Like a dog without a bone, An actor out alone. Apparently the big story here is supposed to be that the song is debuting in a videogame, but I think Calvin Broadus teaming up with Krieger/Mansarek/Densmore is the moment that I never though would occur. I guess he’s the Dogg King now; he can do […]

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The NY Times ran an OpEd piece by David brooks on Nov 9th:The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Take a Ride to Exurbia. He points out that the Republicans, led by Karl Rove, understand suburbia. I’m not sure anybody really understands but it sure does look like they’ve got the Republican voters, […]

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CNN.com - What’s the greatest hip-hop album? - Nov 12, 2004
I won’t argue with Eric B. and Rakim making the top slot, but I think it’s interesting that De La Soul are in the number 2 slot. I’ll be interested to see the full list. If anybody knows where it is, please leave a comment.

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Can anybody recommend some good vegetarian snacks?
I know there are a lot of sites devoted to this, but I was curious about individual peoples opinions.
Thanks.

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Another reason why true wikis probably won’t ever work: On Wikipedia, mudslinging spatters Bush | CNET News.com
I guess wikis which protect and/or “lock” their articles are gonna probably end up to be the best way to handle the editability/reliability balance.
Bonus random junk: Recent search terms which led to this site, amazing brainteasers, weephun pictures, patricia […]

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If you want to see a great movie, check out Pressburger and Powell’s The Red Shoes (1948). Simply put, it’s the best movie about ballet ever. (Even better than White Knights.) It’s loosely based on the short story by Hans Christian Andersen. For a guy that died in 1875, he has a rather extensive writer […]

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Hmmmmmm. israelinsider: diplomacy: Suspicions grow that Arafat is dying of AIDSWell, if it’s on the internet, it must be true. And here’s the speechwriter David Frum’s Diary that the first link cites.
On a related note, it’s good to know that Wangari Maathai has backed off her comments suggesting that HIV was bio-engineered. (At least that’s […]

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Two days after the election, the Washington Times has an editorial on peak oil: Prognosticating oil supplies - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED - November 03, 2004, I quote: “A rather alarming theory about oil supplies — which had been discussed mostly among fringe economists and on quirky Internet Web sites — has recently received much […]

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From Boing Boing: Spammers react to election, we have this funny spam:
From: “Mia Wang” Date: November 3, 2004 9:28:10 AM EST To: Taylor Subject: Bush Gets Re-elected Reply-To: “Mia Wang”
With 4 more years of Bush […]

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Although I’m not naive enough to think that voter fraud doesn’t occur, I’d like to go on the record as saying that I believe the outcome was legitimate on Tuesday. However, I am still distressed that there is no paper trail for some of these voting machines. It seems that a redudant electronic and paper […]

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