'Best of TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
Selected Sunday Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
from Mark
Another Bumpersticker
Enlightening Link
Courtesy David Dvorkin
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Another clear, cold day.
Dear old Dad called from AZ. The Babe's daughter has removed all TVs from her house & the only radio is in the car - Dad's had cable since 1953. Might say he's a bit antsy.
He wasn't hassled going through Pittsburgh this time. He said the airport wasn't very busy & not only were the checkers polite, they went out of their way to be helpful.
The leaves on the fig tree are either yellow or laying on the ground and the pink camellia is in bloom. The red camellia hasn't started yet.
Tonight, Sunday, CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a RERUN 'King Of Queens', then the movie 'One True Thing'.
NBC opens the night with a 2-hour 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', then a
FRESH 'Boomtown'.
ABC begins the evening with the FRESH 'TV Guide: Greatest Moments 2003', followed by a FRESH
maed-for-tv-movie 'Dreamkeeper'.
The WB offers the weekly RERUN 'Smallville', followed by a RERUN 'Charmed', then another RERUN
'Charmed'.
Faux has a RERUN 'Simpsons', followed by the movie 'Die Hard'.
UPN has the weekly RERUN 'Enterprise', followed by 'Stargate SG-1'.
A&E has 'Holiday Ice Dreams', the movie 'A Bronx Tale', and 'Meet The Royals'.
AMC offers the movie 'Kramer vs. Kramer', followed by the movie 'The Shawshank Redemption', then the movie 'The Horse Whisperer'.
BBC -
[6pm] 'Monarch of the Glen' - Episode 8;
[7pm] 'Changing Rooms' - St. Leonards;
[7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - Chesham;
[8pm] 'Faking It' - Cruise-ship Worker to Yachtswoman;
[9pm] 'The Office' - Episode 6;
[9:40pm] 'Coupling' - Naked;
[10:20pm] 'The Office' - Episode 5;
[11pm] 'Faking It' - Cruise-ship Worker to Yachtswoman;
[12:40am] 'Coupling' - Naked;
[1:20am] 'The Office' - Episode 5;
[2am] 'Changing Rooms' - St. Leonards;
[2:30am] 'Changing Rooms' - Chesham;
[3am] 'The Office' - Episode 6;
[3:40am] 'Coupling' - Naked;
[4:20am] 'The Office' - Episode 5;
[5am] 'Faking It' - Cruise-ship Worker to Yachtswoman; and
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has a 6-hour marathon of 'Celebrity Poker', followed by 'Inside The Actors Studio' (Naomi Watts), then the movie 'Internal Affairs'.
Comedy Central has 'Saturday Night Live' most of the day, followed by the movie 'The Blues Brothers'.
History has the movie 'Young Guns', followed by 'Modern Marvels', then another 'Modern Marvels', followed by still another 'Modern Marvels'.
SciFi has the movie 'The Shark Hunter', followed by the movie 'Monster'.
TCM:
[6am] 'The Road To Hong Kong' (1962);
[8am] 'Citizen Kane' (1941);
[10am] 'The Band Wagon' (1953);
[12pm] 'The Children's Hour' (1961);
[2pm] 'Thrill Of A Romance' (1945);
[4pm] 'Moby Dick' (1956);
[6pm] 'Champion' (1949);
[8pm] 'Shall We Dance' (1937);
[10pm] 'The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle' (1939);
[12am] 'The Wind' (1928) SILENT ;
[1:30am] 'The Miracle Worker' (1962);
[3:30am] 'Moulin Rouge' (1952);
[5:30am] 'Festival of Shorts #13' (1998). (ALL TIMES EST)
Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) arrive at the Broadway musical 'Avenue Q,' Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 in New York.
Photo by Diane Bondareff
The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
Endorse Edwards
Hootie & the Blowfish
Hootie & the Blowfish have endorsed Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, who hails from the state where the rock band got its start.
Members of the band, who are University of South Carolina alumni, will join Edwards on Saturday when he officially files for the South Carolina Democratic primary.
The band's lawyer, Richard "Gus" Gusler, said the rock group is planning a performance in South Carolina before the state's primary Feb. 3.
Hootie & the Blowfish
A staff of South Korean McDonald restaurant serves hamburgers made from Australian beef in Seoul December 28, 2003. South Korea said on Saturday it was putting an official ban on imports of U.S. beef after the discovery of mad cow disease in the United States.
Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon
LA Landmark
Clifton's Cafeteria
Los Angeles One of Los Angeles' defining characteristics is its sense of impermanence. Historic mid-century homes are torn down with glee, magnificent Queen Anne Victorian homes rot away, and countless Craftsman bungalows serve as emporiums for discount palm readers.
In downtown Los Angeles, Clifton's Cafeteria has changed little since it's opening in 1935. Modeled after the famous Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Clifton's recreates the atmosphere of the redwood forest with a decidedly Disney flair. Small woodland creatures watch over a babbling brook that is lit an unnatural fuchsia. A Poppa Bear goes fishing from a ledge on the second floor as Momma Bear waits patiently with her frying pan. Perched over the entrance to the cafeteria is a very large stuffed moose that seems to keep a watchful eye over Clifton's patrons.
Everyone seems to visit Clifton's; from politicians and hipsters to businessmen and lawyers, young Latino families, tourists and the near-homeless all dine in a democratic Muir Woods version of the "It's a Small World" ride.
"It's like entering a David Lynch movie," says student Charlie Gallay, who has been visiting Clifton's since he was a child.
For a lot more, Clifton's Cafeteria
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
Highlighting King Concert
Yolanda Adams
Gospel singer Yolanda Adams will highlight the 15th annual "Realizing the Dream" concert at The University of Alabama in memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The event will be held Jan. 17 at the university's Moody Music Concert Hall. The national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader is Jan. 19.
Yolanda Adams
From left, Jose Lopez, Martin Maroquin and Rodolfo Socop collect wheat for $US 3 a day in a small field in Tecpan, 90 kilometers (56 miles) north Guatemala City, Saturday, Dec 27, 2003.
Photo by Rodrigo Abd
Makes PowerPoint Art
David Byrne
David Byrne, an accomplished composer, photographer and lead singer of Talking Heads, has evolved — some would say devolved — into an unlikely artistic medium: PowerPoint.
Best known for vocals in "Psycho Killer" and "Burning Down the House," Byrne originally intended to spoof the ubiquitous software as a dumbed-down form of expression between communication-addled business executives.
But after spending several hours designing a mock slide show, Byrne became intrigued. He decided to experiment with PowerPoint as an artistic medium — and ponder whether it shapes how we talk and think.
In his book and DVD compilation, "Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information," Byrne twists PowerPoint from a marketing tool into a multimedia canvas, pontificating that the software's charts, graphs, bullet points and arrows have changed communication styles.
For the rest, David Byrne
Tufte's site
Norvig's site
Microsoft's PowerPoint site
Formerly 'The Vidiot'
Faces Arrest Warrant
Juvenile
New Orleans-based rapper Juvenile, known for his hit song "Back That Thang Up," is facing an arrest warrant in Georgia on child abandonment charges.
Gwinnett County sheriff's deputies say the multi-platinum artist, whose real name is Terius Gray, has failed to provide financial support for a six-month-old daughter. Deputies say they have paternity test results that show Gray is the child's father — an allegation the rapper disputes.
"Technically, he is a fugitive from justice," Lt. Nick Neal said. "We have this warrant in the system and we will wait for an opportunity to arrest him in a jurisdiction that will extradite him here."
Juvenile
Spanish international soap bubble artist Pep Bou (R) performs in the Catalan National Theatre in Barcelona, December 27, 2003. Bou and his partner Lluis Bevia showed off their last magic spectacle 'Diafan'.
Photo by Gustau Nacarino
Remains Cultural Icon
One Times Square
Only one man holds the key to this room deep under Times Square, where the only sounds are a hissing pipe and a rumbling subway overhead. Behind the blue padlocked door are the pieces of the New Year's ball that will mark midnight as it slides 77 feet down a pole atop One Times Square.
The crystal sphere lands amid the gritty water tanks, rickety planks and iron grates that fill the rooftop of this building — one of the most recognizable in the world. The 25-story tower has hosted New Year celebrations since it opened in 1904, with the famous "ball drop" added in 1907.
For all its exterior glamour, though, One Times Square is a bit like an amusement park funhouse — more glitz than guts.
The building is covered on the outside with billboards, flashing lights and an electronic news zipper, but it is virtually empty inside. Countdown Entertainment, which co-produces the annual Dec. 31 event, is the only tenant on its 21st and 22nd floors.
For the rest, One Times Square
An Afghan balloon vendor talks to people at a bazar near the Puli Khishti Mosque (seen in the background) in Kabul December 27, 2003.
Photo by Kimimasa Mayama
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