"President Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, the White House announced Thursday." Well, it's not like an adviser can say, "But Mr. President, this might hurt your approval ratings." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
"Supporters of presidential candidate Ralph Nader announced they have collected more than 12,000 signatures, double the amount needed to put their candidate’s name on Nevada’s November ballot." Uh, yippee :-[ Saw a couple gathering Nader signatures outside the Thomas & Mack sports arena after a recent boxing/MMA event. - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
“Per edythe’s mention of not seeing Ratatoillie yet, let’s see your top five Pixar movies. My list without seeing Wall-E yet: 1. "Finding Nemo," 2. "Toy Story 2", 3. "The Incredibles," 4. "Toy Story," 5. "Bugs Life"”
"The contestants on Comedy Central's update of "The Gong Show" won't have to wait long to face one of TV's toughest critics, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
"Venus and Serena Williams won in straight sets Thursday to set up their third all-sister Wimbledon final and seventh Grand Slam championship matchup." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
"I truly hate going into conspiracy theory territory. …. But I can’t help but think that there’s something fishy about an unusual visit by John McCain coinciding with the rescue of 15 hostages from the Colombian FARC rebels." - Chris Reed
The distinctive Theme Building in the center of LAX is being renovated, and some are arguing that the scaffolding is actually making it look even cooler. I may agree.... "Currently, all of the stucco has been stripped away from the legs to be replaced as part of the $14 million dollar renovation." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Just don't understand when a franchise leaves a city where the team is beloved. (OK, I know my beloved Dodgers were such a case) Anyone I've ever known from Seattle lives and dies by the Sonics. Good news is the Sonics name and colors stay with Seattle, and if a franchise is added there, another will need to be added somewhere else boosting the chances for my town Las Vegas. "As a result, the SuperSonics are headed to Oklahoma City with Bennett leading the way, leaving behind the team name, colors and 41 years of history." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Yeah, this whole process has just left a really bad taste in the Northwest - I was a Sonics fan growing up, but as we consistently got the short end of the referee stick in playoff games, I shifted my interest to college ball more out of frustration than anything else. - Jennifer Dittrich
Sorry, folks..... We need money for our schools.... But we'll keep the shrimp cocktail at 99 cents....:-) - Chris Reed
It'd be awesome if they built a hotel with slots and tables themed for different charities and causes. You could play blackjack at the Breast Cancer table and know that 10% of the take would go to breast cancer research. There could be a Las Vegas Schools table and a Rainforest table and Cardiac Slots and SETI craps tables... - Kevin Fox
I can't wait for the gambling charity wars. It's Catholic Church vs. Planned Parenthood. People throwing their empty glasses at people in the other isles. - Cyrus Lendvay
Yeah, I was thinking about RNC vs DNC. The two tables would, naturally, be on opposite sides of the aisle. - Kevin Fox
Vegas doesn't need money for schools. A large uneducated population is to the advantage of Las Vegas. The last thing they want are people that are good at math. - Kevin D. White
They're actually one of the last tourism destinations to do it. Local munis have been jumping on this all over the country. One problem. The economy. Numbers are way down .... except NY and FL - which are both drawing foreign visitors because of the decline in the dollar. - Charlie Anzman
@Kevin White: Come on... You don't want me to make stereotypes about Salt Lake City, do you? - Chris Reed
Really great news, though I really hope that McCain, who is in Colombia, doesn't somehow take credit.... "Colombia's military announced Wednesday it rescued French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans who were held hostage for years" - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
I even put ???? on my tweet, because it was like I nearly didn't believe it! Oh, such good news! - Erin Kotecki Vest
And sure enough, official government news agency (for now) Fox News gave McCain credit.... - Chris Reed
McCain link: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/... In other news, Fox claimed they would be more than willing to give Obama credit if his name had one less 'a' in it, noting that "nearly every letter in Obama's name comes from the name 'Colombia'. If not for the extra 'a' it would be clear that he played a pivotal role in Betancourt's rescue. So close." - Kevin Fox
Jeez, Brett... Let Aaron Rogers have his chance...... "With his family "tugging" on him to play, Brett Favre has an "itch" to come out of retirement and report to training camp with the Green Bay Packers later this month, according to sources close to the team and player.
Favre has communicated his potential desire to coach Mike McCarthy but talks have not advanced to a substantive stage, a Packers source said" - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Limbaugh gives his fellow right-wing commentators a group hug ... Oh, wait ...... "Of Bill O'Reilly, Zev Chavets writes, "He hadn't been sure at the time that he wanted it on the record. But on second thought, "somebody's got to say it," he told me. "The man is Ted Baxter."
Of his former fill-in and current #2 in radio, Sean Hannity, Limbaugh says, "I have no competitors. Hannity isn't even close to me."" - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
"Some sad news for animal lovers and weather followers. Mojave max, the male tortoise that lived in a special habitat out at Red Rock Canyon has died. People who looked after Max say it appears he died of natural causes.
It was believed he was approximately 65-years-old. Max was Southern Nevada's version of the groundhog Punxatawney Phil." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
:( Ever since reading 'Small Gods' by Pratchett I've had a bit of a soft spot for tortoises. Can imagine Max here popping his head out and saying 'Let there be Spring!' or 'Sod off! May you all contract socially unacceptable diseases!' - Patricia Hanrahan
That crazy polygamist cult now has an online clothing store... No word on if they're planning on opening a hairdressing studio or not where they don't ask you how you want you hair, they just know. Be afraid. Be very afraid. - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
I'm not sure which scares me more - that they're making money on these dresses, or what sort of person is ordering? I mean, Halloween costumes aside, there must be some sort of need they're addressing. - Jennifer Dittrich
"Before anyone tunes in to the men’s volleyball competition at the Beijing Olympics and notices the inevitable, the players on the United States indoor team want you to know one thing: They are mortified to wear the official shorts." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Turnabout is fair effing play - have you seen what they make female volleyball players wear? - Cecily Walker
@Cecily: You mean the underoos in public? - Chris Reed
It's still more than beach volleyball players (male or female) wear. I guess guys wear board shorts in beach volleyball. But still. - Erica Mauter
I remember when Holly McPeak got an enlargement and how much the other players mocked her for it.... - Chris Reed
I was playing basketball when this style of uniform ( http://www.thebeijinger.com/bl... ) became compulsory at state level and above in Australia. Boy, I can tell you within 2 wks of starting playing in these our crowd attendance numbers tripled! - Patricia Hanrahan
Volleyball is so much fun. I was always jealous that it was a girls only (at the competitive level) sport at my school. - RAPatton
Applications for the Dented Solar System Society begin now... "Information from Earth's first space probes to hit the thick edge of the solar system — called the heliosheath where the solar wind slows abruptly — paint a picture that is not the simple circle that astronomers long thought, according to several studies published Thursday in the journal Nature. Surprised astronomers said they will have to change their models for what the solar system looks like." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Neat... Someone spotted our module..... "It was a bit hazy and lights from the city blanked out the Milky Way, but objects brighter than the third magnitude were visible, and two of those were the TRMM and Genesis II. We’d seen TRMM (NASA’s Tropical Rainforest Measuring Mission) many times before, but the Genesis was new to us. Turns out it’s a commercial venture by Bigelow Aerospace, and was launched only recently" - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
"The Gallup/USA Today poll found that 68% of voters said they were concerned when asked whether they thought McCain would pursue "policies that are too similar to what George W. Bush has pursued." Of those, 49% said they were "very concerned."" - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
"Being the PR guy for a firm that builds space modules, you figure I get my share of crazy calls sometime. But this one toped them all.
It was a person claiming to be a psychic from Australia who wanted to warn us that aliens were coming and planning to drop pedophiles on the Beijing Olympics." - Chris Reed
Wow. I'm expecting so much more from our first extra-terrestrial encounter. If this turns out to be true, I'll have to re-think the way I think about aliens. Sad. Just sad. - Shellee
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“is gonna be hot for the holiday.. Highs in the 110s the next few days. Cool thing is we'll be able to grill the dogs on the bbq without the propane :-) ...”
"Microsoft Corp, plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Thank you for this, Chris... my 360 just died on me with the dreaded red light o' death and I can't find anywhere local (other than one guy with his own website who won't get back to me) who can fix it... I have been without for months and ALMOST bought another one over the weekend. Glad I didn't. Friendfeed can use me for the ad: "Friendfeed even saves you money!" - Rob Reed
That sounds cool; please post you experience, I might want to take the Boys - RAPatton
Today's selection was Captain Fantastic (The Elton John pinball game), some 1960s game called "Bowling Queen," I tried Hyperball again and realized why I didn't play it in the 80s, the interesting old projection game Speedway (it's the race car game you see them playing in the original Jaws) and rounded everything off with my old favorite from college, Twilight Zone. A little more crowded than usual today too, probably because of the Times story... - Chris Reed
