Oh my. People who look like their dogs - alot. [via GeekPress]

The Seinfeld/Superman shot film called 'Uniform' is freaking hilarious. And Dodgeball looks to be the best dumb movie since Zoolander.

So, if the March 31 deadline for EU nations to submit their 'global warming plan' passes without many of those nations backing up their tough talk with equally tough policies, can we all just put Kyoto to bed and stop pretending that its one of the reasons the terrorists hate us?

Condi Rice to testify publicly, under oath for the 9.11 commission. Glad they came around.

Teen phenom Michelle Wie finished in 4th place at the LPGA's 1st major of 2004. Looks like I didn't curse her like I did with Ty Tryon.

Condoleezza Rice is not going to testify publicly to the 9.11 commission.

"There is an important principle involved here: It is a long-standing principle that sitting national security advisers do not testify before the Congress."

Well, isn't that just great. Principle over disclosure. Principle over truth. The Democrat ads practically write themselves.

She needs to testify publicly. If there's one phrase I've heard a thousand times over regarding 9.11 and security its that '9.11 changed everything'. So let it change this as well.

I tried to find some 'true crime' books written about the BTK serial killer, but there didn't appear to be anything strictly devoted to his case. All I could come across were 2 books that at least have chapters devoted to BTK:

The Cases That Haunt Us and The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers.

This John Kerry proposal to cut corporate taxes by 5% and eliminate overseas operations loopholes sure sounds like a winner to me. I'm not sure exactly what the Bush equivalent proposal is (if there is one), but I'm all for this getting enacted.

Current tax laws allow American companies to defer paying taxes on income earned by their foreign subsidiaries until they bring it back to the United States. If they keep the money abroad, they avoid paying U.S. taxes entirely.

Kerry would require companies to pay taxes on their international income as they earn it rather than being allowed to defer it. The new system would apply to profits earned in future years only, not retroactively.

He also would allow companies to defer taxes when they locate a business in a foreign country that serves that nation's markets. A U.S. company seeking the tax break could open a car factory in India to sell cars in India, for example, but could not relocate abroad to sell cars back to the United States or Canada.

UPDATE: Donald Luskin doesn't like Kerry's plan.

More updates on the BTK serial killer case. There is going to be alot of DNA and forensic stuff going on over the next few weeks. Although the letter from BTK was mailed locally, the police aren't telling which post office it went thru. I rather wish they would. Generally, in a case this old, I'd think getting as much information out to the public would be helpful because its been so long people have forgotten (or weren't here when it happened) some of the important details of the case.

Landwehr said details about the letter make him certain it was sent by the person who sent previous BTK letters. The Eagle has agreed not to publish several of the details in the letter that have led police to this conclusion.

Landwehr said the letter was mailed locally but declined to say which post office it was sent from.

You may not have noticed since all the zero tolerance stories hit this part of the site as well, but I've redesigned Our Horrible Children with a big photo of my little girl toting a gun wearing a tiara.

A pretty harsh headline in Time Magazine - Richard Clarke, at War With Himself.

Big headline splashed on our local newspaper today - BTK resurfaces after 25 years. BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) was a serial killer right here in Wichita back in the 70's.

Looks like The Passion is finally inciting violence based on religous intolerance like some predicted. Of course, I don't think this is quite what guys like Frank Rich had in mind.

A couple who got into a dispute over a theological point after watching "The Passion of the Christ" were arrested after the argument turned violent.

The two left the movie theater debating whether God the Father in the Holy Trinity was human or symbolic, and the argument heated up when they got home.

I wonder if we'll ever hear an apology to Gibson or to the viewers of The Passion when none of this predicted violence against Jews ever takes place. [link via View From Above]

I watched a bit (about 45 minutes) of the Clarke testimony to the 9.11 commission today, and was really impressed with this guy. He came across as very competent at fighting terror and based on his answers, I'm confident that at least he did everything he could to protect us from terrorism.

The questioning of him that I saw was almost exclusively limited to what went on during the Clinton administration. Despite the reports that Clarke's book give Clinton a pass, I didn't think his testimony did the same thing. While there was never any point where he said anything overtly negative about Clinton, it appeared to me that Clarke had for years been frustrated at the level of cooperation he got from the higher ups with his terrorism initiatives.

In the Clinton years, Clarke described a 'DaLinda' memo that he drafted that asked for a 4 pronged approach to fighting Bin Laden - Diplomacy, Cash, Covert Ops, and Military responses. Though it was never officially enacted, Clarke said he had the green light to use everything he felt necessary, except the Military. After the embassy bombings in 1998(?), Clarke wrote something called a 'Blue Sky' memo which tried to hash out issues he felt were mucking up the US response to terror attacks - such as settling on a consistent standard of evidence for assigning blame to a particular group. He seemed particularly upset that nothing was done to retaliate for the USS Cole bombing even though it was 'obvious' who was responsible within 2-3 days. One of the questions to him, pointed out that the Clinton admin had rejected military responses against Bin Laden each time the opportunity arose, with only one exception. This lack of military response seemed to piss off Clarke.

Now, as impressed w/ Clarke as I was during the little bit I watched, I don't think he was particularly good at his job. Clarke wasn't an intelligence gatherer, he was a summarizer, and a policy proposer. What I view as his job, would be to take the intelligence, formulate the best possible response, and then sell that reponse to his superiors - basically the President. From what we know, Clarke wasn't very good at selling his policies. Clinton wouldn't enact his DaLinda model, and never gave Clarke the go ahead to use Military force where necessary. And apparently, Bush just didn't want to hear from Clarke, and Clarke didn't do a good enough job of selling his case to Tenet to in turn sell to Bush.

I don't fault Clarke for this. He was put into a job that perhaps he wasn't the best fit for - even though he pretty clearly has a great grasp of both the threat and the way to fight it. He was simply unable to convince anybody more important than himself that he was right.

Dick Clarke is made to look like a lying hack - by his own words. The Corner has some devastating excerpts if you don't want to read the whole thing.

ANGLE: So, just to finish up if we could then, so what you're saying is that there was no — one, there was no plan; two, there was no delay; and that actually the first changes since October of '98 were made in the spring months just after the administration came into office?

CLARKE: You got it. That's right.

A 10 year old boy gets suspended for pointing his finger like a gun and saying BANG twice. The school claims its not just this one instance that got him the suspension - apparently he said something about killing another student last fall. But, its quite revealing that the threat didn't get him thrown out of school (which would have been appropriate), but instead the stupid little finger gun.

A 12 year old student was expelled from school for taking scissors to a sewing class in school.

Jacob told the IndyChannel.com the teacher had told the pupils to put all their supplies on the table.

He said: "I put the scissors on the desk and she just freaked out."

Jacob's mother, Chrystal, said her son had hurt his hands while using a school set of scissors so she gave him a pair from home.

A 16-year old in Georgia got suspended from school because a drug dog indicated his backpack smelled like marijuana and cocaine.

When police searched Renard's bag, they found some books and papers, all the normal stuff a kid who goes to school would have. They did not find any drugs but suspended Renard and charged him with passive participation. The school calls it part of its zero-tolerance policy. "Students and parents need to understand that," said school board spokesman James Harvey.

Understand what? That you'll suspend a kid because he smells like something? They called him a 'passive participant' - but there's no talk of how passive it may have been. Could he have simply tossed his backpack into a classroom corner where somebody elses backpack was that actually had drugs in it, and the smell attached to his bag that way?

This is just so crazy it makes me mad. I almost hope that something like this happens to my daughter just so I can make fools out of the school board and administrators.

7 questions that ought to be asked of Dick Clarke by the 9/11 commission on Wednesday. Two good questions:

3. Iraq and al Qaeda — the Sudan connection. Mr. Clarke, are you aware of a February 1998 correspondence from Sudan's intelligence chief to FBI Regional Director for East Africa David Williams in which again an offer to share terrorism data was made by Sudan without conditions? Are you aware that bin Laden's chief deputy in Sudan made a trip to Baghdad to visit with Iraqi intelligence officials at about the same time in February 1998? If not, why not? How do you reconcile your categorical statement in a recent 60 Minutes interview that there was no relationship between al Qaeda and Iraq — ever, I believe is how you put it — with the fact that bin Laden's chief deputy was visiting Baghdad at the same time you were receiving repeated offers to explore Sudan's intelligence files?

and...

5. Retaliation: bombing the al-Shifa plant in Khartoum. Mr. Clarke, you then recommended bombing Sudan's al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant as the best response to the embassy attacks. Can you recount the evidence that led you to believe al-Shifa was producing nerve agents, and the evidence you had of its ownership and financing by bin Laden? Can you again help us to rectify your categorical statement now that there was no relationship between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's regime, ever, when you previously argued that Iraq and Sudan were cooperating on the development of chemical and biological weapons at a pharmaceutical plant you claimed was owned and financed by bin Laden?

Boy, just when I start thinking that American politics is particularly dirty, I read a story where the President of Taiwan is being accused of faking his assasination attempt in order to win the election.

The opposition party is saying that a full investigation is required to look into these reports of attempted assassination which they say seem suspicious fishy coming a day before the closest-ever elections in Taiwan. Opposition leader Lien Chan seems convinced that the incident was contrived to bolster the flagging popularity of the president.

In September of 2003, John Kerry had this to say about funding the Iraq war:

Asked if he would vote against the $87 billion if his amendment did not pass, Kerry said, "I don't think any United States senator is going to abandon our troops and recklessly leave Iraq to whatever follows as a result of simply cutting and running. That's irresponsible."

Kerry argued that his amendment offered a way to do it properly, "but I don't think anyone in the Congress is going to not give our troops ammunition, not give our troops the ability to be able to defend themselves. We're not going to cut and run and not do the job."

In October of 2003, Kerry did exactly what he said he wouldn't - and voted against the $87 billion as a protest vote.

Not related (directly) to Kerry, but here's a whole bunch of antiwar protest photos from this last weekend.

I finally did some digging to try and find a good source for movie trailers from Japan, and here it is. A couple of the films over there have already been mentioned here, and there is also a trailer for Kill Bill Volume 2 - which was mentioned on Everything Tarantino this weekend.

Michelle Wie is having a great tournament this week on the LPGA tour. She's inside the top 10 after 3 days - not bad for a highschool underclassmen.

All the charges have been dropped against Capt. James Yee, the Muslim chaplain accused of mislandling classified documents down in Guantanamo.

In a statement released from the United States Southern Command in Miami, the military said it did not want to proceed with a trial on the charge of mishandling classified data because to do so could expose sensitive evidence to public view.

The remaining charges of adultery and possession of pornography against Captain Yee were also dropped. But he will have to face an administrative hearing on those accusations, and he could be penalized by having an official rebuke placed in his record.

Whats most suprising about this case is that Yee is simply going to be returned back to his home base in Ft. Lewis. I'm suprised that either the military or Yee isn't trying to get an honorable discharge after this - I'd think it'd be a bit weird to continue on as if nothing ever happened.

Well, Kerry doesn't want them (right, thats why he boasted about them 2 weeks ago), but two foreign 'leaders' have now endorsed him. The newly elected president in Spain early this week, and now the former Prime Minister of Malaysia has too. So we've got a future leader and a former leader, but still no confirmed foreign leaders. And this Malaysian fellow is one of these - with friends like these, who needs enemies kind of guy:

The former prime minister, who made headlines in October for saying at an Islamic Summit Conference that "the Muslims will forever be oppressed and dominated by the Europeans and the Jews," said Kerry would keep the world safer than President Bush.

"I think Kerry would be much more willing to listen to the voices of people and of the rest of the world," Mahathir, who retired in October after 22 years in power, told The Associated Press in an interview.

"But in the U.S., the Jewish lobby is very strong, and any American who wants to become president cannot change the policy toward Palestine radically," he said.

Mo problems for Kerry - he's having a hard time saying whether he voted for or against a bunch of bills, because he actually did both. In everything from the funding of the Iraq war,

"I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it." � John Kerry, March 16, 2004

to his his Cuban policy, Kerry is finding himself explain his 'nuances' way too often this early in the race:

"And I voted for the Helms-Burton legislation to be tough on companies that deal with him (Castro).''

There is only one problem: Kerry voted against it.

Asked Friday to explain the discrepancy, Kerry aides said the senator cast one of the 22 nays that day in 1996 because he disagreed with some of the final technical aspects. But, said spokesman David Wade, Kerry supported the legislation in its purer form -- and voted for it months earlier.

A political uprising is occurring in Iran - right now. There's lots of pictures. Lets hope its successful.

"See? Democracy works both ways." - John Kerry

ForeignLeaders4Kerry.com, and a funny little campaign poster.

More on John Kerry's trouble w/ the truth.

FYI, the corrected story of Kerry's foreign/more leaders misquote/quote is now out, complete with a statement from a Kerry spokesperson:

But the campaign said Monday that the Globe's clarification demonstrates some ambiguity about what Kerry meant. His reference to "more leaders," said Kerry's spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter, "could mean anybody." The media's repeated references to "foreign leaders" allowed critics to suggest he was talking about heads of state. "He was misquoted," said Cutter. "Had he not been misquoted, this wouldn't be a story."

If he was misquoted, it was only that one time. Since the 'misquote', he's repeated his 'foreign leaders' statement here and here. But, OK, I'm willing to play along here and believe that in addition to being misquoted the first time, he's simply misspoken the last two times. But his spokesperson's statement, that he 'could mean anybody' is just another Kerry dodge. Answer the damn question.

If it was wrong, and you mispoke, then what the hell did you mean? Who are you talking about. Having your spokesperson talking about ambiguity isn't helping here. When you speak, people need to know what the hell you are trying to say.

So at this point, Kerry won't answer questions about the Iraq war, won't name these foreign leaders, and won't even clarify if he has misspoken - preferring to leave his comments as ambigous (sp) as possible. How is it Kerry expects to win undecided voters when nobody can figure out what the hell his positions are?

Is this going to be John Kerry's 'I invented the internet' moment? Some funny soul has put an Imaginary Foreign Leader Endorsement up for bid on eBay.

Have you ever been caught in a lie while running for President of the United States? If you want to make a current president jealous, look better in front of your political buddies who have real foreign relations experience, or if you are just a liar who got called out on your bogus campaign lies, this is the auction for you!!! I’ll pretend that I am the leader of a foreign nation that supports your candidacy for President of the United States until the elections in November.

As the imaginary leader of a foreign nation who supports your candidacy, I’ll play along with you with whatever you want me to say. If you want to tell some pesky Republican who calls you out at a campaign stop that I support you, I’ll back you up. If you want me to claim that Bush has ruined the reputation of the United States, I’m up to it. Just like you, I’m willing to say anything it takes to get you elected, I won’t mean a bit of it, and I'll change my stand on the situation when it is politically convenient.

Via Instapundit I see that Kerry is now claiming that the Bush Admin held up the deal with Libya for political reasons. Colin Powell is pissed:

This is what Senator Kerry had to say, and you can see it on the screen: "Gadhafi's been trying to get back into the mainstream for several years now. There's evidence that we could've had that deal some time ago."

POWELL: It's absurd. I don't know what Senator Kerry's talking about. It's just absurd...

WALLACE: You seem offended by it.

POWELL: Well, it is offensive because it's a political charge in a political year. And I expect that we will be hearing and seeing many more charges and many more such video clips. But I don't know what basis Senator Kerry is using to make such a statement. I mean, what is his evidence for this, other than an assertion on his part? It's not accurate.

Settle down there Colin. I'm guessing that Kerry is basing these comments on private conversations he's had with foreign leaders that are eager to see him beat Bush. Clearly, we can't expect Kerry to betray that trust and thus its none of our business asking about his basis for this claim.

This whole Kerry not wanting to answer questions thing may become a recurring theme around here. When asked to name some of those foreign leaders Kerry claims are supporting him over Bush, Kerry responded to the heckler/questioner:

"I'm not going to betray a private conversation with anybody," Kerry said. As the crowd of several hundred people began to mutter and boo, Kerry said, "That's none of your business."

Volokh points out that neither the NY Times or the Wash Post mentioned the 'none of your business' quote. It gets worse for Kerry though:

As many in the crowd shouted at Mr. Brown to "shut up," Mr. Kerry, a veteran of both the Vietnam War and the protests against it, calmly promised to answer all queries, no matter the tone. Then he turned the tables.

"Are you a Democrat or a Republican -- what are you?" he asked. "You answer the question."

After Mr. Brown said he voted for Mr. Bush in 2000, Mr. Kerry added: "See? Democracy works both ways."

So Kerry refuses to answer a question after promising to answer all queries, "no matter the tone". And when he then questions his questioner, and actually gets an honest response, somehow this is illustrative of Democracy working both ways?

What? Well, maybe. If by both ways, Kerry means properly (answering the question) and improperly (dodging the question).

Move over Chirac, there's a new weasel in town. If this new guy wants to pull troops out of Iraq, I've got no problem with that. But to affirm that stance only days after a terrorist attack is not the brightest idea.

"It divided more than it united, there were no reasons for it, time has shown that the arguments for it lacked credibility and the occupation has been managed badly."

More from Buzz Machine.

UPDATE: Maybe this'll just give some courage for those that don't wish to fight terrorism to actually speak out:

The head of the EU executive arm, European Commission chief Romano Prodi, agreed, in an interview published by Italy's La Stampa newspaper Monday. "It is clear that using force is not the answer to resolving the conflict with terrorists," Prodi said. "Terrorism is infinitely more powerful than a year ago," and all of Europe now feels threatened, he told the paper.

Right. Let me guess, we should negotiate with them instead? This also displays some amazing short-sightedness for a European. The Nazi's were also looking very powerful a couple of years into WW2. Clearly force wasn't working, and some sort of negotiated agreement to appease the Germans would have been preferable to actually defeating Nazism.

Investors are already reacting to the news that there's a new appeasment movement afoot.

UPDATE #2: Jacob Levy makes the case that Spain pulling out of Iraq is not appeasement of the terrorists. I agree with that, and said so in the 1st paragraph of this post - but for the announcement to be made at this time - it certainly gives the appearance of appeasement for those not paying close attention - like oh, potential al Qaeda recruits. Whether its true or not, their recruiters will certainly be using the example of Spain to tout their organization's power and ability to alter political landscapes.

Spinsanity has a 'debate' up between Al Franken and Rich Lowry (NRO editor).

So let me see if I've got this straight. Bush releases a new TV ad calling Kerry soft on terrorism with a picture of a 'generic terrorist' (bottom image) in it and the Left rises up and claims racism on Bush's part. Afterall, we can't have Arab fellows being portrayed as terrorists.

But now that we know the actor wasn't even Arab, isn't it the same Left that could be accused of racism. They were the ones who saw a picture of a dark haired, non-pale skin man with the word 'terrorism' on the screen and immediately started screaming about Arabs.

John Cole has an alternate terrorist image that Bush ought to start using so that the Left will stop revealing its racist thoughts on terrorism. I personally think Bush ought to put a United Colors of Benetton photo in the terrorist slot, just so everybody is covered.

My heart goes out to Robert Cox in his fight against the NY Times over 'copyright' issues. Having been the target of 2 cease & desist letters myself over the past couple of years, I understand how tense the situation can be even when its all bullshit.

That said, I love how this is playing out. Him taking down the 'offending' material only to have it pop up on 10 other sites. Let the Times go after those 10 sites, and it'll pop up on 50 sites. If there is a worst possible reaction for the Times to have to this case, they've nailed it.

They gave more publicity to a guy that embarrassed them then he would have ever received on his own. They made themselves look heavy handed. They've brought down the wrath of the blogosphere - who on the whole already had a waning level of appreciation for their paper. And they are effectively attacking their own customers. They must be using the same law firm as the RIAA.

The war on terror has secretly been expanded to include Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Or, at least he thinks it has:

THE United States was trying to remove Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe from power with millions of condoms as weapons, state radio in that country claimed on Wednesday.

It said American President George Bush's regime was behind the "rebranding" of prophylactics that carry a bright red and yellow sticker advertising "revolutionary condoms". The condoms are also said to carry a message urging Zimbabweans to "get up, stand up!" - lyrics from a Bob Marley song.

I'm actually hoping this is true. It'd be nice to know that our DOD has a sense of humor to go along with all their might. [via Flaunting It [NSFW]

A Kerry spokesman is now claiming the curse words on the Kerry website are a result of 'a virus'. Right! If they are going to lie to us, they could at least attempt to make the lie believable.

O.k. It's time to save up my money because the fall is starting to look expensive. Starting in August, we have Silent Hill 4: The Room. Two games come out in October Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas followed by Mortal Kombat: Deception. Last, but not least, is Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. This doesn't even include the new PSP that's due to come out sometime around Christmas - and I still have to play Fatal Frame 2 (so if anyone has tried this one out, let me know how it is!).

UPDATE: I've now found out that the PSP, although, being released in Japan around the 2004 holidays, won't make it to the states until sometime in 2005.

I really hope Ford actually produces their concept Bronco. To me, it looks like a cross between a Hummer and a Jeep Wrangler. Put some less chunky tires on this thing, and I'm all over it.

Tomas reviewed 'The Passion' and pretty much reached the same conslusions I did - though he thought it was 'dull'. I was interested to see what he'd think of it since I respect his opinions even though we come at things from very different perspectives - him being non-American, non-religious and a bit liberal.

The purpose of this film, I gather, is to make Jesus' death palpable. I think Mel Gibson, who directed the movie, is trying to say that this is not a myth or a legend. I think he is trying to say that the cross which christians often wear around their necks have been reduced to a gem and that people have forgotten what it is it symbolizes. He's saying that Jesus not only died for our sins, he was tortured to extreme lengths, spat at, deceived even by his closest friends, and then murdered. And don't you forget it.

Why I can't take Kerry seriously - he won't answer a question. One more interview with answers like these and we'll be seeing sketches of Kerry evading on Saturday Night Live in a hurry.

TIME: Would you say your position on Iraq is a) it was a mistaken war; b) it was a necessary war fought in a bad way; or c) fill in the blank?
KERRY: I think George Bush rushed to war without exhausting the remedies available to him, without exhausting the diplomacy necessary to put the U.S. in the strongest position possible, without pulling together the logistics and the plan to shore up Iraq immediately and effectively.

TIME: And you as Commander in Chief would not have made these mistakes but would have gone to war?
KERRY: I didn't say that.

TIME: I'm asking.
KERRY: I can't tell you.

TIME: So, if we don't find WMD, the war wasn't worth the costs? That's a yes?
KERRY: No, I think you can still—wait, no. You can't—that's not a fair question, and I'll tell you why. You can wind up successful in transforming Iraq and changing the dynamics, and that may make it worth it, but that doesn't mean [transforming Iraq] was the cause [that provided the] legitimacy to go. You have to have that distinction.

Den Beste has a nice little summation of the problem here:

His phrasing is interesting: "how you take a nation to war", rather than "whether to take the nation to war". Style is more important than substance; motive more important than results; procedure more important than achievement.

How to mess up an otherwise juicy news story. The Guardian reports Arnold Palmer Was A Cheat based on book exerpts from Ken Venturi's upcoming biography. Palmer responds and says, I'm Not A Cheat. Big shocker there eh?

And now today, Ken Venturi comes out and says Arnold Palmer Is Not A Cheat ... just a rule breaker.

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King DVDis going to be released May 25th.

So I went and bought my little 2-man bass boat on Friday only to see it go on sale for $50 less on Sunday. So now I've got to go back to Dick's and get the difference paid back to me. I've been looking at this damn thing for probably 7 weeks now, and the price never moved. Its a pain in the ass, but for $50, I can't complain too much.

There's a poll on al Jazeera's website right now that just made me laugh:

Who stands to benefit from civil unrest in Iraq?
Neighbouring Arab country : 13%
Neighbouring non-Arab country : 3%
Israel and the US : 41%
Internal Iraqi groups : 18%
Combination of the above : 11%
Unsure : 14%
Number of pollers : 22069

Israel and the US benefitting from the terrorist attacks in Iraq. How the hell is that supposed to be?

With friends like these, Kerry doesn't need Republican enemies: North Korea warms to Kerry presidency bid.

In the past few weeks, speeches by the Massachusetts senator have been broadcast on Radio Pyongyang and reported in glowing terms by the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), the official mouthpiece of Mr Kim's communist regime.

Godzilla is being retired, at least for a while. This Toho spokesman sounds like he's going to cry:

"We have done all we can to showcase Godzilla, including using computer-graphics technology. And yet we haven't attracted new fans," Tomiyama told The Associated Press in an interview. "So we will make the 50th anniversary film something special, a best-of-the-best, and then end it for now."

I got my new baitcasting rod & reel today. It goes well with that little boat I haven't bought yet. Oh, but I've got the trolling motor already. But no battery - but I do have a battery charger, and an anchor. And I've paid for a trailer, but don't have it yet either.

Being organized is so great!

I think I'm gonna start a little fishing weblog in late April or so. I'm going to be going over to a farm pond (17 acre) alot (thats the plan anyway) once the weather warms up and I think it'll be interesting to track my stupidity on the water. I'm not much of a fisherman - I've only actually fished 3 times in the past 18 or so years. I pretty much don't have a clue. Plus, I've got 2 guys from the office that are very good at catching bass at this pond, so you'll get to see just how inept I am compared to competent folks.

JoBlo has an interview with Vince Vaughn - who aside from being one of my favorite actors - has to be the easist damn interview in all of Hollywood. Ask him a question, and he'll talk for days.

The little table at the bottom of this Slate column that lays out Kerry's various flip-flops on issues over his time in the Senate is going to be a big weight around his neck.

Sometime within the next 10 days, I'm buying this little boat.

Amazing picture of Tiger Woods hitting golf balls from atop a helipad in Dubai. Another angle is here.

This damn redefinition of indencency is going way too far: Missouri State Senator wants to change the definition of 'nudity'.

Legislation sponsored by Missouri Sen. Matt Bartle and headed toward a final Senate vote this week defines it as "any bare exposure of the skin located on a person's body below the armpits and above the knees."

[via Get Swank (NSFW)]

The two guys who won Canadian PGA Tour tournament exemptions on The Golf Channel's 'The Big Break last year finally got their shot at playing semi-big time professional golf. The result was predictably disasterous:

Justin Peters (Big Break winner) shoots 75-81 to finish T109 and miss the cut.

Randy Block (wone an exemption by being the nicest guy) shoots 78-87 and finishes T128, second to last.

I watched every episode of this show last year and it was clear from the 1st show that of the 10 guys they had, only 3 had any game at all. And even they were marginal at best. Craig Pawling, who won nothing on the show, appeared to be the best player.

UPDATE: I've been reminded that Justin Peters was injured (torn oblique muscle) and that certainly would have affected his score.

Strange quote of the day (by a mile) from Walter Cronkite:

Cronkite was asked at the Ritz to what he attributed the longevity of his own marriage to Betsy.

"I do think one of the factors was we were of different sexes." He looked delighted as the laughter billowed around the room. "That doesn't mean I wouldn't have been happy to be married to several friends I had of the same sex," he followed. "It just never came up in our particular relations."

His wife must fee so loved.