tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124934552011-07-07T16:40:13.838-07:00Sucking your time since 1985!seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.comBlogger851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-49207361468066447942009-12-07T21:42:00.000-08:002009-12-08T13:20:24.783-08:00

I make no bones about the fact that I'm a complete and utter physics nerd. It really shouldn't come as much of a surprise, given that I have a pesky little physics degree (and given that my friends continually amuse themselves by calling me a rocket scientist because of don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it stint working at NASA). But I realize that I'm in the minority. Most folks can't stand physics.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-25620759850290319002009-11-17T09:41:00.000-08:002009-11-17T09:43:59.932-08:00

"We need some unicorns or something up in this piece." Turns out, we really don't need some unicorns or something up in this piece, but I'll come back to that in a bit.... From a one-line plot standpoint, Lev Grossman's The Magicians isn't anything new. The story of a kid whose mundane life goes down the proverbial rabbit hole thanks to Magic School is a logline that, of course, brings to mind

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-6014475671623406982009-10-18T23:08:00.000-07:002009-10-18T23:19:26.896-07:00

I used to read books all the damn time. Like they were going out of fashion. But particularly in the last two years, not so much. I want to read more, but I work so much that when I come home, all I want to do is veg. And watching the TV or surfing the internet is generally more mindless for me than reading, and so I just don't wind up reading very much. I probably average about four or five

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1123631764022215682005-08-09T16:54:00.000-07:002005-09-26T13:35:15.370-07:00

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1123563248890463432005-08-08T21:51:00.000-07:002005-08-08T21:54:08.903-07:00

I've always been partial to David Fincher's visuals, and his new video for Nine Inch Nails' Only is pretty nifty. Take a gander.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1122533146955496022005-07-27T23:43:00.000-07:002005-07-27T23:45:46.966-07:00

A'ight fools, you want your time suck? Then stop reading this blog and go find out what's for lunch today by calling the Lunch Lady - 510.351.7654.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1119885711135579542005-06-27T08:17:00.000-07:002005-06-27T08:21:51.143-07:00

The Supreme Court Grokster opinion just came down and they overturned the lower case, meaning that the file sharing companies may be liable. I haven't read the opinion yet, but having read the lower court opinions and having done some work in this area, I can already say this is a bad decision, and I'm curious to see how they handled the Sony-Betamax issue.At least they sort of got the Ten

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1119879688545532152005-06-27T06:31:00.000-07:002005-06-27T06:41:32.830-07:00

Very interesting article over at Salon about Tom Cruise's apparent new role as a Scientology missionary, and the possible relation to his elevation in rank over at the Church of Scientology.You know, I'm very libertarian in the sense that, as long as your beliefs don't impinge on others, I'm all for you believing whatever you want to believe. In fact, that's my one big beef with organized

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1119447301403245352005-06-22T06:23:00.000-07:002005-06-22T06:35:01.416-07:00

Poor Iron Mike Tyson got told to stop building his pigeon coop until he pulls the proper permits.Dude, my car so needs this Panasonic vacuum tube headunit.For my Philly peeps, here's one of the most fucking ridiculous things I've ever heard (courtesy of one of the Philly bloggers at Philly Future) - the Pennsylvania senate may consider turning the Schukylkill Expressway into a toll road! That

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1119122642360397902005-06-18T12:09:00.000-07:002005-06-18T12:24:02.366-07:00

There's this time travel paradox that basically asks what happens if you were to hop into your time machine, jump back fifty years and leave your grandad's carcass in a ditch. The chicken or the egg argument - if your grandpop's dead, you couldn't be born to travel back in time to kill him, so he's alive to begat your parent who begats you so you can go back in time and leave your grandad in a

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1119019543069413622005-06-17T07:42:00.000-07:002005-06-17T07:46:27.800-07:00

Thank you The Simpsons Quotes for allowing me to be able to provide my readers with random lil' Simpsons quotes (over there on the right, you see) everytime they come to my blog. Nice.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1118896694590665482005-06-15T21:32:00.000-07:002005-06-15T21:38:14.593-07:00

So recently I've started fiddling around with Movable Type, a platform that can be used for blog publishing. I may one day use it for this blog, but right now the impetus for learning it relates to another internet project that's in the works.Anyway, Movable Type is a bit overwhelming at first, particular for someone like me who is quite rusty in the programming and HTML skills. However, Learning

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1118725223318135412005-06-13T21:58:00.000-07:002005-06-13T22:00:23.666-07:00

In honor of yet another example of our justice system working at its finest, I give you Triumph at the Michael Jackson trial.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1118536353617528802005-06-11T17:29:00.000-07:002005-06-11T17:32:33.620-07:00

Woo-hoo!! In August, we will be getting Season 1 of The Muppet Show on DVD! If you don't think this is a great thing, then you should just stop reading my blog now, because you're dead to me....

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1118422320401353562005-06-10T09:27:00.000-07:002005-06-10T09:52:00.413-07:00

Time for the Friday Music Review, y'all. This week I've been listening to Robert Plant's recent release, Mighty Rearranger.Playing the full disclosure card, I should admit that I have not been a fan of much of Plant's solo work (at least, those bits that I have actually heard over the years). However, I did love the No Quarter collaboration with that Jimmy Page cat (I think they were, like, in a

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1118413674544996152005-06-10T07:17:00.000-07:002005-06-10T07:27:54.550-07:00

Philly sports columnist Bill Conlin, who writes for the Daily News, is always an entertaining read. Today he's got a great article in which he basically begs the Philadelphia fans to stop doing the E-A-G-L-E-S cheer at Phillies games, since the Fighting Phills are on a helluva streak right now.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1118341756576988892005-06-09T11:22:00.000-07:002005-06-09T11:29:16.580-07:00

If you're looking for a short diversion from whatever it is you should be doing, I suggest reading these two little McSweeney's articles.The first, which is quite apropos to me in light of the fact that I just had to give a speech this weekend, cotains four bawdy best-man speeches given by the actual best man on Earth at the time. The Jesus Christ speech is definately my favorite, although Gur's

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1118326380392332612005-06-09T07:03:00.000-07:002005-06-09T07:13:00.396-07:00

So I love me some crossword puzzles. I don't get to hit one every day, but many a day I try to kill some time online by taking a stab at either the LA Times crossword or the Boston.com crossword. My problem with these is that I'm an idiot, so I can rarely fill them out completely, except for the relatively easy Monday puzzles (and the occasional Tuesday puzzle).This is part of the reason that I'm

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1118255292641220472005-06-08T11:25:00.000-07:002005-06-08T11:28:12.646-07:00

So I learned today that it's about 99% certain that I have a case going to trial in 5 weeks, which means the next month+ is going to be uber-busy for me which means that my blogging entries may stay at the relatively low pace they have been at lately, as opposed to the higher pace they were at when I first started. I'll do my best to still get some interesting posts up on a somewhat regular basis

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1118185948930227782005-06-07T16:09:00.000-07:002005-06-07T16:12:28.933-07:00

The good folks at McLaughlin Cameron Design have taken it upon themselves to start a movement to free Katie Holmes from the grips of crazy crazy Tom Cruise.I think there should be a movement to put Tom Cruise down...www.puttomdown.com is available...

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117758339600011132005-06-02T17:20:00.000-07:002005-06-02T17:25:39.600-07:00

I probably won't get a chance to post tomorrow, so here is my music review, although it's more of a recommendation list.Demon Days, by Gorillaz, is a great disc for walking/driving around town listening to, and it's growing on me more and more with each listen.X&Y, the upcoming new Coldplay disc, was worth the wait, and even makes me almost forgive lead singer Chris Martin and wife Gwynny for

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117758016866004972005-06-02T17:15:00.000-07:002005-06-02T17:20:16.870-07:00

The folks at FilmCritic have created a list of the Top 40 "Short Take" Movie Moments. I don't agree with all of them (if I were going to take one from Back to School, for example, I'd go with the execution of the Triple Lindy), but it's certainly an interesting and entertaining read.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117670160080621232005-06-01T16:50:00.000-07:002005-06-01T16:56:00.083-07:00

I've previously posted about the amazing amount of cussing in any given episode of Deadwood. Well, the folks at WMFU's Beware of the Blog have performed an entertaining experiment by providing us with Seven Minutes in Deadwood. They took a 60 minute episode of the show and edited out the 53 minutes of non-cuss laden dialogue, presenting a wildly entertaining, and obviously rude and vulgar, 7

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117565208443412502005-05-31T11:44:00.000-07:002005-05-31T11:46:48.443-07:00

According to a press release from Vanity Fair today, former FBI official W. Mark Felt claims to be Woodward and Bernstein's notorious Deep Throat. Considering that he denied this fact in the late '90s, one wonders why he would now come forward? I expect this upcoming issue of Vanity Fair is going to sell like wildfire.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117564947617499272005-05-31T11:36:00.000-07:002005-05-31T11:42:27.620-07:00

As you may have heard by now, there is going to be a 20th anniversary version of Live Aid this summer, called Live 8 (so named after the G8 summit in Edinburgh, Scotland). While the original Live Aid was only in London and Philly, this one adds shows in Berlin, Paris and Rome, although Philly and London will still have the two biggest shows. I still have very fond memories of the original Live

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117391101941586622005-05-29T11:19:00.000-07:002005-05-29T11:25:01.946-07:00

There will probably not be much posting from me this week, as I'm in Boston until next Monday. And there definitely won't be any posting over most of next weekend as I'll be in the boonies of New Hampshire (note to self - do research to determine if any part of New Hampshire is not actually to be considered the boonies) for a wedding (which some might call a SHAM wedding - you blog readers who

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117286293522678582005-05-28T06:16:00.000-07:002005-05-28T06:18:13.523-07:00

Thanks to OhGizmo for this interesting find:

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117206931618721912005-05-27T08:09:00.000-07:002005-05-27T08:15:31.623-07:00

Neil Gaiman, who is one of my favorite authors, keeps a great online journal. In this post from yesterday he discusses the merits of audio books, and it pleased the hell out of me to read this because I've thought the same thing for quite some time. I've been a monthly subscriber of Audible for a long while now (although, admittedly, I'm presently very backlogged with my audio books, much as I am

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117123439548710602005-05-26T09:02:00.000-07:002005-05-26T09:03:59.546-07:00

I have things I would like to say about the Lost and Alias season finales, but unfortunately I am going to be out of the office most of the day and probably won't get to post my thoughts. I may post them tonight, or they may just fade away into the ether.Short version - Lost was enjoyable until the end which pissed me off, and Alias was dull until the end which was a legitimate surprise ending

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117123335151872752005-05-26T08:59:00.000-07:002005-05-26T09:02:15.156-07:00

He apparently smacked some TV producer at the premiere of the latest Hollywood we-have-nothing-original-so-let's-just-remake-something flick, The Longest Yard. "The guy has never seen the… he asked me to tell him about the picture, he's standing here in a shirt that needs ironing, the man works for CBS, I'm embarrassed. I like the guy, he's a nice guy, he's a tough guy, he wants to hit me now, he

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117041229480247792005-05-25T10:10:00.000-07:002005-05-25T10:13:49.480-07:00

For an ongoing time sucker, check out PostSecret, a blog that posts images of creative post cards containing a secret of the sender's.Some are funny, some are poignant, some are sad, some sound made up (as opposed to being an honest confession) but they're all interesting.A personal favorite of mine is:

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1117041013779586742005-05-25T10:05:00.000-07:002005-05-25T10:10:13.800-07:00

Newsweek is featuring a hilarious article by Conan on The Future of Television, which includes such prognostications as:Manufacturers will even place a small plasma screen inside car airbags so that accident victims will have something to watch while they wait for help. Toddlers' bowls will have a television at the bottom, and children will be encouraged to eat all of their mush so they can see

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116962772096562562005-05-24T12:21:00.000-07:002005-05-24T12:26:12.103-07:00

I don't know how much the Shadow Dexterous Hand is, but it's available for purchase, and I would like my readers to buy one for me. Thanks much.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116959992479510272005-05-24T10:58:00.000-07:002005-05-24T11:44:14.793-07:00

And if you click here, you can see a second dancing transformer, spoofing the first one a bit.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116957442680234182005-05-24T10:50:00.000-07:002005-05-24T11:43:44.120-07:00

A dancing transformer?That is fantastic!Click here to watch the video.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116948550983472102005-05-24T08:24:00.000-07:002005-05-24T08:29:10.983-07:00

CNN has a greatly interesting article about the National Ignition Facility, where engineers and scientists are attempting to build the world's most powerful laser in the hopes of being able to induce fusion ignition. Cool stuff if they can pull it off.And to my reader EmoRiot, if you would like an indepth explanation of this laser setup, please let me know....

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116948222006352072005-05-24T07:50:00.000-07:002005-05-24T08:23:42.010-07:00

(SPOILER alert - don't read if you haven't seen the finale of 24 and you don't want to know stuff. You've been warned).To me, this season of 24 was generally pretty boring. That being said, I was actually mostly entertained by last night's episode. My biggest complaint about it is that the show seems to have lost some respect for its audience. Most of the "surprises" were predictable and lacked

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116784067035954542005-05-22T10:47:00.000-07:002005-05-22T10:58:04.846-07:00

During the 2001 trip we stayed at Hotel Trastevere, so once again, if you need a place to, this is one I can recommend as being very cozy and cute and in a nice quiet part of the city.Before I get into a discussion of the city itself, I need to get one thing out of the way. Rome has what is perhaps my favoritest food ever. It’s called suppli. It’s this little snack/appetizer that you can find at

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116783059334655202005-05-22T10:30:00.000-07:002005-05-22T10:57:44.416-07:00

If you do not yet know where your staying in Florence yet, back in my 2001 trip I believe we stayed at Soggiorno Battistero, which is a small place conveniently located right in the middle of the city.Obviously, while in your Florence you are going to want to go the Accademia to see Michelangelo’s David. Now I personally prefer Bernini’s David, which is sort of the “action shot” version (and

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116782742894039692005-05-22T10:14:00.000-07:002005-05-22T10:57:29.130-07:00

While Venice is a city that’s pretty much on death’s door and which has become a real tourist trap, it’s still something to see. With regard to the city itself, I will make the following guarantee – without a doubt, you will get utterly lost at least once. It is a very confusing city to walk through. But don’t give up hope – you’ll find your way back eventually.One place you will obviously want

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116782034225810892005-05-22T10:09:00.000-07:002005-05-22T10:57:10.666-07:00

I can pretty much count the regular readers of this blog with one hand. In a few weeks, one of those regular readers will be going to Italy with his then-wife/now-almost-wife (who I believe is an occasional stopper-by here as well) for their honeymoon. As I’ve tooled around Italy twice, I told them I’d make some suggestions/recommendations about places to see or go to, and with this series of

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116780769435825982005-05-22T09:50:00.000-07:002005-05-22T09:52:49.440-07:00

Kill da zombies...kill da zombies...kill da zombies...

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116632855982658552005-05-20T16:45:00.000-07:002005-05-20T16:47:35.986-07:00

As my hangover finally fades away, I share the following two stories of mistaken identity.First, Guitar World Magazine apparently has an article this month where they asked rock folks about their most Spinal Tap moment. This was discussed on the Kevin and Bean show earlier this week, where entertainment guy Ralph shared one such story from the Rolling Stones' Ron Wood:"He says that he and the

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116608431690334502005-05-20T09:55:00.000-07:002005-05-20T10:00:31.690-07:00

I'm rather hungover at the moment and, in fact, have not even left to go to my stupid job yet. Suffice it to say, I am not feeling inclined to post a music review this Friday, and since I'm the sole emperor of this little blog, I can rule with an iron fist. Thus, no music review for you.It's for the best anyway, as I actually haven't listened to much music this week which would be worth

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116608142605076572005-05-20T09:51:00.000-07:002005-05-20T09:55:42.610-07:00

Earlier this month, 89 democrats from the House sent a letter to the White House inquiring as to whether the British memo that leaked on May 1 presented an accurate report of what was going on. The White House's response, via Scott McClellan, was simply that there was "no need" to respond.

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116528150216496612005-05-19T11:35:00.000-07:002005-05-19T11:42:30.220-07:00

I'm an admitted nerd, but today I publicly chastise the nerds. Damn you nerds!My office is right down the street from L.A.'s convention center, where the E3 Expo (big ol' video game conference) is taking place. As I said, I'm an admitted nerd and I've been to E3 before (and even though I'm not going at all this year, I've been following it with some websites, such as Gamespy). Now let me tell you

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116526042116219862005-05-19T11:00:00.000-07:002005-05-19T11:07:22.120-07:00

Salon's got an interesting article today, The Lies that Led to War, which talks about the, uhm, less-than-truths which helped lead our country into war with Iraq. It starts off with a great observation about the hypocrasy of outrage over the recent Newsweek/Quran debacle as compared to the non-outrage over ever mounting evidence of the President's, uhm, less-than-truths. It discusses the

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116516886394136722005-05-19T08:30:00.000-07:002005-05-19T08:34:46.396-07:00

Plogress.com is a great little site that just started up today. It lets you keep daily tabs on what your Congressional representatives (or any other Senators or Representatives, for that matter) are up to. And there are even convenient RSS feeds for each individual Congressman...

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116481277466083002005-05-18T22:31:00.000-07:002005-05-18T22:41:17.470-07:00

I rarely watch any form of news on television, outside of The Daily Show. I choose, instead, to peruse various internet sites throughout the day to keep me up to date on the what's what. But every once in a while, the local news will end up on in the background whilst I am doing something else.Right now is such a "once in a while." I thought I'd share the following piece of important news that

seth fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09852455524915954996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12493455.post-1116384722888842752005-05-17T19:50:00.000-07:002005-05-17T19:52:02.893-07:00

Thanks to the guy in the office next to my office, I bring you a fantastic time sucker, BowMaster. Arrows away....

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I meant to post about this earlier, but I forgot, so I’ll mention it now. Last week I was over in Hollywood and was walking by Grauman’s Theater (the big famous Chinese theater on the Walk of Fame where the actor-types make cement prints). As you have probably read, heard or seen on the news, some Star Wars geeks have been lined up there for quite some time, waiting for this weekend’s premiere

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Folks in this town are often deserving of uttering the above quote. So it's nice when the Hollywood folks actually get something right. Word on the street is that Fox has indeed renewed Arrested Development and we'll be getting a full new 22 episodes next year (until they decide to trim it back to 18 episodes to put a crappy cartoon in its place)! If this town hadn't sucked all my emotion out of

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So I played some football yesterday, something that’s become a once-every-couple-months tradition here at the office. And today, I feel like I got rolled down a flight of stairs – scuffed up arms, tight legs, back kink, sore shoulder. I’m not even 30 yet, and I feel like an old man.All I'm saying is, I feel you Roger Murtaugh. I feel you. I just wish that I, too, was only two days away from

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I read local Philly articles, particularly sports articles, on a pretty much daily basis, to keep up with what’s going on back in the homeland. And on a more-or-less weekly basis, there’s at least one commentary on this debacle of an Eagles offseason, said debacle being led with Mr. Terrell Owens on the frontline.Yesterday, Inquirer columnist and ESPN shouter Stephen A. Smith published an

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Saw the movie Unleashed yesterday. It was a decent little flick. The plot was pretty straightforward, with no real surprises. But that didn't really matter, because that wasn't the point of the movie. Instead, the point of the movie was two-fold - to be a bit of a psychological character piece, and to provide some good ol' fashioned ass-wuppings. And the movie delivered on both accounts.The flick

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Today's music review is going to be rather short, for no reason other than I'm feeling lazy. I wouldn't be surprised if within a few weeks, my Friday Music Review simply become Friday List of One or More CD's I Like. I'm a lazy man.Anyway, earlier this week I pulled out a CD that was easily one of last year's best and most overlooked albums, Tom Waits' Real Gone. As I kid, I had heard Tom Waits

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So the MPAA brought their latest round of lawsuits today, moving from movies to TV and attacking six of the big sites that let users download TV shows using BitTorrent. They can’t actually go after the makers of the BitTorrent software (unless the Supreme Court does something drastic next month when their expected Grokster decision comes down), and they can’t really stop the actual TV show

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Salon's Tim Grieve provides you with "Everything you wanted to know about the 'nuclear option'" - a solid in-depth look at the Republican's plan to eliminate the filibuster in an effort to get a handful of judicial nominees voted on.When you look at the numbers with regard to Bush’s nominees, and compare them with the numbers for previous Presidents’ judicial nominees (as this article does), the

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I just found this little gem of a site last night. It’s a site that lets folks submit things they randomly overhear in New York. In reading this (and I’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg, because there’s a ton of stuff on this here site), I feel like some of the submitted blurbs may just be made up by the submitter. But I suspect that the majority is legit. Either way, it’s pretty fantastic.

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There have been a rash of freeway shootings out here in LA recently, and just a while ago, there was another one at the freeway on-ramp right by my office, where I normally catch the freeway after work when I'm leaving this dump of a downtown. What a great city.As a friend of mine just noted, it's now a lot like that scene in L.A. Story, where Steve freaks out because he realizes it's the first

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This past weekend, I played a fair amount of the Trivial Pursuit, the 90's Time Capsule Edition. Love that game. Sure, part of my love for it comes from the fact that I went a smooth four for four this weekend. But beyond that, it’s just good times.So while playing the game, I was asked a question in the yellow category, which is basically like the old Science and Technology category. On card

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Last night's episode of the Amazing Race was fantastic. Especially the fact that it was pretty close between Uchenna & Joyce and Romber through the end. But if the pilot hadn't given the "ok" to let Uchenna & Joyce on a closed flight that was separated from the gate already, there would have been no suspense for the whole last chunk of the race, as Romber would've had a clear victory. And for

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...and I told you it wouldn't be Duncan or Logan. Now the big Duncan/Logan question is who's knocking on the Veronica door at 3 in the morning, and subsequently likely knocking on Veronica? Tune in next season.And I hope that we get some jailhouse visits with Harry Hamlin - he may be no damn good, but he was pretty entertaining on the show.

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Tuesdays at 9 is the best overall timeslot on TV right now and the three shows that make it such a gem of a spot all give us their season finales tonight.First, The Amazing Race presents its 2 hour finale. I, for one, am rooting like a motherfucker for Rob and Amber, although I wouldn’t be heart broken if they came in second behind Uchenna and Joyce. However, I hope Ron and Kelly are done at the

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I have never heard of Bright Eyes before, but his May 2 performance of When the President Talks to God on the Leno show is worth a gander – it’s a protest song that looks less-than-fondly upon our dear president. I’m actually surprised that Leno allowed such a critical song to be performed on his show, considering how anti-controversy he is (i.e., Leno's a big pussy).

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Here's is something that is the utter definition of a time sucker - go answer the phone.In this article with Spiegel Online, we find Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg being interviewed. The intersting part of the article is about halfway down when Tommy starts getting pressed a little bit about Scientology.Another article from Spiegel Online, about one of the few living SS officers, who was a

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Over the past couple of years, I've found myself becoming a real sucker for female vocalists. This isn't something entirely new - as a kid, I totally dug it when I found my folks' old Jefferson Airplane albums, and in the earlyish 90s, I started becoming an Alanis, Tori and Sheryl Crow fan (still a fan of Alanis and Tori, but not so much of Crow anymore). But more and more lately, I've really

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Ok, so a couple of years ago, I decided to buy some turntables and learn how to DJ and scratch and whatnot. That little experiment didn't last terribly long, and my turntables are now collecting a nice layer of dust on top of the old layer of caked-on dust. But as a result of this short stint as a DJ (my DJ name was going to be either DJ Litigation or DJ Bitch), I started really enjoying

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Picture the following commercial. A woman walks into a bedroom to find her husband sitting down in front of a laptop. The husband notices that his wife has entered the bedroom and says, "Honey, do you have my American Advantage number? I'm on aa.com and I'm trying to use my miles to upgrade. You know me, I hate sitting in the middle."Cheesy commercial for American Airlines? Could be. Lines of

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This is probably the best thing yet to come out of the Star Wars prequel - in this article from the Chicago Tribune, there's a little snippit of an interview with Star Wars produce Rick McCallum, wherein Mr. McCallum makes a fantastic analogy about Anakin/Vader's shift from the light side to the dark side of the force:Q. Do you think some audiences are going to have a problem with Anakin mowing

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I wonder if it's in the Stormtrooper handbook that you have to take your utility belt off first? This picture courtesy of AJ Mast's photo portfolio.

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When I was a kid, there were few things in the summer days better than going to Rita's for some fantastic water ice. It's hard to describe this to the uninitiated, but it was like a little bit of icey sugary heaven. Just good good stuff. Well today, word comes that some Pittsburgh company has purchased Rita's Water Ice Franchise Corporation. They claim good intentions, with a principal in the

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Imagine that a boy is informed that his parents are not his real parents, that his real parents are on their way to take him home and that, when asking for further clarification, the boy is coldly told by his now-understood-to-be-former-father "But haven't you ever wondered why we're slim, handsome, attractive people, full of positive energy and style? And you're kind of a porky, boring schlub,

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Right now, without a doubt, Deadwood is my favorite show on TV. In fact, it has replaced Six Feet Under and The Wire as my favorite HBO shows, and is quickly moving up the list of my all time favorite shows.Sure, part of my love for the show is that I'm a vulgarian and this show cusses more than any show ever (for example, take a look at The Number of Fucks in Deadwood to learn that in 20

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I've been waiting for an excuse to use one of my favorite 80s movies quotes as a post title, and lo-and-behold, what should sneak up on me and nail me in the back of the head like a Biff Tannon sucker punch but MIT's first and only Time Traveler Convention. It's times like this that I really wish I still lived in Boston, because if I were there this weekend, there is no way in hell that I would

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So in this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly (actually, it was last week's issue, but it was a double issue covering this week too, so whatever), there was a little side-bar interview with the fantastic Corey Haim in "honor" of the release of a special edition DVD of License to Drive (special edition? For License to Drive? Fantastic!). So Corey was asked, "In his commentary, director Greg

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Ok, here is a fantastic time sucker. As I'm sure you recall, in Pulp Fiction, Sam Jackson's Jules had a wallet that was stamped/embroidered with the descriptive "Bad Motherfucker." So this website asks the simple question, Who Else is Qualified to Carry the Bad Mothafucka Wallet? The dude that put this list together did a fantastic job - his list includes a detailed analysis of 100-odd qualifying

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So it's the 100 year anniversary of what was, for Einstein, a very good year. In 1905, Einstein published three separate papers, any one of which was probably a significant enough achievement to earn him the Nobel Prize (and one of which did win him the Nobel Prize).I mention this because I just read an interesting article about the fact that a new nearly perfect Einstein Ring has been discovered

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So yesterday when I got home from work, there was a message waiting for me on my voicemail. As a precursor to this story, I should mention that my area code is 310. So my voicemail starts by reading the caller's number to me, and it's from area code 404 which I've never heard of. So I'm already assuming it's a call I'm uninterested in, a telemarketer or some such crap (for the record, I've now

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So I think that on Fridays, I'm going to try to throw up a review of a CD or two that I've given a listen to during the week. Generally newish stuff, although not always. For this week, I'm going to tell you about Boogaloo to the Beastie Boys.Recipe: take two parts Beastie Boys, one part organ player, one-elevenths a part of a P-Funk player and three parts studio jazz musicians. Mix together in a

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I'm a reality TV whore, and proud of it. Although not quite my favorite anymore (that honor would likely go to The Amazing Race), I still watch The Survivor, and I was so unhappy that my Philly girl Stephenie got the boot this week. If you don't watch Survivor, you might as well just stop reading right now, as the rest of this post will likely both bore you and not make all that much sense to

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...I might consider having Ben Folds' baby. He rules. Tonight he did a free live show here in L.A. in support of his newly released CD, "Songs for Silverman." It was a short 45 minute, 9 song set, but it was fantastic, as his live shows always are.The highlight, for me, was definitely his cover of Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit" (from Dr. Dre's seminal 1992 disc "The Chronic"). You can get a copy

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In light of the fact that T.O. is causing a minor ruckus with the Eagles, I'm happy to see that Brian Westbrook is acknowledging that he'll sign his 1-year tender if a long-term deal doesn't happen. That-a-boy Brian.

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So I just stumbled upon another one of these lil' Blogger blogs. At first, I was reluctant to link to it, because it uses the same lame-o blog template that I do and therefore looks just like my blog. But upon closer inspection, I realized that it looks nothing like my blog, because it's got humerous content and readers who actually leave comments. So my inner nerd commands you to go read read

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The blog's title pretty much sums it up. The intended purpose of this blog is to suck time. Suck my time by giving me something to do in my neverending efforts to avoid work. Suck your time by (hopefully, assuming you find this an interesting blog) giving you another website to hit in your neverending efforts to avoid doing whatever you should be doing when you're browsing junk like this....

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