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Wow, and I kinda thought my paranoid concerns about America turning into a military/industrial complex (like the Empire in Star Wars) were unfounded. Sadly, I was wrong. According to CNN.com: The Army is considering a proposal to allow a private developer to build a military-themed park that would include Cobra Gunship rides and bars including a '1st Division Lounge.' Seriously, how else will The Army be able to breed a new generation of Storm Troopers? Unrelated fun: check out Chad Vader, Day Shift Manager.

When I was a kid, we drove cars that ran on gasoline, I shit you not.

Finally, someone has figured out a way to put electric cars on the road fast, and en masse. From an article in Wired Magazine, this guy, Agassi, (no relation to the tennis player, I presume) is setting the whole system up in Israel right now in cahoots with automaker, Renault. The company's called Better Place, and its idea is based on the cellphone business model where you subsidize the cost of the car, and then charge people only for the cost of the electricity they use (kinda like buying "minutes").

Ben Stein is dead (to me).

It was bad enough that he supported Bush's black/white view of world politics. And that he supported George W. Bush's handling of Katrina. And that, in hindsight, he finally admitted that the Iraq War was/is a disaster.

How to screw your satellite or cable company out of $10 a month.

As long-time readers know (are there any of those?), I hate paying AT&T any more than I absolutely have to. (Especially now that the company jacked up my DSL bill just "because it can...") Still, I wanted to get High-Definition programming somehow without paying them another $10/mo. for the privilege...

Spoiler Alert: The villain in the new Star Trek movie is physicist, Enrico Fermi.

We just got back from watching J.J. Abrams latest effort, Star Trek, and enjoyed ourselves for the most part. Casting, I thought, was particularly inspired (although I did fully expect Spock to point his finger at one of the aliens' heads, make an incision and take his super-power). The acting was also far more nuanced than that of the original series, largely due to the absence of William Shatner. And, of course, the special effects were top-notch, not surprising since the movie cost almost as much as the Republic of Kiribati's GDP (it did, look it up). However, we did have a few issues with the plot afterward. One issue in particular could destroy all science fiction as you know it.

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Gilroy, CA: At least we were safe from vampires.

by thecroz | November 10, 2003 - 8:19am

Do you like garlic? I mean, really like garlic? I mean, like it so much you don't mind people gagging at your mere scent? Would you bathe in the stuff if you could? Then you've got to go to Gilroy, California. It is in the middle of nowhere (southeast of San Jose) and home of America's premier and darn near ONLY garlic resources. And guess what? They have a festival. Yeah! A garlic festial! And we went! (Don't ask why. We were bored.) Read more »

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