The New iPod
Apple introduced their new 5th generation iPod line this week and
their jewel in this season's crown is the iPod Nano. Now smaller than ever,
it's supposed to be about as big as a credit card, thinner than a thin
mint and the ability to hold 1,000 tunes. I say big deal - my 4th generation
40GB holds more than 20,000 songs and anyone who're really into music is
going to scoff at a mere 1,000-song limit. All this proves to me is that
Apple is that much closer to planting microchips in our brains.
Goodnight,
Funnyman
Bob
Denver died earlier this week. The world will remember his as Gilligan of
the S.S. Minnow, but personally, I'll always remember him as the hipster
beatnik, Dobie Gillis.
World Cup Fever
The World Cup
prelims are quickly funneling down to 32 teams for the big showdown in Germany
in 2006. This past week was full of football excitation and my local newspaper - the
Los Angeles Times didn't even dedicate one column to the tourney. Here's
what they missed: England got royally thwacked by Northern Ireland - one
of the wealthiest and overrated soccer nations in the
world, hobbled by minnows and they're
already clinging onto their Cup bid for dear life. They
definitely won't win their division, but they have a slight chance at getting
a wild card into a single playoff match where the winner gets to go to the
big show. Pathetic - what would George Best have said? (He is, after all, Northern
Ireland's favorite son and we'd love to hear his comments on this famous victory
for his country).
Gay Marriage in California:
Terminated
After
years of trying to get the same sex marriage law pasted in California, Arnold Schwarzenegger
puts the kibosh on the bill that would allow the gays to get married and
in turn, would allow them to share life's little conveniences like shared
health insurance. He claims it's "out of respect for the will of the people." What
the hell does that mean? Looks like it's back to the old drawing board for
the homosexuals.
Celebrities Love PR Boons
Kayne
West, Elton John, Julia Roberts, Dr. Phil, Oprah, and many other celebrities
shifted into high gear and began shucking for the New Orleans cause. Some
opted to stay in the nice
air-conditioned confines of the studio and pled for monetary donations on
telethons like Kayne West who went "off the book" and stated that "George
Bush does not care about black people." Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't - I
don't know - all I know is that Mike Myers "Get me the fuck away from this
lunatic" look was priceless. Of course, the celeb that gets the outsideLeft
vote for best effort was Sean Penn who allegedly brought a personal photographer
out on his dinghy to save New Orleans - one refugee at a time. Unfortunately,
he brought along so many people on his rescue mission, the little dinghy
began sinking.
My Daughter Goes Back to School
It's back to school week this week and my daughter goes back to her Montessori academy - five days a week which means I get my life back again. In theory, this means I have more time to dedicate to the 'Left - in theory.
Alarcon co-founded outsideleft with lamontpaul in 2004. His work for o/l has attracted the attention of hundreds of thousands of readers, oh and probably the fbi too.
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