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...roll outlook and a cat tattoo on her ankle, laughs at my discomfort. She does makeup and dresses the dolls. "See that one?" she says, pointing to a fairly haggard-looking specimen. "She did the Realdoll movie with porn star Ron Jeremy." Jeremy, built like a hairy, oversexed walrus, was apparently more than the poor thing could take...
Which is the funnier piece of music news this week: that the Walrus of Love Barry White (right) spoke (to a rapturous response) at Oxford on Monday or that 'NSync are going to star in Grease 3? Now why in the world, if you're a multiplatinum-selling group, do you choose to star in the sequel to a terrible sequel? I hope this isn't them trying to "do a Bjork" and win prizes at Cannes. What makes people want to cross over from one medium to another? What makes them think they can succeed in multiple fields...
...stiffening for the coastline in much of the north; where thawing has occurred, wave action has caused severe erosion. Some coastal Inuit villages are virtually marooned as the ground crumbles all around them. And as the ice retreats farther from the coast, Inuit hunters are finding that prey like walrus has moved out of reach of their boats...
...Hellhound on My Trail - Robert Johnson 3. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams 4. Solitude - Duke Ellington 5. This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie 6. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Charles Calhoun (Joe Turner's recording) 7. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 8. I Am the Walrus - Beatles 9. Street Fighting Man - Rolling Stones 10. Amazing Grace - John Newton
Given their hugely profitable forays into Europe, it's not entirely clear why the Vikings chose to strike out across the forbidding Atlantic. One reason might have been a growing population; another might have been political turmoil. The search for such exotic trade goods as furs and walrus ivory might have also been a factor. The timing, in any event, was perfect: during the 9th century, when the expansion began, the climate was unusually warm and stable. Pastures were productive, and the pack ice that often clogged the western North Atlantic was at a minimum...