Millions Knives
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Incidentally, I hate it when I have to correct people's HTML code on their freaking quizzes just so they'll load right. Idio...
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Judge Strikes Down Section of Patriot Act Allowing Secret Subpoenas of Internet Data
By JULIA PRESTON
New York Times
A federal judge struck down an important surveillance provision of the antiterrorism legislation known as the USA Patriot Act yesterday, ruling that it broadly violated the Constitution by giving the federal authorities unchecked powers to obtain private information.I love it when...
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Ah, the pains of a day after training. It was one of the lightest training days I've had, but after months of being off, I'm actually a little sore.
Techniques to cross off my "to learn" list:Cimande limb destructions 1, 2 and 3 (though whose Cimande, I'm not exactly sure. One of those things I've never gotten around to asking.)
Tug tug - FMA knee bar
Sapu dalam and sapu nuwar - Silat leg sweepsHaving...
Going along with my prediliction for downplaying the more important events of my life on my weblog, let me take a moment to mention that my parents, with whom I've been estranged for the better part of two years, paid E and me a visit today. It was 1,000 times more pleasant that I thought it would be. Time really does heal woun...
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Trouble in Bobo paradise?David Brooks Also Eats Cereal.
By John WarnerThat is, David Brooks, the author of Bobos in Paradise, which could have been subtitled "Could've been Don's biography."
I thought I could deconstruct a film...History's Notable Films, Reconsidered.
By Tim CarvellI think it was on The Daily Show where someone made similar comments about Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace being...
Monday, September 27, 2004
It's been awhile since I posted one of these wierd, quirky comments made by me or people in my circle, out of context and unexplained."Oh, I'll give you a magazine. Yeah, it's full o' hollow points. You're gonna love those when I put 'em in a gun, and put 'em in your brain."
[Got handed an item]
Oh, sh!+, it IS full of hollow points.It started with me quoting from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and ended...
I probably joke about going too far in self-defence situations moreso than I should. I can see the look on E's face right now if she gets around to reading this, but I've been actually telling myself I should stop. If nothing else, I don't want to end up like one of these people who say things like this... (From a post on the defend.net forums)That is why if you are going to start a fight it is...
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Because it's faster than checking my email. No gruesome martial arts links o' death this time. Just potential places E and I might enjoy our honeymoon (if we happen to remain in the country around that time).
The Inn at Honey Run
Places Ohio's list of bed & breakfasts
The Glenlaurel Inn - with a Scottish theme and an innkeeper licensed to perform weddin...
Friday, September 24, 2004
My laptop started up with little effort last night, and managed to stay running all night. How is it that I've been trying for the past 6 hours to get the thing to run, and it still won't?
I had the day off, and my plan was to get the remaining data I needed off of my computer. One way or another, it will come off today and I will destroy the thing. I'm going to beat it in a field ("What is 'PC...
Sorry about the lateness...
I disabled the link on the image because the site does some wierd popup thing that I couldn't get rid of unless I rebooted the computer. But, if you're really a sucker for punishment and simply must know which Teletubbie you are, you can go here -- don't say I didn't warn y...
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
In a couple of hours, I get to have my first martial arts training session this quarter with DATU_B. It won't be as much cardio as a Club workout, but that's good for someone who's been out of it for quite a few months now.
Speaking of Club, how is it that I haven't even been, and I have yet another...
Billy_Jack Quote of the Week
He sent me this via email:This is [BILLY_JACK], we strated martial...
Monday, September 20, 2004
E's got the filmmaking bug again. A couple of days ago she showed me the documentary American Movie, a film made by the friend of a friend of hers that did well on the documentary circuit. Well enough for us to be able to rent it from a local video store. It's funny how many friends of friends she has doing stuff like this. I mentioned before (I think) how she's friends with a former animator...
Friday, September 17, 2004
I came home last night to find E watching American Graffiti. She was driven to see it by some oldies music that had been "Song Fu'd" into her head. I hadn't seen the movie in years, but I was amazed at its (relative) depth compared to Lucas's other films. I even managed to hold back my usual hate-filled rants during the viewing...
Until we watched his commentary, and he told the story about how...
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Johnny Ramone dies at 55
Guitarist with influential 70s band loses cancer battle
Dan Glaister in Los Angeles
Friday September 17, 2004
The Guardian
Johnny Ramone, the guitarist with the eponymous punk group The Ramones, died at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday following a five-year battle with prostate cancer. He was ...
I can now get to these now that the "deer in headlights" look has faded from my face.
ITEM ONECampaign staged on Palace balcony
A Fathers 4 Justice campaigner dressed as Batman is staging a protest on the Buckingham Palace balcony.
Jason Hatch, 33, entered the grounds and scaled a wall at 1420 BST.Now, there's a level I aspire to reach in the next two years of my life. Scroll to the down the...
No, E and I still haven't watched Enter the Dragon yet, but we did spend an evening watching all the TV and theatrical trailers that they dug up. We heard the following tag line about 50 times:Roper... Williams... and Lee. The Deadly Three.Ah, the blatant Hollywood racism in the 70s, before they even bothered to put up any sort of facade of equity. In the trailers, the White character gets mentioned...
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
ITEM ONE
Our moratorium on DVD rentals last week never happened. It was a hard day for both of us, so we searched and found Enter the Dragon. We haven't even watched the movie yet, instead combing through all the special features, especially the feature with scenes from Game of Death, reconstituted and re-edited according to Bruce Lee's original notes.
Cool sh!+, indeed.
ITEM TWO
Everything...
Sunday, September 12, 2004
ITEM ONE
Today, E and I have declared a moratorium on DVD rentals. We finally got to see ATHF, Vol. 2, but the funny bits were sort of few and far between. I dunno, it just wasn't as funny as the first season. She took out the movie Beijing Bicycle. It didn't interest me so I didn't watch it, and E didn't like it all that much herself.
ITEM TWO
I've got the day off from the diamond mines today....
Friday, September 10, 2004
Is it an issue of artist's rights or the slow vampiric bleeding of your wallet?Lucasfilm Defends DVD Changes
Lucasfilm spokesman Jim Ward told SCI FI Wire that the company strongly defends Star Wars creator George Lucas' right to make controversial alterations to his beloved original trilogy of films in the upcoming DVD release. "It comes down to what [Lucas] has said constantly, which is that he...
I've spent some of today doing what I should have, and indeed would have, been doing had I the resources of the University's new computer lab -- backing up as much as I can off of my old-broken-down-actually-managed-to-get-it-up-and-running-for-once-piece-of-crap laptop onto CD-Rs. I just have some program-specific data files and of course, my mp3s le...
Trekkies 2
Shaolin Soccer
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Vol. 2...but only because both copies of Aqua Teen were out at the video store.
Shaolin Soccer gave me the sort of "feel-good" vibes that I haven't felt from a movie since my first viewing of Star Wars back on 197[something] (aka waaaaay before it was caleld Star Wars IV: A New Hope). It's another "kung fu fantasy" genre movie, which I find myself...
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Feel free to ignore -- I just wanted to put these someplace where I can find them again later.
The Ten Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Moves Every Cop Should Know
What's In Your Fanny Pack?: Must have tools for everyday carry
This was funny because of this quote about the use of batons [emphasis is mine]:Another advantage is that it is difficult to kill someone with a baton -- unless you hit them in the head...
Trekkies 2
Shaolin Soccer
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Vol. 2We still have to get our hands on a DVD of Glengarry Glen Ross.
Trekkies 2 was everything we expected. This time, they went global. Interestingly, it seemed that the Australian fans seemed to produce the best cannon fodder for my MST3K-like commentary (E would say my meanest of the entire fil...
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
I heard the rumors, but I didn't believe it until now.Lucas uses movie force: Hayden Christensen is now Anakin ghost in revised version of Return Of The Jedi
By Bruce Kirkland-- Toronto Sun
George Lucas has inserted Hayden Christensen into the revised DVD edition of Star Wars: Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi -- a film originally released only two years after the Canadian actor was born in Vancouver....
Good news and bad news from elitestv.com:
The bad news, and believe me we're all crying over this one:New Kids Snub Reunion Plans
Plans to bring boyband superstars NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK back together have fallen flat - because DONNIE WAHLBERG, DANNY WOOD and JOEY McINTYRE aren't interested in a reunion.
Brothers JON and JORDAN KNIGHT agreed to reunite with their old bandmates for VH1 show BANDS...
I'm posting these two pictures with my blurred face, not because of privacy concerns, but to show off how I've been leeching off the resources of the brand new computer lab that's opened up on campus. Not only am I using their net access, fast computers and printers, but now their scanners and their copies of...
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
I remember hearing this a few days ago - according to the date, September 2nd. The bit about "College Visits" sort of irritated me. And, from a college professor, no less:Letters: GOP Campaign Chair, College Visits
All Things Considered audio
Sept. 2, 2004
NPR's Melissa Block reads from listener's letters. Included are responses to our interview with Marc Racicot, chairman of the Bush-Cheney...
Someone cut off this thing's head already. From Sci Fi Wire:Toon Highlander Developing
The venerable Highlander franchise is on track to become an animated movie for release in spring 2006, Variety reported. Davis-Panzer Productions and Imagi International are developing the project, which will be animated through Madhouse of Japan (Tokyo Godfathers), the trade paper reported. David Abramowitz,...
Friday, September 03, 2004
From the Boston Globe:City gangs turning to machetes, police say
By Christine MacDonald, Globe Correspondent | August 16, 2004
As a boy growing up in El Salvador, Somerville pastor Luis Morales said, he was never frightened when he saw peasant farmers with machetes hanging from their belts. For rural Salvadorans, the long knife is a basic and ubiquitous tool, as common as a Swiss Army knife is...
In theory, it should be that time of the year when MMAC starts up again. Well, the quarter starts next Tuesday, and I've heard nary a word. I emailed one of the officers today. We'll see what, if any, response I get. It sort of sucks to say this, but if the current gaggle can't get things together, then my prospect of getting another "Coach's Pass" [snicker] seem pretty dismal.
But, to kick off...
Thursday, September 02, 2004
I've always been a "big picture" sort of person...
I'm The Art Test!I'm, erm, a pretty nondescript test that just does what it says on the tin, really. I don't thrive on in-jokes, controversy or irony, nor do I host ads... I have some pretty pictures though, will that do?Click here to find out which test you...
Yesterday morning, E and I were listening to Morning Edition on NPR -- that's where my radio/alarm is set. They were broadcasting excerpts from the RNC the previous night, which included a speech by The Governator himself. I've written before about how, at the "Battle of Columbus" martial arts tournament which he co-sponsors, he makes an appearance and always works in Terminator references for cheap...
A couple of evenings ago, I introduced E to Saturday Night Fever which she had never seen in its entirety. We've introduced a whole new set of in-jokes to our vernacular ("He's a sleazy HOO-er."). Ah, to have been Italian living in New York in the '70s.
I hadn't seen it in awhile myself, so I'd almost forgotten what sort of story it was. E and I both admired the simplicity of the cinematography,...
I'm not exactly sure what it is about this -- I've been wanting this picture for an entire year. Maybe it's knowing that this is the closest I've ever gotten to a literary giant. No, getting Anne Rice to sign my copies of Interview and Servant of the Bones doesn't count, not compared to this anyway.
I've...
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Maybe there is a reason to hope that right wins out, after all. Maybe...U.S. Seeks to Dismiss Terror Convictions
U.S. Asks Court to Dismiss Mich. Terror Cell Convictions, Says Prosecution Was Full of Mistakes
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Sept. 1, 2004 — In a dramatic reversal, the Justice Department acknowledges its original prosecution of a suspected terror cell in Detroit was filled with...
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