Stay In The Womb, *** Bless America,

I was browsing new e-mails and came across this line at the bottom of the monthly Myspace Newsletter.

“The Onion, America’s Finest News Source, now allows you to view groundbreaking video clips and listen to hard-hitting radio reports on MySpace, and for the old-fashioned paragraph aficionados, The Onion even offers news articles. Get the world’s best reporting without leaving the womb-like confines of MySpace!”

Am I supposed to be happy that Myspace is womb-like? *sideways glance*

It Takes an Eagle Scout … to Protect Faith in the People’s House – HUMAN EVENTS
This is a fascinating story about the government trying to take God out of our history. Last time I checked, history censorship was a really bad idea. But I also want to say something about the deeper impact of this story: why it’s happening, what I think it means, etc.
I don’t want my money to say “In No One We Trust”. How does a government promise freedom of religion if the government is one particular religion? But I don’t think that a reminder of our country’s history inspires any but the most insipid to convert to that religion. Thusly, this is just another front in liberalism war on diversity and equality. Oh sorry, did I say “war on”? I meant “war for”. It’s just so damned hard to nail a liberal to one view. }:-p

West Side Story Injuries (Detail)

Thursday night (3 performances left) during the opening number, I started a move, went up on my left toe and came down to a crouched position….when I did, something popped in my left knee….the choreography had me jumping back up a half second later (longest half second of my life), but the damage was done. I made it through the rest of the show alright and saw the chiropractor in the morning. Luckily I had just hyper-extended it, so the muscles were a little stiff, but prone to damage, so I did the next show with a knee brace. Then during that show, I bruised my right thumb during “Cool” (I have to support myself/push myself up with my hands during the show and I did it wrong). I saw the chiropractor again the morning after, but there was very little to do except ice it and use it as little as possible. So now here I am, missing a show that went really well until closing weekend. Oh well…it was still a great experience and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. And now I’ve got my own West Side horror story!

Other Things
I came up with a really great analogy today. It’s political and probably controversial, but I’m going to share it anyways. My dad told me about a CNN reporter who said something really…you have to read this for yourself.

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour says that President Bush is the main cause of Islamic extremism worldwide.

Of course, this is from Rush Limbaugh, so I will be the first (as the poster) to question the bias. If however, she really did say this and this is what she believes, I have a comparable analogy of some merit. If President Bush is the main cause of Islamic extremism worldwide, then William Shatner is the main cause of Star Trek extremism worldwide. Trying to pin a worldwide movement on just one person has very little merit as it is, but this is ridiculous. President Bush and William Shatner were just doing their jobs (I will not accept arguments about Bush…I’m broad-stroking the reality of his job-performance)…they’re not responsible for the extremism movement.

And that’s about all the other news I have…I’ll be posting reviews of my weekend, after it happens, but it promises to be a rollicking good time. Friday night I’m seeing The Bill Handel Extravaganza at The Grove in Anaheim, Saturday night I’m seeing John Williams with some orchestra and the Irvine Ampitheatre and Sunday night I’m going to see my friend Luke Adams as the Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in San Diego’s Balboa Park! Enjoy your week/weekend and see you around!

Ted Kennedy En Espanol

I can’t really put into words how much disappointment I have in America that Ted Kennedy is still a US senator. Even more proof that he’s unqualified for his post, he recently went on Piolin Por La Manana, a Spanish radio program (I’m told that Piolin’s immigration status is still in question) and sang part of Jalisco No Te Rajes. Want to hear him slaughter Spanish? Here’s the YouTube link. The following is lyrics and translations (roughly) that I found online.

Title: Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes

Title: Ay! Jalisco don’t break your promise

Ay! Jalisco, Jalisco, Jalisco,

Tu tienes tu novia que es Guadalajara,

You have your sweetheart who is Guadalajara,

Muchacha bonita, la perla mas rara de todo Jalisco es mi Guadalajara.

Pretty girl, the rarest pearl of all Jalisco is my Guadalajara.

Ay! Jalisco no te rajes

Ay! Jalisco don’t break your promise

Me sale del alma gritar con color

with all my soul I want to shout

Abrir todo el pecho pa’echar este grito

baring my heart to let it out

Que lindo es Jalisco, palabra de honor

How beautiful is Jalisco, word of honor

Now here’s a fun trip. The 2nd part of the song is also used in The Three Caballeros song from the Disney film.

Hellboy Animated Statuette, 43 Folders Meets GTD and Dragon Validation

Pre-Order your Sideshow Exclusive Hellboy Character Key now!
OOOO! I wish I wasn’t poor with no place to display this… :(

43 Folders podcasts with Getting Things Done author David Allen – Boing Boing
Not all interruptions are a bad thing? Like this blog? :p

Mike Davidson – Drag N’ Validate
Mighty powerful dreams….never out of reach….ok fine, I have no idea what they’re talking about. Leave me alone! :p

Strippers Are Physics Majors, Get Paid For Your VLogs and Danny Elfman/Marilyn Manson MadLibs

ScoreKeeper Re: Marilyn Manson Interviewing Danny Elfman & Manson’s Cover Of NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS Tunes!! — AICN
I refuse to pay for the entire soundtrack all over again, so I will be downloading this deliciousness.

Physics of pole-dancing – Boing Boing
HAHAHAHAH!

Sixapart launches Vox, new social media-stuff sharing service – Boing Boing
Very cool….share the web…connect it up…plug it all together and mash it up!

Scott Holleran: Gibson Rambles, ‘Nightmare’ Recurs, ‘Queen’ Reigns
Poor Mel Gibson…but as long as he keeps making good movies, I’ll ignore his insanity.

‘Prestige’ Rises to the Top, ‘Flags’ Lags
Yay Prestige! Such a fascinating looking movie.

Scary Stories
Yay Google for collecting all these. But where’s Goosebumps? :p

Call for Help: Sync bookmarks between IE and Firefox?
A common problem…if only Google had a solution…

Digital Video: Get paid for your video
I may have to try this out….get me some positive cashflow for a change…lol

Mozilla rebuts Firefox 2 bug reports | CNET News.com
Of course they would….they wouldn’t be a good company if they didn’t….

Explaining Marmaduke, VR/RC Interface Pioneer, Uwe Boll Boxes

Moriarty’s DVD Shelf! New Release Tuesday for September 26th!! — AICN
The Notorious Bettie Paige! I was interested in seeing that – go Gretchen Mol!

Uwe SMASH!! — AICN
At least he gave us a chance to stand up for ourselves…

First production stills come out for HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, including a look at Umbridge!!! — AICN
OOO! Pretty….

Marmaduke comics explained – Boing Boing
This is hysterical. Because Marmaduke’s antics REALLY need to be elaborated on :D

Guy uses VR goggles to pilot RC plane – Boing Boing
Freaking sweet!

Homeland Security relaxes liquid on planes rules – Boing Boing
Well that’s good….sheesh…

Scary Russian warning sign – Boing Boing
Because everyone needs one of these…

Art Spiegelman’s memoir in cartoon form – Boing Boing
Yay! Spiegelman rules!

Secure your checked bags — fly with a gun – Boing Boing
Wow. Just wow. It makes so much sense.

Around the World Roundup: ‘Perfume’ Wafts Past ‘Pirates’
Oh well….

Poisioning Pigeons in the…Bank?

Newsvine – Falling, Dead Pigeons Mar City Festival
Ha! Where’s Tom Lehrer when you need him?

The Fix | Salon Arts & Entertainment| Britney births a boy. A Baldwin prays for Tom Cruise’s soul.
Britney again births via C-Section…actually thinking back on her last birth via C-section I made some kind of comment that it was a weakness of her’s that required a C-section birth, but as a man I’m not really in a place to make that comment. I’m just merely pointing out the fact that she doesn’t even try for natural birth, she just demands a C-section and because she’s a celebrity she get it. But what the hell do I know…

Crichton Announces, Apple Pushes Movies Online and Steve Irwin Fans Strike Back

Steve Irwin fans turn on stingrays | The Register
We shall have our REVENGE!!!! Hi-larious…

Newsvine – Sen. Feingold Faults Bush’s War Language
Is he right? Has he read the Koran? Of what am I saying, he’s a democratic liberal, of course he completely understands the Muslim people. It’s a shame the book I’m reading (which highlights the approved Koran) points out that the Koran is a very dark and violent history of a dark and violent man who did basically whatever he wanted because “God told him to.” How many pyschos with that mentality have we put away?

Son Gets Marijuana for Doing Homework
Uh huh. Great rewards program at that house…sheesh.

Beijing Big Brother gets bigger | The Register
Something’s wrong with China…I’m glad Wikipedia had the guts to stand up to them, unlike Google and Yahoo…I’ve flipped sides, but mostly I think the position I took when Google caved was based on my lack of information/understanding…

Boing Boing: Tiny hand-painted metal people photographed in London
Ha ha!

BetaNews | Windows Sever ‘Longhorn’ Updated
Yeesh! I remember when Longhorn was Vista…oh well. At least they keep chugging along towards the next big release!

Newsvine – Calderon Wants Mexico Ballots Preserved
Why does preserving the ballots instill confidence in the people? Then again, I don’t understand how Mexico even stands up in the morning…it’s so corrupted and bloated it should just lie in bed.

Newsvine – Crichton to Release `Next’ in November
Can’t wait…too excited…love Crichton’s books. But wait, he criticizes fears of global warming and President Bush loves him? Is this political hackery or is it genuine? Who cares! I love the guy for blowing down global warming fears. State of Fear was an awesome book.

Newsvine – Study: Gulf War Syndrome Doesn’t Exist
Post-tramatic stress disorder used to be shell shock. Language is killing us…

Live from the Steve Jobs Keynote — “It’s Showtime” – Engadget
Pretty interesting walkthrough…will be interesting to see how people react to the movie downloading phenomenon (Newsvine). If you’re hungry for more photos, here’s the CNET news story.

Microsoft delivers ‘Save as PDF’ add-on | CNET News.com
It’s about damn time!!!!

Boing Boing: Wikipedia founder debates Britannica editor-in-chief
A glorious day for battle!