Month: February 2002
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New Poll: How good are you behind the wheel? Are you Luke Duke or Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane? (Funny sidenote: One of my roommates in college thought for her entire childhood that his name was “Rosco Pico Train”. I swear. I’ve never laughed harder in my life.)
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Queen Elizabeth was late for the first engagement of her Golden Jubilee (that’s fifty years on the throne, Yanks) because her car got stuck behind a student driver. Hee! I don’t think Americans realize how lucky they have it with the driving situation. When I turned fifteen, I got my learner’s permit and signed up…
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As you can see from my Links list, I’m still resisting MBTV’s name change. I hereby propose we now refer to it by the acronym TSFKAMBTV, which stands for “The Site Formerly Known As MightyBig TV”. Keep the dream alive.
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Apple finally throws down the gauntlet and explodes some common myths about their products. I could’ve used this information last week when I got into an argument with a die-hard Windoze fan. Her main point was Myth #3 (“The software I need isn’t available for Macs.”) After the Snook and I spent ten minutes explaining…
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Australian Survivor News: Apparently my complaints yesterday reached the right ears. The official Australian Survivor website has launched! The tribes will be called “Kadina” and “Tipara”, which are apparently names of ships that have been wrecked off the coast. Check out the shipwreck in the picture… Supposedly that’s where Tribal Council is going to be…
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Oh. My. God. Sophie Lee is starring in a play in Sydney. She is my favorite Australian actress. I’m so there. Remember her? She was bitchy Tania in Muriel’s Wedding. (“I’m a bride! I’m supposed to be euphoric!”) She was also in The Castle (which Ebert and I highly recommend) and Holy Smoke (which, incidentally,…
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It’s answer time! The first correct guess was submitted by Beau (though not for the reason he thought). A couple others guessed that one as well. Congratulations! Here we go… I got a tattoo for my twentieth birthday.True. It’s the Korean word for “rite of passage”. It’s nowhere you’d ever see unless I showed you.…