Mini Earth

This is just way cool!

From Gizmodo:
For those of you who haven't heard of The World, it's an enormous project going on in Dubai. Where they will construct islands, that as a whole will resemble the different parts of our planet.

And today they announced that the design of their first continent is complete. The official name of the area is OQYANA (what?), however you and I would know it better as Australasia. It will be composed of 20 islands spanning 1.8m square feet, and will be the closest to Dubai's mainland, giving it the best views and easiest access to the real world.

We seem to say this every time Dubai announces a crazy engineering endeavor, but as soon as we're done learning Arabic we are so moving there. It's like they ask the coolest 5-year-old what kind of buildings they like, and then build them.

Drool-Worthy

RIP Sopranos

Cut to black.  Thoughts?

This Is Sweet!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hustler magazine is looking for some scandalous sex in Washington again -- and willing to pay for it.

"Have you had a sexual encounter with a current member of the United States Congress or a high-ranking government official?" read a full-page advertisement taken out by Larry Flynt's pornographic magazine in Sunday's Washington Post.

It offered $1 million for documented evidence of illicit intimate relations with a congressman, senator or other prominent officeholder. A toll-free number and e-mail address were provided.

Flynt's target this time, if he has one, was not immediately known.



---could it be Cheney??????

New Browser

Anyone using FireFox out there? I just downloaded it and am giving it a try. Would love your opinions!

Say What?

A stage musical about Tammy Faye Bakker is in the works.

Eight Months.

EIGHT freakin' months.

No one's gonna figure it out, so now we have to wait eight months. But damn, that was a good one. I would say one of the best cliffhangers ever. (And that includes the similar Alias cliffhanger when it fast-forwarded two years into Sydney's life. My guess is the Lost cliffhanger will turn out different.)

NOOOOOOOO!!!!

Full House Alert.

Mary-Kate Olsen is joining one of my favorite shows, so I don't know how to react. She will play Tara, a Christian girl living in the Majestic community, and who becomes a love interested to Silas.  She'll be in 10 episodes out of the 15-episode season.

Holy Shit, Kids!!!

Click herefor the EW recap.

Iraq and my Elected Representatives

I called all mine today to tell them NOT to vote for the Iraq funding bill unless it contains a date for withdrawal. I told them they work for us, not President Bush, and we want out of Iraq.

It felt good to make the calls! The people who answered the phones were nice and said they were taking notes. Also, it was tough to get through. The lines were busy.

Summer Reality Round-Up

I'm totally looking forward to Hell's Kitchen!

On the Lot [FOX, May 22 and 24 at 9; then Mondays at 9 and Tuesdays at 8]
The Academy [FOX Reality, May 24, Thursdays at 8]
The Next Best Thing [ABC, May 30, Wednesdays at 8]
Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas [MTV, May 30, Wednesdays at 10]
So You Think You Can Dance [FOX, May 24, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8]
The Simple Life 5 [E!, Monday, May 28, Sundays at 10]
America’s Got Talent [NBC, May 29 at 9, Tuesdays at 8]
Pirate Master [CBS, May 31, Thursdays at 8]
Hell’s Kitchen 3 [FOX, June 4, Mondays at 9]
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List [Bravo, June 5, Tuesdays at 10]
American Inventor 2 [ABC, June 6, Wednesdays at 9]
Top Chef 3 [Bravo, June 6, Wednesdays at 10]
Last Comic Standing 5 [NBC, June 13, Wednesdays at 9]
Age of Love [NBC, June 18, Mondays at 10]
Design Star 2 [HGTV, July 22 at 10, Sundays at 9]
Who Wants to be a Superhero 2 [SciFi, July 25, Wednesdays at 9]
Big Brother 8 [CBS, probably July]
Hey Paula [Bravo, summer]

So Long, Terry.

Terry Ryan, author of The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, has died. Read her obits here and here

10 Greatest Completely Insane TV Shows Of All Time

10. Homeboys In Outer Space (UPN, ‘96-’97)
9. Herman’s Head (FOX, ‘91-’94)
8. Small Wonder (Syndicated, ‘85-’89)
7. Mork & Mindy (ABC, ‘78-’82) (hey, I watched this!)
6. Dinosaurs (ABC, ‘91-’94)
5. Out of This World (Syndicated, ‘87-’91)
4. Cop Rock (ABC, ‘90-’90)
3. Mr. Ed (CBS, ‘61-’66)
2. Alf (NBC, ‘86-’90)
1. Manimal (NBC, ‘83-’83

To read in more detail, head on over to Best Week Ever

Lost Recap

Better late than never.... here's the EW Recap

Fun & Stealthy!

his little universal remote is the newest (secret) weapon in the Ninja's arsenal and we assure you in the right hands it can be used to quickly assassinate dangerously annoying TV shows. Simply point the Ninja Remote at the intended target (a television set) and press the mute button for a few seconds - once the TV mutes the remote is now ready to assume full control of its victim. Innocent bystanders will be frozen with fear (or very animated with anger) as the volume and channel change magically in front of their eyes, seemingly controlled by some mysterious force.
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Did you hear the one about Dick Cheney?

He's supposedly on the "DC Madam" list that ABC was all over until they suddenly dropped the story. Wonkette has the best reaction:

"There, are you people happy now? Didn’t think so. Do you know why we’re underwhelmed by this rumor? Because even if it’s a fact, which it probably is, there’s no way it would have any impact on Cheney’s “career.” This is a draft-dodging half-human war criminal with a pregnant lesbian daughter who tells senators to fuck themselves and shoots his own friends in the face. Ordering an outcall hooker is positively innocent compared to the well-known things Cheney does every day."

My Name Is Earl

Season finale is tonight.

It's Spring.... Time for the Celebrities to Come Outside

Seriously, I've seen like 84 celebrities this past week. Matthew McConaughey was in Venice Beach, and boy does he look greasy. I saw Paris Hilton, Simon Rex and Cameron Diaz at Coachella. (By the way, Simon, I've seen you naked on the internets.) I saw Dwight's arch nemesis from The Office (Ed Helms) on my street getting food. I'm sure there's more, but I just can't think of them.

Anyways, it's like spring and the celebrity eggs are hatching.

Sicko

Michael Moore's next documentary, SICKO, will be released on June 29th. Cool. You may have heard about his last movie, Fahrenheit 9/11.

Entourage Works It

There will be an entire week between seasons. You heard that correctly. The next season of Entourage begins two weeks after this season ends. Interesting and good.