Okay, can somebody explain to me why Chris Tucker passed on a $20M paycheck to be in Rush Hour 3? Seriously, anyone? Is he worried about being typecast? Is he now such an A-list celebrity that he can pass on on an eight-figure deal and do better? Is he worried about not being taken seriously as an actor ( Read more... )

I just noticed that LJ is having a 1-day permanent account sale from the 7th to the 8th of June. For $150, you can have a paid LJ account ad infinitum.

Must resist urge to get one...

Must resist urge to get several and give them out as gifts...

Must resist urge to look in the direction of agatia, yi_sen and celelorielActually, what I really should do is go to bed. ( Read more... )

Well, I made plans a couple of weeks ago to be in NYC this weekend, not realizing that it's U of C Alumni Weekend this weekend and everyone and their s/o is going to be descending on Hyde Park in the next 72 hours - including laironno (who, of course, was one of the five reasons I'm going to be in NYC this weekend). As such, I'll be completely missing aureus_videre ( Read more... )

Okay, can somebody explain to me why Pope Benedict XVI, head of a Catholic Church struggling to deal with AIDS, condom use, homosexuality, Priests of Sodomy, the rise of Evangelicals in Latin America, and several other hot-button issues, has chosen to prioritize reunifying with the Eastern Orthodox Church? What is it about a thousand-year old rift ( Read more... )

I stopped reading Terry Goodkind when he dedicated one of his books to the US Intelligence Community, saying that they work unceasingly for peace and liberty while being (if I remember this correctly) constrained by the shackles of evil that would demonize them. While I don't believe the various US intelligence organizations are some sort of evil ( Read more... )

When friends, family members, career counsellors, etc., have told me that connections are the key to getting good internships and jobs, I've always expected the sort of meeting where I go in, sit down, and the connection calls up his old golfing buddy and says, "Hey, I've got this great, enthusiastic young man here for you," and the next thing I ( Read more... )

Okay, I clearly seem to have ruffled a few feathers with my half-awake 5:30am post about seeing jaebrodsky. For those of you I did not mention by name, I do apologize. You are all wonderful friends. I just found myself reminiscing about college, and those four names were the first ones that came to mind. Clearly I did not mean to leave rimbecano or ladymedb or woodstock218 ( Read more... )

Just about 25 hours after leaving my apartment for LA, I'm back. It was wonderful seeing jaebrodsky, and I have six pretty new Aloha Shirts to last me through the summer, fall, etc...

Of all my friends from college, I'm pretty sure jaebrodsky is the one I've seen the least of in the past three years. This is only the second time we've seen each other. If I can ( Read more... )

I am officially done with my first year of law school (assuming I passed all my classes, that is ( Read more... )

Okay, if anyone other than foofy_attorney, yi_sen or rimbecano has anything to say about this, I'll be surprised, but the Supreme Court just struck down NY's out-of-state Internet wine sales prohibition laws (along with those in 23 other states ( Read more... )