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• The Girl Who Won’t Grow Up. She’s an immortal! I’d love to see another 9-month old baby come along and try to behead her.

  Friday September 29, 2006

• 2008 Audi R8 unveiled. I want to make sweet, sweet love to it.

  Wednesday September 27, 2006

• Clinton owns Fox News Interviewer. An old link considering this hit the Internets on Monday, but posting anyway for people who haven’t seen it yet. Makes me wanna read Richard Clarke’s book.

  Wednesday September 27, 2006

I am addicted to Tetris DS. My eyes are blurry from playing so much. I’ve only played the single player game for a few minutes, but multiplayer has got me completely hooked. The new “hold” feature that’s been implemented feels a little cheesy, but after adjusting it adds a new layer of strategy.

I ran 5 miles on Sunday as part of the Nike Run Hit Remix. My time came in at just over an hour. Stop laughing. I’m just happy I finished.

I finally caught a screening of Little Miss Sunshine at CBS studios courtesy of Tommy tonight. I highly recommend anyone who hasn’t seen it yet to go out and do so. I loved the use of DeVotchKa’s music as well.

Before the movie we were at the horrible Chinese-food-for-white-boys restaurant Pickup Stix and saw Samaire Armstrong walk-in and order food to go, and then sit at the table looking hot while she waited. Hotness.

• xkcd damacy. Katamari Damacy is one of the only reasons I’d buy a PS2.

  Friday September 22, 2006

• Innovator Devises Way Around Electoral College. What? My vote might count now? Give me runoff voting and I’ll be happy.

  Friday September 22, 2006

• Battle of Thermopylae. Wiki entry on the actual battle that 300 is based on. Apparently the quote about the arrows and the shade is true.

  Thursday September 21, 2006

• Branson commits $3 bln to fight global warming. Hurray for global warming.

  Thursday September 21, 2006

The Office season premiere is tonight at 8:30. Woohoo!

• 300 Promo Trailer. Awesome.

  Wednesday September 20, 2006

• Ottobib. Makes a bibliography for you. Handy for you college kids.

  Wednesday September 20, 2006

I came across this long, yet great, article entitled, “The World’s Most Toxic Value System“, essentially harping on honor and it’s effects on creating an effective society. There’s a lot of really good stuff, but this point in particular stuck out:

Nothing better illustrates the thar mentality better than the fury directed by Islamic militants against Danish and Norwegian cartoons of Mohammed. Sacrilegious art in other cultures can offend and get people angry but the lunatic response of radical Islamists is in a class by itself. It’s the shrieking, out of control petulance of a three-year old throwing a tantrum. People infected with this attitude will be utterly incapable of recognizing wrongdoing by their own society, utterly incapable of taking criticism or recognizing the need for correction.

The points on the degradation of women are also of note. It’s funny that you’d think after so many centuries of lasting civilizations, issues like these wouldn’t be a problem. But it looks like tradition, religion, and pride have a way of their own.

• HP Cameras Slimming Feature. Thank god they came out with this feature. Those fatties they used in their demo were way chub.

  Tuesday September 19, 2006

• Author Too Much Of A Pussy To Kill Off Characters | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source. Someone tell Tom Cruise that he was supposed to die in The Last Samurai

  Monday September 18, 2006

Me and seven of my friends got jaywalking tickets in Old Town Pasadena, at that weird intersection right in front of Buca de Beppo where there’s that big sign saying “Do not cross here.” Instead of paying a bail fee of $114, they should give us the option of attending walking school, with the curriculum consisting of “Walk only where the government allows you to walk.”

My friends made me dance like a fool and get my ass spanked at Hooters for my birthday. Then they all gave me a DS Lite and I was kinda sad cause friends are awesome and they shouldn’t have. I still haven’t seen any photos or videos from the night, so I imagine they’re editing them together to make a “greatest hits” compilation which will probably make its debut in Youtube.

I’m finally getting around to finishing the Firefly DVD Set. Such great TV, and yet watching the show only causes great anger at Fox for canceling it. Bastards.

No super wide-screen video iPod like I was hoping. The new Nanos look just like the old minis now with their aluminum casing and look rather blah compared to the first gen Nanos. New shuffle design is pretty sweet though. For anyone who’s interested, Apple’s selling refurbished first-gen 2GB Nanos for $99.

The Nintendo Wii has a release date of November 19 and a price of $249. I want.

• Temple of the Seven Golden Camels: Comic Strip Artist’s Kit (Redux). I used to think I could draw.

  Thursday September 14, 2006

• Don’t trash broken stuff; send it back. Good to know some companies still care about their customers.

  Thursday September 14, 2006

• The Shire of Bend, Oregon. I took a long look, and it appears this is for real.

  Thursday September 14, 2006

• Scriptland: Reading Charlie Kaufman’s Next Project - Los Angeles Times. A rave about Charlie Kaufman’s next screenplay (which he will be filming himself), “Synecdoche, New York”.

  Thursday September 14, 2006