Two things, both within this same article from MSN. LONDON — J.K. Rowling has completed her first book not to feature teen wizard Harry Potter — an illustrated collection of magical fairy stories titled “The Tales of Beedle the Bard.” Only seven copies of the book are being printed, Rowling said Thursday. One will be [...]
Echo (Eliza Dushku) [is] a young woman who is literally everybody’s fantasy. She is one of a group of men and women who can be imprinted with personality packages, including memories, skills, language—even muscle memory—for different assignments. The assignments can be romantic, adventurous, outlandish, uplifting, sexual and/or very illegal. When not imprinted with a personality [...]
November is the month for National Memory screening day. Free screenings are occurring across the nation throughout the month–I took a look at some of the dates/locations and it appears they’re all 4+ hour windows for you to go in and participate. You’ll meet in private with a clinician. A series of questions/tasks will take [...]
Writer’s Strike Deadline is Midnight Tonight I’ll only summarize to say that basically, Writer’s Guild of America is ready to go on strike. They want a bigger cut of DVD sales–I think that’s the basic gist of everything. Tonight is the deadline for an agreement to be made, or they’ll be on strike. This means [...]
So NBC has done away with their YouTube channel to start their own site–hulu.com. You can read more about it on their blog. I’m all in favor of the concept of hulu. It looks as though there will be full episodes available, as well as talk of some full length films. My annoyance lies in [...]
Rowling announced it. I’ll leave it to you to read, but I particularly enjoyed her revealing that while reading the script for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince she crossed through a section of Dumbledore reminiscing about past loves and wrote, “Dumbledore is gay.” There’s also another article with a bit about Dumbledore’s true past [...]
AVIGNON, France – A woman who planted a lipstick-laden kiss on an all-white painting by the American artist Cy Twombly went on trial Tuesday, telling the court she had committed an “act of love” — not a crime.Rindy Sam, a 30-year-old French artist, faced charges of “voluntarily damaging a work of art.” The painting is [...]
Maybe! Britney Spears was charged today with misdimeanor accounts of hit and run and driving without a valid license after she smashed into a car in a parking lot back in August. If she’s convicted, she faces a possible six months jail time and $1000 fine for each count. Not that I give a damn [...]
Get this; apparently the FBI came to Apt 3, with a search warrant looking for Andy. The cable bill was in Andy’s name, and some child pornography had been downloaded, under an i.p. address assigned to them! I haven’t really gotten any details, but I know they took both Josh and JR’s computers and a [...]
Found here: Wal-Mart sent a shock through the health-care industry when it began offering discount prescription drugs for as little as $4. Publix is now going $4 better than that, by offering free antibiotics to anyone with a prescription. Carter Leidy Jr. is 19-months-old — and like a lot of kids his age, at a [...]
