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The screaming begins! And the show I love, love, love, is starting out in my old home, Seattle. I’m going to try to liveblog this one, too. Very boring for you, but fun for me, so deal. AHHHHH! The sundial from the top of Gasworks Hill is the starting point. When Phil is on screen explaining the rules, my old neighborhood is just over his left shoulder, at the end of the high metal bridge. In other words, “I can see my condo from here.” And we’re off. Racearoundtheworld! Many legs, no hints. 8 elimination point pitstops. And in this…
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Immortal DVD | Movie and TV Reviews | SCI FI Weekly Oh, lucky day. I was channel surfing just now and stumble onto the opening credits of tonight’s SciFi.com “scinema” feature, Immortal. Struck by the oddity of just one character so far being played by a fully human actor, and most others with some sort of weird CGI overlay, I decided to record it and see what happens. So far, there’s ripoffs of concepts from the original Stargate movie (Egyptian gods emerging from sarcophagi), stylistic nods to Blade Runner, the Fifth Element, the European science fiction magazine Heavy Metal, and…
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Okay, this is weird. A consultant for my corporate client has gone missing. We didn’t book his travel, so we don’t have access to his records, so we don’t know if he’s checked in for his flight home today. The office where he was consulting has mobilized to try to find him; apparently he had a problem all week with finding his way around and kept getting hopelessly lost. Someone was to lead him to the airport earlier this morning, but he took off on his own without waiting for her, and hasn’t been heard from. Hasn’t returned his rental…
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5 years ago, the skies over America were silent – no commercial flights, no private planes, and nothing flying other than birds and the occasional jet fighter on patrol over major cities like Chicago. I will never forget the leaden feeling of dread and grief that I carried around with me those first few days and weeks. During the nation-wide “flight hold,” it was hard to sleep at night, because the familiar roar of jets overhead on their way into and out of O’Hare was absent. The lack of something that I had previously found mildly annoying made for long,…
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National Public Radio has a page up with details and audio clips from last night’s excellent “The Price of Security” documentary and town hall meeting, hosted by Ted Koppel. The town hall was live, and was simulcast on public radio stations. Here’s the detail page: NPR : Ted Koppel: ‘The Price of Security’ It includes audio of the entire simulcast, plus highlight clips. One of the 9/11 family members, Marilynn Rosenthal, really hit the nail on the head last night about how language is being used to frame the debate about security, civil liberties, and even whether we’re in a…
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Madrid bans too-thin models from catwalk – Yahoo! News MADRID (AFP) – Excessively skinny fashion models will be barred from a major Madrid fashion show later this month for fear they could send the wrong message to young Spanish girls, local media reported. That’s all very well, but when will Japan get around to banning fashion models who wear shoes on their heads? That would be fashion-forward indeed. Alert the Manolo! Bad fashion alert!
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Sometimes when WBEZ has a little space to fill in, they play some nice, non-jazz music or an interesting audio file. This can happen between shows, or sometimes within one that goes to station break for long enough to play a song or two. Music is selected by Jim Nader, who is also responsible for inflicting The Annoying Music Show on an unsuspecting world. He produces Magnificent Obsession: True Stories of Recovery, which airs at a terribly early time Sunday mornings, but that is extremely worthy of a listen for the moving tales of addiction and redemption, and for the…
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Sometimes when WBEZ has a little space to fill in, they play some nice, non-jazz music or an interesting audio file. This can happen between shows, or sometimes within one that goes to station break for long enough to play a song or two. Music is selected by Jim Nader, who is also responsible for inflicting The Annoying Music Show on an unsuspecting world. He produces Magnificent Obsession: True Stories of Recovery, which airs at a terribly early time Sunday mornings, but that is extremely worthy of a listen for the moving tales of addiction and redemption, and for the…