Jessica Simpson Is Ordered on Vocal Rest “It is true that she has indeed lost her voice,” Simpson’s publicist, Rob Shuter, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “She’s been ordered to rest. … She can talk, she can croak out a few sentences. She sounds a little off, but, you know, she can’t sing.” …she [...]
Archive of entries posted on August 2006
Geeky Humor
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Number 11?
(via email) Forbes Lists America’s Drunkest Cities Forbes.com’s Top Drinking Cities 1. Milwaukee 2. Minneapolis-St. Paul 3. Columbus, Ohio 4. Boston 5. Austin, Texas 6. Chicago 7. Cleveland 8. Pittsburgh 9. Philadelphia 9. Providence, R.I. (tied) 11. St. Louis 12. San Antonio 13. Seattle 14. Las Vegas 15. Denver/Boulder 16. Cincinnati 16. Kansas City (tied) [...]
Guess what was missing from the Smart Grant list?
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, August 25, 2006) 2. EVOLUTION: GUESS WHAT WAS MISSING FROM THE SMART-GRANT LIST? The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Tuesday that the list of majors that qualify for Smart grants, prepared by the Department of Education, had a blank line. It turned out to be the [...]
Katherine Harris
(via Blah3.com) Rep. Harris Condemns Separation of Church, State Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) said this week that God did not intend for the United States to be a “nation of secular laws” and that the separation of church and state is a “lie we have been told” to keep religious people out of politics. The [...]
2002 Chicago Royal Airs
I’m sure many of you are wondering how I spent the summer of 2002. Well, wonder no more and check out these pictures. I recently “discovered” these pictures on an old hard drive I was preparing for use in a file server. 2002 Repertoire Chicago Fanfare BallyHoo March Watermelon Man Alexander’s Ragtime Band John Brown’s [...]
Boat Blogging
Ever since college, I’ve wanted a boat. Not the kind of boat most people around here think about — some dinky little thing on a trailer to take to places like Lake of the Ozarks. I want something that one can live on. In the beginning I was a purest, only wanting a large sailboat. [...]
15 Years of Linux
What would you like to see most in minix? From: Linus Benedict Torvalds Date: Sun, Aug 25 1991 3:57 pm Groups: comp.os.minix Hello everybody out there using minix – I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, [...]
Friday Random Ten: 2006-08-25
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Solitary Shell | Dream Theater | Live At Budokan [Disc 3] | Metal |
| 2. | The Sun Road | Bozzio, Levin, Stevens | Black Light Syndrome | Rock |
| 3. | At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | Soundtrack |
| 4. | Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus | Frank Zappa | The Grand Wazoo | Alternative & Punk |
| 5. | This Dying Soul | Dream Theater | Live At Budokan [Disc 1] | Metal |
| 6. | Anna Lee | Dream Theater | Falling Into Infinity | Metal |
| 7. | Evenstar | London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Voices Feat. Isabel Bayrakdarian | The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers | Soundtrack |
| 8. | Sound Chaser | Yes | Relayer | Rock |
| 9. | Everybody’s Song (Early Demo Of “Does It Really Happen?”) | Yes | Tormato | Rock |
| 10. | Experiment IV | Kate Bush | The Whole Story | Alternative & Punk |
Stupid Science Reporting
And then there were 8: It was unclear how Pluto’s demotion might affect the mission of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which earlier this year began a nine-year journey to the oddball object to unearth more of its secrets. Why would anyone think Pluto’s “demotion” would have any affect on the New Horizons spacecraft? It’s not [...]
