vintage RENEGADE NEWS now on the Worldwide Web

RENEGADE NEWS: The News We Twist To Fit (SM) is a tag line of news parodies that started in the 1980s and ran until the mid '90s. Now the archives of RENEGADE NEWS have been released to the Worldwide Web. As many stories from RENEGADE NEWS (circa mid/late 1980s) as we could preserve have been scanned and loaded into cyberspace. http://renegade-news.blogspot.com/ Tell your friends...

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Holiday Gift Giving? Low price USB gadgets for friends or be your Office Secret Santa

Ugh, it's time for the gift exchange.Tough economic times are hitting everywhere, and the holiday gift giving tradition hasn't been granted financial immunity. People are thinking twice before buying big ticket toys, instead opting for smaller, more thoughtful gifts.If you're continuing the retail tradition of gift giving, take a look at some USB gadgets which may just quench your gifting desires, especially for coworkers. There's the wildly popular...

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales

Here comes another Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) and if you're not in line at 3am on the day after Thanksgiving for that 4am sale, you just aren't a serious shopper.Actually you can avoid those lines at the malls, the frantic shoppers, and shop online in the comfort of your fuzzy bathrobe. Amazon has a slew of Black Friday sales planned. Take a sneak peak at the Black Friday section www.tinyurl.com/black-friday-sales and come back early Friday...

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales

Here comes another Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) and if you're not in line at 3am on the day after Thanksgiving for that 4am sale, you just aren't a serious shopper. Actually you can avoid those lines at the malls, the frantic shoppers, and shop online in the comfort of your fuzzy bathrobe. Amazon has a slew of Black Friday sales planned. Take a sneak peak at the Black Friday section www.tinyurl.com/black-friday-sales and come back early Friday...

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Having a bad day? Watch a puppy cam

I think The Shiba Inu Puppy Cam is the most popular web cam on the internet. If you're having an extra bad day, watch these cute pups for a minute and your stress will melt away (and so will your heart). Amazon.com WidgetsUPDATE: A Brand New PUPPY CAM is now operatio...

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Restaurant reviews in New York City and Northern NJ

Yelp is an easy way to find, review and talk about what's great (and not great) in a specific city or neighborhood. It has been a pretty reliable resource when trying I'm looking for a restaurant in NYC and does a good job of isolating a neighborhood and type of food. Check it out at yelp.com. And check out a few of my yelp restaurant reviews he...

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George Carlin hosts Saturday Night Live (first SNL episode from Oct. 11, 1975)

Rest In Peace: George CarlinMay 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008Legendary comedian George Carlin died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif.This Saturday watch a rebroadcast of the first episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC with host George Carlin. Original Airdate: October 11, 1975Read Dying Is Hard. Comedy Is Harder, Jerry Seinfeld's Op-Ed column (published in the New York Times June 24, 200...

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Top Travel Gadgets

I've been trying to pick up a pair of noise reducing headphones that fold up for travel and while evaluating my options I ran across the Jersey Journal's, Top 5 gadgets for Travelers. I don't necessarily agree or disagree with the list but a lot of people are planning their summer trips, so this list could be helpful if you're taking a flight in the near future. Apple iPod Touch: The top-of-the-line iPod Touch stores 32GB of songs, movies and TV...

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WeatherPlus forecast widget

A look at the weather in South Flor...

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Big Apple Barbeque Block Party Madison Square Park (free!) with music too

The 6th Annual Big Apple Barbeque Block PartyThis looks like a pretty tasty way to spend a day, or a weekend... BBQ and Mardi Gras Indians! It's almost like 2nd and Dryades is coming to New York. Almost.June 7 and 8, 2008 in Madison Square ParkNew York, NYNoon to 6pmhttp://www.bigapplebbq.org/Admission is free!MAP of Madison Square ParkBarbecue is $8 per plate, sides and desserts $4 per plate and drinks range $2-$6Feed your belly with variations...

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The Bamboo Room in Lake Worth Florida is Closing

Sad news. Another Live Music Venue in South Florida is closing.taken from The Bamboo Room's website:Tue. 05.13.2008Bamboo Room Will Go Dark, For Now -- Club Closing May 31 There’s an old adage that the bar business is recession-proof, but Bamboo Room is first and foremost a live music venue and we are not immune. Rising fuel costs make it increasingly difficult for national touring acts to include South Florida in their routing plans. Coupled with lower concert attendance during the summer, the truth is simple to understand -- particularly...

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NYC Subway Auditions

I always thought it would make for an interesting festival to bring the performers we see below ground every day up to the surface for a festival. The subway Accordions, Violins, Brass Bands, Guitar strummers along with Preachers, and all the Buksters in a setting like Woodstock circa 1960s. Hey some of the music is really great. And that guy with the accordion, you know who I'm talking about, may actually be the front man for a great band we don't know about.The reason I started to ramble on about the below-street performers? New York City is...

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New Orleans Jazz Fest 2008 streaming live webcast

Have a great Jazz Fest! We haven't made it back since Katrina washed us out and do miss the city a ton. Raise a toast to us and hope to see ya at JazzFest 2009!If you're like us and can't make the fest this year, watch The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Live Webcast Exclusively live via AT&T Blue Room! http://www.attblueroom.com/music/LIVE on the blue room May 3rd and 4th starting at 1PM EST. Featuring the best performances from the festival,...

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have you seen Google Transit?

I'm not sure how long this has been around but I just discovered another cool product on Google. This is called Google Transit which invites riders of twenty-five transportation services in the United States, as well as eight other countries, to log onto Google Transit and plan their trip. It is still in beta, a standard tag on most Google products :)I took the product for a test drive, trying to stump it. The NJ Transit option is only for trains...

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Live Webcast from Langerado Music Festival 2008

Checkout www.iclips.net this weekend to see live webcasts from all four days of the 2008 Langerado Music Festival.About the FestivalLangerado was begun by promoters Mark Brown and Ethan Schwartz as a way to bring the exploding jam-based live music scene to South Florida. Over the course of its existence, Langerado has transformed from a genre-based festival to a more eclectic event that now spans the boundaries of the live music experience. Never...

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SNL Editorial Response - Sen. Clinton on Saturday Night Live

Sen. Clinton on Saturday Night LiveMarch 1, 2...

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Jazz Fest photos - prior years

Photos from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival2002 Jazz Fest 2003 Jazz Fest This site is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.c...

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Are we Friends on Frappr?

So Wendy just sent me an email about adding a friend on a site called Frappr. The website sounded familiar but it has been a while since I used Frappr... in fact I couldn't remember it was a social map network. So I logged in and while I'm there why not share my friends map. Do you feel out? Add yourself to the map. ...

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