David Letterman knows how to handle a sticky situation. The interview Joaquin Phoenix showed this. Yesterday he turned a potential embarrassing scandal into a hilarious 10 minute confession. Thoughts?

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New French language laws in Quebec come into force today prohibiting the sale of English-only video games if a French version is available ( Read more... )

I've only finished two seasons but I'm hooked. The Wire is a great show because it is a study of systems. The drug gangs are run like corporations. They don't use the terminology, but they have executives, middle management, junior employees.

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The show doesn't take sides between the cops and the criminals. They are given equal time and shown as two ( Read more... )

I used to have a cellphone that had an "airline mode". Selecting airline mode did one thing: it turned the cellphone off ( Read more... )

I just saw Slumdog Millionaire and it was pretty good. In an interview on Fresh Air, Danny Boyle explained that the movie was shot in English to please the investors even though it takes place in India. He ran into problems with the kids where their English wasn't good enough to sound natural. He decided to just let them speak their native language ( Read more... )

Sarah Palin is even stupider than I imagined.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/10/31/palin/index.html

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I had never heard of this. It's a pilot for an early 90s show that was never picked up. It's called Lookwell, stars Adam West, and was by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel.

It's pretty awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQ3HbB0c8Y

Do anyone know of any good independent comparisons of the Canadian political parties and their platforms? I'm looking for condensed information. Last election cbc.ca had a good issue-by-issue comparison, but they don't seem to have anything up yet.

I've been looking for Wii Fit, and found it impossible to find anywhere. Tonight I thought to check Craigslist. An hour after deciding to check, I had it in my house for only $16 more than I would have spent at the store.

My balance is TERRIBLE.