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Nice little quote from Mr. Goering about war. Linked off of Slashdot.

New Fast Food Craze - Cereal bar / cafe From Mr. Rollins:

You know, I wouldn't be able to step into this place without thinking of that corner of the PiKA dining room and the constant smell of bad milk.

New Weezer album drops next year. This is the Rick Rubin one. They're waiting on Rivers to finish a semester at Hahvuhd. Thanks to naj for this one.

Mel Brooks making Spaceballs II. Nuff Said. Thanks to Nino for this one.

Jack Daniels watered down from 86 to 80 proof. Damn metrosexuals. Bharath, who sent this in, points out the best part:

"You can't screw with a legend like that and get away with it," said Frank Kelly Rich, editor of Modern Drunkard magazine. "I'm sure Jack is spinning in his grave."

Good Jon Stewart interview on NPR's Fresh Air. Again, this was linked from Slashdot. I'm a 'ho.

Buy a Ferrari F1 Car. The real-deal Michael and Rubens specials. $1.8 million should get the job done. If I had $50 milion, I'd build a track, get myself a Juan, Tom a Jenson, Philippe a Kimi, and Bryan a Mark (although I guess I can probably afford that now...) and we'd see what's up. Just a thought.

Things to do with people's offices when they're away. Thanks to Stow for this one.

Brits not happy about losing Formula 1 date. Silverstone, where they race, needs a major overhaul, and it wasn't gonna happen. So Bernie went elsewhere - Shanghai more specifically. They also mention the possible elimination of France on next year's schedule.

BYU paper pulls adds for T-Shirts that say "I can't...I'm Mormon". I need one of these shirts.

Ann Coulter has a shocking encounter with a fan. Pic - well worth the click.

Jamal Lewis may face prison time - after the season of course. Glad to see the prison system, prosecutors, and federal judges working to avoid cutting his playing time. That would be a real shame. Remind me to become rich/or famous sometime and commit some crimes.

Bush doesn't attend church much.

The Womens' Hookup Bag by Burton There's no text on the web site, but in the catalog it says "Your walk of shame quick fix kit". Buy one for someone you know today.

Bollywood corruption. Thanks to Shek for this one.

Vibrator shuts down airport.

Nine times out of ten, it's an electric razor. One out of ten, it's a dildo. Sometimes it's even a *man*. It's airline policy not to imply ownership in the event of a dildo. We gotta se the indefinite article: "*A* dildo". Never *Your* dildo".

Paging Tyler Durden.

Is Kansas really flatter than a pancake? You ask, they answer. With computers and microscopes and stuff. Thanks the Bharath for this one.

Poland to cut troops and be out by end of '05 They're going from 2500 to 1500 to 0. Maybe Kerry knew something we didn't... Bush made a big deal of Poland's support during the debate after Kerry said the coalition was the US, UK and Australia. Stewart of course had a heyday. Thanks to sperl for this one.

John Woo to direct 'He-Man'. I don't think Dolph will make it out for this one, but maybe Courtney Cox won't be busy. I knew that collection would come through. Hopefully this will be better than the steaming pile that was 'Face/Off', which I'm nominating for worse use of a forward slash ever.

The Vice Presidential debate is tonight at 9:00 Eastern time. Should be pretty entertaining.

Budweiser bringing out a fruity-smelling beer, spiked with caffeine, guarana and ginseng. This is not from the Onion. They're calling it B^E, or B to the E. Bharath sent this in, but don't shoot the messenger.

Adult Barbies for sale. From Ryan, who adds:

I wish I knew someone getting married, say in the next 5 months, who would enjoy this as a wedding gift.

Scrotum Safety Commission. It's actually kind of safe for work, and oh so funny. Thanks to derek for this one.

Bicycles are still legal in many states. Those of you that still insist on riding them should purchase a groin-helmet. These devices come in many colors and wind resistant shapes. Shop around to find the perfect groin-helmet for your needs. Plan a fun get-together with friends to decorate your groin-helmet with decals and "realistic battle damage".

Dude chops off wang. Dog Eats it.

"I confused it with the chicken's neck."

Media Matters IF you haven't seen this site, it's set up to keep an eye on the right wing media. Some pretty interesting stuff, including Bill O'Reilly being both an idiot and a douche bag regarding a Bruce Springsteen quote.

Game trailer for Donkey Konga. [Quicktime Video] It's a donkey kong game you control with a set of congos. Sort of like Samba de Amigo. Jaiman points out the Japanese are weird.

Bush giving emergency speech tomorrow night. The hard-working moron couldn't get it all in during his ass-whipping, apparently. What a crock of shit. The post over at Boing Boing questions if Kerry will get equal time, since theoretically, it is part of the campaign laws. All this from a president who has given by far the fewest press conferences of any modern day president.

The debate last night was just painful. The questions were awful, the VP was a giant douche bag, and Edwards was just weasly. The disproportionate amount of time they spent on The War On Terror (tm) and Iraq was ridiculous, and their combined ability to not answer any question directly or refute each other directly was annoying at best. I saw Edwards speak a while ago, during the primaries, and the guy from last night was not the same guy.

Thanks to Rick for this one.

Stern is going to satellite radio. Andy sent this in, and added this: this morning he said one of the biggest reasons he is going is so that he'll be able to use the "c" word, his favorite of all words, as much as he wants So is satellite radio not under FCC watch because it's a pay service, like HBO? Is that the crucial difference?

British F-1 race probably saved. It's a bit preliminary, but Nigel Mansell and others have put together a bid to get racing back in the UK.

Fed Up Cheney enters race himself. From the Onion.

"It seems sudden, but it's not," he said. "I've been mulling this over ever since the last State Of The Union address, to be honest. I decided to go through with it last night, when I stopped by the president's office to discuss a speech I'd dropped off earlier that day and caught him sitting on the couch, watching Fox News and eating Fritos. He hadn't even picked the damn thing up. I exploded. I said, 'That's it. Next year, I'm running this country myself.'"

New Harry Potter hints. Bobby D. sent this in, along with this:

This book is going to be awesome, and make sure you see the poll on the side. The funny part about it is that neville is winning, and half the people I talk to think that he is going to be the prince they refer to. I think its idiotic, cause I do believe he is full blood, but I don’t really know if they consider the kid of a mudblood to be wizard, you know? Like, if hermione pops out ronnies kids, are they muds? Or fulls?

I haven't read the 5th one yet (I want to read 1-5 in a row), so who knows? Also, congrats to Mr. Douglass on joining Mr. Perl and I here at The Firm.

Control your Windows Media PC from the bathroom. DP sent this one in, and points out that it's not as cool as bringing a laptop in there with you. Thanks DP.

Ken Caminiti, drug addict and steroid abuser, dies at 41 He also played baseball. Thanks to dark angel Blum for this one, who also let me know Christopher Reeve had died. Figured you all heard about that one by now.

Guy stages robbery to impress wife. He was gonna stop it to look cool. Isn't this a movie / Seinfeld plot? Thanks to Oof for this one.

Motorcycling is booming. The reason depends on who you ask. They focus on American Chopper, baby boomers, and the availability of a wide variety of bikes.

Harley-Davidson CEO Jeff Bleustein told NEWSWEEK, adding that he cringes at what he sees as subpar engineering on the show. "It may look pretty, but will it hold together?"

The other Reagan kid lashes out at Bush's stem cell policy.

Pedestrian bridge folds up on its own. Click through to check out the pics. Pretty neato. Stolen from Gizmodo.

Send text messages to Google. Get answers. I think Joel had this a couple days ago, but it's pretty cool. Look up phone #s, do conversions, go nuts.

Why the draft might actually be necessary. The armed forces are stretched too thin, and any further need for troops will most likely force a draft. Choice quote:

"We can't respond to another major crisis right now," says retired Army General Barry McCaffrey. "We have shot our wad."

Electronic Voting roundtable with lots of interesting sources. This was over at Slashdot, and is worth a read if you're interested in the mess that is eVoting. This isn't voting from home they're talking about, it's voting using an ATM-type device. Long but interesting.

Republican-backed voting registrars threw out democratic voting registrations. Nice job on that one. Karl has a special place for you in Washington.

Ashcroft on the public domain. Some other good links on how he's pissed all of the Constitution. I keep trying to decide if Ashcroft, Cheney, or Rove is the Kaiser Soze to Bush's Verbal Kint.

New Age Origami Holy cow is this cool. It's in moon-man, but just make with the clickin' and you'll make with the 'ooohs' and 'aaahhhs'.

Kenyan ecologist and Nobel Prize winner thinks HIV was man-made. Creepy.

Crazy Japanese guy's web site. I doubt this is real, but man is it funny.

Profile of Kerry's management style. It's very information and research driven, which has its good and bad sides. Long, but worth the read.

One in every 4 fake weapons or bombs gets past airport screeners. Apparently you don't need that plastic explosive after all. Good thing we're wasting all this time and money.

I had to read the first hour of the debate, so I didn't get all the metadata, but I saw the last half hour and watched the final 1/2 hour of news coverage, which showed the high/low-lights. I'm not sure anything really new or startling was introduced, and par usual, their answers ranged somewhere between not answering the question at all and answering for a few seconds before attacking the other guy. I don't agree with any of Bush's social views or policies, but he presented his thoughts, and I appreciate that, although I thought saying he doesn't have a litmus test for judges was uh, not right. I'm still not so sure about Kerry's plans for everything, as someone previously commented. I think there's thought behind them, I'm just not sure what the details are at this point. I'm thinking mainly of the health insurance thing. I do like the fact that he seems to know where the money for change is going to come from and cited specific loopholes and tax code changes that would generate the money. When Bush said he was for government getting out of the way and letting people do their thing, that resonates, but his past four years in office don't lead me to believe that. I don't think anybody 'won', and I thought Kerry was better, but that's mainly because I agree with most of what he said. Bob Schieffer did a good job, except for the 'strong women' question and the 'speak to the worker' setup of the jobs question, but I appreciated the second to last one about how faith plays a role in their governing.

Fact Checking the debate by CNN. They seem to hit the major bs from both sides. If anyone sees anymore of these, feel free to throw them in the comments.

Wal-Mart turning the screws on record labels. They covered this over at Slashdot, but it's an interesting read on how Wal-Mart is trying to bring cd prices below $10. Which is a good thing, except that in order to pander to their customers, they don't carry 'edgier' acts like Eminem or 50 Cent. Bring on iTunes.

West Wing update and possible future plans. They should just end it after Bartlet.

Starbucks introduces new beverage. Be afraid.

Unlike hot chocolate, which is made from cocoa powder, Chantico is steamed with cocoa butter and whole milk. It's no diet drink: A 6-ounce cup has 390 calories, 21 grams of fat and 51 carbs.

Thanks to Bharath for this whole thing.

2nd Bhendrix.com cat pic. Sorry Jack.

Tons and tons of crazy drug-smuggling information. All kinds of cool ways to sneak it in, and maps depicting where exactly the Hells Angels, Pagans, and Banditos have been ruling the market. Stolen from Boing Boing.

Interactive electoral map. Witness the power of the swing states.

Then start to ponder what will happen if the retroactive Colorado proposition to split its electoral votes goes through.

Or... if Kerry wins the entire northeast, from Maryland/PA up, Florida, Hawaii, WI, IL, CA, OR, and WA, then it's a tie at 269 and no one wins. However... Maine and Nebraska can split their electoral votes already, and although they never have, if one half of maine votes Bush, he would win. Same thing if one Nebraska vote breaks for JFK. Man, this is crazy.

Don't eat the flowers. This is related to a wang-losing incident I posted a while ago.

The Train Wreck that was the 03-04 Lakers by Phil Jackson. All aboard for this excerpt from his new book.

A conversation with Kobe often reveals one of his many narcissistic tendencies. After I told him I believed he and Shaquille have proven they can play effectively together, he brought up Sunday's All-Star game, captured by the Western Conference squad 136--132.

Okay, so I think I'm slowly ironing out all the kinks.

1. Auto-linking in the comments now seems to work properly, so you can make your own or let the magic of bhendrix.com make them for you.
2. The Preview mode shouldn't add any extra characters (or delete wanted ones), but if you see wierd things going down, let me know
3. The Search, down there to the left, now works properly. It's quite simple, so it's best to look for just one word at a time. Plans for an integration with the photo search are brewing, but one step at a time.

I think that's it for now.

Video of some total jackasses being, well, total jackasses. Thanks to Jaiman for this one.

Chris Rock Presents: How to not get your ass kicked by the police. Video. Thanks to Jaiman for this one as well.

Child's Play is back again this year. This is the charity to get toys for children's hospitals set up by the guys from Penny Arcade. It's really simple - they have Amazon wishlists for all the hospitals. You pick the place - Seattle, DC, Houston, San Diego, or Oakland, and then browse the wishlist for the goodness you want to give. Easy Peasy. Have no fear, I'll keep posting this periodically.

Clapton busted going 134mph in France. In all fairness, he was in a 911 Turbo.

Team America getting great reviews. Following up to Oof's original trailer submission.

"Given the content of this movie, I can't officially recommend it to anyone. But go anyway."

Copies of Real Genius shirts. Also of note is an Elsinore Beer shirt at the bottom.

Good background piece on the president who admits no mistakes. It covers his time in office as well as his road to the presidency.

Jon Stewart on Crossfire. It helps if you've seen the show with the two DBs that host it, but even if you haven't, I beg of you, read on. You'll find quotes like this:

STEWART: You know what's interesting, though? You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show.

Homestar Pumpkin stencils. Cut up a vegetable and light it from inside. They include all the major characters as well as some pretty minor ones as well. (Marshie)

Secure Flight - son of CAPPS II TSA is still trying to track everyone in the US, so if your name used to be Cat Stevens, look out. Glad to know I'll be on the first list. The site is a bit over the top, but there ya' go. Please keep in mind that this is the same TSA that couldn't find 25% of the weapons sent through an airport.

Ads that never quite made it. A great collection of ads that, for one reason or another, never made it to the public. The dog food series is tremendous. Stolen from Boing Boing.

Bigger Jon Stewart Stalkers. OK, so I'm not as bad as these guys, but I like their site... Includes links to the aforementioned Crossfire shootout.

Three teachers tossed from Bush rally for 'Protect our civil liberties' T-shirts. Just the T-shirts. They had tickets. Weren't protesting.

Paul Oakenfold on what DJ'ing is. He kind of ramples a bit, but topics include why downloaded music blows and why spinning with CDs also blows. And it's on CNN, which is wierd.

My camera for $100. Amazon has the DSC-U30 for sale wicked cheap. This is the one I've taken the last 6 months of pics with, since , uh, Montreal, I think. With prices for memory sticks dropping quickly, a good deal.

What John Kerry supports - a pictorial.

John Kerry supports desecrating the memory of C.H.I.P.s.

A site with more general caption contests. Some of these are pretty funny. Sort of like On-line Maxim.

The Physics of the Immaculate Reception. A CMU prof took the tape, did some math, and figured out that the ruling was correct and Franco stands rightfully as the most beloved sports figure in Pittsburgh. Thanks to Bean-o for this one, whose excitement I cannot fathom.

Cheese Headphones. They would match a cheesehead. Green Bay, I'm looking in your direction...

Crossfire 'fires back'. See Robert Novak, traitor to our country, try to cut down stewart by calling him uninformed. Read, as James Carville, that's right, the ragin' cajun, pompous ass of all pompous asses, call someone a pompous ass. I didn't realize it was such a big deal when you call someone a dick who actually is one. Stewart was funny last night, as always.

Site full of the people behind the 'true stories' in movies. Includes good side-by-side photos of the actors who played them and the individuals. Pretty cool.

Sinclair Communications' shareholders sue it. You may have heard about this already, but Sinclair Communications is planning to air a documentary about Kerry that contains several POWs saying that his actions once he came home delayed their release. It's caused an uproar for several reasons, including a violation of the equal-time clause of the FCC rules, the bias of the 'documentary', Sinclair's previous refusal to air Nightline's tribute to the soldiers KIA in Iraq, and the fact that Sinclair's CEO and friends are rabid Bush supporters, having donated over $120k each since 1999. So take your pick on all of those. The only one I think matters is the equal-time clause, and that's what the stockholders think, too. They're suing because the stock has dropped 13% in the past few weeks and are scared the FCC license is in jeopardy. If others have more to add, please do.

PEART - a drum robot. Takes input from any MIDI file and plays the drums. Up to 19 beats per second for each drum. This is all over the place - Engadget, Boing Boing, and Slashdot (back pages), so it may be slow.

Krugman on why all signs point to 'Draft'. Both Kerry and Bush have indicated they don't want the draft, and in reality, no one does, especially the millitary, who as someone pointed out, would be made up of the guys who can't get you a challupa without sour cream. But the items Krugman brings up are scary - reservists told they can't leave, the Black Horse regiment going into combat (also see Clancy, Tom), etc. So it comes down to this - Will there come a time in the future when there just aren't any more volunteers? And how close are we to that? And what, if anything, can be done to induce more people to volunteer?

Dude fakes voter registrations for crack. I am not making this up. I cannot make this up. NAACP voter fund paid woman cash for registry. Woman gave dude crack for signing up 100 fake people.

In case anyone was wondering what's up with the 2nd place picture being so popular, it turns out if you hit Google Images with 'Jesse James West Coast Choppers', that pic is number 12.

Made some changes. I re-formatted the Recent Comments page and added some dividers and a 'Jump' link. If you hit that, it will take you right to the Comment in question instead of scrolling through the whole page to find the post and all that follow. It helps with pages that have a lot of posts.

I updated the Site Statistics page. I figured out a better (less random) way to get people's user IDs, which should be the one you post under the most. I also consolidated a lot of e-mail addresses, since some people were under 2,3,4+. Hence the change in 'rank'.

I fixed the archives so now they, uh, work. You can get stuff by date or by category. So kick back and waste a couple hours perusing the 2,260 posts and 4,989 comments.

The text site has been fixed, and should continue to work. It's good if you're on dial-up or at work or whatever. will get you there.

There was a(nother) bug in auto-linking, but I think it's solid now. Please preview your post if you're linking, and if it doesn't go, it will definitely link if you put a space in front of and behind the link.

Whew. Please let me know if you're seeing things that seem broken or messed up.
--hendrix

Jonaven Moore rides a snowboard. Even if you have no interest in anything I've ever posted, just have a look at this picture.

'Desperate Housewives' successful, loses advertisers. 'Family' groups threaten advertisers. They cave.

Out of curiosity, does anyone associate the theme of a show with the products advertised in between? And then make purchasing decisions based on that? I'm not going to pass up cheap flooring at Lowe's because they sponsored some T&A or gratuitous violence on TV the night before.

I need to start a group that advocates full nudity and salacious plot lines for all shows except those on the Discovery Channel. We'll then call the advertisers that don't support the shows in our own little bit of economic terrorism.

Playing with Pain - Top 10. My favorite Theta lands at #4. And I'd like to thank Trivial Pursuit for making me think about this every night during the Daily Show.

All kinds of messed up voter fraud in FL. I'm trying to only post one of these a day, but man, this is bad.

Guy selling tickets to wedding he doesn't want to go to. Lots of great Brittish slang.

I've been invited to the wedding of a mate of mine who I used to know really well until he started going out with the girl he's going to marry. She's a dog. No really. I haven't seen them since I told her she's a dog over two years ago. They've stupidly invited me to their wedding, but I don't want to go.

Bush told Pat Robertson there would be no casualties in Iraq. This is according to Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Coalition.

"And I warned him about this war. I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, 'Mr. President, you had better prepare the American people for casualties.' "
Robertson said the president then told him, "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties."

Court rules Columbus, GA plan violates all kinds of ammendments.

Fear of a terrorist attack is not sufficient reason for authorities to search people at a protest, a federal appeals court has ruled, saying Sept. 11 "cannot be the day liberty perished."

Pirate wedding outfits. If Shek ever decides to get hitched, he won't have to worry about an outfit.

Craig's list ode to the fly he just killed.

It didn't have to go down this way. I'd have let you just leave and never come back, but that wasn't good enough for you, and now you've paid the price.

Onion opinion page on the O'Reilly sexual harrassment case.

Woman helps 5 year old son smoke crack.

Bush speech re-mix. Jokes about not finding WMD intercut with teh consequences. Quicktime video.

Critique of Bill O'Reilly's recorded phone sex. There's also a link to the Smoking Gun article, but the write-up and the comments are great.

Jenson Button a BAR man, according to ruling. Williams was all, no, he's driving for us, and BAR was all, no, we already got shirts made, bitch. BAR won. Note to Frank Williams: I am available for this season.

If you're voting absentee in PA, you should have gotten your ballot already, and if not, call the elections board immediately. They're due back on October 29th. Go democracy.

Wal Mart passes on 'America the book'. They're not happy with the nine naked Supreme Court Justices, which includes Scalia who, as Stewart pointed out, "is swingin' some pipe", and Bader-Ginsberg, who Rosy Perez pointed out "has her titties like, down he-uh (motions to waste)". So head over to Amazon or Powell's and get the book.

Excellent Journal entry from Brenden. Mr. Epps recently finished his Appalachian Trail through-hike, from Georgia to Maine, and posted this. Congrats to him and good luck in Boston.

Cringly on Boradband over Powerlines(BPL) and How Presidential Polls may be off. One really interesting commentary on two totally seperate issues.

Point 1) BPL is really so electric companies can monitor meters real-time, and once in place, will bring electric rates down. Nino, mayes, rcr, is he way off or spot on?

Point 2) No poll counts cell-phone only users. You have to have a land line. Who is cell-only? Young people (self included). Who do they tend to vote for? The Dems. Who's trying to get them to vote? P Diddy

Bush camp vs. Robertson on 'no casualties' line. Karen Hughes and Scott McClelan are denying Bush ever said this, and meanwhile, Karl Rove was the only other person in the room. Kerry's people sum up the rock-hard place situation nicely:

Earlier in the day, Mike McCurry, adviser to the Kerry campaign, said: "We believe President Bush should get the benefit of the doubt here, but he needs to come forward and answer a very simple question — was Pat Robertson telling the truth when he said he didn't think there'd be any casualties or is Pat Robertson lying?"

Triumph in Spin Alley. Quicktime flick.

My bhendrix mail was hosed all day yesterday, so without further ado...

Woman write a poem. Wins competition. Derek adds this commentary: fat woman from pittsburgh wrote a poem that won Slam Bush National Rhyme

Competition, she's really really fat, Chuck D was there. He thought she

was fat too

School cancels Halloween party - offensive to witches. Not from the Onion. Thanks to oof for this one, who adds maybe i should stop having faith in people too.

Open thread - post anything you want in here. For those of you in Chicago, I will be there this weekend, cheering on the BoSox. So call me and stuff.

Ashlee Simpson screwed up SNL lip sync. (video) Thanks to Jaiman for this one.

Build a better W Cute little app to make him bald, cross-eyed, goateed, etc. Hair color would be a nice touch. Thanks to Bill for this one. Gabe sent in the give Bush a brain flash game. Fun, yet hard.

Man fined for putting Shetland pony in a hatchback. While cruelty to animals (well, cute, furry ones anyway) isn't funny, I would really like to see a picture. Thanks to Bricker for this one, who adds Honestly... It's a Shetland... he likes being stuffed back there...

Win a new Ford 500. Not an application to appear on Oprah, just a straight-up win this car deal. Thanks to Bean for the heads up.

Maxim college sex stats out. Lots of 'learning' going on.

Finally, 46 percent (of girls) have engaged in threesomes.

PBR sponsors a fraternity. It's not a Greek organization, but man, is this clever. On all sides.

Brotherhood events consist of hanging out and watching movies with PBRs in hand.

John Stewart interview (video). I haven't watched it, but thought I'd throw it out there. Done shortly after Crossfire thing. He was also on 60 Minutes last night. Again, missed that, but got a recording.

Obesity index by state. Congrats to Mr. Eisemann for keeping Colorado firmly in the lead. I'm a little confused how New England made such a strong showing (5 of the top 8 most fit - damn New Hampshire).

A cautionary screenshot on why not to search on eVite. While I struggle to come up with that one witty eVite reply (and fail miserably), others are using it for their own purposes. Not really safe for work.

380 Tons, or 760,000 pounds, of explosives have gone missing in Iraq. You probably saw this, but with the Rehnquist news and the presidential race, it's getting a little buried.

New 3 Series. It's not as ugly as I thought it would be, but it's still not great. I much prefer the old version, the A4, and the C class to it. Engineering, as always, is pretty sweet. They have links to the photos and the brochure.

Custom graphics on Burton snowboards. It's a limited selection of boards - only super-high end stuff, but it's still a cool idea. Just really freakin' expensive (about $150 on top of board cost).

Space Probe to check out Titan. We don't know what's really under there, so this is pretty cool.

I Believe in Bush. The president, that is.

Bunch of pro athletes endorse Bush. Only reason I post this sits at the bottom left corner of the signatures.

New iPod Photo version. 60GB and 40GB versions $600, $500 respectively. Color screen displays photos and album art. 15 hour battery life. (huh?) I have recently joined the Pod cult, and couldn't be happier. I don't miss my individuality at all.

GeorgeWBush.org The gallery is a little disturbing.

Shadyside killer sentenced. Rick sent this in as a follow up to (I think) comments made way back when. It was either Jay or Antonio that lived near these guys. Thanks Bean.

Drunk bees act like drunk humans. So what, they hook up with each other, piss all over the place, and puke in their hive? I'm typically against human experimentation, but couldn't they just slap some collars on us and call it an experiment some weekend? Thanks to DP for this one.

Brits want Homer Simpson for President. It was a survery of TV characters only, and Jed Bartlett came in 2nd. So that's something. Thanks to DP for this one as well.

Bush rallies are all about freedom of expression. If you support Bush. So the story at the top is bad. Then there's a story a little further down about some kid fearing snipers. I'll turn it over to Mr. Sorkin.

A.J.
The President doesn't answer to you, Lewis.

LEWIS
Oh yes, he does, A.J. I'm a citizen, this is my president, and in this country it is not only permissible to question our leaders, it is our responsibility.

Download Farenheit 9/11 for free. It's a big file, but if you don't want to give anyone money for it, there it is.

Stern called up FCC Chair Michael Powell during another show. He confronted him. They had words. There's a link to a couple recordings on the site.

When talking about mileage, it should be gallonage.

If we used a gallonage standard instead of a mileage standard, everyone could see that 11.111 gallons per 100 miles of the pickup is a big deal compared with the 2.222 gallons of the hybrid.

Comparison of 'rap sheets' for two candidates in Oklahoma. Where the wind goes roaring down the plain. Taken from Daily Kos

From the IMDb - Hollywood hunk Johnny Depp's wish has been granted - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is set to play his father in Pirates Of The Caribbean: Treasures Of The Lost Abyss. Depp has admitted that he based his character Captain Jack Sparrow on the aging rocker when he shot the 2003 hit Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl, and now the stars are reportedly set to team up on screen. Earlier this year, Depp was alleged to have expressed an interest in Richards playing his father. The sequel is set to begin filming in February, with director Gore Verbinski taking the helm again.

W and JFK get down to Queen. Thanks to CB and naj for this one.

FUH2.com Basically, they're saying fuck the Hummer H2s. I agree it's a poseur vehicle. I agree the tax loophole is complete and total bullshit. It does get horrible gas mileage and pollute the environment. And if one hits you, you're fucked. So lobby the government to increase CAFE standards (and their loopholes) and close the tax loophole. Then realize that of all the shit on the road out there that could kill you, the H2 isn't even above average in size. And quit being a bunch of arrogant self-righteous hippies. You're pissing me off.

This brings me back to the West Wing, in which Ainsley tells Sam that his problem with gun ownership isn't the guns, it's the people that own the guns.

If these guys want to start a site devoted to inconsiderate assholes and do stupid shit, they should give me a call. And for the record - 5 full size wheels and tires will not fit in any standard sedan (save perhaps a Caddy). Thanks to bweather for this one.

Yes, Bush Can says No, he can't. This doesn't seem legit, but it's an interesting spin on things. Thanks to Brick for this one.

Mayes and RCR ventured out for the Sox win. From mayes:

At the corner of Boylston and Overland streets near Fenway Park, people shook trees until one of them fell over.

About 20 yards away, a yellow-orange cloud of smoke began billowing near where the trees had been brought down, and the police moved forward to push back the crowd. The crowd backed away as a car alarm on an SUV wailed.

Rob and I were there. We had left that area 30 seconds before the crowd started fleeing and we saw the cloud of smoke over the buildings. However, not being drunk, we decided that if we were going to get beat down in a riot, we'd wait until november 3.

actually, it was brookline ave

also, since we work across the street, we were informed that kerry's election day hq will be in copley square. they were also planning on having the parade for the sox on tuesday as well. luckily they've changed it to saturday

So congrats to the Sox. I thought the pitcher was going to run all the way to first base last night for the last out.

Black Box Voting. These guys have been around for a while, and deal with all the issues surrounding Electronic Voting. My daily 'how fucked is this election' post. And just to throw a couple more on the fire - Absentee ballots missing and challenges declared frivolous. Thanks to Joel for the 2nd one.

Titan remains a mystery. Jupiter's moon throwing curve balls. They thought the gas above was methane, bit it doesn't appear to be. Also, due to the atmosphere, they're having a tough time figuring out the topology. Article contains the phrase 'organic goo'.

Jackass alums Pontius and Steve-O pimping Nintendo DS. It's a video. Just watch for the surprise ending. Ahhh, No-friend-o.

LEGO game. Along the lines of reflection and push/pull, the further you go the harder it gets.

Principal says kids not threatened with expulsion for Kerry stuff at Bush rally. This is a follow up to this post from yesterday. The first link has some strange logic in it, but I posted it for the info.

Eminem's Mosh video. Even he's getting into the voting act. Cool animation.

Bush flipping off the camera. This is real. Must... show... liberal... rage... at everything. I actually think it's kind of funny. People should learn how to take a joke. Thanks to Bricker for this one.

Kerry rally in Madison. Check out the picture. That's my old office building to the right - where all the stuff is set up. Look for pictures over at Seth's site soon.

Poll closing times by state. Most states have a rule that says you just need to be in line by the time of close, but it's probably not a good idea to chance it.

Bunch of Paparazzi shots. Not really safe for work. Mostly people eating and showing too much skin.