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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Firefox 1.5 and Face-trans-plants

Making My Ears Bleed...
Wasted
Greatness in Tragedy
By Greatness in Tragedy



Firefox 1.5 was released as of Tuesday November 29, 2005. Multitudes of bugs were fixed and many a feature added. If you are a Firefox user like myself and use Adblock v0.5 d2*nightly 39 and Firefox 1.0.7 be aware that when I installed 1.5 Adblock would not block new content. To download Firefox 1.5 click on the link in the sidebar or click here. For a more detailed story go to El Reg.

In medical news, the French have completed the worlds first face transplant. I will elaborate when I have time, but in the mean time y'all can go here.

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Mad Dash to Christmas Break (or the holiday simply known as Holiday at Wally World )

Making My Ears Bleed...
Inter.Mission
Inter. Funda. Stifle.
By Fair to Midland


Well Thanksgiving was good. Lots of good food and I found Nick! Yes, he still is alive and not dating Audrey. I had a great time crusing around in his '04 Mustang and catching up on all sorts of stuff. That wraps up Thursday and Most of Friday. Friday night I went to Bums and about rocked my head off!

Headlining was Greatness in Tragedy. The energy with which they perform and play on stage is electrifying! You WILL find yourself singing along even if it is your first time to hear them. The bands that opened up for them were The Levi Smith Band and Fair to Midland. I showed up for Fair to Midland (FTM) and, man, I didn't know that vocal chords could take that kind of damage. Andrew Sudderth can swing down from the high wails to a churning gutteral growl in one fell swoop. Go to their myspace site to see a vid of them at the Curtain Club in Dallas, Tx.

I missed the Levi Smith Band. But as the Fates would have it, I started talking to this guy near the stage before GiT mounted the platform and it turned out to be the drummer for the aforementioned group! I had a nice bit of convo with Justin.

In addition to tracking Nick down I also got to see Coby. It's been ages since I've seeh her. Funny thing is the day Nick and I stopped by the pharmacy to see her, she had brought her yearbook from high school and showed her coworkers pictures of the people she went to high school with.(argh bad grammer.) Thats it I think.

Peace!

Monday, November 21, 2005

Passenger tries to leave plane midflight

Passenger on a flight from Hong Kong, China, to Brisbane, Australia, attempted to "step out" for a mid-flight smoke! The passenger claims no memory of the act due to an alcohol-sleeping pill coctail.

Sources:

El Reg
BBC
The Courier-Mail



All Rights Reserved BBC, The Register, and The Courier-Mail.

Bruce Willis offers bounty for A-list terrorists

Bruce Willis is apparently offering a $1 million bounty on the heads of A-list terrorists like Osama Bin Laden, Aymen Al-Zawahiri and Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. We read this from WENN:

"Willis announced his reward on U.S. TV show 'Rita Cosby: Live & Direct,' where he also slammed biased media coverage of the Iraq war. He said, 'I am baffled to understand why the things that I saw happening in Iraq, really good things happening in Iraq, are not being reported on.'"

As far as we're aware, this is the first instance of a Hollywood celebrity offering a bounty on anything other than Mike Ovitz's head ...

Seriously, though, Mr. Willis is to be applauded for his proactive approach to celebrity activism! And this is certainly preferable to what we usually get from liberal Hollywood celebrities like Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Michael Moore, et al. After all, what else are all those 7-to 8- figure actor salaries useful for anyhow?

Kudos, too, to Mr. Willis for holding the media responsible for its distorted Iraq coverage. And Willis has actually been to Iraq, unlike most Hollywood celebrities who bloviate on the subject.

Willis is also said to have some interest in adapting 'The Deuce Four,' the story of Iraq soldiers whose heroic exploits have been chronicled by embedded blogger Michael Yon. We certainly hope Willis gets around to doing this, because it would be refreshingly original to actually have a supportive film made about the accomplishments of our brave soldiers serving in Iraq ...


courtesy of Hollywood Confidential and Newsmax

Friday, November 18, 2005

New link!

Making my ears bleed:

Teh radio!


The Global Language Monitor

Currently it tackles Politically Correct Language

Remember having a brainstorm? well you are now politically incorrect. The new terms are Brain Shower or Thought Storm. Go to the link to see the rest.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

hmm

Your Blog Should Be Purple

You're an expressive, offbeat blogger who tends to write about anything and everything.
You tend to set blogging trends, and you're the most likely to write your own meme or survey.
You are a bit distant though. Your blog is all about you - not what anyone else has to say.

Monday, November 07, 2005

I Act HOW Old?!

Making My Ears Bleed...
Points of Authority
Hybrid Theory
By Linkin Park




You Are 28 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

Sunday, November 06, 2005

Hmm That post about sleep,,, meh it is for the uhh zzz

Making My Ears Bleed...
Relentless Intolerance
The Triptych
By Demon Hunter


Ha Ha! The Demon Hunter CD is out!!!! (well as of Oct. 25 in the States and Dec. 3 for Europe). I went to Temple this weekend. Had a good time. The crew was myself, mi hermanito, Jared, Sam, Nathaniel, Ben (Heff), Ben Bailey (Quad 2). We went to the CTCS homecoming game. Jeff and Brandon were there. Had lots of fun doing nothing. We all went to the mall to see a movie, but that fell through and we were standing outside and the rent-a-cop said we were loitering and we needed to break it up. I've never been accused of "loitering" before. After the mall we went across the street and rented:

New Fav. Movie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Widescreen Edition)


More on the weekend after I actually get some much needed sleep.

(sorry we couldn't hang out, Kate, we'll give it another go next time.)

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Sleep: What I normally don't get

Making My Ears Bleed...
Cast It Out
The Autumn Effect (iTunes Ver.)
By 10 Years


I found this article on Reflections of Christ. The article talks about the lack of sleep that Americans generally get and the side effects thereof. One thing I have heard is that we need at least 7 hours of sleep for mental health. Last night I actually got 8 hours of sleep. I normally get 5-3 hours. My lack of sleep comes with being an engingeering student and the culture of no-sleep at LeTourneau University, plus I have terrible sleep habits as it is.

Have fun reading the article.