Sirgur Rós ( ) mini review

In this weeks Entertainment section of The Oracle the staff picked their favorite albums. Here is my short pick.
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DVDs deliver extended cut of profit to studios

By releasing and re-releasing movie editions on DVD, the movie industry is in danger of making the same mistakes as the recording industry: upsetting consumers.
Editorial
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flu

To get over a flu take these ingredients:

Lots of tea.
A cat.
Big bed.
Watch two seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in three days.

Trust me, it seems to work.

Get laid, man

This just cracked me up:

“In a wide-ranging interview, Mrs. Bush put her stamp of approval on sexual abstinence programs, which would have their doubled under the president’s latest budget proposal. Abstinence should be extensively discussed alongside contraception, she said. ‘I do think abstinence works. We know it works,’ she said. ‘It’s 100 percent fail-safe.’” link

I am certainly taking something out of context here, but is that why Bush is so on edge and wants to attack everybody? The man just needs to get laid? Won’t anyone step up to the plate and take on for the team in order to further world peace?

Now that would be a dedicated peace activist.

troubled Bush

BBC World has this quote from President George W. Bush on the gay weddings currently goign on is San Francisco:
“I’m troubled by what I’ve seen,” he added. “People need to be involved with this decision. Marriage ought to be defined by the people not by the courts, and I’m watching it carefully.” link

I would say if thousands of people get married in a matter of days the people have spoken. It is after all people, real actual breathing human beings, that are getting married, not courts. And if two people that have been together for 51 years as a couple finally get hitched (link) it is wrong, but if two people that have just met each other can get married any time, and as often as they want, maybe we need a little more “wrong” in the world.

The light at the end of the tunnel

Without jinxing anything, I wanted to pass this along:

“The poll, taken Feb. 16-17, indicates that if the election were held today, Kerry would be chosen by 55% of likely voters, compared to 43% for Bush. In the last polling, Feb. 6-8, Bush held a 49-48 advantage.

Edwards, Kerry’s sole remaining major rival for the Democratic nomination, holds a 54%-44% advantage, the poll indicates. The question has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.” link

Independents emerge as deciding factor in presidential race

Exit polls from the Wisconsin primary indicate that independent voters could not only decide the fate of the presidential race but also the future stance of campaigns.
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University of South Florida lecturer stems ethical qualms about stem cell research

The hot-button issue surrounding stem cells, a very important emerging field of research, can be defused if new methods are used.
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diamond

Talk about carats. Maybe I can get my wife this next year for Valentine’s Day. I mean, how much could it be?

Rugby

This has got to be the most outrageous thing I'’ve ever heard in connection with any sport. Especially the quotes are priceless.link

Meyer for President? Hardly

“But do we want charismatic leaders or squeaky-clean cardboard characters that offer sound-bytes and platitudes rather than actual content?”
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morons in charge

I simply had to comment on this statement by a high UPN exec. According to thisTri City Herald article Enterprise may be cancelled next season. But the real kicker is the moronic way in which it was announced.

“You see the new stuff, you see the old stuff, and you compare and say, ‘What is the better schedule?’ So it’s not like, ‘Gee, if Enterprise is up 10 percent between now and May, it will get picked up.’ It’s rather - you know, it’s not a science, but it’s, ‘All right. How do we build Wednesday better?’ ‘Does it include Enterprise?’ Very possibly. ‘Does it not?’ Possibly as well.” link
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Provost search a worthwhile endeavor

The provost search at USF took long, but was necessary.
Editorial
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Bush: ‘intelligence lacking’

“At that point in the interview Russert might as well have walked out and got some coffee, as Bush was clearly … running off the points his advisers had laid out for him in advance.”
Opinion Column
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geek squared

And here I thought I was a geek. This guy tops me easily.

ribs and things

I am a huge fan of the TV show West Wing. My appreciation of the show is so high because it’s very realistic. Even the scenes that seem far fetched aren’t really. There are after all “real life” events such as this:
Remarks by the President to the Press Pool
Nothin’ Fancy Cafe - Roswell, New Mexico

Sept. 11 relief fund fraud should have legal consequences

A man who claimed his ex-wife died in the Sept. 11 attacks on the Twin Towers has to understand that his fraud will bear legal repercussions.
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Mass. court right to ignore call for gay marriage ban in decision

The ruling of the Massachusetts Supreme Court said Wednesday that denying the right of marriage to gay couples is unconstitutional.
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probe?

I get a daily e-mail digest version of everything the BCC thinks is news worthy for the day. Today’s struck me as funny.

Without clear leader party must be careful not to self-destruct

Tuesday’s primaries not only show how the Democratic presidential candidates are holding up on a broader scale, it also indicates changes in their campaigns.
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Disney - A falling empire?

“I do however share something that no doubt a lot of my readers will agree with: fond memories for what used to be Disney.”
Opinion Column
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