October 2008
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A Knight's Tale
It is a little ridiculous that Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, and Heath Ledger are all in this movie; not to mention the very funny Paul Bettany (as Chaucer… the writer) and the very fine Shannyn Sossamon.
And how could a movie that plays We Will Rock You (with mideviel folk singing along, no less) and Low Rider in the first 10 minutes possibly be bad?
"Stunned" Curry not part of Knicks' regular... →
Shared by Oz The headline should be, “Worst player in basketball stunned he isn’t part of one of the worst team’s regular rotation.” He’s so bad, that fantasy basketballers have an “Eddy Curry…
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Ahhh
A rock cover of Beat It plays in the background in a amusement park outside of Atlanta. The park is full of a variety of people, accurately representing a cross-section of the Greater Atlanta area, and, indeed, our country and world. A kid with black sneakers, long shorts, and a recently won basketball walks by me with his friend. The beat is in his head, and you can see him processing it. I see...
Maybe things aren't so bad...
Google and Apple (publicly and financially) align against Proposition 8
Scrabble →
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Actually, this is more common than one would think…
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Myth America: A Stand-Up Tragedy →
Take a few minutes and read this. Please.
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(Red) Sox. (Devil) Rays. 8:07pm.
I don’t want to overstate this, but I think that for anybody who is even remotely interested in sports, this is THE game to watch.
On paper, it is simply a match-up of the two top American League teams (sorry Angels, you have been proven unworthy) playing the game to go to the World Series. Pretty standard October intrigue, really. But just beneath the surface lurks something quite a bit...
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colin_powell.bitch_slap( "W" ) →
Colin Powell Endorses Obama
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6 Signs You're About to be Attacked by Zombies →
Shared by Oz Zombies aren’t busy. They’ll just be chilling out under a thin dusting of suspiciously loose soil. And the second you slip up and do something that would make a zombie attack the…
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10 Things That Are Going Right For Consumers... →
Shared by Oz The Consumerist is optimistic.
Kiplinger’s is more optimistic than we are, so they had the cheerful idea to put together a list of 10 things that are going right for consumers —…
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Screws Loose and Plumbing Problems
From The Dallas Morning News, a story about McCain’s response to Obama’s Tax Plan.
The article is funny on several levels (and no, it has nothing to do with a series of jokes traded between the two “main” candidates that continue to expose this campaign as a complete farce, while independent candidates who are speaking real talk about the issues continue to get ignored)....
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“…given our already staggering debt burden, perhaps more loans are not the...”
– Peter Schiff, Washington Post
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Little Victories
Christian Science Monitor on an Idea vs. an Individual (a reversal of what I would have expected).
Obama invades the red
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“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful”
– Warren Buffet
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Only a few weeks left to get informed
I’d advise against watching the debates and for using stuff like glassbooth (Nader > Obama) and these ten election ‘08 tools (from lifehacker)
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From Israel to Iraq, Mideast Policies Spark Debate →
A look at Obama and McCain’s foreign policies…
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Boing, boing
We don’t need a bailout, and if other banks had run their banks like we ran our bank, they wouldn’t have needed a bailout, either
Small banks resist and large banks must change
Alleged Palin e-mail hacker indicted, faces jail... →
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So, I guess you can just send a letter to the government whenever your email gets hacked now, and they’ll find the guy who did it.
The alleged hacker who broke into Sarah Palin’s…
Sarah Palin’s Donations to Planned Parenthood Top... →
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Thanks, David
Although she might not know it, or know why, thousands of women across the United States have donated over $1 million dollars to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin’s…
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Veritek and Willits Play Tag (Controversy).
I didn’t know it was actually an issue, but apparently it is (or maybe it is just a slow news day). Here’s the situation: the Angels have one out, and Willits on third. They decide to attempt a squeeze. The batter whiffs on the bunt and Veritek chases Willits down the third base line, dives, and tags Willits out (twice, I’d say, by looking at the video). He then falls to the...
Phil Hellmuth
I’m not one to make snap judgements, but that’s exactly what I am going to do here.
I watched one hand of professional poker on TV tonight (I was in the middle of doing other things, and it just happened to catch my eye). Phil lost on a flush-draw, and then made scathing remarks about the opponent who just took his ass to the cleaners (with a pair of fives).
Phil Hellmuth is the...
Stop Helping Dumb People, part 1: Abstinence Only... →
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Stop wearing those seatbelts, y’all
Zealous supporters of Abstinence-Only sex education should extend that model into other areas of their lives. [1]
I would generalize the root…
March Madness in September →
Shared by Oz Awesome
Click on the graphic to enlarge [external].
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Heck of a Year (Actually, make that 7 months).
College team won National Championship
College Player of the Year
Top Overall Draft Pick
Olympic Gold Medal
Professional team made Semi-Finals
Rookie of the Year in a professional league.
MVP* in a professional league.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you, Candice Parker
*She beat her own teammate, Lisa Leslie, for the honor.
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UBS > USA →
At least someone has some sense… leave it to the Swiss.
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Manny being Manny (and kind of not really)
I wish I had posted this before the playoffs had started (it’s been in my mind for a while), but I didn’t. The long and short of it is, that there is no doubt in my mind that the Cubs will not make it past the Dodgers, and the biggest reason is Manny (who, incidentially, is a genius who was being manipulated by the worst human in sports).
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A Bedtime Story
So, a little over seven years ago, I decided I wanted to buy an Audi. I was head-deep in student loans at the time, but what the hell, right? That pretty much started a spending spree, which still hasn’t stopped, and which I’ll probably be paying for for at least twenty years. I spent the money mostly on stupid stuff, too. I mean, I haven’t really improved my station in life, and...