May 29, 2006 Archive

Sports

• Bonds' 715th Shows How Far We've Come

  Our nation has come a long way since the days of Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds proves it.

  Opinion in Sports — by Dr. Blogstein — on May 29, 2006

• Byung-Hyun Kim: A Man for All Homers

  Barry Bonds wasn't just adding to his own legacy when he hit number 715.

  Opinion in Sports — by Adam Hoff — on May 29, 2006

• Defining Death on Mt. Everest - When Is a Person Really Dead Enough to Ignore?

  Beck Weathers was left for dead on Mt. Everest. So were Lincoln Hall and David Sharp. Two of them lived. How dead is too dead to help?

  Opinion in Sports — by Purple Tigress — on May 29, 2006

• 715

  We did a commendable job in taking him down.

  Opinion in Sports — by Q Bit — on May 29, 2006

Video

• Movie Review: Casablanca

  Casablanca makes a strong case for consideration as the best movie ever made.

  Review in Video — by Britt Gillette — on May 29, 2006

• TV Review: Making The Rounds At General Hospital -- Breaking Up Is Not So Hard To Do

  Two couples break up as a new family gets to know each other.

  Review in Video — by Connie Phillips — on May 29, 2006

• Movie Review: The Incredibles

  A film both children and adults will love with equal verve and passion.

  Review in Video — by Britt Gillette — on May 29, 2006

• Movie Review: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

  Hands down, one of the greatest things ever put on film.

  Review in Video — by Lucas McNelly — on May 29, 2006

• TV Review: I Claudius

  One of the best mini-series ever produced.

  Review in Video — by Britt Gillette — on May 29, 2006

• DVD Review: Walk The Line

  Sometimes movies are able to catch lightning in a bottle; Walk The Line does just that.

  Review in Video — by Richard Marcus — on May 29, 2006

• Movie Review: X-Men: The Last Stand Disappoints

  All in all, the weakest of the X-Men films by a long shot.

  Review in Video — by Tama — on May 29, 2006

• TV Review: Doctor Who - "The Idiot's Lantern"

  Unfortunately, this one adds on more than its plot should need.

  Review in Video — by Matthew Milam — on May 29, 2006

• American Idol: The Very Best Of Katharine McPhee

  A compilation of Katharine McPhee's most memorable performances and why America caught the McPheever.

  Opinion in Video — by Film Laureate — on May 29, 2006

• DVD Review: Alice's Restaurant

  The movie is a disappointment.

  Review in Video — by Scott Butki — on May 29, 2006

• The Invisible Networks: Canadian TV

  Even a dedicated TV viewer in Canada can find it difficult to notice the existence of a Canadian show.

  Opinion in Video — by Diane Kristine Wild — on May 29, 2006

Books

• Comic Review: DC Comics (Post Infinite Crisis) 52 Week 2

  Week 2 of 52 Starring Booster Gold, The Elongated Man, The Question, and Renee Montoya.

  Review in Books — by Vichus Smith — on May 29, 2006

• Book Review: Enterprise Security – IT Security Solutions: Concepts, Practical Experiences, Technologies edited by Fumy and Sauerbrey

  A valuable primer for consultants and non-tech-savvy managers.

  Review in Books — by John Bambenek — on May 29, 2006

• Book Review - Ten Years of Terror: British Horror Films of the Seventies

  There's meat, and blood and guts and gore. This is a beautiful book, hugely glossy, lavishly illustrated, in resplendent color.

  Review in Books — by Thomas M. Sipos — on May 29, 2006

• Book Review: Warday by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka

  The essential question Warday asks -- and tries to answer -- is how do we measure an epidemic of shortened lives?

  Review in Books — by Ruvy — on May 29, 2006

• Audiobook Review: The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto

  I'm baffled at how some can be skeptical about science, yet not about pseudoscientific research such as Emoto's.

  Review in Books — by Diane Kristine Wild — on May 29, 2006

Music

• CD Review: Jas. Mathus & Knockdown South - old scool hot wings

  Old time Southern music kept alive by people who love to play it, the way it should be played, from the heart.

  Review in Music — by Gordon S. Miller — on May 29, 2006

• CD Review: Def Leppard: Yeah!

  Def Leppard finds new blood in the bands that inspired them.

  Review in Music — by Tom Johnson — on May 29, 2006

• CD Review: Shearwater - Palo Santo

  This album makes me want to drink some whiskey. (That's a good thing.)

  Review in Music — by Steve Carlson — on May 29, 2006

• World Cup Fans Get Video Blogging Platform and The Daily Music and Tech News

  World Cup Vlogging, Amnesty International's new campaign and The Beasties new DVD in today's update.

  News in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on May 29, 2006

• CD Review: Def Leppard - Yeah!

  The only entity saying “yeah” to this piece of garbage is the Def Leppard accounting team.

  Review in Music — by Chris Akin — on May 29, 2006

• Concert Review: Sanctuary w/ Queen of the Ryche, Downfire, In Transition (May 27, 2006)

  Metal tributes are the order of the night.

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on May 29, 2006

• Concert Review: Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band (May 27, 2006)

  It's not about the E Street Band.

  Review in Music — by Lisa McKay — on May 29, 2006

Sci/Tech

• Bikram Yoga

  90 minutes in 105 degree heat? Oh yeah.

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Maddy Pumilia — on May 29, 2006

• Wikimapia

  What do you get when you combine a wiki with Google Maps?

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on May 29, 2006

• Symantec, Microsoft, iD - The BugBlog Report, 5/29/06

  Some of the most significant bugs from the past week.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on May 29, 2006

Politics

• Bush at Arlington - Memorial Day 2006

  Bush reminds us all what America has always fought and stood for in his Memorial Day address at Arlington Cemetery.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on May 29, 2006

• So You Want to Defeat an Incumbent Republican?

  ...or, "if I were the Galactic Overlord, how would I write speeches for the next political movement"?

  Opinion in Politics — by gonzo marx — on May 29, 2006

Culture

• On Da Vinci Mania

  Brown wrote a thriller plot to get people to read his non-fiction studies but the people often choose to look no further than the plot.

  Opinion in Culture — by Shane S-T — on May 29, 2006

• The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies

  This Week: Memorial Day, Silence of the Lamb, and Gourmet Beefy Bits

  Satire in Culture — by Annie — on May 29, 2006

• Wife Into BDSM But Trying To Quit - Mercury Conjunct Saturn Square Pluto: Astrology-Based Advice

  Dear Elsa, I have been married for close to nine years.

  Opinion in Culture — by Elsa — on May 29, 2006

• Theater Review: This to This at the Southwark Theatre, South London

  All the big decisions they thought they were making were being made for them by coincidence, chance, and habit.

  Review in Culture — by My London Your London — on May 29, 2006

• Art Exhibition in London Closed After Attack by Religious Extremists

  The reaction of Asia House, the media, the artistic community, and of London itself, has been wholly inadequate.

  News in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on May 29, 2006

• Memorial Day: Living in a Time of Death

  A poem granted by an inconstant muse on a troubled Memorial Day.

  Opinion in Culture — by Dave Nalle — on May 29, 2006

• Day By Day for May 29, 2006

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for May 29, 2006

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on May 29, 2006