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I had an interesting thought the other day. I think my movie radar is pretty good. After watching a preview trailer I can usually tell which movies I’ll like and which ones I’ll hate. Of course there are a few exceptions (liked Election, hated Best in Show), but for the most part my radar is…

The weather has been awesome here so I took a few pictures yesterday and added them to the gallery. I got some great shots including one of my future dog-in-law Cinco, static Mckenzie, and my new desktop background. Sci-Fi is showing Children of Dune tonight at 9:00PM, which of course conflicts with the only time…

I’m not entirely proud of it, but my new drink of choice is the Sugar Free Red Bull. I think it even tastes better than the fully sugared version. It’s probably chock full of deadly aspartame, but I don’t go for conspiracy theories unless they include one or more alien abductions and if it takes…

Chinese fortune cookies are one of the most interesting and unique rituals in our dining culture. Contrary to popular belief there are claims it even began as an American tradition. In my experience most fortunes try to tell you something about yourself rather than what the future will bring, but occasionally you get one that…

The crowds came out to the Living Room’s weekly open mic tonight. Roz King, Keith Lewis, Gilligan hat-wearing Dom, and a number of others turned out for a solid night of music. Willie Tapps even brought along a tuba player to help him out. It turns out the tuba’s sound and style are a natural…

Few things I’ve seen on the Internet are as bizarre as the goal of Paul “Freck” Morgan, owner of CutOffMyFeet.com:On August 24, 1986, Paul Morgan’s life was forever changed. He was in an accident which left him paralyzed. Since Paul is on Medicare/Medicaid, his insurance will not cover the amputation and new prosthetics because it…

Six Feet Under felt subdued again this week (except for the first 5 minutes), although you can tell Nate’s marriage is getting as annoying for him as it is for us. Lisa’s character doesn’t seem to have anywhere to go, but this week’s theme was nervous breakdowns so maybe that’s a hint. Catherine O’Hara is…

Despite my reluctance to step inside one, life brought me to McDonalds the other day. Even though McDonalds had its first ever loss this year, the “restaurant” on Route 38 in Mt. Laurel displays their menus on High Definition Plasma Screens. Instead of physcially changing their menus to accomodate new items and special deals they…

This text marks the 100th news item published here since I started the site on June 17, 2002. Here are a few interesting facts from the Stats page: 63.57% of you use Internet Explorer and 11 of you actually use Lynx 70.72% of you guys use Windows, 4.805% use Macs, 3.64% use Linux, and one…

Ghengis Kahn died hundreds of year ago, but his lineage lives on according to a National Geographic article. Up to “16 million” people living today could be descendents of Kahn, due to his ruthless conquering of land and, obviously, the ladies.Genghis Khan, the fearsome Mongolian warrior of the 13th century, may have done more than…

Please help me test out my Super News Feed. It’s a collection of RSS feeds from some of my favorite sites. It uses the Magpie library to do the fetching and the parsing and I wrote enough code to cache the results every two hours and only display the last three entries from each site.…

My favorite show for the past few years has been HBO’s Six Feet Under and last night was the season premier. It started out great, but not even Alan Ball has the nuts to kill off his lead character, at least not yet. The first half went great as Nate viewed alternate versions of his…

I love Johnny Cash and he’s done some great covers over the years, most notable for me were Beck’s “Rowboat” and Soundgarden’s “Rusty Cage.” When I heard he was doing “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails I got really excited. Cash and Reznor seemed a perfect fit, but sadly I don’t think Cash’s cover lives up…

Thanks to various websites, message boards, word of e-mouth, and a link in the Need To Know newsletter, this site transferred more data in February than the past 8 months combined. On Friday I saw 240 guests on here at one time. My previous record was a mere 36. Thanks to all the sites who…

The Department of Homeland Security has degraded the Terror Alert Warning to Level Zombie:Based on a review of intelligence and an assessment of threats by the intelligence community, and the fact that Mr. Rogers is no longer around, the Attorney General in consultation with the Homeland Security Council has made the decision to return the…

My second trip to the Doc Watson’s Pub open mic was not as good as the first time. They had a nice sized crowd and a good mix of musicians including some decent bands, but each act seemed disconnected as if everyone was just playing for themselves and not the crowd. Either that or I…

The new poll asks which of my show flyers you like the best so far. The last poll (Best Futuristic Technology) was the most popular one yet, but I need to scold some of you on your choices. Two of you would rather have a Flying Car than Teleportation. Doesn’t this strike you as a…

To everyone who came to see my show at Grape Street last night – You rock. Two weeks notice before a show makes it tough because many have plans, but I was really happy with the people that either came out to see me or just happened to be there and hung out. The weather…

The Department of Homeland Security’s color coded rating system leaves many Americans confused about how alert we should be for terrorist attacks. The official order of how likely an attack will occur is Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange, and Red. What is the reasoning behind this order? Obviously red stands for danger, but what makes orange…

I made a minor change to the flyer last night. You can fix anything with Duct Tape. Too bad I didn’t have this until 3 days before the show! I’d like to also announce that I’ll have special guest Mark Penza doing a few songs during my break. The Wednesday Living Room open mic rocked…