tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77955022024-03-08T13:43:04.000-05:00My thoughts on space tourism, media bias, crazy cheerleaders, taser misuse, and everything else.Nevermorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13364863498791885296noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7795502.post-1165527139952379752006-12-07T16:28:00.000-05:002006-12-07T16:32:50.110-05:00

My iTunes library traveled to Radiohead's magnum opus, OK Computer, and I realized that the album just turned ten years old. Man, seems like I *just* bought it at the store! How is this possible?"Let Down" will always bring a tear to my eye.

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There's so many taser-happy police these days, it's hard to pick on one. But after the bozos at UCLA, this fella McNevin may take the cake. I know it happened two years ago, but this video is just so much gosh darned fun that it's hard to let it go! The Palm Beach Post has some good pro-McNevin commentary to go with their video of the incident. Clearly, the big white police officer faces an

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I don't think I've blogged about Survivor since Chris won Vanuatu, -- an entry so brilliant that it elicited comments with the phrases "mind blowing" and "I love you", but (ahem) I digress -- but there's just so much going on on the Cook Islands that I feel like a school girl at a sleepover with hot gossip about the latest boy band.First of all, the blogosphere is filled with venom for Jonathan.

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I don't think it does.Should he have pulled out the "n" word? Ah, no... that was stupid. But this *is* a comedy club, for crying out loud. There is terribly offensive stuff hurled at the the audience every single day at these clubs. You gotta check your offended-o-meter at the door.To the self-important idiot who was yelling at Michael Richards: Suck it up, Alice. If you don't like when your

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Wanna hear something freaky? The Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Michigan Wolverines 42-39 in the biggest game of the year on Saturday. So naturally, many people went out and played the Pick 4 lottery with those numbers.And the numbers 4-2-3-9 were drawn as the winner.(Shiver!)

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America, are you ready for this?UCLA is tasing students in the library that cannot produce student ID. This video was shot a few days ago, and I'm warning you, it's sick. The cops have gone completely nuts in LA I guess. I mean, listen to the screams of this poor guy. Whatever happened to just cuffing a suspect and leading him out to a police car?

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It turns out I'm not the only one that sees a problem with CNN's graphic. Fox News is displaying a more-sensible graphic, with 49 Republicans, 48 Democrats (now with Montana's results in), and 2 Independents.

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Like most of the world, I've been watching the coverage of the U.S. Senate races with fascination. And I suspect I'm not the only one who's a little puzzled by the talk of the Democrats taking control of the senate.Let's take a look at CNN, a pro-Democrat news company. Their front page a few minutes ago looks like this:Does that graphic showing the number of Democratic, Republican, and

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Sure, we all like the idea of a hybrid car. Higher gas milage, less emissions, a nice little whirring sound when pulling away from a stoplight. But before you buy, are you ready to have the "hybrid" conversation with your mechanic?"Hi, I have a Toyota Highlander and I need to replace the do-whizzit.""Yeah, hang on... that'll be $160, and I can get you in tomorrow.""Really? Only $160?""$160.""

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OK, first of all I need to stress that I *DO NOT* watch "America's Got Talent" on NBC. I have a general loathing for Idol-style reality shows where the very format favors the 98 Degree-es of the world over genuine artistry. I am, however, a fan of good illusionists -- and the husband-wife duo "Quick Change" is absolute tops.For those blissfully unaware, America's Got Talent puts a variety of

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Just take a look at Yahoo's World Headlines at this moment:Let's try again fresh tomorrow, world... :(

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You know, I've been thinking about Jon Stewart's series-killing appearance on Crossfire, and Robert Novak's walkoff on Inside Politics, two events that seem to share a common thread. And no, the thread isn't CNN.It's that no matter how much you laugh, politics just ain't lighthearted stuff. Witness the demise of Politically Incorrect host Bill Maher: when you step on political toes with

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We shouldn't laugh at this. But we all will.

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For those of you that are soooo last May right now, the big news in TV's off-season is the emergence of a quirky little sitcom pilot that has turned up on YouTube after two networks passed on it. "Nobody's Watching" is the brainchild of Bill Lawrence, the principal writer for Scrubs, plus two other writers from Scrubs and Family Guy. Here's a news article with more background details from

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Woman 1 was holding an infant and talking to Woman 2 at a youth league baseball game today. I was standing right behind.Woman 1: "...So he said to me, 'Hon, it's been six weeks, are we ready to start up again?'"Woman 2: "Heh! What did you say?"Woman 1: "I told him I'd pay for a hooker."

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I haven't done a "music of the moment" post for over a year, and a lot has changed in the world of rock. While I still think that The Dillinger Escape Plan is continuing to forge into new territory on the hardcore front, I think the best pure rock group on either side of the pond right now is England's Muse.For a trio, these guys create an incredible wall of sound -- but that isn't what makes

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I love a good conspiracy theory.I've toyed with everything from JFK to UFO's, 9/11 missile-theories to crop circles, fluorinated water to pushup bras. Or so I thought....A few days ago I ran across a reference to "chemtrails" in the sky. What the hell? Do they mean contrails left by airplanes? Well, I am now *all* up to speed on the latest, and as the theory goes, a top secret plan is afoot to

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Spotted this article on Ann Althouse's blog: Vandals drain desert water tanks intended for illegal immigrantsWhile many folks find it unconscionable to drain water tanks intended for illegal immigrants crossing the Arizona desert, it seems to be that it depends on who's land the tanks rest. If a landowner in southwest Arizona wants to put water tanks on his 200 acres, then it's clearly vandalism

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I took this picture today on my phone camera while crossing High Street at Vine Street, in Columbus's Arena District...

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Yep, that's what's left of Big Ben's trike after bumping into a Chrysler New Yorker.

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Am I the only one that doesn't "get" Brookers?I mean, we all remember cranking up the stereo when we were kids and lip-syncing into a mop handle with our friends. We'd make absolute fools of ourselves, falling over each other performing adolescent antics for the imaginary camera across the room.I guess we've arrived at a point where watching such goofery is entertainment in itself now. Brookers,

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If you're looking for the latest film starting Billy Zane and Gary Busey, look no further than the Valley of the Wolves: Iraq. This Turkish-made movie sounds like a true masterpiece.In the most expensive Turkish movie ever made, American soldiers in Iraq crash a wedding and pump a little boy full of lead in front of his mother...They kill dozens of innocent people with random machine gun fire,

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Saying that the age of mainstream media is over is nothing new for me. Perhaps the biggest reason is the near-nonexistance of objective reporting. Whatever happened to reporting what was observed?Show me almost any mainstream news article, and I'll show you and example. Here is a great one from the Associated Press:"The Northwest Passage runs from the Atlantic through the Arctic to the Pacific.

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Well now, this certainly is odd. Those poor Iraqiis, remember them? Those innocent people who lived and flourished under the guiding hand of Saddam Hussein, whose futures we destroyed and whose lives we made miserable by giving them freedom?It turns out they are overwhelmingly optimistic about their futures, according to the BBC.How could this be? I mean, we destoyed their system of corrupt

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Apparently, Virgin Mobile is handing out wrapping paper to children featuring two angels groping each other. Tsk, tsk. I didn't believe it at first either, until I found the news story.Regardlesss of how mobile those angels are, I don't think they will be virgins much longer.

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