Oh crap. Kurt Vonnegut died last night due to brain injuries sustained in a fall a few weeks back. I didn't see this news anywhere until there was a small tribute to him at the end of the Daily Show. American news seems to be all about Don Imus and the Anna Nicole Smith baby stuff. Canadian news is about hockey and the soldiers we lost the ( Read more... )

I think this is my first post since September. I'm not sure why I don't use LJ more often. I keep thinking of potential posts and partially write them in my head but then never get around to actually writing them out on paper... err... pixels. I figure that I should write something, anything, just for the sake of writing. I statements promote ( Read more... )

I'm not sure why I didn't know about this before but I just read that the actor Mako died. I've known of him mainly through his numerous M*A*S*H appearances (where he played a different character each time), his guest spot on an A-Team episode, and as Aku on Samurai Jack. Apparently he will be the voice of Splinter in the upcoming CGI Ninja ( Read more... )

I just read that Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, has died ( Read more... )

Jeopardy categories in tonight's first round:

Star Trek, Star Wars, or Lord of the Rings
Action Figures
Dinner for One
In Need of a Date
Still Living with "Mom" and "Dad"
You Have No Life

So, I just downloaded Google Talk to take a look at it (seeing as how I don't seem to know anyone else who uses it) and it seems pretty bare bones. Does anyone know if there's anything special or does it ends at voice chat and a connection to your gmail account?

Spam is just getting strange.

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CBC Television has cancelled Street Cents, the consumer affairs show aimed at teenagers.

CBC News

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Okay, I just had a random thought. Many religious right-wingers and fundamentalists seem to have trouble accepting evolution because whichever old book they believe in says otherwise. However, haven't we seen/recorded evolution over the past few hundred years in the form of animal husbandry, specifically dog breeding? Sure, dog breeding hasn't ( Read more... )