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We’re headed to Russia tomorrow morning. I’m massively looking forward to it. Blogging might be light as the schedule is pretty packed and I really have absolutely no idea what to expect. Russia now is just….something I don’t get yet. Over at CTO I wrote my thoughts about why the Russians [...]

Here’s another outtake from I Heart Huckabees. Is that Lily Tomlin telling Marky Mark to go do something to himself?? http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1hvn7_lily-tomlin-fights-with-david-o-rus

I’d bet this is Tomlin’s M.O. on every set. It’s unlikely just a personality conflict with the director, who she also acted for in Flirting with Disaster.
She’s always struck me as an imperious c-nut.
To [...]

Rod Dreher likes Samuel Huntington’s "The Clash of Civilization."
As you all know, so do I. It’s not that everything in it is 100% right, but Huntington himself doesn’t think that. More than any other book of its time, it correctly identified the things to look out for as the Cold War [...]

Patti Smith on Blasphemy:
"I think ‘blasphemy’ is just a form of exploring. It’s just a youthful exuberant manner of exploring the whole concept. I think, I’ve often found that people that are the most ‘blasphemous’ often wind up to be the truest believers because they’ve taken the time actually to question, pull things apart, [...]

It’s actually amazing to me that we don’t get more inside information about what really goes on in Hollywood. I mean why do we rarely hear stories about what people are like on sets (or see videos shot on a cell phone or something).
TJ O Pootertoot and I had a conversation about this once. [...]

Here’s another outtake from I Heart Huckabees. Is that Lily Tomlin telling Marky Mark to go do something to himself?? http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1hvn7_lily-tomlin-fights-with-david-o-rus

Al Gore went before Congress today on Global Warming. How did he do? Is Gore’s stock price going up or going down after that?
Meanwhile as we prepare for an enviromental nightmare:
Engineers at the University of Hong Kong and a private renewable energy company, Motorwave Limited, have developed a new micro-wind turbine technology that [...]

It was time to replace my ridiculously obsolete cell phone. The phone company was running a special where if you sign up with their plan, you get a free blackberry–the latest model. Cool. THey do things like that here. So I own a blackberry now and I’ve named it "Marion." [...]

Whoops. Here’s the Huckabee video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzqjimUs2RU

Speaking of amazing videos……the director David O. Russell of "I Heart Huckabees" freaks out on the set after getting into a disagreement with Lily Tomlin. http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2007/gb20070313_145902.htm
Who is at fault?
(warning: language NSFW)

The Hong Kong International Airport is consistently ranked #1 in the world. And it is a gorgeous, highly functional facility. I love it.
But 8 years ago, planes were still landing at Kai Tak International Airport which was located in the middle of the city. The planes had to fly over 800,000 people [...]

Anna Nicole Smith died?

Sometimes music videos really helped certain songs. But other times music videos trivialize otherwise great songs. For instance this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y3vqhpdnxE deals with a very important subject in a poetic, meaningful way. But because the directors chose to use juvenile images for the video, the message is lost in an [...]

Who are the 7 biggest oil companies that will provide 90% of the oil to the world for the next 40 years?
Saudi Aramco, Russia’s Gazprom, CNPC of China, NIOC of Iran, Venezuela’s PDVSA, Brazil’s Petrobras and Petronas of Malaysia.
Okay….that’s scary. That’s 4th turning material right there. Depending on them or weaning off of [...]

My favorite post I’ve read on the internet lately.
"Excuse me, but the idea that teenagers like me are being influenced too much by media is ludacris."

Interview with Atlantic Monthly writer about Global Climate Change story.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200703u/global-warming

What if the terminator met Jesus? This has some pretty funny moments including some LOL reactions by Jesus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnq7N6X4×84&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fandrewsullivan%2Etheatlantic%2Ecom%2F

I think it’s time for Nate to show his head around here and try to explain why he hates Jack White’s music with equal passion…

OMG!!!!! It’s official. I’m in love with Jack White. Must buy all his music. Must have his child. Must grow out my hair like that. This is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqFb6VXW86Y

OMG!!!!! It’s official. I’m in love with Jack White. Must buy all his music. Must have his child. Must grow out my hair like that. This is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqFb6VXW86Y

Dang, that Obama camp continues to say cool things.

"I’m in it to win it," – Senator Hillary Clinton, announcing her candidacy in January.
"This race is not about winning, because winning isn’t enough nowadays. Winning without dignity, winning it without honor, winning without authenticity and truth is not winning at all, and we’re not in it [...]