The Ad Council came up with a series of ads to encourage voting... and they're truly awesome.

( Here's as many as I could find. )

I don't know if anyone else has been following the latest iteration of the console wars, but I'm rather astonished at Sony's tactics, and will be surprised if they wind up with anything like the marketshare they've had with their previous two iterations of the Playstation line. First off, they're charging $500 for their base edition of the console ( Read more... )

So I've always known Uwe Boll for his filmmaking abilities or lack thereof. However, he decided his terrible movies weren't enough, and decided to be an utter jackass: he invited some of his more vocal critics into the boxing ring. Apparently he claimed it would be a cute little PR stunt, everyone would receive training and protection... and it ( Read more... )

The head Catholic exorcist decides to be publicly delusional.

I mean, I guess being an exorcist just kind of makes you inherently delusional, but still. Blaming all bad behavior on demons? Someone's in denial.

Nichole wound up getting a sonography job at Swedish on First Hill, which is utterly awesome, and she's now in the process of hunting for a place to live... and she's pretty much settled on a place near 20th and Madison. For the most part, the area looks incredibly upscale, but I can't help but have vague worries about it due to the Deano's crowd ( Read more... )

Every once in a while, I get political and vocal; now's one of them.

Senator Ted Stevens (Republican from Alaska), Mr. Series-of-Tubes himself, is advocating the "Advanced Telecommunications and Opportunities Reform Act." I encourage you to read this brief article from the Nation on the issue ( Read more... )

Responses to the poll question, "Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals.":


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Not sure how I feel about this: in a dozen days, I'll no longer have a leading "2" attached to my age ( Read more... )

I've been out of the state for the past week, spending a little time with my mom's siblings and their spouses, since it's been something like 15 years since I last saw them. We all rented a house in Montana that was allegedly near Glacier National Park... only it turned out it was more like an hour-plus drive away. My body also decided shortly ( Read more... )

I do believe I am "seeing someone." Every weekend for a month and we still haven't gotten sick of each other, quite the opposite at least in my case. :)

She's interviewing for a job in the city she's really hoping for this week, so everyone keep their fingers crossed for her or something.