Britney shaves head after one day in Rehab

It's finally official, she's nuts. See more pics and video here.

Elway Poll for Washington State: No to sports stadiums, yes to same-sex benefits

Pretty cool to see people showing domestic partnership rights some support finally. Also nice to see people are in favor of removing the supermajority required for school levies.
I still want a tunnel downtown, but not the new one proposed last week. It looks like the tunnel is dead unfortunately. You know how I feel about all the transportation issues: TOLLS!
Toll the bridges, toll the viaduct, toll your Nestle House Morsel!

The Office was awesome last night. Dwight falling from Pam's desk was classic. Stanley saying "I'm Outta here."

A review with commments.

Clay Bennet Lied

Sonic owner Clay Bennet said the Sonics would honor the Key Arena lease agreement all the way through til its end. Now he says that is not the case. He lied. Why would anyone give this man tax dollars if he is proven a liar in only a few short months after officially purchasing the team?
Read it here.

Dobbs: The (drug) war within, killing ourselves

Duran Duran Cover Night!!! A perfect Valentines Date!!!

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(Marty Plays In Valu-Pak)

Cheney vice president of irrelevancy

Sometimes you wonder what planet Vice President Dick Cheney is living on.

Last month, speaking of the war in Iraq, Cheney told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in a prickly interview:

"Bottom line is that we've had enormous successes and we will continue to have enormous successes. It is hard. It is difficult."

Shower Pics

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The Fab Faux

I saw these guys perform I am the Walrus on Letterman on Friday night and it was just about note to note perfect. They included the strange sound effects, voices, horns, and strings that showcases what a complex song John Lennon and George Marting created back in 1967. Any Beatles fans would love it. They don't play much on the west coast, but I guess they are performing the White Album in its entirety in Hollywood in April.

I can't explain this. But I laughed.

Murder Mystery Pictures

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Weekly Standard editor William Kristol puts foot in mouth.

Season 3 Lost Q and A

I was very impressed with Lost on Wednesday and it from readin this Q and A with the writers and producers it sounds like the next 15 episodes will be filled with reveal and intrigue.

Obama declares he's running for president

Rep. Rohrabacher: Global Warming May Have Been Caused By ‘Dinosaur Flatulence’

This week, Congress held its first hearing on the landmark IPCC report on climate change. That report concluded that global warming is “unequivocal” and human activity is the main driver, “very likely” causing most of the rise in temperatures since 1950.

During the hearing, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) — one of the 87 percent of congressional Republicans who do not believe in man-made global warming — questioned the authors of the report about a period of dramatic climate change that occured 55 million years ago. “We don’t know what those other cycles were caused by in the past. Could be dinosaur flatulence, you know, or who knows?’

Watch it here.

The Naked Gun baseball scene. Some of the funniest five minutes in the history of film.

Kentucly Fried Movie Clip. Watch the boom mic.

Grandfather fights 16-foot snake to free grandson

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A 66-year-old man saved his grandson from the grip of a 16-foot-long (5 meter) anaconda by beating the snake with rocks and a knife for half an hour, authorities said Thursday.

"When I saw the snake wrapped around my grandson's neck I thought it was going to kill him," Joaquim Pereira told Brazil's Agencia Estado news service. "It was agonizing, I pulled it from one side, but it would come back on the other."

Pereira's 8-year-old grandson, Mateus, was attacked by the anaconda while wandering near a creek on his grandfather's ranch in the city of Cosmorama, about 250 miles (400 kilometers) northwest of Sao Paulo.

While the boy was playing with friends, the snake attacked and wrapped itself around him, police officer Hudson Augusto said. Anacondas are not poisonous, but kill their prey by coiling around them and squeezing until victims suffocate.

"It brought me to the ground and bit me," the boy told Globo TV. "Then it started crawling up my neck and began suffocating me."

Mateus' friends ran to get his grandfather, who reached the scene and battled with the snake until he had hurt it so badly that it let go of his grandson.

Mateus had to be rushed to a hospital and needed 21 stitches on his chest where he was bitten. He was later released.

Globo TV showed footage of the dead snake, which weighed about 77 pounds (35 kilograms). Police said anacondas are not uncommon in the region where the attack occurred, but attacks on people are rare.

IPODs banned? From EW today

Don't iWalk?

Feb 8, 2007, 07:04 PM | by Annie Barrett

Categories: Music

This just in from the Department of Never Gonna Happen: Brooklyn-based state senator Charles Kruger has proposed a ban on iPods, cell phones, and the like while crossing streets of NYC and Buffalo, N.Y. He wants to do this because a 23-year-old in his district was struck and killed last month while listening to his iPod. That is seriously sad. I feel for this person, especially because I've almost been him a bunch of times now. Like probably a lot of you, I relentlessly offer my precious life on a rubber-encased silver platter to drivers who also aren't paying attention on a near-daily basis so that I can better surround-sound myself in "Dangerous Type" by The Cars. (Do you like what I did there? Not really? Okay.) But COME ON, Sen. Kruger. Pedestrians, and drivers, and you, are the stupid ones. Not iPods! Obliviously rocking out on the street is one of our nation's proudest and most exhilarating pastimes, as evidenced by that girl in the photo, who may or may not be me. Nice "Sonic"-colored iSkin, ambiguous girl in the photo. You're cool.

Now, clearly, no one is going to listen to this silly senator. But what if — in a wacky alternate universe where idiots always get their way, which wouldn't actually be too far off from this one — they did? What a buzzkill! Would it be worth it to wake up in the morning? (Yes, I know, this is when you slam me because I should be happy for the opportunity to wake up in the morning — and you're right! But still, let me know what you think.)

Anna Nicole Smith Dead

Blanchett cancels school due to flu. I can tell you first hand this is a bad, bad virus.

Jazzercise with Drew Barrymore on SNL

Beatles on ITunes soon?

I would pay $100 to watch Prince perform a greatest hits show. Easily. Dude can play guitar.

You Give A Little Love from Bugsy Malone download for your mp3 player. Ahh, the memories.

download

Bugsy Malone song. Now featured in a Coca Cola commercial that just aired on the Super Bowl. We watched the movie at least 50 times as kids.

Another story on the Seattle Sexpresso stands.

I feel really bad for this mother. She obviously loves her son, but at the same time she is happy for him too. A must-read.

Timothy Fadek / Polaris for Newsweek

‘As of today 26 states have passed constitutional amendments to deny my son his civil rights,’ Chafee says.

Qoute of the Day: Name the Movie

You know that Julie chick? Loves you. You want her? Gotta play it cool, you know. You can't let her know how much you like ?cause if she knows, she'll dump you like that. Believe me. Like, if she asks you if you want a ride, you say, "No, I've got my own ride, but maybe I'll see you later." Sounds stupid, doesn't it? It works.

Vista Launches...Gates interview.

The richest man in the world seems a bit touchy in regards to Apple doesn't he? Sorry about the Zune dude. Sorry your new features in Vista were in the APPLE OS a couple of years ago.

P.S. To my Microsoft friends: You all rock! I just thought Gates was a tad bitter...

From the makers of 40 Year-Old Virgin...Knocked Up

http://tracker.thinkjam.com/?h=eafd1902e2c98ba3dd6249409d046f9a&q=hi&m=qt

This trailer is not work friendly, but very funny.

Tonight Dave celebrates 25 years as a late night host with guest Billy Murray.When my two idols get together my head comes close to exploding.

Coldplay: From EW today

I thought this was pretty damn funny. I also used to love Coldplay. We saw their first stateside show. They played a great show with Grandadddy a few months later. Rachelle and I listened to Yellow and Don't Panic on repeat for about five months. Their second album was better than their first. Then their live shows turned into the "Chris Martin on piano show" (lame) and their next album was terrible. It's a remake of their second album.

Did they forget that they used to rock, if only slightly? If I was Coldplay I would put away the piano for a little while and concentrate on touring, singing, and playing as the next U2 instead of the next Billy Joel plus backing band. Or, play as if you have something to prove, because you do.

Categories: Music

When I read about Coldplay's plan to release The Singles 1999-2006—on 7-inch vinyl, no less—I thought, Ugh. Lame. A greatest hits set already? You've made only three albums. You're not U2. Booooo.

What's up with that? Not the new release—they did have a few EPs out before Parachutes, and at least the compilation won't include the words "Greatest" or "Hits,"—but my reaction. I am a former Coldplay obsessive who now goes around calling them lame. I am lame. Right this second, with "Amsterdam" beaming directly into my ears and me loving it just as much as I used to, I feel like a traitor. But I know I'm not alone. So what happened? Ooh, multiple choice.

When did it become uncool to like Coldplay?
A. When we realized most of the songs on X&Y sounded the same and not so great
B. As soon as promos from The 40-Year-Old Virgin came out ("You know how I know you're gay? You like Coldplay.")
C. It's Yoko's Gwyneth's fault
D. Bands that care too much about human suffering on a global scale are annoying
E. Never, fool!

Banning Text Messaging?

I am for banning everything except road pops and road helmet!
Just kidding.
Ban text messaging for sure, ban cell phones for sure unless you are operating a hands free device, and please ban anyone from driving into Seattle who doesn't know where they are going. Slow and confused drivers are worse than the agressive ones. They are too unpredicatble.

Seattle Area Commute Times Taking Longer and Longer

This data begs us to ask the question one more time: Why isn't there a rapid transit system that covers the Airport, to the Eastside, and up to Everett? The Seattle and State beurocratic transportation b.s. has grown tiresome. This fall we will be asked to approve a large regional transportation program. We will vote yes. My guess is that it still won't get built. The more we wait, the more expensive it becomes...

The best song out right now. I know that they sound like the Smashing Pumpkins. I don't care. The album is great.

Seattle's Suicide Bridge

That would really suck to work in a place where about once every few months you see someone jump 155 feet to their death. The numbers are rising. Perhaps the gods are angry Fremont has turned into a trendy/ritzy neighborhood without personality?

Dick Cheney Interview Commentary

Dawgs Real Time Blog

I've just watched the Huskies give up an 11 point half time lead in five minutes. So frustrating! Man, now Romar just got a T on what should have been an over the back call. He looks like I do when my cat pukes on the rug and I accidentally clean it with bleach, which results in a tongue lashing from Rachelle.
Gasser (from Issy) for three! Nice one handed release from the former Indian big man.
Nice to see the Dawgs step up after the T.
Now we get a nice charging make up call on Elguchi. 68-65 UW.
Another foul on Oregon. That's four Ducks with three fouls. That will come into play big time.

Time to head upstairs to find out where Rachelle has hidden the mandatory house chocolate. (She hides it from me at my request actually because I have no self-control).

The ideal candidate for the Democrats may be the man who won the popular vote in 2000 -- and who opposed the war in Iraq from the very start

I have been predicting this for almost two years now and Gore still won't confirm he is going to run. I think he will. I also think that he and Obama would make an incredible ticket. Will it happen? I can only hope. If not, I am hoping Giulani wins the Republican nomination because I agree with him on many issues.
But if Al Gore runs I will be in hog heaven (that is of course if the real Al Gore runs, not the lame/boring candidate from 2000).

Very interesting article.

Oscar nominations are in!

Some Coffee Stands Get Steamier

Rachelle and I were driving on Bothell Way and I noticed there were two girls in bathing suits serving coffee. As it turns out this is one of the places referenced in the coffee article.
What a great idea right? The place on Bothell way is always busy. Some might object of course, but they have the option to not go there for coffee.

Oscar nominations Are Announced Tomorrow. Click for a recap of the awards given so far.

One of my former students wins in court!

Everything Comes Down to Poo!

The best Scrubs Episode Ever!!!

I am watching Scrubs the musical and it's the best musical I've heard since South Park The Movie. 'Everything Comes Down to Poo' is the funniest song since 'Kyle's Mom's A Bitch'. I have paused it during the commercial. More soon.

What was the point of this raid? There are so many more important things to worry about around here.

T.R. Knight From Grey's Anatomy on what it's like working with a homophobe.

Idiot Alert@

This guy just woke up from 1953 where racism was acceptable. Next he'll tell the Jewish community to just "get over" the Holocaust too.

Joke of the Day!

People listen to Nickelback.

Article on Townhouse Development

Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) Video at the Golden Globes last night.

An End Date for LOST? This and other Lost news when you click the link.

Nephew Dane is a speed Demon at 7 months

Jake Gyllenhaal Belts Out A "Dreamgirls" Song In Drag...

"Stunning Sculpture Park Could Redefine Waterfront"

The opening weekend celebration starts next Saturday at 10:00 am.

Listen to PJ Covering The Who. This is their fan club single and it's receiving some heavy radio play.

(Nice to see The Black Keys, The Kooks, and Modest Mouse in there too)
People's Choice Countdown (weeknights, 9pm)

01.10.07

1. Pearl Jam - Love Reign O'er Me
2. Modest Mouse - Dashboard
3. Regina Spektor - Fidelity
4. 30 Seconds to Mars - From Yesterday
5. Muse - Starlight
6. THe Black Keys - Your Touch
7. Saosin - Voices
8. The Kooks - Naive
9. Guster - Satellite (remix)
10. Rise Against - Prayer of the Refugee

My Box in A Box...Almost as good as D#$% In A Box

Paula Abdul is on Crack (or something else)

Greenlake is gorgeous this time of year.

Justin and Cameron Break Up...With Help From Scarlett!

Geez, I wonder why? Who wouldn't want to wake up to this face every morning?

Federal Way Restricts Showing of An Inconvinent Truth due to the request of a religious parent.

(This story has just gone National. How embarrassing).

This week in Federal Way schools, it got a lot more inconvenient to show one of the top-grossing documentaries in U.S. history, the global-warming alert "An Inconvenient Truth."

After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie consists largely of a computer presentation by former Vice President Al Gore recounting scientists' findings.

chris-popich@fwps.org

To whom it may concern:

Banning or limiting the showing of An Inconvenient Truth opens the door for the religious right to dictate school curriculum. We teach science in public schools, not religion. Not every subject needs or deserves an opposing view.

Federal Way needs to reconsider their decision immediately before the flood gates open to other ludicrous demands from other parties.

Trent Mitchell
Teacher

The Shins

It's cool that people were introduced to the Shins via Garden State...

However, the Oh Inverted World album came out in 2001.
Chutes Too Narrow came out in 2003.
Garden State came out in 2004, almost three years after The Shins first record.


The point? As many of you know, corporate radio forces a pre-planned playlist on you that does not support up and coming new bands such as The Shins. If you would have gone outside the box you would have 'discovered' this local band three years earlier than Natalie Portman. Many of you did, I'm sure. Good for you.

The preceeding messaged was sponsored by music geek elitist who thinks he knows who you should really listen to on your IPOD.
:)

The Shins new album is awesome by the way.
Blowing Up The Shins.

Bush Address To Nation

Summary:
"What we've been trying to do for the last four years hasn't worked. So we're gonna try harder (essentially doing the same thing)."
Or something like that.

The plan would increase the U.S. troop presence from the current 132,000 to 153,500 at a cost of $5.6 billion.

MMJ Seattle Show Review

Generation Next Survey

I love the fact that Generation Next is more tolerant towards other races and homesexuality. However, there is no excuse for not voting. Even if they only vote on the issues they care about or understand, they can still make a difference. (Unless of course some of them are part of the 27% of Americans who think our current President is doing a good job. If that's the case then forget it. Don't vote.)
Just joking! I kid the uninformed!

It's an interesting survey though. And I have to agree that most of my seniors at school are very liberal on social issues, have tattoos, weird piercings, and really don't know a damn thing about politics (and I am not sure if they care). But they LOVE MySpace, text messaging, and hair coloring products.

Low-Fat Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

I love chocolate. Especially sexual chocolate. These cookies have only four grams of fat each.

Cold War Kids

I've been listening to the Cold War Kids record for the past couple months and it has really grown on me. Sort of a bluesed up Spoon or Ambulance LTD. They were on Letterman a couple of weeks ago and play this song. You can download it from ITunes today for free.

The IPhone

Click the picture for more info. I'll add my thoughts in a bit.

Article on the IPhone

Article 2

ITV

Beneath the Borat Mustache

Paris Hilton Got Fired

Stop Motion Video that must have taken days...

This is the most insane snow forecast I have seen in a long time. Great conditions with new snow through next week!

Today: Snow showers. Snow accumulation 3 inches. Tonight: Snow showers. Snow accumulation 4 inches. Thursday: Snow showers. Snow accumulation 3 inches. Thursday Night: Chance of snow showers then snow. Snow accumulation 1 inch. Friday: Snow. Snow accumulation 5 inches. Friday Night: Snow. Snow accumulation 17 inches. Saturday: Snow. Snow accumulation 11 inches. Saturday Night: Snow. Snow accumulation 7 inches. Sunday: Snow. Snow accumulation 11 inches. Sunday Night: Snow. Snow accumulation 6 inches. Monday: Snow. Snow accumulation 5 inches. Monday Night: Snow. Snow accumulation 2 inches. Tuesday: Snow showers. Snow accumulation 5inches Tuesday Night: Snow showers. Snow accumulation 6 inches.

Amazing Biker Video Courtesy of Adam

Anniversary Site Updated

Are you a John Hughes fan?

Click the link above if you've seen The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, 16 Candles, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off etc. Some great pieces of minutia and some genuine trivia.

An NY Times article on politics within pop music in 2006.

Stormtroopers brought into Iraq to act as UN peacekeepers!

Stormtroopers brought into Iraq to act as UN peacekeepers! The Galaxy will be safe once again!

(Actually this pic was taken at the Rose Parade, but I thought the headline "Geeks Unite To Protest Overblown Football Coverage" was too easy.)

I wanted to post this cartoon a while ago, but spaced it.

New Shins Video For Phantom Limb (New Album Out Soon)

New Years With Chicks!

The Snoqualmie Ridge Swedish Female Dance Troup gave me a warm New Years welcome!