Hats Off!
This day in history:
1955 -- Elvis Presley makes his television debut on the regionally telecast "The
Louisiana Hayride."
Eric Scheske
iPope
I still don't have an i-Pod, even though I've been downloading from iTunes for
over a year now. But this does it: if the Pope has one
[http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0601282.htm], I'm gettin' one,
especially since Apple
Brews You Can Use
I'm not much of a Sunday drinker, but I can't hold this story back until Friday.
Plus, I might need some booze to get me through the Academy Awards. From Britain
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4752164.stm]:
> A distillery on a
Found It!
I saw this in a story at the Toronto Star:
[http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1141426212286&call_page=TS_EditorialOpinion&call_pageid=968256290204&call_pagepath=Editorial/Opinion&pubid=968163964505]
Brokeback Mountain's box
Something for Sunday Morning
> Your chief enemies are the bodily desires and foolish fears which the corruption
of human nature stirs up in your heart, and which would stifle your desire for
the love of God and take full possession of your heart.
Walter Hilton
Brokeback Blunder?
David Mills at Mere Comments discusses Brokeback's box office brokenness
[http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2006/03/declining_broke.html].
Excerpt:
> According to Newsweek magazine, once a film is nominated for Best Picture it
normally means “big box-office increases.”
> Last year “Million Dollar Baby” realized
A Few Good Muslims
David Warren congratulates a handful of intelligent Muslims who are challenging
their religion's fanatics [http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/index.php?artID=578]
. It takes courage and resilience. Excerpt from conclusion:
> Since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, many thousand other barbaric
acts have been
Ethical Hybrids
From Bainbridge [http://www.professorbainbridge.com/2006/03/cars_and_stars.html]
:
> There's been a persistent rumor here in Hollywood (I live less than a mile from
the Kodak Theater) that there's a fenced off parking lot where the stars swap
their luxury SUVs for
Gay Skating Cowboys Video
Just after the Olympics, just before the biggest round of Brokeback gushfest
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkp9OXAVD88&search=%22a%20little%20less%20conversation%22]
.
Real Simpsons
> Makers of the hit cartoon The Simpsons have a filmed the show's opening titles
using real actors.
> In the hit viral going around the world we get to see what Bart, Homer, Marg,
Lisa and Maggie would look like if they were humans.
Link [http://www.