Depending on your political affiliation, the following news breaks in one of two ways:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/guantanamo.hearings/index.html
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (CNN) -- In one of his first acts in office, President Obama has ordered the U.S. government to suspend prosecutions of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay for 120 days, military ( Read more... )

It's like Youtube swung around and swallowed itself.

If you're bored - and if you're reading this, you probably are - here's someone who was even more bored and his meandering, but interesting, exploration of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" and its relation, if any, to Marvel's Iron Man.

I wish they stayed on Soulja Boy a bit longer. :(

(Taken from the book of
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It's nothing personal: At work we operate on a calendar that puts Christmas on (U.S.) Thanksgiving Day. It's peaking this week, and by Thursday I should no longer be ignoring IMs and emails sent during "normal" hours. I should also be leaving before 8:00pm. (Operative word: should.)

Any dangling questions/requests/whatever that have gone unasnwered ( Read more... )

Attention: Usual Suspects
Re: New Year's

What the hell's going on? I've kinda been out of touch for awhile outside of LJ.

Strictly speaking, I don't know if this is technically of the "3rd" kind. I know there are actual rules, but damn if I'm gonna look them up.

Shit like this is why I'd pack a suitcase and leave on the next flight to the ATL if Cartoon Network even hinted that they'd hire me.

Dear Steve Jobs,
Today you wiped the smirk off the faces of your smuggest customers to date: iPhone owners. Thank you. I experienced levels of schadenfreude that would be considered illegal by most international laws, but it was spectacular watching the collection of bitching, screaming and, of course, online petitions. My personal favorites were ( Read more... )