'TBH Politoons'
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Reader Suggested Reading
from that Mad Cat, JD
Bush refuses to rule out nuclear weapons
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Hot and sunny, with puffs of too-warm Santa Ana winds all day. The humidity is so low my beer bottle has no condensed moisture on it. None.
Had to visit the reptile store for fresh crickets for the lizard & tarantula, then the 'regular' pet store for
stuff to treat the fish water, and finally, the hardware store, where we ended up getting a bag o'lady bugs, too. The kid & I had fun distributing the (approximately) 1500 little
red beetles around the yard.
Also, the kid picked out a couple of new plants for his terrarium o'death. His new plants are 2 different kinds of cobra lily, and they'll fit in well with the the flytraps & worts.
Today is supposed to be even hotter. Wonder if we have any charcoal?
Tonight, Sunday, CBS is supposed to open, as usual, with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Fat Greek', then a
FRESH 'Becker', followed by the movie 'Shanghai Noon'.
NBC is supposed to have 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH 'American Dreams', then a FRESH
'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', followed by a FRESH 'Boomtown'.
In the morning, ABC's 'Wee Georgie Show' is featuring Rummy.
ABC is supposed to start with the movie 'The Kid', followed by a FRESH 'Alias', then a FRESH 'Dragnet'.
The WB is supposed to open with the weekly RERUN 'Gilmore Girls', followed by a FRESH 'Charmed', then the Series Premiere of
'Black Sash'.
Faux is supposed to start with a FRESH 'Futurama', followed by a FRESH 'King Of The Hill', then a FRESH 'Simpsons',
followed by a FRESH 'Oliver Beene', then a FRESH 'Malcolm', and finally, the Series Premiere of 'The Pitts'.
UPN is supposed to offer the weekly RERUN 'Enterprise', and then 'Stargate SG-1'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
A billboard proclaiming 'Support Our Troops Bring Them Home Now' faces a busy freeway March 29, 2003 near Detroit, Michigan. The billboard went up March 28, and was paid for by a San Francisco based company that put similar signs in several other American cities. The company tried to buy billboard space in Crawford, Texas near the ranch of resident George W. Bush but was denied space by several companys.
Photo by Rebecca Cook
Engagement News
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson is getting married. Having reduced his drinking and drug use, the author of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" has become a fanatic for college basketball. He also is engaged to his former assistant. The gonzo journalist - in a dispatch to ESPN.com from his snowed-in home in the Colorado Rockies - first trashes Dan Rather for "strutting and posing and whooping it up with all the other 'embedded' journalists going to war like birds in a gilded cage." Then he criticizes Wake Forest ("pitiful") and Florida ("amateurs") before mentioning "Anita, my beautiful fiancée," in the sixth paragraph. "Anita pulled into the garage just in time for the end of the Butler-Louisville game, which I lost badly," wrote the not-so-romantic writer. "On Saturday, I proposed and gave her the ring, and after that we both went a little crazy for a while, which was clearly the right thing to do."
Hunter S. Thompson
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Anti-war demonstrator Steve Iskovitz of Boston, is seen dressed in a resident George W. Bush mask and holding a gas pump handle, during a demonstration in downtown Boston, Saturday, March 29, 2003.
Photo by Bizuayehu Tesfaye
Will Give April Fool's Day Lecture
John Cleese
John Cleese will give an April Fool's Day lecture at Cornell University on the life and works of W.C. Fields.
Cleese was named a professor-at-large at Cornell in 1999. The school said the actor-comedian has titled his talk: "W.C. Fields: A Comedian for Politically Incorrect Times."
He will be joined by James Curtis, author of the new biography, "W.C. Fields: A Biography."
Cleese, who also will participate in several classes, said he decided to lecture on Fields because he has been neglected and forgotten.
Professors-at-large make periodic visits to the Cornell campus during their six-year terms; they are considered full members of the faculty.
John Cleese
Daughter To Co-Write Memoir
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali and his daughter, Hana Ali, are co-writing a spiritual memoir. "Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey" is scheduled to come out this fall.
"It is after I retired from boxing that my true work began. I have embarked on a journey of love," the former heavyweight champion said in a statement released Friday by the book's publisher, Simon & Schuster.
According to the publisher, Ali will share "the beliefs he has come to live by and that he has passed on to his children. Some of the wisdom is his own; some comes from the teachings of true Islam, from his spiritual studies, and from people he has met in the course of his life."
Muhammad Ali
Gets Bloody Nose As Present
Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn got a bloody nose for his 33rd birthday outside a hotel lounge where he was celebrating.
Vaughn's assailant fled after the incident early Friday, said Sgt. Robert Lewis of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
A witness told authorities someone approached Vaughn, who has costarred in "The Cell," "Swingers" and "Return to Paradise," outside The Standard hotel. The suspect spoke first, and Vaughn responded. Police did not say what was said.
"The suspect took offense to him and hit him," Lewis said.
Vaughn's nose was bloodied, said his publicist, Ina Teciokas.
"Vince never threw a punch, Teciokas said. "He was just standing outside and got punched."
Vince Vaughn
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
The Last Roundup
'Urban Cowboy'
'Urban Cowboy,' the musical based on the John Travolta-Debra Winger film announced a closing for Saturday night after only four performances, the shortest run of any Broadway musical this season.
The cast was told before Friday evening's performance the $4 million production would fold the following day.
"Urban Cowboy" opened Thursday to mostly negative reviews. The musical had a difficult monthlong preview period in New York, and did meager business. It was hurt by the four-day musicians' strike and poor advance sales. The show starred newcomers Matt Cavenaugh and Jenn Colella in the Travolta and Winger roles. Both were making their Broadway debuts.
'Urban Cowboy'
Rugby fans wear watermelon skins during the Hong Kong annual Rugby Sevens Tournament at Hong Kong's Stadium Saturday, March 29, 2003.
Photo by Water Chan
Donated Tickets
James Brown
Soul superstar James Brown donated 400 tickets to military personnel for his concert in Houston.
Brown, 69, said the free tickets for Saturday night's concert were intended to give a boost to military workers as the U.S.-led war with Iraq continues.
"I grew up as a poor boy and was able to rise up and be an entertainer and help others," Brown said through a spokeswoman Friday. "I wanted to do what I could do to help our nation in this time of need."
James Brown
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Writing 'Heartaches' Memoir
Diana Ross
Diana Ross is writing a memoir that will offer "a tough look at the recent heartaches in her life," including her drunken driving arrest, the breakup of her marriage and her disastrous Supremes reunion tour.
"Upside Down: Wrong Turns, Right Turns and the Road Ahead" is scheduled for release this spring from ReganBooks, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
"What readers will discover in this moving memoir is that no one is immune from the pain of loneliness, abandonment, divorce and all of the losses and challenges we each face in our lives," ReganBooks publisher Judith Regan said in a statement Friday.
Diana Ross
Protestors demonstrate against the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Saturday, March 29, 2003 in Tijuana, Mexico. The protest march drew about 300 people and culminated at the international border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego. The signs reads in Spanish 'Why have you waited so long for Armaggedon! Re-elect George Bush.'
Photo by David Maung
Crop Up in Louisiana
Anti-French Feelings
French bashing has even cropped up in Louisiana, the bastion of Cajun and Creole culture that for weeks resisted the anti-French feelings that surfaced when French President Jacques Chirac refused to support the war in Iraq.
A movement has sprung up to stop Chirac from attending a Dec. 20 re-enactment of the Louisiana Purchase in the New Orleans French Quarter. President Bush and Spanish King Juan Carlos also have been invited to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the purchase.
"President Chirac is unwilling to stand with resident Bush and our country when we need them in Iraq. So I don't think he should come stand shoulder-to-shoulder with us in December," said Bobby Jindal, a Republican candidate for governor, who was an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services until recently.
On his weekly call-in radio show Thursday, GOP Gov. Mike Foster, who leaves office this fall, commended Jindal and said, "For some reason, he's (Chirac's) gone off the deep end."
Lt. Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, the state's chief tourism official, who also is running for governor, invited all three world leaders. None has responded.
Meanwhile, French teachers have reported harassment.
"In one restaurant, two teachers were talking in French privately and a waiter went up to them and voiced disapproval of their country," said Warren Perrin, president of the Council for Development of French in Louisiana. "They were actually from Belgium."
A group calling itself Citizens for Direct Action called for the cancellation of ties between Lafayette and sister cities in Belgium and France, Perrin said.
Elaine Clement, a community outreach coordinator, said her friends who are either originally from France or French students, have been harassed, "including people who have been here for years."
She said she received nasty e-mails after speaking out against French bashing in an earlier interview.
Clement had said she was somewhat put off by Congress' recent decision to change House cafeteria menus to read "freedom fries" and "freedom toast." "Are they going to change French kiss to freedom kiss?" she said then.
Anti-French Feelings
Festival International de Louisiane
Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial
Sad Reading
'The Chick Was In The Way'
"I'm sorry," the sergeant said. "But the chick was in the way."
An Iberian lynx, is roaming Alentejo, south of Lisbon. Portuguese scientists have found traces of a lynx -- which was thought to be extinct in Portugal.
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