Highlights of today's news, care of the BBC

Western leaders have condemned strongly Russia's decision to recognise the independence of the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Highlights of the article include:

US President George Bush warned his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, that his "irresponsible decision" was exacerbating tensions in the region.

and

President Bush said Russia should "reconsider this irresponsible decision" and "live up to its international commitments".

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In other news, international icon C.Pot is in hot water today over recent racial slurs made against British industrialist K.Kettle.

One of Pot's biggest supporters was quoted as saying "look, he's black too. It's totally okay."

I'm indecisive

I'm contemplating moving out of my house. I have a friend who rents a house in Mount Prospect and has extra bedrooms and said I could live with her. Here are the pros and cons:

Pros: -moving out will make me feel like an adult
-it would vastly improve my social life as I would get to hang out with her more and all her friends
-plus all my friends in my general vicinity have recently moved away so I am lonely
-and she has a beer pong table and bonfire pit in her backyard and likes to throw parties
-it's closer to waple and mike
-I wouldn't have to worry about calling my mom if I'm gonna be home late
-I wouldn't have to tell my parents where I'm going and when I'll be back every time I leave the house
-I could have boys over without worrying about my parents walking in
-rent is relatively cheap and I can afford it
-I don't wanna be 30 and still at home and single
-it's fun to decorate a new room

Cons: -I would have to start paying for rent and food
-it would make my commute to work slightly longer, as there is no direct route
-it's not near public transportation, making it more difficult to get into the city
-it's not near the beach
-I'd have to learn a new neighborhood, find a new jogging route, gym, mall, grocery store, etc.
-change is hard and I'm lazy and unmotivated
-I'm comfortable where I am and get along fine with my parents

Sigh, I just don't know what to do. It's not the ideal location, but I also feel like I shouldn't pass up this opportunity. Maybe I should just set a date and do it, or else I'll keep procrastinating forever and I'll never move out.

I start teaching freshman comp. next week.

Wish me luck!

Burnt Orange!

Burnt orange is the color in Texas, so I suppose it is almost like a mating of Indiana's "Cream and Crimson," actually that would probably be more of a pink, but let us suppose! So if the cream had been left in the sun for a few days, it would turn into a rankish yellow, and crimson is pretty much just red in poetry language, so that would give us red + yellow = orange. There.

Oh and by the way Texas has dinosaur footprints on campus! How about that! (It looks like it is sealed behind bullet-proof glass to protect it from the creationists).

Speaking of Neil Patrick Harris... (again)

Doogie Howser 2008!

"How I Met Your Mother" Marathon?

Sometime in September, leading up to Sept. 22's fourth season premiere of "How I Met Your Mother," I'd like to host a marathon of some of the best episodes. Who's interested?

it's only a matter of time

dead by dawn!

dead by dawn!

SQUAWK!

You're welcome

Here's the link you can use to access the recordings of Radiohead's Lollapalooza show, as well as other live shows.

http://www.radiohead-notforprofit.com/

My Lolla schedule

Here's my customized Lollapalooza 2008 schedule. It is subject to change.

http://lolla08.sched.org/thomk

Let me know which ones you're most interested in! And, of course, tell me which ones you think I shouldn't have neglected on my sked.

Vampire Party Pics!

Click the subject to see some.

Lolla

I'm really excited to see Radiohead. Who else is going on Friday? I don't want to be the only one rocking out and singing loudly. I honestly wouldn't care if I were on my own, but seeing my favorite band that doesn't consist of dead members in the most wonderful city in the world probably could not make me much happier, unless I had friends to share it with. Also, bring your camera. Mine sucks and is mostly dead.

Sweet blood-suckling lips!

Check out the latest Google ad:

American Vampire League
Support the Vampire Rights Amendment.
www.americanvampireleague.com

I'm so professional...

I have a business card!!!!




...so... vampire party this weekend?

Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog

Since we're all such big fans of Neil Patrick Harris around here, and since this totally ties in with the last post I made (musical, joss whedon connection via Anthony Stewart Head, another actor who is referred to by three names vs. the normal two, which according to Zoolander logic would make him an assassin... but I digress!), I thought I'd link this up as it looks amusing.

http://www.drhorrible.com/

MUTO

You should definitely check this out.

Who should be the next Batman villain?

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Okay, so I have to admit I'm a super-sucker for A) Musicals and B) Anthony Stewart Head, who
played Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and is also the brother of Murray Head, who sang "One Night in Bangkok" among others.

This.

Looks.

Insane.

It also looks like the kind of thing that's destined to fail miserably at the box office. Like Sweeny Todd but without the draw of Jonny Depp and without any kind of mystery that it'll be a gruesome massacre of a film.

Still, I'm definitely going to go see it.

People who definitely wont see it: I'm going to guess Sara, probably Andrew, and actually most of the people here.

Also, it has Paris Hilton in it. I can only hope that she dies gruesomely, and from an offhand comment thrown out by the director in an interview for the movie, I believe she, in fact, does. Bonus!

Vampires and Bloody Marys (Maries?)

Look.
So it has been a festering desire of mine for some time to have a dracula party. I was supposed to have this party several months ago, but it was sidelined for an "under the sea" party, which actually turned out to be more of an "at sea" party with pirates and rum, or at least one Norwegian fisherman (would-be pirate) and one bottle of rum but actually more vodka.
So.
By dracula party I don't mean people biting each other and drawing blood, and I certainly forbid those fringe-Goths who actually think they are vampires... which leaves us only with two things:

1. Bloody Mary's/Marys/Maries
(and)
2. Thick accents (particularly the W being replaced with V).

If these two things can be accomplished in one party, it will qualify as a dracula party.
So when are we going to have this dracula party?

Ben's almost back!

Now that the most recent extravaganza is over, we need to start looking to the next. Ben's coming back this Friday. Who is up for celebrating somehow on the 4th? I don't know what we could do, but it seems pretty logical that we'd see fireworks in there. What say you all? Drinking would be fun, of course, but I think fireworks and dinner and something else?

Where the Hell is Matt? (in HD)

Pay attention to the Auckland, NZ segment... Lindsay's in it!