28-Aug-02

Salon.com News | Selig plans to join baseball talks  Oh, my, I feel for all you baseball fans. comment [] 4:35:50 PM | permalink

This Is The [Best]…Article…Of The Summer!. Ever been suspect of the reviews that accompany movie ad posters? You probably have good reason. Here’s a look at the true origins of those reviews. Matthew Baldwin dims the lights and puts on the next reel. [The Morning News - Features] comment [] 4:30:41 PM | permalink

RIAA Site Hacked and Abused. Hackers broke into the RIAA site yesterday and committed mischief: The Recording Industry Association of America was the victim of... [Blogcritics] comment [] 4:28:42 PM | permalink

Not a drop to drink Forget oil -- an expert on the world's water supply talks about the vital substance we will hoard, ration and probably go to war for in the near future By Suzy Hansen "0wnz0red" Programmers who hack their own bodies don't need exercise and never get sick: A new short story from one of science fiction's bright young stars By Cory Doctorow comment [] 8:25:10 AM | permalink

A Midnight Rendezvous With bin Laden. John Miller, a television reporter on the terrorism beat, offers a view of the events that led up to Sept. 11 and American intelligence efforts before it happened. By James Bamford. [New York Times: Arts] Mr. Miller's interview with Terry Gross of Fresh Air on August 21, 2002. comment [] 8:12:07 AM | permalink

Motorist facing charges after using cigarette lighter to check fuel tank. (Ananova: Quirkies) A Slovakian motorist who blew up his car and a petrol station when he used a cigarette lighter to look into his petrol tank is to be charged with endangering public safety. [News Is Free: Offbeat] comment [] 8:06:12 AM | permalink

Music Rivalry and Revelry Both Serving Irish Culture [New York Times: International News] comment [] 8:04:12 AM | permalink

Due to health problems I was in hibernation for a couple of years and then became even more unhealthy.  Without going into too much of a diatribe here, I just wanted to let this blog, diary, etc., know that I have now gone about four months without smoking, three months without television, and I've been speed walking for at least an hour per day for the last two months -- and just checked the scales and I've lost twenty-five pounds, yay! If things go well in a couple of weeks I'll be given a rendez-vous to have cataracts removed -- in my case, cataracts are a positive side effect due to a retina reattachment last summer, ouch.  If things don't go well and I need more eye operations I'll be very upset but somehow I'll learn to deal with it.  If my wife can deal with all my negatives then I should learn how to deal with them as well.  I have yet to accept noise in the big cities.  (When I lived in the suburbs I could always hear my radios, teevees, etc., but living in non-insulated apartments here is difficult, guess I'll have to make some real money one day to move up to an insulated place or better yet, a condo, or house.) Live365 has a whole new look. I think I'll download the following play next month.  Although not as long in duration as the other Audible.com content I've been downloading, the subject matter is of great interest: An Audible.com Exclusive: The Guys -- you'll have to run a search for it since Audible.com has long addresses and times out for everyone, probably pop-ups for visitors as well so you've been warned-- is an extraordinary, two-person performance recalling those who died on September 11th and the emotions we have all felt in the tragedy's wake. Broadway's Swoosie Kurtz plays an editor helping a guilt-ridden fireman, played by Bill Irwin, draft moving eulogies for eight of his fallen colleagues. comment [] 7:13:17 AM | permalink