So I just heard about this yesterday - Arizona is proposing that, to increase voter turnout, they give away one million dollars to a lucky voter. They're turning their elections into a lottery.

Isn't that kind of bribery?

Dude, I'm too busy to write about this right now, but check it out. My brother sent it to me. Look for the one of the squirrel in the Oval Office.

Nutty.

I present: Sugar-Bush Squirrel.

So we saw Clerks 2 last night. And, as you know, I'm a pretty big Kevin Smith fan. But I was somewhat unsatisfied with the movie as we left the theater. And it was just now that I realized why.

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God I hate Microsoft.

Have you seen www.comingzune.com yet?

"Zune" is the Microsoft iPod.

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I'm a big fan of alternate history stories. I bought this one book, Almost America a few years ago. At first I was turned off by it's structure - it's one-half history lesson, then the fictional bit. But recently I've picked it up again, and I'm really into it.

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Ever since seeing the first Blu-ray disc on a Best Buy shelf the other night, I've been intermittently thinking about the format, and DVD, and the upcoming war with HD-DVD.

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I just saw a bumpersticker yesterday in Portland 01.20.09.

It's Bush's last day in office.

Well, it's supposed to be. Unless, of course, he and Cheney whip up some sort of new Enabling Act.

And I wouldn't put it beyond them, either.

Wow, I'm really embarassed right now. I'm a little bit of a screwball when it comes to remembering stuff, I'll give you that. But it wasn't until yesterday that I realized the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team isn't in the American League anymore ( Read more... )

So I guess this little fun fact below renders moot my argument about the shit movies going to Blu-ray:

The first pressed DVD release was the film Twister in 1996.

Dude, check out these Japanese CDs I just heard of!

Dive Into Disney

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