Tuesday, December 24, 2002

AP: White Chrristmas from Coast to Coast. [Scripting News] It's going to snow like a beast here tomorrow - they're talking 10 to 20 inches in my general area. At least the roads will be empty - my drive from my mom's is about three times as far as my commute to work is, so I'll be in for significantly more driving than I would in a normal snowstorm. Ah well.
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From an AP article at CNN titled Teens, sex, and the 'Santa Claus effect': School's out for the holidays. Teens have got time on their hands -- and perhaps even a crackling fire to set the mood. What are they planning for vacation? Apparently, losing their virginity is high on the list for those with significant others, according to researchers who reviewed data from a federal health survey. ... "With peer influence still being a big factor in sexual initiation, if one's chums are getting it on during the holidays, it is likely that a teen will want to, too," says [Yvonne] Fulbright, a doctoral student in health studies with a master's degree in human sexuality. Ok, how much of an expert on human sexuality can you be if you say the word "chums"?

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Microsoft ordered to carry Java. A U.S. district court judge orders the software giant to include Sun's version of Java with the Windows operating system. [CNET News.com] heehee! It's not that I'm a huge Java (or Sun) fan, but I love anything that pokes MS in the side. That, and it makes it a lot easier for us to move off Visual C++ crap here at work...which, if I'm lucky, could lead to me not having to support quite so many Windows build machines. As I said - yay!

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White Man In Hammersmith Palais (Strummer/Jones) Midnight to six man For the first time from Jamaica Dillinger and Leroy Smart Delroy Wilson, your cool operator Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae With backing bands sound systems And if they've got anything to say There's many black ears here to listen But it was Four Tops all night with encores from stage right Charging from the bass knives to the treble But onstage they ain't got no roots rock rebel Onstage they ain't got no...roots rock rebel Dress back jump back this is a bluebeat attack 'Cos it won't get you anywhere Fooling with your guns The British Army is waiting out there An' it weighs fifteen hundred tons White youth, black youth Better find another solution Why not phone up Robin Hood And ask him for some wealth distribution Punk rockers in the UK They won't notice anyway They're all too busy fighting For a good place under the lighting The new groups are not concerned With what there is to be learned They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny Turning rebellion into money All over people changing their votes Along with their overcoats If Adolf Hitler flew in today They'd send a limousine anyway I'm the all night drug-prowling wolf Who looks so sick in the sun I'm the white man in the Palais Just lookin' for fun I'm only Looking for fun Rest in peace, Joe. I've had London Calling playing just about constantly since I heard. It's still one of the most amazing pieces of music I've ever heard. I'm way too young to have been there for the Clash - hell, I don't think I was even alive when The Clash was released. But more than any other punk band, maybe more than any other artist from the late '70s of any style, the Clash are still vital, and will be as long as there are angry young men who can still think through their rage. Not to mention their pivotal role in introducing ska and reggae to lily-white audiences in the UK and America, and their influence on hip-hop - before you laugh, listen to "The Magnificent Seven" again and tell me that's not a progenitor of modern rap. Hell, a number of Clash songs have been lifted for rap songs. If I remember correctly, the Clash are now eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. While there's the inherent bizarreness of there even BEING a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Clash MUST be inducted, ASAP. No such place can have legitimacy without counting the Clash amongst its members.

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