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miércoles, abril 30, 2003
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linkydink We insisted that we had every right to leave and were going to do so. One of the policemen walked over with his hand on his gun and taunted: "Go ahead and leave, just go ahead."
lunes, abril 28, 2003
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linkydink "We have just liberated Iraq," General Garner said last week amid Shiite protests and some calls for an Islamic state. "People are demonstrating. That's the first part of freedom. The right to disagree. Things are getting better, no matter what people are saying." by this definition, i get the feeling we're not very free ourselves... oh wait, was that unpatriotic? maybe i've just had too many friends worry about getting teargassed. and: Mr. Tones, your brother's link made toby's and my day.
domingo, abril 27, 2003
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linkydink See Amazon.com's bestsellers for or what's uniquely popular in Greenwich, CT History of Worldwide Broadcasting from Greenwich, CT Connecticut Based Shipping Executive Threatens Terrorist Leader With "Ass Kicking" Matthew Margolies: "Greenwich's other Unsolved Murder"
sábado, abril 26, 2003
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linkydink "The following is the state Supreme Court's transcript of the prayer atheist Tom Snyder proposed to the Murray City Council, which rejected it:"
jueves, abril 24, 2003
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linkydink London's Royal National Theater is currently home to preview performances of "Jerry Springer -- the Opera." Opening night is scheduled for Tuesday (April 29). I checked this, and strangely enough, it seems legit...
miércoles, abril 23, 2003
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linkydink Partially inspired by Beige ("first use of vinyl for software distribution - ever"), I'm rediscovering my childhood love of videogame music. My latest thrilling discovery is this band who bloody re-created all of the music from Megaman 2 and 3. I am fucking loving this.
martes, abril 22, 2003
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linkydink "Margaret Stackhouse's speculations on [2001: A Space Odyssey] are perhaps the most intelligent that I've read anywhere, and I am, of course, including all the reviews and the articles that have appeared on the film and the many hundreds of letters that I have received. What a first-rate intelligence!" -- Stanley Kubrick on 15 year-old North Plainfield (N.J.) High School junior Margaret Stackhouse
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linkydink jimmy: From a distance, James Cameron's Battle Angel Alita does seem like Fist Of The North Star, but fanboy arguments aside, it's fair to say one can expect more from Cameron. kangaroo: I don't recall hearing of Vice, but they lost my vote of confidence with that "Techno has sucked for years now" opening, evincing a profoundly narrow-minded scope of music apprectiation and criticism. IFF sound like an interesting experiment, and they clearly aren't the elitists the writer wishes them to be, but I won't be holding my breath in wait of the death and ressurection of any genre.
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linkydink Making up for lost time... Slow Wave is a collective dream diary authored by different people from around the world, and drawn as a comic strip by Jesse Reklaw. Fuck That Job: Because job hunting daily is demoralizing enough without having to deal with employers who want you to speak Swahili for low or no pay.
domingo, abril 20, 2003
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linkydink Via Slashdot: "Moviehole.net reports that James Cameron wants to direct a live action Battle Angel Alita movie..." That shit could be hot. But does it remind anyone else (Breakcharmer) of Fist Of The North Star?
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linkydink more fun with peeps... so weird I couldn't resist.  The "Patriotic Peeps Easter Hat" also check out "peep-a-boo" and the "Peeps Easter House". All via marshmallowpeeps.com's crafts section.
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linkydink The "Peeps fun bus" visits Las Cruces NM.  You too can put in a request for a visit by the "Peeps Fun Bus". happy bunny day everybody.
miércoles, abril 16, 2003
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linkydink Just in case mainstream movie producers aren't conservative enough for you, "boycott-hollywood.com" is home to the "boycott list" which includes such names as: Janeanne Garafolo, Kevin Spacey, Angelica Huston, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Spike Lee, Ed Norton and Robert Redford there is a second list, bizzarrely titled- "celebrity inspirations" which includes such fine performers as: Harry Wayne ("K.C." Casey of "KC and the Sunshine Band"), Bob Hope, Meat Loaf, Heather Locklear, Wayne Newton, Marie Osmond, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Selleck, and- drumroll please....... ZZ Top. I'll admit, I'm biased, and the lists are a tiny bit more balanced than I make them seem, and there were a few names on both lists that surpirsed me. ( Sarah Michelle Gellar is apparantly pro war, and Limp Bizkit seem like unlikely peace activists) But take a look for yourself... And "while you're at it", Boycott the French! Deny yourself everything from Dannon Yogurt, to Zig-Zag Rolling Papers and "Fat Bastard" wine.
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linkydink "Techno has sucked for years now, but what’s the best way to kill and reinvent the genre? Rip the records off the turntable and just play the fucking slipmats! Has anybody heard of these guys? I am reluctant to take vice magazine's word on just about anything, but I am awfully fond of music that clicks.
sábado, abril 12, 2003
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linkydink tell me about it.... "Late on Thursday, April 10, 2003, the Senate and House the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act (formerly known as the RAVE Act) as an attachment to the Amber Alert Bill (a child abduction bill). The bill is likely to be signed into law by the President in the next few weeks."
viernes, abril 11, 2003
miércoles, abril 09, 2003
martes, abril 08, 2003
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linkydink "The early morning sun was shining, the road was clear, if seriously in need of repair. We had enough gas to get to Vera Cruz, a full thermos of coffee, and Arlen Roth on the tape deck. We'd had breakfast at a place on the beach a ways back. I'd had ham and eggs, because I didn't know how to say bacon or sausage in Spanish, and Tom had eaten a portion of what we later determined to be octopus. We had walked the beach briefly after breakfast. Life was good. That's when the wheel bearing went out and sent us down a long, gentle ditchbank, past the goatyard, past the dirt courtyard and the main dwellings, where a dozen or more people looked up from several large containers of boiling goat milk, past the junked out old 1951 Ford pickup truck, where it turned out Uncle Octavio lived, and finally to a real wobbly stop under the palm tree where the burro and the rooster were tied. Me and Tommy just looked at each other. "Well, f***!" Sometimes life ain't real good for real long."
sábado, abril 05, 2003
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linkydink "The April 1998 issue of the New Mexicans for Science and Reason newsletter contained an article claiming that the Alabama state legislature had voted to change the value of the mathematical constant pi from 3.14159 to the 'Biblical value' of 3.0." top 100 hoaxes of all time a little late for April fools day... but neat nonetheless. Hey, did anybody do anything sneaky this April 1st?
martes, abril 01, 2003
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linkydink "It started when the government, in the midst of a worldwide economic crisis, received reports of an imminent terrorist attack. A foreign ideologue had launched feeble attacks on a few famous buildings, but the media largely ignored his relatively small efforts. The intelligence services knew, however, that the odds were he would eventually succeed... But the warnings of investigators were ignored at the highest levels, in part because the government was distracted; the man who claimed to be the nation's leader had not been elected by a majority vote and the majority of citizens claimed he had no right to the powers he coveted. He was a simpleton, some said, a cartoon character of a man who saw things in black-and-white terms and didn't have the intellect to understand the subtleties of running a nation in a complex and internationalist world... Nonetheless, he knew the terrorist was going to strike (although he didn't know where or when), and he had already considered his response. When an aide brought him word that the nation's most prestigious building was ablaze, he verified it was the terrorist who had struck and then rushed to the scene and called a press conference." No, it's not what you think.
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