louis. Everything is for sale. Except […]
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Babies
The St. Louis Zoo had an exceptional year when it came to zoo babies. As a Christmas treat, I give you the cute, the furry, the frolicking, and the fun. Kalama was born in August, 2008. There are now only 2,200 Grevy’s Zebras in the wild, but there’s a healthy population in zoos. The same […]
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Threads
Dave Rogers: I’m somewhat chagrined to note that I’ve imbibed the Facebook Kool-Aid™. What has tipped the balance for me is the iPhone application, and the fact that many of my “meat-space” friends are on Facebook. If you’re a regular reader and are also on Facebook, look me up as David Michael Rogers. (I was […]
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Wettest year ever
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Congratulations, St. Louis. With this afternoon’s rain, frozen rain, sleet, and hail, we set a new record for wettest year. From the Weather Underground: Statement as of 2:40 PM CST on December 23, 2008 … Record yearly maximum precipitation set at St. Louis MO… A record yearly maimum precipitation of […]
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Roku rolls out HD, new content in 2009
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Roku started its rollout of HD content to Netflix Box owners beginning today. I’ve been a latecomer beta tester, and am generally happy with the quality of the stream I’m getting. Only about 100 movies are HD at this time. Many of the shows provided by CBS, including Star Trek the first […]