Oh cute! Apparently Meaghan Leahy, a senior on our women’s basketball team, finally got to play on the same court as her younger sister Maureen, a freshman at Boston College. I got a kick out of reading how their parents tried to appease both groups of fans during the game.
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Oh wow. Max tipped me off that Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is going to be an IMAX film. How cool is that? I saw Fantasia 2000 when it played in London at the Trocadero, and I’d LOVE to see B&B play there too. (Although I’ll probably have to go by myself again and fight my way through the hordes of screaming ankle biters.)
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Ironminds asks: Is George W. Bush updating the White House Web site himself? This just gets funnier and funnier. Update: Kel pointed out that the real White House site is whitehouse.gov. Apparently Ironminds and I got duped. Sorrrrrry, George.
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Hey Brigita! Looks like the American eToys is going under as well. You best head over there ASAP… They’ve got a “75% Off Everything Sale” goin’ on!
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Pokénames
I have been unable to resist the fun of joining in with Brigita and Max to find out my pokéname. Apparently I am “Pikarider” and I live in the icy glaciers of Nunavut. My diet consists mostly of meatballs, fruits and kerosene. I have a fear of tahini and kippers. (They got that right.) I also have gossamer wings (Awww, pretty!) and the ability to resist sledgehammers. In combat situations, I can swim in lava and shoot fire. Sounds like I pretty much kick ass.
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Ooh, geeky Star Wars fun. It’s an Ask the Emperor Magic 8-Ball type thing. I asked him whether I should take my lunch hour now, and he said, “I find your lack of faith disturbing.” I’m still trying to interpret that one.
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Plastic.com
I didn’t like Plastic.com when it first came out, but it’s grown on me. In fact, I think I’m a full-fledged karma whore now. I’ve posted, like, 8 times in the last hour. I think it has to do with the fact that I’ve been lurking on Slashdot forever and longing to participate, but I was worried that I didn’t have the technical knowledge to add anything to the discussions. But pop culture? That’s totally my bag, baby!
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Wow! Some engineering students just pulled off the prank of a lifetime: suspending a VW beetle from the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Hey! I saw these guys on Scrapheap Challenge! They made a steam-powered car. Actually the best American team ever (on the original version) were “The Long Brothers,” who won the World Final last December. They had to crush a car, and while the British team engineered a professional-type pneumatic crusher, these American farmboys simply made a “big-ass sledge hammer” and bashed the hell out of it. I was proud.
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Signature just seen on Usenet: “If Laura Bush really wanted a gown that reflected the spirit of this inauguration, she should have shoplifted it.”
Pisces buddies!!