Good things come to those who wait
25-07-2005, 05:01Web / Tech / BlogsPermalinkAs a Mac user who fell in love with Konfabulator, I was upset when Apple built their own widget system from scratch instead of buying the original from its developers. Looks like the guys will come out alright after all.
iTunes is currently playing: Better Days Ahead from the (bootleg) album Besancon France - July 8, 1991 by Pat Metheny Group.
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Liz Smith on the Katie Holmes Interview
11-07-2005, 06:17News / SportsPermalink"W MAGAZINE has the scariest piece of celebrity journalism in a long time. Yes, indeed, I do mean the Katie Holmes interview. You must read every word. It is true that most writers arrive with their own spin — and not necessarily the correct spin. But if Robert Haskell's report is even half of what Miss Holmes said, didn't say, and allowed her Scientologist "friend" to say for her, this July profile becomes immediately immortal. It will be used as the prototype alarm-ringing article if Tom Cruise and Miss Holmes don't live happily ever after."
iTunes is currently playing: Baby, We're Really In Love from the album 24 Greatest Hits by Hank Williams.
26 going on 15
10-07-2005, 08:46News / SportsPermalink"Tom and I will always be in our honeymoon phase," Katie Holmes says in an interview with W magazine, on newsstands July 22.
iTunes is currently playing: When I Grow Up from the album Short Sharp Shocked by Michelle Shocked.
file under “Read It and Weep”
10-07-2005, 05:59News / SportsPermalinkA Fox News poll asked viewers whether Bill O'Reilly is a journalist or not. 40% said yes. When asked the same question of Bob Woodward, just 30% answered yes.
iTunes is currently playing: I Don't Wanna Know from the album Simple Things by Richie Havens.
I wish I ate pizza …
07-07-2005, 07:37News / SportsPermalink... so I could boycott Pizza Hut.
From today's L.A.Times:
Steve Harvey: Only in L.A.
'And Would You Like a Reminder of Your Age With the Pizza?'
"Getting old is getting old," said Alvin Ellis, age 63, "but who wants to be reminded of it while dining at Pizza Hut?" Ellis was referring to a sales receipt he received at an L.A. eatery that identified him and his 79-year-old companion as "A Old Man and A Old Woman" (see accompanying).
Ellis complained at the time, and said he was told by the cashier that she was sorry but that "it was to assist her in remembering who had placed the order." He talked to the cashier's supervisor, and was told she also was sorry but that it happened "to be the way they do things here."
Finally, he phoned the company's complaint line and was told that the identification was not "appropriate" and that the cost of his meal would be refunded. More than 60 days later, he said, he still hasn't received the refund.
From today's L.A.Times:
Steve Harvey: Only in L.A.
'And Would You Like a Reminder of Your Age With the Pizza?'
"Getting old is getting old," said Alvin Ellis, age 63, "but who wants to be reminded of it while dining at Pizza Hut?" Ellis was referring to a sales receipt he received at an L.A. eatery that identified him and his 79-year-old companion as "A Old Man and A Old Woman" (see accompanying).
Ellis complained at the time, and said he was told by the cashier that she was sorry but that "it was to assist her in remembering who had placed the order." He talked to the cashier's supervisor, and was told she also was sorry but that it happened "to be the way they do things here."
Finally, he phoned the company's complaint line and was told that the identification was not "appropriate" and that the cost of his meal would be refunded. More than 60 days later, he said, he still hasn't received the refund.
iTunes is currently playing: What Goes Around from the album Too Far To Whisper by Shadowfax.
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If I open my windows …
06-07-2005, 15:42News / SportsPermalink... and turn my stereo up really loud and you sit outside in your car listening to my music, are you breaking the law?
It seems to me that if someone is dumb enough to set up a wireless network and leave it open to the world... oh, well ...
It seems to me that if someone is dumb enough to set up a wireless network and leave it open to the world... oh, well ...
iTunes is currently playing: Steal Me Blind from the album Alf by Alison Moyet.
A Blast from the Past (almost)
03-07-2005, 20:33Family / Misc. PersonalPermalinkI went to a concert/dance tonight. (For those who find that hard to believe, I have the video to prove it! Someone even asked me to dance. Imagine that :) )
A local band called Together played at the East Chicago Marina (near the floating casinos). I never knew that East Chicago had a marina. Maybe it is new (as in "built since I moved away in 1979").
In any case, the band was great. They played soul from the 60's (Temptations, the Dells, Rare Earth...) along with salsa, Sinatra, and a bit of disco thrown in for good measure. Robin says that some of the guys played with the Enchanters, a band we danced to in high school. If I ever throw a party with live music, I'll get these guys to play.
Here is a picture of a little girl who attended the concert but was more interested in the fireworks show which was to follow the music and dancing. Isn't she cute?
iTunes is currently playing: Dance Away from the album Heart Still Beating by Roxy Music.
A local band called Together played at the East Chicago Marina (near the floating casinos). I never knew that East Chicago had a marina. Maybe it is new (as in "built since I moved away in 1979").
In any case, the band was great. They played soul from the 60's (Temptations, the Dells, Rare Earth...) along with salsa, Sinatra, and a bit of disco thrown in for good measure. Robin says that some of the guys played with the Enchanters, a band we danced to in high school. If I ever throw a party with live music, I'll get these guys to play.
Here is a picture of a little girl who attended the concert but was more interested in the fireworks show which was to follow the music and dancing. Isn't she cute?
iTunes is currently playing: Dance Away from the album Heart Still Beating by Roxy Music.
Dear Brooke Shields:
01-07-2005, 04:37News / SportsPermalinkTom Cruise is a f***ing idiot and everybody knows it.
As my mother always says, consider the source.
As my mother always says, consider the source.
iTunes is currently playing: When Sunny Gets Blue from the album 16 Most Requested Songs by Johnny Mathis.
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POSITIVELY GIDDY!
27-05-2005, 15:21ShoppingPermalinkThat's how I felt as I drove my new Scion xA off the dealer's lot.
Is it cute or what?!
iTunes is currently playing: Driving from the album The Language Of Life by Everything But The Girl.
Is it cute or what?!
iTunes is currently playing: Driving from the album The Language Of Life by Everything But The Girl.
Book Report: The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
07-05-2005, 18:59Lit / Art / Music /PhotoPermalinkDo you think life sucks? Do you look around, take note of the pain that bombards us relentlessly as we move through life, and wonder why we don't all just blow our brains out and get it over with? If so, DO NOT read Alice Hoffman's "The Ice Queen". I cannot remember when I've read a drearier book. Not that the story and characters won't hold your interest. They will. But if you are prone to depression, you will pay the price for reading this book.
You have been warned.
You have been warned.
iTunes is currently playing: Tears All Over Town from the album Idlewild by Everything But The Girl.
