Drew’s Blog-O-Rama: The Movie Blog That Other Movie Blogs Beat Up After School roars back from the undead with some hot, fresh snark on various topics. Thank God for Bloglines or I might have missed it. One interesting question raised: is Russell Crowe’s new movie tanking because people are boycotting it, or because it sucks? This seems like a good excuse to screw around with Blogpolling again. Watch for a new poll later today. I remember seeing a “quirky” news item last week where movie theaters were offering a money-back guarantee to filmgoers who see Cinderella Man and don’t come…
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BBC NEWS | Americas | US Church backs same-sex marriage The UCC (United Church of Christ) has passed a resolution in support of gay marriage. It’s a “mainline” denomination – mostly of the Congregational flavor. They’re running the well-received “God is still speaking, you’re welcome here” ads. My own national church will be running some pretty cool ads in August. Yay us! The mainline churches are starting to take that light out from under the bushel at last. But we still have to get over the general ickiness of talking to people about church stuff. I’m as guilty of this…
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I’ve been slowly getting more photos online from the recent trip to Washington State – some more Folk Life pictures are up on my Flickr site. I’ve got a lot more to add to both the gallery page and to Flickr, I hope by the end of this week.
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Oh, this is truly funny. I got a lot of fake "your computer has been compromised and is being used to send spam" emails. Why do I know they are fake? Here's a typical "alert." Dear user of midrange.com, Your email account has been used to send a huge amount of junk e-mail during this week. Obviously, your computer was compromised and now runs a trojaned proxy server. Please follow instruction in order to keep your computer safe. Sincerely yours, The midrange.com support team. Obviously, someone thinks they're being devious, because not so obviously, my husband David IS the midrange…
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It’s kind of hard to tell in this photo, but the big jug of “Ausom Aussie” BBQ sauce has a handwritten warning that says says “HOT HOT HOT HOT!”. David and I and our friends Joe, Lisa, and their son Anthony went to Naperville yesterday for Ribfest, a big barbecue and music festival. I didn’t realize when we got on the grounds how big it was and how many different booths there were for different permutations of slow-grilled ribs, pulled pork sandwiches, and lots of other “food booth” fare. It wasn’t actually that hot a day, but there was no…
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Google has added a new search category – in addition to Science, Entertainment, and Health, you can now search for news pertaining to Make Poverty History . Google News – MakePovertyHistory
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Mozillas and Gnus attack IE! Aiyee! If you click it, they will come. Eventually, Bill pops up in panic mode. Via the fabbleous Boing Boing, natch.
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Ironically, by overreaching with the state marriage amendments, the right wing may have provided the gay movement and progressives with an ideal starting point for just such a campaign. By showing the sheer number of households affected by such broad constitutional amendments, progressives can demonstrate just how narrow and extremist the pro-marriage agenda is. Defense of marriage amendments not only enshrine discrimination against gays and lesbians in state constitutions; they also severely curtail the freedom of intimate association exercised by Americans in nonmarried households–gay and straight alike. Indeed, a recent decision by a federal judge striking down Nebraska’s defense of…
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I ran across the following via Neat New Stuff: Are rescue workers in your town trained to deal with car crashes that involve hybrid cars? These new “green” cars could endanger untrained rescue workers if they unknowingly cut through electrical lines that could still be hot. A couple of interesting links: 500-volt hybrid vehicles pose electrocution risk to emergency workers A State Farm article, and eventually a link to a safety video is here. We’re enjoying driving the Ford Escape Hybrid, but it’s true that your typical EMT or rescue personnel won’t know very much about the risks and techniques…
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Adrian Paul to executive produce Highlander 5 The Highlander fan list, HIGHLA-L, has been batting this dead pony around in a desultory way for a couple of weeks now. Actually, discussion has been revitalized in the last month, with actual stuff to discuss, whether on-topic or not. It’s been nice to see some old friends ride up on their trusty steeds (which can be any sort of mammal, not excluding cows, ferrets, and wombats). However, the Dead Pony Regiment has been having the most fun pooh-poohing the thought of another Highlander movie sequel, because they’re sure it’ll be screwed up.…