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[Source: Video from LukeVanFan]  Cyndi Lauper was on the set of As the World Turns daytime soap. Lauper performs on the show that aired July 3rd. What looked like a performance that would bring Luke and Noah back to Nuke (together).  What was a beautiful performance only resulted in only a few seconds of bliss for the couple as Noah drops another bomb on Luke’s sensitive heart. The above video showcases Lauper’s True Colors performance, a time tested classic that happens to be my personal favorite song by the pop star turned gay activist. You go Cyndi — Really ...

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Random question: can anyone tell me about either the Oaks Card Room or the Casino San Pablo? Both are Bay Area poker rooms, and I’ll likely be spending some time there in the near future. ...

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where all the honey bees are, they’re swarming around this crazy blooming Texas Sage at Casa de blogging out loud: (clickie) And, I’m convinced that all the mosquitoes are being eaten by the enormous crop of anole lizards running around.  They eat, they molt, they make babies.  It’s a big, ole party over here: Yep, things are hopping right along.  ...

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For the past several weeks, my assistant, J., has been slipping the word "Goddess" into casual conversation.I assumed he was doing it to make our Christian co-workers uncomfortable, seeing as how, last time I checked, he was an avowed agnostic. I don't necessarily disagree with making Christians uncomfortable, but from a managerial point of view, if he was only doing it to ruffle feathers around the office, I figured he should probably knock it off.So this morning, when somebody sneezed and J. was all, "Goddess bless you!" I wandered over to his desk and asked, "Just out of curiosity, why ...

Trip hop bad boy, Tricky, returns with his first full-length of new material in five years! Knowle West Boy – named for the neighborhood in which he [Tricky] grew up – is being widely held as a return to form. Indeed, online magazine, musicOMH.com, states the songwriting on  'Knowle to be on a par with Tricky's  work from his groundbreaking debut, Maxinquaye – some of it, anyway. The earlier return of fellow trip hop pioneers, Portishead (in April) with their third studio album, Third – also after a long hiatus – makes Tricky's reappearance all the more welcome. The  sound of Bristol is ...