Bass, Drums, Piano - Mourning the passing of Ben Folds Five.
This is a dated article written when Ben Folds Five announced their break-up. This article is particularly important to me because it turned me on to the band in a big way. I probably wouldn't be the Ben Folds fan I am had the National Review (of all publications) written on it.
Libertarian Party Founder Endorses Bush
Like most capital-L Libertarians, he's quite the goofy sorts. I don't agree with all of his points, ut I do a number of them.
Web Server Takedown Called Speech Threat
An update on a not-so-new story about Indymedia's servers being turned over to international authorities. Rackspace, the web host that turned over the drives, is a Texas-based company that hosts, among other things,
The Onion. On another note in the article, what is it about a company (any company) claiming to be a "good corporate citizen" that makes me chuckle?
Advertisements Get More Play in Video Games
This is a no-brainer. I was thinking while watching my football game play when they said, "We'd like to take this time to remind you that this game is brought to you by EA Sports"(the maker of the game) that such advertising could probably rake in some extra money by taking that moment to announce that the game was brought to you by Snickers or something. If a doof like me who almost never plays video games can figure this out, it stands to reason that the big wigs would, too.
Trading Family Values: How the old conservative/liberal stereotypes break down when it comes to parenting.
An interesting look at the Bush, Kerry, and Gore households. It seems to be making "discipline" and "getting good grades" to be somewhat interchangable, which both underscores the point they're trying to make and somewhat distorts the picture. That said, an interesting read.
Good news from Iraq, Part 13
Yes, there is some good news!
Return of the 'Law' man
I never took the liking to Chris Noth's character that I did to some of his successors (and his former partners, for that matter) on L&O, but it's nonetheless good to hear that he might be returning to the fold.
Kerry Pushes Plan to Re-Import Canadian Bacon (Parody)
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