Blogorama: Links & Highlights of the Week

Firstly, a reminder that Japan still needs your help. Give here:

• Shelterbox in Japan
• Red Cross
• UNICEF

Secondly, help me meet my goal of raising $1,000 for childhood cancer research by April 10th (St. Baldrick’s).

Hope you’re feeling charitable!

This week – More Kegs and Eggs, electronic music, gay marriage and more. This…is Blogorama.

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This week on the Times Union Blogs…

How Kegs and Eggs may affect your job prospects as a SUNY student (This is College?! / Charlie Vella)

GE makes ridiculous moolah, pays no taxes in New York State (The Buzz)

Questions for the Fountain Guy (Daniel Nester)

Listen, watch, attend: 3 course electronic dish (Albany / Vincent Barr)

Catholics speak out for marriage equality (Libby Post)

Cellphones on the bus (Information without the Bun)

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IN OUR AREA CODE

• UAlbany Veteran Hero Bro update (Keep Albany Boring) He should legally change his name to Veteran H. Bro
• Introducing RPI’s first all-electric car: The Photon (The Approach)
• R.I.P. Melvin Sparks, the Price Chopper “House of BBQ” guy (All Over Albany)
• Peter Gabriel playing at SPAC this Summer (Nippertown)
• Boxing’s new name: Discordia (DKY: Sports Edition)
• MANville Episode 35: Our Favorite Things, Part 2 (MANville, Albany’s #1 podcast!)
• Sunday Dinner (Keyboard Krumbs)

MEANWHILE, IN THE REST OF THE WORLD…

• The New York Met fans loved to hate (Jeff Pearlman, The Wall Street Journal)
• British politician apologizes for calling voters donkey botherers (BBC News) That may be my new favorite insult.
• Update: all six Japan nuke reactors connected to external power (Gizmodo)
• Author of Liz Taylor’s New York Times obit died 5 years ago (Fishbowl NY)
• What Cee-Lo Green’s “F*** You” says about the evolution of language and taboo words in mainstream culture (The New Republic)
• Eddie Vedder recording new solo album…with a ukelele (Dumb as a Blog) Seriously? C’mon.
• OMG, FYI, and LOL enter the Oxford English Dictionary (Engadget)
• Nuclear power: the “shark attacks” of energy? (Discover Blogs)
• Great lost recordings we’ll never hear (The Awl)
• Incredible “Voice to the voiceless” ad campaign for Zimbabwe (Fubiz)
• Mixtape for your Hipster friend who doesn’t know she’s a Hipster (Tiny Mix Tapes)
• Libyan cartoonist critical of Gaddafi still missing (Drawn!)
• ODD FUTURE WOLF GANG KILL THEM ALL! Odd Future’s controversial Billboard performance (Prefix) Feigning hostility and contempt for their audience is actually part of their act and has been for a while, and it’s sort of hilarious to see the earnest reaction from some.
• The Daily Show’s snarkiness not as informed as fans like to believe (3quarksdaily)

MMA

• Full card for UFC 130 on April 30th (Fight Opinion)
• UFC 132 to feature Dominick Cruz versus Urijah Faber for the UFC Bantamweight Title (MMA Fighting)
• Also slated: Fitch vs. Penn II, Sotiropoulos vs. Dunham also slated for UFC 132 (MMAjunkie)
• The completely confusing UFC Lightweight Title picture (CageWrtier)
• VIDEO: Junior Dos Santos throwing the Showtime Kick Insane.
• UPDATED: Michael Benjamin New York op-ed (Coalition to Legalize MMA in NY)
• Paul Daley signs contract to fight Nick Diaz in April (MMA Fighting)
• Evans unloads on Jon Jones and former trainer Greg Jackson (CageWriter)

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