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Sunday, September 26, 2004
Which Rocky Horror Picture Show Character Are You?
I'm Brad Majors, which is no surprise since I played Brad on stage in Denver!!
IncrediblyX: My Disasters with Internet Dating
IncrediblyX strikes again. This guy is funny -- check him out.
IncrediblyX: My Disasters with Internet Dating
IncrediblyX: My Disasters with Internet Dating
Growing Pains
The whole planet is going through growing pains right now. We're experiencing a shift in the axis, so to speak. The calendar has symbolically advanced, cultural development and integration are progressing, dependence on technology increases, and the generations are evolving as the children of the Baby Boomers stand poised and eager to assume control.
Even mother Earth is demonstrating her own growing pains as she enters a period of warming and violent exchange of energy between hemispheres.
Even mother Earth is demonstrating her own growing pains as she enters a period of warming and violent exchange of energy between hemispheres.
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Real Time with Bill Maher
If you have HBO or any friends with HBO, check out this guy's show. He absolutely tells it like it is, with no sense of political correctness or mincing words. And amazingly his guests follow suit.
Unfortunately this show is only on HBO, so people have to pay to get this information and perspective. Sadly, the people who really need to hear what Bill Maher is saying are the people who can't afford it.
Unfortunately this show is only on HBO, so people have to pay to get this information and perspective. Sadly, the people who really need to hear what Bill Maher is saying are the people who can't afford it.
IncrediblyX
If you guys haven't checked out this guy's blog yet, do it.
"the situation in IRAQ looks hopeless as the US Marines are trying to secure key cities to protect the Iraq elections from terrorism. "
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Posted by IncrediblyX to Scottydude at 9/24/2004 01:05:35 PM
"the situation in IRAQ looks hopeless as the US Marines are trying to secure key cities to protect the Iraq elections from terrorism. "
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Posted by IncrediblyX to Scottydude at 9/24/2004 01:05:35 PM
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Brother Ray
The late great Ray Charles was born on this date in 1930. Today would have been his 74th birthday.
Happy Birthday, Ray!
PS: Ray Charles' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is right outside the office of my new Red Line Tours job.
Happy Birthday, Ray!
PS: Ray Charles' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is right outside the office of my new Red Line Tours job.
IncrediblyX: Friend in IRAQ
If you want to get an idea of a young marine's perspective on living and serving in Iraq follow the link below to a transcript of a live text chat conversation between a couple of men in uniform. It's heartbreaking.
IncrediblyX: Friend in IRAQ
IncrediblyX: Friend in IRAQ
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Cat Stevens diverts plane
Well, he didn't exactly divert the plane himself, but the U.S. Transportation Security Administration ordered the flight he was on board from London to make an unscheduled landing in Bangor, Maine because his Muslim name appeared on a government "watch list." The authorities took him off the plane and planned to deport him back to England. Perhaps they were afraid he might crash his guitar into a building.
Dear God, please stop the insanity and smite all of humanity!! We are truly not worthy of living.
CNN.com - Cat Stevens diverts plane - Sep 22, 2004
Dear God, please stop the insanity and smite all of humanity!! We are truly not worthy of living.
CNN.com - Cat Stevens diverts plane - Sep 22, 2004
Monday, September 20, 2004
I'm Lovin' It
I've wondered for a while if McDonald's doesn't put some chemical in their burgers that makes them addictive. I eat McDonald's about once every six months so it's not like I'm a regular customer, but occasionally I crave a McDonald's burger and fries.
Yesterday I had a McD's "Big N' Tasty" burger for dinner. Today I again ate a "Big N' Tasty burger from McDonald's even though I wasn't particularly hungry. I had already eaten lunch two hours earlier. I only went in for a coke, then thought maybe some fries would be a nice snack, and by the time I waited in line to get to the cashier I ordered a number 6 with cheese value meal!
Now it's about four hours later and I'm starting to get hungry again....and you know what sounds good?
Maybe I should see that movie Super Size Me so I can snap out of it.
Yesterday I had a McD's "Big N' Tasty" burger for dinner. Today I again ate a "Big N' Tasty burger from McDonald's even though I wasn't particularly hungry. I had already eaten lunch two hours earlier. I only went in for a coke, then thought maybe some fries would be a nice snack, and by the time I waited in line to get to the cashier I ordered a number 6 with cheese value meal!
Now it's about four hours later and I'm starting to get hungry again....and you know what sounds good?
Maybe I should see that movie Super Size Me so I can snap out of it.
Saturday, September 18, 2004
1970: Death Of A Legend
And on this date, September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix collapsed and died suddenly at a London party. Although Hendrix was reported to have consumed 9 sleeping pills, the coroner's verdict on the cause of death was inconclusive. Jimi Hendrix was 27 years old.
Start Swimming
Saw an amazing report on BBC News today. Scientists have been drilling sediment cores from beneath the Arctic Ocean. They are researching how long the Arctic sea ice, now melting, has lasted.
Turns out the North Pole once enjoyed a sub-tropical "Mediterranean" climate about 55 million years ago. The water temperature was closer to 70 degrees Fahrenheit than the below-freezing temperatures there now.
This time period "was characterized by an extremely warm climate that created a natural greenhouse effect, which caused massive amounts of carbon to be deposited in both sea and air," the article states. This caused a huge die-off of many species of plants and animals. Only the strongest organisms were able to survive.
It seems obvious now that the global warming phenomenon is something that occurs on planet Earth from time to time. There is a warm period, followed by a cooling period. We're beginning another warm cycle now.
Hope you packed your water wings, everyone!
Turns out the North Pole once enjoyed a sub-tropical "Mediterranean" climate about 55 million years ago. The water temperature was closer to 70 degrees Fahrenheit than the below-freezing temperatures there now.
This time period "was characterized by an extremely warm climate that created a natural greenhouse effect, which caused massive amounts of carbon to be deposited in both sea and air," the article states. This caused a huge die-off of many species of plants and animals. Only the strongest organisms were able to survive.
It seems obvious now that the global warming phenomenon is something that occurs on planet Earth from time to time. There is a warm period, followed by a cooling period. We're beginning another warm cycle now.
Hope you packed your water wings, everyone!
Movie Money
On this date, September 18, in 1975, Steven Spielberg's film Jaws became the first movie to gross over $100 million.
Consider today, almost 30 years later, that most Hollywood movies that don't make $100 million are considered bombs, while many blockbusters clear $100-mil on their opening weekend.
Consider today, almost 30 years later, that most Hollywood movies that don't make $100 million are considered bombs, while many blockbusters clear $100-mil on their opening weekend.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Dashiell Hammett
What the hell kind of name is "Dashiell Hammett"? Those are two names and I've never heard either one of them before. "Hammett" I'll forgive because it's a family name and there are a lot of strange family names out there. But "Dashiell"? Give me a break! What sick bastard would name his kid "Dashiell"? What did they call him around the house, "Dash"? Poor kid must have got his ass kicked every day at school.
Dawn of the Maya
Saw a really cool National Geographic program tonight about the ancient Maya culture. The height of the Maya culture was previously believed to have occurred between 250 and 900 A.D. However, archeologists have recently discovered a much older Mayan civilization in the central Yucatan which dates back a thousand years earlier than any previously known record of Mayan culture.
This earlier Mayan civilization was in a period called the pre-classic, which most scientists regard as a primitive time. But this new discovery has shed light on a thriving metropolitan society with a network of large cities and advanced developments in industry, commerce, the arts, science, language, and architecture. This was a vast and complex society that was already flourishing before the time of Christ, then suffered a collapse and went through a great resurgence, all before the Europeans arrived.
The pre-classic Mayan culture had a well-established cosmology and an early form of hieroglyphic writing style which researchers are still trying to decipher. Archaeologists are also digging in hopes of finding the tombs of an early dynasty of Mayan kings. These kings established significant empires and infrastructure. They built grand cities and temples, with pyramids large enough to rival the great pyramids of Egypt.
Yet somehow this society collapsed and their cities were reclaimed by the jungle. The current theory is that the increasing demand for construction materials led to deforestation of the surrounding jungles. The resulting loss of natural resources led to famine and the empire was lost.
A thousand years later, the Maya society had resurged into a great modern civilization until the Spanish conquest in the early 1500s. To compel the conversion of the "natives" to Christianity, the Spanish colonial friars ordered the destruction of all idols and rituals related to Mayan spirituality. The great Mayan culture was lost again.
This earlier Mayan civilization was in a period called the pre-classic, which most scientists regard as a primitive time. But this new discovery has shed light on a thriving metropolitan society with a network of large cities and advanced developments in industry, commerce, the arts, science, language, and architecture. This was a vast and complex society that was already flourishing before the time of Christ, then suffered a collapse and went through a great resurgence, all before the Europeans arrived.
The pre-classic Mayan culture had a well-established cosmology and an early form of hieroglyphic writing style which researchers are still trying to decipher. Archaeologists are also digging in hopes of finding the tombs of an early dynasty of Mayan kings. These kings established significant empires and infrastructure. They built grand cities and temples, with pyramids large enough to rival the great pyramids of Egypt.
Yet somehow this society collapsed and their cities were reclaimed by the jungle. The current theory is that the increasing demand for construction materials led to deforestation of the surrounding jungles. The resulting loss of natural resources led to famine and the empire was lost.
A thousand years later, the Maya society had resurged into a great modern civilization until the Spanish conquest in the early 1500s. To compel the conversion of the "natives" to Christianity, the Spanish colonial friars ordered the destruction of all idols and rituals related to Mayan spirituality. The great Mayan culture was lost again.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Diamond Dog Days Of Summer
Fun party downtown last night with my BowieNet friends. Say what you will, I like downtown LA. Got away with WAY too much liquor, amongst other intoxicants.
Here's a snap of me striking a pose with my pals Benny and Frank (and some breadsticks).
"Shaken, not stirred, baby!"
Here's a snap of me striking a pose with my pals Benny and Frank (and some breadsticks).
"Shaken, not stirred, baby!"
Saturday, September 11, 2004
New Planet Photographed
That's right. We now have what astronomers believe to be the first image of a planet outside our solar system.
"The red object appears to be a planet orbiting the brighter (but still relatively dim) brown dwarf star, seen here as blue-white. Credit: ESO/VLT" [Space.com]
The possible planet is relatively young (or at least it was when the light we now see was first emitted toward Earth; the object is 230 light-years away), and it is five times the size of Jupiter. It also has water in its atmosphere, which negates the possibility that it may instead be a star.
Did you know there are already more than 120 known planets outside our solar system? The trouble is we haven't been able to see them directly until now. Because planets are so dim relative to stars, it is hard for telescopes to spot them.
"The red object appears to be a planet orbiting the brighter (but still relatively dim) brown dwarf star, seen here as blue-white. Credit: ESO/VLT" [Space.com]
The possible planet is relatively young (or at least it was when the light we now see was first emitted toward Earth; the object is 230 light-years away), and it is five times the size of Jupiter. It also has water in its atmosphere, which negates the possibility that it may instead be a star.
Did you know there are already more than 120 known planets outside our solar system? The trouble is we haven't been able to see them directly until now. Because planets are so dim relative to stars, it is hard for telescopes to spot them.
Thursday, September 09, 2004
"The more things change, ..."
Here's a great 50-year-old quote I heard this morning:
"This 'country-right-or-wrong' business is getting a little out of date. Today we’re fighting Communism. OK. If I’d been alive fifty years ago, the brand of conservatism we have today would have been damn near called Communism and we should have been told to go and fight that. History is moving along pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep changing parts."
-- from Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, the first James Bond novel, published in 1953.
Now read the passage again but substitute the word "Communism" with "terrorism" and see what happens. Nothing.
"This 'country-right-or-wrong' business is getting a little out of date. Today we’re fighting Communism. OK. If I’d been alive fifty years ago, the brand of conservatism we have today would have been damn near called Communism and we should have been told to go and fight that. History is moving along pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep changing parts."
-- from Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, the first James Bond novel, published in 1953.
Now read the passage again but substitute the word "Communism" with "terrorism" and see what happens. Nothing.
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
New Template
I suddenly got tired of seeing my words in the same old format -- maybe it was after realizing I've been blogging more than a year -- so I changed the template.
Lesson learned: make a backup copy of your old template before choosing a new template. I didn't do that and now I've lost all the comments left here because my old template didn't offer a comment function. I used Haloscan for that.
Oh well, live and learn. Let me know what you think of the changes.
Lesson learned: make a backup copy of your old template before choosing a new template. I didn't do that and now I've lost all the comments left here because my old template didn't offer a comment function. I used Haloscan for that.
Oh well, live and learn. Let me know what you think of the changes.
Monday, September 06, 2004
So Clinton Made It (Up)
He's resting in serious condition in the hospital.
From The New York Times:
"Mr. Clinton will almost certainly be sidelined for the much of the final stages of the presidential election campaign, unable to keep a heavy schedule of travel to stump for the Democratic nominee, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts."
Oh too bad, Kerry. I'm sure Mrs. Clinton is very upset about that.
After all, former President Bill Clinton is "a cigar-smoking workaholic whose family history of heart disease and passion for junk food had set him up for a heart attack in the near future...."
The New York Times
He's resting in serious condition in the hospital.
From The New York Times:
"Mr. Clinton will almost certainly be sidelined for the much of the final stages of the presidential election campaign, unable to keep a heavy schedule of travel to stump for the Democratic nominee, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts."
Oh too bad, Kerry. I'm sure Mrs. Clinton is very upset about that.
After all, former President Bill Clinton is "a cigar-smoking workaholic whose family history of heart disease and passion for junk food had set him up for a heart attack in the near future...."
The New York Times
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Bush vs. Kerry
I'm sad to say that G.W. is almost a shoe-in at this point for the next four years as president. I absolutely despise the guy and everything he stands for, particularly his insertion of conservative Christianity into a government that is supposed to have separation between church and state.
Dubya has his fans (mostly in the central and southern states) and they ardently adore him, but I'm not convinced that most Americans are that in love with him. It's just that there is no viable alternative. In my view, anyone but Bush is the guy to vote for, but John Kerry does not have the charisma, the leadership qualities, or (most importantly) the "likeability" factor that Americans crave in their Presidents.
As usual, the moderate majority, left with no compelling choices (and more concerned with paying the mortgage and raising their kids than with politics), will eschew the polls on election day and let the elite decide (as they typically do).
Bush seems like a buffoon to most of us, but he has an uncanny folksiness about him that middle America just eats up. Barring some catastrophic event or scandalous revelation that alters the playing field, George W. Bush will be the next President of the United States.
I'm sad to say that G.W. is almost a shoe-in at this point for the next four years as president. I absolutely despise the guy and everything he stands for, particularly his insertion of conservative Christianity into a government that is supposed to have separation between church and state.
Dubya has his fans (mostly in the central and southern states) and they ardently adore him, but I'm not convinced that most Americans are that in love with him. It's just that there is no viable alternative. In my view, anyone but Bush is the guy to vote for, but John Kerry does not have the charisma, the leadership qualities, or (most importantly) the "likeability" factor that Americans crave in their Presidents.
As usual, the moderate majority, left with no compelling choices (and more concerned with paying the mortgage and raising their kids than with politics), will eschew the polls on election day and let the elite decide (as they typically do).
Bush seems like a buffoon to most of us, but he has an uncanny folksiness about him that middle America just eats up. Barring some catastrophic event or scandalous revelation that alters the playing field, George W. Bush will be the next President of the United States.
HOT!!!
Today is the hottest it's been in Los Angeles for a long, long time. The DJ on KCRW just said it's almost 100 degrees in Santa Monica...and that's by the beach! It's never that hot in Santa Monica; in fact, most people from the city go to Santa Monica to escape the heat.
Right now, according to weather.com the temperature in my area is 98 degrees. I've had my air conditioning on all day. It was hot when I woke up this morning at eight o'clock and it's forecasted to stay hot all night. Ugh.
Today is the hottest it's been in Los Angeles for a long, long time. The DJ on KCRW just said it's almost 100 degrees in Santa Monica...and that's by the beach! It's never that hot in Santa Monica; in fact, most people from the city go to Santa Monica to escape the heat.
Right now, according to weather.com the temperature in my area is 98 degrees. I've had my air conditioning on all day. It was hot when I woke up this morning at eight o'clock and it's forecasted to stay hot all night. Ugh.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Garden State
This is a really cool movie. Funny, sad, thoughtful, romantic...it's got everything and it's well done, too. (Not to mention a very good soundtrack)
Go see it!!
Why are you still here? I told you to go see the movie already. OK, maybe you want to know what it's about? Here's a brief synopsis from the writer/director/star himself:
"What Garden State's really about is how short life is. And how we get caught up in so many entanglements and insecurities and worries and obsessions and trivial arguments while life races right by us shaking it's head at how seriously we take ourselves. Keep in mind that the sun's gonna burn out in about a million years and truly nothing will have mattered."
This is a really cool movie. Funny, sad, thoughtful, romantic...it's got everything and it's well done, too. (Not to mention a very good soundtrack)
Go see it!!
Why are you still here? I told you to go see the movie already. OK, maybe you want to know what it's about? Here's a brief synopsis from the writer/director/star himself:
"What Garden State's really about is how short life is. And how we get caught up in so many entanglements and insecurities and worries and obsessions and trivial arguments while life races right by us shaking it's head at how seriously we take ourselves. Keep in mind that the sun's gonna burn out in about a million years and truly nothing will have mattered."
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