I’ve always liked the color red. Bono of U2 along with a little nobody named Bobby Shriver must have heard me. I think Bono has reached international stardom at a level where almost everyone in most countries knows who he is. But for those of you who didn’t know, Bobby Shriver’s background could be considered as royalty if there were any kings and queens in the US. The man is merely the ...
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Next week, O’Reilly’s new magazine, Craft, should be out on newsstands around the U.S. For those of you familiar with the magazine Make,(the technology project magazine) Craft can be described as its counterpart in the crafts realm.
The first issue of Craft, the first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance happening within the world of crafts, will feature 23 projects; a sneak peak into its table of content can be found here. ...
Tiger Wood’s Swedish model wife, Elin Nordegren, catapulted to the top 10 of the 50 most popular Internet search results as the scandal took center stage, while golfers from Europe and America took to the rolling, green fields of Ireland for the Ryder Cup. Tiger Woods vehemently defended his wife against charges that she posed nude for porn websites. Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, said the supposed ‘topless’ photos displayed by a Dublin magazine on the eve of the Ryder ...
We've all seen the coolio remodeling gigs featured on HGTV and Apartment Therapy and thought "I can totally do that." Sadly, so many of us are limited not by our mad ninja skills, but by a sheer lack of space in which to build cool stuff. I have a nice oak table that's awaiting refinishing, and it's going to wait until I can borrow a garage. DIY kids in the ...
Bride Nicole Kidman
Groom Keith Urban
Date June 25, 2006
Location Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel on St. Patrick’s Estate, Sydney
Matron of Honor Antonia Kidman, television personality
Best Man Shane Urban, groom’s brother
Dress Ivory Empire-line silk organza-and-lace column with one micropleated puff sleeve by Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga
Bride Jessica Jernigan
Groom ...
McKellan went on to say he found the Bible “somewhat preachy” and called the ending “a bit of a downer.”
by , Leave ResponseI just became aware of Us Weekly’s blog today (how is that possible?) and I’m luving it!. My absolute favorite headline is “Ian McKellen Unable to Suspend Disbelief While Reading the Bible”. The story itself is treat—when asked by Matt Lauer if The Da Vinci Code should have had a disclaimer at the beginning announcing that it’s fiction, Sir Ian replied that the Bible should have a disclaimer at the beginning announcing that it’s fiction—but the ...
Pena ajena, plaatsvervangende schaamte: However you say it, I feel it when I watch Tom Cruise “dancing” on BET.
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Back when I posted an entry on Ashlee Simpson’s SNL appearance, I said that it made me feel embarrassed to be human, and that I knew that there was a Spanish phrase that meant something like “alien embarrassment”, but that I didn’t know what that phrase was.
A helpful reader named Manuel informed me that the phrase I sought was pena ajena, which apparently means “mortification on behalf of another”. A fellow named David chimed in ...
As an undergraduate, I was drawn to Christianity because it’s so scary and weird and unfamiliar—unfamiliar to me, anyway. Sure, I had grown up with friends who went to church and a Baptist great grandmother, and I had the bare-bones version of the Jesus story residents of Western culture just kind of absorb, but I had never read the Gospels, and I had no idea of just how nutty they are.
Thanks to The Da Vinci Code, everybody’s ...
When asked to provide an example of someone who might be worthy of an abortion, Bill Napoli, a state senator from the benighted republic of South Dakota, had this to say:
A real-life description to me would be a rape victim, brutally raped, savaged. The girl was a virgin. She was religious. She planned on saving her virginity until she was married. She was brutalized and raped, sodomized as bad as you can possibly make it, and is impregnated. I ...
I Really, Really Hope that Kate Michelman Doesn’t Run for the Senate in Pennsylvania
by , Leave ResponseThe best is the enemy of the good.—Voltaire
I have taken some shit—in blog comment threads and in real life—for my willingness to support anti-choice Democrats. My position has been and remains: any Democrat is better than any Republican. In the case of the Pennsylvania Senate race, I would go so far as to argue that any carbon-based life form—ferret, sea slug, dust mite, algae—is better than Rick Santorum. Next to Santorum, George W. Bush is a man of ...
On February 23, 2006, the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees voted to award tenure to Dr. Edward William Clayton II. Way to go, handsome!
I’ve been getting a lot of mail from the Republican party. I asked Ted (he’s a political scientist) why that might be, and he suggested it’s because I am now a mother, and, as a mother, I am more likely to share the GOP’s “family” values than I was before giving birth. This says a great deal about the Republican party, and why they have any chance of continuing to win elections even though most Americans feel that the Republican ...
DVD Jon is all over the news, again. Where his team once hacked the encryption that prevented copying DVDs this time his sights are set on stop-gap software that will remove a large barrier to the digital rights game. DoubleTwist Ventures has picked up Jon Johansen to help develop code that will enable competing players to sidestep the restrictions that Apple has placed on who is allowed to play in the iTunes playground.
As an example, ...
What does it take to be an A-List blogger when there are over 57 million blogs out there (and still growing)? Well, according to one measure, at least 500 other blogs linking to you in the last 6 months (alas, fame can be so fleeting). You can calculate your blogebrity standing using this Technorati-powered widget made by Terry Ng at Kineda, who was inspired by Dave Sifry's latest report on the State of the Blogosphere. ...
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