February 23, 2004 Archive

Books

• Book Review: The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

  Review in Books — by Deano — on Feb 23, 2004

• Planetes

  Checking out a gritty s-f manga series. . .

  in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Feb 23, 2004

• Richard Sala, Maniac Killer Strikes Again!

  A new collection of dark and quirky art-pulp comix.

  in Books — by Bill Sherman — on Feb 23, 2004

• Passage by Connie Willis

  Are near-death experiences a spiritual phenomenon or simple biology?

  in Books — by Scott Pepper — on Feb 23, 2004

• A Month of Sundays - by John Updike

  Not since Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll has a character been split so perfectly between the conflicting whispers of his better angels and lesser demons

  in Books — by Benjamin C. — on Feb 23, 2004

Music

• Noise Pop in San Francisco

  in Music — by Steve Rhodes — on Feb 23, 2004

• Damageplan news

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2004

• Bostaph joins Testament

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2004

• Nattering On Norah

  in Music — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 23, 2004

• HIMself done good

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2004

• Honky - Live at The Distillery

  in Music — by wKen — on Feb 23, 2004

• R.I. fire, a year on

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2004

• The Alarm change name

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2004

• Lydon was almost on doomed Pan Am flight

  in Music — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2004

Video

• Democrat "fluff girl"

  Bill Maher on Howard Dean

  in Video — by Al Barger — on Feb 23, 2004

• Sex and the City: The Finale

  in Video — by Media Whore — on Feb 23, 2004

• SAG Awards - Oscar's Preview?

  in Video — by Media Whore — on Feb 23, 2004

• The Big Easy

  in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Feb 23, 2004

• Owning Mahoney - DVD

  in Video — by Craig Lyndall — on Feb 23, 2004

• Cheaper by the Dozen

  It's a predictable Film-Making-By-Numbers family comedy, but that's not to say there are no redeeming features in the latest Steve Martin flick Cheaper by the Dozen.

  in Video — by Claire — on Feb 23, 2004

Politics

• Democrat "fluff girl"

  Bill Maher on Howard Dean

  in Politics — by Al Barger — on Feb 23, 2004

Sci/Tech

• I Vote For Laughs

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 23, 2004

• Award-Winning Feature Film for $150,000

  in Sci/Tech — by Eric Olsen — on Feb 23, 2004

• The New Yahoo! Search Engine

  How does the new Yahoo Search engine compare to Google?

  in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Feb 23, 2004

Culture

• California's Prop. 56: 'Satan made 'em do it.'

  This is a replay of my CALIFORNIA SCAMMING story from last October.

  in Culture — by Hal Pawluk — on Feb 23, 2004

• It's Time To Answer John (BRING IT ON!) Kerry's Challenge

  Senator Kerry wants George Bush to "BRING IT ON!" Be careful what you wish for Senator...

  in Culture — by David Flanagan — on Feb 23, 2004

• Bloggers unite, wreck everything

  Lately I've been getting a lot of mail from republicists -- people who enjoy trading lousy jokes via email. Last night I returned one with a few corrections.

  in Culture — by CW Fisher — on Feb 23, 2004

• How Brains Grow

  Today I realize why I write so weird. It's my brain, shedding.

  in Culture — by CW Fisher — on Feb 23, 2004

• How Can Higher Sales be bad?

  What disturbs me is that this union rep worries about profits “at the expense of safety”. First off the State Stores do a wonderful job of carding people and making sure no minors buy alcohol. Second of all they are state owned, so low profits or no profits at all mean a loss of money and a hit which the taxpayers must make up for.

  in Culture — by Tom Bux — on Feb 23, 2004

• iLife, is it all worth it?

  in Culture — by Marty Dodge — on Feb 23, 2004

• Far out - Humphrey Osmond, R.I.P.

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Feb 23, 2004

• Florida's Million Dollar Homes Up

  in Culture — by Mr. Homes & Loans — on Feb 23, 2004

• Housing Prices Increased, But Variety and Quality of Life Make Up For It

  At least that's what Tampa Bay recruiters tell potential hires from other areas. Find out more about that and how Tampa Bay home prices compare to other areas inside.

  in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Feb 23, 2004

• Lewis Black on tour

  in Culture — by Casper — on Feb 23, 2004

• GOVERNOR PERRY A FAIRY? AND WILL HE LET THE GAY MARRY?

  Perry, a conservative, religious Republican was supposedly caught having sex with his Secretary. Well, no, not that kind of secretary.

  in Culture — by Shark — on Feb 23, 2004

• But then, you knew this was coming...

  in Culture — by Ms. Tek — on Feb 23, 2004