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6.21.2006
Two Piece of News Today
- I see that the Ritz Carlton will build a second condo project in Uptown with condos priced from $700,000 to $8 million. (DMN p. 1D)
- The Republican controlled Senate today rejected an attempt by Democrats to raise the minimum wage. It will remain fixed at $5.15 an hour as it has been since 1997.
So now people can clean $8 million condos for $5.15 an hour.
Incredible.
Ugghh
If I could get the Star Telegram web site to load, I'd link to Day 6 of the Rebecca Simpson trial.
Depressing
"(AP) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has notified about 21,000 Army soldiers and Marines that they are scheduled to be sent to Iraq late this year as part of the latest deployment rotation. "
6.20.2006
Final Mavs Thoughts
1. Incredible.
2. I hate basketball for this reason: Every time down the court a foul can be called. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it isn't. There is no rhyme or reason to it. That makes the sport unpredictable and hardly a sport at all.
3. If you want to watch the final shot via youtube.com, you can do so here.
4. Was there a foul on the final shot? Youtube.com clip is here.
5. In football, 98% of the time only the most obvious fouls are called. Let's bring on September.
6. All that being said, the Heat were simply better.
7. Oh, yeah, I am a basketball genius.
Explore For Hours
One of the greatest movie sites on the web is www.filmsite.org. Trust me, you can spend hours there if you like or love movies.
A second ago I got hooked on the 100 Most Scary Moments in alphabetical order.
Warning: If you don't have a Pop Up Blocker, you'll be beaten down upon entry.
Just Another Boring News Day
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has activated its ground-based interceptor missile-defense system amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday. "
The Veronicas
I've never heard a single one of their songs but I bet they are really good. Buy their albums so these sweet girls can have money.
Free Mav Tickets To Game 7 (If Necessary)
500 pair will be given away. Info here. (Not surprisingly, there are some server problems.)
And if you want to see a youtube.com video of the infamous "time out" the other night, you can check it out here. The neat thing about it is that it was taken by a fan from the upper deck with a regular video camera. It makes it very "real".
Gone With The Wind
I finally finished it over the weekend. Thoughts:
- I'm not sure Scarlett had any redeeming qualities. I mean, she ends up alone on the stairs. Happy life to her.
- I haven't heard the name "Tara" so much since .... well.....a while back.
- Clark Gable was pretty good although I can't name another movie he was in.
- It was too long, but I guess epics are required to be too long.
- The movie went nuts in the last hour. In a 15 minute period there was a miscarriage, a death of a child from a horse riding incident, and the death of another character from exhaustion. And I thought the Civil War was brutal.
- I finally understand the "wear a curtain" Carol Burnett joke.
Al Qaeda Hates Coors Light
From the Update:
"THREATS TO CAMPAIGN — Bridgeport Police Department reported Monday that terroristic threats have been made to Jennifer Walker, who is involved with a campaign to call an election for the legalized sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption in Bridgeport. Walker has received two letters and vandalism to her home. Police said they plan to interview a couple of people in the case. "
(Actually, "terroristic threat" is so widely defined under the Texas Penal Code that it is hard for some people to get in an argument without committing an offense.)
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