I love Texans...and Zombies

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Nick Muntean, a University of Texas student, organized 15 random actors to act as zombies as they lurched towards the American Idol auditions, warning the already rejected-hopefuls outside that, "Television rots your braaaaaaains!"

In perfect irony, one American-Idol wannabe, Jacob Gandia remarked, "I don't get it."

Unfortunately, the producers had discovered the call for zombies on Craigslist, so they were all ready waiting for the zombie invasion. Eventually, they convinced all of them to sign release forms so Fox could broadcast their images on American Idol.

Sigh. Even brain-eating zombies get co-opted by Fox...American Idol no less!

New Orleans is sinking man and I don't wanna swim...

that, and probably because I wouldn't be able to if I was there when Hurricane Katrina makes landfall. I hope that damage will be minimal and casualties none or few, but being a Category 5 (which is the most powerful, and only 3 or 4 have ever been recorded) and all, the Southern US coast won't be a pretty sight afterwards. No joke, this storm's got everyone pissing their pants.

Nature sure can get angry when it wants to...

A valiant effort, Jon. But alas.

Tonight's Daily Show was a good reminder why Jon Stewart is just a comedian, as much as people would want him to be otherwise.

A comparison. His guest last night was Senator Trent Lott, who'd published his memoirs, "Herding Cats." the entire interview was light (but not silly) as Stewart and the former majority leader traded barbs (particularly about Lott's remarks at Strom Thurmond's birthday) and discussed the book. A wholly enjoyable segment.

Tonight's guest, however, was Christopher Hitchens, out promoting his book, "Thomas Jefferson: Author of America" With a understandably huge interest in the Iraq war, Jon had someone on who had an understanding of the geopolitical issues surrounding the war and thus had an the opportunity to ask Hitchens why if there were other countries that were perhaps a greater threat to the US (Iran, North Korea), why they went into Iraq instead.

The first point they discussed was some Bushisms, particularly the "We're fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here." Hitchens argued it was bullshit, as the global war on terror is either everywhere or nowhere--there can't be a 'there' and a 'here.'

While I agree with that, I wonder if it's possible that the disconnect exists because somehow Bush thinks that the US is somehow should be above the fray, so that while the war on terror is fought 'down there' in the world so that it's not fought 'up here' in the US? Or is it merely a statement that logically isn't true, as Hitchens argues?

Next, Hitchens said that countries had signed a convention (couldn't make out which one...anyone out there that can help?) stating if any of 4 principles were broken, a country's sovereignty was forfeit. Since Iraq broke these four principles, it's sovereignty was forfeit. Therefore, Bush was merely upholding that convention by following US policy, as passed in the 1998 Iraq Liberation Act...

But if you read the act, you'll find this statement: "It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime." (bold emphasis mine). It is NOT US policy to be the effort to overthrow the regime. Regardless of other arguments about the war, this one by Hitchens isn't true.

Hitchens also stated that Bush was correcting Pres. G. H. W. Bush's mistake of letting Saddam Hussein continue to run Iraq.

My question about this argument is, regardless of whether it was a mistake on the Senior Bush's part (it was), were there other MORE immediate threats to the US besides Iraq that would've warranted action in 2002-3?

For the first time since I've started watching the Daily Show, it wasn't a comedic interview as Jon turned it into a really serious debate. And while he's a smart guy, Jon couldn't give us any good responses to Hitchen's arguments. They were few and it seemed that at times he fell back on HIS talking points about wanting the war to be accountable (which it should always be) and be run competently (is it?) or making jokes to try to fall back on what the interview should've been like. Hitchens definitely sensed that the crowd wasn't going to be on his side (as he snidely remarked about the lack of applause on anything he said...). Maybe it was the lack of time that didn't allow Hitchens and Stewart to flesh out their one-on-one, but Stewart definitely seemed to be on the defensive for most of it as Hitchens through strike after strike.

In my opinion, Jon Stewart doesn't have the knowledge to have a serious debate with a guy like Hitchens. BUT, he would definitely make a good moderator on a debate program, kind of like Crossfire, but good. Imagine though, A one-hour debate show, with Jon Stewart as the moderator and host, Christopher Hitchens as one guest, Fareed Zakaria as the other.

Now THAT would be a show I'd tune in to...even if it was on CNN.

Update 2:16 AM: corrected the title of Hitchen's book.

Nothing, just look at the picture...

Courtesy of these guys...

First Hello Kitty...now THIS!

Good Idea: Getting kids to eat healthier.

Bad Idea: Getting kids drinking beer...

...well, not quite. My friend Erica pointed me towards this bizarre story. Apparently, there's a company in Japan that markets a non-alcoholic drink called "Kidsbeer" (I can't make this shit up). It's a guarana-based drink (so think Molson Kick but without the alcohol) and comes in the same brown bottles as regular beer. The best part, however, are the quotes that the president of Kidsbeer gives,

"Children copy and mimic adults...If you get this drink ready on such occasions as events and celebrations attended by kids, it would make the occasions even more entertaining." (Because, You obviously can't have fun without drinking beer...)

and the product's slogan,

"Even kids cannot stand life unless they have a drink"
(Are kids' lives that miserable in Japan???)

This is definitely one product that goes in the "What the world could do without" pile.

Oh Ezra, why you gotta be like Godzilla?

So this was supposed to be an early night for me until I came across this piece by Ezra Levant. Let the dissecting begin:

"Don't believe what the Alberta-bashers tell you."

I'm really sick and tired of this everyone against Alberta mentality. Can we (that's all of Canada, just in case anyone's wondering) all please grow up and start acting like mature adults?

"Oh, sure, crude oil hasn't been $65/barrel before. But that's not because oil is more expensive than ever. It's because inflation has eroded the value of the dollar."

I'm not an economist nor have I followed gas prices, but it sounds reasonable.

"Of course, nobody talks this way about other items that we have to buy -- like, say, automobiles. The average auto in North America is 62% more expensive today than it was in 1980, in real dollars. But cars are made in Ontario and Quebec. Oil is drilled in Alberta. It's easy and fun to pick on Alberta for its oil wealth. (Want proof? Canada's auto industry negotiated an exemption from the Kyoto Protocol. No fanfare, just a quiet side deal. Alberta's oil remains in the Kyoto bulls-eye.)"

It's not that we're purposefully avoiding the discussion about automobile prices or other petroleum-based product, it's just that we're a little slow. Sorry, our bad.

And again, who's picking on Alberta? This isn't a schoolyard! Anyone who thinks Alberta controls world oil prices and thus screwing them of their money are idiots. I frankly wouldn't want the auto industry to get that exemption and instead be forced to raise fuel efficiency standards, but my government dropped the ball on that one.

Oil companies are demonized as large, impersonal, profiteering organizations rigging prices.

Mr. Levant should know that EVERY large corporation is demonized as such. Stop singling out Oil Patch. You're biased against the rest of the corporations in Canada!

"Most reporters have an anti-business bias to begin with. Add in oil and you tap into their environmentalist biases, too."

Most reporters also work in a 'business.' I guess they're biased against themselves. Damn self-hatin' reporters.

I also didn't know that not liking pollution was a bias. I guess I'm biased against pollution.

"There are some notable voices -- Gwyn Morgan of EnCana and James Buckee of Talisman are examples of oilmen with the courage to challenge the economics and science of Kyoto."

Here's what I pulled off of EnCana (bottom of the page, "the Voluntary Challenge and Registry Inc.") and Talisman's (2004 Corporate Responsibility Report, section titled "Kyoto Protocol") website. Granted, EnCana's more vague on what they're doing about climate change, but they acknowledge it while Talisman has a full section on working on the Kyoto Protocol. Either Morgan and Buckee are saying one thing but doing another (which is which is the reader's guess) or Mr. Levant's behind in the news...

Take out the inflammatory rhetoric about Canada against Alberta, the Feds against Alberta, the auto industry against Alberta, the media against Alberta and Godzilla against Alberta (Alberta just can't get any breaks, apparently), and what you have is, well, 3 paragraphs arguing that oil prices aren't that high but everything else has become more expensive, so suck it up. Which is pretty reasonable. It's too bad it got buried by the other nonsense. It's just frustrating when pundits from one side or the other accuse their opposites of being inflammatory. The hypocrisy is just so blatant, kinda like the people in the Godzilla costumes. Now if only we can all stop fighting imaginary battles and get on with governing the country.

On a related note, I don't want people to think I'm just picking on the conservative pundits. They just tend to be the loudest and get noticed more often. If I find a liberal pundit saying stupid things, I will go to town on it.

Thoughts for the evening

Watching the Daily Show I wondered, "Does Pat Robertson or anyone else for that matter realize how ridiculous he (Robertson) looks praying to GOD to open up more US Supreme Court vacancies, besides the fact that he's doing it on television?"

And reading CalgaryGrit, I'm surprised by the knee-jerk reactions that some conservative commenters have towards any responses from anyone from Ontario. I mean, I wouldn't be the first to say that there are dingbats (and I use the term in the most lovingly way, of course) on all sides of the political spectrum who couldn't argue themselves out of a paperbag and only know to spew vitriol at each other.

But when someone like James Bow (and there were others) tries to have a reasoned debate about the the NEP (which I know is a source of resentment by people from western provinces) and all we get are comments like,

"Alberta was going into a recession anyways so it was ok to steal 80 billion dollars from them" (as if it's some ongoing conspiracy hatched up by Trudeau to screw each and every Albertan personally...)

and,

"nice attempt at revising history. Where do you live now? Oh, yea it's Toronto" (because where you live automatically invalidates your opinion, right? Isn't that what SOME people, whom I shall not name, accuse left-wing commenters of doing? Congratulations, you've won a free pass to Hypocrisyville!)

it's little wonder why no one takes you seriously...because no one should. In any case, I don't know anything about the NEP and I would LOVE it if some conservative commenter can just go onto CalgaryGrit and debate with James Bow and all the others in a civilized manner so that maybe, just maybe, I'll learn something new about our national history.

Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada

I should be reading Robert Wright's A Short History Of Progress; instead, I'm blogging about the comments made in a Globe and Mail forum about PM Martin's appointment of Michaelle Jean as our next Governor General (GG).

While most were delighted about the appointment, others were less enthused. The extreme comments being the 'let's get rid of the position completely' to 'she's a journalist and therefore she automatically doesn't qualify,' 'well, we might as well have Ron Maclean as our GG' and 'why can't we get a Aboriginal Canadian (agreed, but there can only be one person in that position at a time, folks). The other negative comments generally centred around the "why couldn't we appoint a Canadian-born person' and 'Martin's kowtowing to minorities, Quebeckers, women and therefore ignoring white men from the West.'

How quickly some forget. That's not to say that there weren't commenters who defended the decision. But blogging being what it is allows me to research first.

1) Starting with the Right Honourable Vincent Massey in 1952, we've alternated GGs from Quebec and the rest of Canada. I don't really see a problem with that (we are a bilingual country) though if people want to alternate between provinces and territories, I don't see a problem with that either. In any case, Martin may not be changing this recent tradition (for better or worse), but I don't think he's kowtowing to anybody (The timing certainly benefits him, but prominent Quebeckers have been speculated upon these last few weeks anyways).

2) The last 'white, Canadian-born' Governor General was the Right Honorable Romeo LeBlanc, and he stepped down in 1999. Gosh, that's, like, in the last century! It's been such a long time! Get over it, people. By the time Ms. Jean steps down, it'll have barely been a decade. Are our collective memories that short? Oh by the way, EVERY Governor General before Adrienne Clarkson has been 'white.' But then, we aren't looking at the colour of their skin, right? Or appeasing the 'white' population, were we?

3) As for appointing a CBC journalist, skimming the biographies, the only people with prominent journalism experience but no political experience since Massey has been, wait for it, two: Ms. Jean and GG Clarkson. TWO! Jeanne Sauve (sorry, don't know how to add accents) and Romeo LeBlanc served both on Parliament Hill and in journalism. Plus, pre-Massey GGs were usually Earls or Viscounts and such. How does that make them any more qualified to serve as Head of State then Ms. Jean?

4) The last three non-Quebecker GGs (Rt. Hon. Roland Michener,Rt. Hon. Edward Schreyer and Rt. Hon. Ramon Hnatyshyn) were born in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. How's that for not representing the West? If anybody should be pissed, it should be the Maritimers. Everyone before Massey (born in Toronto) were British nationals. Guess what, as our country changes, those who serve as its head should probably change in accordance. Why is that so shocking?

I don't know if Ms. Jean is qualified or not for the position. She's certainly accomplished. I thought GG Clarkson did a fine job serving Canada's interests at home and abroad, as did all of the previous GG. I wish Ms. Jean much success in her position and hope that these next few years she's able to show those naysayers why she was the right choice.

The reason why I watch Jon Stewart

When you can have an inflammatory guest like Sen. Rick Santorum on a show and have a calm and serious debate (and yet, still funny) without it deteriorating into a shouting match, you know you're watching Jon Stewart.

And to those who think he threw softballs at him, I say again, "YOU'RE WATCHING THE COMEDY CHANNEL." He's not Bill O'Reilly. He won't chew out his guests, regardless of who they are. I watch it for the insightful comedy. If an interesting debate ensues, so much the better, but it's not expected.

We definitely need to demand better from the mainstream media, though I wonder if it's less of a problem up here?

"Fly me to the 2003 UB313...that doesn't sound right"

Hot off the presses courtesy of Boing Boing:

NASA has apparently discovered a 10th planet circling our Sun.

They've been looking for this for a long time. I really hope they didn't make a mistake. The tentative name is 2003 UB313 (clever, those physicists and astronomers) but if the International Astronomer's Union names it Planet X, I will be so disappointed in them.

Keeping up with the Googles

Before I go further, I must say that Blogger's photo uploader, while convenient, makes laying out the page a bit frustrating, particularly because the spacing and the layout in 'preview' mode does not coincide with how it is actually viewed by others; thus, making it a guessing game as to how photos should be placed (as encountered on the post below).

In any case, the real meat of the post concerns Microsoft's release of Virtual Earth, their answer to Google Maps. While Google Maps blew Mapquest and the like out of the water with it's 'google'-simple interface, Microsoft was definitely attempting to halt the onslaught that Google's been making in recent months.

While I must confess I'm fond of recent Google products (Scholar, Maps, Earth), Virtual Earth's sliding zoom-scale and panning capability is smoother than Google Map. And particularly in the United States, aerial photos have much higher resolution. Having said that, Virtual Earth currently has no aerial photos of anywhere outside the US (I'll reserve judgment on this issue and see what Microsoft comes up with in a few months) and it's always a hybrid map/aerial photo, which may cause problems for people who only want one or the other. In any case, I don't know if many people will switch to Virtual Earth, or if it's even relevant, since most people aren't heavy map users (unlike a quasi-map nerd like me).

Regardless, Microsoft is no longer the innovator of mass-use computer software. Google's the new shark in the tank. The question is, will people despise Google the same way they did Microsoft since once you're on the top of the mountain, everyone else is clamouring to bring you down (or whether it'll different because the technology's been free for the most part).

Catch Up

I've been meaning to blog these last few days but having to catch up with all the news and blog feeds I get has actually consumed more hours than I expected. Many stories I wanted to comment about are now probably old news so it's probably not worth it. Instead, I'll quickly summarize my trips to Calgary and London, Ontario.

Having never been out west before, it was definitely an enjoyable trip, especially during the Calgary Stampede (no pictures unfortunately). Anyone would love a citywide party, and I am no exception. I got a general feel of the city (especially the way addresses are handled) and it's easy to figure out the history of the city based on the way the street layout.

Taking a stroll along one of Calgary's many trails with my friends Jess, Moni and her niece Emma to the Calgary Zoo.

In some respects, Calgary is a contradiction. There's now a resurgence in demand to live downtown, within walking distance of various amenities but at the same time new suburbs (in traditional, sprawling fashion) are being built at an enormous pace, as evident on the flight into the city. But I guess, if you have tons of money to spend, you can please everybody.

I was very impressed, however, by the large amounts of greenspace running through the city, moreso than, say, Toronto. While they're not prevalent in all areas, the irony is often you can only access them by automobile. It helped that the weather was gorgeous and people were frequenting these areas and that Calgary got more rain than usual, making the vegetation quite lush.

And of course, seeing the Rockies for the first time blew me away. I never even ventured in that far, ending up only in Kananaskis Country. Just being able to hike into some of the trails was just invigorating. With views like the one above, how can one not want to spend all their time there?


When you get to witness a cowboy fording a river on a horse, how can you not enjoy yourself?

Another area I was impressed with was the University of Western Ontario. Though people complain of its sprawling campus, it is large mainly because of the size of the university itself, hosting upwards of 30 000 students. Again, so much more greenery (particularly large trees and gardens rather than straight lawns) than say, Queen's University. It's also particularly interesting to see how the built form on the main campus tends to remain consistent throughout different periods, save a few buildings (Staging Building, Weldon Library and the Social Science Centre are unfortunately on the wrong side of different). But it makes me so disappointed at Queen's that it doesn't provide a proportionate amount of greenery that Western does, especially on a hot, summer day. So while I still think Queen's is one of the greatest schools in the country (I'm a little biased, I can be upfront about it), it's certainly lacking in the vegetation department (and the wireless internet, but that's another post.

But this felt good, getting me back into the swing of things.

They'll rupture the time/space continuum!

So the US Congress passed a law expanding Daylight Saving Time into March and November as part of a package to reduce energy use.

Is it just me or is this the dumbest argument for changing the way time is measured in North America. I know time doesn't actually exist blah blah blah...aside from that, if they're serious about energy conservation, they really should just make Daylight Saving Time 12 months of the year. I mean, why only save daylight 9 months of the year? you're wasting those 3 months! In fact, this scheme is obviously much easier and much more logical than say, giving incentives to individuals to reduce their own energy consumption by the 2.2% they've saved from current DST.

And I love the Congress-induced vertigo already happening in Canada if we don't follow suit. This is what politicians will be dealing with if Bush signs it into law, instead of talking about real issues. Oh, I can't wait for the cacophony of the Left bemoaning how following suit will diminish our sovereignty and the Right arguing how Canada will create a rip in the time/space continuum if we don't. Hey, US Congress, have I said how much I appreciated what you do for us lately?

And to those politicians who say this will help them because they can turn on their streetlights later...You do know YOU can change when the lights come on in your city RIGHT NOW? You do know you control your lighting system and not the Sun, right?

I'm going to lie down. Maybe when I wake up, it'll be 3PM last wednesday and none of this will have occurred.

Stream of Consciousness in Calgary

Spending time with Tara, Jess and Moni in Calgary has been phenomenal. I've seen so many parts of Calgary (Eau Clair Market, Calgary Zoo, Princes Island, Elbow River Trail, Stampede Park) and hiking in Nihahi Creek was one of the most wonderful experiences I've ever had.

And yet, while it's been so fun to see my friends, I'm constantly feeling this twinge of regret/sadness underneath it all, and I don't know why. Also, the smallest little thing about my friend is annoying me right now and while normally it wouldn't, it is at the moment. I can't explain it, I want it to go away but I can't.

In any case, I've learned there certainly is a different mentality out here. And I respect it, and it shouldn't divide us as a nation, but it does, both in how we view the West and how they view the East (case in point, the Alberta Separatist Party). There is so much potential in this nation and what we can achieve. What's stopping us is the petty squabbling and stereotyping that is so easy to do. If we just worked a little harder...

Also, I need to frickin remember that when I'm talking to my friends in Ontario or calling them, that there is a 2 bloody hour time difference between here and there...

For some final props:
Tara: Thank you so much for taking me around Stampede. Lethbridge was interesting, albeit still very suburbanish. We'll have to work on our golf game together.
Jess: Thank you for taking us to Nihahi creek and spending all that time with me. I'm sure you had tons of stuff to do getting settled but I really appreciate the fact that you spent so much time with me as you did. Stay the way you are, and don't you dare go cowboy on me.
Moni: Thank you so much for housing me and just being my other half. Emma's the cutest niece ever and it'll be wicked fun if you return to Ontario

Calgary +1

I've finally arrived in the City of Calgary.

My urban planning-senses are tingling as there's much of the city to explore...plus the Stampede of course.

Since I'm living in my friend's place which is right off one of the major streets of Calgary, I got ZERO sleep. But really, who needs sleep?

There's not a cloud in the sky right now so we're going to make the most of it...looking for furniture.

AND going to the Calgary Zoo.

You'll hear more when actually interesting things happen.

Front Page News

Omar El-Akkad, as some of you might know, was Queen's Journal editor last year, on the floor of Morris 2 Residence in first year and was one funny guy at Golden Words.

He's currently an intern at the Globe and Mail and just so happens to get his first story printed on the front page this week. You can read it HERE.

Check out his blog, Epileptic Penguin. His run-ins with John Stackhouse and other random Toronto happenings are pretty funny.

Final Fantasy has a home...in my CD player.

Let me be the first to say that I'm so far from the hipster-Indie music scene that I couldn't wear a fedora and sweatbands if my life depended on it. Needless to say, when Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett) was coming to Kingston, I wasn't exactly jumping at the chance to see him. But when a friend offers a free ticket, who am I to refuse?

The Elixir nightclub was packed with Kingston hipsters, and my friends and I were definitely outnumbered 10-1. I just wanted to leave tonight without a staredown.

I had no expectations of what Final Fantasy would sound like, which is probably one reason why I was so blown away by his performance. Before I continue, you must know that Final Fantasy consists mainly of him, his violin and a looping pedal. It is this fact alone that makes him brilliant.

His songs are all structured the same. He'd play a sample live that gets looped throughout the song. Each successive layer of looped samples build into a rich layer of sounds that your brain is just trying to wade through, all leading up to a massive crescendo, when it crashes into the dreamy beginning, ending with him playing his original sample again and completing the circle of life...

I definitely did not expect such a rich texture of sounds coming from one violin. And I think listening to mainly mainstream music also helps with that surprise. But it's incredible watching him squeeze every musical juice possible out of that one violin. And all his samples are such catchy hooks that I find myself tapping to the beat without realizing it. My one complaint is that his songs are structured the same. With the versatility that he already possesses, I'm surprised I don't find more diverse types of songs. Not that I'm complaining, it was still pretty damn entertaining to watch.

So, if you're interested, check out Final Fantasy's website. Or check out any show near you. Even if you end up not liking him, you have to give him respect at how much he can make you rock out to a violin. I've never been so enthralled by someone playing a classical instrument.

Weirdest moment of the night: watching Owen scream into his violin to add his voice to a looping hook. I don't think I've ever seen someone yell at a violin before, let alone his/her own. And I think this will be the one and only time where Judy Blume got a shout out at a concert.

I'm sure Optimuscrime will have pictures.

Update (June 8, 2005 6:25 pm):

As promised, you can not only check out pictures from Optimuscrime, but he also has a video of one of the songs HERE.

And in other news...

1) Be thankful that the worst that can happen TO teachers here is be on strike or be fired...

2) Realistically, I think the government of Nova Scotia should buy it. On the other hand, if I owned it, I think I'm not only going to find treasure, but the budget surplus as well...

3) This is for Andria...they found a new species of Dolphin! Well...not quite. They've always been there. We just figured out that they were genetically divergent from another related species.

4) Frivolous lawsuit #9,453,056...(I've lost count...):A Russian astrologist is suing NASA in Russian court for 300 MILLION DOLLARS. She believes that crashing their probe, Deep Impact, into Comet Tempel 1 will endanger humanity becuase the comet MAY alter course towards Earth (yep, and I MAY hold my breath when it happens, but I ain't gonna...) and that by affecting the comet in any way, it will affect HER life and cause her "moral trauma"...if only you could actually laugh these cases out of court...

Funny Municipality Names in Ontario

In my quasi-research for my master's paper, I've run across some funny names in Ontario. So here they are, for your amusement:

Township of Burpee and Mills
Township of Calvin (obviously it's funny...)
United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde (phew, I'm out of breath...)
Township of Limerick (There once was a township named Limerick...HA!)
Town of Mono
Township of Moonbeam
Town of Spanish (There's only one requirement to live here. Can YOU guess what it is?)
Township of The Archipelago
Municipality of The Nation
Township of Tiny
Township of Zorra (it's almost Zorro...)

Obviously, it's a subjective list. You could find other names to be amusing, like Puslinch...or Newmarket.

Three things the World could do without...

1) A plush 'facehugger' toy from the movie Aliens. Aww, this thing that's laying eggs in my body through my mouth is soooo cute...

2) Another movie involving Tom Cruise or Dakota Fanning...because I will stab my eyes or ears (or both) if I hear Dakota Fanning scream one more time or see Tom Cruise look anguished as Tom Cruise does ALL THE TIME...

3) Starbucks' "Make It Your Drink" guide to Beverages. If I need to read a book to order a drink, I'm in the wrong place. Ironically, that's exactly where I'm posting right now...