"[Paris] Hilton will sing and act as she plays the privileged daughter of Paul Sorvino in "Repo! The Genetic Opera" - a musical set in the year 2056, "when a plague nearly destroys the human race and survival is dependent upon being able to finance a pricey organ transplant," Variety reports.
Sorvino, who has been impressing restaurant patrons ( Read more... )

our receptionist is hopelessly bored today. so so far I've educated her on vermicomposting and regular composting. I also told her to look at stuffonmycat.com and I can hear her laughing from across the office. next up: cute overload!

"why I hate anthony" - so true and spot on!

interesting piece on a whole foods carbon credits purchase scheme that I hadn't heard about: here"...The controversy in a nutshell: Whole Foods recently began test-marketing “wind power cards,” which are basically renewable energy credits (RECs) in the form of a handy little plastic card available near the checkout line. The RECs themselves are ( Read more... )

went to the chiro first thing this morning, yawn. and if I want to buy those ringtones, I should do it before sat. because after that NJ will start taxing ringtones. it's all in the name of plugging the budget gap, y'all. they're also going to start taxing shipping and handling at some point - what ( Read more... )

hey nyc ladies, there's an electronics recycling collection this weekend ( Read more... )

remember that brilliant comic strip wherein we are urged to call bill napoli and ask him to make our choices for us? you can buy it on ebay! bidding is up to $510 as of now, and all profits go to planned parenthood and the sioux tribe that intends to host a clinic on their land.

edited - or, you can just buy your very own print here for much less ( Read more... )

Carlos Santana on how his political philosophy differs from that of the president:

"I have wisdom. I feel love. I live in the present and I try to present a dimension that brings harmony and healing. My concept is the opposite of George W. Bush."

I would love these solar powered illuminating curtains.

I thought this blurb from salon.com's broadsheet was pretty interesting: to me, it points out how the media representation of women in the workforce and how they're all suddenly leaving has more to do with the sexist rhetoric that is steeped in our culture than with actual facts. Especially when the storieds about women leaving is firmly directed ( Read more... )