you would think sir paul would not be so keen on a coffee chain distributing his music....cash crops and all

yup - i would call this jay leno clip racist

remember this moment of dr who when living in australia

i really like this guy's concept of a pixel....

only ones
lipsynching and live

excited about maurice sendak and spike jonze

i am on an fda mailing list for life threatening recalls:
FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. This listserv covers mainly Class I (life-threatening) recalls. A complete listing of recalls can be found in the FDA Enforcement Report at: http://www.fda.gov/opacom/Enforce.html

beyond blowfish being labelled as monkfish - i thought this recall is pretty funny considering the product name:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Atlanta, GA -- August 27, 2007 -- Bella Cucina of Atlanta, Georgia is recalling units of Death by Chocolate cookies [my emphasis] if your bag does not correctly state that the product contains walnuts. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to Walnuts run the risk of serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.

celine can't be that bad:
Although the Academy Awards ceremony didn’t sit too well with Smith, and he, as well as his bright white suit, was trashed on television, he says it did force him to change his mind about Celine Dion, who performed right after he did. "She was really sweet, which has made it impossible for me to dislike Celine Dion anymore. Even though I can’t stand the music that she makes -- with all due respect I don’t like it much at all -- but she herself was very, very nice. She asked me if I was nervous and I said, ‘Yeah.’ And she was like, ‘That’s good because you get your adrenaline going, and it’ll make your song better. It’s a beautiful song.’ Then she gave me a big hug. It was too much. It was too human to be dismissed simply because I find her music trite."

i want

my favourite segment on fame....except it doesn't show that jimmy osmond FREAKS OUT when all the students rush to congratulate him....

tom jones and janis joplin

angry about pet food contamination and so on? they executed the guy!....

worthy of dangermouse...

i think i actually walked by this guy playing in a frantic michael hedges stylee on prince arthur - i was wowed but in a rush so didn't stop....although i almost just stopped to buy his cd

this american life:
Glass, who personally contributed over 2,000 anecdotes from his own life for documentation, called the project's conclusion the "end of an era."


onion article

gauchos

best article i've read so far on the pet food recall. i have a je mondou can of tuna on my desk (possibly part of the recall - ups number same but not the expiry date)
which i've marked "poison"....i realize that might be a little too close to "poisson"....

baden powell plays samba triste

and him many years later

From a document on the Quebec government's site

A quote from what I assume is associated with the Protestant School Board (I need to read the whole doc):

At the same time, the Committee points out the importance of emphasizing the Judaeo-Christian heritage of Québec society. Québec’s cultural, religious and ethnic diversity, it says, should not neutralize our own convictions and values (p. 4).

i love playing takamine acoustic basses - i want one of these