Did you know that Elvis Costello wrote a song for Chet Baker? And that Chet liked it so much he added it to his repertoire? It’s true! The song is “Almost Blue.”
Month: September 2002
Saturday Tammy and I were at Broken Horn‘s once-a-year sale. I stood less than three feet away from a baseball-capped William Shatner as he shopped for horse supplies. Talk about a crazy day! Sunday we went looking at some great townhomes in Anaheim Hills, nearly all of which happen to be in our price range….
News of Farscape’s cancellation and the Internet effort to save the show made it to CNN’s headline news today. Video (wmv) – 3.22 megs, Windows Media
It looks like the ‘Save Farscape’ campaign is having some effect. Not the effect we want, but some effect nonetheless. Sci-Fi has just entered into negotiations for a two-hour season finale, and the deconstruction crews have been ordered to stop for the time being. According to series producer David Kemper, this is a direct result…
I don’t have a whole lot of hope for Disneyland’s Special Events department when they consider charging as much as $395 to a sneak-preview of a kids play area in a deserted theme park.
If you use ICQ, Yahoo Chat, MSN, or AIM and are sick and tired of looking at ads and a bloated interface, then you definitely need to check out Trillian. Trillian 0.74 was released today. This one program can replace all of your separate chat applications. Best of all, it’s free! Also released today is…
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m obsessed with this whole Farscape thing.
I’ve always felt that John Edward was a dirty scam artist who preys on the weak and the elderly. The latest rumor is that his rising salary was partially to blame for Farscape’s demise. If that’s true, then I hate him ten times as much as I did yesterday.
Henson Productions has put up a Farscape cancellation hotline recording at 323-802-1609. You can also leave messages, but you should really be directing your efforts at the SciFi channel. The straight poop is this- Sci-Fi had contracted for a 4th and 5th season of Farscape, but the contract contained a clause that allowed them back…
WindowsXP Service Pack 1 comes out today. List of bugs fixed and features added.