Begich in Alaska, Lucy, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Novel, Quiz
It looks like the Alaska senatorial race is pretty much over, with Democrat Mark Begich defeating incumbent Republican and convicted felon (seven counts) Ted Stevens in an extremely close race. Just what would Stevens have to do for him to lose badly? Murder, rape? Probably not enough. There's a lot of lipstick on this . . . never mind.
They finally indicted Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales. Will it lead to anything?
Dear Federal Government,
I run a small psychiatric institute. Even though I have a regular customer named Charlie, I only charge five cents, and so am having financial difficulties. I do not want to raise my price as rising process can lead to inflation, unemployment and a recession. However, the American Psychiatric Industry is at risk, and if it goes bankrupt, it could lead to millions of support industries folding, with psychiatrists and sofa makers starving in the streets. Could you please send me fifty billion dollars to solve this problem? Thank you, Lucy van Pelt.
Yes! Star Trek is coming! Here are two trailers for the new Star Trek, coming out next May, which has new actors playing all the roles from the original Star Trek: Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, etc. (The first trailer still mistakenly has the original release date, Dec. 25, 2008.) The new Mr. Spock really looks like Spock. (Wouldn't it be great to start each new Star Trek movie with the aging Shatner & Nimoy reminiscing about the good old days, and then segway to the past with the new actors?)
It's Harry Potter #0! More specifically, here's the 800-word prequel to Harry Potter penned by J.K. Rowling. You can also see it in her original hand-written version, part 1 and part 2.
On the Writing Front: after taking several days off, I'm back at work on my novel. Did about 1700 words tonight (putting me at 54,713), and may try to do another 300 to hit 55,000.
Today's Quiz Question: Who smoked marijuana on the roof of the White House, and admitted to it later?
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63 Days Until the Inauguration
1449 Days Until the Next Presidential Election (Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012)
They finally indicted Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales. Will it lead to anything?
Dear Federal Government,
I run a small psychiatric institute. Even though I have a regular customer named Charlie, I only charge five cents, and so am having financial difficulties. I do not want to raise my price as rising process can lead to inflation, unemployment and a recession. However, the American Psychiatric Industry is at risk, and if it goes bankrupt, it could lead to millions of support industries folding, with psychiatrists and sofa makers starving in the streets. Could you please send me fifty billion dollars to solve this problem? Thank you, Lucy van Pelt.
Yes! Star Trek is coming! Here are two trailers for the new Star Trek, coming out next May, which has new actors playing all the roles from the original Star Trek: Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, etc. (The first trailer still mistakenly has the original release date, Dec. 25, 2008.) The new Mr. Spock really looks like Spock. (Wouldn't it be great to start each new Star Trek movie with the aging Shatner & Nimoy reminiscing about the good old days, and then segway to the past with the new actors?)
It's Harry Potter #0! More specifically, here's the 800-word prequel to Harry Potter penned by J.K. Rowling. You can also see it in her original hand-written version, part 1 and part 2.
On the Writing Front: after taking several days off, I'm back at work on my novel. Did about 1700 words tonight (putting me at 54,713), and may try to do another 300 to hit 55,000.
Today's Quiz Question: Who smoked marijuana on the roof of the White House, and admitted to it later?
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63 Days Until the Inauguration
1449 Days Until the Next Presidential Election (Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012)