Aye, like the title says, the New York Times ombudsman came out with some pretty strong criticism of the McCain smear job.
And y’all thought the press loved McCain — of course, anybody with even an elementary grasp of politics knew the Fourth Estate would immediately turn on Johnny-boy as soon as he had secured the nomination…
…Lindsay Lohan in “I Know Who Killed Me”. She almost got a clean sweep…
Here are the Razzie winners (The Golden Raspberry, for those of you who don’t know about Razzies — awards you DON’T want to win…)
Worst Picture:
I Know Who Killed Me
Worst Actor:
Eddie Murphy, ‘Norbit’
Worst Actress:
Lindsay Lohan, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’
Worst Supporting Actress:
Lindsay Lohan (as Aubrey), ‘I Know Who Killed Me’
Lindsay Lohan (as Dakota), ‘I Know Who Killed Me’
Worst Screen Couple:
Lindsay Lohan & Lindsay Lohan, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’
Worst Remake or Rip-Off:
I Know Who Killed Me (Rip-Off of ‘Hostel,’ ‘Saw,’ and ‘The Patty Duke Show’)
Worst Prequel or Sequel:
Daddy Day Camp
Worst Director:
Chris Siverston, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’
Worst Screenplay:
Jeffrey Hammond, ‘I Know Who Killed Me’
Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie:
I Know Who Killed Me
The official Razzie website is at:
Ah, I mentioned this earlier and then never posted up a follow-up.
As most of you probably know, we hit that spy satellite on the first attempt, and we even think we nailed the sucker’s fuel tank.
Here’s a video of the hit and an AP report on it:
Ah, remember the 80s, when liberals were deriding a missile defense shield as pure fantasy? Bahahaha! Blam-o!
God loves explosions and so do I.
Okay, I had to search a while for this today, so I’m going to put this info in the hopes that it answers someone’s question about this more easily than I had it answered for me.
The question is, let’s say you have two albums by the same artist that have the exact same two songs on them. Duplicate songs. How do you get rid of one of them and just use one file on both albums?
The answer? You cannot get rid of one of the songs and use the other one for both albums. You have to keep both songs. That’s it. No ifs, ands, or buts.
And it’s really dumb, in my opinion, and could have easily been taken care of by Apple in the development phase of any of its iPod-family products.
I never thought I’d find myself posting a link to an article by Roseanne Barr on politics, but here I am, doing it, because what she says here is absolutely right:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roseanne-barr/experience-vs-inspiratio_b_87982.html
From the piece:
When I fly in an airplane I want the pilot with the most experience, not the one who can inspire hope in me that I get to where I am going.
With GT5 peeking around the corner, Burnout Paradise has quietly snuck under the radar. And it’s a great game. A really great game.
First, a couple of notes on the game. It supports rumble (very nicely), sixaxis control (who the hell uses sixaxis, anyway?), has a great multiplayer mode, and also allows for use of a webcam (in Sony’s view, preferably the Eye, but my Logitech worked just fine).
Now the details. Burnout Paradise is an open-ended, open-world game. Of course, when anybody says that these days, it conjures up GTA gameplay that can’t be matched. But, for a driving game, this one comes damn close. A good deal of the time you might actually feel a little like you’re playing GTA.
Cruising Paradise City
(click for larger image)
The graphics are great. Pure eye candy. Paradise City is rendered in beautiful detail, and there (so far) have been no load times in wandering the immense city.
The way the game works is simple: pull up to any stoplight, spin your wheels, and you’re in a competition of some sort. Some are straight races. Some are take-down matches (take out other cars) — with spectacular collisions (this game contains its fair share of “Oh Shnap!” moments). New cars are unlocked as you finish races, and most of them show up first on the street, where you have to take them down in open gameplay in order to win the car.
As you win competitions and cars, your license (which can contain a webcam-snapped picture of you) goes up in points and grades, allowing you to enter more events.
As in GTA, there are drive-throughs to fix your car, your nitro boost, your paint job…once you discover them, of course.
The physics of the game are great; collisions look and feel real. There are hundreds of stunts, and jumps, some hidden, some out in the open. The world is fully explorable — except, of course, you can’t get out of your car; this is a racing game at heart, and while it reminds one of GTA — it ain’t GTA.
Also well done is the soundtrack. It has, of course, Guns ‘n’ Roses singing Paradise City (duh), but also a good deal of other great driving music.
This game gets a 9 all the way around. And after playing the demo of Turismo 5…one wonders if the old “ultimate driving simulator” has maybe seen its day come and go.
And, just to add this, a 9 all around on a racing game is a high score for me, because I’m not a big racing game fan. I never have enjoyed the Need for Speed series, for instance (with the exception of Hot Pursuit).
Rent it, try it, love it, go out and buy it.
No, I’m not referring to a John Lee Hooker song.
I’m talking about how we’re going to try blowing a bus-sized satellite out of space with a missile.
Now taking bets on whether we hit it or not. I say we nail the sucker on the first try.
Right, for those of you not addicted to the 24-hour news cycle — Michelle Obama got quoted saying that, due to her husband’s success, this is the “first time” she has ever been proud of her country.
Oh, man, was that stupid.
Here’s all she had to do — change the wording of the phrase to:
“This is the proudest I’ve ever been of my country.”
Or anything along those lines.
The 24-hour news cycle will guarantee this story goes away, but what the hell, might as well blog while the blogging’s still good.
I went ahead and added a little poll to the right sidebar, all the way down.
Whee.
Oh frabjous day, Callooh Callay!
Just breaking, so not much to say about it right now.