Month: September 2004

[DNC Banner] Although I’ve made no attempt at hiding my political views, in a case of pre-debate jitters, I report an article that appeared in the electronic version of The New Republic. I think it says it all. Hero Worship by Noam Scheiber Post date: 09.30.04 Issue date: 10.11.04 Paul O’Neill probably knew what to expect…

I read this morning on The New York Observer that there are 17 year-olds getting Botox injections. Where are we going?????? Oh, and what about the “dermatologists” agreeing to give the procedure. I’m including a quote from the article, which I recommend to all: “Dr. Sobel isn’t the only doctor getting requests for forehead freezing by teenage girls. Dr. Adam…

Branson unveils public space flights From correspondents in London September 27, 2004 BRITISH airline magnate Sir Richard Branson announced a plan Monday for the world’s first commercial space flights, saying “thousands” of fee-paying astronauts could be sent into orbit in the near future. Sir Richard’s Virgin Atlantic airline has signed a technology licensing deal with…

  As recently as this evening, I am completely convinced the world is coming to an end because of our continual stupidity! Following are excerpts from various news sources…have a look, see if you agree with me. A woman in Australia has filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s Australia claiming that she suffered a loss of libido after biting into…

So the debates have been agreed upon. Unfortunately, they will only feature the two icons of the American political dichotomy: George W. Bush and John F. Kerry. Sad. True. Will Americans gain insight from the spectacle? Will these be informative programs? No. They will be pure entertainment. Most people will be tuning in for the…

Well, I’m just a little miffed about this…did you all hear. A gem of a movie being *remade* with Susan Sarandon and Jennifer Lopez. I’m so upset I can’t continue writing, because I would risk slamming my PowerBook and hurting it. And then I would have to send it away to California to be fixed.  Grr, grr. 

Joy! Joy! Joy! Just learned that the trilogy is out on DVD. Today. All is well and my relationship with H’wood (see previous post) is on the mend.  “Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi…

His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, a continual and countless source of inspiration. Om Mani Padme Hung. 

I feel this incredible pressure, as I browse blogs, especially when I notice so much writing than in mine. Perhaps blogging is not for me. I feel compelled to write in this moment as much as any, perhaps out of boredom (not really), perhaps out of envy (maybe), perhaps because I feel the need to…

I feel this incredible pressure, as I browse blogs, especially when I notice so much writing than in mine. Perhaps blogging is not for me. I feel compelled to write in this moment as much as any, perhaps out of boredom (not really), perhaps out of envy (maybe), perhaps because I feel the need to…