RANKIN INLET, NUNAVUT (Feb 26, 2008) -- A tiny Arctic town shivering in the icy winds of Hudson Bay for a week after three of four power plants shut down was hoping for relief yesterday with the expected arrival of a new generator.
RANKIN INLET, Nunavut - A tiny Arctic town shivering in the icy winds of Hudson Bay for a week after three of four power plants shut down was hoping for relief Monday with the expected arrival of a new generator.
I was inspecting a house out beyond the Naugahyde Curtain the other day (Walnut Creek, if memory serves; landing strip for white flight). The house was unillustrious but amongst the artifacts that brought me sufficient intrigue to set the day aglow was a brand new fireplace.
Jill Homer has been called a lot of different things. Strangers call her daring, yet crazy. Friends think she's bordering on insanity, but brave. Family members think she is amazing but worry openly for her safety.
Halloween is long past, and even Mardi Gras is a memory now, but it's always fun to play dress-up. Houston's indie-rock community discovered as much at last month's Hootenanny, topped by Mathletes' rapturous turn as Talking Heads †the Mink ain't no disco, indeed, but it sure was a party &mdas
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