Archive for March, 2004

Former SF police chief retires in disgrace

Boy I really miss the wild shenanigans in the City by the Bay. The former police chief is resigning following a fracas with his son, who once was himself a cop in SF but was drummed out over a fight. Like father like son–they both have a temper and drinking problem, it would […]

Janet Jackson bares her soul

Janet’s publicity machine for her new album went into high gear last night with an appearance on David Letterman. Like an idiot I forgot to program my DVR so I missed it. But judging from the clips they played this morning she didn’t seem to have a ready answer to Dave’s questions about […]

Master & Commander

Grade: AWell Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World finally arrived this past weekend at the Village 8, our dollar theater here in Louisville. Well, actually our $2 theater but whatever–the cheap seats. So I went on Saturday night and the place was packed solid–a sold out show. I had […]

What’s happening to journalism?

What is with the sad state of affairs laughingly called “journalistic ethics”? First we had Jayson Blair at the New York Times, and now this Jack Kelly guy at USA Today. A reported who was nominated multiple times for the Pulitzer, and it appears at least one of those nominations was for a […]

Whitney in rehab

Whitney Houston is once again in rehab. For a drug problem she claimed was over years ago.
Well, of course we all knew back then she was lying so this isn’t a huge surprise. If she would just put out a decent album once in a while we’d all forgive her for being such a liar.

Al Qaida’s victory

Well they did it–al Qaida managed to topple a Western government. Last week’s attack on Madrid was apparently a big issue in Spain and turned what was supposed to be a victory for the ruling party into a victory for the Socialist opposition.
Can’t say I’m really surprised–public opinion worldwide is pretty strongly against the Iraqi […]

Yet more Starbucks

Well now that the known universe is saturated with Starbucks stores, they’re having to find new retail concepts to grow. And one they’re trying is to open music coffee house with HP. Not neighborhood joints where you’d go to listen to live music, but coffeehouses where you’d use the latest HP technology to pick some […]

Pontiac Aztek

Grade: C-I rented an Aztek this weekend for a shopping trip to Chicago. Could have rented a regular car but I knew I was going to the IKEA in Schaumburg, just a few miles outside of Chicago. And I wanted something with room to bring back any furniture I picked up at IKEA.
Now my biggest […]

No more super-size

Wow, I had no idea the fast food companies were taking these potential legal challenges so seriously. How else to explain McDonald’s decision to stop offering super-sized portions? With the success of the class-actions against tobacco the fast-food industry is probably next, and I guess they’re taking some preemptive action to head it off.
I never […]

Microsoft entering the DVD market

Microsoft really really wants to push outside the traditional PC. They started with the Pocket PC, then the Xbox, and now they’re charging into home entertainment. They’ve gotten provisional acceptance for the technology in Windows Media 9 to be part of the next DVD standard.
Great, just what we need–blue screens of death on our […]