Elektra

I’m not sure if this movie is going to suck or not.

I’m leaning toward suck.  However, I will watch it, many, many times, because of her.  And if that makes me a pervert, then pervert I be.  If it makes me a lecherous fool, well hell, just sign me up to that list, because Jennifer Garner is one of those women.

Mmm...Elektra.

Posted by JimK at 01:03 PM on November 16, 2004
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Categories: Entertainment

The Ground Zero suicide

Looks like it was just about a chick.

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Right Thoughts regular Nick Stewart, from whom I got this link, said:

It was over a girl. That’s right, a girl. Now, I don’t think there’s a single one of us who hasn’t been in some pretty bad relationships. Shoot, I could write a book. But you don’t see us blowing our brains out.

That’s pretty much all I have to say.  I really never went off about this kid because I just assumed from jump that there was something else.  It smelled like media creation from the get go.  I think he chose Ground Zero because it was the most painful place he could think of, and he was in pain.

Now...killing yourself over a girl?  One with whom you have not shared a lifetime’s worth of trials and tribulations?  That’s cowardly and stupid.  Mostly stupid.  My guess is an autopsy, if he had one, would show a chemical problem, either in his brain involuntarily or in his bloodstream voluntarily.

The lesson for the rest of us?  IF YOU ARE DEPRESSED, SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.  Even if you’re wrong and it’s just an extended bad mood, so what? What have you really lost?  But if it’s not, you might have a legitimate physiological reason to feel like you do.  Seek help at the earliest signs and your life will better for it.

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Posted by JimK at 11:41 AM on November 16, 2004
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Categories: Other,  The Fourth Estate,  Things To Ponder

Oh CRAP.  Wait, does that cay ‘CRAP” or “CR4B?”

This is not good.

Japanese doctors assessed the sight of more than 10,200 Japanese workers, measuring them for visual acuity and signs of glaucoma.

The volunteers were also asked to fill in questionnaires about their computer use, at home or in the office, and any history of eye disease.

A total of 165 workers, or 1.6 percent, turned out to have suspected glaucoma, characterised by tunnel vision or blind spots.

Those who were heavy computer users—defined as working onscreen more than eight hours a day—were twice as likely to have glaucoma than light or medium users.

In addition, of the 165 with glaucoma, 136 had myopia.

No joke...I have noticed a steady deterioration in my eyesight over the last 10 years.  It is safe to say that I have used a computer for an average of eight hours a day every single day save for a handful over the last ten years.  Of course, my family has a history of poor vision in middle to late life.  So it could be just that.

I really need to start wearing my glasses when I’m using the computer.

Posted by JimK at 02:12 AM on November 16, 2004
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Categories: Other,  Personal

One at a time, Fates, one at a time

I think after the Fates managed to get Yassir, they got a little greedy.

Mahmoud Abbas, the temporary successor to Yasser Arafat, escaped unharmed Sunday when militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for the deceased Palestinian leader, killing two security guards and wounding six other people.

Slow down, slow down.  All in good time.  We don’t have to see all of these murdering thug bastards dead in the same week.

Posted by JimK at 11:59 AM on November 15, 2004
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Categories: The Middle East

Iran is a very honest country

OK, show of hands:

Who believes Iran is actually suspending their uranium enrichment program?

Posted by JimK at 09:56 AM on November 15, 2004
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Categories: The Middle East

Eggs-actly?  How punny

Get it?  Egg on his face!

THE yolk’s on Clinton political guru James Carville — who shocked everyone on “Meet the Press” yesterday morning by smashing a raw egg on his head.

The point?

To dramatize the fact that he had egg on his face after wrongly predicting that Democrat John Kerry was going to win the presidential election.

“Meet the Press” host Tim Russert and Republican strategist Mary Matalin, who is Carville’s wife, jumped out of the way to keep from being drenched by the flying egg white.

Carville — known as the Ragin’ Cajun for his fiery partisanship — predicted Kerry would get 52 percent of the vote and President Bush 47 percent.

That projection was really scrambled because, in the end, the final tally turned out to be eggs-actly the opposite of the eventual vote tally.

OK, the Post’s monumentally bad pun aside, Carville was a good sport.  This image is going to haunt him forever, but he did it anyway.

Posted by JimK at 08:01 AM on November 15, 2004
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Categories: Entertainment,  Politics

Pat Tillman honored

I missed saying something for the Marine Corps anniversary and Veteran’s Day because I wasn’t feeling too good, but I’m not letting this pass

Denver Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer was among about 50 former Arizona State teammates of Pat Tillman who gathered Saturday night to help the school retire the fallen soldier’s No. 42 jersey in a halftime ceremony.

Members of Tillman’s family were also on hand for the second such tribute at Sun Devil Stadium, during Arizona State’s home finale against Washington State. The NFL’s Arizona Cardinals retired Tillman’s jersey at their home opener on Sept. 19.

“He would be the first one to appreciate us all having a beer on his behalf,” Plummer said at a pregame gathering. “We’re all here paying tribute to him because we loved him dearly, and we miss him.”

The Military Order of the Purple Heart—made up of those wounded in battle—presented its initial Pat Tillman Patriot Award to his widow, Marie, as the Arizona State band spelled out USA.

The former teammates, some of them in tears, formed a half-circle at the 42-yard line as the Arizona State band formed the number 42 and a framed jersey was unveiled. Washington State players wore a “PT 42” decal on their helmets.

I’m very glad to see that he wasn’t forgotten as just a media story.  Tillman was someone who the more you learn about him the more you realize he’s worth learning about.

RIP, Ranger.

Posted by JimK at 12:21 AM on November 15, 2004
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Categories: War,  U.S. Military

G4 can suck a fat one

Another network goes off the deep end.

Well I’ve officially been let go… along with a bunch of other people from TSS and three other shows.  Kevin and Sarah are the only ones left on screen and I don’t know what they are planning to do with them.  The Screen Savers as you know it is GONE!  We were rounded up today at 11am and told to be out of the office at 3pm… very smooth… So I wanted to take this time to say, Thank you… thank you to all of you who gave me the chance to enter your living rooms five days a week and try my best to make you smile.  You, the fans of TSS, really made me feel like a million bucks.  I know it was hard for some of you to see Patrick go, but I really appreciate you all giving me a chance.  I just wish I could have more time to get to know you all…

It has been one of the best experiences of my life… Thank you…

- Alex Albrecht

PS - I love you all… Kevin, Sarah, Dan, Yoshi, Joshua, Scott, Robert “the man”, Tom, Teresa, Sean, Prager, Jeff, Adam, Paul, Ron, The Crew and everyone else involved in the show…

Well, that’s it for me.  I refuse to watch a network that would ignore what I want to see.  Not to mention how sleazy it is to migrate people from San Francisco to Los Angeles just t fire them.

Posted by JimK at 11:58 PM on November 12, 2004
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Categories: Entertainment,  The Fourth Estate

CBS has lost their minds

I’m baffled.

CBS News has axed a news producer who cut into prime-time programming Wednesday night to report the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

The staffer, a female senior producer for CBS’s overnight newscast Up to the Minute, broke in to CSI: N.Y. shortly before 11 p.m. with the report, outraging viewers who missed the end of the crime drama.

CBS apologized for the interruption Thursday, saying an “overly aggressive” staffer “jumped the gun on a report that should have been offered to local stations for their late news.”

Waitaminutehere.

CBS’ news department works for five years on a story dedicated to trying to destroy the reputation of the man serving as POTUS.  In an effort to sway an election, they rush to air with forged documents they had not vetted and were warned against using by their own experts.  Dan Rather, allegedly one of the most trusted newsmen in the world before this incident (if you weren’t paying attention), goes on the OFFENSIVE and refuses to admit a problem long after the documents are proved to be frauds, and to this very day we still have no satisfactory explanation for the entire mess.

But the fired a news producer instantly and apologized for kicking the last four minutes of CSI: N.Y.?

WHAT THE HELL?

WHAT PLANET DO THEY LIVE ON?

P.A. Yes I do feel a little better.  Enough to be outraged and astounded at this ridiculousness, anyway.

Posted by JimK at 10:11 PM on November 12, 2004
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Categories: The Federal Government

Sick…

A couple of days ago, I got some bad food.  I’m still feeling awful.  Guess I’m getting that break after all, only it’s not exactly relaxing or anything.  I’ll be back as soon as my head and stomach stop spinning.

Posted by JimK at 03:01 PM on November 11, 2004
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Categories: Personal