The best cheese you'll ever sneeze, bitch!
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Damn it feels good to be an Atwood. I'm a big, big Taylor fan, obvi. And it's superbest to see Ryan finally getting over ol' whatsername. And it got me thinking... Why did he like her? Seriously, was this ever explained? Coupla weeks ago he told JCN(C)
Apparently, the US government is the RIAA's bitch.
Russia has agreed to shut down Allofmp3.com and other music sites based in that country that the U.S. government says are offering downloads illegally.The nation has struck the agreement with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as it seeks entry to the World Trade Organization. The U.S. has suggested that it would hold up Russia's acceptance in the WTO unless leaders there took action against digital piracy.*
You know, God forbid our government takes a prinicipled stand against Russia trying to turn one of its citizens into a fucking X-Man. Or against Russia spooning with Iran. Or against Russia cracking down on a free press. No. Instead, America makes clear that what really matters is FUCKING MP3s.
"We will pay any price (as long as it's 99 cents a track), bear any burden (those tracks are loaded with crippling DRM!), meet any hardship (some tracks may not work with your iPod), support any friend (the entertainment industry), oppose any foe (kids terrorists with iPods), in order to ensure the survival and the success of liberty (if by "liberty" you mean "content protection"). "
Turkey does contain tryptophan, an amino acid which is a
natural sedative. But tryptophan doesn't act on the
brain unless it is taken on an empty stomach with no
protein present, and the amount gobbled even during a
holiday feast is generally too small to have an
appreciable effect. That lazy, lethargic feeling so
many are overcome by at the conclusion of a festive
season meal is most likely due to the combination
of drinking alcohol and overeating a carbohydrate-rich
repast, as well as some other factors.
As if I needed another reason to hate Coldplay.
These last two eps have been pretty quality. Dark, tense, but not without some old fashioned levity. The coffee pot drip last night made me laugh out loud. I like that they all still end up in the kitchen for hyperbreakfast every morning.
When political opponents "out" Republicans... what is that? We've seen this before, with Cheney's daughter, and apparently it's become a big gotcha game among staffers on Capitol Hill. I think it's reasonable to assume that the goal here is to expose what they see as some sort of hypocrisy. This presumably has to do with Republican or conservative stances on what used to be called "family values," and are know euphemistically known as "social issues." Like, "Oh, you don't support gay marriage, eh? Could it be perhaps that YOU ARE GAY!!! BURN!" What does this even accomplish?
There's really no doubt that it was a big win for Democrats. I only watched the returns come in for about an hour last night. I turned off the TV when I got sick of seeing Tim Russert and Campbell "Foxy" Brown high-fiving each other. Like I said, that was after about an hour. Brian Williams looked like he'd just won the lottery while giving a pearl necklace to Barbara Streisand and Nanci Pelosi. Which, as an aside to all of you who voted Democrat... You do realize that you just put this woman in charge of the House, right?
You do? You're sure now. Ok, just checking. Anyway. Locally, Durham County voters inexplicably elected DA Mike Nifong. Durham voters must have a very, very different definition of "competent" than the one I know of. If you're at all interested in the "Duke" "rape" "case," you should be reading Durham Wonderland, btdubs. This post alone, which does nothing but straigh-up quote the dude, is just astonishing. This one's pretty quality:4.) Obviously there were some things that we hoped we would have in terms of evidence that we ended up not having.Also:
2.) How does DNA exonerate you? It’s either a match or there’s not a match.
Democrats never had a chance to blow this election because Republicans blew it first. Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emanuel won't thank Bush by name, but they could. The president and his party have dedicated his entire second term to electing a Democratic Congress, from Iraq to Katrina, Schiavo to Miers, Ney to DeLay.*
. . . Emanuel and Schumer went out of their way to recruit candidates that could put the party's best face forward in otherwise-hostile territory. Despite pressure from various interests, they refused to impose ideological litmus tests. The result? Democrats did the opposite of what Republicans have been doing (and what losing Democratic campaigns usually do). Instead of shrinking their tent, Democrats made their big tent a lot bigger.Winners like Heath Shuler of North Carolina, Brad Ellsworth of Indiana, and Gabby Giffords of Arizona are straight out of centrist casting—candidates with broad appeal who have put Democrats back on the map in red districts that the party hasn't won in years.Yup. I am concerned about what this means for Iraq, though. Lileks says: "if I were an Iraqi I wouldn’t necessarily be booking a spot in the line to the embassy roof, but I’d be checking price and availability."
Do you know what is the total opposite of Studio 60? In aim and in tone, I think Friday Night Lights is the anti-Studio 60. Here's a show that shows respect for regular people. People that aren't neurotic yuppies. Plus, they don't beat you over the head with the like themes that they want to get across.
I challenge you to not play this all afternoon at work.
Other trendy buzzwords have sprouted in reaction to what came before. Executives who a few years ago constantly used the word "strategy" now talk about "execution." "The pendulum has swung from endless talk about strategy, which in many cases was never followed, to getting things done," says Michael Mankins, a managing partner at management consultant Marakon. But he doesn't want to throw out an appreciation for intelligent strategy. "If you have a bad strategy, no amount of good execution will help," he says.
As many of you know, [we have] been working for the past 18 months to complete a strategic plan that will help guide our research and business strategy through 2010 and beyond...
Ok, so, I'll admit straight off that I had pretty low expectations going in to last night's season premiere. I think after the overall disappointment of season 3, though, that's pretty understandable. But I thought the episode had a lot going for it. Summer: suddenly awesome, suddenly 30. Julie Cooper-Nichol-(Cooper)-Roberts: suddenly pilled-up, always awesome. Direction: suddenly dark. The boots thing was funny the second time around.
Ok, so I had this dream last night. Truck and her officemate were both in it. I was playing a round of golf by myself. Eventually, though, I caught up to a group of women that were playing in front of me. Truck and her officemate were there, and they had all stopped to eat lunch at the pool. The pool also was one of the holes on the golf course. Like, you had to hit the ball into the water, and the hole was at the bottom of the pool, so you had to putt underwater. It was an awesome golf course. So, I get up there and I'm invited to have lunch with the women. One woman in the group (I don't know who she is) is wearing a bikini, but she says, "I can't play in this." And she takes off the top. I forgot to mention that this dream was AWESOME. Truck's officemate gets on her case about it, but I say to her, "Don't listen to [Truck's officemate]. You play however you have to play." And she goes, "Stop looking at me. You're creeping me out." Then it's my turn to golf, so I take off my shirt (because apparently I can't play wearing a top, either) and hit the ball into the water. I take a couple mulligans, but on my third shot, I get the ball like 3 inches from the underwater hole. I make the easy putt for a bogey. In my dream, the underwater hole was a par 3. I am like the Tiger Woods of underwater dream golf.
