- Friday, March 17, 2006 — 58 Articles Published
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TV Review: The Daily Show (March 15)— "It was like an Easter egg hunt… of death!”
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Book Review: Perfect Passwords by Mark Burnett and Dave Kleiman— How often do you change the passwords that protect your financial information, personal files, or email?
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Chronic 2005: Be A Drug Dealer?— Chronic 2005 is quickly becoming the most popular, and most controversial game on the Internet.
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Book Review: The Best People in the World by Justin Tussing— Join an eccentric trio on a journey of exploration in this imperfect but enjoyable debut novel.
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Gaming Round-Up For 03/16/06— THQ acquires a new studio, Shadowbane now with no pay, NES Modded DS, and Oregon prisoner gaming fun.
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Live's Songs from Black Mountain Pushed Back Until May— Live will soon return with a new album from a new label but with the same inspirations.
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Xbox 360 Review: Fight Night Round 3— Fears of overadvertising were found to be true today as the creepy-as-hell Burger "King" ends up in a boxing game.
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Orphaned at 39— Coming to terms with the loss of my parents and how it has changed me.
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Americans Get Expensive, Mediocre Health Care— We spend boatloads of money on health care and don't have a lot to show for it. It's time to
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Whatever Happened to "Stage Fright" in the Men's Room?— I don’t care about your day or your weekend plans. There's a time and place for that; this is neither
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SciTech Watch: The Wrong Greenhouse Gas— What if a different greenhouse gas is responsible for the rise in earth's temperature? Vladimir Shaidurov may have the answer.
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TV Review: The Colbert Report - Al Franken— SATs are training America to fight terrorism.
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CD Review: The Original Irish Tenors— It's time for shamrocks, shillelaghs, and "Danny Boy."
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Day Two of South by Southwest Music Festival— Every year there are rumors of big names said to be about to make a surprise appearance.
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CD Review: Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food— Rhino reissues the Heads' second album in a regrettable but fun DualDisc format and 5.1 mix that affirms just how
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TV Review: American Inventor— Tenacity is the mother of invention. And Central Casting just may be the father.
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Make Magick: Spells for the Curious - Penny Good Luck Spell— I am sure there have been times that you've thought to yourself, if only I had luck on my side!
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Second Night at SXSW 2006— The second night of SXSW brings great music and big rumors.
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CD Review: Every Day's a Hooley by The Fenians— Perfect for St. Patrick's Day and a pitcher of green beer.
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R&D Expenditure and Innovation: Bang For The Buck— Even while Apple's revenue has skyrocketed in recent years what the company has spent on R&D has risen only modestly.
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CD Review: The Essential Chieftains— Fumo Verde says for anyone who loves Irish folk music, The Essential Chieftains has it all.
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Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 71— You want answers? Thanks for that pressure. I mean it.
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Movie Review: V For Vendetta— Mildly interesting tale but it doesn't reveal the conspiracy in a satisfying way.
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Mind Tricks - Astrology In Real Life: Leo Quotes— Leos in their own words...
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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Featuring V for Vendetta
— It doesn't matter that Alan Moore doesn't care for the adaptation; the more I see, the more I want.
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Pop Culture Update 3/17/06— Oscar gossip now coming to light. Thomas Kinkade way nastier than his paintings? Hatcher, The Donald and Martha
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Pearl Jam Offers Up New Album, And Then Some— The band understands what it means to be a fan...
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Concert Review: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists in Ann Arbor, 3.8.06— The soul with which Ted Leo invests his songs evokes the halcyon days of London Calling, In the City and
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World Baseball Classic: Mexico Exacts Revenge on USA, Davy Crockett Weeps— Team Mexico's 2-1 victory over the United States knocks them out of the WBC, allowing Japan to make baseball's Final
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DVD Review: Megadeth - Arsenal of Megadeth— Videos? Check. Interviews? Check. Live Footage? Check.
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The Dark Side of Playground Politics— Little boys can be rough and cruel, but death threats in Third Grade?
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Detective Robert Goren - That Sinking Feeling— There is always a perceived "good" side to commiting evil acts.
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Movie Review: Match Point— Despite the various flaws which mar the surface, underneath Woody Allen's movie the structure is sound.
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The Friday Morning Listen: Solas— Corned beef and cabbage and Guinness and Thin Lizzy?
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U.S. Broadband Usage Soars: Fat Pipes for Everyone— Multimedia both driving and benefitting from broadband surge.
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The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies Comics Page— This Week: A toast or two... or four, for St.Patrick's Day!
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TV Review - The Loop— ...
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CD Review: Southern Culture on the Skids - Doublewide and Live— Get sweaty and sassy with the first live album by this cult Southern rockabilly surf rock band. Banana pudding!
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Theater Review: Trade - Part of the RSC "New Work" Season at the Soho Theatre— It is classical theatre: female sex tourism, and a dialogue constructed as a rap song without notes.
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Memories of St. Patrick’s Day in New York City— I could go in for a pint, but I have too much work to do today (and too many memories
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Microsoft's New Marketing Campaign and The Daily Music and Tech News— Microsoft's new marketing plan, NIN to tour and the French parliament in today's update.
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Scorsese's The Blues Takes FCC Hit— The FCC casts its net wide and snares the blues.
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TV Review: American Inventor - The Premiere— The inventions America needs and we can vote! Plus, as public service, a list of inventions needed.
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NaNoWriMo Notes #13: Fear Of Finishing— Not only will it mark the successful completion of my first novel, hopefully it will see the conquering of some
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The Bird Flu Reaches Southern Israel - One Man Reported in Hospital— In this public health emergency, we can all rely on our officials to do the right thing. Yessiree, bob.
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New York Notes: Irish and Gay, City's #2 Official Sits Out St. Patrick's Day Parade— An openly gay, Irish-American boycotts the Saint Patrick's Day Parade after civic leader compares gays to Nazis.
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Banning the Burqa in the Netherlands: The Inexorable March of Progress— Even in the West, local Islamic fanatacism threatens any chance of peaceful coexistence.
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My Go-To-The-Back-Of-The-Bus Moment— You ever have a go-to-the-back-of-the-bus moment? They still exist in the Los Angeles courts.
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Jack Black Rings Tanya Haden, Hosts Nickelodeon's 19th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Plays Wrestling Man of the Cloth— With a loud host, loud kids, and oozing green slime, the Kids' Choice Awards should be a real scream.
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Book Review: Homesick, A Memoir by Sela Ward— When you finish the book you will feel as if you made a new friend and have an aching desire
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The Ramble: March Madness, First Round Edition— It’s the time of year when my wife wishes we didn’t have DirecTv. Thank God I pay the bills.
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DVD Review: Jean-Luc Godard’s In Praise of Love— Love is a battle, love is a war; love is growing up.
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Internet Marketing for Free— Internet marketing doesn't have to be expensive, or time consuming. In fact, a lot of it you can do for
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CD Review: Whiskey In The Jar: Essential Irish Drinking Songs— Listen to these CDs while you're drinking that pint of green beer.
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TV Review: Melissa McGhee Exits American Idol— Melissa McGhee leaves 'Idol', while less able performers get to live another day.
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Theater Review: A Picture of Dorian Gray - A Portrait of Homoerotic Love— The Theatre at Boston Court in Pasadena, CA presents a timely production.
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Obscure Statistics From March Madness, Spring Training, And The NBA— Not everyone can search deep into the cool stuff of sports each night, but I have the time!
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Gaming Round Up For 03/17/06— Katamari Damacy Is No More, Epic Records and Microsoft Team Up, Miyamoto Speaks On PS3, and An MMO Magazine In
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