http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=J+Square+Humboldt Entertainment J Square Humboldt Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=45602&ca=Entertainment It was only a matter of time before cyberspace prevailed in the music industry ... 'Crazy' by Gnarls Barkley made history by becoming the Number One song in the United Kingdom's singles charts without one CD being available in stores. Over 31,000 legal downloads were compiled after the song was feat... Society J Square Humboldt Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=38320&ca=Society The need to continue giving aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina must remain a priority ... It's now months after the American Gulf Coast was devastated. Billions have been spent in relief, but billions more are needed. Such is the scope of a storm that ranks among the most severe in modern North... Sports J Square Humboldt Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=37558&ca=Sports Just when you think the sports world has produced every possible bizarre trade imaginable, they still manage to top themselves ... A broadcaster for a rabbit. And a cartoon rabbit, at that. When baseball journeyman Harry Chiti got dealt to the New York Mets for a player to be named later, little did... Society J Square Humboldt Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=36245&ca=Society I've always taken pride in having an open mind ... So, when the invitation came to visit Uri Geller at his estate in the English countryside back in the summer of 1987, I couldn't pass the opportunity to personally experience the phenomenon he represents and/or channels. Uri Geller has made a career... Culture J Square Humboldt Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=36185&ca=Culture Sir Winston Churchill once observed that Americans and the British are 'a common people divided by a common language' ... Never was that as true as when describing the Cockneys. You've certainly heard their accent, made famous in everything from movies based on Dickens and George Bernard Shaw novels... Travel J Square Humboldt Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=36176&ca=Travel Samuel Johnson said it almost 300 years ago, and I still believe it today ... "If you're tired of London, you're tired of life." I enjoy many locations around the world, but none so much as London. It's the center of civilization, as far as I'm concerned. If something is 'happening' there, then it's... Travel J Square Humboldt Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=36452&ca=Travel Apparently, it's time to turn the page on the original Seven Wonders of the World ... Since only one of them is left standing, and since most people can't remember what the rest of them are, anyway, this is a good idea for someone who has too much time on their hands and the ability to raise money.... Society J Square Humboldt Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=35566&ca=Society Comedian Chevy Chase, when he anchored the first Saturday Night Live faux-news desk, had a running joke that satirized, post-mortem, the endless medical updates provided by the public relations machine of a dying dictator ... "Here's a bulletin from Spain: Doctors are reporting that Generalissimo Fr... Society J Square Humboldt Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=36157&ca=Society I see the following call to arms over high gas prices in the USA is making the rounds again ... Here's a message I received recently from someone I know, who felt the need to transmit it to their entire e-mail address book: GAS WAR-- An Idea "This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive... Humor J Square Humboldt Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=35172&ca=Humor Whoever said, "You can't take it with you" was obviously not referring to a sense of humor ... Here is a list of actual epitaphs from departed souls who clearly had more to say than the time to say it, or from their next of kin, who wanted to be sure they literally had the last word: On the grave of...