Archive - Jan 2008

I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way, but I am absolutely in shock over the death of Heath Ledger. I've read numerous articles over the past couple days, some I believe more than others, but sadly the reality is that Ledger was a secret, broken man. Who knew? Yet another reminder (as if Britney's public dramas as of late haven't been enough) that this kind of glitzy lifestyle isn't all it's cracked up to be. Here is the latest article from the Associated Press: Police Sort Out Clues Into Ledger's Death .

We're in the midst of another award season, and with the Academy announcing their official Oscar nominations tomorrow night, I figured now would be a good time to post my long overdue entertainment (read: movies) blog. So, without further ado:

I'll start by correcting the Golden Globes' mistakes, that is selecting my own best movies and performances.

After spending a few hours blowing time on YouTube or Wikipedia or any other number of sites that people blow time on, I like to take a shower. It makes me feel filthy.

Just a quick observation.

As I punched in the MSNBC url on my browser (I certainly and unequivocally recommend Firefox), I skimmed over the big headline:

"Saddam's Party Welcomed Back in Iraq"

Underneath that, in the related box:

"Bush: 'Hope' Returning to Baghdad"

I didn't think about it at first. I just went along.

"Wait. What?!?" I thought to myself (I may have said it aloud, I was pretty shocked). "Bush regards the return of the Baath party as a sign of hope for Baghdad?" That seemed a bit counterintuitive, to say the least, so I read on.

“For better or for worse, we have become the Facebook generation,” Cornell University student Erica Fink wrote in an article for The Cornell Daily Sun in April. The article was written in response to the way students utilized Facebook after the tragedy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute the day before.