Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for president. “I shall seek the office of the president of the United States,” Colbert said on his Comedy Central show “The Colbert Report.” Colbert said he planned to run in South Carolina, “and South Carolina alone.” The state, one of the key early primaries, is also Colbert’s native state.
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Injured Bills Player Able to Walk Again
Injured Buffalo Bills player Kevin Everett has been able to walk to some extent as part of his rehabilitation after suffering a severe spinal cord injury during the team’s season opener. Doctors in Houston are optimistic that once Everett completes his rehab he will regain his ability to walk independently. Everett was injured making a tackle at home against Denver on September 9th and Doctors initially said there was little chance Everett would walk again, but that prognosis was revised after he showed quick progress in the days after the injury.
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The Top 10 Rap Songs White People Love
The top 10 rap songs white people love. Sure, it’s mostly late 80’s/early 90’s stuff, but you’ll be nodding your head in no time at all…
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Water, Water, Nowhere…
It started off innocently, triple digit weather in early August now we’ve had about 2 days of rain in the last 3 months (a mere 0.5 inches in the whole of September) and we had 32 straight days of 90° that ended at the end of August, now things are getting serious. This is the worst drought in the Carolinas on record, Charlotte is currently about 14 inches below it’s yearly average and things aren’t looking good. Most of North Carolina are in an exceptional drought area.
I mean, it’s the 9th of October and it’s currently 90° outside, it’s supposed to be 94° today… The average high is meant to be 75°. The daily temperature swing is around 30°, I drive to work in the morning when it’s in the high 60’s with the heater on and drive home in the 90’s with the AC blasting. And it’s taking it’s toll on the water supply, nearby Lake Norman is way below it’s average levels, we have water restrictions on the go, how long until it’s water rationings? Judging by the 3 month water level trend, not long…
This is just killing me, our electricity bill is through the roof with the AC going near enough non-stop… I long for the day we can crack open the windows and turn it off. We were able to for a few days last month, but it didn’t last anywhere near long enough. Luckily it should cool off this weekend, but even then it’s only a 10%/20% chance of rain. I never thought I’d actually want it to rain…
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Must See Tee Vee
Since the new fall season is in full swing, this year I shall be watching…
Sunday
Nothing, I gave up on Desperate Housewives last year, it went downhill during the second season, and I couldn’t take last year after a few months, by Christmas time it was out of the rotation, deemed never to return.
Monday
Torchwood, 7pm on HDNet. Supernatural spin-off of Doctor Who set in Cardiff. I’m really enjoying it so far…
Heroes, 9pm on NBC. Best show on TV right now. Sure this season is starting out slowly again, but you know it’s gonna be kicking ass soon enough.
Tuesday
House, 9pm on FOX. This year will be interesting now Cameron, Chase and Foreman are out of the mix for the time being, Tuesdays episode introduced their potential replacements, nice to see Kal Penn getting a good role.
Wednesday
Lost, ??? on ABC. On hiatus till February, can’t come soon enough after the last 6 or 7 episodes of last season which totally pulled me back in when my interest was waining slightly. I no longer hate myself for watching this.
Pushing Daisies, 8pm on ABC. This looks to be utterly charming, even Robyn seems to be on board with it after one episode, and she’s never like that. Unique premise with bags of potential.
Private Practice, 9pm on ABC. Started out good (Kate Walsh dancing naked) but now it’s hanging by the proverbial thread, I’m giving this another few weeks to catch my interest. The problem with it is it’s just too much like Grey’s Anatomy, complete with Addison playing the Meredith character and Tim Daly (who, lets face it, is a showkiller on par with Ted McGinley) playing McDreamy.
Thursday
My Name Is Earl, 8pm on NBC. Same as last year, either you get this or you don’t, I really like it, not only is it funny but the characters are great. this year is starting off interesting since Earl is in jail, how long can it last though?
30 Rock, 8:30pm on NBC. One of the funniest shows around right now, this is the complete opposite of last years Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and that’s probably why it’s still on the air… It’s worth watching for Alec Baldwin alone.
Grey’s Anatomy, 9pm on ABC. Like last year, this was edge of your seat stuff towards the end of the last season, it had everything you could want in a medical drama.
Friday
Nothing right now, who knows what might spring up in the future?
Throw in other shows like Ace of Cakes, Mythbusters and what have you and it’s a pretty busy schedule all in all.
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Coulter Culture
Ann Coulter dreams of the day women will not be allowed to vote, amongst other things. “If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry about another Democrat president.” Oh snap! Of course, then people like her wouldn’t be able to vote either…
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Lyon 0 – 3 Rangers
Rangers made it two wins from two Champions League outings with an amazing victory in Lyon. Top of the supposed “group of death,” bring on Barcelona in 3 weeks time. They’ve beaten the French and German champions, the 2nd best team in Spain should be easy… Famous last words…
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Radiohead Say Pick Your Price
Radiohead fans will be able to choose how much to pay for the band’s next album, In Rainbows, which is available for download on 10 October. Instead of listing a price for the music, the group’s website simply states “it’s up to you” and then adds: “No really, it’s up to you.”
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Obsessivley Compusing
I sometimes think I’m a borderline obsessive compulsive, I have at least 3 “episodes” that I’m aware of. God knows how many I have that I don’t…
Firstly I hate vegetables, any and all, sure they’re good for you and you pretty much have to eat them, but I don’t. Can’t stand them. Can’t stand the taste. Can’t stand the texture. I’ll even go as far as flat out refusing food if I see, say, a tiny bit of chopped/diced onion in there. Why? I dunno, I’ve tried to eat some, but it just makes my skin crawl, even going as far as almost making me gag. All of this is much to Robyn’s chagrin, as she has to cater for me and it’s not doing her any good.
Secondly, I have a fear of flying, well not flying per se, but take-offs, and I can remember the moment it began… I’d flown a few times when I was young, my family went to Spain a number of times but we went to Florida in 1994 and I remember sitting in the departure lounge of Glasgow Airport watching planes land and take-off and thinking the old “hmmm so how much thrust does a plane of this size need to get off the ground?” Also that “wooooaaaah!” feeling you get shortly after take off (just when you think the engines might stall) doesn’t help me one bit. And I was OK at first, but as I flew more and more, the worse it gets, now if we’re going back to the UK, I’m looking for direct flights, one layover max, two layovers? Forget about it, I can’t handle even thinking about that kind of stress, let alone doing it…
Thirdly, I’m really, REALLY anal about my PC desktops and start menus… Seriously, first thing I do is rearrange icons and add in shortcuts to folder on the start menus. I have to have icons in a certain order, I have to have LOTS of icons too… Doesn’t matter where I am, home or work. It’s always the same, the first icons are always (in this order) My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places (if attached to a network), Recycle Bin, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Firefox (or another browser). Outlook and Firefox are interchangeable, but the rest aren’t. No way, no how…
Here’s some dated examples:
Worst part is I get pissed off if someone messes with my shit. Like when I moved in with Robyn, she had a laptop so I basically commandeered her desktop, now I could have at least made a user profile huh? No, I set about setting it up to the way I have to have Windows set up, then if she would add something, as soon as she’s left I’d delete it or uninstall it, I don’t need/want it so it’s gots to go.
I wonder what I’d do if I ever got a Mac… Though there is the Dock to play with…
So these are examples just off the top of my head, definitely borderline obsessive compulsive behaviour.
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Must Not See TV
Cavemen had to undergo a pre-debut evolution with a new setting – San Diego instead of Atlanta. Apparently producers found it difficult to fake Atlanta in a production based in Los Angeles. Didn’t stop them doing Vanished last year in a fake Atlanta though… Oh well, my one reason to watch it has now gone, good thing I didn’t set up that season pass just yet.
