you find out that a talent you've been fond of has been dead for years?

In this case, it's Ofra Haza, an incredible singer likely best known by this friends list as the featured voice on the Prince of Egypt soundtrack. Apparently, she married a guy back in '97 that gave her HIV. She died two and a half years later.

R.I.P., Ofra. Leave a comment  2 

LEE: STOP WATCHING THE STORM AND GO TO BED!

is the name of a new 'groundbreaking' vampire movie coming out soon and it's supposed to make vampire fans squeee......

And that's all well and good...

But all of us good WW players *and to double include myself, all us butchers* know is that there's a good reason there are no vampires above the arctic circle *where this movie takes place*: once you ( Read more... )

I'm told that the Walter Chaw review of Eastern Promises was maybe a bit......high handed, so here's an old favorite: Roger Ebert will, in his fatherly way, tell you that is movie is a must-see.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/ ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention that I went to go see Eastern Promises http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/easternpromises/trailer/  the other night. It was really very good, and Viggo Mortensen was awesome.

As always, Walter Chaw puts the film into ( Read more... )

I thought this was kinda cool: This artist Glen Angus has started a series of paintings depicting what he hopes is the spirit that was trying to be evoked by the artists that drew/stenciled pinup girls onto WW2 aircraft/ships/bombs, etc.. Check them out. Some them are really frickin' cool. :)

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1. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
2. Tag seven people to do the same.
3. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag whoever wants to do
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1. I have a mild O.C.D.

2. The smell of freshly turned earth makes my throat close up so much that it is hard for me to draw a breath.

3. Camelback crickets make me jittery ( Read more... )

Had an electrician over the other day to do some needed work on some of the wiring in the house. At one point while I was putting away the lawnmower, I noticed that I had left the door to the basement open, so I shut and latched it and then went inside the house. About two minutes later the phone rang. It was the electrician saying he was locked ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Ocean!

    I just found out that Blizz, with the Make A Wish Foundation, arranged for a 10 year old boy with a likely fatal brain tumor arranged to have him come to their studios and spend a long day with their design team. Yhey bumped his person al WoW character up to lvl 70, gave him the best gear and a ton of gold and more: not only did he get to ( Read more... )