Grand Theft Auto IV comes out in 3 days

And I've still only played Grand Theft Auto I. Probably means I've got to play the rest of the series before getting this new one, right?Seriously though, if you want to jump right on in without having to grind through ten years of previous story (there is a story to this game series, right?) then check out IGN's exhaustively researched but wildly entertaining "History of...

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Jock Ewing for President

I've no idea how I found this, but it's too danged funny not to share.The really scary thing is, this guy does sound like Jock Ewing!He's got my vote. After 7 years with the illegitimate son of Digger Barnes in the White House, America needs a Ewi...

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Tonight's LOST was season finale material...

...and we still have five more episodes to see how this season ends!"The Shape of Things to Come" might have been the greatest episode since Lost premiered almost four years ago. It was the perfect mixture of everything that makes Lost work: strong characters, heavy action, tense moments, moral choices that sometimes go wildly wrong, all the major bits of Lost mythology (DHARMA, Jacob, Smokey to name a few), a bit of humor... and the notorious Lost...

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It's "The Shape of Things to Come" as LOST returns tonight

Lost resumes tonight on ABC (at 10 pm, an hour later than previously so remember to bear that in mind) with the first episode completed since work resumed following the writer's strike.When we last looked in on the Island, Rousseau and Karl had been shot and Alex was pleading for her life with the unknown assailants. I'm pretty confident we can already figure out who these people are. Rumor is that tonight's episode at last brings the start of...

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ANOTHER petition for TRANSFORMERS: THE SCORE?! Movement afoot to re-release album

By Primus, I never thought that we'd be going through this again. But, it looks like we will! :-)If you've been reading this blog for awhile, then you're no doubt familiar with the hijinks (among numerous others) that happened this past year regarding the movie Transformers and it's amazing orchestral score by composer Steve Jablonsky. After seeing the movie I went looking...

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More shredding of Constitution: Supremes give police unprecedented search power

The United State Supreme Court has ruled that police can search and seize evidence even though the search itself is illegal.This will be abused. The high court has just given "law enforcement officers" (God I hate that term) a blank check to stop, search and seize from everyone on even nonexistent grounds.No doubt there are good cops out there who wouldn't abuse this... but that does not diminish the fact that this will be abused. And enormously...

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UPDATE: Pastor takes down Obama/Osama sign, gives pathetic excuse

Regarding Jonesville Church of God in upstate South Carolina that a few days ago caused a furor with it's vile church sign attempting to link presidential candidate Barack Obama to Osama Bin Laden: today it's being reported that Pastor Roger Byrd chickened out and removed the message.And why did Byrd do this in the first place? In his own words..."His name is so close to Osama I feeling might be Islamic therefore he doesn't recognize Christ."Ummmm......

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Some very neat photos of American history

HBO's John Adams miniseries has left me still feeling both floored and haunted. If only everything else on television could be so powerful...Ever since Sunday night when the finale ran, my interest in real American history (as opposed to the fake pageantry of, say, the current election cycle) has been stoked. Not that it ever went away or anything, but I guess that after...

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A church sign we'll never see in Jonesville, South Carolina...

Courtesy of Church Sign Generator. Credit for the idea goes to Ed Darrell who suggested it on Kevin Bussey's post about the Jonesboro Church of God, which has upset a lot of people with the ridiculous un-Christlike message on its church sign regarding Barack Obama.Jesus and Usama... yup, per the logic of Jonesville Church of God, that's certainly suspicio...

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Theophysical conundrum: Time, sin, and the universe

Here's something that I've been wondering about for awhile now (actually going on three years). Maybe it's time to let others ponder it too...We're told in Genesis 5:1 that "When Adam had lived 130 years..." (as the New International Version words it) that he gave birth to his son Seth. This is the first time in scripture that we are told that a person had lived a certain number of years. A few verses later it says that Adam lived 930 years, and...

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Today was EARTH Day?!

I thought it was NERF Day!No wonder people kept staring at me when I was bouncing that ball everywhere I went...

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Tonight we watched LICENSE TO WED

Although technically it was last night, since I'm writing this past 1 in the morning (am working on a few video projects before hitting the sack), but you know...Anyways, Lisa had License to Wed sent to us via Netflix, and we spent part of the evening watching it. In spite of the harsh reviews this movie has received, I found it to be hysterically funny... and hitting the...

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South Carolina church's sign shows un-Christlike attitude toward Obama

Could somebody please tell me where there is a scriptural mandate for what the Jonesville Church of God in upstate South Carolina is doing with their sign?From the story at WYFF in Greenville's website...Small Church's Obama Sign Causes Big ControversyPOSTED: 4:20 pm EDT April 21, 2008UPDATED: 10:18 pm EDT April 21, 2008JONESVILLE, S.C. -- The sign in front of a small church...

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We are sooooo screwed

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John McCain using WWE Pro Wrestling to pimp themselves.America really is turning into that movie Idiocracy, isn't it?What a contrast. Last night we watched the finale of HBO's John Adams, which conveyed the virtue and nobility of the Founding Fathers as beautifully as any production that possibly comes to mind. And less than 24 hours later, we see what has become of the fruits of their labors and sacrifice: three...

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"Peacefield": A magnificent conclusion to HBO's JOHN ADAMS

There wasn't a dry eye in the house.That was the most perfect ending for a television miniseries that I've seen since Lonesome Dove. And easily one of the best finales for anything ever produced for the medium.All day long, HBO had a marathon going from start to finish of John Adams. Lisa and I watched Part 6, "Unnecessary War", and then segued right into the finale "Peacefield". The previous chapter ended with the image of Adams, alone and seemingly...

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New DOCTOR WHO this week voyages to the "Planet of the Ood"

"The file is irrelevant, sir. Have a nice day.""Now that's what I call a spaceship. You've got a box and he's got a Ferrari!""We're so not married. Never ever.""D'oh!""Who do you think made your clothes?""I spent all that time looking for you Doctor, because I thought it was so wonderful out here. I want to go home.""It's a revolution.""Please have a drink, sir.""Being...

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The photo that may scare you from ever again buying Chinese-made products

Every politician, corporate executive, and management-type in America who believes that globalism is "a good thing" and that there's nothing wrong with outsourcing our jobs to China, had better take a damned good hard long look at this photograph...This is what passes as a high-grade pharmaceutical plant in the village of Xinwangzhuang, in the Juangsu Province of China. The...

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