http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Liza Sabater's daily servings to the Reality-Based citizenry of art, culture, entertainment, life, media, politics, sex, and technology from the very surreal New York City. en-us blogdiva@culturekitchen.com 2005-02-10T11:34:39-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002809.html He may have lost the primary. He may have been brushed aside as the oddity to beat. But Howard Dean, much to the chagrin to people in the Democratic Party, was prepared to stay for the long haul : 1. He has built a 50 state grassroot strategy. 2.... 2809@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Democrats 2005-02-10T10:45:42-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002801.html Google Maps The possibilities with a tool like this are endless. For example, instead of the corporate control 311 systems we have today, take this kind of tool and give it to the people for tracking problems around town. Fires, potholes, building hazards are one way to go. In England... 2801@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Google 2005-02-08T11:53:08-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002779.html The Chinese calendar's new year celebration for 2005 falls on February 9th; marking the beginning of Year of the Rooster. So what better way than to keep with the flamboyant spirit of the Chinese Rooster than to wear the Flaming Cock T-Shirt! Last year the lovely people of SharpAsToast... 2779@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Swag Whore 2005-02-06T13:35:12-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002797.html The following is an abomination brought to you by Golf GTI. It is supposed to be a hip, and therefore good, update of Gene Kelly's famous water splashing scene in Singin' in the Rain. It's an unfortunate update because anybody who has seen the movie or even clips of the... 2797@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Viral Ads / Marketing 2005-02-06T00:12:51-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002796.html From a press release sent to me by Stephan Smith LEADING ANTIWAR VOICES JOIN IRAQI-AMERICAN ARTISTS FOR "A NIGHT AGAINST THE WAR," SUNDAY, FEB. 6 AT JOE’S PUB With Amy Goodman, Fmr. SSgt US Marines Jimmy Massey, Iraqi-American singer-songwriter Stephan Smith and playwright Heather Raffo, Leslie Cagan, and Dahr Jamail... 2796@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Activism 2005-02-05T22:52:20-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002789.html Thanks to Micah Sifry and all the people of Personal Democracy Forum, snarkiness and pearls of wisdom were swined. It was fun. It was awesome. Backchanneling is the new water-cooler gossip MUST. Here is our slightly edited assessment of what the Democrats had to offer (I cut out the comings... 2789@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Democrats 2005-02-03T10:24:28-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002788.html 1. This was no Pinky and Brain speech. This was a clearly calculated "shout out to the peeps" that gave Bush the power of a "legitimate" election. For example : Private education industry To make our economy stronger and more dynamic, we must prepare a rising generation to fill the... 2788@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ George W. Bush 2005-02-03T00:03:06-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002786.html ARSC Really Simple Chat - Manuel Kiessling's Homepage ARSC is an easy to install, simple to handle, cross-browser and cross-platform compatible, high-performance open source web chat system written in PHP, using MySQL. This was AWESOME to use! I highly recommend it to anyone that wants to have an easy way... 2786@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Social Software 2005-02-02T23:16:17-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002785.html I am watching the State of the Union Address but reluctantly. No better way to make my blood boil than to listen George W. Bush speak. It's not political, it's personal. I just hate his accent and vocal mannerisms. Tom Selleck is another guy's voice I dislike, but not as... 2785@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Politics 2005-02-02T20:34:20-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002777.html This has got to be the CUTEST, and I mean GLOD FRUCKING CUTEST email I have received in a loooong time. It just made me cry. Here's my situation. I am quite sweet on a girl I met recently. She is intelligent, beautiful, and of Columbian, Mexican, and (go fig)... 2777@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Mail 2005-02-02T11:57:18-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002781.html Google Search: ANIL SEX. I am not being smarmy about this. Anil's blog has been around for a while and probably gets 10 times more hits than mine. So you'd think my blog would not get ranked as the #2 choice, right? Well, that old adage that pageviews + incoming... 2781@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Taxonomies 2005-02-01T17:23:16-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002780.html New York City media whores are all atwiter over Mediabistro's entry into the blogosphere. Snarky has been taken to a whole 'nother level this past few days. Just a quick observation : Check out the curious homage the designers of Mediabistro have made to this here site. I'm sorry, but... 2780@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Blogs 2005-02-01T16:28:18-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002773.html It's about effing time someone had the cojones to tell Joe Lieberman ( Senator Joe Lieberman: Home Page ) he's a tool of the Republican Party. As much as I hate the FCC, who is he to say what indecency is? By whose standards is he going to define... 2773@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Democrats 2005-01-31T13:59:41-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002772.html As a true believer of democracy, a liberal, a proressive, DARE I SAY A PROGRESSIVE LIBERTARIAN, are you ready to let the AFA stop Red State Americans from enjoying their inalienable right to pornography? Nope. I don't think so. Check out this e-alert ---AFA - American Family Association - Activism... 2772@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Pornography 2005-01-31T12:42:30-05:00 http://www.culturekitchen.com/archives/002770.html 1. If you think call routing systems are the best thing since sliced pie, you deserve to die a slow and painful death by coked out Rottweillers. 2. If you think putting a customer on hold for more than 120 seconds is reasonable, you should be locked away in an... 2770@http://www.culturekitchen.com/home/ Business 2005-01-31T11:50:32-05:00