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Test of ECTO and YouTube video

By • Nov 18th, 2006 • Category: Computers, Misc, On The Web, Pop Culture, Software, the Site, the Weirdo

Another test for Ecto. This time for YouTube Video…. _as14BYmeCI Looks like it’s going to work…..



MMMMMM….More ballots!

By • Dec 28th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., River City, the Weirdo

I keep telling you all that zombies really do exist. Over the weekend, Harvey added maps of the deceased voters’ locations. He’s also posted a list of names and other data on his campaign website. Now will you believe me???? [Vote or Die (and we’ll vote for you)] Technorati Tags: politics, humor, Memphis



Merry Christmas from Chewbacca and someone with way too much time on their hands

By • Dec 26th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

You need a little fair warning before you click on the link though. It is…..UM…..noisy. [Chewbacca sings!] Technorati Tags: chistmas, starwars



Vincent Schiavelli has Died

By • Dec 26th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, Prayer for the Dead

Now, I’m not going to get all sentimental and say anything like “I grew up with Vincent Schiavelli”, but I can say he has played a big part of the movie entertainment experience in my life. I remember well his roles ranging from the recovering coffee addict science teacher in Fast Times at Ridgemont High [...]



Taliban Leader Threatens Suicide Attacks

By • Dec 26th, 2005 • Category: News, the Ranter

Desperate times call for desperate measures. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A top Taliban commander said more than 200 rebel fighters were willing to become suicide attackers against U.S. forces and their allies %u2014 a claim dismissed as propaganda Monday by Afghanistan’s government, which said the hardline militia was weakening. I would have to agree. They are [...]



Arroyo wish: Less red tape

By • Dec 26th, 2005 • Category: The Philippines, the Ranter

In a phone interview with the Inquirer, Gonzalez said President Macapagal-Arroyo called a Cabinet meeting on Friday and told her officials that she wanted to cut red tape to make the government more responsive and attuned to the needs of the poor. LOL! You know what? If Kayne West said something to the effect of [...]



New Year’s Day 2006: delayed by a second

By • Dec 26th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

Well, I was getting all excited at the extra second of sleep I would be getting. I realized thought that midnight CUT is six PM here in Nashville. Oh well. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Get ready for a minute with 61 seconds. Scientists are delaying the start of 2006 by the first “leap second” in seven [...]



Blalock To Guest Star on Lost – My Theory

By • Dec 24th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Geek

Dark Horizons is reporting a rumor from E! Online that Jolene Blalock of “Enterprise” fame will star in an episode of ABC’s hit series “Lost.” Blalock was originally slated to guest star in the second episode of the season in a Sawyer (Josh Holloway) backstory. Instead the episode was swapped for a Michael (Harold Perrineau [...]



Wife of Joel Osteen Asked to Leave Plane

By • Dec 21st, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

Now see, if Protestant ministers were required to be celibate, this kind of thing wouldn’t happen. HOUSTON – The wife of the pastor of the nation’s largest church was asked to leave a plane after she failed to comply with a flight attendant’s instructions, the FBI said Tuesday. Houston Lakewood Church pastor Joel Osteen, his [...]



Apple adds ABC’s “Commander in Chief” to iTunes

By • Dec 20th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

Adding to its growing list of available television shows on the iTunes Music Store, Apple on Tuesday announced the addition of ABC’s popular series Commander in Chief. Commander in Chief, which features Geena Davis as the first female President of the United States, will sell for $1.99 and joins other ABC shows “Desperate Housewives,” “Lost,” [...]



Misa de Gallo, a tradition in the Philippines

By • Dec 20th, 2005 • Category: Catholic stuff, the Church, The Philippines

MISA DE GALLO or the nine-day Simbang Gabi (dawn Mass) is an occasion for Filipinos to strengthen their spirituality and bond as family and to enjoy the scents, sights, sounds and taste of Christmas. In northern and Central Luzon, various traditions, including a nine-day novena, accompany the celebration of the Simbang Gabi. I’ve heard a [...]



Right Minded — Conservative Commentary from Mark A. Rose

By • Dec 16th, 2005 • Category: On The Web, Politics

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen in my life…. “Germany was not behind 12/7″….. That’s awesome….. [Right Minded -- Conservative Commentary from Mark A. Rose] Technorati Tags: politics



Alleged pope incarnate excommunicated

By • Dec 15th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., Satan Laughs

A Roman Catholic bishop here has excommunicated members of a communal sect whose leader allegedly claims to be a manifestation of the late Pope John Paul II. Sect leader Edwin Gonzalez Concepcion and his followers can no longer receive communion or participate in church activities, according to the order issued by Mayaguez Bishop Ulises Casiano [...]



Man lying on Nashville railroad tracks killed by train

By • Dec 15th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., Prayer for the Dead

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nashville fire department officials say a man lying on a railroad track has been killed by a train. Department spokesman Charles Shannon says it isn’t clear why the victim was on the rails when the C-S-X train passed over him. The Nashville police department and the medical examiner’s office are investigating the incident [...]



Mirror mirror on the wall

By • Dec 14th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Geek

…who has the best idea for a Star Trek movie of them all? The Canmag.com Web site reported a rumor that William Shatner is one of the former Star Trek captains who would appear in a proposed new Trek movie set in the “mirror” universe. Citing an anonymous source, the site reported that a script [...]



Coup attempt rumors sweep through Philippines

By • Dec 14th, 2005 • Category: The Philippines

Rumors of a fresh coup attempt swept through the Philippines on Wednesday after a captain charged of leading a failed 2003 mutiny escaped from court and a former defense chief declared himself the leader of an interim government preparing to replace President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Let’s hope so. Suzette was showing me a website the other [...]



Free Enterprise 2 – I can’t wait

By • Dec 14th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Geek

The good news is that they’re making a sequel to Free Enterprise. The bad news it that Spock won’t be in it. This movie was a brilliant spoof of life as a SciFi geek. It was a special treat for those of us growing up in the eighties when SciFi hit it really big. I’m [...]



God favors a fool and her unborn child

By • Dec 14th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., ProLife, the Ranter

SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. – Pregnant skydiver Shayna Richardson has survived a face-first plunge into the ground. Richardson, 21, of Joplin, Mo., was making her first solo jump in Siloam Springs, Ark., on Oct. 9 when her main parachute failed and her reserve chute didn’t fully deploy. What? WHAT!?!?!? She was pregnant and she went up [...]



It’s over for Tookie

By • Dec 13th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., ProLife, the Ranter

I really have mixed feelings on this. SAN QUENTIN, Calif. – Convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang co-founder whose case stirred a national debate about capital punishment versus the possibility of redemption, was executed Tuesday morning. On the one had, I really don’t understand why in a country with our wealth and resources [...]



Al Sharpton wants his own sitcom

By • Dec 5th, 2005 • Category: Pop Culture, the Weirdo

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – He has led civil rights marches, scolded the nation’s leaders and even run for president, but the Rev. Al Sharpton now wants to do something completely different — star in his own television sitcom. And what Al Sharpton wants, Al Sharpton gets. I have to admit though that this is not [...]