we all remember you, bevan.

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i know i have written about shampoo before (here and here), but i have more. on the front of the Aussie Mega bottle:

Guarentees your horoscope will read 'every day will be a good hair day'

really, that's what it says. well, mine doesn't.

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do you know what is on? about sixty seconds ago, CBS programming was interrupted by a special report with a video of Osa Bin Laden. four days to the election! i knew it.

update at 4:22 pm: here's the story.

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as part of the John Saul mailing list, i get updates on upcoming books from my favorite author. however, i got an email today that was quite different. in this email, John was asking for his readers to vote for Kerry. i can't believe it! here is a snippet:

Mr. Bush, by his support for an amendment to the Constitution to forbid same sex marriage has made his position clear: he wants gay men and women to be made second class citizens of the United States. While it is true that Mr. Kerry does not support gay marriage, he has very publicly supported guaranteeing the same rights for domestic partners that married couples enjoy, and he is against using the Constitution to make all of us second class citizens.

[read the entire email here].

another thing: after reading every one of John's books over the course of the last twelve years or so, i never knew he was gay.

one more thing: as a public service so close to the election, here are a thousand reasons to vote against Bush.

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[quiz] I am the Girl Next Door Click on the picture below to read more: 'What Kind of Girl Are You?'

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can you believe it? 6-0! i think i may have had a few small heart attacks watching the game...but the boys (well, my man Akers) pulled it off.

* note: kerri predicts it will be philly and new england in the superbowl. we shall see...

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Kids Pick Kerry to Be the Next President: "Kid power! Democrat John Kerry is the winner, and the rest of the country should pay attention because the vote on Nickelodeon's Web site has correctly chosen the president of the United States in the past four elections. "

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Christmas is coming so I thought I would share our (yes, our) amazon.com wish list. we will continue to update it as more things pop into our minds.

update: i have added a link to the wishlist to the right on the blog (-->) and on the main ju website. easy access for you folks. :-)

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The Eagles are off to a 5-0 start for only the 2nd time in franchise history. The best start in team history was in 1981 when the Eagles started 6-0.

The Eagles have scored 25-or-more points in 11 of the last 12 games.

The Eagles have held the lead at the end of all 20 quarters this season.

thoughts - by jessica at 2:56 PM | |

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a few things that i found interesting:

Sam's mailbox pictures

ST-v-SW.Net has Star Trek vs. Star Wars

t. rex thinks people are stupid. sometimes i agree.

help eradicate sexual taboo at scarlet letters

movie-a-minute serves ultra-condensed versions of your favorite films

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yes, i'm supposed to be making midterm exams, but i find myself thinking of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales instead. Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith's book is a classic, but i have only recently discovered it. the review from amazon:

If geese had graves, Mother Goose would be rolling in hers. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales retells--and wreaks havoc on--the allegories we all thought we knew by heart. In these irreverent variations on well-known themes, the ugly duckling grows up to be an ugly duck, and the princess who kisses the frog wins only a mouthful of amphibian slime. The Stinky Cheese Man deconstructs not only the tradition of the fairy tale but also the entire notion of a book. Our naughty narrator, Jack, makes a mockery of the title page, the table of contents, and even the endpaper by shuffling, scoffing, and generally paying no mind to structure. Characters slide in and out of tales; Cinderella rebuffs Rumpelstiltskin, and the Giant at the top of the beanstalk snacks on the Little Red Hen. There are no lessons to be learned or morals to take to heart--just good, sarcastic fun that smart-alecks of all ages will love.

i got the book for sabrina, of course, but i love it. the ugly duckling grew up to be a really ugly duck.

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with almost $2 million. did you guys realize that ken jennings is still playing on jeopardy?

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TalkLeft has written about the reform of the three-strikes laws on the ballot in California.

Of California's 7,300 third-strikers, 4,200 are doing 25 years to life for a nonserious or nonviolent felony. Proposition 66 also requires judges to resentence these third-strikers, meaning some who have already served several years behind bars may be freed.

Proposition 66 does not eliminate the three-strikes law. It restores voters' original intent to keep violent criminals off the street for good.

yes, restore voters' original intent to keep violent criminals off the street. that's the key. sentencing a man to 25 years for stealing a carton of smokes was not the original intent.

Labels: crime and social justice

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we love David Akers!

Donovan McNabb threw one touchdown in his return to Chicago; but it was David Akers who felt at home, connecting on four field goals as the Eagles scored their fourth consecutive double-digit victory by beating the Bears, 19-9. Brian Westbrook also shined with 115 rushing yards and 63 passing yards. Philadelphia soars into its bye week with a perfect 4-0 mark, the team's best start since 1993.

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great news for this overwhelmingly republican state.

Hundreds of ex-convicts will get a chance to vote in the upcoming presidential election, thanks to Gov. Mark R. Warner, who has restored civil rights to more people than anyone else in Virginia’s modern history.

Warner (a democarat) says

'Virginia had what may have been the most restrictive restoration-of-rights process of any state in the nation. I do not believe ex-offenders should face unnecessary hurdles when they are making a positive, good-faith effort to return to productive citizenship.'

Most states automatically restore a felon’s right to vote once he or she has completed a sentence, paid fines and made restitution. Virginia is one of only seven states where felons have their voting rights taken away for life.

this is great. voting rights for EVERYONE. i think, just maybe, this was the way it was meant to be.

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