Taiwan bloggin' and political rantin' will have to wait until another day . . . It's the weekend! Time to have some fun!For all y'all who've ever wondered what might happen if you combine video game programmers and too much AC/DC, first crank up your

Pass the popcorn! It's been a little while since I've been at the movies, but the Sibling (himself a huge moviegoer) has been asking for my latest cynical look at the celluloid parade that is summer movies. Last time I savaged "Spider-Man 2&qu

I should probably be crowing "TGIF!" but I'm too tired. It's been one heck of a week, and today especially it seems everything's been pushing my buttons until I'm a seething figure of rage. Maybe it's one of my "tolerant, open-minded l

Or some unconvention-al POLLS, anyway.Hey, didn't everyone think Kerry was going to get a big fat bump in the polls because the Dems' national convention is this week? Isn't Kerry's popularity supposed to be rising because of that convention? Well???

It's another gray, cold day in Cloudcuckooland, which makes me miss the huge blue sky and in-your-face summer heat of the Lone Star State. Which reminds me . . . Here's the latest from my old stomping grounds in Austin. The word is that practically t

Back to the cubicle in a little bit . . . with great reluctance. I have to say, though, this Monday won't be quite so bad, I think, since the cycling fans in the Cube Farm will be all a-buzz with the Tour de France finish yesterday. And I will go glo

Been watching sports TV all day long. WOW.Congratulations, Lance!

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!! Maybe we can start getting on with the rest of our lives . . . like cleaning up all the flood damage. Check out the headline: Pan-blue Lawyers Concede DefeatPan-blue camp lawyers yesterday conceded that the vote recount would not

"Serious" bloggage later, if at all -- I might as well be swimming in the streets here; I'd be about the same kind of wet by the time I get to where I need to go. It doesn't matter whether you have an umbrella or not, gentle reader. It is P

Seems like the KMT's best days (if you can call martial law and its aftermath "best") days are well and truly over. Apparently some of the party's own members don't think it's the place to be -- some folks are breaking ranks:The opposition

Somehow, that event now seems very far away and long ago, and it was only in March. But as the election dispute melts away, people have focused on other things. Of course, the investigation into Who Shot Chen? is ongoing.This morning, I found this in

Those military drills were today -- check out this article (with pretty picture to boot). Here's an even better photo.Here's the deal, as the saber-rattling and war gaming proceeds on both sides of the Taiwan Strait:Taiwanese fighter jets practised l

This news story has a few different sides to it. One is to read it in light of the recent Filipino decision to give in to terrorists in Iraq.  Another is to read it as an example what happens when folks get stupid with hatred. Read on!"A milita

IT'S A MIRACLE!!!!!!!Here's a nice little piece from the Wall Street Journal, giving us hope that not everyone in Hollywood is a left-wing nut like Susan Sarandon or Michael Moore.A neat little snippet here by a favorite actress on the intolerance t

My blog entries as of late have been more boring than watching the grass grow. I blame life in Dilbert-Land. I got home at 10 pm last night, and got home at almost 8 pm tonight. Then all I have time to do is scrounge some carrion and go to bed. (To t

Lance won Stage 15 and is in the overall lead! He's back in that yellow jersey. There's one murderously tough mountainous time trial tomorrow, then the race to Paris!

Rain, rain, rain! Yesterday it was all right -- gave me an excuse to go to the movies and bake cookies and hang out with friends -- but today it's going to be another rainy, nasty commute back to Dilbert-Land.Still, a glance at the morning news is in

Hello, gentle reader!Here's the long-promised movie review from last weekend's viewing (this one's for you, Sibling!). "Spider-Man 2" has gotten rave reviews from almost every source I looked at. It's got a spectacular 93% positive rating

Lance Armstrong is looking well nigh invincible. Go, Lance, go!But the funny thing is the opening line in this news story, which rather reminded me of my last entry on Lance:PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France - Start icing the champagne. Lance Armstrong clear

He just won stage 13 of the Tour de France, which is now in the punishing mountainous areas. The overall leader, Thomas Voeckler, is now just 22 seconds ahead of Armstrong. I rather like how the ESPN article worded this: "Voeckler, who most like

Here's a little something about the mess in the Taiwan Strait -- Beijing, Taipei, and Washington . . . For starters, we all know what Beijing means by "resolve the Taiwan issue." Check out the headlines from Taipei Times and eTaiwanNews.To

Queen Elizabeth II just knighted the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee.He received the knighthood in recognition of his services to the development of the Internet through the invention of the Web, a system to organize, link and browse

The Tour de France hit the mountains, and Lance roared along! One news article even called his pace "merciless." His rivals are feeling it too. Armstrong's now in second place overall in the race. Go, Lance, go!

I'd been pretty depressed over the Philippines' spineless caving into the terrorists -- the actual wording of their capitulation made me ill. Abject groveling. Which dooms even more folks to live and die at the pleasure of inhuman jihadists. It sound

And a whole bunch of Chinese-American residents are furious. Heck, I think I would be too. Then again, I hear Seattle's on the Left Coast. Anyway, here is the story:The controversy erupted when city leaders announced they would be naming a new parks