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That's strange, cuz the film has been in public domain in the U.S. for a long time....But when music is involved...

He was big in the 70's you know! That, and the fact the show is swarming with Scientologists(Is that what one calls a group of scientologists, a swarm?)

I saw a "trailer" for the next Basic Instinct movie (What, you didn't know there was another one?) on the web, sort a a bootleg trailer, since it was chock full o' nudity. Most of it Sharon's, and if the see-thru underwear scene was not CGI, evan at 48 no trucks will fit. By the way, the director of this soft porn flick also directed Rob Roy , and This Boy's Life!

I remember Simon as well! Funny thing is, I'd swear I had a handheld game called Wizard that was red, and shaped more like a phone...but I found this on ebay instead. I'll dig up that other old game, and perhaps y'all can tell me what it's called...

Thanks everyone! Had a pretty quiet birthday, to say the least. I did get my bathroom pretty clean though! My Mom always made a big deal of birthdays...cards, cakes, an actual gift...so naturally, not the same as before. No card, no gift, but Dad did buy a cake, and I got a check. And he got dinner tonight, so he did try, that's all I ask. Oh, I am doing much better since having my gall bladder ripped out! I was a little sore for a few days, but was driving 3-4 days after the surgery. I have had more energy as well. So, if anyone here ends up with no other option, and you have a good surgeon, I say don't worry about it, get it taken care of. Now, if only there was a (fairly) simple solution to the bad back.

Wasn't he usually on the receiving end??? Sorry I missed your Birthday thread, didn't want to dig it up that many days after the fact...Hope you had good one!

Well........Did she say yes?????

I knew all but the guitarist and bassist.... here is the list from IMDB.com Tommy Dorsey .... Himself Jimmy Dorsey .... Himself Janet Blair .... Jane Howard Paul Whiteman .... Himself William Lundigan .... Bob Burton Sara Allgood .... Mrs. Dorsey Arthur Shields .... Mr. Dorsey Dave Willock .... Foggy William Bakewell .... Eddie James Flavin .... Gorman Charlie Barnet .... Himself Bob Eberly .... Himself Henry Busse .... Himself Helen O'Connell .... Herself Mike Pingatore .... Himself Art Tatum .... Himself Ziggy Elman .... Himself Stuart Foster .... Himself Ray Bauduc .... Himself

Coming out March 21st! Lots o' extras as usual, even a Don Redman Short! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E0OE1...0-9667929?n=130

Maybe it's time to stop laughing about it.... By JIM AVILA and MEREDITH RAMSEY March 14, 2006 — Robert G. Webster is one of the few bird flu experts confident enough to answer the key question: Will the avian flu switch from posing a terrible hazard to birds to becoming a real threat to humans? There are "about even odds at this time for the virus to learn how to transmit human to human," he told ABC's "World News Tonight." Webster, the Rosemary Thomas Chair at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., is credited with being the first scientist to find the link between human flu and bird flu. Webster and his team of scientists are working to find a way to beat the virus if it morphs. He has even been dubbed the Flu Hunter. Right now, H5N1, a type of avian influenza virus, has confined itself to birds. It can be transmitted from bird to human but only by direct contact with the droppings and excretions of infected birds. But viruses mutate, and the big fear among the world's scientists is that the bird flu virus will join the human flu virus, change its genetic code and emerge as a new and deadly flu that can spread through the air from human to human. "I personally believe it will happen and make personal preparations," said Webster, who has stored a three-month supply of food and water at his home in case of an outbreak. Frightening Warning "Society just can't accept the idea that 50 percent of the population could die. And I think we have to face that possibility," Webster said. "I'm sorry if I'm making people a little frightened, but I feel it's my role." Most scientists won't put it that bluntly, but many acknowledge that Webster could be right about the flu becoming transmissible among humans, even though they believe the 50 percent figure could be too high. Researcher Dr. Anne Moscona at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center said that a human form may not mutate this year or next — or ever — but it would be foolish to ignore the dire consequences if it did. "If bird flu becomes not bird flu but mutates into a form that can be transmitted between humans, we could then have a spread like wildfire across the globe," Moscona said. No one knows how long or how many mutation changes it would take for bird flu to become a direct threat to humans. "It may not do it. There may just be too many changes. The virus may not be able to be a human virus," Moscona said. But that hasn't stopped Moscona from searching for new types of anti-viral treatments that both prevent and slow the spread of bird flu. "I don't think that once we have human-to-human transmission, it's going to be possible to contain it," she said. That is why nearly every viral scientist in America, perhaps the world, is waiting and watching the avian flu virus to see if it remains just a threat to birds or changes its genetic code and becomes just as deadly to humans. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/AvianFlu/story?id=1724801

This story is just starting to get some news time....they say that land the equivalent to rhode island's size has gone up in smoke!!!! Hope everyone is ok!

Really???? Somehow, I just don't see Eminem having anywheres near the sensitivity to play him. He's too old now, but I could see Johnny Depp being able to pull it off....

Nah. The footage is black and white, so it must be footage of the mob putting Kennedy over in Illinois.

Isaac Hayes Quits 'South Park' By ERIN CARLSON NEW YORK (AP) - Isaac Hayes has quit ``South Park,'' where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion. Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed. ``There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins,'' the 63-year-old soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said. ``Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored,'' he continued. ``As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices.'' ``South Park'' co-creator Matt Stone responded sharply in an interview with The Associated Press Monday, saying, ``This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem - and he's cashed plenty of checks - with our show making fun of Christians.'' Last November, ``South Park'' targeted the Church of Scientology and its celebrity followers, including actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, in a top-rated episode called ``Trapped in the Closet.'' In the episode, Stan, one of the show's four mischievous fourth graders, is hailed as a reluctant savior by Scientology leaders, while a cartoon Cruise locks himself in a closet and won't come out. Stone told The AP he and co-creator Trey Parker ``never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin.'' http://channels.netscape.com/celebrity/sto.../1811672597.htm

I used to really stand up for Bonds, figuring he couldn't be using steriods, his body didn't break down like McGuire's did....well, live and learn..... By Skip Bayless Page 2 Barry Bonds remains the biggest, baddest bully in sports history. He reportedly lies to a grand jury and laughs about it. He taunts Congress. He treats commissioner Bud Selig with no more respect than he seemingly gives the clubhouse lackeys. And he ignores a new book that spills over with relentlessly damning allegations about his steroid-junkie habit. Even now, he's probably injecting himself in the stomach with his body-building drug of choice, human growth hormone. And why not? Baseball doesn't test for HGH. San Francisco seems more interested in Bonds' pursuit to break Babe Ruth's home-run record. Laugh, Barry, laugh. Puke, world, puke. This is the most maddening question I've faced in my career: How does Barry Bonds keep getting away with it? How can the United States attorney's office in San Francisco not pursue a perjury indictment against Bonds for his testimony to the BALCO grand jury? Are there simply too many Bonds fans and Giants season-ticket holders in that office? Are they more concerned with being at SBC Park the nights he passes Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron on the all-time home-run list? Does Bonds keep getting away with it because he's still the biggest individual draw in sports? You might hate him, but you can't take your eyes off him. He'll still pack parks from San Francisco to New York because people want to see just how much farther and harder this chemistry experiment of a robo-slugger can hit a baseball now. The steroid revelations make him an even bigger freak-show gate attraction. Taunt, Barry, taunt. And I was so sure in late 2003 that the feds were hell-bent to do something I couldn't -- nail Bonds. I love watching Bonds hit as much as anyone. But it seemed obvious that he was cheating when he skyrocketed from 49 homers in 2000 to a record 73 in 2001. He also skyrocketed from about 200 pounds to what appeared to be a muscled-up 250. So in May 2002, I wrote a Bay Area column quoting body-building experts who said it's virtually impossible after age 35 -- when the male's testosterone supply naturally drops -- to pack on that much muscle that quickly without using the artificial testosterone that steroids provide. You would have thought I had spray-painted profanity on the Golden Gate Bridge. I took an e-mail beating from many Bonds lovers -- and there are many outside the media. Did I have proof? No, I did not witness Bonds injecting himself with juice -- nor could I find a single source within the organization who knew for a fact that Bonds used steroids. Many insiders had suspicions, but no firsthand proof. And you couldn't blame Giants ownership or management for looking the other way. The owners tote the entire note on their ballpark, and Bonds has been the reason the Giants have had baseball's biggest season-ticket base. So ownership was going to expose and suspend its lone draw? Please. Soon, I experienced firsthand some of Bonds' infamous intimidation. He walked up behind me in the Giants' clubhouse and vice-gripped my arm. When I turned, he gave me the kind of five-second stare he gives a pitcher who has dared to brush him back. The message, I assumed, was, "Don't you ever write about me and steroids again." I just stared back, and without a word, Bonds walked away. Let's take a look at a before and after photo. After federal agents raided the BALCO office in September 2003, I began hearing about Jeff Novitzky, an agent for the IRS Criminal Investigation unit. At a gym near BALCO, Novitzky had observed Bonds lifting weights under the guidance of trainer Greg Anderson. And Novitzky -- according to several media sources -- was on a mission to expose Bonds. In fact, word was that the Bush administration wanted to put a face on its stamp-out-steroids campaign -- Bonds' oversized head. Eventually, Anderson and BALCO founder Victor Conte were convicted. But despite a wall of evidence even Bonds couldn't hit a ball over, he somehow got away clean after three hours with the grand jury. The media's proof now comes in a book, "Game of Shadows," written by San Francisco Chronicle reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada. These aren't a couple of Johnny-come-latelies trying to make a quick buck. These are two highly respected investigative reporters who have demonstrated in print for three years that their information on this story is accurate and credible. I believe every last word of the lengthy excerpt in this week's Sports Illustrated. I admire and envy the job they've done. As the BALCO smoke cleared, they had the time and the skill to return to all the sources they quoted periodically in the Chronicle and build a devilishly detailed case against Bonds. When Bonds' grand-jury testimony originally was leaked to the Chronicle, his excuse at least seemed plausible. He testified that Anderson, his buddy from high school, had told him to rub some cream onto his arm that he thought was flaxseed oil. It turned out to be a newly invented steroid. Even I had second thoughts. Maybe Bonds was duped into using these mysterious steroids that don't require injections. But the Williams and Fainaru-Wada reports could blow that defense all to hell. They write that Bonds left his grand-jury session "confident that he had asserted control over the government's inquiry, just as he had controlled his baseball team and, for that matter, most of the people in his life. His reputation had been preserved and his well-guarded secret had not been revealed." Until now. The authors go into astonishing detail about how Bonds turned himself into a human pin cushion, injecting just about every steroid known to man and beast. Yes, they even report that he tried a steroid used to beef up cattle. They also report that while Bonds found injecting human growth hormone was the most painful -- into a pinch of stomach skin -- HGH was so potent that it allowed him to keep his physique and strength through the season with minimal weight-lifting. Bonds makes Jose Canseco look like he was on no more than fruit juice. So why in the name of Henry Aaron wasn't Bonds called before the congressional hearing on steroids that obviously was prompted by Canseco's bombshell book? Reportedly, because Bonds was still involved in the BALCO investigation -- though his day in court had been about 16 months before last March's hearing. Of course, Mark McGwire and Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa were forced to lie or deny that day on national television. All three wound up tainting their legacies. Bonds was the elephant that was not in the room. Yes, "Game of Shadows" reports that Bonds resorted to steroids because he was convinced McGwire was juicing when he (and Sosa) broke Roger Maris' single-season record in 1998. But should that make Bonds any less guilty or more brazen? Incredibly, when the Giants played in Washington last season, Bonds ridiculed Congress. He said Congress has more important problems to address than steroids -- even though the point of the hearing was that steroid abuse has become an epidemic among teenagers. How do congressional leaders let Bonds get away with this? Were they content to have box seats when Bonds was in town? And why hasn't the IRS investigated Bonds for tax evasion? His lawyer continues to paint ex-mistress Kimberly Bell as nothing but a scorned lover. Yet she comes across as an extremely credible witness, and she has hours of secretly taped phone calls from Bonds. She alleges he gave her about $80,000 in unreported cash for the down payment on a house -- all made from signing baseballs. Selig's lieutenants have been dropping hints to national baseball writers that the commissioner is livid over the book. Selig met with Bonds two years ago to ask if he had anything to hide, and when Bonds shrugged him off, Selig reportedly warned that Bonds had better be telling the truth. But what's Selig going to do now, suspend Bonds? He hasn't failed a single test. The players' union would have Selig for lunch. No, Selig will do nothing but huff and puff and hope the book fades away. It appears that government agents and officials finally gave up and decided they could get Bonds only in the court of public opinion. So they emptied their notebooks for the Chronicle reporters, who paint a chilling picture of a steroid junkie and an O.J.-like bully who threatened Bell's life. But so what? Most people already considered Bonds a bad guy. So he'll continue to laugh at us and pack parks and hit home runs. And in the end, maybe, he'll get his last laugh from only one source -- the body he has abused. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...=bayless/060310

Thanks for the suggestions! Something should work.

Har!!!! So bad with the cursor, I barely made it to 3....glad my speakers were turned down. When I trained folks at Borders, one of the biggest problems I had was with people who never used a mouse before...would have loved this game for them to practice on.

No, don't mean Protestants(Insert your own joke if you feel the need though) Them buzzin' things! We have been quite warm the last week, and they are everywhere! by the Garage, one was in a car the other day. So....anyone know of some swell natural way to dissuade them from hanging around? Or a nice harsh chemical if there is no farmers almanac way to send them packing. Thanks!

I may have to get this! I remember the show Wendy O. Williams was on. The review from Amazon.... Amazon.com "May I say, Kim," Tom Snyder says to a heavily made-up Kim Fowley, "You look ridiculous tonight." So begins one of late night television's more bizarre interviews. Spanning the musically volatile years from 1977-1981, these eight Tomorrow Show episodes all focus on the burgeoning punk/new wave movement. To his credit, Snyder doesn't pretend to like or even understand it, but nor does he criticize (although he does chuckle on occasion). Mostly, he lets the musicians speak for themselves and play a few tunes. All the while, he looks thoroughly bemused, comfortably enveloped in a nimbus cloud of cigarette smoke--along with a few of his guests, like a soft-spoken Paul Weller (the Jam) and surly John Lydon (Public Image Limited). Other participants include Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, the Plasmatics, the Ramones, Patti Smith, and Joan Jett (circa the Runaways, who were produced by Fowley). Smith, Jett, and Lydon, joined by PiL band mate Keith Levene, do not perform. The rest do. The Plasmatics make the most of the opportunity with "Master Plan," during which Wendy O. Williams spray-paints, smashes the windows, and then blows up a car. Other notable numbers include Pop's "Five Foot One" and the Jam's "Pretty Green." Because these programs are shown in their entirety, several non-musical guests, like Frank Capra and Ricky Schroeder, also put in appearances (and to Joey Ramone's chagrin, Kelly Lang is the fill-in for Snyder during the Ramones segment). --Kathleen C. Fennessy

A good friend of mine was walking to his car late at night in downtown Atlanta(Not a good idea) Friday night,and 2 guys robbed him at gunpoint. They took his bracelet, a ring, and his checkbook. The dopes didn't ask for a wallet. Must have been on Meth. Thank God they didn't hurt him.

NASA'S CASSINI DISCOVERS POTENTIAL LIQUID WATER ON ENCELADUS Thu Mar 09 2006 11:21:33 ET **Exclusive** [Press release set for 2 PM ET release] NASA's Cassini spacecraft may have found evidence of liquid water reservoirs that erupt in Yellowstone-like geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The rare occurrence of liquid water so near the surface raises many new questions about the mysterious moon. "We realize that this is a radical conclusion - that we may have evidence for liquid water within a body so small and so cold," said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. "However, if we are right, we have significantly broadened the diversity of solar system environments where we might possibly have conditions suitable for living organisms." High-resolution Cassini images show icy jets and towering plumes ejecting huge quantities of particles at high speed. Scientists examined several models to explain the process. They ruled out the idea the particles are produced or blown off the moon's surface by vapor created when warm water ice converts to a gas. Instead, scientists have found evidence for a much more exciting possibility. The jets might be erupting from near-surface pockets of liquid water above 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit), like cold versions of the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone. "We previously knew of at most three places where active volcanism exists: Jupiter's moon Io, Earth, and possibly Neptune's moon Triton. Cassini changed all that, making Enceladus the latest member of this very exclusive club, and one of the most exciting places in the solar system," said John Spencer, Cassini scientist, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder. -more--2- "Other moons in the solar system have liquid-water oceans covered by kilometers of icy crust," said Andrew Ingersoll, imaging team member and atmospheric scientist at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. "What's different here is that pockets of liquid water may be no more than tens of meters below the surface." "As Cassini approached Saturn, we discovered the Saturnian system is filled with oxygen atoms. At the time we had no idea where the oxygen was coming from," said Candy Hansen, Cassini scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena. "Now we know Enceladus is spewing out water molecules, which break down into oxygen and hydrogen." Scientists still have many questions. Why is Enceladus so active? Are other sites on Enceladus active? Might this activity have been continuous enough over the moon's history for life to have had a chance to take hold in the moon's interior? In the spring of 2008, scientists will get another chance to look at Enceladus when Cassini flies within 350 kilometers (approximately 220 miles), but much work remains after the spacecraft's four-year prime mission is over. "There's no question, along with the moon Titan, Enceladus should be a very high priority for us. Saturn has given us two exciting worlds to explore," said Jonathan Lunine, Cassini interdisciplinary scientist, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Mission scientists report these and other Enceladus findings in this week's issue of Science. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8na.htm

Yesterday, I asked my friend Gregg to come down, claiming I was wanting some advice on something(He lives about 50 miles north) It was a rouse, I just wanted him to see my latest "new" car, a 1973 Lincoln. So, he comes out, is pleasantly surprised to see this car, and tells me his brake light came on in his 1973 Imperial while driving down. So, he jacks up the car, and was inspecting the brakes. Next thing I know, these two little kids come bounding into our front yard, from our next door neighbors yard. A boy and a girl. I'd say the boy was 3, the girl 5. Real friendly. I had noticed them running around their house the last few weeks. Asking our names, telling us theirs. Showing us how to hoola hoop. They seemed starved for some attention. They would run around their house, then come back to see what we were doing. Gregg and I told them not to get too close to the car as the jack could fail, and we were cleaning parts with nasty smelling solvents. They didn't really seem to care, most likely because they were so damn young, and bored. They told us that they were not brother and sister, but cousins, yet they seemed to be talking about the same woman being their Mom. They said she no longer had a home, or a car. Well, after running around the house for about the 100th time, and being told to watch out as my Dad was going to back a car out of the garage, the girl came up to me and asked if we had anything to eat. We really didn't have much, and told her as much. I figured she was just trying to get a snack before dinner, but was starting to feel like they were being far too friendly with complete strangers. The girl asked if we had ANYTHING to eat. Hmmm. It was about 6:30, perhaps they hadn't eaten since lunch or breakfast even. Did they even eat today? I saw no car in the driveway, didn't look like anyone was home. No one would leave kids this young alone, would they? So, I said I had some bread, and the girl got excited. So, I was going in to get some,and she asked if they could come in. At that point I said point blank that they didn't know me, and they really, really shouldn't go into a stranger's house for any reason! It seemed a little light bulb went on, like she might have heard that somewhere before. I was going to bring them each a piece of bread, but when I came back in, they were not around. Gregg said he didn't see any car come by, or hear someone call them, but he was focused on his brakes. About an hour later, I saw an SUV leave the garage, but it was dark by then, so don't know who was in it. My next door neighbor I know somewhat, she is in her 50's I'd guess, divorced, kids have long since left home. She twisted my arm last year, and took me to some Herbalife kind of snake oil pitch. I didn't buy anything, but we still wave when we see each other...she asked me how I was after my gall bladder surgery. So, how should I approach this situation? I am much more worried about the kids, than the relationship with the neighbor, but I still have to live next to her. Should I just say, hey the kids are swell, but they are too young to be left unattended like this? Hell, I would worry about them running into the street at that age! Or should I just see what happens the next few days? Either in case I feel like calling child services, or to see if the kids stay away. I just read that the actress Terri Hatcher was molested at 5, the age of the little girl. And if Gregg and I were molesters, those kids could have been raped, or murdered last night. Why do people pay so little attention to their children/grandchildren?

He really seemed like the ultimate happy player, like a latter-day Ernie Banks. Having your career cut short by losing your eyesite(in one eye) has to be hard to take. Hopefully he is at peace now.

As said above, many more birthdays, and good health as well!!!!

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