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Hope it's a shiny day!
Happy birthday artcat81! -
Must-read column from the other, other Chronicle (the one in Austin)
"Hypocrisy and Health Care: Toward a list of ingredients for stew":
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US remake of "No Heroics" dead - yay!
Another crap US remake of a British show is reported to be dead. Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that ABC has unofficially declared the pilot for the US version of the ITV superhero comedy dead.
Here's the trailer for the British version:
And the behind-the-scenes showing some of the comic book references on the set:
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Can I get a prescription for the Honey Nut version?
The FDA says if General Mills continues to maintain that Cheerios can lower cholesterol by 4% in six weeks, the government will consider the cereal a drug, and a new drug at that, which cannot be marketed at all without being submitted first for approval to the FDA ( Read more... ) -
I didn't get where I am today without blogging about the new Reggie Perrin!
In general, I loathe remakes. I look at them as a sign that there are no new ideas. And most of the time they don't hold up to the original... though some come close, others miss by a mile.
And so I was very concerned when I heard a year ago that the BBC was remaking my favourite Britcom, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, which starred the ( Read more... ) -
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I have an IRA at Vanguard. This morning I received a reminder to vote in this year's sharholder election ( Read more... ) -
Birthday greetings!
Happy birthday balthrop! -
Just crossed into Mississippi
Got a warning from a Texas state trooper for doing 67 in a 65. Bored much? -
The final countdown
I'm packed and ready to leave at 0-dark-30 on my road trip that will finish off Georgia and South Carolina.
I will try to post pictures on LJ and Facebook.
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